Neuromancer
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Yeah I know, I guess saluting is really done by triggers then?
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Trenched / Iron Brigade |OT| of Analog Salutes.. oh and Mechs
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Aaron said:
It's great fun, but it's even better with friends. Apart a small amount of (hopefully easily patched) lag I experienced during the course of playing the game for this review, the multiplayer component of Trenched is top-notch. It is online only, however, as there's no option for local split-screen play. That aside, there's something really neat about gathering on the deck of the carrier with three buddies, discussing the coming mission and what role you'll each play in it -- then customizing your Trenches to match. Teamwork in battle is paramount in this game. Scrap collected is shared, but each player can then spend their cache as they see fit without it draining funds from other players. This leads to frantic scrap collecting in-between enemy waves, then a constant back-and-forth during combat about who can deploy which emplacement and where. It's very challenging, but also extremely engaging.
Making it better is a unique system that tracks the individual progress of the last three people you played with and levels up your "regiment" goals (X number of artillery kills, etc.) even when you're not online. Meeting the goals rewards cash and other unlocks, making this otherwise extraneous feature an incredibly compelling rewards system.
-Joystiq review.
Net_Wrecker
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The CUSTOMIZATION
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Phonomezer
Banned
HBroward said:
Give Monday Night Combat a go, it's great.
Square Triangle
Member
It's coming out this week? Shit. It's Double Fine, so bought.
Going to have to play the demo first of course, but hopefully someone sets up a tag for invites.
EDIT: If no one else does it by a little after release, i'll make it.
...also if the music isnt working out/it has no music, i've got a playlist from Chromehounds back in the day waiting to be put back into use lol.
EDIT: If no one else does it by a little after release, i'll make it.
...also if the music isnt working out/it has no music, i've got a playlist from Chromehounds back in the day waiting to be put back into use lol.
Well, it's hard to say. Customization seems very fleshed out from what I've seen, but the focus is gearing your mech towards either turret emplacement (strategy focus) or a pure weapon load out (shooter focus). Your parts determine access to different classes of parts and how many you can carry.ezekial45 said:
Hard to explain, but watching the previously mentioned Giant Bomb quick look (~45 minutes!) will detail everything really well.
antiquegamer
Member
Gowans007 said:
It has mechs!! (and analog salute)
"Analog Salutes" refer to the fact that the Salutes are controlled by the pressure sensitivity of the L and R triggers. Thus, you can vary the animation degree of a "salute" animation. In essence, it makes one salute acts like multiple ones, since you can vary it's look.
Anywho, this game does look crazy awesome, the loot sounds like so much more than I'd expect from a game of this type. Wish it had splitscreen, of course, but I can understand it's abscence, if it would have hampered the game engine. The GB QL (why are those things called "Quick"?) really showed off how many options the mech customizations have to offer, and I like how varied the parts appear to be.
I'll probably first aim to make the most accurate recreation of a VHT-1 Spartas Veritech Hovertank I can, and go from there... :lol:
Anywho, this game does look crazy awesome, the loot sounds like so much more than I'd expect from a game of this type. Wish it had splitscreen, of course, but I can understand it's abscence, if it would have hampered the game engine. The GB QL (why are those things called "Quick"?) really showed off how many options the mech customizations have to offer, and I like how varied the parts appear to be.
I'll probably first aim to make the most accurate recreation of a VHT-1 Spartas Veritech Hovertank I can, and go from there... :lol:
Didn't even know about this game until a couple of days ago. Looks great - I like tower defense games, but I don't like not being able to do anything while I wait for my money/power to charge up enough for me to build more towers. It's also the best looking mech camera perspective I've seen in a game, and probably the sweet spot for me in terms of the balance between casual arcade and simulation gameplay. The upgrades look fun, it's got loot and analogue salute. I look forward to checking out the demo.
You can get gold cheap enough - it's like $4 a month. I pay more than that for a coffee that I drink within ten minutes. Value's in the eye of the buyer, but I wouldn't say that's unreasonable.
Ultimoo said:
You can get gold cheap enough - it's like $4 a month. I pay more than that for a coffee that I drink within ten minutes. Value's in the eye of the buyer, but I wouldn't say that's unreasonable.
ToyMachine228
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I'm glad I rediscovered this game as I hadn't really heard much from it since it was announced. Pretty excited for it now. Looking forward to playing it tomorrow! Wish Double Fine could pour more of their awesomeness into other projects like this rather than Sesame Street Kinect.
NinajHeartless
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I want to play this...but no local co-op is kinda bumming me out (planned on playing it with my girlfriend, we'd have a blast with something like this)
sixteen-bit
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If you want local co-op tower defense, I can't recommend Protect-Me Knight off XBLIG enough.NinajHeartless said:
NinajHeartless
Member
_dementia said:
We played this game before and really enjoyed it. Thanks for the suggestion though, _dementia!
Guess we just wait until the new EDF game comes out for co-op goodness
Lyphen said:
We have played through Bprderlands about three times, haha (and I count going through both playthrough 1 and 2 as equal to a single playthrough
). That game is so much fun but I don't know if I can go through it again! Hey Gearbox! Why didn't you show Borderlands 2 at E3 instead of that weird bastardization of the Brothers in Arms franchise?! >:/
_dementia said:
QFT!! Fantastic Co-Op fun, and they patched in a survival mode, which gives it limitless replay value, beyond the fun of going through the story mode, and leveling up each character differently each time.
Here's the link, as it's kinda hard to find on marketplace, due to being listed under it's Japanese name (まもって騎士
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(Thread derail complete, we now return you to your western-made mecha tower defense loot collecting shooter/giant battleship hanger salute sim, already in progress)
EDIT: (Oh well, even if NinjaHeartless has already played before... game deserves a bit of promo, hehe)
randomlyrossy
Member
ToyMachine228 said:
If you follow our Twitter account we'll be giving away codes in various ways throughout the week. It'll either be a simple "Retweet this to win" or a little trivia contest.
Just watch this. Give it like, a minute and a half.zoner said:
then skip garshasp and go to the 5 minute mark
Neuromancer
Member
Plus it's Double Fine so I'm sure there will be some decent DLC down the road.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Can you find new salutes in loot (saloot?)
This is not a competitive multiplayer combat game. Sorry to get your hopes up.mjc said:
It's a tower defense game in which you can move around the environment and aid your emplacements by using your onboard weaponry. All of this can be done cooperatively with three other players.
Hellsing321
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If you hate tower defense games I don't think this game is for you.Vik_Vaughn said: