Hey again!
Some of you may remember this small indie game called Subvein - we played it together
way back in 2009 and
again in 2010 and had a blast. Well I'm here to let you know that the game has now been renamed to Mutant Factions and was officially finished last week :D
Over the four years since we last played there have been countless improvements made to the game and many of them have come directly from feedback provided in this very forum! We also now have zombies!! As the developer of the game I can say that your feedback was very valuable, so thank you. Anyway the game is still free, only 28MB to download and more fun than ever before, so come check it out!
NEW VIDEOCheck out the newest video showing off some of the cool new features here. Since we last played you will notice that the game now has an account system, vehicles, zombie coop, ranked servers, lovey graphics and more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N85aypwkAKUABOUT THE GAMEMutant Factions is a top-down multiplayer shooter with guns, skills and vehicles. Imagine the top-down view of GTA2, mixed with the intense online action of Counter Strike, mixed with the strategic character building and skill system of Diablo. Basically I've merged all my favorite childhood games into one :p
Mutant Factions is online, 100% free, and only 28MB so you can start playing in minutes. Everyone here should get the hang of it quickly because the controls are fairly similar to Blockland.. WASD to move, Space to jump, Y to chat, Mouse to shoot, etc.. You join a server and start off fresh at level 10. You press B to buy your gun, V to buy a vehicle and then get to killing people! As you kill people you'll gain experience and mutate, which allows you to invest skill points. You simply press N to open the skill selection screen and you're presented with a wide range of skills to choose from. Invisibility, Bullet Time, Self Repair, Venom Shot, Blade Fury.. the list goes on. As of v1.0 there are a total of 33 skills in the game and over 30 uniquely balanced weapons and vehicles. You choose your skills and the cycle continues, pwning noobs all the way.
Mutant Factions has a number of classic game modes like FFA, Team Deathmatch and Capture The Flag, along with newer and more unique game modes such as Outbreak - where everyone plays cooperatively to slaughter and survive against waves of zombies! The game also includes a built in map editor for the more creative players (eg, almost everyone who plays Blockland), and ranked servers for more competitive players.
Here are some useful links:
Official Site:
http://mutantfactions.netFree Download (28MB):
http://mutantfactions.net/downloads/MutantFactionsSetup.exeYoutube Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N85aypwkAKUSteam Greenlight:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=93082629ZOMBIESThere have been plenty of changes over the past 4 years but the biggest and most recent feature is the new Outbreak game mode. Outbreak introduces a PvE element to the game which is very different to the usual PvP action you're used to. Here you can play in 3 mini-modes: Coop, Survival or Versus. Coop is the most played mode and has everyone play together on the scientsts team. The goal of the game is to kill zombies, collect their souls and then return them to this thing called "the bomb". Returning souls gives you more XP and helps activate the bomb, and blows the bad guys away. The best thing about Outbreak in my opinion is that all of the skills suddenly take on brand new meaning. Whereas the Spike Trap skill is used mostly as an area denial in PvP combat, it suddnely become a huge damage dealer in Outbreak if you throw it into a chokepoint somewhere. Watch the mindless zombies walk into your spikes and get slashed to pieces! Force Fields goes from a mostly defensive skill in PvP to a massive AOE explosion that can kill hundreds of zombies at once when the Force Fields explode. All the skills have double meanings now and are good fun to explore in this new context. Anyway come check it out :D
SCREENSHOTS
Surviving the zombie swarm! Outbreak is the new coop zombie killing mode. Great for practicing your skills and working as a team!
Here you can see I'm using a skill called Bullet Time. You guessed it, it slows your bullets down.. matrix style. Quite a good defensive skill as it prevents enemy bullets from hitting you. What it doesn't slow down however is the Plasma Ball I'm also firing at my enemy. Bit of a cool combo as I can hit him but he can't hit me!!
In this picture we see that a roadblock of vehicles has just been detonated. Blowing up one car will cause other cars next to them to blow up, so you get cool chain reactions like this. This is perfect for the Outbreak zombie mode as you can create barricades with vehicles to keep the zombies at bay, then detonate them and kill them all at once!
In this picture we are playing the Checkpoint (racing) game mode, and can see that a Hornet was chasing my Roadster and fired off a stinger missile to hit me. But I dodged it. No big deal.
Go team! In this picture the Rebels (purple) have stormed the Scientists' (yellow) base with the Flatbed Truck. Players can buy vehicles and have teammates hop in and do drive-by shootings. You even get special armor and accuracy buffs when shooting from a vehicle. Just watch out for Bazookas though..
Anyway, that should do it. Go check it out if you think you might like this, and if you were one of the hundreds of players who liked the game back in 2009 you'll love the game now that it's finished (hopefully!). So download it now. It is a free 28MB download, so you'll be playing in minutes!
Get it here:
http://mutantfactions.netHave Fun!
Ben.
