In case the recent release of F.E.A.R. Combat doesn't float your boat, you might want to check out Tremulous, another free game developed using the Quake 3 engine.

Tremulous is a free, open source game that blends a team based FPS with elements of an RTS. Players can choose from 2 unique races, aliens and humans. Players on both teams are able to build working structures in-game like an RTS. These structures provide many functions, the most important being spawning. The designated builders must ensure there are spawn structures or other players will not be able to rejoin the game after death. Other structures provide automated base defense (to some degree), healing functions and much more...

Think Natural Selection and you're on the right track. You can download the client locally from AusGamers.

This game is rubbish, don't bother.

Despite your opinion, there's lots of people playing it - go figure

i have heard heaps about this game, and natural selection rocked once you figured out how to play.

I'll download when i get home.

define lots

both GA's 16 player server players are full in peak hour

both GA's 16 player server players are full in peak hour

By this line of reasoning Counter-strike is the best thing since sliced bread

By this line of reasoning Counter-strike is the best thing since sliced bread

trog has admitted CS is good? :O

this game is moderately cool. checkit out.. awesome for 100 meg.

whats it like compared to Natural Selection?

Quake 3 engine - so vastly superior in every possible way, of course

sweet im downloading now, 100mb is awsomne! anyone else playing?

despite your opinion, there's lots of people playing it - go figure

So games are awesome fun if lot's of people play them. Make sure you bring that up at the next quake > all arguments.

We've had this game setup at my school for a couple of months now...we have little competitions and stuff...great fun.

fun I think. needs work. like in the 'wtf am I supposed to do' department. I'll keep tabs on it though. It felt nice to be running around in a solid engine that runs well.

So games are awesome fun if lot's of people play them. Make sure you bring that up at the next quake > all arguments.

that's a pretty broad extrapolation of what I said. By your logic, trees are purple and dogs eat bananas.

Some trees are purple and dogs do eat bananas...

my cat loves corn, freakishly loves it, she meows forever if you have it on your plate

on topic: downloading now, 100mb woot.

the game is really fun, its hard to get the hang of tho very fast paced as well.

well im pretty addicted to it, originally i thought it was impossible to kill stuff but once you get your eye in its pretty easy. The Weapons are pretty s***, once the aliens evolve to their highest level they are really fkn hard to kill but other than that its a fast paced game the engine is very good, a little bit of lag on the GA servers and a couple of cs nubs here and there but all in all 7/10 stars. You can't really go wrong for 100mb :)

its stuck at 60hz.
how do you set it at 100hz?

yeah noob :(

I dunno, still feels a bit buggy to me.
I think the aliens need a slightly larger attack range, sometimes i'll be right in their face for ages and don't seem to do any damage. Other times when using the marauder, when their movement is sealed and im trying to slash em, they just dont die, like one round I attacked a level1 marine and sat there slicing him while he was stuck in place, for more than 10 seconds before another alien killed him. It's pretty easy to mow down aliens at low levels, and its alot harder to defend the alien base (as usual in alien vs marine games.)

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Oh, aliens in tremulous and NS both need a ranged attack weapon for taking out turrets right from the start. Need to make marines work to survive, instead of just turret spamming and waiting it out. I don't really care if the builder has it, or some special class designed for it or whatever, as long as someone can do it :/