In my search for OpenGL games to play under Linux (because getting Windows games to work under Linux is too much of a pain), I came across The World of Padman. It's a Q3A style first person shooter with Linux, Mac, and Windows versions. The game is pretty simple, but a hell of a lot of fun to play. Runs great on my not-so-great PC.

My Specs:
GPU: nVidia GeForce 8500 GT, 512 MB
CPU: Pentium D 2.66 GHz
RAM: 2 GB

Ran perfectly fine at 1920x1080 with full graphic detail and 32 bots. Min req's are pretty modest.


wop-wtfm.avi

7/22/2007 10:47:01 AM

you could just steal q3a. i doubt anyone would care at this point.

7/22/2007 10:53:13 AM

I own Q3A.

7/22/2007 11:00:27 AM

well any q3a derivative must be awesome, but the guns look kinda lame to me. how do they function?

7/22/2007 11:06:25 AM

yeah not my kind of fps at all

7/22/2007 11:27:48 AM

Whats' the music towards the end of the movie?

7/22/2007 12:27:10 PM

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"the guns look kinda lame to me."

you get what you pay for

7/22/2007 12:27:50 PM

America's Army was fun.

7/22/2007 1:38:36 PM

^ you bought america's army with your taxes

7/22/2007 2:26:53 PM

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"well any q3a derivative must be awesome, but the guns look kinda lame to me. how do they function?"

Yes, all the guns look like super soakers. But they function like guns from typical FPS's. There are analogues for grenade launcher (shoots water balloons), rocket launcher, machine gun, rail gun, shotgun, then there's an actual water gun that deals a huge amount of damage from direct hits and you can slip on the water on the ground. If you put your weapons away you turn into a rabid toothed duck looking thing and you can bite your opponents.

I haven't looked into any of the add-ons on the website. There are probably add-on weapons in there.

7/22/2007 2:32:58 PM

^^ We buy a lot of things with our taxes that people consider free.

7/22/2007 3:01:04 PM

Quote :

"Whats' the music towards the end of the movie?"

Beauty Never Fades (Animatrix) by JunkieXL

I've always like the way this song goes well with video footage. Here's a link to the full song playing over some Eve Online stuff http://myeve.eve-online.com/download/videos/Default.asp?a=download&vid=144


[Edited on July 22, 2007 at 4:08 PM. Reason : .]

7/22/2007 4:00:28 PM

The map shown in the first part of the video where it introduces the guns is a Q3 map someone made a long time ago. I've still got it around...always thought it looked pretty cool with the really large props: birdhouse, chairs, fence, etc.

7/22/2007 9:01:21 PM