It isn’t Counter Strike itself. But it is a pretty good first-person-shooter (FPS) type game. Sure there are many other FPS games around. But this one is a web-based game! Just this alone makes it so impressive that you’ve got to check it out. Yes, no kidding, this FPS plays right out of your web browser. I was so amazed.
I found this game by chance. I was trying to get hold of some widget to add to my Apple Dashboard. I chanced upon a free Paradise Paintball widget. I don’t play much of games, and I haven’t been playing FPS games for many years. But a FPS widget? That was interesting. So I downloaded to try it out.
It was already impressive as a widget. Then I thought, why not try installing the application? Surely a game so good would have a full application installation. So I headed over to the Cmune.com, the company that makes Paradise Paintball. Yes, there are buttons for Mac and Windows. Click on Mac, lo and behold… the game launched in my Safari browser. Sure it took a little while to load, but once it loaded, there the same FPS game played right out of my browser. Full sound. Fluid graphics. Beautiful scenery. Realistic physics. Totally impressive.
The Windows button also leads to a browser based game. There’s also a Facebook button. I haven’t tried that, but I imagine it plays out of your Facebook account in a browser window too. Awesome.
What’s more? It’s a networked FPS game! Yes, that means you can join a game and duel with other human players. Yes, I rallied a few colleagues to try out the game. Everyone was so impressed. (Although getting everyone to be free at the same time even for a few minutes to have a network game proved impossible.)
The game is free. I guessed, and it turned out to be the case after exploring the company website a little, that Paradise Paintball is a technology demo on what the company is capable of delivering, so that their customers will be convinced to pay them to do other work.
A web-based FPS game! That impressed me the most.
Thanks for your kind posting – just came across it while looking for comments on the web.
We have just updated the game to enable team play, added a map and fixed a bunch of things.
Also, the game is not a simple tech demo anymore, we’re working on making it a full-fledged product!
If you know of hard core IT talent or great 3D design folks from Singapore, let us know 🙂
Hi Benjamin, thanks for stopping by. The new developments are really superb. All the best to turning it into the killer web game! 🙂
hey zit seng, thanks for the plug. i see benjamin dropped by already. lol. we’re making another round of updates at the moment for the game…so be sure to check it in a day or two 😉
Paradise Paintball is a very cool game.. I occasionally lpay it at work under the guise of doing internet research..(I work for a Delta Force Paintball in internet marketing). If you liked paradise you should have a little play of presidential paintball as well, the graphics are not as good, but nether the less it is still addictive.
Oliver
A new article about buttons would be very useful too.
I have always found this games as one of those which doesn’t have the best graphics or even run through but what it’s very addictive and that is the great making of a good online game! + no bruises!