12/08/11 Steam Weekend Deal: Killing Floor 75% off and Free Weekend

[KaOTiK]

Free Weekend for Killing Floor

Killing Floor Bundle $7.98 75% off includes below
Killing Floor $4.99 75% off
5x DLC $0.99 each 75% off

 

[Childs]

Seems like such an ugly game, with the red colored fonts in the UI. Anyways, out of curiosity, which came first, this or Zombies in WAW? Looks like the same game mode.

 

[lozina]

I took the bait and got it. Though I'm still on Skyrim addiction so I ain't gonna play it anytime soon.

lol I buy alot games lately that I never play...

 

[Dankk]

Anyways, out of curiosity, which game first, this or Zombies in WAW? Looks like the same game mode.

WaW zombies? No no no no no no.

This is far more fun than any CoD zombie mode. I agree, it's not the prettiest game out there, but it's an absolute blast to play. It probably has the best weapon-feel of any zombie game I've played; guns have realistic recoil, iron sights work as they should on every weapon (except in the case of dualies - which there are no sights at all), and the pistols are actually worth a damn.

It's different from L4D in that you're in a large non-linear open area, and picking your character actually matters. Different classes have different benefits. You also earn money, and inbetween waves you go to the weapon shop to buy/upgrade your gear.

One of the best things about Killing Floor is that it's actually 2 or 3 years old now, and yet the developers are still supporting the game and adding free content to it. The experience is incredibly polished. You can definitely get hundreds of hours of enjoyment here. Recommended.

 

[KaOTiK]

Killing Floor is a great game. It is very fun and the community is pretty cool too. The game requires teamwork with one person sealing a door shut while the others cover your back. The devs are awesome, they continue to support the game with free content and only charge for skin packs as DLC, a lot of people buy the packs just to support the devs cause of their great support for the game.

 

[narreth]

killing floor can most easily be described as a mixture between l4d and counter strike.
i.e. counter strike's money system + zombies

 

[BlueWeasel]

Looks like the DLC is just new characters and not additional maps/areas. Do the DLC playable characters have specific skins or are they just skins only?

[EDIT] Just saw on the Steam forums that the new characters are cosmetic only. That's cool - it's better that the developers release new weapons, maps, etc. for free. Might buy a few skin packs to support them.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

here's my question about KF. The Steam description is "Killing Floor is a Co-op Survival Horror FPS...", so does it require co-op or can you play through everything just fine alone?

 

[Barfo]

here's my question about KF. The Steam description is "Killing Floor is a Co-op Survival Horror FPS...", so does it require co-op or can you play through everything just fine alone?

Want to know this too. I don't have time to get into another MP game, but I'll buy it if I can have fun with bots or whatever.

 

[Dankk]

Want to know this too. I don't have time to get into another MP game, but I'll buy it if I can have fun with bots or whatever.

You can definitely play it singleplayer, but it will never be as fun as playing with co-op partners. Multiplayer is what the game was designed for.

Unlike L4D, if you play singleplayer, you don't have any AI teammates to assist you. You're literally all by yourself. Which is fine; I think the game's difficulty scales with how many people are playing. But there are no bots. In singleplayer you are a one-man army.

 

[QueBert]

I just bought it, single player is good to get a grasp for the game, but since it doesn't have a story it's not really engaging. The meta score isn't super great, but I had fun with the demo, I didn't play anything but Sigleplayer so I'm guessing Co-Op would be a lot better. Not the greatest graphics but it looks nice and runs killer on my older box. $8 for everything is such a deal. I like the weird ass ginger bread character that was chasing me lol.

DAMN you Steam and your daily deals. These $5-10 games I've been buying up lately will add up

 

[PingSpike]

So I bought this, for $5 why not? I used to play the UT2004 mod and enjoyed it and this is a pretty faithful update of that. Unfortunately it does include most of the smaller things I didn't love about the mod but I still like it.

 

[Barfo]

You can definitely play it singleplayer, but it will never be as fun as playing with co-op partners. Multiplayer is what the game was designed for.

Unlike L4D, if you play singleplayer, you don't have any AI teammates to assist you. You're literally all by yourself. Which is fine; I think the game's difficulty scales with how many people are playing. But there are no bots. In singleplayer you are a one-man army.

I just bought it, single player is good to get a grasp for the game, but since it doesn't have a story it's not really engaging. The meta score isn't super great, but I had fun with the demo, I didn't play anything but Sigleplayer so I'm guessing Co-Op would be a lot better. Not the greatest graphics but it looks nice and runs killer on my older box. $8 for everything is such a deal. I like the weird ass ginger bread character that was chasing me lol.

DAMN you Steam and your daily deals. These $5-10 games I've been buying up lately will add up

Roger.

 

[QueBert]

Anyone on here wanna start up a AT server+clan? Was playing a lot tonight, on about 5 different servers. This is definitely a game I could see the benefit from playing with the same group of people all the time. it's fun as hell, but some of the random people I was playing with today were doing dumb sh*t like un-welding a door as soon as someone finished welding it lol. I'm not an advanced player or anything, but I try to play solid.

 

[PingSpike]

Sometimes people will weld doors and lock their teammates out, probably not on purpose. I've unwelded a door in desperation before, walking around is suicide.

 

[QueBert]

Jesus the difference between the beginner & normal difficulty is insane. On Beginner I only died 3 or 4 times from when I started playing 2 days ago, and they were all against the Santa boss. I got bored quick and moved up to normal (1 level) and it's like 10x as hard. Now I'm dying left and right, I can't even imagine how much harder the levels above normal must be.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Jesus the difference between the beginner & normal difficulty is insane. On Beginner I only died 3 or 4 times from when I started playing 2 days ago, and they were all against the Santa boss. I got bored quick and moved up to normal (1 level) and it's like 10x as hard. Now I'm dying left and right, I can't even imagine how much harder the levels above normal must be.

