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    What is a good, easy to set up, non-demanding, free multiplayer FPS?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Selenium, Nov 4, 2008.

  1. Selenium

    Selenium Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm trying to game against my brother online a little, but his machine is pretty basic and can't run newer games hardly at all. He can play the original Far Cry as long as the graphics are turned WAAYY down, but we're having all sorts of problems getting a death match off the ground.

    So basically, we're looking for something that's EASY to set up, will be playable on his machine at low settings, and fun. Recommendations?
     
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  2. gengerald

    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    Old School Counter Strike 1.6 or Half Life Deathmath. I haven't played War Rock yet, but it looks very interesting.
     
    gengerald, Nov 4, 2008
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  3. MegaMan X

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    try searching for Softnyx's WolfTeam, its free, and is super easy to setup...my roommate always plays it on his crappy machine....i myself play COD4, so I have no idea how well this game plays

    [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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  4. Vehement

    Vehement Notebook Consultant

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    America's Army [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
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  5. Ennea

    Ennea wwwwww

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    Nothing wrong at all with old school CS.
     
    Ennea, Nov 4, 2008
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  6. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    americas army is pretty modern and relatively intensive. i say old school cs 1.6
     
    masterchef341, Nov 4, 2008
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  7. lemming

    lemming Notebook Enthusiast

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    Gunz is sort of free. I guess eventually you end up forking over money for the better med packs, or bumming them from friends that do buy game currency.

    Unreal Tournament Edition is pretty old, but very fun! Not free, but you could probably find it for a very cheap price if you don't already have copies of it sitting around. If you ever purchased video cards in the past, they may have even came with a CD that had an OEM key on it.

    Team Fortress 2 runs on fairly minimal system specs, maybe find some friends on Steam to gift it to you from their Orange Box? ;)

    Tribes

    Warsow
     
    lemming, Nov 4, 2008
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  8. aussiek2000

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  9. Ennea

    Ennea wwwwww

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    Original Tribes was so godlike. Too bad it's been failing ever since.
     
    Ennea, Nov 4, 2008
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  10. EtownsFinest

    EtownsFinest Notebook Deity

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    Combat Arms is a free FPS i had fun with it ;)
     
    EtownsFinest, Nov 4, 2008
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  11. redrazor11

    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    UT99 doesn't even require a CDkey.


    Also, Assault-cube is 100% free, and takes less than 5 min to d-load. Very very very low requirments.
     
    redrazor11, Nov 4, 2008
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  12. jcm4

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    Combat Arms, definitely.
     
    jcm4, Nov 4, 2008
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