Crossfire (computer game)
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Crossfire is an open source, multiplayer online computer role-playing game (MMORPG) advanced roguelike. It features a tile based graphic system, realistic diseases that spread and infect, many spells, a vast world that consists of several cities and many other features. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License and it has several servers as well as a metaserver at the official site.
The client (latest ver. 1.7.1) will run in Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, IRIX, and an array of other platforms. The server (latest ver. 1.7.0) runs in Linux, IRIX and has been recently ported to Windows as well.
There's a fork of Crossfire, called Daimonin, which features background music and isometric graphics.
About the game
The player can choose one of 12 races from dragons (fire hatchlings) to quetzalcoatl as well as the more average human and elf. They can also play as one of 15 classes. The game consists of a comprehensive skill system that has experience in each skill, rather than just general experience points. As a result, it is more realistic in that the skills you use are the skills that are improved.
The player will choose to start in one of two towns, Scorn and Navar, on opposite sides of the game world, and discover the other towns as they play. There are some quests, but it is generally mostly a fun hack and slash adventure with several comrades. With thousands of different maps spread out over a full-sized continent, the game has plenty of room to explore.
External links
- Official Site (http://crossfire.real-time.com/)
- Project page (http://freshmeat.net/projects/crossfire/) at Freshmeat
- Project page (http://sourceforge.net/projects/crossfire) at SourceForge
- Crossfire Messageboard (http://www.metalforge.net/cfmb/)de:Crossfire