Dungeon Defenders

[Setanta]

I hear Xbox and get nervous. This game isn't going to be using that shitty GFWL is it?

[Paelos]

I hear Xbox and get nervous. This game isn't going to be using that shitty GFWL is it?

It does not. It's got some Steam exclusive stuff with a tie-in to TF2 models, and it's currently 10% off on preorder at $13.49

[Dren]

In a bout of weakness a few nights ago, I preordered.  Am I alone?

[Typhon]

Not alone!

[Vaiti]

Yes.

[Paelos]

I am excited about my preorder!

[Trippy]

I didn't realize they added the portal gun to the game -- preordered.

[Dren]

Yes.

I knew somebody would do that to me.  But HEY, this is preorder through Steam.  And we didn't have enough live threads here so....

[Vaiti]

No hard feelings. I know why you posted it here. I just saw an opportunity and took it. Always good to have links to related posts. 

[Rendakor]

Preordered this now; it better come out this time!!

[Vaiti]

Phone version has been out awhile, it sucks. But the PC version still looks good. I went ahead and preordered. Being made aware of the portal gun was the deciding factor. I'm easy.

[Rendakor]

Available: October 19th, 2011
This game will unlock in approximately 12 hours

I thought 10/19/11 meant at fucking midnight. 

[Paelos]

Available: October 19th, 2011
This game will unlock in approximately 12 hours

I thought 10/19/11 meant at fucking midnight. 

Yeah I'm going to play it when I get home, and I have it for the weekend!

[Rendakor]

Guess it unlocked early or Steam is bad at math, downloading now.

[Dren]

Yay yay, today's the day, yay.

Now to finish the work day and get to the fun tonight.  Please be good damn it.

[Trippy]

I can't see what I'm shooting at And was it really that hard to let you edit the controls in game?

Edit: there's a reason why other 3rd person shooters have your character off center (some games take it too far but that's a different issue) -- so you can see the shit you are shooting at

[Rendakor]

Just played it for a few hours, it's good fun so far. I've tried the Monk and the Huntress so far; the Monk seems stronger once you get him to level 3 and unlock his actual damage dealing aura. One tip: the chests with the 4 mana crystals and random loot respawn between each wave, so make sure to open them every time. My only complaint so far is the Xboxish controls: can't invert mouse look, can't seem to change where icons go on your hotbar, have to exit game completely to change controls, etc.

For anyone who preordered and can't find your stuff, go into the tavern and walk into the two chained up boxes; one has the portal gun and the other has the pets. Unfortunately, they all have pretty steep level requirements (25-30) so I haven't tried them out yet.

[Sand]

This game looks like it might induce seizures its so flashy. Not my style I dont think.

[Ginaz]

I'm having some issues with the sound.  The opening titles and such have sound but when the game itself doesn't.  If I use my headphones I get sound but I just want to use my speakers.  Anyone know how to fix this?  Thanks.

Edit: I got it working had to change the settings in the control panel from 5.1 to stereo.

[Trippy]

My only complaint so far is the Xboxish controls: can't invert mouse look, can't seem to change where icons go on your hotbar, have to exit game completely to change controls, etc.

The out of game control config has settings for switching/inverting stick axes. Do those work for the mouse?

[NiX]

My only complaint so far is the Xboxish controls: can't invert mouse look, can't seem to change where icons go on your hotbar, have to exit game completely to change controls, etc.

The out of game control config has settings for switching/inverting stick axes. Do those work for the mouse?

I'm sorry, they had how long to polish this game for PC?

[Nonentity]

They just patched it.

Update Notes:
- Fixed "no sounds" bug with 7.1 speaker setup
- Added Invert mouse to in-game options
- "Disable sound" option in Configuration tool now works
- Less online disconnections, made timeouts more forgiving

[Hayduke]

PSN version seems to work pretty well though I've only done splitscreen multi so far.  I'm not sure about the game balance though.  Either squires are disgustingly overpowered or huntresses are terrible.  Or we're doing something very wrong.

[Rendakor]

As a huntress I was doing much better than my girlfriend's apprentice; so much that I outleveled her by 3 or 4 (she was 6ish I'm 10). I really wish it would share XP between everyone in multiplayer.

[kildorn]

Hm, I thought it did share, but the multipliers are for personal performance? I'll have to look.

One hilarious fuckup: If you preordered, your preorder items are on the ground in your tavern, in a breakable crate.

