Neotokyo has proven itself, at least to me, to be a game worth playing.

The game is set in Tokyo of the near-future, in which a covert war is being waged between the National Security Force, a public force under control of the Prime Minister, and JINRAI, a powerful branch of the Japanese military (which had previously and unsuccessfully attempted a coup). NSF has sworn to protect the Japanese constitution, which does not allow military action outisde Japan. JINRAI sees such actions as the solution to Japan’s geo-political problems.

The gameplay consists of single-life rounds, and after you die you are forced to watch in spectate mode for the rest of the round. This is similar to many popular multiplayer games: Counter-Strike, Call of Duty 4’s Search and Destroy mode, and TF2’s own Arena mode all share similar round styles.

Also like Tf2, NT allows players to pick from three classes- the Scout/Spy-like “recon,” the well-rounded “assault,” and the slow but powerful “support.” Each has it’s own myriad of abilities…

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The free mod that we told you about earlier has been released.

A small reminder – the source mod known as Neotokyo will be released in soon. A week ago the developers announced that the mod is essentially done, however they “just got a few things to tidy up”.

For those of you that haven’t heard of this total conversion mod, please follow through this link for a rather atmospheric trailer. Neotokyo, which has been in development for a few years, will be available free of charge. After viewing the trailer, you probably won’t have any reasons not to try it out when it gets released.