[DavoX]

Id check the beta section if you have it on steam

[Master O]

https://www.gog.com/game/ion_maiden

GOG's page says Iron Maiden is being released in Q3 2018, but wasn't IM's release pushed back to Q1 2019?

[Hank]

Master O, on 03 August 2018 - 03:50 PM, said:

https://www.gog.com/game/ion_maiden

GOG's page says Iron Maiden is being released in Q3 2018, but wasn't IM's release pushed back to Q1 2019?

GoG and 3D Realms'(got -0 direct Info to date) clients are the last to know.
As I mentioned previously, if you want up-to-date info, stick with Steam.
https://steamcommuni...56057412051471/

[Mblackwell]

Unfortunately we have little control over what happens with GOG (only GOG controls GOG).

When you map for IM your blockwalls will be purple.

[Loke]

So when Ion Maiden is finally released how long before we see a Hollywood Holocaust remake?

[NNC]

The only Hollywood Holocaust remake I'm interested in is the one made by the level's author.

[Mark]

I hope someone does remake HH in IM. I would like it to be more than just a texture and enemy swap. Expand it a bit like in HHR. It has fantastic textures for a city map like HH.

[Sanek]

Finally played "Queen of the Hill" mode for the first freakin' time!

The first 8 stages is very easy IMO, I never had less than 70 health until that stage. The concept is nice, but the map is way too big for a mode like that. The spiders is more of an annoyance than a real threat becasue of this, since you spent half of the game just looking for these little bastards. The waypoint to the last alive enemy is a very good feature. During the last stage(?), with like 300+ enemies in it the fps dropped so low that it's impossible to finish the thing.

Will there be more maps for "Queen of the Hill" mode? Will you make brand new maps for it, or you'll just use chunks of already-made maps like this one?

[Micky C]

Mblackwell, on 03 August 2018 - 09:09 PM, said:

When you map for IM your blockwalls will be purple.

Ok, now will the non-blocking walls not be purple?

Sanek, on 04 August 2018 - 12:42 PM, said:

Will there be more maps for "Queen of the Hill" mode? Will you make brand new maps for it, or you'll just use chunks of already-made maps like this one?

By the sounds of things, there was a lot of manual work put into creating the waves, so it wouldn't be a trivial thing to make more levels like this. Then again they might code up a more dedicated system for it which makes it easier to implement.

[Hank]

Micky C, on 04 August 2018 - 03:55 PM, said:

Ok, now will the non-blocking walls not be purple?

Because they are Red? At least on my comp.

[Mblackwell]

Sanek, on 04 August 2018 - 12:42 PM, said:

Finally played "Queen of the Hill" mode for the first freakin' time!

The first 8 stages is very easy IMO, I never had less than 70 health until that stage. The concept is nice, but the map is way too big for a mode like that. The spiders is more of an annoyance than a real threat becasue of this, since you spent half of the game just looking for these little bastards. The waypoint to the last alive enemy is a very good feature. During the last stage(?), with like 300+ enemies in it the fps dropped so low that it's impossible to finish the thing.

Will there be more maps for "Queen of the Hill" mode? Will you make brand new maps for it, or you'll just use chunks of already-made maps like this one?

It is rebalanced and has performance improvements in the next update (Update 3).

As for more maps: in the full game release we are planning on it, at least. As for what that will entail I can't say at this point.

[Mr. Tibbs]

PC Gamer: Ion Maiden's hero has come a long way since the 1990s

I had missed these pieces of art:

[Player Lin]

DooM style HUD mugshot sheet? Cool.

I don't want being an ass, but she's hot.

[Mr. Tibbs]

Civvie 11 discusses Ion Maiden alongside DUSK and Amid Evil in his contemporary round-up of shooters that play like the 1990s classics.

[MusicallyInspired]

That was quite entertaining. And now I want to buy Amid Evil. Never heard of that one. Also never heard of this YouTuber. Thanks for the introduction.

Also, freaking props to Andrew Hulshult for showing up everywhere. He's earned it.

[ALF Dude]

Mr. Tibbs, on 26 August 2018 - 12:50 PM, said:

Civvie 11 discusses Ion Maiden alongside DUSK and Amid Evil in his contemporary round-up of shooters that play like the 1990s classics.

Really cool video, and really cool looking games.It's been many years since I've been wishing for the old school primitive 3d aesthetic to finally get the respect it deserves. Everyone is making pixel art inspired games, so why not old school 3d? These guys get it.

