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Alien Swarm

Jul 19 2010, 4:22 am
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Echo

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Jul 19 2010, 4:22 am

Echo Post #1

http://store.steampowered.com/app/630/
Free to play being released Jul 19, 2010 (About 15 hours from this thread)

Game Information

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Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community.

Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes. Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet's surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility.

Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source engine as well as the SDK. Alien Swarm adds 3rd person camera, depth of field, improved dynamic shadows and a wide variety of gameplay additions to the Source engine.

Some features:

* Tactical, 4 player co-op action game with a top-down perspective
* Complete game code and mod tools
* Unlock persistent items by gaining levels
* Over 40 weapons and equipment with countless loadout configurations
* 4 unique classes and 8 unique characters
* Matchmaking, Steam Cloud, Steam Stats
* 64 achievements
* Tile-based map generation tool
* Powered by Source and Steam

Specs needed:

Minimum:

* OS: Windows� 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
* Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz
* Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
* Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
* Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space
* Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

Recommended:

* OS: Windows� 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
* Processor: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
* Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
* Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
* Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space
* Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

Classes
* Medic
* Tech
* Officer
* Sp. weapons

The game will launch with 7 official maps for players to battle their way through, we'll see what we get in the future through updates and community content. Here is a list of maps with known objectives.

Cargo Elevator

Rydberg Reactor

Deima Surface Bridge

Sewer Junction

Timor Station

* Activate Cable Railway
* Detonate Warhead
* Escape

SynTek Residential

Landing Bay

Gameplay Video

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Jul 19 2010, 4:35 am

payne Post #2

:payne:

This looks mad crazy. I'd love to play it with you.

I hope my CPU can handle it. ;o

P4 2.93 Ghz... they ask for 3 GHz: you think I'm okay?

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Jul 19 2010, 4:42 am

Echo Post #3

Do you have a processor that is better than Pentium 4? If you do, I think you're fine.

You can find my Steam ID here.
DCEcho add me if you're playing. I'm going to play right after I come home from work.

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Jul 19 2010, 4:46 am

payne Post #4

:payne:

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Echo

Do I need Steam ID?

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Jul 19 2010, 4:49 am

KrayZee Post #5

I'll be playing.

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Jul 19 2010, 2:38 pm

ShredderIV Post #6

I'll be playing too when it comes out, which it might have by the time I post this.

It looks almost exactly like alien syndrome, which was a game for Wii tho... Although I loved that game, so IDC.

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Jul 19 2010, 2:43 pm

Demented Shaman Post #7

YEA. LET'S PLAY THIS SHIT. GO GO GOOOOOOOOOOO

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Jul 19 2010, 3:58 pm

NudeRaider Post #8

We can't explain the universe, just describe it; and we don't know whether our theories are true, we just know they're not wrong. >Harald Lesch

Hey, at least it looks like a sc2 map.

Jul 19 2010, 4:15 pm

OlimarandLouie Post #9

Those are totally ghosts.

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Jul 19 2010, 7:35 pm

Zycorax Post #10

Grand Moderator of the Games Forum

Looks like it could be fun

Probably going to try it with some rl friends.

Jul 19 2010, 8:51 pm

poison_us Post #11

Master has given Dobby a doctorate! Dobby is free!

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payne

Do I need Steam ID?

Yes, AFAIK steam is free, though. The games are what you buy, Steam is just a client.

Will be playing L4D2 if this doesn't download fast enough for me. Add me (still poison_us) on Steam to figure out if it did or not.

Jul 19 2010, 9:37 pm

l)ark_ssj9kevin Post #12

Just here for the activity... well not really

Steam: darkkevinyou

_{guy lifting weight (animated smiley):}

O-IC
OI-C

_{"Oh, I see it"}

Jul 19 2010, 9:45 pm

payne Post #13

:payne:

Okay, I'm downloading.
My stead account: bg_payne
I cannot add people, but I can accept invites. Please invite me

EDIT: Nvm, it says "This game cannot be downloaded". ?!?
D:

EDIT: Nvm, I can download it now.

EDIT Wth, server too busy. -.-

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Jul 19 2010, 11:41 pm Adeon Post #14

Hey, thanks.
You can find me on steam through adeonc.
I'll be downloading it.

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Jul 19 2010, 11:47 pm

stickynote Post #15

Downloading as I type this.

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Jul 19 2010, 11:53 pm

poison_us Post #16

Master has given Dobby a doctorate! Dobby is free!

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payne

EDIT Wth, server too busy. -.-

Just wait for like 2 seconds and try again

I'm gonna be hosting campaigns ~~all night long~~, so add me (poison_us) and get invited to play with other random SENners. Hopefully multiplayer will show me that downloading this isn't a waste of space.

EDIT: After 11:00 PM EST, (2:00 AM GMT) until 1:30 AM EST (5:30 AM GMT). If nobody shows up for a bit, I'll abandon the campaign hosting.

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Jul 20 2010, 12:08 am by poison_us.

Jul 20 2010, 12:22 am

Demented Shaman Post #17

add devilesk on steam.

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Jul 20 2010, 12:38 am Adeon Post #18

Poison, I can't add anyone. I haven't bought any game for steam yet

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Jul 20 2010, 1:53 am

Alzarath Post #19

Praetor

Is it just me or does this look just like Alien Breed: Impact that I bought a few weeks ago?

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Jul 20 2010, 6:43 am

payne Post #20

:payne:

I'm Medic lvl 23.
I've beaten the game at Hard.
No one joins Insane games. Anyone wants to give it a try? :awesome:

EDIT: Lvl 24.
I tried 2 different levels on Insane.
I played both for approx. 1h30.
The sewer level, we did it to 70%.
The elevator level, to 99%... we were missing a fucking inch to win, then everyone left to bed.
Anyways, 5h40 AM. G'night!

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Jul 20 2010, 9:40 am by payne.

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