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Alien Swarm |OT| - Free Co-op Multiplayer from Valve

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Teknoman

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Threi said:
i'm getting L4D vibes from this game (so far), controls are kinda awkward though (turning your mouse changes strafe to forward and vice versa)
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Yeah Thaigrocer was saying its like L4D in space, which actually sounds kinda cool. Does the soundtrack fit with the game at all, or is it generic rock/high tension music.

CcrooK said:
I'll probably use the Aliens Soundtrack for my play times. :D
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I might look into that too. The original Quake 1 soundtrack could work too.
 
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blackMamba1187

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Snakeyes said:
Hey dude, nothing against you or Akira but would you mind not putting a gif with exploding people as your avatar? Thanks.
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I guess I can change it. Just give me a bit to figure out what to ask for in the avatar request thread.
 
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Threi

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music has been pretty subdued so far, nothing has really stuck out yet.

that being said i can't seem to join any online games :(
 
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Teknoman

Member
Stallion Free said:
You can draw on the goddamn map before the mission! Motherfucking sweet.
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Looking forward to tactical co-op. Also Ccrook, going back to check out the Aliens soundtrack, and alot of that seems like it would fit perfectly.

Probably should go back and watch the movie again since I havent seen it in awhile.
 
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Snakeyes

Member
blackMamba1187 said:
I guess I can change it. Just give me a bit to figure out what to ask for in the avatar request thread.
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Thanks. I usually don't mind stumbling on that stuff unless I'm eating.
 
Demigod Mac

Demigod Mac

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Well, the Aussie server I was getting it from at a steady 200 KB/s has now collapsed under the weight.

Any decent servers remaining?
 
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V_Arnold

Member
I am having it fluctuate between 150k and 1,1mb on the Germany/Frankfurt servers.
But at one point it was like 1byte/sec... awesome-o.

Wanna play this with some gaffers, just need to figure out now how I can join the steam group :D
 
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Zerokku

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
Demigod Mac said:
Well, the Aussie server I was getting it from at a steady 200 KB/s has now collapsed under the weight.

Any decent servers remaining?
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I was pulling 1.6mbps on my normal US - Phoenix server.
 
MightyKAC

MightyKAC

Member
Holy fuck.

Yeah so if you live in Japan switch your D/L server to S.Korea and your speed will go from 70KB peak to 1.1MB. :O
 
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Proven

Member
Baha said:
Getting a steady 1.2MB/s over here in Toronto. Should be done soon.
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I thought it would have been jumped on right now, but I finally caved in and decided to try it. 1.0 MB/s
 
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blackMamba1187

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Here are a few screens from the 1(?) offline map. Didn't see any settings to play with a controller and the game will be a nightmare for obsessive reloaders, like myself.





 
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Deleted member 1235

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54Kbps

somethings not right

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Netherlands
 
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Lone_Prodigy

Member
Threi said:
i activated a moving platform and suddenly everything went in slow motion :lol
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Same thing happened to me. Game literally CRAWLED when I activated the elevator.

I got 1.6MB/s over here (Seattle). Definitely a lot of teamwork involved (drop ammo/health kits/Techs to unlock doors).

You lose the clip if you reload, though.
 
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Circle of Willis

Neo Member
blackMamba1187 said:
Here are a few screens from the 1(?) offline map. Didn't see any settings to play with a controller and the game will be a nightmare for obsessive reloaders, like myself.

[rl=http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=swarm2010-07-1917-23-1l4vz.jpg]http://www.abload.de/img/swarm2010-07-1917-23-1l4vzjpg[/im][/rl]

[rl=http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=swarm2010-07-1917-25-3w4rb.jpg][img]http://www.abload.de/img/swarm2010-07-1917-25-3w4rbjpg[/im][/url]

[rl=http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=swarm2010-07-1917-26-4f2yh.jpg][img]http://www.abload.de/img/swarm2010-07-1917-26-4f2yhjpg[/im][/url][/QUOTE]

I'm really digging the lighting and the overall art style. It trumps most $20 PSN/XBLA titles.
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1-D_FTW

Member
Technosteve said:
Vietnam is decent 512kB/s i wonder if philly is fucked right now
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You better not tank my okish speed.:lol Although I bet most of the obscure countries are getting in the 500ish range if you experiment.
 
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1-D_FTW

Member
Damn you, Technosteve! I just got booted with an error message. Don't post servers people.
Until I've downloaded mine:D
 
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Stop It

Perfectly able to grasp the inherent value of the fishing game.
Getting 350KB/s from Singapore (I'm in the UK but local servers are all being hammered) but that's only 1/5 of my max bandwidth so I am trying... Denmark.

Nobody ever thinks of Denmark, mwhahahaha, oh wait. Forget I said that...

Edit: Same speeds, bah.
 
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Sober

Member
blackMamba1187 said:
Happened for me too. Figured it was what was supposed to happen there.
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Yeah I'm guessing it's sorta like the Adrenaline thing I saw in the gameplay trailer ... I guess they give you bullet time for free when the elevator is going down about 1/3 of the way. Hell, you can even see the aliens crawling up the shaft wall ready to hop down on you. Heck, you can even shoot em.


edit: is it like gears if you get the speed reload off there is a damage bonus, or just a quicker reload? also, dunno if it is the difficulty (did it offline mode, normal) but there is a tiny bit of leeway from getting and missing the speed reload.

Also I died cause I fell into a pit. Welding doors = awesome, gonna try the other classes out too. Nice they don't enforce 1:1:1:1 of each class, just 1 tech marine required for most missions, I'm guessing.
 
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Tain

Member
Sorry if this has been answered, but does this allow people with no other Source games to make and play Source SDK mods?

That'd make it almost like a UDK move for Valve.
 
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