Hi Matt,
Half-life / Quake shooters are probably the the easiest to make with A4 because of the many prefabricated scripts. The key thing, however, is level design. If you've got great graphics, but crap for levels, you wont have a very worth-while game.

The level editor is all you could ever ask for (well... close at least )! Creating levels is easy once you get used to it.
Should you buy it? ABSOLUTELY!!

My current game is a shooter called 'Delirious', which is also my first game to get past the concept stages

---You can also d/l the 30-day trial version at http://www.conitec.net/a4update.htm

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