Alien Arena - Free FPS for Win/Linux

[Zehnsucht]

Found this nice game yesterday. It's very fun to play.

http://games.on.net/app/5809/Alien_Arena_2009

The goal of Alien Arena was to create the perfect marriage between Quake and Unreal Tournament, between retro sci-fi and futuristic tech, and between casual gamer and advanced expert, and wrap it up in a package with quality that could rival that of commercial games. The game has a weapon set that is unique and fun, and deviates a bit away from the standard Q3 or UT2k4 weapons. Gameplay can be altered easily in the menu by choosing between the various game types, such as Deathmatch, Team Core Assault, All Out Assault, Capture the Flag, Duel, and Cattle Prod. Users can also apply a number of different mutators to the game rules as well, creating some pretty interesting scenarios. Players can join others on servers using the in-game browser, or use the Galaxy client, which also serves as a way to communicate with the large, and friendly Alien Arena community.

Download alternatives:
[WIN and Linux] http://games.on.net/filelist.php?app=5809&menu=16
[WIN only] http://download.cnet.com/Alien-Arena-2008/3000-7441_4-10447379.html

See you on some servers

 

[Fleck]

That's cool, did they slow it down a little or is it super fast gameplay like UT/Q3?

 

[Zehnsucht]

It's not very fast. If memory serves me right, it's somewhat slower than Q3A. More like UT3 speed without double-jump and -move. But the weapons are crazy to figure out what they do.

For a free game, it's actually good looking and plays well. Some sounds are very strange though.