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[AngelsDontBurn]

THERE IS NOW. I'LL GET IT STARTED:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2045...-triad-is-so-hard-your-head-will-explode.html

Congrats to you and the team! Scores are looking so good!

 

[DaveOshry]

Giant Bomb quick look: http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/quick-look-rise-of-the-triad/2300-7749/

 

[SneakyStephan]

Here is the first hour of the game. The Gaming Hour - Rise of the Triad

Some frustration, some awesomeness, but overall. I had a good time! Need to play more. This is retro FPS gaming done today and done RIGHT!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6iLFmKOzL8&t=4m51s
Is that you playing?
Are you playing with a controller? If yes I want to take that controller and smack you over the head with it-.-, that was just painful to watch.

 

[Uiki]

THERE IS NOW. I'LL GET IT STARTED:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2045...-triad-is-so-hard-your-head-will-explode.html

The game seems to look at the way I’ve let my circle-strafing skills atrophy over the last decade and sneer. I'm not being dramatic—it actually mocks me. “Stick to a gamepad,” the voiceover taunts and I hang my head, all too aware of how piercing and knowing the insult is.

You monsters.

 

[Lord British]

Just updated on Steam. Hold onto your gibs.

 

[SlasherJPC]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6iLFmKOzL8&t=4m51s
Is that you playing?
Are you playing with a controller? If yes I want to take that controller and smack you over the head with it-.-, that was just painful to watch.

That was me playing and attempting with a controller to try out. I quickly switch to mouse and keyboard and my controller was jacked up forcing me to move left constantly for some reason. Keyboard and mouse on this game all the way as it should be.

 

[AngelsDontBurn]

Just updated on Steam. Hold onto your gibs.

CAN'T STOP GIBBING!

 

[Silky]

"Stick to a Gamepad"

 

[Noisepurge]

I saw somewhere that Wario said something about clocking in 22 or so hours since Friday, if that means anything.

That just means our dear Wario has too much spare time!

 

[SlasherJPC]

That just means our dear Wario has too much spare time!

He had skills in MP last night to prove it!

 

[AngelsDontBurn]

That just means our dear Wario has too much spare time!

Haha, right? Apparently he's been decimating in Multi. Exhibit A! ^^^

 

[DJ Lushious]

Wait, what?! There is no co-op in RotT? I can't even begin to wrap my head around this.

 

[MDSLKTR]

You monsters.

Amazing.

 

[DSmalls84]

Have it preloaded and I'm just waiting to get home from work. It seems like as long as your expecting an old school shooter you won't be disappointed.

 

[AngelsDontBurn]

Wait, what?! There is no co-op in RotT? I can't even begin to wrap my head around this.

MODS BRAH!

 

[robin2]

Any particular reason to buy it on steam rather than gog.com? I ideally always go gog when I can. For example: does multiplayer uses steam (is there coop? no there isn't)?

 

[fantomena]

Is the games MP like Unreal Tournament?

 

[sflufan]

My anus is not prepared for this greatness!

 

[Uiki]

You might wanna restart steam, guys...

 

[NIN90]

Is the games MP like Unreal Tournament?

You mean far worse than Quake 3?

 

[phantomspiker]

Unpacking now!

 

[DrFunk]

Holy balls this game is fast

edit: like, Quake 3 haste powerup fast

 

[Silky]

Downloading this directly at midnight to play endlessly until I move.

Question, does this game have offline bots? I would like to practice this

 

[Atruvius]

Greenmangaming just raised the game's price to 20€ from 12€. And the game's out of stock. Would've bought it otherwise.

The game's now in stock but the price is still 20€. Why!? And now it's back t o 12€...

 

[Lord British]

IT'S OUUUUT

 

[NIN90]

Looking forward to being unable to use my PC at all for 10 minutes straight while Steam unlocks the preload.

 

[Refyref]

Yes! Finished unpacking!

I'll take a look at the manual, then boot the game itself.

EDIT: This is the most customizable UE3 games I have seen, ever.

 

[SparkTR]

General consensus seems to be that this is old-school to a fault, that level design is the highpoint of the SP campaign, and that the game gets hard as balls later on.

If you like that sort of game, warts and all, you'll find something to love here.

 

[Nivert]

Hmm anyone playing the mp? Game crashes every time I join a server.

 

[SparkTR]

EDIT: This is the most customizable UE3 games I have seen, ever.

You weren't kidding, it's one of the most customizable I've seen in any game I've played. Holy shit.

e: Also if a developer reads this, can you allow keybinding to the side mouse button? That's my usual jumping key.

 

[FACE]

General consensus seems to be that this is old-school to a fault, the gameplay is simplistic compared to other recent fast-paced shooters (Painkiller, Serious Sam) but the level design is genuinely interesting, and that the game gets hard as balls later on.

If you like that sort of game, warts and all, you'll find something to love here.

