Recent reviews by Zolerox

Rust, More of a Hate and hate relationship.
200 hours, stopped playing after a hacker ruined our base.

It's aight, It has 3 major issues (at least from my classical experience with the original halos)

1. No campaign cross-play (xbox can't play missions with PC) firefight works though.

2. A "battle pass" style system instead of a xp/credit grind so there's less real "progression" and more like you just get random armor pieces/skins at random times

3. Unfinished, Despite the "full release" version is on the store it's missing very basic features, They STILL don't have a "audio setting" for voice sfx in-game. Not sure if this was because the game was "rushed" but some "medals" are unobtainable, for example "get 1000 kills in firefight matchmaking" no such playlist/game type exists that lasts for "an hour plus" which is what's required to hit 1000.

Conclusion: It's halo. Even 343 can't screw that up, Even with the forums 100+ pages of unresolved bug reports *Halo's still worth it. *except 4

Can't talk, Sending DDT's...

It was not the return we hoped for, but it leaving wasn't any better.

As an ex-SAS 3&4 Veteran (couple thousand hours web browser flash game) This is right up my alley, took me a while to get used to the idea of medics that can actually run out of meds.
It's more of a speed running game then SAS was takes new players a while to get used to it, Now let's get straight to what i like/dislike about the "reactive drop" release of alien swarm (which I haven't played).

The Good:

+Addictive, you'll notice when you start playing it everyone has 200+ hours yet are still "new" to the game i have 200+ hours and that was within "64.1 hrs last two weeks".

+Top Down Co-Op shooter with 8 player support (alien swarm original had only 4) it can be expanded to 32 but Fair warning, Missions only allow 8 players If you join a server that has more then 8 slots Pull up a chair and some popcorn Your a spectator.
*Deathmatch mode allows more then 8 players.

+Workshop support!, This makes the game a lot better Here's why.
Normally the game can be completed in 2 hours (all the missions if you don't fail each take 1-8 mins) if you don't replay any of them However with mod support other users have made missions "campaigns" over 100 Some have 3+ missions in them,

"challenges" think of them as Modifiers ways to vastly change the gameplay From "minigun only for everyone" To "1 shot kill" where you die from 1 hit, there's loads more some are nice boosts others earned the name "challenges" Want to play in 1st person? there's a challenge mode for that Want to drop your guns and just turn your cursor into a death ray? of course there's one for that and many more.
and reskins remodels Wanna look like an ODST? there's mods for it all and if i continue talking about it any further i'll hit the character limit.

+Replayability you'll notice the 200+ hours and that's mostly from playing the same missions over and over still not bored.

+Config friendly (like mods but using mostly console commands) you can make config files to disable grain effect on the screen, Disable camera shake when that one guy spams grenades Or just make all the light effects from flares and equipment Pink, there's guides and discussion threads showing you how all over.

And this wouldn't be a fair review if I didn't include things I don't like.


The (less then good):

-Brutal, on normal you'll die in 5 shots or less (if you run into a shield-bug or parasite) a million ways to die don't be shocked if someone dies within the first 30 seconds or your entire team gets wiped out and your the last one alive, not to mention ammo and med supplies are limited.

-P2P There are dedicated servers but most of your matches (the ones you'll find when you click "Find a public game") are p2p meaning if the host leaves Game over man! usually what happens is the mission you were on Whether or not you just completed it or were about to escape you'll start it again and the next "connection host" is selected Anyone can vote to make someone the leader but the leader can only start matches force ready if needed But can NOT kick even the host can only vote to kick someone.

-Tech dependant, the most annoying thing you'll encounter There's a class that's so vital if that person dies before he/she has completed the objective only they are equipped to complete the entire mission fails and is restarted (with a 5 second countdown) so you'll find yourself restarting because the level 3 guys both picked the tech class and died, Luckily there's a challenge "notech" which lets anyone hack objectives and doesn't end the mission when the "tech" marines both die.


