Alien Swarm

[Niehaus]

What I originally saw as a free hat for TF2 has turned into one of my most played current games. Has anyone else experienced this awesomeness? Also, here's an article on how to play it in first person:

http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/07/21/play-alien-swarm-in-first-person-guide-and-video/

[Zake]

I tried this already. It is cool, but the overhead view is necessary.

[dirked]

I'm enjoying the game more than the UT2004 mod that the game originally was.

[Takomaru]

exhilarating!

[Megaton]

I'm enjoying this from my first session.

[Takomaru]

are they gonna have more campaigns?

[Zake]

It would certainly seem to be the case. It has a browser for selecting campaigns, so more campaigns will probably be added by Valve or someone else.

I heard that the game comes with a built-in tile-based map editor that can be accessed from the console.

[Niehaus]

They actually discovered stuff expected for HL2: Ep 3 hidden in the tile-based map editor.

http://www.ripten.com/2010/07/22/possible-half-life-2-episode-3-assets-found-in-alien-swarm-sam-n/

[tony-kun]

are they gonna have more campaigns?

Valve likes to release games for free, then sell a more polished version of the game if it becomes popular.

See: Team Fortress Classic, Day of Defeat, Counterstrike, Ricochet

[Niehaus]

Ricochet doesn't need any polishing.

[dirked]

Valve likes to release games for free, then sell a more polished version of the game if it becomes popular.

See: Team Fortress Classic, Day of Defeat, Counterstrike, Ricochet

Day of Defeat and Counterstrike were originally mods that were not created by Valve. Team Fortress Classic was a port/update of the original Quake mod. Ricochet was originally going to have frequent free content updates similar to TF2, but that never happened as the game was terrible a masterpiece.

Alien Swarm is more like Team Fortress Classic in that it is a port/update of a previous mod.

[grimsleeper]

We've got a job to do, get back out there team

[Niehaus]

http://www.ripten.com/2010/08/23/alien-swarm-gets-ai-director-and-new-difficulty-mode-sam-n/

New difficulty released. Do not play with Swagel on it.

[Zake]

Was that really necessary, Niehaus?

[Niehaus]

Necessary, no. Having the intended effect, yes.