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[eekfek]

Anyone else like the look of this online shooter ? Made by the developers who did Magicka. Sort of a 'Smash tv' mission based solo/co-op/MP shoot em up.

There's a persistant online battle against three enemies where the community has to fight back and take territories.

Might just grab a copy.

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[eekfek]

Yeah, it certainly does spring to mind !

ForceStrategyGaming is live streaming it now (Twitch), it looks pretty decent so far. Hovering over purchase......

 

[eekfek]

Well I've played 2+ hours and it's really growing on me. I struggled with the controls at first but once you know what your doing K+M are probaly the best way to play.

The game is a more strategic version of 'Infested Planet' in an isometric view with polished graphics and nice effects.

The campaign can be played solo or co-op, where you select a zone and complete procedurally generated missions. Each zone has planets that range in difficulty and offer rewards ranging from bonus XP, supplies and other shiny things. It is repetative, your basically doing the same thing over and over but as you rank up and unlock new goodies the enemies grow in size and variation plus it gets hard!!

One thing is for sure, you can't just go into all missions guns blazing as you have limited ammo, turrets, revives, air strikes etc etc plus if your in a multiplayer game drops can splatter your team mates, turrets can also rip them apart plus there is friendly fire which cannot be turned off

 

[eekfek]

It's a breath of fresh air imo, great fun in single player and hilarious fun in multiplayer. It's currently rated 'Overwhelmingly Positive' on steam which is not a guarantee of quality but shows it must be doing something right.

The game is not too difficult at first but a few tips like - learn to use your pistol to kill mobs at range before they call a zerg - reload your main weapons when you have a few bullets left as it's quicker and the further you spawn in from objectives the less chance you will run into wandering death mobs!

 

[eekfek]

It should run on a calculator according to the specs,

System Requirements

• Minimum:
  • OS: Windows Vista / Windows 7
  • Processor: 2.4GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 7 GB available space

Recommended:

• • OS: Windows Vista / Windows 7
  • Processor: 2.4GHz Dual Core
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 1 GB NVIDIA 460 / AMD Radeon 5870
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 7 GB available space

 

[eekfek]

Oh dear, hackers are currently ruining the MP side so for now only play private with friends.

Basically they spawn with 999 ammo go find a 'sample' in the map then leave(or something like that, not sure of the mechanics) which gives you 999 research points meaning you can unlock everything

 

[eekfek]

I found the K+M, once you get used to it, perfect and far more accurate than with the 360 controller.

Solo, co-op and multiplayer is all good. You can select to play privately which stops randoms jumping into your missions.