Comments on: RPS Interview: Frozenbyte’s Joel Kinnunen

By: morningoil

morningoil — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:56:18 +0000

I know I’m hugely late on this but I just picked up and am enjoying Shadowgrounds: Survivor ….

BUT

Has anyone else thought that it’s clearly a rip-off of the superb Crimsonland? – the gameplay, the alien design, the way the guns and upgrades (perks) work ??

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:55:11 +0000

“I’m pretty sure that means it’s bad.”

It all depends on how much one enjoys licking balls, I would guess.

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:38:39 +0000

Get thee one of those Xbox pads!

By: Rook

Rook — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:28:16 +0000

I couldn’t figure out how to get multiple keyboards/mice working for survivor, but it’s a entertaining single player though perhaps not quite as deserving of the praise as some people make out.

By: Theory

Theory — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:14:19 +0000

Using a PS2 controller on my friend’s PC as he uses his keyboard and mouse really licks balls.

I’m pretty sure that means it’s bad.

By: Fumarole

Fumarole — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:36:55 +0000

Lack of true multiplayer support prevented me from buying it, seeing as how it’s a game I’d only play with my friend – there’s just no reason for me to buy it. That’s a damn shame too, as it looks like great fun. Using a PS2 controller on my friend’s PC as he uses his keyboard and mouse really licks balls.

By: Cigol

Cigol — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:36:39 +0000

Just had another bash, only this time I decided to turn up the gamma which resulted in a somewhat different game experience with (as you say) lots of blood – my mistake!

Lots of fun, disappointed to have missed this the first time around.

By: John Walker

John Walker — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:03:34 +0000

There’s definitely lots of blood in the version I got from Steam.

By: Cigol

Cigol — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:39:01 +0000

I downloaded the demo off steam but I’m not seeing those pools of blood like in the screenshots above – is this a regional thing with Steam (German laws) or is that blood simply a part of the environment and not as a result of your actions?

Was fun, if chaotic. More variation in the survivor theme would be good as well – like setting up defences (walls, turrets, traps), having NPC’s… (again, just basing my wants from playing the demo)

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:30:27 +0000

Survivor is excellent. Definitely recommend, especially co-op.

By: Theory

Theory — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:35:49 +0000

The first one will be released in Q4 2008 for the PC, and then we have two games for 2009.

They don’t hang around do they? :-)

By: ran93r

ran93r — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:30:11 +0000

I only played the original demo, it was fun but all the way through I couldn’t help feeling that if Team17 stopped pissing about, bit the bullet and resumed development on a multi-platform Alien Breed, I would be in a world of happy, happy, joy, joy.