Poll: Alien Swarm

[Typhusoid]

For those of you who are unaware, Alien Swarm is the top down, 3rd person, squad based, online, co-op shooter just released on Steam (For free), and it definetly deserves its own discussion thread.

I've put several hours into this game now, and while ots great to see this depth of content available for free, there are a few game design mis-steps in my opinion. The Medic class doesn't retain the satisfaction of the TF2 Medic, and the Tech class seems to largely involve doing hacker puzzles to open doors and being yelled at for not being fast enough.

Anyway, the floor is open. What does the Escapist think?

 

[hyperhammy]

I think it's awesome and really addictive.

 

[steamweedlegoblin]

I've only played the medic and tech classes so far, both of which I found quite enjoyable. Even the hacking puzzles. The game is great in my opinion. I would have easily payed for it if it hadn't been free.

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

Pretty good.

I just want to know why it keeps losing FPS when I have a gaming PC that can easily handle it on high specs -.-

 

[The Amazing Tea Alligator]

I think that if they made the medic a smoother experience controls-wise (especially the dei-gun) being a medic would be great.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

Keep in mind there's only one campaign as of yet, and i'm a monkey's uncle if they're not gonna release more as DLC. I'd happily pay 5 dollars for another campaign, a new weapon or two, some new monsters and terrain and etc etc.

Also remember this game already has a modding community, and was built with a mod manager in it.

 

[kaziard]

its quite good from the half hour of it ive tried, plus i like my new TF2 hat

 

[Raikov]

I can say this: It's retarded on insane.

And those of you that whine about the classes, get friends that knows how to play. A well-rounded team is the only thing that works on the harder difficulties. Stat whores will only get the team killed.

 

[Zaik]

gooder that bad but worser than great

 

[Skobvs]

It's a good little game, however I think people are looking at the price tag rather then rating it properly.. (in the poll anyway) But it does have a potential for re playability and even though the maps are slightly repetitive, the core gameplay is fun.

 

[FinalHeart95]

It's good fun. If I had to pay for it, I would be somewhat disappointed, but it's free, so I can't really complain.

 

[Flying-Emu]

I think that if they made the medic a smoother experience controls-wise (especially the dei-gun) being a medic would be great.

This is really my only complaint with the gameplay itself. The medigun needs to have more autoaim assist.