Thanks guys. It's cool to see so many people excited about the game. Although, I'm sure everyone is heart broken that Robot's first original IP isn't an RTS, right?
As for co-op/multiplayer. I can't really say anything about it, but I'll just quote our community manager:
We tend to agree that Co-Op would be awesome in this. Our focus is on building small, highly polished games right now. We'd rather do a handful of fun things and do them really well and ship more games, instead of focusing too broadly and having to sacrifice quality on any given part. We've been working with a very small team on this project for about 6 months now, and our mantra has been "If we don't have the time and resources to do that feature REALLY well, we'll cut it". But we do agree co-op would be awesome...
Got a chance to check this out while at PAX and also talk with Dave Kubalak for a bit. You've got me sold! It was a lot of fun and looked sharp too. You seem to have a great group of guys over there at Robot, and I wish you the best!
goddamn looks funny.. will get it.. not sure if I got time to play it.. but if it keeps monster stocked up with kleenex and lube thats a worthy cause...
I'm glad you guys are enjoying the game. I've collected all the reviews I've seen so far, and they are very positive. Including some big names like IGN and GamePro. There is a 65, but it's strange because the reviewer didn't put a score, but MetaCritic.com gave it a 65 anyway.
100 IRB Gamer
100 Blackman and Robin
100 Examiner.com
100 XBLA & XBLIG
92 IGGH Games 90 IGN
90 GamePro
90 Evil Source Gaming
90 Cross & Controller
90 Splitkick
90 RTS Guru
90 Gamers Haven
90 GameZone
90 Front Towards Gamer
87 Game Focus
85 Destructoid
85 Blast
85 The Flickcast
80 Joystiq
80 Game Rant
80 Fangwheel
65 GameCritics.com
Played it during the weekend so fun, my only gripe is i don't know what factors in to get more skulls? sometime the orcs don't even get past my beginning defenses but i still get two stars.
or sometimes i think ive done horrible but i get 5 stars it really confuses me.
Played it during the weekend so fun, my only gripe is i don't know what factors in to get more skulls? sometime the orcs don't even get past my beginning defenses but i still get two stars.
or sometimes i think ive done horrible but i get 5 stars it really confuses me.
I haven't played it, but I assumed it's a points system, whereby you gain more points for killing orcs with clever traps. Especially combo traps that knock an orc from one thing to another. I think just shooting them is the least points.
Just been reading the steam forum's, Dam that question has been asked alot, there's also alot of whining kids moaning about Co-op. Sure it'd be nice but if you could have done it on-time you would have in the first place haha.
I wish I could hint at DLC, but the Orcs, I mean Bosses, at work would be angry with me. I can say, once you finish the game you may notice some trap slots empty near the bottom...
There is a Steam Community costume that will be unlocked once 25 million kills has been reached.
We released the game early because some hackers put up a virus named Orcs Must Die. People that were excited about the game were downloading it and infecting their computers. So we decided to release early to help prevent that from happening.
I wish I could hint at DLC, but the Orcs, I mean Bosses, at work would be angry with me. I can say, once you finish the game you may notice some trap slots empty near the bottom...
There is a Steam Community costume that will be unlocked once 25 million kills has been reached.
We released the game early because some hackers put up a virus named Orcs Must Die. People that were excited about the game were downloading it and infecting their computers. So we decided to release early to help prevent that from happening.
ah hackers, that sucks. Wish i could buy it so broke now :poly127:
We released the game early because some hackers put up a virus named Orcs Must Die. People that were excited about the game were downloading it and infecting their computers. So we decided to release early to help prevent that from happening.
Auh, should have let them download the virus and then release on time. Perfect justice in my view. Not sure how it would have dirtied your image anymore than those hackers virus already had.
I guess more than preventing the spread of malware, we wanted to be fair to the people that pre-ordered. Once we got word they game may have been pirated, we decided to make the game live for everyone.
