I had a look at the
old thread but posting there would be a 2 year necro with a very outdated title and first post so I decided to start a new one instead.
You may or may not know that the Guns of Icarus Online devs were working on a co-op expansion to the game, well it's
available for testing released now on both the humble store and steam. All you have to do is buy it and
send the devs a copy of your receipt in an email asking to be part of the testing team play. I've been enjoying the game with a friend and hope some of you will join us soon.
Release Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utgPtBHDAUAFor those who do not know what Guns of Icarus is and can't be bothered to check the old thread, Guns of Icarus Online is a competitive airship combat game when teams of up to 4v4 ships fight in team deathmatch or objective matches. The game is extremely reliant on communication and teamwork, one player captains/flies the ship and the remaining 3 crew members are gunners and/or engineers in charge of running all over the ship and manning guns and repairing all the things that keep breaking because your pilot likes flying too close to mountains. The game is played from a first-person perspective and can be quite immersive. Bay12 played the game together for some time and as far as I know, we had a lot of fun doing so. When you buy Alliance, you get a free copy of the base, pvp game.
Alliance features a bunch of new co-op match types with teams of up to 4 airship(16 players), some of which are defensive and some offensive in nature. The enemies are new AI airships of various sizes, ground installations, and various fighter types. There are also boss ships which are trickier to take out with weak points that have to be taken out. There is a sort of director AI like in the Left 4 Dead games that assesses the tension in the match and will crank the difficulty up/down as needed to keep you on your toes(although if you ask me it's a bit on the sadistic side of things at the moment, but it's great !!fun!!). There are 4 new playable airships at the moment and there may be more added later which have varied purposes and playstyles, a bunch of new guns, rebalanced weaponry, new tool and special abilities to unlock for all classes so you can specialize, new faction costumes. Yes, Alliance features AI factions. You align with one of them(you can switch at any time at a 20% faction rating loss cost) and conquer map areas in their name to gain favor and unlock new thing.
Key features:
- Player vs. AI—1 ship to 4 ships = 1 to 16 players
- Entirely new game modes focused on objective, teamwork oriented goals
- New maps teeming with danger
- New ships and weapons designed with large scale combat in mind
- Intelligent AI that adjusts to your skill level
- Player progression, faction, class, and cosmetic unlocks
- Joinable factions that can influence the events of the world
- "Permanent player driven game history that changes the story of the world"
Steam Link:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/608800Humble Store:
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/guns-of-icarus-alliance
To help test the game, just send a copy of your receipt to feedback@musegames.com and don't forget to send them your feedback to help improve the game. Game is out, have fun and report issues and give your feedback to the devs.
I'll add screenshots and potentially video footage of my friend and I's matches if people are interested.
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