Do you like old school deathmatch with modern features but none of the frills that have ruined the raw purity of the genre? How about rich, colorful, arcadelike atmospheres? How about...retro Sci Fi? Then you're going to love what Alien Arena has in store for you! This game combines some of the very best aspects of classic deathmatch, and wraps them up with a retro alien theme, while adding tons of original ideas to make the game quite unique. Alien Arena is a furious frag fest with arenas ranging from the small, to the massive. With game modes such as Capture The Flag and Tactical, there are terrific team-based experiences to be had as well as 1v1 duels, free-for-all, and dozens of mutators to alter the game play to your liking. The community is friendly, as well as prolific. Dozens of maps, models, and various accessories have been created by community members to add on to the game experience.
This is the "courtyard" area of Sudden Impact. This large map has some other nifty areas with a bit more vertical type gameplay than this area, though here you do see an overpass which allows for attacks from above.
Real nice!
Does the engine support normal detail maps? Most of the edges are pretty sharp, as if they were brushes instead of assets.
It does, but those rough edges are mostly because of low polycount on those brushes(like the curb). I probably should have used more to round it out, but I was trying to keep it rendering as fast as I could. That's kind of the catch 22 with arena style deathmatch, we want it to be as detailed and realistic as possible, but also realize that framerates are very important to the players. With the optimizations we've made in recent months, we will be able to round out more of these edges now.