WoW vs Infantry

Skear · May 2012

Infantry is better than WoW. Heres why.

Ingame Footage:

What makes this game unique?

-Supports up to 200 players in one arena

-Intelligent projectile/physics coding, where aim, reflexes, and teamwork matter

-Isometric viewpoint: rewards battlefield awareness

-Complex damage models (a lot of people don't realize this makes a fun game)

-Several game types (Zones) for different tastes

-User-friendly editors and open source C# scripting

What are some similar games to Infantry?

-Nox developed by Westwood Studios (bought out by EA)

-Subspace/Continuum

-Asteroids (except infantry is the MMO version, and much better, only comparable on a fundamental level)

How are the graphics?

2.5D allows the game to operate at a very high efficiency rate, dedicating its resources to important game functions instead of shiny/flashy effects that doesn't contribute to gameplay that much, but at the same time avoids the graininess of most other 2D games.

This game is so old, why bother playing it?

Some of the best games of our generation have stood the test of time because developers back then better understood what it meant to create a game with less fluff and more interesting mechanics. This game will challenge you unlike most other games but, will reward you in your endeavours.

I thought SoE owned this game and ran it into the ground?

They did...here's the thing though. The game used to be free and was put on a payment service around 2001. Hundreds of thousands of people used to play this game, and then a majority of the population left. Infantry years later went free again but, was all too late. This year SoE decided to call it an end and shutdown the servers.

Why is Infantry 2.0?

Infantry 2.0 is "the people's" server, allowing for open development and constant updates. The game server was reverse engineered by a talented coder named aaerox. This project has been going on for years now, and finally has produced some remarkable results in the form of moving AI with fully integrated C# scripting.

Where can you find players who play this game?

Chat Channel: http://freeinfantry.org/forum/mibbit.php

Website & Forums: http://freeinfantry.org

How can I play?

Click DOWNLOAD on the site, Click Infantry Launcher, Save the files, Run Inf Launcher, Register & Update, PLAY!

If you need more help, once again, please join our chat channel at http://freeinfantry.org/forum/mibbit.php

See you soon soldier.

MMOGamer71 · May 2012

Nice EGA graphics, pass.

TGSOL · May 2012

Haven't played this game in years. I remember it being incredible, though. Same with that more simplistic alien hunting game.

Skear · May 2012

Sure our graphics are outdated but when it comes down to it, infantry is a better game bro.

Im with you on that TG, infantry was just unfortunately managed all wrong.

zellmer · May 2012

Oh Infantry..

The game people only played when Everquest was offline for things like a patch and where urged to:

"Try out this other game that's free with your account!"

Lame with RR Launchers, Arcing grenade launchers, and by placing land mines in blind spots on the 2-d map. Repeat ad-nauseam.

Or play capture the flag that was entirely reliant on how good your engineer was.

Or the "I want to shoot with the giant tank!!!" modes that where a joke, heh.

Dewm · May 2012

Originally posted by Skear
Sure our graphics are outdated but when it comes down to it, infantry is a better game bro.

Im with you on that TG, infantry was just unfortunately managed all wrong.

tens of millions have played WoW

and I have never even heard of infantry...

...soo yeah /thread?

Skear · May 2012

Lol, Infantry was not some game just played when Everquest went offline. I'm sure it was encouraged but, thousands legitimetely played Infantry. You seem to have never really gave it a fair chance and just couldnt wait to get back to Everquest with fairies and dragons.

That is simply because WoW has an advantage in advertisement doesnt make it a better game just because you haven't heard of Infantry. It just means people are brainwashed.

Magnetia · May 2012

I remember this old gem. There was a player named Traxx. Put all his points into run speed. Nobody could catch him. Ever.

madazz · May 2012

I miss those days. While I never got into Infantry, this reminded me of the many hours playing Subspace on either Alpha or Chaos. I still hop on to Continuum (the current subspace) to play some Chaos. I just wish more played!

Skear · May 2012

That it is, an old *gem*. Were in process of polishing this gem so it can boom once again. It will never be like the old times but, with the right management, something positive can happen.

SoulOfRaziel · May 2012

If Infantary became a mmorpg it would change everything !

Quizzical · May 2012

Quick history of Infantry:

It was hosted by GameFan, which went bankrupt around the start of October 2000. SOE picked it up around the start of November 2000, and the game was free, as it was officially in beta. At that point, the game had two developers: JeffP (who wrote the game engine) and Yankee (who did the zone design). Even while officially in beta, the game was more polished than most games that are released, even years after release.

Infantry was pretty much neglected and ignored by SOE. Volunteer player mods managed to more or less keep peace inside the game. But on the forums, vile stuff, even to the degree of breaking the forum, would go ignored for days before SOE finally noticed and fixed it. Not that SOE did much better when they were actually paying attention to the forum. At one point, they decided to filter the words "black" and "white", ostensibly to combat racism.

There was an assumption among some players that the game would eventually go pay to play. SOE denied it, and said that if they changed their plans, they'd let us know. Finally in April 2002, SOE announced that they had changed their plans and the game would become a subscription game--and in five days.

Players rioted over this, of course. Players can be idiots, especially in PVP games. But SOE made two big mistakes here: first, insisting that they had no plans to ever make the game go pay to play, which was surely a lie. And second, when the game did go pay to play, they simply weren't ready to take payment. So even players who were willing to pay to play often couldn't.

Becoming a subscription game caused most of the players to leave. That meant that a number of zones were dead, so even players who did pay didn't have the game that they wanted. A purely PVP game is far more dependent on having players around than PVE games are.

Sometime after this, SOE transferred both JeffP and Yankee to other projects. Now instead of two full-time developers, the game had none. Future cheats didn't get fixed, and the game got overrun by cheaters. SOE left the servers up for years after this, before finally pulling the plug.

Even so, in its heyday, Infantry was the best PVP game ever made. It was a game you could jump in and play, without having to spend more of your time preparing than actually playing the game. That's a very important thing that most MMORPGs with PVP seem to have lost sight of.

MMOExposed · May 2012

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WOW!!!!!

This free of sub?

Skear · May 2012

Thank you for that history sir and yeah Infantry is definately one of the best pvp games ever. WoW on the other hand..eh. Yes this free.

Hauvarn · May 2012

Looks Alright, from the video you posted I think I might prefer wow though

BizkitNL · May 2012

I recall reading some time ago that Infantry would be shut down? Guess I was mistaken.

EDIT: Woops, I was right. Player-run? Wahey! Might give it a go again.

InfinityD · May 2012

This was my favorite game for quite some time. I was a loyal pre-p2p player. Twin peaks pub 1 was the shit! I think last I checked I had put in over 2500 hours on my account.

I remember having Yankee on my friends list and talking to him on many occasions.

Tried to hang on after it went p2p, payed for it. But the playerbase dropped by 90% in one day. Was sad. And yeah, it was horribly managed. I would play it again if the playerbase got revived, though.

Myrdynn · May 2012

if you didnt reference WOW in this people might take you serious

Oberholzer · May 2012

Game sounds pretty cool. I played EQ and don't recall it. not sure what mentioning Wow has to do with it though.

Skear · May 2012

My thoughts exactly guys, Infantry is truly a remarkable game. I compared WoW because ive got shot down with "WoW is best ever and your graphics suck," so many times and I'm like really dudes..