Today’s game is called Gore: Ultimate Soldier. Gore is a FPS that feels a lot like Unreal or Quake. I actually used to own this game, but ended up giving it to a friend because he didn’t have any games. The special edition was released as freeware to the public with both single player, and multi-player.
Gore is a very quick-styled shooter where stamina is everything. The player's ability to move quickly and jump high is affected by the stamina system. Stamina is usually lost when running or jumping, but being injured by weapons also does a toll on it. How much stamina lost is affected by several factors, such as the player class being used or the weapon currently being held. Smaller classes can move quicker and regenerate stamina faster, but they cannot run with heavy weapons or they will tire quickly. Larger classes, although much slower and bigger targets, can move with heavier weapons with more endurance. Players show signs of fatigue by decreased movement speed and heavy breathing, which clearly indicates to enemies nearby where that player is and his lack of stamina. If a player's stamina goes below zero, he will black out completely and fall to the ground unconscious for a short period of time. This is actually a rather unique addition to FPS’s that I think should be added to more games.
Also adding to the game play, is the ability to destroy some of the area. Picture a shootout online and your injured opponent is going after a health pack. Simply shoot the health pack and watch it explode, killing him in the process. You can also shoot fire extinguishers, gas tanks, and even ammo boxes can be exploded. The character is free to climb trees, gutters, and vines.
The campaign does get rather repetitive, though. There are only a few types of enemies with the same bodies and faces. I know this is rather common in shooters, but it just feels weird when you can put the same facial features on all the enemies. In other games, they give the enemies helmets to trick you into thinking that it might be a different character.
If you enjoy online deathmatches or ctf, then you should definitely check the multi-player out. It isn’t uncommon to find a group of dedicated players that still play this online. The multi-player is where Gore excels, in my opinion. Multi-player game types include: dm, ctf, team dm, extermination, assault, escape and infiltration, co-operative campaign, and duel. Duel mode is a dm, but only involving two people at a time. All others are in a queue and watch as the battle unfolds. When a player loses, he moves to the end of the queue and the next person in line plays the winner. This mode was created by a player/programmer, and DreamCatcher Games liked it so much that they included in the game.
Overall, if you enjoy old-school FPS’s and online dm’s, you should definitely give this game a look. I score this game at a 7/10. The game could do with some better graphics, and varying enemies. The download size is rather larger at 512mb so it will be a really long day for those on dial-up. I would suggest watching the video that I provided to decide if you would enjoy this game. The video is of the first level.
Download:
http://www.gamershell.com/download_29560.shtml
Screenshots:
http://www.gamershell.com/pc/gore/screenshots.html
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIMxucDbjjY&feature=related
