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Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:23 am
by GORDON
Serious Sam 3 supports 16 players in co-op.
Teamspeak 3 is easily found, and then you just need to plug in a server address. Configuring your mic and shit needs to be done in windows.
I am not excited about Dungeon Defenders. If it only supports 4, consider me happily out for someone else to play.
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Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:27 am
by TheCatt
What is Overwolf? I did not install that (as part of TS3) for now.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:43 am
by GORDON
Saw that,I don't know either. Skip it.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:51 am
by TheCatt
OK, I got permission to play from 8:30 to 10:30 or so.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:46 am
by Stranger
so far to me the following games interest me the most:
Planetary Annihilation- wow, looks like alot of fun and can play 10 at a time, looks like its $60 on steam right now.
Magicka- cheapish, looks fun, don't know much about it tho
Payday 2- bank robbers! ok, i'm down for that
Monaco- again, don't know much about, but looks interesting. I'd give it a try
Awesomenauts- sure, why not.
So far i'm not so much interested in Dungeon Defenders, never really been a fan of tower defense games and its got so much dlc, i wonder if its worth playing without all the extra dlc's.
Serious Sam looks just like an old FPS that doesn't really stand out, but i do like the 16 player co-op. i could prolly be conviced if everyone else is down with this one tho.
i have a few recommendations that you all should consider too:
Mechwarrior online- first off its free! you can play up to 12v12 PvP. I find it to be a pretty fun Mech game and the games go pretty fast. Kinda hard to play but you get to build your own mechs.
Guild Wars 2- i love RPG's, yes they are a time sink, but i've never gotten to play one with a group i know and would love to try it sometime. Its prolly full price so that sucks, but i would definetly be down with an RPG even if this isn't the one, but i've played this when it was free for a weekend and i enjoyed it.
Path of Exile- once again free! many consider this game the better version of Diablo 3 and i have also enjoyed this game. It even has permadeath game modes!
Also, i do own Civ5 and i think that would be a fun one to go with
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Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:09 am
by TPRJones
Count me in, I'll try almost anything. Although I'll steer clear of anything involving leveling and progression and stick to joining y'all for random pick-up games that don't require a regularly scheduled commitment. Also I can't do realistic shooters, they make me motion sick. But otherwise, someone ping me on Steam when a game is forming and if I'm not already otherwise committed I'll be in!
Oh, and Teamspeak? Yuck! Mumble for life, yo. It's worlds better.
As to specific games:
The Ship - This will be a lot of fun for six to twelve people for about 10 to 15 hours across a couple of weeks. Then it will get sort of meh until someone remembers about it a year later.
Magicka, Dungeon Defenders, & Torchlight II - Generally a max of four players, and progression matters so I'll join you in these if you are a person short one night but wouldn't be around for the long haul.
L4D2 - Get eight people and you won't find many more amusing ways to spend an hour than all-talk L4D2 Versus. The Oldtimers have nightly weeknight games at 8PM EST that I join from time to time when they come up short.
TF2 - There's potential for a lot of fun here, but you have to find a good server with good people to make it happen. Or if you have six players you can do some Man vs Machine which can be a hoot (basically like Dungeon Defenders in TF2).
Most of the others mentioned I own but haven't played yet. Or at least not enough to remember. There's also a lot of interesting free-to-play stuff out there of all types and genres that could be worth checking out. As long as it's a game where character progression isn't a factor to separate us from playing together (since I probably won't stick with them long enough to keep up), I'd be up for trying any of those with y'all as well.
Oh, and if you need a simple free game to start with before the Steam sale kicks in I recommend Pretend You're Xyzzy. It's web-based Cards Against Humanity, and as long as you don't pick the weird decks full of in-jokes none of us would understand it can be a lot of fun (especially if you're all in voice chat together).
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:53 am
by GORDON
Stranger wrote:Serious Sam looks just like an old FPS that doesn't really stand out, but i do like the 16 player co-op. i could prolly be conviced if everyone else is down with this one tho.
The gimmick with SS is that it is a throwback to Doom 2.... meaning, hundreds and hundreds of monsters rushing you all all once. It's insane. I don't think that has really been done in a FPS SINCE Doom 2.... even Doom 3 turned down the spawn count. So when Serious Sam did it, peeps were like, "Oh wow, we forgot this kind of thing existed!" That has been its hook ever since.
We went through SS:The Second Encounter as a group, we seemed to have fun. SS2 had problems on the multi side of it... you couldn't password lock your own games, and random cocksuckers (we call them hitlers, now) would join your game and just rush on ahead triggering everything all at once. I am assuming SS3 has pword protected games, now.
Also, SS3 has different co-op multi modes.... unlimited respawning, 3 deaths per person before they are forced to just spectate, and a mode with 3 deaths PER TEAM. Yowza.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:54 am
by Leisher
I am not excited about Dungeon Defenders.
So far your suggestions haven't exactly wooed me, but that's ok. The whole point of this is trying new stuff. Somethings will click with all of us, some with none of us, and others will find fans here and there.
The point of this whole thing is to eliminate mandatory gaming. That means no more "You must be on nightly at 10 p.m." or "We can't play without ____ being online."
I can tell you right now, that I am not going to get upset even slightly if I get on, and there's a game already going that I can't join. I will simply play one of the 100 or so solo games I have yet to play, and if a spot opens, message me.
Again, no more mandatory gaming.
Now the exception to that would be if we started a long RPG or something, but for all these quick, no long storyline, indy, multiplayer games who cares who is playing and who isn't?
