First of all... My respects to you all, pro and con, alike. I appreciate the various views for the participants in this thread. I, like alot of you, am actually, searching for my perfect game. I have a gaming history that spans from typing listings from Compute magazine, the Doom series, Quake serie...

Shootmania, for what I can tell, has been promoting this 'oldschool shooter' vibe. I'm a vet in games like quake, ut, tribes, etc, clanned in them for many moons on several levels -- so this vibe naturally got my attention. Let me sum up my first experience, then I'll give specific details: Way too...