Any dumbfuck can break this crate and loot them if you host an online game. And it's only good for one looting.

[Musashi]

Finished downloading.  Did initial jimmying around in first level offline.  Only real complaint is to echo Trippy.  You can't see past your goddamn dude to shoot.  Offset the camera nao pls.  Other than that I'm in loot-whoring catharsis mode +1.  

There don't appear to be any heinous consolitis concerns as yet.  And I am very sensitive to these issues.  Only thing I was sort of frustrated with was selling back my shit.  The interface for the merchant is kind of shit.  But it seemed like it would be just as shit on your xbox.  Not sure what 'locking' an item does.  But if you lock everything you want, you can (more) quickly vendor crap.  That's as opposed to clicking and confirming every sale which gracefully allowed me about 3 seconds before blisters boiled up on my eyeballs.  I assume that's what locking is for.  But for some reason some of the items I picked up were pre-locked in my inventory without me having locked them.  Annoying.  Maybe a bug.  Donno.

There seems to bee a fair bit more to the gameplay mechanics in this thing than I expected after the tech demo.  And that's a good thing.

Now off to multiplayer.

[Trippy]

The co-op design decisions are just 

[Paelos]

The main complaint from the reviews is the menus. I'm going to test it this weekend.

[kildorn]

Finished downloading.  Did initial jimmying around in first level offline.  Only real complaint is to echo Trippy.  You can't see past your goddamn dude to shoot.  Offset the camera nao pls.  Other than that I'm in loot-whoring catharsis mode +1. 

There don't appear to be any heinous consolitis concerns as yet.  And I am very sensitive too these issues.  Only thing I was sort of frustrated with was selling back my shit.  The interface for the merchant is kind of shit.  But it seemed like it would be just as shit on your xbox.  Not sure what 'locking' an item does.  But if you lock everything you want, you can (more) quickly vendor crap.  That's as opposed to clicking and confirming every sale which gracefully allowed me about 3 seconds before blisters boiled up on my eyeballs.  I assume that's what locking is for.  But for some reason some of the items I picked up were pre-locked in my inventory without me having locked them.  Annoying.  Maybe a bug.  Donno.

There seems to bee a fair bit more to the gameplay mechanics in this thing than I expected after the tech demo.  And that's a good thing.

Now off to multiplayer.

Selling (and buying):

Locking an item prevents it's sale. This lets you flip through, find upgrades and lock them, then hit Sell All. Alternatively, if playing with Non-Dicks(friends): if something's worthless, let it sit on the ground, and the game will auto sell it and distribute the mana to everyone in the match. Same with defenses left standing at the end: they're auto sold and the mana is distributed.  This is to avoid the old issue of having to manually pick up every gem and put it in your foundry.

Buying locked items: if you see something you really like in the vendor, you can lock it, and it's slot will NOT be re-randomized when you exit the tavern and come back in.

But yeah, in general the inventory screen is a bit of a wreck (why is "equip this" instead called "give to hero"?)

[Rendakor]

I didn't know the game auto-vendored all loot left laying on the ground; does that happen at the end of a match? The reason some items seem auto locked (I think) is that you had them equipped at one point; when you upgrade a piece of gear, the piece you took off is still locked in your inventory.

[Hawkbit]

I put more time into the PS3 demo last night than I did the PC purchased version.  It seems to be more fun from the couch, on first appearance.  I'll put some PC time in tonight and decide.

[Dren]

Only played solo so far.  I'm having fun with it.  Yes, the controls are a bit wonky at first but I got over it quickly.  I should have some fun with it.  I'm going to see if my sons think they would like it or not before buying another license for the other computer to play coop. 

[Hawkbit]

Regretting buying this on PC instead of PS3.  The trial on PS3 supports two players, so my kid and I have been playing a bit.  The co-op really makes it shine.  I might have to throw another $15 at it to play on PS3.  Hmmm.  I wish licences were cross-platform. 

[Soulflame]

My PC was only able to run this for about 15 or so minutes before my monitor went black.  I assume the game was overheating my video card.  Once I turned down the resolution and graphics quality, it became playable.  Not entirely happy about that, but it is what it is.

So far the game is reasonably fun, although the final wave in the second dungeon absolutely stomped me.  Well, that one mob did, at any rate.

I guess it's a-grinding I shall go?

[Rendakor]

That'd be the Ogre I'm guessing? What class are you playing? I might be able to give some tips.