Monday Night Combat Releasing On Steam This January

i might give this game a try. looks like a mix of tf2 class-based gameplay with the unreal tournament series futuristic and fragalicious style.

All I want is for some TF2/MNC cross-promo. A "Meet The" video where the teams meet each other, or some cross-compat weapons, or SOMETHING. I have faith in Valve.

An indie game... that was an xbox exclusive... and is coming to the PC... and it was actually good? 
 
 
Pre-ordered. 

YES  
 
i might try this out.   
 
@SSully said:

" I kind of wish it was on ps3 instead. I have been playing tf2 since it came out, and they seem lke very similar games, or atleast style of games. I still am interesting in i tthough, i may try it out. "

Ah-ha, is this our chance... for an awesome game?!

When I first saw this game, I wanted it for the PC.  This game has "PC game" written all over it.  It looks like a lot of fun, but I am still concerned about whether it will have the community to support it.

" The game's look could be deemed similar to Team Fortress 2, but the latter has a pronounced 70s style while Monday Night Combat is more modern-futuristic. Also, MNC is third person and draws heavily from tower defense and Defense of the Ancients for inspiration.  In other words, aren't the TF2 comparisons a bit naive? "

" I am concerned about the Sniper.  That class was powerful, albeit not overly so, in the console version.  With mouse control, I suspect it will be at the top of the heap. "

Didn't know about this. Interesting. Seems like it will take away from the already small XBOX community. Will this happen? I'm not familiar with things like this.

" @Meteora said:

" @JoeyRavn said:

" @Mercanis said:

" The game's look could be deemed similar to Team Fortress 2, but the latter has a pronounced 70s style while Monday Night Combat is more modern-futuristic. Also, MNC is third person and draws heavily from tower defense and Defense of the Ancients for inspiration.  In other words, aren't the TF2 comparisons a bit naive? "

It still is team-based, class-based mostly-multiplayer shooter. I don't see how comparing them is "naive". "

Just so we're clear, I'm pretty sure he doesn't care about the comparisons as much as people saying that MNC is a TF2 clone.  Just like how any similar game out there that comes right after a successful one is labelled as a clone. Like I think Bayonetta and Dante's Inferno as God of War clones. "

Top-down, hack-and-slash, action-RPGs ala Diablo are still called Diablo clones to this day as well. "

" @Peewi said:

" Unless they expect some major issues, why not just say that the launch is this thursday? "

Lead & Gold did the same type of beta and I think it was a pretty big failure for them.  It spread out the purchases by a lot, reducing the amount of simultaneous online players and consequently reducing community.   For a multiplayer game, to really sell it to the community, and to make it look as big and popular as possible, you need a single strong release with thousands of people playing, something this type of release can't do.  L&G also had some serious issues during its one month beta that unfortunately didn't get fixed for the retail release, which also didn't help, so hopefully MNC will fare better. "

" @Peewi said:

" Unless they expect some major issues, why not just say that the launch is this thursday? "

Lead & Gold did the same type of beta and I think it was a pretty big failure for them.  It spread out the purchases by a lot, reducing the amount of simultaneous online players and consequently reducing community.   For a multiplayer game, to really sell it to the community, and to make it look as big and popular as possible, you need a single strong release with thousands of people playing, something this type of release can't do.  L&G also had some serious issues during its one month beta that unfortunately didn't get fixed for the retail release, which also didn't help, so hopefully MNC will fare better. "

Might pick this up, seems really cool, and I've grown a bit tired of TF2.

" @JoeyRavn said:

" @Mercanis said:

" The game's look could be deemed similar to Team Fortress 2, but the latter has a pronounced 70s style while Monday Night Combat is more modern-futuristic. Also, MNC is third person and draws heavily from tower defense and Defense of the Ancients for inspiration.  In other words, aren't the TF2 comparisons a bit naive? "

It still is team-based, class-based mostly-multiplayer shooter. I don't see how comparing them is "naive". "

Just so we're clear, I'm pretty sure he doesn't care about the comparisons as much as people saying that MNC is a TF2 clone.  Just like how any similar game out there that comes right after a successful one is labelled as a clone. Like I think Bayonetta and Dante's Inferno as God of War clones. "

" @Mercanis said:

