Wow - last time I tried this game, it was empty and dull. But... haha! I've just checked - that was 2015! So, yeah, I guess five more years of development will change a game!?

I'll give this another go, for sure. Another competitor for Drox Operative 2, it seems. And it's free!

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Nice, thanks. I'm tempted, but those constant video glitches and the chromatic aberration is also headache inducing. Can they be turned off? Honestly, I don't know why the developer thought that trailer was a good idea - zoomed in, flickery, colour-blurred graphics?? Is it to differentiate from being compared to plain old asteroids??

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Honestly, I'm pretty happy with this model. Sure, it's a little annoying to have to buy something on the market, but that also ties the account to 2FA (Steamguard), so there's twice the benefit.

Unless someone can give a good reason for new accounts not to be restricted like this? The game is still perfectly playable, for hundreds of hours judging by my account, without voice/text chat. Callouts are a little harsh, but again, you can play without them and callouts tend only to be useful in a team that actually functions like a team, and you won't tend to notice their lack until you've decided to commit to the game anyway.

The last time I played TF2 was over a year ago though, so maybe some new, critical functionality is tied to chat/voice. The only time I ever used it was to ask people to ready-up (I only ever played Mann vs Machine). God, I hated the ready-up system... Valve could learn something from Killing Floor here. Too slow? Tough - get out there and die, that'll learn you!

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I dropped quite a few hours into the original, but I do think that Starcom Nexus surpassed it - not surprising when you realise that there's nearly five years between these titles. But as a result, Drox 2 has a lot to live up to!

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I'd love to try this, and I suppose it's just under £2 without a sale... but is it always that zoomed in? I got queezy just watching the trailer, let alone trying to play all squashed up to the screen like that! It's like when FPS games default to a POV of 70... it gives me a weird, "kind of" motion sickness.

Can you "zoom out" in the game?

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Quoting: andy155War Thunder High Tier - Noob Gameplay. :tongue:
https://youtu.be/8TMEWyI2vr0 [External Link]

Very confused by this game to be honest. There's one moment, around the 19m mark where you put three shells into an enemy tank and it's still going, whereas your tank is frequently one-shotted, often from so far away, you can't even see the enemy that killed you on the map.

I have a friend who SWEARS by World of Tanks, and it's basically the same - pixel perfect shooting from kilometres away with seconds-long reloads. I... just don't get it! :grin:

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I feel like a dirty traitor - almost no Linux native titles in my play list the past week:

1. Noita [External Link] (it's like a whole new game with the "no more death" mod)
2. Elite Dangerous [External Link] (stunning game... just... stunning. And for a fiver?? Or another fiver if you want the planetside expansion)
3. Grim Dawn [External Link] (bought it for four quid in the sale - superb)
4. Outer Wilds [External Link] (only played an hour, because Elite keeps calling me back)

For Linux native - I'm playing Battlestar Gallactica [External Link] with friends on Tabletop Simulator [External Link]. The scripting is very clever, much like when we play Gloomhaven [External Link] - really takes the edge off the complexity. Great game, steep learning curve. Am totally not a cylon.

Also, of course, the A19 of 7 Days to Die [External Link] dropped. Lovely enhancements all round, and they've already dropped a bug fix, so I'll be playing a bit of that to bring myself up to speed. And it's 66% off right now. Definitely worth a punt for the sheer amount of content you get.

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Quoting: slaapliedje

- Metal Unit

Poor guy, does he clank when he walks?

Well, it's a she, but I'm guessing, "yes".

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God knows how I missed this the first time around, but given my love of this genre (Undermine, Crosscode, Mana Spark, Moonlighter, and faster-paced versions, like Gungeon, Woodpunk, Mr Shifty), I think I'll be picking this one up!

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Apparently I haven't played this since October 2018...! Great game though, and I sank over 15 hours into it back then. Maybe I need to give it another go. I'll have to tear myself away from Elite:Dangerous and 7 Days to Die though. Might be a bit of an ask to be honest! :)

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