The NEW NPF Steam Game Night Extravaganza Funtimes Party Thread - Page 77

Aldurin · 07-04-2011, 09:32 PM

So instead of asking nicely you resort to genocide?

Arcanum · 07-05-2011, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Aldurin

So instead of asking nicely you resort to genocide?

Welcome to the Nuklear Power Fighting Union Unleaded, where genocide is our first resort.

mauve · 07-06-2011, 07:52 PM

DAMMIT STEAM.

I have free MMOs from you-- I haven't even scratched the surface of Spiral Knights and Champions, and haven't started downloading any of the others. I have a crapload of new PS2 games I haven't finished (finally found a copy of Disgaea: Hour of Darkness!). I just bought Phoenix Wright: Ace Attourney for the DS and am almost finished with AA: Trials and Tribulations.

I don't need any more new games!

AND THEN ALONG COMES STEAM'S SUMMER SALE, and now I'm staring at the front page advertising Killing Floor and Monday Night Combat for less than $10 each. (I missed Borderlands and Magica's sale days) It would be so easy to buy cheap new multiplayer games on Steam (and maybe have them downloaded before Christmas thanks to slightly-less-shitty internets) BUT I ALREADY HAVE ALL THOSE UNPLAYED GAMES. Raaagghh Steam, why do you put me in these moral dilemmas?!

So anyway. What's Killing Floor like? I get the feeling MNC is Team Fortressy, but it looks kinda fun.

And are there any other games on Steam I should keep an eye out for, should they go on sale in the next few days? The Madness may come over me and force me into a game shopping spree at any time, you know.

Edit: I'd considered looking into the Mass Effect franchise, but apparently ME1 doesn't always get along well with Vista 64. Same deal with Bioshock.

Aldurin · 07-06-2011, 08:16 PM

Monday Night Combat is somewhat of a cross between Ratchet & Clank arena modes and Team Fortress 2, but slightly more hedonistically themed (and oh god the host's jokes are terrible). It's pretty fun.

lazy man · 07-06-2011, 08:25 PM

Killing Floor is something very... different from the norm besides the fact that it's an FPS. It's a lot of fun if you can get a good group.

It's basically running around from ever-growing swarms of increasingly threatening mutants/zombies. You have different perks you can level up and different gear you buy that'll go with the that perk, and climbing levels makes easier to buy, do more damage, etc. etc.

Kinda lame to play alone, but once you get a good group the game starts to liven up more because the swarms increase in size by a LOT. And once you get a decent level on perks the game get a lot more into specialization and who's playing what.

Or at least that's my view on it... having almost 150 hours may make me a bit biased. >.>

Arcanum · 07-07-2011, 03:15 AM

EVERYONE PLAY COLD STREAM RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN GET DEAD AIR SOONER

Now with that out of the way, Killing Floor is a pretty fun game but you have to be really committed to playing it, since it takes a lot of playtime to level up the classes/perks (they call them perks but they are basically classes).

Monday Night Combat is pretty awesome. It has the classes of TF2, the AI "creeps" marching down lanes like a DotA-esque game, and some tower defense thrown in for kicks. Had I known what the game was like sooner I would have totally payed more than $3 for it.

Finally, Mount and Blade Warband is fucking amazing. I literally can't get enough of this game. At first I was planning on being all noble and great, and then I did some mercenary work for the Swadian King and learned how awesome and profitable pillaging can be. And now I swore fealty and have my own fiefdom (although the asshole King gave me the town that was just raided by an enemy faction so I can't earn revenue from it yet). Now I just need to build up an army, find (or train) an engineer, and then it's time to lay siege to a castle to take for myself.

Roland · 07-07-2011, 04:35 AM

So, in the past few weeks I've been playing this MMO called Forsaken World, made by the same folks who run Perfect World. Yes, it's on Steam. It totally counts.

Anyhow, it's sort of a grinder to be honest. Despite all the EXP Aids the developers throw at you, it still takes forever to level up once you hit around level 25 and the gap keeps increasing at a much faster rate than the EXP Gains do. The EXP needed to go from level 33 to 34, for example, is just under 920k. 34 to 35? 1,262,000 or so.

It's also an open world MMO with a very high Twenty Bear Asses-type quests to Actually Pretty quests ratio, though my definition of "Actually Fun" is skewed towards the Instance-based design used by DDO so as far as I know this is normal.

The big reason I'm playing it is because of a small group of people on ponychan, really only about three or four people other than myself, were playing it and looking into making a guild for those on the site who are also playing it. As far as I'm aware though, none of them have the time for the game anymore, which is a bit of a shame.

=/ I'm unsurprisingly desperate for any kind of social interaction, really. It's something I've come to realize I seriously miss in my life, no matter how bad I've been at it in the past.

Azisien · 07-07-2011, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Mauve Mage

So anyway. What's Killing Floor like? I get the feeling MNC is Team Fortressy, but it looks kinda fun.

Killing Floor is all right. It's a fine time with a good group like Lazy mentioned, but I find it got really samey really fast. Pretty much identical wave structure of mutants, always, so once you find a place/build that works for you, you can't really lose unless you screw up royally.

They do have this sandbox mode thing to customize waves, but using it disabled XP gain, which is the only other reason to even play the game.

Monday Night Combat is pretty fun but I only found its art style to be very similar to TF2. It might be a fun game for NPF nonetheless. Tongue-in-cheek futuristic FPS/Tower Defense.

Seil · 07-07-2011, 03:11 PM

I couldn't get into Spiral Knights. It just seemed like a budget Ragnarok Online with less of a community and even less customization. Add on the fact that I had no idea what I was doing...

