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Aside from it's theme and gameplay, Alien Arena distinguishes itself with it's gorgeous visuals that have no equal among free FPS games. Alien Arena uses the CRX engine, and advanced rendering engine originally based off of id Software's sources that is ever evolving. How does Alien Arena stack up? The proof is in the screenshots.

For example, per-pixel lighting using GLSL on meshes and liquids...



Incredible lighting effects, including soft dynamic and static shadows...



Normal and parallax mapping, liberal use of static meshes for detail...



Vegetation shaders, realistic sun objects, weather effects, and real time per-pixel specular lighting of world surfaces...



Post process effects such as heatwave distortions and pain.



These are the more recent levels created for Alien Arena and display some of the careful design, detail and attention to visual appeal as well as gameplay aspects. Alien Arena has a wide variety of levels, in size, theme and layout.

Deathray - Martian infestation with insane action



Warmachine - Martians gearing up for war



Club Oblivion - A bawdy Martian party goes awry



Zion - A technological wonder



Purgatory - An ancient Hungarian relic in Autumn



Chasmatic - Rockets in tiny slime pit



Downfall - Destruction of the human race



The Saucer - Strange Martian world



Deimos - Abandoned space station



Invasion - The ruins of a Terran city



Command - Beautiful space station

FrostByte - Cold and snowy wasteland houses hidden bases

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