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Alien Swarm

PsuniPsuni
edited August 2010 in General Chat
Did a search but didn't find anything on this. Anyone planning on picking this up via Steam in 2 days? Apparently, it's a free title from the Source SDK that allows for 4-player online co-op. It actually looks really fun for what appears to be a top-down shooter of sorts.

If anyone wants to get some games in, send me a Steam FR @ TheDeanPSU.

Here is a screenshot and a link to the title: http://store.steampowered.com/app/630/

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  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited July 2010
    Looks interesting and you say it is free?
  • PsuniPsuni
    edited July 2010
    That's what the link states:
    Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited July 2010
    Psuni wrote: »
    That's what the link states:

    Well all right sounds good to me.
  • Ray-The-SunRay-The-Sun
    edited July 2010
    OP, you misread it. It's a free title using the new version of the source engine (Portal 2's engine) and comes with Source 2010 SDK compatibility.
  • PsuniPsuni
    edited July 2010
    Where did I misread it?
  • patterspatters
    edited July 2010
    A friend was on the team for the original mod. The core 4 guys who worked on it (which doesn't include my friend) got hired by Valve and have worked on both L4D and it's sequel. I'm going to play it, it looks great.
  • PsuniPsuni
    edited July 2010
    patters wrote: »
    A friend was on the team for the original mod. The core 4 guys who worked on it (which doesn't include my friend) got hired by Valve and have worked on both L4D and it's sequel. I'm going to play it, it looks great.

    That's awesome...it's too bad your friend wasn't included in the hiring.
  • patterspatters
    edited July 2010
    Psuni wrote: »
    That's awesome...it's too bad your friend wasn't included in the hiring.

    He works for an awesome company who organise great games related events. It was mostly level design he did, I believe.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited July 2010
    Ray-The-Sun wrote: »
    OP, you misread it. It's a free title using the new version of the source engine (Portal 2's engine) and comes with Source SDK compatibility.

    So i need to have a game that works with that engine then?
  • SillyStellSillyStell
    edited July 2010
    Well it looks fun annnnd it's free! So I suppose their is no reason not to get it.
  • Ray-The-SunRay-The-Sun
    edited July 2010
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    So i need to have a game that works with that engine then?

    No, as I said, it's a new version of the source engine. The interesting thing here is that it's not SDK support, it's got it's own independent SDK.

    Yes, confusing.
  • [TTG] Yare[TTG] Yare Telltale Alumni
    edited July 2010
    I'll probably play this for a minute.
  • Ray-The-SunRay-The-Sun
    edited July 2010
    I wonder how long it'll be until we get some amazing character mods for this, considering it's open source.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited July 2010
    Ray-The-Sun wrote: »
    I wonder how long it'll be until we get some amazing character mods for this, considering it's open source.

    oh i would laughif someone creates a sam and max character model.
  • Ray-The-SunRay-The-Sun
    edited July 2010
    One of the achievements suggests a new hat in Team Fortress 2 by both icon and name.

    6on9nb.jpg

    And a link to it's actual image on steam, to prove this isn't fake.
  • jp-30jp-30
    edited July 2010
    Thanks for the tipoff!
  • Thriftweed Fancy PantsThriftweed Fancy Pants
    edited July 2010
    I wonder if it will become a Steamplay title.
  • LeakLeak
    edited July 2010
    Psuni wrote: »
    Did a search but didn't find anything on this. Anyone planning on picking this up via Steam in 2 days? Apparently, it's a free title from the Source SDK that allows for 4-player online co-op. It actually looks really fun for what appears to be a top-down shooter of sorts.
    Heh. I remember when Alien Swarm was "just" a UT2k4 mod. Though I would have expected it to be continued using/ported to UDK rather than Source... :)

    It was fun, but I liked UT2k4 proper more...

    np: Autechre - M62 (Move Of Ten)
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited July 2010
    I'll give it a go, just because it has the Valve name on it, and it's free
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited July 2010
    I'll get it. See what it's like. It's free so why not?
  • The GentlemanThe Gentleman
    edited July 2010
    It isn't actually by Valve, it's by a small company whom they hired.
  • PsuniPsuni
    edited July 2010
    The Gentleman wrote: »
    It isn't actually by Valve, it's by a small company whom they hired.

    No, it's developed by Valve, not a small company.

    Check the side bar information on the Steam page. The people who developed it work for Valve as employees.
  • Ray-The-SunRay-The-Sun
    edited July 2010
    Psuni wrote: »
    Check the side bar information on the Steam page. The people who developed it work for Valve as employees.

    Nono, It's a game by a small company that was then reworked for source and refined BY the small company who now work under valve in the L4D division.
  • PsuniPsuni
    edited July 2010
    "Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community. Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes."

    So, this is a lie then?
  • Ray-The-SunRay-The-Sun
    edited July 2010
    Psuni wrote: »
    "Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community."

    So, this is a lie then?

    Nope.
  • PsuniPsuni
    edited July 2010
    Which then makes them Valve employees --- which then makes them Valve.

    I don't see the problem with what I said.
  • BoneFreakBoneFreak
    edited July 2010
    Ray-The-Sun wrote: »
    Nope.


    Nope.
  • Ray-The-SunRay-The-Sun
    edited July 2010
    BoneFreak wrote: »
    Nope.

    Nope.
  • patterspatters
    edited July 2010
    Ray-The-Sun wrote: »
    Nope.

    1) 3 guys of the original team were hired by Valve.
    2) The team have worked on Valve games, including both L4D's.
    3) It's a smaller team, does that make it not a Valve game, The Orange Box was 3 new (split team) games, are each of these not Valve games.
    4) I expect that more than the 3 guys hired worked on the game.

    Also saying that it isn't a Valve game would mean that Team Fortress Classic and 2 aren't Valve games.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited July 2010
    so is this game out then?
  • PsuniPsuni
    edited July 2010
    Link says approximately 4 hours until release.
  • RawrRawr
    edited July 2010
    I'll be giving it a download. It's free, so why the hell not? Not really losing much trying it.
  • S@breS@bre
    edited July 2010
    Ray-The-Sun wrote: »
    Psuni wrote: »
    "Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community.
    So, this is a lie then?
    Nope.

    You are aware that a large proportion of Valve is hired from the mod community right? Team Fortress, Counter-Strike, Day of Defeat, they're all originally mods, and the people who created them as mods in their free time now work for Valve. That applies in a more limited extent to Portal and L4D as well.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited July 2010
    Just so everybody knows and to bump this exactly 1 hour left.
  • Ray-The-SunRay-The-Sun
    edited July 2010
    Delayed 2 hours. 1 hour 15 minutes left.
  • Toast_BurnerToast_Burner
    edited July 2010
    The Gentleman wrote: »
    It isn't actually by Valve, it's by a small company whom they hired.
    Same with Portal and pretty much every other Valve games except half life
  • BoneFreakBoneFreak
    edited July 2010
    Can we get some reviews?
  • Ray-The-SunRay-The-Sun
    edited July 2010
    Hat Trick
    Complete 2 co-op missions online. Earns a Team Fortress 2 parasite hat.

    Aaaaaawesome.
  • PsuniPsuni
    edited July 2010
    Got it downloading now.
  • Ray-The-SunRay-The-Sun
    edited July 2010
    Tip to UK based downloads- Switch to netherlands the UK servers are tripe.
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