LOC Veteran Posted November 4, 2006 Veteran Share Posted November 4, 2006 (edited) Arcade, oldschool multiplayer and bloodshed.That's what the game Bloodmasters is about. Play with friends on your LAN or online and experience this oldschool top-down shooter. The game supports Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture The Flag and Scavenger game modes. The game is completely freeware and without ads, spyware or other unwanted garbage. Saw this linked on Gamershell yesterday, figured for a 45 meg download I'd give it a shot. Man, what an impressive game. There's about 8 or 9 maps included, none are humongous by any stretch, but they are all "fun" and graphically it's pretty nice as well. All sorts of neat lighting, shadowing effects, etc. I think this game uses an enhanced Darkspaces engine, though I could be wrong. Either way, it looks damn nice and should run on fairly old hardware pretty well I think. There's DM/TDM/CTF and Scavenger game modes as it says ^^ there. Not bad for free eh? There's a good 10 or more servers up for the game, and eh, maybe 15 people playing it. So I'm posting it here, to get more people to play it. I always like to support freeware gaming devs, and especially when the game isn't "crippled" or garbageware. Give it a shot folks, you can't lose with a free game! *Update* I just spoke to the game's developer in IRC, the game does not use the Darkspaces engine, it's using a custom built engine he developed. Bloodmasters Homepage Edited November 4, 2006 by LOC Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotdot Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Man Im so there thanks LOC Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588016797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOC Veteran Posted November 4, 2006 Author Veteran Share Posted November 4, 2006 Hope you like it :) Get more people playing it! :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588016801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy-go-go Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 I downloaded this game the day it was released. It's great fun, I definately recommend it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588016805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotdot Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Yeh am bloody loving this. Hopefully with new updates it,ll become bigger and better. The BIG problem I have is that the movement keys stay the same as your player model moves. I.e if im facing right the W key moves me up (not forward) and if Im facing left the W key moves me up (again not forward). So thats gonna take some getting used to. We should try and find or host a wee server for Neowin and play on it :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588016854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
benac Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Looks like fun. Reminds me of the old PS1 game "Project Overkill". Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588018058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin001 Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 :o this could be a great game for me and my mates to play at lectures! Thanks :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588018069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 (edited) Does the game support gamepads? I don't see playing this on a keyboard being very fun. Edited November 5, 2006 by Andre Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588018221 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper_Maniac Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Looks like a fun game. I think I'll download it and try it out. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588021519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotdot Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Should be an update this friday that address the movement issues etc. Shame my gfz card has blown tho :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588030066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeImp Public Relations Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Today we released an update to version 1.1 of our new, freeware game Bloodmasters. This update fixes the problems we found in the first version and adds some new features that the community deemed necessary. Now that the game has the support needed for tournaments, we are proud to announce the first tournament has opened for subscriptions! More information is available at the official website, www.bloodmasters.com. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588033896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 hey thanks for the find, this is promising. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588033911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotdot Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Cheers code Imp and thanks for implementing the new movement :) Now if only i could get it to run on a gf4 :s me wonders if this game uses shader models? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588034222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdesmus Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Looks fun, I'll give it a try, thanks ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588034269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted November 10, 2006 Veteran Share Posted November 10, 2006 Does the game support gamepads? I don't see playing this on a keyboard being very fun. That's what I would like to know. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588034485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sin-ergy Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Downloading :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588034529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted November 10, 2006 Veteran Share Posted November 10, 2006 for those wondering, I tried it and it doesn't support a joystick/gamepad. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588034720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimoTurbo Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Never heard of it I'll give it a try thanks :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588034801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 too bad there's no single player mode. with no one online it's hard enjoying it. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588035633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotdot Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Just a quick tip IF you go to :/program files/bloodmasters/music then copy in an mp3 of your choice and re-name it to one of the existing file names you can have custom music play :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588035655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
N-Chip Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 This game is ace! It doesn't even get boring! Just Old-School battles against online players, it's a shame there isn't many lyaers online but it's good that the devs implemented the new movement system Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588039550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 wow, this game looks so fun :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588039565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutal1sk Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 hey umm im runnig a pos with a geforce 4 mx 440 or whatever. any chance it will run :s i read the system requirements and i optimize the system fairly well... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/509337-bloodmasters-released/#findComment-588039692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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