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Frozen Synapse |OT| The Thinking Man's Shooter
- Thread starter Alex Connolly
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Meatpuppet
Member
Toma said:most of us play on UK2. You arent, right?Couldnt add you a minute ago.
Ah I'm on UK1, will swap to UK2. I think its pretty crappy that your server choice stops you playing those on others
Meatpuppet said:Ah I'm on UK1, will swap to UK2. I think its pretty crappy that your server choice stops you playing those on others
Well, consider the other option where everyone can join and play with each other but you can only reach them 30 minutes a day because they are hopelessly overloaded. I am actually glad we have all those servers because the game started out with only one a few days ago.
InfectedZero
Member
It says its corrupt or cant process on youtube for me. Also, I messaged DrKirby to start our rounds.Unicorn said:
Just got this game the other day. Playing through the campaign missions now.
Is it just me, or is this game very difficult? I failed the very first mission several times, and even though I'm starting to get an idea of what to do, I can still easily lose multiple units in a turn if I'm not careful or if I guessed something wrong.
Pretty cool so far, though.
Is it just me, or is this game very difficult? I failed the very first mission several times, and even though I'm starting to get an idea of what to do, I can still easily lose multiple units in a turn if I'm not careful or if I guessed something wrong.
Pretty cool so far, though.
Akuun said:
Once you get the hang of it, it will get way easier in single player. Multiplayer is always challenging though and definitely the best part of the game.
But everyone struggles in the beginning, you need to accustom to the basics of searching good positions by every means you can think of and then having the patience to defend this place.
Unicorn said:
I just tried myself and it worked flawlessly for me. I had some problems earlier this morning, but a pc restart sorted that out for me.
ElectricThunder
Member
Awesome, got gifted the game via a friend that wasn't even aware of that aspect ahead of time! No time to play now though, will jump in later and still buy the OST direct somewhere down the line.
Gonna follow this game's continued development like a hawk, maybe try to jump in modding wise....
Gonna follow this game's continued development like a hawk, maybe try to jump in modding wise....
One thing I'd love to see added to the game are grenades (ie, grenades you throw, not the grenade launcher). Maybe each machine gun guy could have 1 grenade each, it doesn't need to be lethal either, just a flash grenade would do. I think that would be a great way to advance on machine gun guys camping.
Camping is my only complaint about the game right now. It's very effective tactic if there's no grenade launcher or rocket guys, but it's such a dull one.
Camping is my only complaint about the game right now. It's very effective tactic if there's no grenade launcher or rocket guys, but it's such a dull one.
blazinglazers
Member
I'm on in UK2 for a bit if anyone wants to plaaay...
Unicorn said:
Lol, nope. I actually forgot about them.
Edit:
And seriously... 6 rocket launchers are a tiny bit brutal..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaVwOLWk310
Sorry for not responding ingame blazinglazers. Was watching some Seinfeld.
Hilarious round indeed. That shotty didn't give a single shit about any of your guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rokdcx0cz5Y
Hilarious round indeed. That shotty didn't give a single shit about any of your guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rokdcx0cz5Y
The_Super_Inframan
"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
i got really lucky with this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn_q-snCu5k
made a totally dumb move with my two shotgun guys and thought i lost this game. but somehow i won in the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn_q-snCu5k
made a totally dumb move with my two shotgun guys and thought i lost this game. but somehow i won in the end
blazinglazers
Member
Between you and NIN90's super shotty, I got obliterated today.Toma said:
I need to invest in a super soldier program...
... or better body armor.NIN90 said:
DangerousDave
Member
Wow, that Gauntlet level has been hard. The "friendly NPC" killing my own people with rockets didn't help too much.
Game crashed when I tried to upload the video to youtube
Game crashed when I tried to upload the video to youtube
MrCompletely
Member
Well, i feel confident enough to play others on here now. My in-game handle is the same as my GAF name. I take it most play on the UK2 server? Please add me, challenge, or whatever if you find me online.
MrCompletely said:
Added. I need to sleep but feel free to start a match witch me. I'll join tomorrow.
(and yes UK2 was correct)
Moobabe and chicken_ramen are still missing one match right? Not that I missed it.
rohlfinator
Member
Just got this game, and it's amazing so far. The satisfaction of pulling off a smooth turn is fantastic. The procedural levels are really cool too; even failing a level repeatedly is still pretty interesting since you don't have to deal with the same level design every time.
How does the campaign scoring work? I just had (what I thought was) a near-perfect run on the third level and it gave me a score of 1.
My game ID is rohlfinator, though I don't think I'll be diving into multiplayer until I feel a bit more confident with the campaign.
How does the campaign scoring work? I just had (what I thought was) a near-perfect run on the third level and it gave me a score of 1.
My game ID is rohlfinator, though I don't think I'll be diving into multiplayer until I feel a bit more confident with the campaign.
rohlfinator said:
Yea this I haven't figured out yet. I had a level where I eliminated every enemy without taking casualties and got like a 5 score and another where I got butchered but squeaked out a win with my last dude in 10 turns and got like a 94.
Maybe lower is better.
MrCompletely
Member
rohlfinator said:
I got 5 levels into the campaign, tried MP, and haven't looked back. I just love this type of game, the turn based pace works so well for my lifestyle, not being pressured by time to sit at the PC for hours on end.
I've only played two nights, but Im getting some nice victories. ID = MrCompletely
Alex Connolly
Member
MrCompletely, by name and nature, never does anything by halves! An utter defeat at his hands with no losses on his side.
