Ran into the (alpha) trailer of DoorKickers from KillHouse Games the other day, and it seemed like a pleasant mix of Frozen Synapse and Hotline Miami.

I was way too intrigued, so I pre-ordered (yes, I know, you shouldn’t pre-order, but I take that rule to mean AAA-games, not indie-games from fresh studios who need some income while they code, devs need a whole lot of Red Bull to code properly!) and was therefore given access to the (very) early Alpha-build.

I’ve played through the first couple of levels and I like what I see. It’s not nearly ready, but the basic premise, the foundation is good and solid, and different enough from both previously mentioned games.

I haven’t really learned the game yet, so I might be writing out of my a**, but it seems to be a mix between pre-planned action and live-action. You can pre-plan how far you want in a very Frozen Synapse-esque way, but you can then interrupt those plans and re-program on the fly.

I mostly played live from the get-go, ie. I just pressed “Go” and then played it like a Real-Time Strategy, which isn’t really how you’re supposed to play, which is why it didn’t go very well. A lot of SWAT-members lost their virtual lives.

The early levels are “killing houses” which you are supposed to clear with two SWAT-police officers. In the beginning the enemies are stationary but the game quickly introduces new elements - doors which can be breached in several different ways; flashbanged, charged etc., or peeked under with periscopes beforehand.

I really look forward to seeing where this game is going and wish I had been able to support them more…

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We on the EU-server seem to be the last to know all the news…

The NA-site posted some of the changes to the up-and-coming 8.6 update to World of Tanks. Basically they seem to be nerfing the RNG (Random Number Generator), so all tanks will be a little bit more precise and accurate. This is good news. I have terrible luck with all sorts of randomizers, from dice to cards to RNG:s…

They’re also going to stop penalizing TD:s and SPG:s for being what they are and doing what they do. Arty-haters won’t be liking this, but haters will always hate… Personally I don’t have anything against artillery as long as there’s not five of them per team - one or two is fine.

I’m still looking for that “one more thing”, which will make 8.6 a brilliant update. Don’t really know what it would be, though. More maps are always nice, I’m really liking Pearl River!

As World of Tanks had their Military Parade special week-end (EU), I took the opportunity to paint my favorite tank (the tier IV German medium Panzerkampfwagen III) in camouflage and even gave it an inscription… I don’t like the camo-paint system at all. A few updates ago they went from one paint-scheme to three per vehicle, so you had to have three separate camo-paints for your tank if you wanted the increase in camo-rating; one for winter maps, one for summer maps and one for desert maps. You’d have to buy all three anyway, as you don’t get to choose which map you’re playing on (if you’re not doing Team Training, of course…). I don’t get the point (other than the opportunity to gather more cash from users) of having three different camos… Well, you don’t really see that many tanks sporting camo paint jobs anyway. On the other hand I think there would be a whole lot more of them if it wasn’t this stupid… 
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As World of Tanks had their Military Parade special week-end (EU), I took the opportunity to paint my favorite tank (the tier IV German medium Panzerkampfwagen III) in camouflage and even gave it an inscription…

I don’t like the camo-paint system at all. A few updates ago they went from one paint-scheme to three per vehicle, so you had to have three separate camo-paints for your tank if you wanted the increase in camo-rating; one for winter maps, one for summer maps and one for desert maps. You’d have to buy all three anyway, as you don’t get to choose which map you’re playing on (if you’re not doing Team Training, of course…).

I don’t get the point (other than the opportunity to gather more cash from users) of having three different camos… Well, you don’t really see that many tanks sporting camo paint jobs anyway. On the other hand I think there would be a whole lot more of them if it wasn’t this stupid… 

Finally made it through La Port de la Condamine (6th mission of the Locksmith’s story) cleaned out! Of course I made it all the way to the bridge when I noticed I had left 13 coins on the first floor (one cashier and a strongbox, which is why I missed them on the blueprint…) No matter, I sneaked all the way back through the five levels of the mission, collected the loot and made it back without losing a life! Cleaned out! Fantastic game!
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Finally made it through La Port de la Condamine (6th mission of the Locksmith’s story) cleaned out! Of course I made it all the way to the bridge when I noticed I had left 13 coins on the first floor (one cashier and a strongbox, which is why I missed them on the blueprint…)

No matter, I sneaked all the way back through the five levels of the mission, collected the loot and made it back without losing a life!

Cleaned out!

Fantastic game!

As it is a x5 Special weekend all the goonies have come out from the woods and are screwing up the fights, but the thing with World of Tanks is that one properly good fight makes up for it all. I just had a brilliant game in my KV-1. Not brilliant in the sense that I destroyed half of the enemy team, but it was great fun! Have to put the replay up on YouTube at some point. Now for the first world problem of the day; I’d really like to end on a high-note, on the other hand I’d also really like to do some more battles even if I know that they will probably be horrible…
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As it is a x5 Special weekend all the goonies have come out from the woods and are screwing up the fights, but the thing with World of Tanks is that one properly good fight makes up for it all.

I just had a brilliant game in my KV-1. Not brilliant in the sense that I destroyed half of the enemy team, but it was great fun! Have to put the replay up on YouTube at some point.

Now for the first world problem of the day; I’d really like to end on a high-note, on the other hand I’d also really like to do some more battles even if I know that they will probably be horrible…

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