Alien Swarm Can Be Played As a Terrifying FPS

AndrewGOO9 writes "With a few simple commands from the developer console, Alien Swarm can go from being played as an isometric top-down shooter to a first-person perspective. Surprisingly easy, it does make the game, which was released for free via Steam earlier this week, a lot more terrifying. But, anyone who is at home playing games like Modern Warfare or Halo should have no problem slaughtering their way through wave after wave of creatures. In fact, it poses the potential to make the game easier for people who would've otherwise struggled with the overhead view."

Comments

Front page news?

[MintOreo]

An inordinate amount of attention for simple game.

In other headline news, Starcraft 2 can be played as anything, thanks to a gnarly editor.

Re:Terrifying?? Try System Shock 2, Doom 3, Undyin

[Nadaka]

This story has shown me a terrifying game.

But not the one it indicated.

http://thumb-culture.com/2010/07/22/xbla-review-limbo/

What the hell?

Why not script it?

[atomic-penguin]

Why not script it? I guess you just have to do everything yourself.

// povtoggle.cfg
alias "povtoggle" "normalcam"
alias "normalcam" "asw_hide_marine 0; asw_controls 1; thirdperson; alias povtoggle fpscam"
alias "fpscam" "asw_hide_marine 1; firstperson; asw_controls 0; alias povtoggle normalcam"
bind "p" "povtoggle"
normalcam
 
// autoexec.cfg
exec fovtoggle.cfg

Just bind p for a handy point-of-view toggle.