Review: OpenArena 0.8.0

Being such a new version, you might not be seeing this in Ubuntu 8.10, Mandriva 2009, Fedora 10 or Suse 11.1 – unless they update their repos quick smart. All is not lost however, as it's a quick download without the need to compile anything, as you run the game from the directory choosing either the x86 or the x86-64 runtime.

What I do want to talk about is what's new. Firstly, there are a few new maps, new models, new sound effects and a new annoucer voice. On the whole, there's a lot that's changed and the game is all the better for it. Some of the weapons sound a bit softer now (the shotgun sounds especially wussy), but I'm sure that's something that I'll just get used to.

One ugly bug has raised it's head:

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