When comparing Nexuiz (2012) vs Wickland, the Slant community recommends Wickland for most people. In the question“What are the best PC arena shooters?” Wickland is ranked 23rd while Nexuiz (2012) is ranked 29th. The most important reason people chose Wickland is:
When the match starts, you spawn on the map and then you have to make do with weapons that you spawn closest to. Once you pick up a weapon, it will never spawn again. Players circulate around armor/health items to stay alive as long as possible while avoiding or shooting their opponents. Once you die, you lose. Matches can end as quickly as 30 seconds, or last up to 30 minutes.
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Pros
Pro Interesting take on "permadeath" dueling
When the match starts, you spawn on the map and then you have to make do with weapons that you spawn closest to. Once you pick up a weapon, it will never spawn again. Players circulate around armor/health items to stay alive as long as possible while avoiding or shooting their opponents. Once you die, you lose. Matches can end as quickly as 30 seconds, or last up to 30 minutes.
Cons
Con Original Nexuiz is better
It's free, it has more content, more players, better performance, better netcode, it's open source, cross-platform compatible, free-er modding/mapping capabilities, and the list goes on.
Con No playerbase
According to SteamDB data the game, since February 2016, hasn't reached even 20 concurrent players.
Con Doesn't have many players
All you need is one person to play with though, grab a friend and have fun.