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Splat Magazine's Renegade Paintball

Score: 70%
ESRB: Teen
Publisher: Global Star Software
Developer: Cat Daddy Games
Media: CD/1
Players: 1 - Many
Genre: First Person Shooter

Graphics & Sound:

Whether you’re a hardcore paintball fan or just an FPS aficionado with a tight budget, Splat Magazine: Renegade Paintball is here to entertain.

One of the biggest selling points for most high profile first-person shooters is their cutting edge graphics. Since they rarely expand upon a relatively simple gameplay formula, it is the attractive visuals that bring in audiences. Renegade Paintball is not one of these games. The visuals fall well within the spectrum of average. They aren’t bad by any means, but they won’t be redefining the expectations of PC graphics either. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing though. Because the game isn’t as graphically intensive as others, it will run on pretty average systems, and the price is definitely right at roughly $20.

The most frequent sounds you will hear in Renegade Paintball are the telltale noises of a paintball gun firing and a paintball hitting something or someone. Since the game is focused on recreating the tournament paintball experience, it is very minimalist in the sound and music department.


Gameplay:

Splat Magazine: Renegade Paintball is all about the tournament paintball experience. Naturally, the game is more or less your typical first-person shooter, with bullets and blood replaced with paintballs and bruises.

In many ways, Renegade Paintball plays a lot like games such as Counterstrike. They are match based with various types of goals varying from eliminate the other player, to King of the Hill and Capture the Flag. As opposed to more run and gun, arcade style FPS games like Doom, Renegade Paintball offers a more realistic style with more realistic conventions like varying accuracy based on stance and movement. This game doesn’t skimp on the hardware either and offers 10 different types of paintball guns, or markers.


Difficulty:

In terms of single player options, Splat Magazine: Renegade Paintball features three different difficulty selections and is, on the whole, pretty forgiving. Starting in Career mode on normal difficulty, most players shouldn’t have many issues breezing right through the first few competitions.

Of course, the real reason one plays a tournament style FPS like this is for the multiplayer aspects. The ultimate challenge is, after all, other human competitors. While the game offers both LAN and internet options, unless you know people to play over LAN or a specific time when an internet game is going to occur, you’re not likely to find many opportunities to mix it up with other players. I tried looking for some internet games and was not very successful.


Game Mechanics:

Splat Magazine: Renegade Paintball offers three major modes of single player action: Career, Arcade, and any combination of multiplayer experiences. Career mode is basically a set of predetermined levels to progress through. Arcade offers a version of the game with many of the rules “thrown out the window” and offers a more Doom style experience. Skirmish is just when you want a quick single player match with parameters you set up. The game also features a field editor that lets you create your own stages.

If what you’re interested is just a new FPS game to play online with people, Renegade Paintball may lack the user base to make you happy. If, however, you’re a gamer on a budget, or just a paintball fan, you might enjoy it.


-Alucard, GameVortex Communications
AKA Stephen Triche

Minimum System Requirements:



Windows 2000/XP, Pentium III 800MHz, 256 MB RAM, 800 MB free hard disk space, DirectX 9 compatible video card with 64MB RAM, DirectX compatible sound card
 

Test System:



Windows XP, Pentium IV 2.8 GHz, 1024 MB RAM, Radeon 9800 PRO with 256MB RAM, Sound Blaster Audigy 2

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