Evil_Intentions Expert Cheater
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 12:36 pm Post subject: Nexuiz first impressions for up2 |
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They fixed a lot of shit. Ironed out a lot of performance issues. And they fixed a shit ton of broken hitboxes. Seems almost like they upped the speed a bit to, or at least tweaked the physics for better flow. The dynamic mutator is incredibly enjoyable. After playing nexuiz classic all night last night, I know basically which guns are which, and the tweaks they made to them are nice.
I played on the map "Strength" with 7 average bots in TDM 4vs4 and after getting used to the layout a bit, started to really have fun. A few high jumps here and there, a 4(maybe 3?) level design with a couple transporters makes for some fun. One of the transporters leads directly to a choke point, which makes using it a gamble.
Started to look for my favorite weapons, namely the Hagar(formerly an assault rifle in classic, more like a rapid fire shotgun now) and the Nex(Sniper rifle).
Got a few kills off before someone activated the first mutator, making everyone's weapon cycle through a random one available in the game. Everyone with the same weapon. This made for a clusterfuck of insanity where everyone is running in close with Hagars then it switches to a rocket launcher.
The mutator died off and normal gameplay continued until the "Grounded" mutator was activated. This makes falls cause damage. Really changed up movement across the map being it's a 4(3?)tier design with decent jump pad usage.
Then I got my chance. I ran over th emutator powerup and three icons popped up in the bottom right corner. I forget the name I picked but it's effect was everyone got rocket launchers...and now the missles homed.
Clusterfuck of insanity ensues.
After dying off, no more mutators were activated and time ran out with my team winning 36 to 31.
In short, I'm really, really liking this game. I can see myself pouring some time into it to get better online, or just playing with bots.
Note: There was an instagib mutator that activated during the match and it was fun, basically 1 hit Nexs(snipers). Unfortunately, I felt cheated out of 1 or 2 shots. Although I am pretty new(only like 2 days lol) to arena shooters, don't have an amazing mouse, and am still trying to tune in the right sensitivity. So take any hitbox complaints from me with a grain of salt.
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