Insurgency

Ronin Storm

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Got Half Life 2? And Steam? Like a bit of modern urban combat? You might want to get ready to check out Insurgency.

Not yet released, they're billing their first release for June '07, so pretty shortly.

Some details from their front page:

Insurgency said:
About Insurgency...

Insurgency (INS) is a total conversion mod for Valve Software's' Half-Life 2, powered by the Source Engine. INS immerses the player in an intense online combat experience. Set on the modern battlefields, Insurgency simulates infantry combat that encourages the use of teamwork and tactics to close with and destroy the enemy.

Basic Features...

  • free total conversion, only half-life 2 and steam required
  • chain of command -- commanders assign objectives and give waypoints
  • morale -- morale scoring system to set high value on teamplay
  • customizable gameplay -- "insurgency map configuration" system for server-side map customization
  • reinforcement waves -- unique reinforcement wave system
  • depth of realism -- iron sights, free aim, ricochet, bullet penetration, weapon weights, and more
  • no bullsh*t hud -- only see what's important, when it's important
  • weapon caches -- used for rearming on the battlefield, destroyable by the other team
  • global stats -- a simple forum signup keeps track of your stats forever
  • network -- a comprehensive "ins.network" will cover all your insurgency needs

Might be worth a THN server, perhaps...?
 

Cookalarcha

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I saw this before on steam updete news looks amaizing.
search it on youtube theres plenty of vids of it to be seen.

And damn you i was planing postin this up but i went out grrrrrr :D
 

Iron_fist

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this does look like it should be a load of fun, though it looks like i'll be missing out on the early play on this one as i'll be without my main machine from the start of june till the end of July (I guess i'll just have to persuade one of the So'ton crew to take me in for a day or 2 )
 

Wraith

Active Member
that looks like just the kind of game THN would really be into!

:D

It actually sounds a lot like the Project Reality mod for BF2, which is good fun, but no-one seems to have played it much after the first couple of weeks.
 

Ronin Storm

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Personally I think HL2 is worth the purchase anyhow. I bought it in a pack with CS Source many moons ago. CS is one of the very few games that I continue to play years after its release (since beta 6 on the HL1 platform, in fact... and I'm still crap ;) ).
 

Nanor

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Personally I think HL2 is worth the purchase anyhow. I bought it in a pack with CS Source many moons ago. CS is one of the very few games that I continue to play years after its release (since beta 6 on the HL1 platform, in fact... and I'm still crap ;) ).

You bought CS:S and got HL2 free? I bought HL2 and got CS:S free. :p
 

Haven

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I cannot find anything about player numbers, having seen 64 player CS:S games I'm assuming that may be an upper limit. Anyone have any info ?
 

Iron_fist

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having a quick skim through the Valve SDK Wiki it would appear (assuming that i've read this right) that the engine is infinatly expandable depending on your upload bandwith as the server simulated the movement of everybody and wverybody reads from the "snapshot" created.
 

Ronin Storm

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Anyone have any info ?

I'm not sure if this is just beta-testing, but from the beta tester logs they seem to be playing small group games: 4v4, 6v6... I imagine they'll be running a bit higher than that but I have an impression of a game designed to be fun for a smaller number of players.
 
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