Author Topic: Defense Grid 2 (Read 4507 times)

Vizzys · « **on:** September 19, 2014, 04:06:02 PM »

apparently this comes out in less than a week (much to my surprise)

anyway if you like tower defense and haven't played the first game its pretty good

preordering the game gives you a defense grid 1+dlc key (and beta)

I dont need my keys so does anyone want em?
pm me an email to send em to

Rufus · « **Reply #1 on:** September 19, 2014, 04:08:05 PM »

I liked the first one. Will put on Steam wishlist and then promptly forget about it.

Beezy · « **Reply #2 on:** September 19, 2014, 05:15:09 PM »

Beat the first game on my old shitty laptop. Will definitely get this, but I'm not sure when.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #3 on:** September 19, 2014, 05:17:40 PM »

I loved the first game but I have hardly done the DLC (shit is hard).

benjipwns · « **Reply #4 on:** September 19, 2014, 05:23:47 PM »

I've had it since the closed beta came out in June or whenever, then pre-ordered because of discount, they haven't updated too much since then. There's more stuff to upgrade on your towers, and the levels can change shape, and you can add/move platforms. None of the various commander powers are in or anything.

They just added in controller support last week. Workshop is up but you can't download anyones maps yet.

It seems slightly easier than the original, but I guess the two maps in the original's demo were pretty easy too.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #5 on:** September 19, 2014, 06:03:37 PM »

Quote from: Rufus on September 19, 2014, 04:08:05 PM

I liked the first one. Will put on Steam wishlist and then promptly forget about it.

The struggle is real.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 19, 2014, 07:49:09 PM »

One of my favourite games ever, completely forgot it was out so soon

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #7 on:** September 21, 2014, 12:30:41 AM »

OK who wants this? I'll give out some copies

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8 on:** September 21, 2014, 01:07:28 AM »

Me me me me

benjipwns · « **Reply #9 on:** September 21, 2014, 01:12:42 AM »

616MB update just came out, but no change log...

Quote

You can be sure that the beta was the smallest taste of the overall game that we could provide so as to stay away from too many spoilers, and that the game has 21 levels of story content, around 10 to 12 challenge modes for 20 of those levels, and three multiplayer modes including the ability to play everything in the game with two people, either locally or online. We're looking forward to playing the game, solving the levels our own particular way, and comparing how we're doing to our friends. We hope you have fun with the game as well.

Those people who pre-ordered the game (and others can until Tuesday morning) will get the game along with many extras, and additional content in the special edition (thank you very much for pre-ordering, we appreciate it). Those extras will be going away on Tuesday and the pre-order discounts will also end.

At this point in time, we project that we'll cross the final threshold if your friends and colleagues continue the pre-order trend, so we expect Matter of Endurance to unlock for the folks who pre-ordered as well. We're happy with how it turned out and hope you'll get to enjoy it.

Beezy · « **Reply #10 on:** September 21, 2014, 01:33:29 AM »

Quote from: G The Resurrected on September 21, 2014, 12:30:41 AM

OK who wants this? I'll give out some copies

Me!

Vizzys · « **Reply #11 on:** September 21, 2014, 02:56:43 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on September 21, 2014, 01:12:42 AM

616MB update just came out, but no change log...

seems like the full game to me
released early

benjipwns · « **Reply #12 on:** September 21, 2014, 04:11:42 AM »

It is.

And they fixed the bug with the fullscreen that was in the last update. (Fullscreen is actually just a borderless window!)

Workshop support not up yet though.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #13 on:** September 21, 2014, 04:27:43 AM »

Quote from: Beezy on September 21, 2014, 01:33:29 AM

Quote from: G The Resurrected on September 21, 2014, 12:30:41 AM
OK who wants this? I'll give out some copies
Me!

