Same. I hope the game doesn't fail and has a fun and lasting MP experience. At least good enough to keep me busy until Brink comes out.

I don't know if I'll buy it right now, but if a bit of a GWJ group starts, I could probably plunk down the $15 for it.

I've had my eye on this, looks fun.

Thanks for the info liquid. 5v5 seems a little small for a team-based MP only game.

I've been eyeing this one for a while now too. I really want to put down the $13.50 and get it, so maybe with a little encouragement from you guys I could go for it. Looks like it could be a helluva good time.

Well I'm willing to plunk down the cash if a few of us get it. Any takers? If 5 of us get it we can have a team full of goodjers.

This video of gameplay from the beta looks like it should be pretty fun.

Thanks for taking the bullet!

>_>

I've had no doubts about this game being fun, but is it great enough to receive my limited gaming bucks?

Okay so I've played a few rounds. Mostly standard deathmatch called Shootouts. Also a bit of Conquest, which is the same as TF2's Control points.

So far, I'd say that it is fun, and there is a lot of potential here. It's not a TF2 killer, but it has the ability to be a competitor, everything considering. It's relatively easy for the game to crash... Although I just played a few rounds and it was solid, so it might be random.

The four characters/classes are pretty interesting. It's nice to have different ranges that each character is good at. I've been playing either the Trapper and the Gunslinger. I really enjoy the Gunslinger because he has a six-shooter, and his special ability is Fanning, which means rapid-fire. You lose accuracy, but when you are close to an enemy you can pump him full of lead real quick. Good fun.
The trapper is the sniper, and also has the ability to set traps. I haven't seen any of mine sprung yet, but I stepped into one. It holds you for a good 5 seconds.

One big drawback right now, is no chat whatsoever. You can set a button to activate text chat, but it doesn't work in-game... so... unless you have some friends on Ventrilo or something else, you ain't talking to anybody. Can be a bit of a problem in a team-based game. If a few of us Goodjers got on Ventrilo, we'd probably dominate any pub right now.

So, so far it seems fun, although can be buggy. The animations are smooth enough, although not amazing. I haven't really gotten stuck in geometry anywhere yet, which is a good sign. Lag can be a bit of a problem though. Oh yes, and one other big gripe: No pings or latency or any sign of how the game is going to run. Just enter and guesstimate whether it's playable or not. There aren't a ton of servers to choose from either, so I know I've missed a few shots due to lag so far.

So it might be a potential risk to buy the game, but then again, it's only $15, hahaha.

Another crash! I got an achievement for killing 3 in a row. Apparently that causes a crash.

Other things I've noticed: No ammo. There is reloading, but no having to worry about running out. I think I like this, it helps to keep the pace of the game going. When you don't run out of ammo, no need to run off from a battle to try and find more.

Another thing that's pretty interesting: moveable spawn points. Basically, at your teams main spawn point, there is a flag. Someone can pick up the flag, and carry it with them, and it effectively becomes the new spawn point. When that person dies, they drop the flag, freeing it for another teammate to pick up or if someone on the opposing team touches it, it goes back to the original spawn point. Pretty clever idea, helps to get people into the action quicker. It also makes for some pretty frantic moments, when you are trying to get rid of the enemies flag, but someone spawns and picks it up, then you have to deal with them... then another...

What else.... I am enjoying the synergies. It's a pretty cool teamplay technique. If you are low on health, find a Blaster teammate and have health restored.

It's still in beta, so some crashes are to be expected. If they can get it stable and a few of the other bugs worked out, I think it can be an awesome game.

Edit: Alright, the crashes are getting a little frustrating. I hope they get it stable soon
Edit2: I revived a teammate. That gave me another achievement. So it seems like it's for sure every achievement you get causes a crash. Guess I'll have to not try so hard now.

Edit3: Oh yes, the other gameplay aspect: COD4 style supposed-to-be-dead but drop-to-ground-with-pistol-until-put-out-of-misery gameplay. It makes it more interesting though that you can be revived again by a teammate and not have to respawn. I do like that they've done quite a lot of things to keep the game fast and furious.

I played some more before going to bed last night. Steam says I've put 2 hours into it now. I turned off the Steam overlay to see if that would avoid the crash during an achievement, but I didn't get any so I'm not sure if it's going to help.

I played one mission type called Robbery I believe. It's pretty fun, one team defends a bank with bags of gold inside. Other team first has to find a keg of gunpowder to blow open a big safe, then drag one by one back to their base bags of money. The other mission type I played Powderkeg, where once side again takes kegs of gunpowder to sites A and B to try and blow them up.

Team chat is really needed, either text or voice. It's amazingly frustrating to be lying on the ground waiting for someone to heal you, and have a teammate run right by you. Or a teammate run right beside the flag and not pick it up. Very frustrating. I think that once people learn the mechanics of the game, it'll be pretty interesting and fun.

Oh, and when a game gets full, 5v5, it doesn't seem small. The maps are made so that areas are relatively small and there are buildings or enclosed areas. It actually seems pretty decent so far. So no real complaints about the size of the maps and games.

Yeah, apparently they are going to be implemented tomorrow

DirtierParsley, this is my Steam account feel free to add me:
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197962482803

So you didn't crash after your first kill? That's good, you must not get the crash after every Steam achievement like I do. Are you on Win7?

Edit: Patch 0.4 is available now. Adds in text chat, whew! Fixes a lot of crashes as well. Didn't fix the Steam achievement crash though, that's tomorrow apparently. They turned off achievements though, so that's nice. Don't think I'll have time to play tonight, maybe tomorrow afternoon.

Yea, I didn't experience any crashing after kills or achievements (though I think all the achievements I got were in the training mode versus on a MP server). I did have one game drop due to loss of server connection but that's not too surprising. I'm running it on Win7 as well. Sounds like they're actively patching stuff in on the beta though so that's promising.

I'll "friend you up" Citizen and hopefully we'll get something going at some point (my availability tends to be pretty limited - all this "family" and "work" stuff seems to take priority ). If we had a GWJ only group Vent would work well as a temporary voice chat solution until they enable it in-game (I run a vent server for my gaming group which I'd be happy to make available for anything we get going).

Hahahaha.... that problem you have there is pretty ridiculous. Sorry man.

@Parsley, yeah I don't have a ton of time for playing either, but hopefully we can get something going. There are 3 of us who own the game now! Our numbers are growing...