Blacklight: Retribution

daphz · Jul 2012

So Blacklight Retribution is free on steam, and is tons of fun. I've been playing with some polycounters and having a blast.
It may be a free to play game with a cash shop and such, but it's still fun and fairly balanced without putting down moneys.

steam: unendingGrimness
blacklight ingame: Grimness

lets some pistols/knives games goin!

ceebee · Jul 2012

steam: ceebee
blacklight ingame: Curtchan

UGUUUUUUUUUUUU~

beezul · Jul 2012

in game- beezul
steam-betelgeist
hnnngggg

Sean VanGorder · Jul 2012

steam: sxeseany
in-game: hatexmosh69

daphz and ceebee talk big, but they bring dat weak shit.

biofrost · Jul 2012

Steam: Bio-Frost
in-game: BioFrosty

Dont bring that weak shit! its going down!

hostilis · Jul 2012

at last I've been waiting for someone to post this game. Pretty balance and fun especially if you get the hang of it. I'm already at max level just saying.

in game:hostilis

McGreed · Jul 2012

Been playing it a bit, its very confusing in the beginning, but kinda got most of it figured out. Really like the customization part, seeing the parts you can put on it and view the weapons and such closeup. And most improvements also have a downside.

Steam: McGreed

dpaynter26 · Jul 2012

i play but i dont have it installed through steam

S_ource · Jul 2012

Its a really fun game, and looks really good. Its just a bit messy with all the text and stuff in menus.

dpaynter26 · Jul 2012

yeah the mouse is a bit laggy on the menus too but i love the game

McGreed · Jul 2012

Gah, ran into my first hacker/aimbot in the game today, and before you say it, no he wasn't just good, the guy had 70 kills vs 20 as the highest, plus didn't even know how to cap a flag. :P

Ace-Angel · Jul 2012

Yeah, Hackers already started pinning the game. One guys shot me and two peeps next to me near a Depot, behind a wall, before he picked up a Suit.

I'm going to play the game abit more, but I honestly don't think I'm going to stick with it long enough since it's really getting ridiculous in some maps.

FullSynch · Jul 2012

Went through the tutorials, but haven't been able to join a single match. *shrug*

What is this chat thing supposed to be for? Don't they know there are people with no self control and can't NOT spam?

in-game: Fullsynch

Marine · Jul 2012

It's fun and reminds me of Brink, but with out the terrorist side

McGreed · Jul 2012

Yeah, there was some issue yesterday with join using Quick Join, I managed to get on to a server by choosing it directly. Also, some cunt kid was spamming the chat, Sky-something, for ages. I don't care who or how young they are, I would beat the shit out of that little arsehole.

FullSynch · Jul 2012

Played some matches, level 5 now. It's pretty damn fun.

I'm going to re-visit the combat rifle again now that I'm a little better and have the parts to assemble my own.

@ McGreed: I switch chat to "whisper" asap. It's not enough to just not look at it, it's very existance bugs me.

MikeF · Jul 2012

this game is seriously fun.
dont know why since the mechanics are fairly simple, but its just a blast to play.

reminds me of what brink could have been

rockstar6 · Jul 2012

MikeF wrote: »

this game is seriously fun.
dont know why since the mechanics are fairly simple, but its just a blast to play.

reminds me of what brink could have been

hm, you thought Brink was that bad? I had a good time with it, unfortunately there are barely servers available anymore, as far as I know.

Concerning Blacklight, I might give this one a try too. Looks very promising =]

cheers,

MikeF · Jul 2012

rockstar6 wrote: »

hm, you thought Brink was that bad? I had a good time with it, unfortunately there are barely servers available anymore, as far as I know.

Concerning Blacklight, I might give this one a try too. Looks very promising =]

cheers,

i should clarify. I loved brink, still play alone sometimes just to build a new character, blacklight just feels like the kind of game brink was aiming for (minus the awesomeness of S.M.A.R.T), but the community is there in this case

PaulP · Jul 2012

Finally had a go at this last night, quite fun! With some polycount seshes this should be a laugh!

Steam - SCB
Blacklight - SCB

Fomori · Jul 2012

Not much of a fan of twitchy FPS deathmatch stuff, but I quite like the style and music of this game. Cool UI. But trying to play yesterday was a nightmare. Constant LAG spikes made it almost unplayable. Strangely my latency was nowhere near as bad as others. Anyone else getting this?

S_ource · Jul 2012

It laggs for me to in a few seconds sometime thought it was my comp.

Rayph · Jul 2012

Signed up as well: Thunderhayt

Looking forward to some sweet fragging.

Gotta say some of the looks to the player customization options are sweeeeeeeeeeet.

Game feels pretty solid overall looking to delve deeper into it.

Joseph Silverman · Jul 2012

Really surprisingly great game.

aajohnny · Jul 2012

Its really fun, those big mechs are a pain to take out. I got the mech from the armory station, and tried using that gun to spawn one but it doesn't seem to spawn? I hold onto it idk how to work this thing!

