Exterminatus Footman Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Information shamelessly stolen from a Facepunch thread.Alien Swarm is an award winning co-op total conversion for Unreal Tournament 2004. It was unique in that it was a top down strategic shooter that really pushed the need to work with your team. Friendly fire was always on, flashlights were your only true source of vision, and there were a ton of maps both made by Black Cat Studios (the guys behind it) and fans. It also had a very old school feeling in that wave after wave of aliens would just keep coming at you.FeaturesUnique blend of action and strategy.1-8 players co-operative play.Single mission or Campaign mode.Large array of equipment for your marines, including Assault rifles,Shotguns, SynTek SmartEye Autoguns, Flamethrowers, Pistols, IncendiaryMines, Flares, Stim Packs, Ammo Bags, Sentry Guns, Medkits and more!Four marine classes: Explosives, Special Weapons, Medic and TechnicalSkill and experience system allowing your marines to improve as they progress through the campaign.Full tutorial to teach you how to play and to use the equipment at your disposal.8 unique marines with portaits, personality, skills and background.Easy to use emote system for team communication.Full character speech for each marine which adapts to the current situation.Alien parasites which infest your marines and hatch from inside them.A variety of mission objectives.High scores, kill records and medals.A range of difficulty settings and unlockable map variations.Leader and voting system for online play.It's free on steam, and it's a cooperative multiplayer game. Anyone up for playing it together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyphre Iredell Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Friend of mine sent me an apt vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO0xspHN0Vw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anlysia Gregoire Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 The Parasites are lame as shit, TBH.Also: Never-ever touch fire. It's magic napalm fire that never ever stops burning once you touch it, so you're immediately fucked if nobody has an Extinguisher at hand. Which makes no sense but whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niiya Narayan Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 I think this game's fun ^_^ Too short though :[ Hope they make more campaigns.The parasites can be easily overcome if you use those electrical armor mod things... Or just don't get jumped. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerowinged Vasiliev Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 ^ This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xang Xiao Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Just got this. Hoping to play soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Ansar Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I downloaded it, tried to play it, crashed and shut off before it got to the Main Menu.Don't even know why. That crap only happens when the graphics engine on it is juiced up to the point to where i need to download a new driver. So...Fuck you Freebie Steam game, i'll go play my other plethora of good shit that still works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygna Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I thought the game was fun, beat the campaign! It really does have and old school sort of feel to it which makes it have a high replay value. This would make a great arcade game.Agreed, Anly. The parasites are pretty cheap-- in fact they were my only deaths other than friendly fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinera Haiku Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I played it, I love it. Up to playing it with anyone else, just add me to steam and whatnot. I forgot my steam name so I'll get back to you all on that. Other than that, I thought it was only 1-4 players? You can play with 8? O.O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niiya Narayan Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 they were my only deaths other than friendly fire.>_> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Ansar Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Cyphre: Oh my god, Starship Troopers.One of the Original Bug Hunt Clusterfuck movies. Right next to James Cameron's "Aliens". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anlysia Gregoire Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 I downloaded it, tried to play it, crashed and shut off before it got to the Main Menu.Don't even know why. That crap only happens when the graphics engine on it is juiced up to the point to where i need to download a new driver. So...Fuck you Freebie Steam game, i'll go play my other plethora of good shit that still works.It's a subtle unannounced stress-test of the Portal 2 engine, actually, so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizcut Vanbrugh Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 hey guys i just got this and steam send me a invite to the ordo group and a friends request from anyone in Ordo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
