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Alien Swarm |OT| - Free Co-op Multiplayer from Valve
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One time everyone randomly dropped to like 18 fps, but otherwise it seemed to perform pretty well, 60+ fps with max settings, 4xAA, windowed, etc.
That is, as long as the host is decent. I finally ended up hosting, and even though I have horrible upload it was apparently tolerable enough for other people to play through the maps with me. Sorry if it skipped any. :/ The previous 2-3 games, we had horrible lag and pings. Maybe if people get dedicated servers up things will get better...there should be a way for group lobbies to use a server if possible.
Facecrabs are the worst. We finally started moving as a group and killing all the eggs carefully in case they were spawning them, and we had to run past one of those giant bomb-spewing aliens...I don't know if we ever figured out a way to kill it. Is there one? The railgun seemed to do nothing or not hit it.
The UI is confusing sometimes. It tells you to heal yourself as the medic, indicating mouse buttons, but it's like it's telling you to use the scroll wheel and then plant a med beacon.
And probably the most stressful moment was the flamethrower mission...we had already lost once or twice just on normal, and everyone died off from parasites and such by the time we got to the top right corner of the map. As the medic, I might have even run out of med beacons, so I grabbed the flamethrower off the last dead teammate, got a personal medkit from somewhere, and by myself cleared all the remaining eggs/parasites/aliens including the panic event at the end without dying, thanks to my teammates talking me through it. I would have almost certainly died while waiting on the door at the end but someone reminded me I had like one use of the personal medkit left, and THANKFULLY it works to heal you while you're using the flamethrower. :lol
That is, as long as the host is decent. I finally ended up hosting, and even though I have horrible upload it was apparently tolerable enough for other people to play through the maps with me. Sorry if it skipped any. :/ The previous 2-3 games, we had horrible lag and pings. Maybe if people get dedicated servers up things will get better...there should be a way for group lobbies to use a server if possible.
Facecrabs are the worst. We finally started moving as a group and killing all the eggs carefully in case they were spawning them, and we had to run past one of those giant bomb-spewing aliens...I don't know if we ever figured out a way to kill it. Is there one? The railgun seemed to do nothing or not hit it.
The UI is confusing sometimes. It tells you to heal yourself as the medic, indicating mouse buttons, but it's like it's telling you to use the scroll wheel and then plant a med beacon.
And probably the most stressful moment was the flamethrower mission...we had already lost once or twice just on normal, and everyone died off from parasites and such by the time we got to the top right corner of the map. As the medic, I might have even run out of med beacons, so I grabbed the flamethrower off the last dead teammate, got a personal medkit from somewhere, and by myself cleared all the remaining eggs/parasites/aliens including the panic event at the end without dying, thanks to my teammates talking me through it. I would have almost certainly died while waiting on the door at the end but someone reminded me I had like one use of the personal medkit left, and THANKFULLY it works to heal you while you're using the flamethrower. :lol
blackMamba1187
Member
Metalmurphy said:yeahfigured it would just be there already.
For anyone interested, it looks like this:
Used this pic for the group avatar. Hope that's okay. The active reload bar needs to be moved to above or below the player/character. It's really hard to keep an eye on it in the middle of the fray.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Max said:
I know about the offline bots, but say if you go online with just 1 other player, would it be possible to fill out the party with two bots?
Played the first 3 levels with my brother earlier today, its quite a bit of fun and the game-play is tuned well to difficulty, it recommended we upgrade to Hard after the second mission and got destroyed by aliens on the next level 3 times in a row. Looking forward to playing some more tomorrow.
MrTroubleMaker
Member
installing now
Horrible placement. It took me till my third game to figure out they had it, but my first time reloading to figure out I loss ammo when I reload(And not hit the active reload =[)duckroll said:
Anyways, Game is super fun. Awesome release and I love my need hat. I seem to be pretty damn good at it. The three missions I played, for the level 1-2-3(Through out all 3). I ended up doing a large chunk of the work while being the only one not to die :lol
Can't wait for the Metriod like mods for this.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Okay, so, just did my first actual mission, the Biomass one and wow, this game rocks. Loving it so far!
Teknopathetic
Member
"Played through the practice level earlier, seems pretty awesome. One question though do you actually loose ammo for reloading early...? Cause it seems like thats what was happening which threw me off quite a bit."
Yes. You do.
Yes. You do.
Oh heres some suggestions for the combat playlist if it works the way I think (only kicks in during Swarm rush moments:
Metroid Prime: Vs Parasite Queen
Metroid Prime: Vs Giant Beetle
Contra III: Go forward under fire
Contra III: The final gauntlet
I'll see what else fits movie wise besides Aliens.
Metroid Prime: Vs Parasite Queen
Metroid Prime: Vs Giant Beetle
Contra III: Go forward under fire
Contra III: The final gauntlet
I'll see what else fits movie wise besides Aliens.
Basileus777
Member
The practice mode makes it seems like this game could be fun. Too bad I couldn't actually connect to a game after spending 10 minutes trying. Other than the technical issues, the server browser also gives you no useful information at all beyond the map being played.
Made it with a group of friends to the flamethrower stage. Very inspired designed, but man did the framerate suck at times. Also, the facehugging shit is really, really annoying. We basically got wiped twice by that crap and there doesn't seem to be a great solution to it when you're surrounded and infected, and stuck in a corridor. Any tips?
DeadGzuz said:
No controller support yet, but im sure that'll be the first thing patched in. And yeah this type of game seems like it might play better with a controller...then again the way aiming works, im not sure.
Teknoman said:
Yup works this way, and the tracks fit perfectly in the game
zero margin
Member
Almost forgot about this! downloading
Nemesis121
Member
Game would be awesome with a trackball mouse.
So playing the commander was much more fun Even had a sweet ass slow-mo moment when I was the only guy left alive towards the end of the level and there are a few of the large shield creatures blocking your path. A kick ass roll/dive and two quick shotgun blasts and then I just booked it for the door :lol
Even had a sweet ass slow-mo moment when I was the only guy left alive towards the end of the level and there are a few of the large shield creatures blocking your path. A kick ass roll/dive and two quick shotgun blasts and then I just booked it for the door :lolâ Narayan
Member
maybe stop playing with people in antarcticapilonv1 said:
Having someone with a flamethrower is pretty essential. It instakills parasites, prevents eggs from making more parasites, insta kills those bug things that pop out of those bulbous things, and prevents those bulbous things from making more when on fire.
Good weapon for a medic to use since they don't really get any other cool guns to use.
Good weapon for a medic to use since they don't really get any other cool guns to use.
Vizionblind
Neo Member
quick tips:
hit tab, then use your mouse to draw on the map
hit r to reload, then like gears of war, hit r again in the white area for a quick reload
hit tab, then use your mouse to draw on the map
hit r to reload, then like gears of war, hit r again in the white area for a quick reload