Sir, I tip my hat to you.
Sir, I tip my hat to you.
Dark Octave
Banned
Glad to see indie games can still get praise while being $20+.
I'm definitely checking this out. Looks amazing.
I'm definitely checking this out. Looks amazing.
MrCompletely
Member
Well, I clearly had a much stronger position. It was a fun game, I look forward to many more!
youtube fail, it was unable to encode. I'll try again tomorrow.
youtube fail, it was unable to encode. I'll try again tomorrow.
rohlfinator
Member
That's what I was thinking... but I've had others where I thought I did pretty well and got mid-80s. And the one I bombed gave me a 16 or something.Sinatar said:
I'm starting to wonder if it's factoring in time, and I just sat idle for a while in some of those games.
pappakenoo
Member
Yeah i have no idea how the scoring system works. I seem to get just as many points for my losses as i get for my wins.. If i win by having more guys left after turn 8 i always get 10 points though. But getting my last guy killed in the last round actually gives me more points, even though i lost.. Seems pretty bugged.
Does anyone know if active games ever get cancelled? I have like 15 active games since day one that will most likely never be finished..
Does anyone know if active games ever get cancelled? I have like 15 active games since day one that will most likely never be finished..
The Points you can see behind the matches are not your points, but the points the player gets who started the game(the first one mentioned in the match description)pappakenoo said:
And I believe they'll get cancelled after 2 weeks.
Does anyone recognize this?
I log in, check if I have any games requiring turns. I have one game that does. So I go there, only to see that it was just as I left it, still waiting for the opponent to prime his turn. Though, it appears as if I haven't committed my turn yet, as I can still select 'prime'. When I do this however, whether I've changed any of my orders or not, the game gives an error saying I can't give out any more orders. Which makes sense since I already primed them in an earlier session.
Doing this removes this game from my 'Needs turn' list, untill I login again. Then it's the same all over again.
Edit: to clarify, I do love the game, only I'm puzzled by the above events.
I log in, check if I have any games requiring turns. I have one game that does. So I go there, only to see that it was just as I left it, still waiting for the opponent to prime his turn. Though, it appears as if I haven't committed my turn yet, as I can still select 'prime'. When I do this however, whether I've changed any of my orders or not, the game gives an error saying I can't give out any more orders. Which makes sense since I already primed them in an earlier session.
Doing this removes this game from my 'Needs turn' list, untill I login again. Then it's the same all over again.
Edit: to clarify, I do love the game, only I'm puzzled by the above events.
Alex Connolly
Member
Morphis said:
It sounds to me that it's an issue arising from the server sharding. The worst thing that'll happen is you might have to forget that game (set it to "hide") and start over.
Also, from today or tomorrow, our stats will carry over between the servers. Good stuff!
pappakenoo
Member
Wow, the starting positions can get extremely unfair sometimes. I'd say i had about 10% chance to win my last game against an evenly skilled opponent. I had a maze in my corner that took over 2 full turns to get out of. He just took positions with his two mg's covering pretty much all angels and starting bombarding me with rockets and grenades. I could not shoot a rocket that would hit his starting position for the first 2 turns.
Oh well, the game is fantastic 99% of the time so i'll forgive the random generator for fcking up sometimes.
Oh well, the game is fantastic 99% of the time so i'll forgive the random generator for fcking up sometimes.
MrCompletely
Member
So, 95% of my games have been Dark Extermination. I played a game of 'Dark Secure' and some other mode I can't remember; they seemed interesting, but one game isn't enough to get a real flavor. Has anyone here spent time with the other modes?
According to the developer blog, the game will change the scoring if the map is imbalanced. It'll check all previous games played on the same map, and if your side kept losing, then your opponent will gain less point and you lose less points if he wins. You'll still get a loss, but at least the score loss shouldn't be high.pappakenoo said:
Yeah, that would be great. I'd love to see this game become open source so mods like that would be possible to make, but it looks like only small mods will be possible to make.Jintor said:If we're making suggestions, I'd love to see someone layer an XCom metagame over the top of this...
Alex Connolly
Member
I dunno, I think it's great fun and really helps your overall game when placed in a tight situation. Really emphasises environment and vector awareness, as much as it does the use of continuing on sight and stance.
Versipellis
Member
Toma said:
In Extermination the point system is:
+10 if you kill an enemy
-10 if one of your soldiers is killed
+20 if you kill all the enemies before the end of the last turn
If the last turn ends and you have a soldier more than your foe, you win with a 10 points score. If you have 2 soldiers more, it's 20 points. And so on.
Since you start with 3 or 4 soldiers, max score for an Extermination match is 60.
@pappakenoo
look at your match history: if your name is the first one (e.g. pappakenoo vs. J.Doe) the score is positive if you win and negative if you lose. If your name is the second one (e.g. J.Doe vs. pappakenoo), the score is negative if you win and positive if you lose.
Versipellis
Member
Jintor said:
I rarely play them, so I never checked the point system, but probably is something like this: base points for winning and killing remain the same, but in charge you get more points if you set your goal farther, in secure it's the number of boxes you, well, secure, in hostage the number of hostages you free...
MrCompletely
Member
Got my game vs Pylon up on Youtube. I had a better position, and dug in to his more aggressive rush. After i killed the first three dudes, I thought the MG was going to flank around bottom, but luckily still had a shotgunner up top. Had no idea what to do with the grenadier but randomly fire to blind spots.
http://youtu.be/HMoQzs52Nlk
http://youtu.be/HMoQzs52Nlk