Devastation

[pigwhistler]

http://www.devastationgame.com

now here's a pretty looking game and make no mistake. MP demo now available. Will download and try it tonight.


pigwhistler

[Slam]

Tis indeed quite funky, some may say it's just a new version of Kingpin with a new game engine and no swearing :p1mp:

Couldn't actually get it to find any servers though and I'll be damned if I'm using Gamespy :{

On the whole, the whole physics thing isn't bad; I was expecting another Red Faction sort of affair, but instead they've opted to allow you to push stuff off rooftops and kick bottles into key places so you can hear someone tripping over them as they come around the corners.

Longevity... dunno tho. But worth a quick blast on the demo if you've got the d/l bandwidth.

[pigwhistler]

I wasn't very impressed on first attempt to be honest, though I did seem to be having some connection problems.
Found the control system very annoying though there's plenty of games out there that don't suit my bizarre style of playing. I like my games to have a strafe modifier, which is sadly lacking in this game, and many times I found my key setup actually hindered my play rather than aided it.
Did look nice though and with a little bit of educating myself to not play with the most RSI inducing set up might get on with it a bit better.
Tried New World Order demo as well and I can't begin to say how poor this was - so I won't!

[[C5]ACiD]

hmmm, its crap.

[[COMIX]VaMpIrE]

ase has just updated to cover this :)

http://www.edgefiles.com/index.php/file?id=6228

[Wildthang]

Hmm.. first impressions are not good to say the least. The only servers I could find through the in game browser performed very badly. Loads of packet loss or very laggy.

I presume this is mostly because of n00bs trying to run their own servers of 56K modems :rolleyes:

Glad to see that ASE has included support, perhaps now I can find somewhere decent to test this game out.

Weapons look okay, maps are okay too. Nothing about the game strikes me as fantastic as yet. Kinda reminds me of SOF2 multiplayer... especially with the throwing knife.

[[C5]ACiD]

Its very bad.

The maps are small, the weapons are uninspired, the netcode is bad, the engine is slow, and the gameplay is poor.

[Wildthang]

Well, after a second night of testing I'm convinced it's pap.

Netcode is poor (i thought it was the server quality)
Weapons pack no punch.. all pretty boring
Maps are cluttered and dull
Player models are poorly detailed
Karma implementation needs serious work

Given the choice between this and SOF2... I think SOF2 is head and shoulders above it.