" The game's look could be deemed similar to Team Fortress 2, but the latter has a pronounced 70s style while Monday Night Combat is more modern-futuristic. Also, MNC is third person and draws heavily from tower defense and Defense of the Ancients for inspiration.  In other words, aren't the TF2 comparisons a bit naive? "

It still is team-based, class-based mostly-multiplayer shooter. I don't see how comparing them is "naive". "

I am concerned about the Sniper.  That class was powerful, albeit not overly so, in the console version.  With mouse control, I suspect it will be at the top of the heap.

if you have not played on 360 yet i highly recommend this game

The TF comparisons are pretty tired. Game definitely has it's own personality and it's good to see that it's coming to PC. Unfortunate that my PC blows and probably won't run it though.

" The game's look could be deemed similar to Team Fortress 2, but the latter has a pronounced 70s style while Monday Night Combat is more modern-futuristic. Also, MNC is third person and draws heavily from tower defense and Defense of the Ancients for inspiration.  In other words, aren't the TF2 comparisons a bit naive? "

I just bought this again for PC. The 360 community is kinda spotty and this game always seemed like it belonged on the PC to me.

Thank god. Mouse control. I will purchase this game again just for that.

This is a fantastic game. I've got it on Xbox already but I think I'll get it here too.

it's a great game! I'm super excited to play with mouse and keyboard

Heh, just watched the trailer and I hope those mouse and keyboard weapons are in the game. 
 
I really hope enough people buy this game and show to these smaller developers that they can release stuff on PC too. Tired of the 360 getting stuff like Splosion Man, Limbo and Risk Factions and the rest of us not getting anything.

Holy shit cakes I was never expecting this. It will be interesting to see how it fairs now that it's directly competing with stuff like TF2 since it's obviously so heavily inspired by it. I want to pick it up, but I'm not sure if it will keep being fun for more then a few days.
 
I will see if Steam does anything with it for their x-mas sale.

The game's look could be deemed similar to Team Fortress 2, but the latter has a pronounced 70s style while Monday Night Combat is more modern-futuristic. Also, MNC is third person and draws heavily from tower defense and Defense of the Ancients for inspiration. 
 
In other words, aren't the TF2 comparisons a bit naive?

I kind of wish it was on ps3 instead. I have been playing tf2 since it came out, and they seem lke very similar games, or atleast style of games. I still am interesting in i tthough, i may try it out.

Yessss

Alright I'll give this a shot. I still play TF2 a lot, but there's no rule that I can't enjoy more than one team-focused, class-based, objective-filled shooter.  

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" Unless they expect some major issues, why not just say that the launch is this thursday? "

Anything with buttery smooth chaos is damn wicked cool in my book. This is how you do a trailer of a game going to a new console/game system.

Will there be hats?

Hmm, Maybe I'll give it a try when its released but for now I'm sticking with TF2.

that ... is pretty cool, I might actually buy this again on PC

 Fantastic. I can't wait to pick this up.

Anyone know if there's going to be a Mac version? Still debating if I should pick up this for the 360, but if there's a chance this will make a Mac appearance I'll hold out for that (I know a few of my steam friends are more inclined to play it than any of my 360 friends).

man....wish they were making it available on mac too.  
And that more actual "games" for mac showed up on steam, instead of just valve releases and a couple little indie games. 
 
really been wanting to try this one out. 

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Not available in Germany (yet?).

I own this, and love it, on 360 but I just bought it and a copy for my friend.  Can't wait.

It's an absolutely fantastic game, maybe the best downloadable this year, and one of the best overall, it is a must "check out", although with TF2 being on PC, not sure if you dudes already has the chance to play something like it. But as for consoles, it's probably the best online 3rd person shooter out there, in my opinion.

Well that's just neat.

I bought it on steam.

Always wanted to play this game, now's the chance!

The clock is ticking on Monday Night Combat's Xbox Live Arcade exclusivity. Creator Uber Entertainment announced a PC version of the title last night that'll see a release via Steam this January 17. 

According to Uber, this version will sport a few cool features, including "spit-shined" visuals, dedicated server support, and eventually editor support at some point later in January. This version will also launch with the recently released "Spunky Cola Special" DLC, which added a couple of new maps, adjusted some pre-existing map problems, and carried some much-needed balance tweaks and fixes.