Yup. Patch went out on Steam yesterday. It also adds a new "Last Stand" mode, which is a 4-player cooperative survival mode.

This is HUGE, and I'm really excited. Shattered Horizon's a really enjoyable shooter, but because of its steep hardware requirements (which honestly shouldn't be a problem anymore) the server populations are low, and games are hard to find. While bots still aren't as good as a lot of regularly populated servers, they do help make up the difference. There's a singleplayer mode which is great for getting acclimated to the game, or bots can be used is regular multiplayer matches to flesh out player counts. All game modes can be played single- or multiplayer.

I'm THIS close to buying it...but I can't stand playing against bots, not matter how good they are.
How easy/hard is it to find populated servers?

Mod I didn't know you were on steam. Add me to your friends. Do you have left 4 dead 2 or battlefield bad company 2, or half life 2? I want to get BF2. I mostly play L4D because survival is awesome! And L4D at its peak I think has 10k players. Plenty of games and different modes going on.

ScorchedNX2K wrote:I'm THIS close to buying it...but I can't stand playing against bots, not matter how good they are.
How easy/hard is it to find populated servers?

Not easy:
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/54063 ... A3CCC9A86/
Took that just seconds ago.

One of the biggest problems with finding FUN servers is something that SHOULD be a huge strength for the game: tons of rules options. Unfortunately no one uses them, and almost every server has the same rules, as you can see in that pic. If you don't like friendly fire (FF) be prepared to never have anyone to play with. Or if you're new, and looking for a low-score-only server, good luck with that too. As with most games with small playerbases, SH has a loyal group of experienced players but not many newbies, and not much wiggle room outside what's popular with the loyalists.

Of course it's a PC game, so you can always host your own server (rent it at a games hosting site if you don't have the means to host on hardware you have at home). But that won't guarantee you'll get players filling it.

Despite all of the above, though, the games you do get going will be a blast. The game has evolved significantly since launch (more weapons, more gamemodes, more maps, in addition to the recently added bots). The way grenades function adds a lot more strategy to their use than the "panic 'nade" strategy encouraged by COD and Halo and the like. And the use of spacesuits is well-devised, too, with the ability to shut down your suit computer to hide from player "radar" at the expense of your GUI/reticle and most of your maneuverability. When you shut down you also lose sound, as that's suit-simulated since you're obviously fighting in a vacuum.

With a little control tweaking (using auxiliary mouse buttons as roll control being the biggest change) I've found moving in the zero-G setting very natural.

Amays U G37S wrote:Mod I didn't know you were on steam. Add me to your friends. Do you have left 4 dead 2 or battlefield bad company 2, or half life 2? I want to get BF2. I mostly play L4D because survival is awesome! And L4D at its peak I think has 10k players. Plenty of games and different modes going on.

What's your name on Steam? I have L4D2 and HL2, but no BFBC. My steam games:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/ministerof ... es?tab=all

I added you on steam under Deathmetalroolz (made long ago dunno how to change it lol)

You actually can change the name that appears to your friends. It's surprisingly simple, just not very obvious.
Open Steam, click the Steam menu, and select Settings. Go to the Friends tab and there's a field for changing your profile name. That's all there is to it.

I just accepted a request from Velkyn1...that you?

ya velkyn1 is me, i meant my account name is deathmetalroolz, I tried to change that yesterday.. Ya my profile name is velkyn1

I found out where to change profile name but I think I have to call them if I want account name change... I am afraid to change it and lose my games!

Weird...I changed by brother's with no problem. Just clicked OK and that was it.

I tried to look through it to see, maybe I will again tonight..

I seen where I can change Velkyn1, which is my profile name, but not my intitial account name.. I looked through there but didn't see anything, lol

I think I'll buy it just for the fact that I love that kind of setting. Hard Sci-Fi gets me going. Reminds me of this Anime called Planetes about an orbital debris clean-up crew. Realistic portrayal of what our near future in space will be like...think taking a stroll across a firing range.

Do it. It's only $20 anyway.