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on September 21, 2014, 01:07:28 AM

Me me me me

ENJOY!

benjipwns · « **Reply #14 on:** September 21, 2014, 06:57:23 AM »

review so far:

out of ten

Beezy · « **Reply #15 on:** September 21, 2014, 08:57:35 AM »

Thanks G

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #16 on:** September 21, 2014, 09:02:55 AM »

Thank ya G

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #17 on:** September 21, 2014, 09:42:57 PM »

Quote from: G The Resurrected on September 21, 2014, 12:30:41 AM

OK who wants this? I'll give out some copies

am i too late to this begging party

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #18 on:** September 21, 2014, 10:11:03 PM »

If I get some more codes I'll give you one. But right now I'm all out.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #19 on:** September 21, 2014, 11:16:23 PM »

Brehvolution · « **Reply #20 on:** September 22, 2014, 10:07:02 AM »

I loved the first one. Will get even if G doesn't get more codes. I hope you get more codes, G.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #21 on:** September 26, 2014, 06:51:32 PM »

Bought this, used 25% off voucher at GMG

pilonv1 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 27, 2014, 01:49:16 AM »

Played 3 hours straight, absolutely loving it. Smashed viz's scores too

Was streaming on twitch, should have posted it.

benjipwns · « **Reply #23 on:** September 27, 2014, 02:19:35 AM »

Only thing I don't like is some of the "mods" for the levels are dumb and not as challenging or cool as they eventually got in the first game. Power outage is kinda meh. And the one where the cursor does damage is really meh.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #24 on:** September 27, 2014, 06:45:51 AM »

Yeah I saw that and thought "why would I ever want to play that?". I'm hoping they bring back the grinders or whatever they were, some were brutal. They seem to have the limited towers one though.

benjipwns · « **Reply #25 on:** September 27, 2014, 06:57:26 AM »

The Grinders and Out of Bullets and some of the others are on later missions, just that first chapter is really limited.

Beezy · « **Reply #26 on:** September 27, 2014, 08:12:57 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on September 27, 2014, 02:19:35 AM

Only thing I don't like is some of the "mods" for the levels are dumb and not as challenging or cool as they eventually got in the first game. Power outage is kinda meh. And the one where the cursor does damage is really meh.

I was wondering what these were. I've just been doing the defualt missions. Do I have you guys on Steam? I'd like to try the multiplayer while everyone is still playing this. My username is Ji3eezy.

benjipwns · « **Reply #27 on:** September 27, 2014, 10:14:46 AM »

Making a corridor of red death and then putting the score boost perk on every single tower along it

Beezy · « **Reply #28 on:** September 29, 2014, 08:46:08 AM »

The 7th mission has been kicking my ass. I finally realized what I've been doing wrong though. I'll finally beat it later today.

If I'm not able to keep all my cores and at least get silver on a mission, I start over.

benjipwns · « **Reply #29 on:** September 29, 2014, 04:41:23 PM »

I wasn't paying full attention on one mission and so was setting up extra boost towers for mazing purposes and didn't realize it until like six guys with cores and like needing one hit left were right at the exit and my panic quick built gun tower didn't pop up until four of them got to the exit. Instant restart.

I forgot the game has a wave/checkpoint restart now.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #30 on:** September 29, 2014, 05:36:14 PM »

They had wave/checkpoints in the original

benjipwns · « **Reply #31 on:** September 29, 2014, 05:56:23 PM »

It did?

Beezy · « **Reply #32 on:** September 29, 2014, 05:57:42 PM »

I had no idea.

Does using it give you a lower score?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #33 on:** September 29, 2014, 06:02:45 PM »

Nope, I was playing around with tower combos last night on the 11th stage. Got 68th overall which is pretty good considering the hacking going on.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #34 on:** October 01, 2014, 02:39:52 AM »

Quote from: Beezy on September 29, 2014, 08:46:08 AM

The 7th mission has been kicking my ass. I finally realized what I've been doing wrong though. I'll finally beat it later today.

The scoring system has fucked up my DG1 style of putting a bunch of towers at the start and killing shit quickly. Now I set up level 3 towers near the core to maximise the resource "ticks". Level 11 & 12 are pretty simple once you work out that extravagant pathing with level 1 guns doesn't work as well as it did in DG1.

Vizzys · « **Reply #35 on:** October 02, 2014, 03:28:34 AM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on September 27, 2014, 01:49:16 AM

Played 3 hours straight, absolutely loving it. Smashed viz's scores too

Was streaming on twitch, should have posted it.

im bad

Beezy · « **Reply #36 on:** October 02, 2014, 04:30:40 AM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on October 01, 2014, 02:39:52 AM

Quote from: Beezy on September 29, 2014, 08:46:08 AM
The 7th mission has been kicking my ass. I finally realized what I've been doing wrong though. I'll finally beat it later today.

