Ragnarok Arena Remastered Beta 2 Released! news

Ragnarok Arena Remastered

Half-Life 2 mod | Released Dec 20, 2008

A sidescrolling, platforming multiplayer extravaganza. - A randomly dispersed armory of more than twenty classic and original weapons from across the history of fragging - Forget your third dimension - Welcome to the next Ragnarok Arena.

Report article Ragnarok Arena Remastered Beta 2 Released!

You know what's better than releasing the first beta of a sidescrolling deathmatch mod? Being really late with the second beta. Wait, I think I got that backwards.

Posted by Ackart on Apr 10th, 2009 digg this super bookmark

I Tell you what, I'm a bit of an impatient nerd. If things had gone my way, you all would have the latest version of Ragnarok Arena Remastered. Unfortunately, the version I uploaded had a small bug (Every time you shot someone, the server crashed) that would have probably been overlooked by the general public, but the team just demanded that I fix it.

But, what exactly is Ragnarok Arena?

A sidescrolling, platforming multiplayer deathmatch - A randomly dispersed armory of more than twenty classic and original weapons from across the history of fragging and levels that capture the true essence of a sidescroller: Insane and without logic.

Download Ragnarok Arena Remastered Beta 2 from ModDB Now!

_{This has all happened before and will happen again, and again.}

Fortunately, I listened to the voice of reason and the new beta is being released in the time frame of now. What'd we add? Well, I can summarize the list with a few simple words: A few things.

Changelist wrote:

Moved to the latest Orange Box SDK, thus implementing proper third person animations
Proper teamplay added with identifiable teams
Weapon Added: Sawed Off Shotgun
Older weapons balanced and tweaked
Six new player models for the new teams
Five new maps, three old maps tweaked
Numerical health value re-added, image based health bar nixed
Loadout menu added, most weapon pickups removed from maps
Plus a handful and a half of bug fixes

Now, I know what you're saying to yourself RIGHT NOW. "Damn it, the original release was okay, but it had no servers." Fortunately, we have that covered with at least three dedicated, stable servers running right now with a new dedicated server archive released alongside the mod.

Now, a special treat for those of you who enjoy social contact while playing your game. I'll be holding a Skype conference with the team and anyone who wishes to drop by while playing the mod throughout all afternoon on Friday, April 10th. Look for us around 4PM Central Standard Time and extending off late into the night.

To get in on such prestigious wastes of bandwith, simply send the Skype username "RagnarokArenaSuperFriendsClub" a friend invite. Don't have Skype? You can find it here. It's free to use and all sorts of fun stuff. And remember, if you're not there.... you're probably someone who has something better to do with a Friday evening.

Need more information for your endless easrch of knowledge? Hit up RagnarokArena.com for more of that awesome info.

Comments

meazum Apr 10 2009, 9:47am says:

Pro, is what it is.

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snotmaster0 Apr 10 2009, 9:57am says:

Awesome news! I've been looking forward to this ( I'm patient).
However, can you post a non Moddb DL link as moddb only has links to 2 sights that require registration (plus a payment for better DL speeds). I miss the old moddb DL server...
Happy sidescrolling!

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crimson_omen Apr 10 2009, 10:17am says:

snotmaster0, filefront doesn't require registration.

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snotmaster0 Apr 10 2009, 1:25pm replied:

Crimson
Ahhhh, sorry your right, I thought it was a different site that does!
I'll check more carefully next time. I probably forgot that filefront is not actually closing down (was scared that they actually might).

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DuckSauce Apr 10 2009, 10:44am says:

lol Ackart you didn't tell me you were releasing today! :O
Are the hitsounds in this version.. wait I'll just download and find out myself :D

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nickelplease Apr 10 2009, 12:12pm says:

Ackart you crazy bitch I thought this was dead! Send me a message on steam when you see this (Its Banjo Boy)

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Shtirlitz20 Apr 10 2009, 1:23pm says:

It can't be executed, it says it's broken.

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Ackart Apr 10 2009, 1:43pm replied:

"Man, you know what. I'm really tired but this news is going to go up and I'm going to go to bed and ~nothing will go wrong~"

Sorry about the download issue guys. From what I can tell, the upload to ModDB had an issue while the upload on the main site is fine. You can download the mod from Ragnarokarena.com for now. Sorry for the trouble.

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