03Feb
Offbeat. Posted by EvilDaed @ 2:35 pm
There’s been a few nice games coming out on Steam, and since TF2 doesn’t have anything interesting going on around it right now I gave a couple of them a shot.
Magicka is sort of an RPG, but you don’t exactly build your character. You start out with 8 magic elements, and different combos yield totally different spells. There’s a ton of combinations and the game’s pretty much built on satire. You can play it solo, but the best way to do it is to play with up to 3 other friends. The game doesn’t hold back on ways to die, since FF is permanently on in multiplayer and your teammates can quickly revive you with a two-element spell. It was rather buggy at launch but they’re patching things as they go.
Monday Night Combat also came out recently, it’s like TF2 with mashed up classes and DOTA mechanics. I kind of like it, but if you’re on a team where nobody’s got any clue what to do you’ll get irritated rather quick. At least there’s other ways to entertain yourself. The devs also seem to have picked up Valve’s style of offering free DLC in the future.
Now the last two games are around 10-15 dollars each, which makes them a rather nice investment considering they’ve got good replayability. Dead Space 2 came out, and after playing it I realized it’s just DS1 with a new set of missions, items and monsters. Somehow they expect people to pay 60$ for that and some half-assed ripoff multiplayer. The game was okay if you want to follow the storyline, but crap if you were expecting more of DS1′s atmosphere. I just don’t see how they can justify the pricetag.
Tags: videogames
18Jan
Offbeat. Posted by EvilDaed @ 11:47 am
Apparently Portal 2 is going to have cross-platform gameplay with the PS3, but that’s not all. Valve’s giving out free PC copies of Portal 2 to anyone who buys the PS3 version and links their account with Steam.
I don’t know what to think. With the recent meltdown on the PS3 security checks it’s becoming more and more attractive to me.
Tags: portal, ps3, valve
07Jan
Offbeat. Posted by EvilDaed @ 5:06 pm
Nothing much going on. Have a clientside no hat mod.
EDIT: Man, I could’ve sworn I posted something here about the new patch. Where’d it even go?
Tags: hats, or lack thereof, tf2
30Dec
Offbeat. Posted by EvilDaed @ 12:07 am
Won’t be here as soon as the new year turns around, but I can still wish you all a good one in advance!
I wonder how many cakes Gabe ate this year…
23Dec
Offbeat. Posted by EvilDaed @ 8:57 am
So, I’ve been playing with the sticky jumper recently, and as you all know there’s been a patch just a few hours ago.
The Rocket Jumper and Sticky Jumper now have no max health penalty, and have damage vulnerabilities instead.
I see this and I’m thinking “Great, they finally realized that those weapons were fun but horrible to use because of their health negatives”.
Then I look at the disadvantages, and now you take double damage from everything. So effectively you’ve got 87hp now. What the fuck.
By the way, double drop week.
Tags: gabe, rage
20Dec
Offbeat. Posted by EvilDaed @ 12:13 am
Caber + Sticky Jumper is the only fun thing in the update. That’s all.
Tags: nofun, valve
18Dec
Offbeat. Posted by EvilDaed @ 12:12 am
I was going to link each piece of info individually, but screw that, here’s the Facepunch thread. Basically there’s a high enough chance that we’re getting meet the medic this Christmas, along with some polycount items. Also some playtester talking about how portal 2 totally exists and how he saw meet the medic but he ain’t sayin SHIT.
EDIT: Nevermind, there’s an update out.
Tags: stuff, valve
11Dec
Offbeat. Posted by EvilDaed @ 9:32 am
Team Fortress 2
- Updated some files, for no reason whatsoever
Well, a strapping gentleman named Fartbomb sent me a heads-up about festive crates dropping. Besides the whole killing floor TF2 crossover, and new paint colors showing up, that’s all I know so far.
Also 1:1 sentries.
Tags: steam, valve
08Dec
Offbeat. Posted by EvilDaed @ 7:17 pm
Just sayin’. Whatever the hell the final hat is it’s probably not worth the bother anyway.
EDIT: The wiki got hacked, you can’t really make sense of what’s written in the articles, but I left the link up there for the curious ones. I’d warm up the script blocker if I was you.
EDIT2: The wiki’s back up now.
Tags: steam, tf2, valve
06Dec
Offbeat. Posted by EvilDaed @ 11:44 pm
Log into steam, receive treasure hunt. Games gonna fly off the virtual shelves like hotcakes.
I mean, hell, Chime costs a buck right now. Maybe there’s a song in there I might like…
EDIT: And RUSE is like 33$. Hahah.
Tags: gabe's huge swimming pool of money, steam, valve
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