so unless they have changed gameplay in the HD version, I'm still up for it provided the upgrade is actually worth it 

Can't believe I never posted about this:

http://www.frogatto.com/
Frogatto & Friends is an old-school 2D platformer game, starring a certain quixotic frog. It's a big adventure with all the classic fun - you fight monsters, collect coins, talk to people, and buy new stuff.

It is free and open-source and of fantastic quality. 

Played 2 hours of Portal 2 coop yesterday and am super disappointed. Boring puzzles, no story to think of, loading extra double plus. Part of the frustation surely was playing on half a tv screen (left/right, ugh) and with a ps3 controller. But still, even more disappointing than the sp game for me so far, maybe because it is just more of the bad aspects. 

I should add that it sure is a very good game but the icing is missing for me. 

I think you're the only person who found the puzzles boring. You must über smrt or something. 

Yeah, I hate anything split screened. Try it the right way next time, k? 

 

I'm just downloading the game now, no spoilers please! 

Frogatto owns btw 

Hey guys. I was working on Steel Storm game for last few months, and now at last it's released. It's old-school top-down view shooter, made with Darkplaces engine. Some pictures of the maps I've made for it:

http://shadowsdomain.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/ss_skycrusade_06.jpg
http://shadowsdomain.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/ss_fly_for_004.png
http://shadowsdomain.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/ss_thearena_03.jpg
http://shadowsdomain.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/ss_stronghold_03.jpg
http://shadowsdomain.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/ss_coldstones_01.jpg
http://shadowsdomain.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/ss_hive_06.jpg

More on my blog:
http://shadowsdomain.wordpress.com/

Steel Storm at Steam :) :
http://store.steampowered.com/app/96200/ 

Haven't played it in a while. I preordered episode 2 a long time ago. Maybe i'll finish it this week. :p 

I played the first episode (demo?) a while ago. The levels looked cool. The gameplay was okay but it kind of got stale after some time. I died in the presumably last level after foolishly testing if it was possible to jump/fall down the cliff, and then didn't feel like restarting from the beginning. It's a nice little indie game, but doesn't interest me enough to pay for it. Originally I thought it was a classic spaceship shooter taking place in the air, not only just above ground. 

After about 9 hours played.

It really is a team based game, moreso than any other shooter I can think of, if you go running off you are just going to die over and over and over until you learn to stick with your team mates!

Maps are gorgeous! Some real nice architecture and very clean lines. Presentation in general is A+. Special mention to the sound too, really really nice.

Gameplay on pub servers can be mixed, if you get a server full of Call of duty players then it will suck bad. The game really shines when you actually work as a team and if you can find a server with players than lean to teamplay then favourite it quickly :)

I would say if you and a few friends want to try brink then go for it, if you play together and coordinate its a fantastic shooter, if you buy it just for yourself or dont know anyone else that plays you might walk away bitter.

Parkour stuff is pretty neat and works well. Smart button is not cruise control for cool as people were worried about that. You navigate faster by pressing smart key at the right time, holding it down works but you will navigate slower. 

Anyone else play this? It's a DotA based game (made by the creators of the original DotA for warcraft 3 iirc). I forgot how much i liked this gameplay. 

I play LoL. It's very fun, but like any DotA game it's stupidly frustrating how easy the game can snowball into one team's favour. I also hate the random idiots who make up it's community so much that I basically never play it except with my normal crew of friends who all got into it together. 

at least it's free! 

 

I bounce between HoN and LoL tbh. Really hope Valve does a good job taking the best bits of both (LoL's meta game/better ui/slight reduction in agi/ad carry reliance vs HoN's item design/couriers/greater risk&reward/denying) and creates a sick game out of it. And doesn't just use all the DotA champs like HoN.

But yeh, as Scamp says, you're kinda forced to play it with a set group of people (or at least 2 or 3 you know) due to the ability for 1 person to ruin a game, both in terms of balance and with the gutter level communication prevalant in both communities. 

What's HoN? 

Heroes of Newerth 

He works in a bar collecting glasses. 

http://www.shacknews.com/article/68470/dead-island-preview-1

Can't really complain can you?? Will be interesting to see how they make it scary given it mostly looks fairly bright. 

if you buy a game like Quake or Half Life on steam, I take it you lost the cd tracks. Or do the steam versions still allow for that somehow? 

Wow, this trailer is purely awesome ! 

I think you just lose them...