PA - Looks awesome, but we need to wait for gold.
Magicka - Cake spoke highly of it.
Payday 1 and 2 - Remind me of TF2 or L4D, but you're bank robbers.
Awesomenauts - I honestly don't really know what it is, just that it has multi and I own 3 copies.
Dungeon Defenders - Wouldn't be my first choice either, but it's co-op so why not?
The Ship - I think this would be a fucking ball for a while as TPR says. Especially in voice. Remember the offline game assassination? This is basically that, but in digital form. You're all on a ship, and have been assigned to kill one other person. The trick is each person is assigned to kill someone different, and you don't know who is after you. Fun!
TF2 - Again, I lean towards skipping TF until TF3 hits. I just think it's a completely different game from what we played 3 years ago.
L4D 1 & 2 - I'm all about playing these.
Monaco - seems fun, different, and gets great reviews.
Mechwarrior Online - might be ok.
Guild Wars 2 - I doubt it. No MMORPG is going to compare to UO. They just aren't the same. They are going to have to have heavy PvP WITH MEANINGFUL PUNISHMENTS FOR LOSING. Without that, I can tell you right now that Cake and Gordo aren't interested, and I wouldn't be either. Plus, MMORPGs are fringe mandatory gaming.
Not saying a persistent online game is out of the question, but I'm going to be very careful about joining one. I mean, if we were to do something long term like that, why not just keep playing LoL?
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:56 am
by Leisher
we seemed to have fun.
That isn't true.
It was a dumpster fire of a game. Buggy as all hell. We quit playing it because it was so bad.
As perfect as SS was, SS2 was that bad.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:59 am
by GORDON
Leisher wrote:we seemed to have fun.
That isn't true.
It was a dumpster fire of a game. Buggy as all hell. We quit playing it because it was so bad.
As perfect as SS was, SS2 was that bad.
I meant we seemed to have fun with the first one. I remember quitting SS2 because of the frustration.
You know....
we COULD just find and/or create a free UO server.
I could do that. Enough time has passed that I could push the stick again. Peeps could jump in and out as they wanted.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 11:00 am
by GORDON
SS:The Second Encounter was an expansion to the first Serious Sam game. It wasn't Serious Sam 2.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 11:52 am
by Stranger
Leisher wrote:PA - Looks awesome, but we need to wait for gold.
i don't understand what you mean by "wait for gold" can't we just get early access and play it?
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:18 pm
by GORDON
Stranger wrote:Leisher wrote:PA - Looks awesome, but we need to wait for gold.
i don't understand what you mean by "wait for gold" can't we just get early access and play it?
That's the question. So early in beta (alpha?) it will be bug ridden, and there will be major balance issues. "Gold" is the release version they write to the first DVDs they ship out in the box.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:23 pm
by TPRJones
I think I have that one, I'll try to remember to install it and see how playable it is this weekend.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:26 pm
by Leisher
we COULD just find and/or create a free UO server.
Unless you can exactly recreate 1999 again with servers full of people, there'd be no point.
And again, that's a MMORPG. Are you reading the things that I'm writing or skimming?
I'm not giving up LoL for another time sink. I'd rather just keep playing LoL.
That's the question. So early in beta (alpha?) it will be bug ridden, and there will be major balance issues. "Gold" is the release version they write to the first DVDs they ship out in the box.
Exactly. I think we wait for Gold.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:29 pm
by Stranger
i was reading through alot of the reviews and most people are pretty satisfied with it. Maybe its not polished, but im sure its way past the Alpha stage.
It just sucks that its so much money, cause that looks like a blast to me.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:30 pm
by GORDON
Leisher wrote:we COULD just find and/or create a free UO server.
Unless you can exactly recreate 1999 again with servers full of people, there'd be no point.
And again, that's a MMORPG. Are you reading the things that I'm writing or skimming?
It's not the time sink it used to be, with macroing of skills. And UO is the kind of game that a single person could play if no one is on, or two can go out hunting or dungeon crawling, or 4 people, or a different 4 people, it doesn't matter. With a storyline game a lot of people want to always be part of it so they don't miss parts of the story. If that is 4 people, then you can't play unless those exact 4 people are available and online.
Just saying.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:37 pm
by TPRJones
Stranger wrote:It just sucks that its so much money, cause that looks like a blast to me.
Final price will be around $20. Most likely $19.99. But on the Kickstarter they offered early access for more, thus the higher early access price on Steam. If they lowered it before release they might make their earliest backers feel cheated.
Once it goes gold the price will be much lower.
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:39 pm
by Stranger
TPRJones wrote:Stranger wrote:It just sucks that its so much money, cause that looks like a blast to me.
Final price will be around $20. Most likely $19.99. But on the Kickstarter they offered early access for more, thus the higher early access price on Steam. If they lowered it before release they might make their earliest backers feel cheated.
Once it goes gold the price will be much lower.
Ahh. well in that case we might as well wait.
Looks like we can cross that one off the list
Posted: Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:42 pm
by GORDON
Stranger wrote:TPRJones wrote:Stranger wrote:It just sucks that its so much money, cause that looks like a blast to me.
Final price will be around $20. Most likely $19.99. But on the Kickstarter they offered early access for more, thus the higher early access price on Steam. If they lowered it before release they might make their earliest backers feel cheated.
Once it goes gold the price will be much lower.
Ahh. well in that case we might as well wait.
Looks like we can cross that one off the list
FYI, PA is basically a sequel to Supreme Commander, which we all enjoyed. I even still play it on and off, as i have said.
NOT SupCom2. The first one.