henke on 8/5/2017 at 16:33
IS OUT TOMORROW
[video=youtube;wyBX_TG7V7M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyBX_TG7V7M[/video]
My backer-key just came in the mail. Added to Steam library, waiting for it to unlock. Me, I'm locked and loaded and GOOD TO GO, BABY! LES' DO DIS :cool:
PigLick on 8/5/2017 at 17:12
from some reason I saw the title and thought of Strife, that doom engine game from the late 90's
henke on 8/5/2017 at 19:06
WHAAAAAAAAAT
As it happens I was JUST THE OTHER DAY watching this quite good retro review of Strife, by Ross's Game Dungeon(better known as the Freeman's Mind guy).
[video=youtube;oPrU7LSqiX0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPrU7LSqiX0[/video]
Yeah I remember playing the demo of this back then and having my mind blow by the fact that there were people in it who weren't trying to kill you on sight.
ZylonBane on 8/5/2017 at 21:23
Quote Posted by PigLick
from some reason I saw the title and thought of Strife, that doom engine game from the late 90's
It is truly a mystery.
Renzatic on 8/5/2017 at 22:37
Cylonbane has spoken.
Malf on 8/5/2017 at 23:09
Can't wait :D
And that launch trailer revealed a lot of extra stuff I didn't even know was in the game! Really stoked now!
icemann on 9/5/2017 at 03:27
Quote Posted by PigLick
from some reason I saw the title and thought of Strife, that doom engine game from the late 90's
Your not the only one. Sprang to my mind as well.
henke on 9/5/2017 at 19:30
This is... not entirely what I expected.
Impressions after 114 minutes with the game
Of course I played the Kickstarter demo, yet I've been keeping myself in the dark on what form the final product would actually take. I was expecting something along the lines of the new DOOM, but what I played tonight felt much more like a first person Teleglitch. It's permadeath! It's difficult! And it has somewhat-procedurally generated levels. For instance the levels in the first chapter always consists of the same rooms, but the order of these rooms and how they connect to eachother, as well as enemy positions varies on each playthrough. Along the way you find scrap with which to purchase health-packs, ammo and upgrades(like double-jump boots).
Unlike DOOM there's not much incentive for aggressive playing, instead if you want to make your health last to see you into the next level you're better off playing defensively. There's a lot of staying back and sniping at enemies charging at you down a corridor. There's still plenty of strafing and jumping around to evade enemies, but mostly just to get out of harms way and put some distance between the pack and yourself. At least this has been my experience in the first of the game's four 3-level chapters. After my last and most successful run I finally made it to 2-1, the second chapter, and this one seems to be much more open than the tight corridors of the first. Might end up changing how the game plays quite a bit.
I'm kinda itching to get back into it and see how far I can get this time, but it's getting late and I really should hit the hay.
Aww hell, just one more run.
Malf on 9/5/2017 at 19:31
Hmmm, game currently runs like shit, going to update my graphics card drivers. Not exactly the best first experience.
henke on 9/5/2017 at 20:26
Well that sucks, I see on the Steam forums plenty of people are having performance issues. :erg:
MEANWHILE
Apparently the game has already sold well enough that the inveitable feature film has already been produced and is heading for theatres. Here's the trailer.
[video=youtube;MB08JWKVf_A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB08JWKVf_A[/video]
Seriously, bless this game's marketing. <3
