Gunster is gone?
By Ravenhawk | April 25, 2007
Being caught up with my homework lately, I haven’t been doing much MMOing besides taking care of my crew/flag on Puzzle Pirates. So, I was surprised when I went to look up gunster earlier today only to discover that it was gone.
This is indeed a great loss. It wasn’t a very well known game, but ijji had quite the gem with that one. Gunster basically played like an online Metal Slug. In fact, as far as my memory served me, it was almost a metal slug clone.
I guess there just aren’t enough oldschool third person shooter playing gamers on the internet. I officially have a new game to add to the “Awesome game graveyard.”
Until next time, comrades.
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Review: GunZ
By Ravenhawk | January 20, 2007
GunZ Online was a third person shooter originally made by Miaet. It is currently being managed by ijji. In it you face off against other players using swords, guns, and grenades. There recently was also added a mode where you fight against npcs.
Grind: 7 GunZ has levels, but as far as Grinding in the tradition sense goes, its not that bad. Because it is almost purely a pvp game and because it is a skill based game has a lot of variety in the games. Unlike fighting a computer which can be the same thing over and over, games are much less predictable. The levels usually don’t matter as much as you’re in rooms which are tiered by level. It can be a bit difficult though, when you’re at the bottom of the level range.
Graphics: 8 As you probably know, I’m not a huge graphics buff. So, I don’t require things to look “real.” GunZ graphics satisfy me, easily. The people look like people, although their faces are fuzzy up close. The towns are pretty well rendered and the snow town looks very nice with all the lights. They don’t waste precious rendering time making things overly graphic, which would really be detrimental to game play as the lower end players would lag.
Sound: 8 GunZ has a soundtrack that, while not highly varied, definitely gets the job done. The tunes are pretty jamming, but they’re background music, not the kind of stuff you sit and listen to. Its the weapon noises that get your attention. Firing shots, drawing swords, cocking weapons, exploding ‘nades… You’re on a battlefield and in games with a lot of people in one room you can hear it.
Community: 8 Overall, the GunZ community is okay. Since the game doesn’t have much standing around time, often there isn’t much discussion between players besides smack talk thrown around. However, their new clan system is pretty cool. Five people can group together to make a clan. Others can be invited later, but thats the minimum. Then the clan members can take part in special fights to gain clan points. If you have a good run of victories in a row, its broadcast to the entire server.
Fun: 9 GunZ is action packed, fast paced, craziness. If you don’t have reflexes… Well, you could probably still play. The butterflies and SSers would slaughter you, sadly. But lack of playing skills doesn’t stop a lot of people from playing, and enjoying themselves to their fullest. If you like shoot ‘em ups, I definately recommend this one. Heck, if you just want to slash stuff, I’d still recommend it, you’d just want to play gladiator mode.
Overall: 8
Overall, GunZ is a great game. It’s awesome for those of us who’re tired of click and wait MMOs and want something that actually entails some playing skill. The only downside is the lively hacking community that has begun to spring up. ijji is doing their best to stamp them out however. Compared to the GunZ beta, ijji GunZ definately has a lot less hackers, which is good.
Sadly, you find lame people in all online games.
If you want to check out GunZ, or any of the other cool games they’re producing at the moment, check out www.ijji.com
Until Next time, Comrades.
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