I imagine the harder levels are only viable if you're higher level. I never played on easy, but yea normal is tough. I'm rarely winning, but it's usually fun regardless.

 

[PingSpike]

Ha, yeah I noticed the same thing. Beginner is stupid easy, you can play like crap and still punch your way out of bad situations. I fired up Normal figured I'd quickly move on from that to Hard...and I don't think I'll be leaving that difficulty setting anytime soon. I know some people are going to play Hard but who is playing the difficulty level above that? Its called suicidal or something so I guess they weren't kidding.

The difficulty also scales by the number of players in the game.

 

[QueBert]

Ha, yeah I noticed the same thing. Beginner is stupid easy, you can play like crap and still punch your way out of bad situations. I fired up Normal figured I'd quickly move on from that to Hard...and I don't think I'll be leaving that difficulty setting anytime soon. I know some people are going to play Hard but who is playing the difficulty level above that? Its called suicidal or something so I guess they weren't kidding.

The difficulty also scales by the number of players in the game.

Guess us n00bs should band together and grind away on beginner, I noticed since I hit lvl 2 with my support specialist Normal is a tad bit easier. Maybe once I hit level 4 normal will be, normal. I don't ever want to play suicide though, except to make see how crazy it is.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

Most important thing to remember when playing this is to heal your teammates and not self heal unless needed. When you self heal you use 100% syringe points but team healing is 50% so you can heal someone faster than they can heal themself.

Also there's certain classes you should avoid shooting if you're a particular class. Berserker, Sharp, maybe support can kill class type effectively but the others are pretty weak against certain ones.

Sharpshooter can stun scrakes with a crossbow. Zerker can stun them with an axe to the back of the head from a certain angle. LAW will stun them as demo.

Easiest way to kill the Patriarch is a full squad of chainsaws. Surround him and he won't be able to run away. 2nd best is a boatload of pipes but in a trail. You get a blast bonus but it's limited to 6 pipes or something now. 3rd best is a team full of aa-12s.

Love this game. Have every class but 2 at level 6. Medic just needs a few points to hit 6. Haven't played it in a while but I might have to hop on so I can get the Bad Santa skin.

 

[Sacraster]

normal is actually easy lol. wait until you get into hell on earth (now thats hard)

 

[astrosfan315]

Even Hard can be hard if you've got an inexperienced team, or don't know the maps very well. I think their progression is good. Normal can be done with any PUG over lvl 3 with sometimes wiping at the end, or in the later waves if you're not teamplaying well. The jump to hard will be a wipe without a rounded group with people over lvl 3. Make the jump to hell on earth, suicide, etc. then you better know the map, know where to hold up at, know which doors to keep welded, where the trader spawns at, know what you can kill and what a different class should kill, know how to kite 2-3 flesh pounders, etc. Much more strategic...

I suggest reading up on scrakes, FPs, etc and which class does what and also how firebugs and demo men can screw up the sharpshooter or support guy that's taking down units, and also how they can be helpful. Same with zerkers and medics. Each class has a group role and an individual role in gameplay to be effective past Hard level. This is where Killing Floor shines. When you get into group dynamics of Firebug lighting the FP on fire, sharpshooter stunning him, zerker slicin and dicin, and medic popping heals while commando and support keep all the other trash mobs at bay. Stuff like that. Fun!

 

[QueBert]

I un and reinstalled because I was getting that stupid crash every time I launched it after the latest update. Question, prior to the update I know I had 2 entries for Killing Floor on my steam list before the reinstall. Now I'm back to just the main one. I never launched the other, but I'm assuming it's sort of mod. I don't recall what it was called even, does anyone have this on their list? Even though I don't know exactly what it was I'd like to have it back I scoured the steam forums with no luck.

 

[PingSpike]

I just have a medic up to level 4, but you seem to level the other classes as well as long as you use their weapon types. I have level 2 sharpshooter and level 2 demo just from rifle, pistol and grenade use.

The medic's MP7 is pretty crap. I don't even bother buying it anymore. I'll just buy a level action or pick up whatever I can find on the ground until I can afford the MP5. The early waves are crap on Normal anyway, they can generally be dealt with using a pistol. The MP5 certainly isn't a ass whooping weapon either but at least it can effectively take down sirens and husks while still allowing you to heal long range. After that I usually buy a shotgun, then upgrade to hunting then grab the combat shotgun for the final waves and boss.

I still have to try the other classes, but the medics speed boost has kept me alive as the sole survivor quite a few times. It's slow going kiting fleshpounds and scavenging for ammo though. I used to play the old one which didn't have classes, but things are the same. When an area becomes overrun cornering up and trying to kill them all is suicide. You have to pick the direction with the least amount/weakest enemies flooding and try to punch an escape route.

I like the shotguns but the single shot grenade launcher stinks. Its blast radius seems massive but its damage to enemies is anemic. I'm sure its better if you're a demo guy. I thought the crossbow kicked ass whenever I picked it up off a dead teammate.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

It's usually better if you use the guns made for each class because you get damage bonuses. MP7 is actually pretty good but you do have to reload it a lot. It gets extremely cheap once you level up a bit.

LAR works well for pretty much every class. It's a beast weapon. A lot of medics use Shotguns/xbow, lar, katana/axe, ak for off perk weapons as med. Medic gets the best armor in the game so he can take a lot of damage. It gets tougher for a med to solo during the later waves.

You should try berserker. Once you level him up a little bit it's pretty awesome running around with your katana/axe. Firebug takes forever to level. You only get xp by doing fire damage so the mac-10 kills only count when they burn the baddies.