I'm loving it.  I'm playing it on my laptop, and I like that the aiming is very responsive and easy to do with just a touch pad.  You get two weapons, one offhand item, an alternate fire, and melee.  So as the Officer I had a machine gun and shotgun, and flares as my offhand item, and my alt fire was a rocket launcher or something, but you can customize what weapon you hold in each slot.  Also there is active reloading from Gears of War, which is a very good idea.  Another thing to point out is when you reload, you drop that magazine and lose any left over ammo from it, so you can't always be safe with full mags unless you feel like throwing away ammo.  I found a sentry gun thing and set it up, but I had to swap a weapon to pick it up, but once you deploy it you can go back and fetch your dropped weapon.  The graphics look fantastic too.  So far I've just played offline practice with three AI team mates.  It let me give simple orders like stop and follow, as well as ordering the correct class to unweld the door or drop ammo or something.  The stop and follow orders made a red stop sign, or a green go sign appear above my character, so I take it that can be used online with other players to give a quick order.  I'm amazed that this game is free, because it's very high quality, and I understand you can unlock weapons and stuff, not sure if there are levels.  So uh, yeah if you have a PC get this game because it's free and it's awesome.

I agree.

30 minutes left on my download, gonna check it out for awhile.

My download is going incredibly slow. I'll leave my PC on overnight and check out the game tomorrow.

It has Valve's stamp of approval. nothing less to expect then a good game

Haven't had a chance to look at it yet but hell, it's free, so I definitely plan too. I hear it's awesome too so hell yeah.

I can't download it, says servers are overloaded. Guess I was too slow. :(

I really want to play it however i can't even start the download right now :D

I changed my download server to japan as I was getting about 10kb/s from the London server, now i'm getting about 400kb/s. So, about 30 mins left on the download. I recommend changing download servers now haha.
 
I want to play it... but I wanna play it with ma frens.

Downloads been going for hours :( i loved the UT mod! I wanna PLEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

It took me a while to download too, but after a while of getting like 10-20 kb/s, it went up to around 500-800 kb/s and then finished rather quickly.

For the love of PC gamers everywhere, Valve, invest in server farms FFS and let me download.

" I changed my download server to japan as I was getting about 10kb/s from the London server, now i'm getting about 400kb/s. So, about 30 mins left on the download. I recommend changing download servers now haha.  I want to play it... but I wanna play it with ma frens. "

" For the love of PC gamers everywhere, Valve, invest in server farms FFS and let me download. "

Man, this game is fun. Its way to good to be free.

The game is great! It's a top down left4dead style of game with Aliens. They took a bit more time giving classes distinct differences and uses, and threw in some progression on top. I really like it! 
 
It looks like they've thrown out this first episode for free, but it seems apparent from the layout that there is going to be more. I'm sure they left space there for people creating their own levels, but I'm willing to bet if the numbers Valve is tracking are high enough for people playing, that they'll release additional campaigns as additional paid content. That's just... pure speculation on my part. Though... if I was a company like Valve looking for a way to make people happy, while testing the waters of a new IP... that's what I would do. 

Is it free permanently? Or is it like a release day only thing?
 
I hope it's longer because the Steam servers are too busy for me to download :(

Me and Forcen played it just recently, "and let me tell you, IT IS AAWESOOOMME!" (Illigal Danish jokes ftw?). But seriously, it's addictive, and so bloody fun. If there'll ever be a future DLC, It won't bother me if it cost me 10€, I'm buying it.

People seems to not understand that there is friendly fire. Other than that the game is fun.

This game needs a quicklook.

So excited to see what modders do with the tools.

It would be fine if future installments are paid, as this game is free and everyone can try the new IP before they invest in it.  I still have to download it though, but great to hear good things from it.

" This game needs a quicklook. "

I'm downloading it now.  All you fucks were hogging all the bandwith. 

Its a cool game but I wish they had some kind of game pad support, I hate using the mouse to steer the guy with the gun!!  This would be a lot more fun with some a controller.

they'll release additional campaigns as additional paid content.

Well, it won't let me download it yet, but it looks cool.  I hope it supports a 360 controller !

" @Rasgueado said:

they'll release additional campaigns as additional paid content.

"Paid Content"? From Valve? What are you mental? "

It is definitely a lot like the mod, but so much better. The whole game is just working really well - besides the occasional join game issue.

I tried joining a game, watched three guys play until dying, was happy that I could finally play a game, chose to be the tech guy, then was immediately kicked. 
 
 
Is the tech guy highly coveted or something? Was I not supposed to pick him? No one else had picked him yet... I AM CONFUSED. 
 
Got into another game and was told that I'm terrible as a medic. I need someone to write me up some kind of guide to Alien Swarm classes. And the whole game, basically.

" @Blackout62 said:

" @Rasgueado said:

they'll release additional campaigns as additional paid content.

"Paid Content"? From Valve? What are you mental? "

It wouldn't make much sense to release a new campaign as paid content when they gave us the tools to make our own maps. "

so far, so good

more than awesome even, just played with 3 guys who worked together brilliantly! what fun for free.

Seems like fun but only for mutliplayer or co-op. I'm a lone ranger. Even for free, it's not for me.

Its a really fun and addicting game.

Definitely a fun game... although, playing with the wrong people can sometimes be frustrating.  

Very short. But it was fun. 

It's okay when going into random games, but when you play with friends this game is awesome. I was playing with just one friend earlier and we were having a blast. I can't wait to play with a larger group of friends.

" Man, this game is fun. Its way to good to be free. "

"I can't download it, says servers are overloaded. Guess I was too slow. :( "

Short but really well polished. I played through two campaigns with completely random guys and if everyone plays their roll, it's a really fun game! 
 
I seriously cannot wait to see what the community comes up with.  
 
Also you can totally draw boobies on the map!

" I tried joining a game, watched three guys play until dying, was happy that I could finally play a game, chose to be the tech guy, then was immediately kicked.   Is the tech guy highly coveted or something? Was I not supposed to pick him? No one else had picked him yet... I AM CONFUSED.  Got into another game and was told that I'm terrible as a medic. I need someone to write me up some kind of guide to Alien Swarm classes. And the whole game, basically. "

I really enjoy this game. i can't wait to put together a good team and tackle this game on hard mode! Any takers? :)

The tech guy is actually the most important, since you can't even start a mission without one in the group.   If the tech guy dies you have to restart the mission over again.

" The tech guy is actually the most important, since you can't even start a mission without one in the group.   If the tech guy dies you have to restart the mission over again. "

 Decent game.  I like it, a lot.  Reminds me of how Aliens the game should have been.  My only problem is that I'm not a PC gamer, unfortunately.  Not by choice, but because I can't afford to be.  So I'm not used to using the keyboard and mouse this way.  Takes some getting used too. 
 
Gonna try with my 360 or PS3 controller.  Anyone like using a gamepad for this game?  Worse or better?  
 
 
Protip: Any game that allows strangers to kick you, means you will be trolled. Non-stop. The function is always abused. 
 
Play with friends or solo. 

"  Decent game.  I like it, a lot.  Reminds me of how Aliens the game should have been.  My only problem is that I'm not a PC gamer, unfortunately.  Not by choice, but because I can't afford to be.  So I'm not used to using the keyboard and mouse this way.  Takes some getting used too.   Gonna try with my 360 or PS3 controller.  Anyone like using a gamepad for this game?  Worse or better?     Protip: Any game that allows strangers to kick you, means you will be trolled. Non-stop. The function is always abused.   Play with friends or solo.  "