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(I missed Borderlands and Magica's sale days)

D'you need a copy of Borderlands, Miss Mauve?

Overcast · 07-07-2011, 03:31 PM

Starting to get more in on these gamenight thingamawhatsits now. Redownloaded Champions, a lot of things have shifted since the days when I had to pay to get more than mutants and Canada, so I had to delete my old character and restart since my build required a gold account. He is The Agenda, and he uses guns.

07-06-2011, 07:52 PM	#763
mauve So Dreamy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Someplace magical Posts: 6,863	DAMMIT STEAM. I have free MMOs from you-- I haven't even scratched the surface of Spiral Knights and Champions, and haven't started downloading any of the others. I have a crapload of new PS2 games I haven't finished (finally found a copy of Disgaea: Hour of Darkness!). I just bought Phoenix Wright: Ace Attourney for the DS and am almost finished with AA: Trials and Tribulations. I don't need any more new games! AND THEN ALONG COMES STEAM'S SUMMER SALE, and now I'm staring at the front page advertising Killing Floor and Monday Night Combat for less than $10 each. (I missed Borderlands and Magica's sale days) It would be so easy to buy cheap new multiplayer games on Steam (and maybe have them downloaded before Christmas thanks to slightly-less-shitty internets) BUT I ALREADY HAVE ALL THOSE UNPLAYED GAMES. Raaagghh Steam, why do you put me in these moral dilemmas?! So anyway. What's Killing Floor like? I get the feeling MNC is Team Fortressy, but it looks kinda fun. And are there any other games on Steam I should keep an eye out for, should they go on sale in the next few days? The Madness may come over me and force me into a game shopping spree at any time, you know. Edit: I'd considered looking into the Mass Effect franchise, but apparently ME1 doesn't always get along well with Vista 64. Same deal with Bioshock. __________________ Yoo Hoo! Last edited by mauve; 07-06-2011 at 07:58 PM.

07-07-2011, 03:15 AM	#766
Arcanum Strike the Earth! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 3,185	EVERYONE PLAY COLD STREAM RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN GET DEAD AIR SOONER Now with that out of the way, Killing Floor is a pretty fun game but you have to be really committed to playing it, since it takes a lot of playtime to level up the classes/perks (they call them perks but they are basically classes). Monday Night Combat is pretty awesome. It has the classes of TF2, the AI "creeps" marching down lanes like a DotA-esque game, and some tower defense thrown in for kicks. Had I known what the game was like sooner I would have totally payed more than $3 for it. Finally, Mount and Blade Warband is fucking amazing. I literally can't get enough of this game. At first I was planning on being all noble and great, and then I did some mercenary work for the Swadian King and learned how awesome and profitable pillaging can be. And now I swore fealty and have my own fiefdom (although the asshole King gave me the town that was just raided by an enemy faction so I can't earn revenue from it yet). Now I just need to build up an army, find (or train) an engineer, and then it's time to lay siege to a castle to take for myself. Last edited by Arcanum; 07-07-2011 at 03:17 AM. Reason: Changed the link to the L4D blog announcement

07-07-2011, 03:31 PM	#770
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	Starting to get more in on these gamenight thingamawhatsits now. Redownloaded Champions, a lot of things have shifted since the days when I had to pay to get more than mutants and Canada, so I had to delete my old character and restart since my build required a gold account. He is The Agenda, and he uses guns. __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks!

07-04-2011, 09:32 PM	#761
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	So instead of asking nicely you resort to genocide?

07-06-2011, 08:16 PM	#764
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	Monday Night Combat is somewhat of a cross between Ratchet & Clank arena modes and Team Fortress 2, but slightly more hedonistically themed (and oh god the host's jokes are terrible). It's pretty fun.

07-06-2011, 08:25 PM	#765
lazy man Harrumph! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: My not-so-humble abode Posts: 2,891	Killing Floor is something very... different from the norm besides the fact that it's an FPS. It's a lot of fun if you can get a good group. It's basically running around from ever-growing swarms of increasingly threatening mutants/zombies. You have different perks you can level up and different gear you buy that'll go with the that perk, and climbing levels makes easier to buy, do more damage, etc. etc. Kinda lame to play alone, but once you get a good group the game starts to liven up more because the swarms increase in size by a LOT. And once you get a decent level on perks the game get a lot more into specialization and who's playing what. Or at least that's my view on it... having almost 150 hours may make me a bit biased. >.>

07-07-2011, 04:35 AM	#767
Roland Professional Layabout Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: A desert on and surrounded by mountains. Posts: 722	So, in the past few weeks I've been playing this MMO called Forsaken World, made by the same folks who run Perfect World. Yes, it's on Steam. It totally counts. Anyhow, it's sort of a grinder to be honest. Despite all the EXP Aids the developers throw at you, it still takes forever to level up once you hit around level 25 and the gap keeps increasing at a much faster rate than the EXP Gains do. The EXP needed to go from level 33 to 34, for example, is just under 920k. 34 to 35? 1,262,000 or so. It's also an open world MMO with a very high Twenty Bear Asses-type quests to Actually Pretty quests ratio, though my definition of "Actually Fun" is skewed towards the Instance-based design used by DDO so as far as I know this is normal. The big reason I'm playing it is because of a small group of people on ponychan, really only about three or four people other than myself, were playing it and looking into making a guild for those on the site who are also playing it. As far as I'm aware though, none of them have the time for the game anymore, which is a bit of a shame. =/ I'm unsurprisingly desperate for any kind of social interaction, really. It's something I've come to realize I seriously miss in my life, no matter how bad I've been at it in the past.