As Alien Swarm becomes increasingly popular, we can expect to see an influx of mods. If not, we can hold PC snob Jonathan Ross personally responsible. He wants someone to make a full-blown Diablo clone, and now my expectations are nigh unmeetable. Thanks a lot, J Ross.
The core game is solid, especially considering the price -- isn't the end-of-mission report with dots of all four players flying through the map awesome? -- but the potential for user-created projects is what stands out to me. I kind of can't believe this thing is a free download.
Anyway, to get everyone in the right mindset, we have two videos for you to check out. The first shows how to enable first-person mode in Alien Swarm, which is incredibly easy. The second, shown after the break, is what Pallet Town (of Pokemon fame) looks like in this setting. Random? Yes. Cool? Double yes.
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This game just keeps getting better, I'll admit I originally downloaded it for the hat ...... yeah you got me Valve. But the more I play it the more I love it and I can't wait to see how this game develops.
And this is why us pc gamers cry when we get charged for dlc :)
Really enjoying the game so far, looking forward to trying the hardest mode with a good team. Hopefully I'll get a small campaign done during my break from work.
@Jack8274 The guy is an ass and is just here to troll, Alien Swarm > Alien Breed,but Alien Breed was actually made before the Unreal Mod for the Amiga in 1991.
First Person kinda defeats the purpose of this game and inhibits you, if everyone can see top down and you only see FP POV then you can't take directions as well as plan stuff out since opening your map is a huge pain if like staying alive.
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Now to, uh, make sure my computer can actually play it. Damned thing kept crashing on me yesterday, wah.
This is a source conversion of a Unreal mod, way before Alien Breed. How about you know somethings history before you go spouting nonsense.
Yep, gonna go play my copy of Blue now.
Pallet Town music is the most nostalgic video game music ever.
I wanna play that. But fuck that guy for shooting Snorlax. ;_;
Really enjoying the game so far, looking forward to trying the hardest mode with a good team. Hopefully I'll get a small campaign done during my break from work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Swarm
why haven't I installed this game yet
Yeah, and this game is great.
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retard much? you can use the 360 joystick on this...
Yesterday i saw some 1 already level 25 people are going crazy. Im only level 15.
How do I convert Alien Swarm to first person?
Thanks, Trench. You rock.