* Shambler slaps cardo around a bit with a large trout
<Shambler> cardo
<Shambler> okay
<Shambler> i will give solus project something
<Shambler> that cloud......thing is well fucking cool
<cardo> hehe
<cardo> very Lost
<cardo> that was the thinking behind a lot of inspiration in the game
* Shambler slaps cardo around a bit with a large trout
<Shambler> okay
<Shambler> the fucking DOLLS
* Shambler brb - mopping up a chairful of piss
<Shambler> jesus shitburgers
<cardo> they just want to be loved
<Shambler> waaaaaaahhhhtttt 

I got lured in by the Steam store vids and put it on the wishlist and got it fairly cheap. I was drawn to the sense of lonely abandonment on a distant world. Same reason I bought Lonely Planet - hermity space walker with a melencholic story.

I have played a bit of Solus - seems not quite as pretty as the vids made it seem but I'm not far into it. Really liked the tornado effect - very suitably huge and scary. Being a bit too obsessed with exploring everywhere, I found the rock jumping and getting soaked and cold trying to find secrets and journals a bit frustrating but my impatience and compulsion is part of that problem.

Not all progression is intuitive but I did make some progress. A big prop for this game is that Hourances seems to have a big role in its design and he did fabulous level design work for some of the best SP Unreal Tournament projects - his work is beautiful and very atmospheric.

I have been sidetracked onto other games for now but I plan to return to Solus. Maybe I should just focus on progression and survival and get to the end and then do a completionist effort on a second playthough instead of pouting in the wet and giving up because my calories are used up. 

not quite as pretty as the vids made it seem but I'm not far into it. Really liked the tornado effect - very suitably huge and scary. Being a bit too obsessed with exploring everywhere, I found the rock jumping and getting soaked and cold trying to find secrets and journals a bit frustrating

Maybe I should just focus on progression and survival and get to the end

Yup. How I've been feeling about it. There has been enough cool stuff to keep going tho. I think it's better just to progress rather than trying to jump behind every sodding hexagonal rock.

I think a big issue is that it is, IMO, not quite stunning nor intriguing enough for a walking simulator. Compared to, say, playing through Dark Souls 3 which had enough truly amazing scenes and a gripping overall atmosphere. It's good, and some of the effects are great, but I think games without combat need to have pretty strong hooks (another example being SOMA which had a strong atmosphere, great sound design, and a fairly captivating setting/story).

Still, worth a look I think. Some pretty good Quake mapping inspiration later on (3 key temple map jam anyone?) 

I sure fucking hope that Shambler, DaZ and the rest of you sons o' bitches are getting on this game -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6hSES1tlt0

Need my fix since you all stopped playing Vermintide! 

I'm currently playing Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine. Good game.

Unfortunately I never played "board" version of the Space Hulk. 

I'm gonna be on that like I was on Negke's mum for 2 hours the other night.

Does look fucking spot on as a Space Hulk L4D2 FPS.... Combat looks confusing as fuck but apart from that. Some really cool environments in that video too....nice variety and spectacle given you're on Hulks.

Please have a Cyclone launcher too....:D 

while it looks cool enough I'm just not convinced yet.

The game can't even hold 60fps in the official promotional trailer. That worries me quite a bit about performance, for starters!

So yeah, step up pre-order guinea pigs! 

Except your virility probably won't last long, so after the four missions you'll call it finished and uninstall. 

Vermintide was hard tho. Hard as my cock when, well, you know Nekgette Snr and all that. I completed it, got 25 hours, that's enough. Maybe Space Hulk Sperminator will be more of the same, maybe it will be gentler like L4D2, we shall see.

Daz, I didn't hold 60 FPS in a lot of Doom4 and it still ran fine overall. Chugging at 45 in places, whatever. But yeah no pre-orders tho. 

Space Hulk Deathwing going to be another L4D like ?
:(
Bleh, why not a proper SP FPS campaign ? 

 

Squad is fine, its coop, fine.

Mix in some class based stuff, sure why not ?
A long time ago I played "squad" like coop in Doom and Quake1/2 by voluntarily redistributing ammo amongs players so one has all the instahit ranged ammo, other has explosives etc. Took some fucking around with binds/mods etc but it worked. Silly geeky RP Coop stuff basically, I get the point of it.

But why the mob system ? The eternal artificial generated mobs ai director thing is what irks me, it always feels wrong to me, since the first L4D up to Vermintide etc. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkXZAgYQjDg

Dem vibes.... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rhEsvzQv4M

I mean, it looks cool, but it ain't Metro 2034 :D 

Styx 2....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ZKlcNI9FU

Styx was decent but a bit repetitive, this looks a worthy enough sequel for sure - more options, crisper graphics, cool scenery. 

Looks interesting. Decent otherworldly vibe.

Let's say for a second that Quake got the DOOM 2016 treatment. I could imagine the visuals and otherworldly atmosphere of that place fitting very nicely into a re-imagined E4 themed area. 

Trailer has a metro-esque vibe before combat starts. But fuck VR only. 

Oh man! I can't wait for that!

Loved the first, but as Shambler said it suffered from some tired design. 

http://store.steampowered.com/app/414700/

I didn't get very far in this.....brrrrrrr......

Lighting is great. What little of it there is to alleviate the fear. 

If you are curious about the soon to be released Shadow Warrior 2, there will be a multiplayer stream on Twitch GOGcom channel in a few hours. (I'm not so keen on it personally, but I'll give watching the stream a chance.)

The Teamup page accessible via http://j.mp/streaming_schedule should show the time in your time zone. They are planning to have a four player co-op session. The game will come out on Steam and GOG in about five days.

The Twitch GOGcom channel is here http://www.twitch.tv/gogcom 

I am one of those who were extremely disappointed at the initial utterly generic single player trailers of this year's COD. I am currently playing the PS4 open beta however and finding the multiplayer admittedly fantastic. I am really loving the level design and the overall stylistic choices they've made this time around. I also like how they have toned down player movement from Advanced Warfare (I skipped BO3) down to sane levels. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4sSqAqGnaU

Bring it on, just about done with Brutal Dooms campaign, good timing. 

Played very little of it, seems like more of the same which is fine by me.....but goddamutherfucka it looks so good. Snow and ice effects jeez. 

I liked Tomb Raider 2013 a lot. If not for Denuvo, I'd have bought this one by now.