Super Cool Games: Urban Terror

I guess to add content every so often I'll talk about a sweet game. Well, I'll start it off with one I play pretty often, Urban Terror, also known as UrT.

I guess that doesn't give a good idea of the game itself... so...

No, your reticle doesn't have to be big, green, and obnoxious, and there isn't normally that many people. I just googled "Urban Terror" and pulled a picture. Although that picture IS from the best map, Uptown.

http://www.urbanterror.info

So what it is is a first person shooter that's like half-Quake, half-Counter Strike. It has the shooter realism of Counterstrike, such as hitting someone in the head will USUALLY kill them [maybe two shots if they're wearing a helmet], whereas the legs or arms won't do as much. However, if they start bleeding in the legs, they can't sprint, for example. [you can bandage yourself up, don't worry]

Now, where Quake comes in is that the engine is the Quake engine. The movement is what gets a tad unrealistic. Jumping correctly and skilfully will have you flying across the map, off of walls, and confusing all of your opponents. That is, if you're REALLY good at jumping, which takes awhile. But when you get used to it, it's pretty useful. Anyhow, the game has unique messages for when you kill someone with certain weapons/methods, and it's just an overall fun game. Pretty quick to jump in to, with not that big of a learning curve.

But don't use the Remington SR8. It's a noob sniper rifle that kills in one hit if you hit in the head, torso, and I THINK arms. I know the legs deals 50% damage, not sure about the arms. But torso and head are instant-kills, which takes zero skill. Just aim and shoot.

Recommended servers: |Alpha| Uptown 24/7, |WC| Wildcat Uptown 24/7, NRG Uptown 24/7... Basically any dedicated 24/7 servers on Uptown, playing Team Deathmatch.

There are other decent maps, too, like Algiers, Streets, and Riyadh, but... Uptown's the best.

So if you play it, search for me and hit me up. I'm {CoTP}Twitch.