The scoring system has fucked up my DG1 style of putting a bunch of towers at the start and killing shit quickly. Now I set up level 3 towers near the core to maximise the resource "ticks". Level 11 & 12 are pretty simple once you work out that extravagant pathing with level 1 guns doesn't work as well as it did in DG1.

Yes, this was my main issue once I got to level 7. I think I pooped on your level 8-10 scores btw.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #37 on:** October 02, 2014, 08:50:55 AM »

Holy shit I just realised that the command shuttle lets you raise some of the tower locations

Quote from: Beezy on October 02, 2014, 04:30:40 AM

Yes, this was my main issue once I got to level 7. I think I pooped on your level 8-10 scores btw.

I can't even see your scores for level 8-10

Beezy · « **Reply #38 on:** October 02, 2014, 10:53:46 AM »

Weird. I'll check when I get home.

benjipwns · « **Reply #39 on:** October 02, 2014, 05:03:46 PM »

Quote from: pilonv1 on October 02, 2014, 08:50:55 AM

Holy shit I just realised that the command shuttle lets you raise some of the tower locations

Some of them it locks in place so you can't build/upgrade any towers on the part you've moved.

Any that it adds you can definitely build on, it's the ones that it moves.

Beezy · « **Reply #40 on:** October 02, 2014, 05:16:02 PM »

I have no idea what you two are talking about.

benjipwns · « **Reply #41 on:** October 02, 2014, 05:25:22 PM »

The "shuttle" that lands in every level, you can click on it and on most maps it has extra platforms and stuff you can buy, often in good spots. In some cases you can also move platforms from one spot to another, on maps that have multiple levels of heights sometimes you can move some from lower to above, etc. Costs resources like anything else.

Beezy · « **Reply #42 on:** October 02, 2014, 07:13:11 PM »

benjipwns · « **Reply #43 on:** October 02, 2014, 07:16:20 PM »

I don't think any of the "mandatory" dialogue even mentions it until like the 15th map or something. One of the ones that was in the beta.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #44 on:** October 03, 2014, 11:48:58 AM »

Great game. Thanks again G.

pilonv you keep beating my score by like 2000-3000. fuck you.

You other guys should add me so I can beat at least someone.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #45 on:** October 03, 2014, 12:27:41 PM »

I still haven't figured out how the resource laser works?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #46 on:** October 03, 2014, 01:24:59 PM »

shit got hard at level 7ish?

benjipwns · « **Reply #47 on:** October 03, 2014, 03:30:03 PM »

When there's a big swarm of dudes or a boss about to die going through one of your high fire areas, fire the resource laser on them, it like doubles the resources you get from everything that dies in its "aura" for all two seconds or whatever that it exists.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #48 on:** October 03, 2014, 04:35:34 PM »

Add me people! My steam name is TheInfelicitousDandy

Beezy · « **Reply #49 on:** October 03, 2014, 04:54:07 PM »

I already told you fucks to add me if you have this on Steam. Ji3eezy

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #50 on:** October 03, 2014, 06:36:47 PM »

O, I though lasers killed shields and worked well in groups. Level 7 now a breeze.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #51 on:** October 03, 2014, 08:22:14 PM »

Level 7 is all about cannons and missiles

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #52 on:** October 03, 2014, 09:09:04 PM »

beat you and beezy on level ten. Fuck ya.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #53 on:** October 04, 2014, 12:23:33 AM »

I only played level 10 once. When I go back I will crush you

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #54 on:** October 04, 2014, 12:35:29 AM »

you are going to take my only win from me? You gues all always build like 10 less towers than me

pilonv1 · « **Reply #55 on:** October 04, 2014, 07:08:50 AM »

Check how many I upgrade though

pilonv1 · « **Reply #56 on:** October 04, 2014, 07:49:45 AM »

I can't see Beezy or Father Mike's scores, what is going on here

Looks like they've got some of the hackers out of the leaderboards though, I have a top 100 score on level 11.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #57 on:** October 04, 2014, 03:16:00 PM »

Thought I was killing the last level only to realize I lost 4 cores right at the start and didn't notice till wave 30

Beezy · « **Reply #58 on:** October 04, 2014, 03:36:22 PM »

benjipwns · « **Reply #59 on:** October 04, 2014, 08:01:31 PM »

Added a bunch of you guys so I can see how bad I actually am when I don't play on Easy/Normal.

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Author Topic: Defense Grid 2 (Read 4507 times)