So this Monday (July 19th) Valve released a free (yes, free) game called Alien Swarm. It is a 4 person birds-eye view shooter that can be played solo, co-op, or multiplayer.
This mod was originally created by Black Cat Games for Unreal Tournament 2004 - the developers were hired by Valve (these devs have also been working on the Left 4 Dead series as well as Portal 2). Interesting that they only announced this game 3 days before launch.
Best news of all: this game comes with source files and a map editor so players can create maps and campaigns for the community!
Client size: ~2gb
Short clip of my crew playing the 2nd half of a level on hardest difficulty + AI director. Yeah we kind of make it seem easy (it kind of is, but still fun!)
Characters
There are 8 characters with their own specific stats - these stats are all "boosts" to certain areas, such as healing more or bigger explosions.
Classes
Officer
Special Weapons
Medic
Tech
Difficulties
Easy
Normal
Hard
Insane
I'll have a proper review later... when I'm not busy playing it. :)
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