I think you've just said things that contradict each other. If the level design is interesting than it cannot possibly be more simplistic than Serious Sam

 

[Wario64]

Hmm anyone playing the mp? Game crashes every time I join a server.

I think comb-batt servers works fine

Also, I've turned off DOF, bloom, motion blur to improve framerate, I think the game chokes on the max settings

 

[Stitch]

Weird, this runs like crap and I can't change the settings ingame.
It's also not accepting quite a few keys/buttons on my keyboard and mouse.

edit: even on medium it drops to 32fps. aaaaahhh what's going on!?

 

[Tain]

General consensus seems to be that this is old-school to a fault, the gameplay is simplistic compared to other recent fast-paced shooters (Painkiller, Serious Sam) but the level design is genuinely interesting, and that the game gets hard as balls later on.

ehhhhhhhh I'm probably going to risk this at $15. It's hard for me to turn down fast-paced first person shooters in the first place, and I appreciate the lack of traditional quicksave/quickload in a game that seems to be so aggressively courting the modern PC-fanatic crowd.

I'm definitely not expecting something on the level of Serious Sam 3, but hopefully it's good.

 

[KingKong]

Can anyone check if there is strafe jumping/bunnyhopping?

 

[NIN90]

Can anyone check if there is strafe jumping/bunnyhopping?

Bunnyhopping is in MP as far as I know.

 

[Wario64]

ehhhhhhhh I'm probably going to risk this at $15. It's hard for me to turn down fast-paced first person shooters in the first place, and I appreciate the lack of checkpoints in a game that seems to be so aggressively courting the modern PC-fanatic crowd.

I'm definitely not expecting something on the level of Serious Sam 3, but hopefully it's good.

There's checkpoints in this game though, lol

I wished it was just manual save/load system

 

[SparkTR]

I think you've just said things that contradict each other. If the level design is interesting than it cannot possibly be more simplistic than Serious Sam

Yeah, I'm just echoing what I read. Just that navigating the levels and finding secrets carries the game more than shooting Nazis in the face does, which sounds a hell of a lot better than SS3. Also this is largely SP impressions.

e: I actually I guess you call that gunplay, not gameplay.

 

[phantomspiker]

I think you've just said things that contradict each other. If the level design is interesting than it cannot possibly be more simplistic than Serious Sam

That's exactly what I was thinking. The level design alone makes this game much better than those two games IMO.

 

[KingKong]

Bunnyhopping is in MP as far as I know.

nice, painkiller style or quake style?

 

[Refyref]

Serious Sam and this are different types of games, I don't get why people are comparing them.

Also, holy hell, this game is FAST!

I am getting 60 FPS on max everything, but sometimes it slows for a few seconds when turning around too fast or loading, like all UE3 games do for me.

 

[Tain]

There's checkpoints in this game though, lol

I wished it was just manual save/load system

sorry, meant that I appreciate the lack of quicksaves and the inclusion of checkpoints

Serious Sam and this are different types of games, I don't get why people are comparing them.

I'm fine comparing pretty much any two games, really, but this seems particularly extreme. Like, if not these two, what can you compare?

 

[Refyref]

Haha, at the very first possible point in the game:

 

[LiquidSword]

Is the game not saving percentage complete for levels for anyone else? When i go to load game it shows 0% for all of them. Also it always says update failed when i complete a level

 

[darkressurection]

Hmm, game isn't running so hot for me. Even on Medium I am getting like 30 or less FPS, saw people in MP talking about it too. Running a 660Ti so not the best card in the world, but not too bad.

 

[DSmalls84]

Hmm, game isn't running so hot for me. Even on Medium I am getting like 30 or less FPS, saw people in MP talking about it too. Running a 660Ti so not the best card in the world, but not too bad.

I have a 660 ti as well but haven't got a chance to try it yet. Are your drivers current? It's a pretty good card so I wasn't really expecting performance issues with this game.

 

[Uiki]

Hmm, game isn't running so hot for me. Even on Medium I am getting like 30 or less FPS, saw people in MP talking about it too. Running a 660Ti so not the best card in the world, but not too bad.

Maybe I was playing with you.

Even on low settings and on 1024x768, it runs really bad.

Strangely, I played b2 and bioshock at 60fps and medium-ish settings with no problems.

 

[finley83]

I have the same problem with a 560ti on Medium. I get FPS drops whenever I look around anywhere. Will have to play around with the settings a bit!

e: OK, I get exactly the same frame rate with everything on Low as I do on High. May have to wait for a patch for this one...

 

[darkressurection]

I have a 660 ti as well but haven't got a chance to try it yet. Are your drivers current? It's a pretty good card so I wasn't really expecting performance issues with this game.

I think I may be behind like one driver revision, but I am about to update and see if it makes a difference.

 

[AngelsDontBurn]

nice, painkiller style or quake style?

While I didn't get hands-on yet, it definitely looks Quake-ish.