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Battleswarm: Massively Multiplayer Strategy / FPS?

ExeciutusExeciutus Registered User regular
edited January 2010 in Games and Technology
Yeah the question, i found a trailer. it's looking good but what do you think ?.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MJCjmrvtiQ

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    This actually looks pretty interesting/fun

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  • LegbaLegba He did. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So one side plays an FPS while the other side plays an RTS? That sounds kind of mental.

    I wonder how balanced it's going to be; presumably the RTS guy can see the whole battlefield while the FPS team will only be able to control small areas at a time.

    Still, I'm intrigued. I'd give this a whirl.

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  • ಠ_ರೃಠ_ರೃ __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    Yea, basically imagine something like WoW or any generic MMO really except all the monsters are actually controlled by human players, and all the stand alone players are still humans.

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  • A BearA Bear Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Sounds cool. I want to see how they manage the balance between FPS players mastering a game and RTS players mastering a game.

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  • pyromaniac221pyromaniac221 this just might be an interestin YTRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So like, polished Zombie Master with huge insects

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  • RenegenRenegen Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    A Bear wrote: »
    Sounds cool. I want to see how they manage the balance between FPS players mastering a game and RTS players mastering a game.

    There's been many mods and games in the past like Natural Selection that combined RTS and FPS, it worked just fine, in fact it was awesome! Glad there is one more.

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  • RenegenRenegen Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Renegen wrote: »
    A Bear wrote: »
    Sounds cool. I want to see how they manage the balance between FPS players mastering a game and RTS players mastering a game.

    There's been many mods and games in the past like Natural Selection that combined RTS and FPS, it worked just fine, in fact it was awesome! Glad there is one more.

    (Weird how I can't edit)

    In fact it seems the game IS out, I'm creating an account as I speak :P
    http://www.battleswarm.net/

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  • MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Renegen wrote: »
    Renegen wrote: »
    A Bear wrote: »
    Sounds cool. I want to see how they manage the balance between FPS players mastering a game and RTS players mastering a game.

    There's been many mods and games in the past like Natural Selection that combined RTS and FPS, it worked just fine, in fact it was awesome! Glad there is one more.

    (Weird how I can't edit)

    In fact it seems the game IS out, I'm creating an account as I speak :P
    http://www.battleswarm.net/

    hey, me, too

    but only because you gave the link

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  • 4rch3nemy4rch3nemy Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Yeah, the link is the major factor in my signing up as well.


    The site only says 99 players online though. Fuck. :(

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  • MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    This might go better in the MMOG subforum, but eh, more people will see it here.

    Downloading now, name's MechMantis (predictably). Probably gonna play both sides, see which one I like more.

    Although maybe we should get together a Human group.

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  • pyromaniac221pyromaniac221 this just might be an interestin YTRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I'm downloading this right now. I have a feeling I'll like the bug side more since being the Zombie Master was unfairly fun.

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  • MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    ...Oh

    Damn guys, we've been had by a spambot. Reporting, I'll probably get a new thread up later.

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  • MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    EDIT: DAMNIT ECHO. You and your post deletion.

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  • GarthorGarthor Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Haha.

    Echo says "Says who?", then promptly deletes his post when he looks at the guy's post history.

    Mods.

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  • ExeciutusExeciutus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Spambot me ? lol

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  • LykouraghLykouragh Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So is this game a scam or not? There's an IGN preview of what looks like this game floating around from 2009.... and if it's real I want to try it.

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Legba wrote: »
    So one side plays an FPS while the other side plays an RTS? That sounds kind of mental.

    I wonder how balanced it's going to be; presumably the RTS guy can see the whole battlefield while the FPS team will only be able to control small areas at a time.

    Still, I'm intrigued. I'd give this a whirl.


    Emanuel

    So one side plays an FPS while the other side plays an RTS? That sounds kind of like motherfucking Natural Selection and Brutal Legend.

    I wish I had money to build a PC. I love Action/RTS hybrids.

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Lykouragh wrote: »
    So is this game a scam or not? There's an IGN preview of what looks like this game floating around from 2009.... and if it's real I want to try it.

    I downloaded it and tried it.

    It was pretty shitty.


    Didn't control very well. A lot of grinding to get anything good, aliens play really shitty, alien ai is pretty crappy, and theres like 20 people playing so it's next to impossible to actually get into a match.

    Honestly just play NS. It's way better.

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  • SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    One's a tactical shooter, and the other's a RTS.

    I smell a sitcom!

    My friend tells me this game is a cool idea with sub-par execution.

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  • MechMantisMechMantis Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    randombattle wrote: »
    Lykouragh wrote: »
    So is this game a scam or not? There's an IGN preview of what looks like this game floating around from 2009.... and if it's real I want to try it.

    I downloaded it and tried it.

    It was pretty shitty.


    Didn't control very well. A lot of grinding to get anything good, aliens play really shitty, alien ai is pretty crappy, and theres like 20 people playing so it's next to impossible to actually get into a match.

    Honestly just play NS. It's way better.

    Yup.

    Shitty in the extreme.

    Bad. Terrible.

    I wanted so much for this game to be awesome. But it wasn't. But hey, it was free.

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    SmokeStacks wrote: »
    One's a tactical shooter, and the other's a RTS.

    I smell a sitcom!

    My friend tells me this game is a cool idea with sub-par execution.

    Not enough people in this thread have played Natural Selection. This has been done before.

    In natural selection, it's Aliens vs Marines. The Marines pick one commander who can be booted if he sucks. The Command sees everything in RTS vision, builds structures, and provides upgrades and intel to the other Marines. The Marines build his structures and fight the aliens.

    The aliens are hive minded and do not need a commander.

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  • SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So basically it's just a push game for Metatix.

    Which is yet another "spend real money to buy points that you can use to buy stuff in games" system.

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Welp, something good came out of this, because I'm off to grab Natural Selection again. It's been a while since I played that awesome mod.

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  • ExeciutusExeciutus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Hmmm came from good comments to bad :P

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  • davinciedavincie Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I was a beta tester for this, I can tell you not to bother with it.

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  • pyromaniac221pyromaniac221 this just might be an interestin YTRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Yeah I installed it and I can safely say that this is gutter trash and not worth anyone's time

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  • LegbaLegba He did. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Execiutus wrote: »
    Hmmm came from good comments to bad :P

    If playing video games has taught me anything, it's that a good impression does not equal a good execution.

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  • ExeciutusExeciutus Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    i know, thats so wierd. but i did give it a try, but nothing from my end tought to bad tobad.

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