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    Alien Swarm

    Game » consists of 1 releases. Released Jul 19, 2010

    A freeware top-down co-operative shooter where a squad of marines must investigate and prevent the spread of a rampant alien infestation. It was originally a total conversion for Unreal Tournament 2004 before its team, hired by Valve for other projects, completed it as a side-project.

    Does anyone still play?

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    #1  Edited By monster9999

    So on the bombcast Jeff was talking about how no one was talking about Crackdown 2 well the same thing happened to this game. I predicted a strong consistent following but now know one plays...what happened???

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    #2  Edited By Eidderf

    It's very short and a lot of people don't bother with mods so have probably moved on to something else, also it was free so people don't need to feel like should justify the costs of buying it by playing it a lot.

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    #3  Edited By ajamafalous
    http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
     
    It's currently the 8th-most played thing on Steam right now and was the 10th-most played game on Steam today, so I don't know what you're talking about.
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    #4  Edited By Eidderf
    @ajamafalous said:

    " http://store.steampowered.com/stats/  It's currently the 8th-most played thing on Steam right now and was the 10th-most played game on Steam today, so I don't know what you're talking about. "

    I was just making assumptions based on what he said if that was in response to my comments.
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    #5  Edited By ajamafalous
    @Eidderf said:

    " @ajamafalous said:

    " http://store.steampowered.com/stats/  It's currently the 8th-most played thing on Steam right now and was the 10th-most played game on Steam today, so I don't know what you're talking about. "
    I was just making assumptions based on what he said if that was in response to me. "
    It was directed at OP; I'd have quoted/replied to you if I had been addressing you.
     
     
    Though the points in your previous post are all valid.
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    #6  Edited By clarke0

    It being free, I'm sure plenty of people still play.

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    #7  Edited By Tordah

    I played it a lot during the first week, but then I stopped. Great game that desperately needs more maps.

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    #8  Edited By jeffgoldblum

    A free multi player focused Valve developed game? 
    Yeah I would imagine a few people are still playing.

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    #9  Edited By MrKlorox

    This game missed the boat. They should have included a random level generator. It's the next logical step in the formula.

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    #10  Edited By shirogane

    SC2 came out, so i stopped. 
     
    ANd yeah, it was short.
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    #11  Edited By beargirl1
    @Shirogane said:
    " SC2 came out, so i stopped. "
    this is probably why everyone stopped playing Alien Swarm. 
    the SCII train came and ran alien swarm over 
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    #12  Edited By SilentCommando

    I still play occasionally, just completed the game on hard and looking to try insane. 
     
    Edit: If anyone wants to add me, here

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    Ugh. I've been a horrible human being when it comes to playing stuff recently. I've been all over the map. 
     
    Too many games, too little time. Though, I definitely want to get me some more Alien Swarm.
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    #14  Edited By AhmadMetallic
    @Eidderf said:
    " It's very short and a lot of people don't bother with mods so have probably moved on to something else, also it was free so people don't need to feel like should justify the costs of buying it by playing it a lot. "
    @Tordah said:
    " I played it a lot during the first week, but then I stopped. Great game that desperately needs more maps. "
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    #15  Edited By Mcfart

    i played it for 2 days then stopped. i'm not a fan of doing the same levels over and over again...oh and sc2

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    #16  Edited By Gugi9000

    I still play. 
     
    And never have to wait long for people to join in on a public game. There is a nice flow of newcomers, still. 
     
    I must admit, that I would love some more levels. Maybe the coming winter will teach people to use that leveleditor :-)

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    #17  Edited By ahriman22

    I still play it and I'm attempting to create levels, but this stuff is ridiculous. I thought it was going to be an SC type level editor but oh god wire frames. I'll still try though.

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