Nexuiz 2.4 Rules!

Well, after finally getting the time to download and install the new Nexuiz (2.4), I played it.

The first thing that I’ve noticed is that the menus got a MAJOR overhaul. It was a pain in the Face in Nexuiz 2.3 to navigate the menus. In Nexuiz 2.3, you had to scroll by grabbing the scroll bar. It may not sound so bad to you, but the scroll bar isn’t very fun, and it seems to only go like an inch at a time. In Nexuiz 2.4, the scroll wheel actually works. The new menus are more aesthetically pleasing than with Nexuiz 2.3.

The new weapon models are awesome. And the machine gun is pretty much a new gun. It loads faster, the model is MUCH better, and it’s not so loud (it makes sounds sort of like a pellet gun, or whatever, I’m not experienced with guns, so I’d have no idea). The rocket launcher looks a lot better too, though no new functions (namely sound as in the machine gun) have been implemented. I’ve only tried 6 guns so far, though. The shotgun and gravity gun have, sadly, not been given new skins. The nex is also on the same boat with the machine gun in that it looks almost like a new gun. No new functions, sadly. And lastly, I tried the “thing that shoots purple stuff” (can’t remember the name). It looks pretty much the same shape, but the outside skin of it looks more…how would I say this…um…textury 😀 .

Gameplay has only improved a little, though. The first thing I noticed when I started playing round 1 (in Silvercity) was fog! Though on my GPU (Nvidia Geforce 6100) the game was a little slow. In Evilspace, the textures looked crisper, and shinier. I noticed that in one spot was what appeared to be electric current. I’ll be trying some maps later, so updates to come.

Making a server has also been improved, but some features have been taken out. I still haven’t found out how to make my server work properly, when trying to play with Niko, neither of us could find either’s server. In this Version of Nexuiz, I found you can actually choose what kind of gameplay (arena, last man standing, capture the flag,etc) you want to play. I couldn’t ever find that setting in Nexuiz 2.3. Though the disappointing part is that the weapon settings and alot of other settings have been removed. But it makes it easier to set up a server with the aforementioned new menus.

To really understand my feelings on the new game, you’ll have to try it out for yourself. Happy Nexuizing, and I’d be interested in playing a round with some of my blog readers 🙂