Master Arena Reviews

Good fast fps game with a different variety of movements to practice

I love Arena Shooters like Quake and UT, so I bought this game hoping it would be similar to those with a decently alive community. I can't speak for the community, but playing the game myself with bots, I have to say it's boring compared to other arena shooters. Since it billed itself as inspired by Quake and Unreal, I expected the game to be somewhat fast, but it feels like it plays at a snail's pace compared to those games. With that lack of speed, the game just isn't very exciting. I like the idea of the jumping mechanics it has, but the game is just boring. The weapons on maps also need some better balancing, it's nearly impossible to find a shotgun in this game. I will give them props for having a good grenade launcher though, which was excluded Quake Champions.

Failed to innervate in a crowded and competitive genre. Would of been cool to see some gun play mechanics that build off of but aren't constrained to the source material (unreal tournament), since there are already games like TOXIKK have recreated it better. The game could still lean more into the speedrunning/timetrials aspect because the movement is surprising intricate and fast pace once you get going.

Now having played this game a bit more, I can see that it might get fun to play somewhen. But I couldn't play an online match yet because there was not a single server listed in the server browser. Also movement may be nice but it is just too damn slow. It's slooooooow. I don't feel that the balance between movement speed, turning speed and bullet speed is right at all. I was hoping for a more modern version of Xonotic, but sadly this ain't it. I got closest to having fun with custom settings enabling Instagib and 10% Faster Movement. Hoping for more players and even faster movement, especially I'd like to get rid of that inertia delay.

This is not a "NO!", it is a "nah.... not yet". Needs more maps and better bots. The bots are not totally awful, but they should be better. Not "snipe you from across the arena" better, "play like people" better. They should have different skills levels; the lesser ones shouldn't be too dumb to function and the better ones shouldn't be Xan Kreiger on steroids either (maybe at the top level). The interface and map selection / map list creation should be better too. I mean if you are gonna get the gang together to play, then ok, could be pretty fun. It's better than some arena games, it looks nice and the weapons are good. It just isn't as good as the OG arena shooters. It is close enough however that I still intend to keep an eye on it. Free edition edit review: Maybe it is my old rig, but the load time is forever. It crashed a couple times. I mean, I can run Toxikk, UT4, Rage 2 at least decent. I think this ran better before. Bots still need work. Should be able to change bot number and skill easily in all modes. I love a bombing run kind of game but this keeps crashing. Arenas feel awkward to move around. Still it can be fun for a bit, if you and maybe some friends have nice new computers.

Extremely high level of polish for an "Alpha" Early-access game. No noticeable bugs, and great performance. Features Unreal Tournament style announcers (that is, "HEADSHOT!" and what have you) tied to Steam achievements, which is a nice touch. Very promising overall.

So i am rewriting this review simply because this game is FANTASTIC. The dev's listened and delivered, CTF is a thing and its even got the bots playing. A.I. Has improved massively and is now a fight to survive. This game is great its fast paced its got advanced moves its got the guns the gore its getting good guys. I will keep watching this game as its looking like a BEAST.

if you're an Unreal Tournament fan or a quake fan then you will love this! Even in it's Alpha stage it's fun, playable, has great maps, solid weapons and game play. I think I'm becoming addicted, and you will too :) Finally a FPS that I have enjoyed since UT.

To sum it up: The best arena shooter in a long period of time, everything is done perfectly, bringing unreal tournaments best moments together with the best things, which made quake so addictive, movement possibiliets are brilliant, playing the maps smoothly to the gallery + the workshop support, which is perfectly integrated into the game, is the cherry on the cake. Thumbs Up !

I've played for a few hours. Even if it's in early access, the game content is very nice. This game is kind of an evolution of UT2004. I love it!