An idea to get more players

[menikmati.phos]

I agree, this game needs more aggressive advertising. Or at least ads that can give people a glimpse of what SM is like as a shooter. I think a lot of people are dismissing it based on appearance and not realizing it's such a solid FPS.

Nadeo has every right to brag (and they should shamelessly) about including demo recorders, full mod/map editor support, dedicated server files, support for competitive play, and customization-a-plenty. This is the stuff the FPS community begs for, and finally it's all here in one game.

Anyway, I hope things pick up for Shootmania in NA. Can't wait to see some of the other game modes (speedball, jailbreak, combo) having full servers like Europe does.

[ViRGE]

As someone on the outside, I agree that a demo or trial would go a long way towards grabbing more players. I'm aware of what Shootmania is and its mechanics, but all the same I'm not ready to throw down $20 without having first played it. I want to see that it plays as how I expect it to and that I enjoy it, things that cannot be evaluated from videos and descriptions alone.

It looks like a fun and unique game, but due to the latter in particular I don't have much to compare it to. So having a demo of some kind to figure out whether I would even like it would go a long way towards deciding whether to purchase it.

[Omnixor]

it's planned to have free accounts with limited number of features/gamemodes. but as usual from Nadeo, you can't expect any real ETAs about it.