Dylan Brady · Jul 2012

its fun fosho, feeling a bit confused about the upgrades right now but the gameplay is simple enough.
STEAM: bonebrew22
Ingame: Bonebrew

hostilis · Jul 2012

aajohnny wrote: »

Its really fun, those big mechs are a pain to take out. I got the mech from the armory station, and tried using that gun to spawn one but it doesn't seem to spawn? I hold onto it idk how to work this thing!

Make sure there's no obstruction such as roofs or any player walking around, The hardsuit will fall down from the sky.

To counter the enemy hardsuit you can buy a flamethrower to toast the pilot then steal the hardsuit GTA style :poly121:.

aajohnny · Jul 2012

That makes sense, thanks! I was in a room maybe thats why

McGreed · Jul 2012

The only thing I feel kinda breaks the game, is the special vision you get, because you can see where everyone is, while its active, makes it impossible to sneak around.

FullSynch · Jul 2012

Not necessarily, the HRV is good to get an idea of where people are, but it's very slow and limited. By the time you put it on and off everyone has moved a good distance and if they are anywhere near you, you probably got shot while it was up. :P Of course that's just my view of it.

MikeF · Jul 2012

actually i've yet to use the HRV just because of how fast paced the rounds are. When i first watched the introduction videos i thought it would be really lame but i've yet to find any instance where it seems like someone is gaining any kind of advantage by using it

S_ource · Jul 2012

aajohnny wrote: »

Its really fun, those big mechs are a pain to take out. I got the mech from the armory station, and tried using that gun to spawn one but it doesn't seem to spawn? I hold onto it idk how to work this thing!

I don't know neither how to get them to spawn, seems like they come down from the sky so you maybe need to be outdoors?

(EDIT): Did not see that it was a page 2, ("facepalm")

McGreed · Jul 2012

Also apparently you can use HRV to identify the weak points in a mech, where the best to shot it. I usually dodge and shot all the time, when trying to get one down, unless I'm near an supply store, then I get the stinger. Never used the flamethrower, requires me to get close to the darn thing.

And I just discovered that I got an injector thing, just need to figure out how to use it though.

S_ource · Jul 2012

I find the flamethrower is easier since you can sneak up from behind. But with stinger you need more then one shot and after the first one then the hardsuit will most likely don't let you near it again.

chrisradsby · Jul 2012

I'm sooooo buying this. I'll try it out this weekend!

Kurt Russell Fan Club · Jul 2012

Just tried it and lost a few hours without realising it :poly142:

FullSynch · Jul 2012

@Mcgreed Ah that thing rocks, mine just expired

press C to bring it up, it looks and works just like a grenade but you can only toss it a short distance. Throw it on a body, but only if they have a blue indicator with a countdown over them.

pear · Jul 2012

this game is so fun.I am only using my knife because guns are for the weak.
ingame name : pear

Pierate · Jul 2012

Played a game so far, Quite like it, guessing it will be more fun once i get a bit more used to it. Gameplay wise it feels pretty solid.

p13rate on Steam and Pierate IGN.

Joseph Silverman · Jul 2012

HRV (the wallhack eyes) should be your constant companion. The game is just too fast, too vertical, and too map-control based to get by without it. If you aren't using it every chance you get, start! The guy on the top of the other team's leaderboard is, and he's already chosen whether to sneak up on you or not.

SaferDan · Jul 2012

This game is awesome! Finally found a couple of guns I like. I thought I would struggle for GP but that clearly isn't the case any more. Does anyone actually use the hard suits? I tried a couple of times and didn't like them. I can see how they would be useful for domination I guess but yeah not a fan of them.

Steam - Danstrife
In game - saferdan

McGreed · Jul 2012

Yeah, I used the hard suits, they are pretty good for supporting other players, not so great to go alone, because people can easy strafe around you, and you turn slowly. But they can take down the other team very fast.

We had DM game and at one point we were 3 hard suits and just shredded the other team apart, won with 70:20 .

Haven't got a new gun yet, I want to save up to unlock it permantly, but don't know what to get. However I'm doing pretty good with the standard gun.

Btw, I haven't been able to find anyone using the search, I was wondering if it might be because people is playing on the US server.

SaferDan · Jul 2012

Ha that's awesome! Hmmm I think I will try again with the hard suits!

Ooooh so you can unlock weapons permanently? That's awesome how much is a weapon to unlock?

Does anyone know when they are going to enable parties btw?

McGreed · Jul 2012

You can unlock them perm. But it cost loads, sooo much its mad. Just a simple low helmet cost 7750 GP to unlock. :P

SaferDan · Jul 2012

Ahaha wow that's mental! Better get playing then!

ScudzAlmighty · Jul 2012

Steam is too overloaded to get it atm, but they've got the Starter Pack for 50%off, worth it?

steam id: scudz_almighty

hostilis · Jul 2012

Here's a trick to pilot the hardsuit: After pressing the boost key (shift), press the left ctrl to use the brake, this will remove the hardsuit's booster delay. The trick is useful to maneuver around corridors and areas with many obstacles.

SaferDan · Jul 2012

Scudz - I wouldn't bother with the starter pack, after a few matches you can upgrade to a nicer gun anyway! The xp boost would be useful though!

Hostilis - Thats a nice trick! I will have to try that out! Cheers!

Blacklight: Retribution

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