I downloaded it pretty quickly despite the 10-15 minute suspension. The game looks great and is going to be a scary experience in terms of "jump factor." Especially when you have to pay attention to the movement indicator on the map in the lower right and to the screen at the same time. Those Alien things can come from anywhere.
It's going to be a great online game if everyone has a mic.
You live in Austria, probably less people downloading on that server. If you try downloading from any of the UK servers, for ages you couldn't even get the game to download when it was first released.
Eitherway, been playing it for the past 2hour or 3hours. Completed all of the campaign(There's only one campaign which contains quite a few 'missions'). Was quite fun. Not a big fan of the top down idea still, but it was better than I expected. The infestation can be a real bitch at times though, killing you outright if a medic doesn't get to you in time.
I get a bit of lag whenever more than 2 aliens are on-screen. Other than that, the game's pretty good. I'd say there's definitely a learning curve, though. And unless you hook up a friend game, you have no idea who you're playing with until you've already joined; there are only generic server listings.
I don't like this game. At all. There's always something about a free not-browser based game that makes it instantly bad. Dissapointing, too: everyone wanted to try it so there was so much activity that I couldn't even start downloading about 3 days after release.
The game looks great and is going to be a scary experience in terms of "jump factor." Especially when you have to pay attention to the movement indicator on the map in the lower right and to the screen at the same time.
I haven't found it to be particularly jump-inducing. Has anyone else? It might just be because I've been playing FEAR concurrently, which generally holds spades in jumpiness.
does anyone know any of those set launch options codes that ends lag but lowers graphics. My game lags on offline and i hate to see what happens online and i really want to start online when i know offline works(so i can get me a parasite hat)
Also does anyone have said parasite hat yet i would love to see what it looks like for tf2.
does anyone know any of those set launch options codes that ends lag but lowers graphics. My game lags on offline and i hate to see what happens online and i really want to start online when i know offline works(so i can get me a parasite hat)
Also does anyone have said parasite hat yet i would love to see what it looks like for tf2.
I've seen the hat. It's horrible, and I think they just do that so people will actually consider Alien Swarm to get that hat.
I haven't found it to be particularly jump-inducing. Has anyone else? It might just be because I've been playing FEAR concurrently, which generally holds spades in jumpiness.
Nah, I don't think it's that jump inducing either. Although, mind you, I've become somewhat immune to the horror genre in general over the years.
I'm pretty sure the game isn't meant to be jump inducing, it's just supposed to be you and some friends fighting hordes of things.
As for how short the game is, and the free hat thing, this is most likely just giving people new to Alien Swarm a taste of it. Somewhere down the line I'm sure that they'll make another one that you'll have to pay for. It's probably just a test, like the first Portal was.
I'm pretty sure the game isn't meant to be jump inducing, it's just supposed to be you and some friends fighting hordes of things.
As for how short the game is, and the free hat thing, this is most likely just giving people new to Alien Swarm a taste of it. Somewhere down the line I'm sure that they'll make another one that you'll have to pay for. It's probably just a test, like the first Portal was.
No, I think they're to add more campaigns later on after Portal 2, but I could be wrong.
No, I think they're to add more campaigns later on after Portal 2, but I could be wrong.
Very possible. My roommate thinks they gave it to people to get them interested, then they'll release the true sequel Alien Swam: Infested. I haven't read anything though, so I have no clue.
Very possible. My roommate thinks they gave it to people to get them interested, then they'll release the true sequel Alien Swam: Infested. I haven't read anything though, so I have no clue.
Yeah a decent amount of people have been thinking that, either selling episodes or even a whole game.Giving a small part away for free then charging for subsequent releases, it worked for a decent amount of mods in the past.
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You think that's bad? Mine has been suspended at 600MBs, lol
The game is impressive and definitely worth owning. I'll probably be on later tonight for a good while after work. Can't believe this game is free.
It's going to be a great online game if everyone has a mic.
You move with the standard ASDW and then you use the mouse to aim... it's pretty simple... E sends the "Tech" to fix doors and what not.
Eitherway, been playing it for the past 2hour or 3hours. Completed all of the campaign(There's only one campaign which contains quite a few 'missions'). Was quite fun. Not a big fan of the top down idea still, but it was better than I expected. The infestation can be a real bitch at times though, killing you outright if a medic doesn't get to you in time.
I haven't found it to be particularly jump-inducing. Has anyone else? It might just be because I've been playing FEAR concurrently, which generally holds spades in jumpiness.
Also does anyone have said parasite hat yet i would love to see what it looks like for tf2.
I've seen the hat. It's horrible, and I think they just do that so people will actually consider Alien Swarm to get that hat.
The hat looks like a boneless yellow starfish with additional arms. Yep.
And L4D which was made by turtle rock but they were then bought by Valve. And CS:CZ is a Turtle Rock game too.
Also, why does Turtle Rock's website have a western theme?
Also don't forget Turtle Rock made CS:CZ. And Gearbox made HL: OP and HL:BS
As for how short the game is, and the free hat thing, this is most likely just giving people new to Alien Swarm a taste of it. Somewhere down the line I'm sure that they'll make another one that you'll have to pay for. It's probably just a test, like the first Portal was.
Yo.
Oh, I play...I play I just need more friends to play with.
No, I think they're to add more campaigns later on after Portal 2, but I could be wrong.
Very possible. My roommate thinks they gave it to people to get them interested, then they'll release the true sequel Alien Swam: Infested. I haven't read anything though, so I have no clue.
Yeah a decent amount of people have been thinking that, either selling episodes or even a whole game.Giving a small part away for free then charging for subsequent releases, it worked for a decent amount of mods in the past.
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