Big kudos to Valve for helping to get the game activated early.
just picked this up! loving it! im a fiend for tower defense games, and this just blows them out of the water. so much fun! the ogres are killer (im only on like the 5th level or something)
been playing this all day, great fun, very slick. And surprisingly, and thankfully, the hero has only said 'awesome' twice and 'badass' never. He looked like he was threatening to.
been playing this all day, great fun, very slick. And surprisingly, and thankfully, the hero has only said 'awesome' twice and 'badass' never. He looked like he was threatening to.
The hero may not say those words very much, but I sure the hell have been!
I guess more than preventing the spread of malware, we wanted to be fair to the people that pre-ordered. Once we got word they game may have been pirated, we decided to make the game live for everyone.
Big kudos to Valve for helping to get the game activated early.
That is actually quite a fantastic thing you guys did there. Not many big publishers would take advantage of that situation in that way.
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As for co-op/multiplayer. I can't really say anything about it, but I'll just quote our community manager:
The Demo is out on Steam, and it ROCKS!
Definately buying!
They invade our land, they take our jobs! They don't even bother to learn our language!
The Steam Demo/Pre-Order is available here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/102600
The game goes live on Xbox Live Arcade (1200 MSP) on Oct 5th.
Steam and other PC services ($14.99) on Oct 12th.
A special player model will unlock on the Steam version when a certain number of kills has been reached.
Crazy fun so far
those load screens/unlock ability screens are amazing. cool vibe, awesome art! preordered!
100 IRB Gamer
100 Blackman and Robin
100 Examiner.com
100 XBLA & XBLIG
92 IGGH Games
90 IGN
90 GamePro
90 Evil Source Gaming
90 Cross & Controller
90 Splitkick
90 RTS Guru
90 Gamers Haven
90 GameZone
90 Front Towards Gamer
87 Game Focus
85 Destructoid
85 Blast
85 The Flickcast
80 Joystiq
80 Game Rant
80 Fangwheel
65 GameCritics.com
Have fun dudes! Kill some Orcs.
Congrats on an awesome product.
Love the animations you've done on it, awesome job!
or sometimes i think ive done horrible but i get 5 stars it really confuses me.
I haven't played it, but I assumed it's a points system, whereby you gain more points for killing orcs with clever traps. Especially combo traps that knock an orc from one thing to another. I think just shooting them is the least points.
If you log out and back into Steam the game is now available. Also, the game is available with the OnLive service.
We'll have a patch soon that supports window mode.
@ae, Stats page has a breakdown of how your earned the skulls.
monsterBlues Stats
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̶I̶t̶ ̶m̶a̶y̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶p̶r̶e̶s̶u̶m̶p̶t̶u̶o̶u̶s̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶i̶ ̶d̶i̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶d̶e̶m̶o̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶2̶5̶i̶s̶h̶ ̶m̶i̶n̶'̶s̶,̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶i̶m̶ ̶h̶o̶p̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶'̶l̶l̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ ̶m̶a̶p̶s̶ ̶o̶n̶t̶o̶p̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶2̶6̶(̶?̶)̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶a̶t̶i̶s̶f̶y̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶o̶r̶c̶ ̶k̶i̶l̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶s̶.̶
Just been reading the steam forum's, Dam that question has been asked alot, there's also alot of whining kids moaning about Co-op. Sure it'd be nice but if you could have done it on-time you would have in the first place haha.
Downloading now, happy days.
There is a Steam Community costume that will be unlocked once 25 million kills has been reached.
We released the game early because some hackers put up a virus named Orcs Must Die. People that were excited about the game were downloading it and infecting their computers. So we decided to release early to help prevent that from happening.
ah hackers, that sucks. Wish i could buy it so broke now :poly127:
Yup i'm staying well away from the steam forums, cant deal with needy children.
Auh, should have let them download the virus and then release on time. Perfect justice in my view. Not sure how it would have dirtied your image anymore than those hackers virus already had.
Big kudos to Valve for helping to get the game activated early.
Clearly barricades are the best thing in the world. And archers just make me so damn happy. ALWAYS MORE ARCHERS!
(they make me feel less lonely)
The hero may not say those words very much, but I sure the hell have been!
That is actually quite a fantastic thing you guys did there. Not many big publishers would take advantage of that situation in that way.