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  CodeRED - Battle for Earth
Acid Arena Turbo, Spear Ressurection, Death Illustrated - scared yet? The months of March and April have taught us one thing about freeware: good freeware FPS's are possible, and CodeRED is no exception. CodeRED's storyline features your typical "aliens are coming" plot (in fact, you can get a mod at the author's homepage that makes the enemies look more like the aliens from "Mars Attacks!") with practically no twists. Of course, this is an FPS; the one special genre where a game can have a completely lackluster story and still come out on top. While CodeRED was made using the (now open-source) Quake 2 engine, you'll find it "borrows" a lot less from Quake 2 than Acid Arena Turbo does from Quake 3 Arena. Most of the weapons and levels are unique (and quite good, I might add). I didn't find myself saying "why am I playing Quake 2 all over again?"; it's a different experience and mood than Quake 2. Now on to the game play. CodeRED features some of the best, if not the best, game play I've ever seen in a freeware FPS. It's fast-paced and practically everything is well-executed. And the level design is especially incredible. It's not confusing, yet it still holds originality and difficulty. And, like you should in all FPSs, you can blow stuff up! I do have one complaint, though: like Quake 2, the default controls are awful. However, since they can be adjusted, I didn't even consider that in my rating. The graphics are very good, if not breathtaking. The explosions look great, as do the burning skeletons. The blood isn't as......goopy as Acid Arena Turbo, but it still serves its purpose. Your enemies look a little like the aliens from "Mars Attacks!" (and, as mentioned earlier, you can get a mod from the author's site that makes them look even more like the ones from the movie. I haven't personally tried the mod, so I can't comment on it). The wall and gun models are also fairly good. There is no music in CodeRED, but the sound effects are top-notch, from the blaster sounds, to the sirens. The sound your character makes everytime he jumps is a little irritating, but nothing that will give you a headache. The Bottom Line: CodeRED was the easiest 10/10 I've ever given out. Everything is excellent and I was far from disappointed. Download it. Now. Note 1: Only the lite version worked on my computer (the lite and extreme versions are together in the download). So, if the extreme version works on your computer, the game will probably be better than what I conveyed in this review. Note 2: Downloading this can be a bugger. It's surprisingly popular and, with its large size, it has maxed out some of its mirrors' bandwidth. The download link links to a page with several mirrors. You're on your own after that. Some of them require you to sign up, and some of them don't. I think I downloaded this from Gamer's Hell, but I can't be sure. Note 3: Source Code available in file.
PC REQUIREMENTS: Lite: 400 MHz, 128 RAM, 3D Accelerator. Extreme: 1.2 GHz, 256 RAM, High-res 3D Accelerator
  GAME AUTHOR COR Entertainment
REVIEWED BY Da_Goat
STAFF RATING 10/10
USER RATING ---
   FILE SIZE 95 MB
FILE DATE Dec 28, 2002
UPLOADED Apr 04, 2003
DEV TOOL unknown
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CodeRED - Battle for Earth

Acid Arena Turbo, Spear Ressurection, Death Illustrated - scared yet? The months of March and April have taught us one thing about freeware: good freeware FPS's are possible, and CodeRED is no exception. CodeRED's storyline features your typical "aliens are coming" plot (in fact, you can get a mod at the author's homepage that makes the enemies look more like the aliens from "Mars Attacks!") with practically no twists. Of course, this is an FPS; the one special genre where a game can have a completely lackluster story and still come out on top. While CodeRED was made using the (now open-source) Quake 2 engine, you'll find it "borrows" a lot less from Quake 2 than Acid Arena Turbo does from Quake 3 Arena. Most of the weapons and levels are unique (and quite good, I might add). I didn't find myself saying "why am I playing Quake 2 all over again?"; it's a different experience and mood than Quake 2. Now on to the game play. CodeRED features some of the best, if not the best, game play I've ever seen in a freeware FPS. It's fast-paced and practically everything is well-executed. And the level design is especially incredible. It's not confusing, yet it still holds originality and difficulty. And, like you should in all FPSs, you can blow stuff up! I do have one complaint, though: like Quake 2, the default controls are awful. However, since they can be adjusted, I didn't even consider that in my rating. The graphics are very good, if not breathtaking. The explosions look great, as do the burning skeletons. The blood isn't as......goopy as Acid Arena Turbo, but it still serves its purpose. Your enemies look a little like the aliens from "Mars Attacks!" (and, as mentioned earlier, you can get a mod from the author's site that makes them look even more like the ones from the movie. I haven't personally tried the mod, so I can't comment on it). The wall and gun models are also fairly good. There is no music in CodeRED, but the sound effects are top-notch, from the blaster sounds, to the sirens. The sound your character makes everytime he jumps is a little irritating, but nothing that will give you a headache. The Bottom Line: CodeRED was the easiest 10/10 I've ever given out. Everything is excellent and I was far from disappointed. Download it. Now. Note 1: Only the lite version worked on my computer (the lite and extreme versions are together in the download). So, if the extreme version works on your computer, the game will probably be better than what I conveyed in this review. Note 2: Downloading this can be a bugger. It's surprisingly popular and, with its large size, it has maxed out some of its mirrors' bandwidth. The download link links to a page with several mirrors. You're on your own after that. Some of them require you to sign up, and some of them don't. I think I downloaded this from Gamer's Hell, but I can't be sure. Note 3: Source Code available in file.

PC REQUIREMENTS: Lite: 400 MHz, 128 RAM, 3D Accelerator. Extreme: 1.2 GHz, 256 RAM, High-res 3D Accelerator

GAME AUTHORCOR Entertainment
REVIEWED BYDa_Goat
STAFF RATING10/10
USER RATING---
FILE SIZE95 MB
FILE DATEDec 28, 2002
UPLOADEDApr 04, 2003
DEV TOOLunknown
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