Cubes
Posted by Guest Reviewer Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:19:00 GMT
[Guest Review by FishyBoy]
Cubes is an excellent online game. It can be summed up as a 3D version of the Tron lightcycles game. [Note: it’s essentially a multiplayer version of nenad’s Counterclockwise. -Derek]
You fly around, leaving a trail behind you. Hitting a trail kills you. You can move along any axis. You can also shoot at enemies, although it’s not too effective. Several power-ups are available, and you also have a boost. The world wraps around, so if you just keep going in a straight line, you’ll eventually crash. The default level is empty, although there are a few other levels with some trails already added. That’s about all of the game.
The game is simple, but it’s good fun zooming along colorful corridors, twisting about in a convoluted path and desperately hoping you don’t smash into a wall. When you first start playing it’s rather disorienting, but you get used to it pretty fast. The learning curve was only about 5 minutes for me, and in about 20 minutes I was doing pretty well. Rounds are done survival-style, and the field is pretty small, so games are fast-paced and short.
The game doesn’t have very complicated graphics, but the twisted multicolored architecture when you’re well into a round looks pretty cool. It doesn’t take a very fancy computer, either. My awful computer ran it nicely, with occasional frame rate drops.
The community is very friendly, helping out all the new and confused players. The menu mirrors the main game in simplicity, so it takes less than a minute to set your name and join a server. When there’re about 6-8 people in a room, it’s great fun, although it’s still pretty enjoyable with 2 people.
In short, it’s a fun and unique game, enjoyable on all accounts. I highly recommend it.
It would also probably be great for Game Night.
I got bored with counterclockwise after a little while, but the multiplayer aspect makes this much more appealing
I agree… definitely Game Night material.
Bah, nobody on.
Counterclockwise was neat. Used to play it with my little brother–he’d aim the guns and I’d pilot, or vice versa.
Totally multiplayer.
I play this loads, I totally reccomend it to anyone with internet and fingers.
Hmmm now if only there were a server…
Guess I’m out of luck :(
looks mournfully at the stubs where his fingers should be
:)
I’m hosting a server right now, if anyone wants to join.
My server is now down, fun times were had for the short time.
Wait… I’m pretty sure there was like 2other tron inspired light cycle games out there that’s been around for a while now. Remember GLTron and Armagetron Advanced? But than again.. many people on the Armagetron community aren’t very friendly twords newer players, and there are plenty of jerks in the game. I’ve encountered many of them…
Those light cycle games work in 2 dimensions, you can only turn left or right. This you can also turn up or down, definely adds to the disorientation :)
Anyway, should be an update this evening (maybe tommorow - depends how much I get done) Lots of bug fixes and minor features added.
I would just like to remind people that if they wish to host a game, they will need to configure their firewall appropriately, the details are on the cubes web page.
I was there! Hooray!
It’s a great game, seriously. I’m thinking about doing a sort of Rougelike idea with this, each ascii tile being replaced with a 3d block with that character on it.
Update now available. Same url. Note you’ll need the same version as the server you are connecting with.