Overall I like the game and intend to keep playing for a very long time: 7/10

Loved it as a teenager all those years ago, it's the game everyone would look over and say "what are you playing?" I try not to let "nostalgia" ruin my want to go back to old games It will never be "as good as you remember it" Yeah because you were stupid back then, it IS a good game the only difference is now i'm spoiled with "multiplayer 4k HD" , I complain a lot about never getting stuck in games anymore, This is the only game in the past 5 years I actually needed to Stop and think for an hour.

Short version: It's a good game, you may have liked it as a kid but might not like it now.
I love it And all the fart jokes :).

~ The Almighty Raisin

A COD players worst nightmare. Realism.
Good luck jumping with a sniper rifle and shooting mid air.
Go ahead just try to knife lunge all over the map .
What's that The recoil is retarded? you can't aim? .
"How come i dident win i got 30kills" Sorry this is objective based no one cares about your k/d.

Insurgency better then COD

-More Tactical then a Bayonet with a scope and bipod.
-Get shot from 200 meters away from a sniper that isn't jumping like a hyper active bunny
-Get a squad together of friends and just try to survive outpost level 15.
-Realistic Mag System (if you reload a mag that had 3 bullets left Be warn that mag will come back to haunt you)

Fun game overall and gives you that Tactical feeling like cod was supposed too.


August 15 update.

Player count went from 2-3 thousand to 100-50
Alot of new players right now be more patient teach at least 1 person a day.
Loveing all the conversation's with new players game feels alive again

Don't take my support class in outpost.

Still a fun game but the xbox 360 Version is ALOT better and the resolution on here isnt worth it.
Bad steam version

Xbox 360 version would have been better. Better off buying it on there.'


Refunding it.

Keep it short and sweet, There is enjoyment to be had with this game much like with payday 2 at the start there wasent enough to justify grinding the same missions over and over but when games are given time to grow and improve great things can happen (for example the ethan character pack coming to pd2 soon..)

1. This uses the same engine as Payday (Diesel Engine) it has a seperate studio "Lion Game Lion" that doesnt own pd2 but has worked on the Butcher DLC and Bomb Hiests For payday 2 if im not missing something else.

2. It will feel like payday 2 which isnt a bad thing payday 2 is fun as hell , i do love the game myself and it has a few things to make it unique enough to make it stand out, Raid cards vastly Change the gameplay there are Way to many to describe here you can do some digging around to find out what the cards that drop in game do (Cough plug my guide on raid cards is on steam Cough)

3. Yes i do agree its expensive and personally isnt worth that money Right now, Payday has enough content to justify its price Raid is worth the money On sale and give it some time to expand its content. Its On the diesel engine i mentioned in the first point it will have all the problems payday 2 had if not worse desync, enemies running through walls the list of issues with disel engine is allmost endless (look at payday 2's patch note history im not kidding).

Conclusion: It is a fun game and developers are actually listening to Community feedback Shocker! a game dev company that listens so thats a good start they are willing to fix things change things create future content and generally improve the game. And To wrap this up They will have dlc in the future but these will be much bigger then payday 2's style of dlc It will be story advanceing Multi mission and generally bigger dlc packs (i would hope around 10$ or 15 at the most if the dlc is really that big. Maybe even less with a sale)

quick Sum up again

-Wait for a sale to buy it

-Dont like payday 2 or 1 you obviously wont like this

-Yes they do developer streams i believe every week or so they are pretty fun

-Fun with friends very much like payday 2 (Co Op)

If you actually want something rare A game that has 0% pay 2 win Micro Transactions and is actually skill based get this game, It's focused around objectives no ammount of git gud skills of killing will win (execution excluded) And its free Each class does its own thing (this was made before overwatch dont even think about it.)

Just get it.

2017 update they are quick with updates only took them 2 years or more release turtle

And dockyard is turtle's way saying Kept you waiting huh?

Nexon is gone and dirty bomb's future is looking bright *Flecther Lowers Sun glasses*

Sick of people calling themselved skilled players in overwatch "Look i pressed a button and got aimbot that just auto killed everyone in the room Soo much skills"

This has become my ultimate "You think your good? Beat me in this game"