I played the first episode (demo?) a while ago. The levels looked cool. The gameplay was okay but it kind of got stale after some time. I died in the presumably last level after foolishly testing if it was possible to jump/fall down the cliff, and then didn't feel like restarting from the beginning. It's a nice little indie game, but doesn't interest me enough to pay for it. Originally I thought it was a classic spaceship shooter taking place in the air, not only just above ground. 

After about 9 hours played.

It really is a team based game, moreso than any other shooter I can think of, if you go running off you are just going to die over and over and over until you learn to stick with your team mates!

Maps are gorgeous! Some real nice architecture and very clean lines. Presentation in general is A+. Special mention to the sound too, really really nice.

Gameplay on pub servers can be mixed, if you get a server full of Call of duty players then it will suck bad. The game really shines when you actually work as a team and if you can find a server with players than lean to teamplay then favourite it quickly :)

I would say if you and a few friends want to try brink then go for it, if you play together and coordinate its a fantastic shooter, if you buy it just for yourself or dont know anyone else that plays you might walk away bitter.

Parkour stuff is pretty neat and works well. Smart button is not cruise control for cool as people were worried about that. You navigate faster by pressing smart key at the right time, holding it down works but you will navigate slower. 

Anyone else play this? It's a DotA based game (made by the creators of the original DotA for warcraft 3 iirc). I forgot how much i liked this gameplay. 

I play LoL. It's very fun, but like any DotA game it's stupidly frustrating how easy the game can snowball into one team's favour. I also hate the random idiots who make up it's community so much that I basically never play it except with my normal crew of friends who all got into it together. 

at least it's free! 

 

I bounce between HoN and LoL tbh. Really hope Valve does a good job taking the best bits of both (LoL's meta game/better ui/slight reduction in agi/ad carry reliance vs HoN's item design/couriers/greater risk&reward/denying) and creates a sick game out of it. And doesn't just use all the DotA champs like HoN.

But yeh, as Scamp says, you're kinda forced to play it with a set group of people (or at least 2 or 3 you know) due to the ability for 1 person to ruin a game, both in terms of balance and with the gutter level communication prevalant in both communities. 

What's HoN? 

Heroes of Newerth 

He works in a bar collecting glasses. 

http://www.shacknews.com/article/68470/dead-island-preview-1

Can't really complain can you?? Will be interesting to see how they make it scary given it mostly looks fairly bright. 

if you buy a game like Quake or Half Life on steam, I take it you lost the cd tracks. Or do the steam versions still allow for that somehow? 

Wow, this trailer is purely awesome ! 

I think you just lose them... 

I can at least confirm that Quake via Steam does not include the soundtrack. 

as the soundtracks for both games are a huge part of the experience. 

I should probably listen to them then. 

re-installed and am enjoying very much so far - but really surprised by the occaisonally clunky framerates on my computer, which runs other, newer games just fine.

Any good levels/mods etc to download, besides duct tape? There is that quake one, right? That looks pretty awesome. 

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/to-kill-dead-island/714103

So, Left 4 Far Crysis 2 really. Sold! Don't like the look of the wobbly movement tho. 

Resurrection of Evil is about the best set of addon levels for D3. Try these also:

http://www.bja-design.de/lostfacility.htm

http://www.bja-design.de/genetic.htm

http://doom3.filefront.com/file/Omega_Research_Facility;80168

There's more good stuff in the Filefront D3 section. 

don't call it gameplay trailer if there's a cut every five seconds. That way you can't get a good impression of the gameplay at all. 

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/debut-trailer-call-of/714155

Looks a bit subtle and understated. 

There are numerous nice amateur P6C adventures based on AGS. Well worth checking out - there's a list on adventuregamestudio.co.uk.

Apart from Yahtzee's John DeFoe series I posted about some time ago, I can for instance recommend The Infinity String (medium length, scifi setting), The Apprentice 1 and 2 (short, medieval/fantasy), and A Tale Of Two Kingdoms (medium, medieval/fantasy). ATOTK is especially cool because there are optional side quests, many puzzles have multiple solutions and there are several endings depending on how you solved them, all of which fairly unusual for an adventure game. 

Love this kind of stuff, thanks for the reccomendaiton negke