THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Stoney Mason on February 11, 2014, 04:36:08 AM

Title: Loadout (Free to Play)
Post by: Stoney Mason on February 11, 2014, 04:36:08 AM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCphCuwEibM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxTvt-6hTXA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEBjT9unjHs

Lot of people seem to be liking it. Has some of the feel of an arena shooter. Has a create a weapon feature. And supposedly a good free to play model that is mostly based around cosmetic items.
Title: Re: Loadout (Free to Play)
Post by: Rufus on February 11, 2014, 12:15:08 PM: It's only cosmetics and I believe loadout slots, so you can bank more weapon configs. I think. Definitely a fuck-ton of cosmetics though. You can unlock all weapon upgrades and I don't see a way to speed that up with real dollars, so if those take too long it's not because they want to funnel you to a booster.

I played it for a couple of hours. Seems fun, but I don't like the maps at all. Nice style though.
Title: Re: Loadout (Free to Play)
Post by: Eel O'Brian on February 11, 2014, 12:53:49 PM: It looks like a really fun shooter, but I just don't have the time to play stuff like this anymore :(
Title: Re: Loadout (Free to Play)
Post by: Stoney Mason on February 11, 2014, 06:09:10 PM: I really like it. It's really fun. I'm not sure if that comes off so well in the videos but it has a slightly old school feel without being a slavish nod to those old school games. The graphics are nice. It runs really smoothly. Solid effort.

Hopefully the matchmaking does a good job of placing you with relatively equally skilled people and equipment.
Title: Re: Loadout (Free to Play)
Post by: chronovore on February 11, 2014, 09:29:34 PM: I saw this yesterday and waffled about downloading it. I really should get a better PC if I'm going to spend any time PC gaming.
Title: Re: Loadout (Free to Play)
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on February 12, 2014, 10:14:38 PM: Game seems to run pretty well on older machines. I'm really enjoying it.
Title: Re: Loadout (Free to Play)
Post by: chronovore on February 13, 2014, 06:08:24 PM: The game runs swell on my laggardly PC. Smooth, and kind of fun. Neat visuals. But in the two rounds I played yesterday, the executable froze/crashed halfway through the first match, the second one just after the match ended, so in neither case did I gain money or experience, the game's two currencies.
Title: Re: Loadout (Free to Play)
Post by: Stoney Mason on February 13, 2014, 07:38:36 PM: Quote from: chronovore on February 13, 2014, 06:08:24 PM
The game runs swell on my laggardly PC. Smooth, and kind of fun. Neat visuals. But in the two rounds I played yesterday, the executable froze/crashed halfway through the first match, the second one just after the match ended, so in neither case did I gain money or experience, the game's two currencies.

Yeah the game was having issues yesterday.
Title: Re: Loadout (Free to Play)
Post by: chronovore on February 14, 2014, 01:32:42 AM: Still borked today. I want to like this game, but I'm going to wait until I see another patch applied before I waste more time on it.
Title: Re: Loadout (Free to Play)
Post by: chronovore on March 04, 2014, 02:55:22 AM: Went in to four matchmaking lobbies, timed out on three loading screens, got into one actual game. Decided not to press my luck by straying from the lobby, so was able to play through three rounds. It has been SO LONG since I played kb/m that I'm a complete spaz. I may try a wired controller, but I think I just need to practice with kb/m.

There are some really good players; also using my 79 ping to connect to NA servers is not helping me any. The Asia region appears better, at 49.