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Nickasummers

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Frozen Synapse
« on: May 31, 2011, 01:06:01 PM »

Holy shit this game is so fucking cool. http://www.frozensynapse.com/
I got this game yesterday and cannot stop playing. The maps are all procedurally generated so its always different, and there is a reasonable number of other players. It is only sold in 2-packs but its pretty cheap.
WTF is Frozen Synapse? this guy's excitement is not even exaggerated. It is that fucking cool.
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2011, 01:18:34 PM »

To anyone who doesn't feel like watching the 27 minute video cold, this game is a tactical shooter where you plan a move that takes five seconds to execute and then both players' moves are done simultaneously. You can run simulations of your move to see if it will work out (there's no randomness here - if you die in the sim you'll die when you send the plan in), and a big part of the game is figuring out what the enemy is going to do with his own units and how you can cover every possibility. More time is spent planning your moves than anything else.

Moves, once submitted, go to the server and then once both players have submitted their moves they get to watch what happens. It's kind of like play by email in that you can get up and walk away if you so choose and just wait to watch the outcome/send in your next move.

This is a really fun game. Missions range from standard elimination to hostage rescue, with fog of war (called simply "darkness" in this game) optional. Right now the multiplayer servers are fragmented, which means you have to get all your friends on the same server, but that's a temporary issue caused by the devs not realizing it would take off as it did.
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2011, 10:56:19 PM »

Also you can play a basically unlimited number of games simultaneously. Because so much time is spent planning, you and your opponents can be playing any number of games, completely out of sync with one another until you've both input your orders. It's kind of wild.
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2011, 12:48:51 AM »

Alright, I just got this on Steam. If any one of you fine gentlefolk wants the other half of that 2 pack, you need only to paypal me ten bucks and I'll make it happen. PM me first!
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2011, 07:44:37 AM »

I need your names for friends. Mine is Smiler. Joxam's is Joxam.
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2011, 09:09:39 AM »

I is ZedPower!
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2011, 09:23:36 AM »

I'm NexAdruin on the server Texas 3. If I'm not mistaken, you have to be on the same server as your friends to play against them. But there's nothing stopping you from server hopping as far as I know.
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2011, 12:55:47 AM »

One of my selectbutton.net buddies just gifted me his partner copy, so I'm getting in right now. I'm jsnlxndrlv on Texas 3. Just added you, Nex!
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2011, 06:36:08 AM »

Frozen Synapse is a pretty fun game

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I love all of the near deaths our dudes have with rockets.
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2011, 07:17:47 AM »

I am Nickasummers on texas3. Feel free to throw grenades at me, just ask Nex I am terrible at predicting grenade throws.
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2011, 07:23:11 AM »

Yeah, we played a match where each person had 2 grenadiers. I tossed them simultaneously to cover a wider area collectively and he walked his guys right into the blast.  :perfect:
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2011, 07:26:26 AM »

So I am assuming you guys aren't playing on dark modes. I'm just wondering what your opinions on dark/not dark is. I prefer fog of war so this game is more about sneaking around than predicting where your enemy is going and then launching whatever explosives you have in their way.
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2011, 07:30:52 AM »

I prefer light modes. I tried dark, and my only real complaint is that I don't know where I can't see. In most games with fog of war, the unseen area is grayed out or something, but I haven't noticed anything like that for Frozen Synapse and it's gotten me killed quite a few times.
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2011, 07:39:32 AM »

I like the idea of dark mode, but the "fog" isn't clear at all. if you click on a person or node and then hold "v" you can test LOS but there isn't any visible fog effect or anything. I play both light and dark though. Ignoring the lack of visual feedback for darkness, they did a good job. you get a "ghost" of the last known location of enemies, which you can drag to a new location and give orders to for testing, so dark doesn't cripple your ability to run simulations.
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2011, 07:56:58 AM »

I have only played 1 or 2 light games since starting. I honestly hadn't even noticed that the unknown areas weren't marked until you guys pointed it out.
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2011, 09:30:53 AM »

dark or bust
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2011, 11:07:10 AM »

God the chat in this game is so bad.
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2011, 12:25:40 PM »

The developers have been hanging out pretty consistently in the integrated IRC channel, and they've certainly been talking up all the changes they need to make to improve aspects of the game. We'll see how well they follow through.
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2011, 01:09:28 PM »

Rockets are fun.

Frozen Synapse: jsnlxndrlv (green) vs Pyrostasis (red) - Extermination

Hmm. Kind of unfortunate that they don't specify the game mode in the replay anywhere. This is Dark Execution.
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Re: Frozen Synapse
« Reply #19 on: June 05, 2011, 09:33:36 AM »

So it turns out Newbie is a fuckin' boss.

Frozen Synapse: NexAdruin (green) vs jsnlxndrlv (red) - Secure2

No idea how unit 2 survived (I was expecting him to die when he moved to the spot where someone else had just been killed).
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