S4 League is a 3d Sci Fi Shooter multiplayer game developed by Pentavision in 2008, with a Third Person view and a techno beat. Play death match or touch down (capture the flag), matches and earn money to purchase new weapons, skills, cloths, and hair & face styles. S4 fast paced skill driven game where even beginners can defeat high level players. The title of the game comes from the four "S" words defining this game: Stylish, eSper, Shooting, and Sports. eSper refers to the 'skills', powers held by characters within the virtual world setting of the game.__________________________________________________________________________________________
S4 League Overview and Features:
S4 League plays similarly to other online Korean and now English games of its nature, such as GunZ and eXteel however it is somewhat unusual in its particular emphasis on teamwork, and sports, rather than violence aligned perspectives.
Game Modes
It is a third person shooter, with two modes of play: Touchdown, Deathmatch; both with either no limits, or sword-only that restricts users to melee weapons and limited skills. Players must have one weapon and one skill equipped in order to play.
Touchdown operates similarly to Capture the Flag, in which two goals are set up on either side of a field. A "Fumbi", which represents a ball of sorts, is placed in the middle. A player must grab the Fumbi and take it to the opposite team's goal in order to score a Touchdown. The Fumbi also quickly drains the SP of the player holding it, which can result in the use of skills being disabled until the Fumbi is dropped or the character dies.
Team Death match places up to 6 people on each team, and has the player fight for a set amount of points, or until the time runs out. Death Match fields are characterized by having many destructible objects in the game environment, such as roof-breaking of buildings and crates scattered strategically around the field.
Sword mode match is a type of game where people can only use melee weapons such as plasma sword, counter sword, or storm bat. This style of game-play, as the name suggests, prohibits ranged weapons to be used. Sword mode is more of a sub-based category, as you may use it as a setting in either Touchdown or Death Match mode.
Also a feature called the Combi system exists. The Combi system focuses on teamwork. Grouping up and playing with people with this system and playing in the same room as them gives you a +3% EXP boost. You can have 5 partnerships and so you can gain up to a 15% EXP boost if all 6 players play in the same room.
There is also a student-teacher concept where a level 13+ player is called a "Combi Master" and is treated as a teacher towards the "student" player. Whenever the student levels up, the Combi Master gets Combi EXP added to their account along with the 3% EXP boost. Obtaining enough EXP with the Combi system will grant the player access to a special Combi Master costume set.
Weapons and skills
There are many weapons and skills in S4 League that diversify play styles. All weapons and skills offer a "license" which allow a player to test a weapon or skill for 5 hours. Licenses may only be obtained once. Afterwards, the player can do tutorials for each weapon which is essentially the license test again but without the ability to test a weapon.
Weapons consist of the Plasma Sword, Counter Sword, Storm Bat, Sub Machine Gun, Handgun, Revolver, Heavy Machine Gun, Pistol, Gauss Rifle, Smash Rifle, Semi Rifle, Grenade Launcher, Cannonade, Railgun, Sentry, Sentinel, Mind Energy, and Mind Shock.
Weapons can cause criticals which increase the damage done per hit. Short range and Long range weapons gain criticals by performing Head shots, which is generally aiming for the head of the avatar. Hacker type weapons, specifically the Mind Energy and Mind Shock, gain criticals when the user and the target are on the same elevation.
Skills consist of Flying, Anchor, HP Mastery, SP Mastery, Shield, Invisibility, Detect, Block, and Bind.
Game Modes
It is a third person shooter, with two modes of play: Touchdown, Deathmatch; both with either no limits, or sword-only that restricts users to melee weapons and limited skills. Players must have one weapon and one skill equipped in order to play.
Touchdown operates similarly to Capture the Flag, in which two goals are set up on either side of a field. A "Fumbi", which represents a ball of sorts, is placed in the middle. A player must grab the Fumbi and take it to the opposite team's goal in order to score a Touchdown. The Fumbi also quickly drains the SP of the player holding it, which can result in the use of skills being disabled until the Fumbi is dropped or the character dies.
Team Death match places up to 6 people on each team, and has the player fight for a set amount of points, or until the time runs out. Death Match fields are characterized by having many destructible objects in the game environment, such as roof-breaking of buildings and crates scattered strategically around the field.
Sword mode match is a type of game where people can only use melee weapons such as plasma sword, counter sword, or storm bat. This style of game-play, as the name suggests, prohibits ranged weapons to be used. Sword mode is more of a sub-based category, as you may use it as a setting in either Touchdown or Death Match mode.
Also a feature called the Combi system exists. The Combi system focuses on teamwork. Grouping up and playing with people with this system and playing in the same room as them gives you a +3% EXP boost. You can have 5 partnerships and so you can gain up to a 15% EXP boost if all 6 players play in the same room.
There is also a student-teacher concept where a level 13+ player is called a "Combi Master" and is treated as a teacher towards the "student" player. Whenever the student levels up, the Combi Master gets Combi EXP added to their account along with the 3% EXP boost. Obtaining enough EXP with the Combi system will grant the player access to a special Combi Master costume set.
Weapons and skills
There are many weapons and skills in S4 League that diversify play styles. All weapons and skills offer a "license" which allow a player to test a weapon or skill for 5 hours. Licenses may only be obtained once. Afterwards, the player can do tutorials for each weapon which is essentially the license test again but without the ability to test a weapon.
Weapons consist of the Plasma Sword, Counter Sword, Storm Bat, Sub Machine Gun, Handgun, Revolver, Heavy Machine Gun, Pistol, Gauss Rifle, Smash Rifle, Semi Rifle, Grenade Launcher, Cannonade, Railgun, Sentry, Sentinel, Mind Energy, and Mind Shock.
Weapons can cause criticals which increase the damage done per hit. Short range and Long range weapons gain criticals by performing Head shots, which is generally aiming for the head of the avatar. Hacker type weapons, specifically the Mind Energy and Mind Shock, gain criticals when the user and the target are on the same elevation.
Skills consist of Flying, Anchor, HP Mastery, SP Mastery, Shield, Invisibility, Detect, Block, and Bind.
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S4 League Review
S4 League is a sci-fi third-person shooter with cartoon characters and adrenaline pumping action. This is one of the finest examples of a frenetic online multiplayer game, focusing on a most rewarding team-based gameplay.The S4 in the name stands for Stylish eSper Shooting Sports, and this is a perfect fit since the game is chockful of style. Characters are stylish and vibrant and offer a nice degree of personalization, from new costumes and armor to fabulous weapons and special abilities (flight or invisibility to name just a few). Full Review»
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S4 League System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows XP/ ME / 2000 / Vista
CPU: 1.0 GHz Intel P3 or equivalent
RAM: 256 MB RAM
HDD: 3 GB Free
Graphics Card: Geforce 2 MZ 440 or equivelent 64MB VGA Card