[Zaxx]

Mr. Tibbs, on 26 August 2018 - 12:50 PM, said:

Civvie 11 discusses Ion Maiden alongside DUSK and Amid Evil in his contemporary round-up of shooters that play like the 1990s classics.

I have no idea why that guy has so few subscribers.

[Doom64hunter]

Can enemies please not go idle in Queen of the Hill mode.
I've had a spider go idle behind the truck and the only way to reach it was to noclip.

To add insult to injury, it was the last enemy in wave 15...

[NightFright]

Dusk was excellent. Played it and had a blast a while ago. If Amid Evil is more of the same poison, sign me up. Retro shooter s ftw!

[oasiz]

Doom64hunter, on 28 August 2018 - 09:11 AM, said:

Can enemies please not go idle in Queen of the Hill mode.
I've had a spider go idle behind the truck and the only way to reach it was to noclip.

To add insult to injury, it was the last enemy in wave 15...

Which version did you play? Latest beta?

[Doom64hunter]

oasiz, on 28 August 2018 - 11:09 AM, said:

Which version did you play? Latest beta?

Oh, no just the regular release. Didn't realize there was a beta.
By the way, in terms of performance, my machine was barely able to handle the last wave, but all others went fine.

[oasiz]

Doom64hunter, on 28 August 2018 - 11:20 AM, said:

Oh, no just the regular release. Didn't realize there was a beta.
By the way, in terms of performance, my machine was barely able to handle the last wave, but all others went fine.

The beta has an overhauled qoth mode, you should be able to enable it if you bought it from steam.
What's been changed are the wave pacing, addition of a radar, major bugs with scoring have been fixed, etc..
It should run much smoother.

[Doom64hunter]

oasiz, on 28 August 2018 - 11:24 AM, said:

The beta has an overhauled qoth mode, you should be able to enable it if you bought it from steam.
What's been changed are the wave pacing, addition of a radar, major bugs with scoring have been fixed, etc..
It should run much smoother.

Just tried it, ran much smoother, and is also a bit harder due to having less armor pickups.
No enemy got stuck this time, and the radar is definitely a great addition.

[oasiz]

Great to hear that!
There were some major last minute balancing changes that got done for qoth launch that made it perhaps a bit too easy in some sections.
Before launch you moved at roughly 50% speed when firing, which offset the balancing by a huge amount but it wasn't nearly as fun with that
Pacing was made a bit quicker to compensate and some pickups were redone also the formula for score calculation was pretty much completely redone so it much better reflects your progress and rewards skilled play more.

Hardest skill should be a nasty challenge now btw!

[Forge]

oasiz, on 28 August 2018 - 11:24 AM, said:

The beta has an overhauled qoth mode, you should be able to enable it if you bought it from steam.

ever going to 'finalize' that beta into an update so us poor 3dr purchasers can get a taste?

[Doom64hunter]

oasiz, on 29 August 2018 - 12:25 AM, said:

Great to hear that!
There were some major last minute balancing changes that got done for qoth launch that made it perhaps a bit too easy in some sections.
Before launch you moved at roughly 50% speed when firing, which offset the balancing by a huge amount but it wasn't nearly as fun with that
Pacing was made a bit quicker to compensate and some pickups were redone also the formula for score calculation was pretty much completely redone so it much better reflects your progress and rewards skilled play more.

Hardest skill should be a nasty challenge now btw!

I did play on the hardest skill setting, the shotgun train wave was in my opinion the hardest to beat. Shotgunners are definitely the most dangerous out of the current roster of enemies. (do they have official names by the way?)
Managed to beat it on the second try though. My years of experience as a heavy in TF2 finally paid off

Also, my specs are as follows:

• OS: Windows 10
  
• Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 6 Cores
  
• RAM: 12GB
  
• GPU: NVidia GeForce GTX 970

and with this the last wave had no performance issues on my end.

[oasiz]

Forge, on 29 August 2018 - 05:56 AM, said:

ever going to 'finalize' that beta into an update so us poor 3dr purchasers can get a taste?

Being worked on, there is a nasty save bug that has been holding it back.

[Micky C]

It looks like the save bug may have been fixed. Any chance of a new update on the 3DR store?

[Zaxx]

I noticed something when I replayed the latest beta of the preview campaign yesterday: was the SMG's spread always this bad? It feels like Redneck Rampage levels of bullshit now.

[Mblackwell]

The spread hasn't changed since release. If you don't hold the key there is little to no spread, and if you do there is but in a stable direction that you can compensate for.