When comparing Ratz Instagib vs Xonotic, the Slant community recommends Xonotic for most people. In the question“What are the best PC arena shooters?” Xonotic is ranked 1st while Ratz Instagib is ranked 30th. The most important reason people chose Xonotic is:
Open Source games are not always known for their high-quality graphics. This can often be caused by the games being designed by committee in that many different people may work on the graphics, even in the same areas, which can cause plenty of inconsistencies. Luckily, Xonotic does not suffer from this problem as the whole of the game has consistent looks that are actually quite impressive.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Very chill and a good game to just vibe in with friends
Way less competitive and more simple than other arena shooters and a great game to just turn your brain off and shoot some rats.
Pro Low system requirements
A machine with a 2GHz i3 CPU and 2GB of RAM can run the game.
Pro Fun, very unrestricted movement
The movement is very fast, kind of floaty, and very fun. it's way more free/ less tied to standard bunny hopping and more ground-based movement.
Pro Impressive graphics, especially for an open source game
Open Source games are not always known for their high-quality graphics. This can often be caused by the games being designed by committee in that many different people may work on the graphics, even in the same areas, which can cause plenty of inconsistencies. Luckily, Xonotic does not suffer from this problem as the whole of the game has consistent looks that are actually quite impressive.
Pro Cross platform
Mac/Linux/Windows support.
Pro Many game modes
Includes all the expected options like Deathmatch and Capture the Flag, as well as more novel modes like Key Hunt.
Pro Fast-paced action
Pro Interesting weapon design (for an arena shooter)
All arena shooter basically use Quake or UT weapon system. However, Xonotic has an interesting variety of weapons (larger selection than most) with elements from both UT and Quake but added some of their innovative ideas. Some of the weapons have a bit of overlap and felt a bit forced, but other weapons really made the game stand out.
Pro Play easily online
At any time, you can find people playing on the net. No special configuration needed.
Pro Not demanding on the system
On integrated HD4600 graphics ~120 FPS on normal settings.
Pro Multiple floor levels gameplay
The game permits players to move across multiple floor levels, which permits more dynamic game play.
Cons
Con Doesn't represent the arena shooter genre properly
It's as much arena shooter as "catch-ball" is baseball. In catch ball your only focus is to throw and catch the ball, similarly in RatZ instagib your only focus is in one weapon, aim and dodging. That is to summarize the complexity of the game excluding additional gameplay elements included in game modes like capture the flag and freeze tag.
Con Doesn't deliver anything new
It's like a poor clone of Xonotic's Instagib. Instagib in any shape and form exists in almost every arena shooter already, it's also done better in most of them. Some of them (Xonotic) are free and has 100x times the content.
Con It's a ghost town
According to SteamDB data the game since Feb 2016 hasn't once reached a 100 concurrent player threshold.
Con Campaign can be very hard and you can get stuck
Some levels are very strange and difficult like fighting with almost invisible enemies.
Even at easy they are hard to beat and you must beat them in order to progress in campaign.
Con Few players
Very few players on the servers ate as it happens 5-9 people!
Con Boring AI bots
Bots are not the most performant opponents in Xonotic. They often run around the same paths, and sometimes even stand still on spots for apparently no reason.
Con No actual addons repository
Cannot download custom maps through the actual game. Instead you have to download maps online and then put them in a directory.