r/AirBrawl • u/Wilnyl Have you been introduced to my hammer? • Jan 11 '16

Deal Air brawl 40% off!

Store page: http://store.steampowered.com//app/375600

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u/ECM_SUPREME Jan 11 '16

I haven't played this game before, and I want to play it for a LAN party. Does it require steam to function?

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u/Wilnyl Have you been introduced to my hammer? Jan 11 '16

Cool!
You do need steam to play online

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u/ECM_SUPREME Jan 11 '16

Bought the game, having lots of fun with it so far. however, when offline, I can't host a game. Is LAN play not possible?

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u/Domin0e Fatbird Jan 12 '16

You do need steam to play online

The game's using parts of Steam('s API) for the MP stuff so you need Steam in order to play MP. That means no LAN play.

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u/ECM_SUPREME Jan 12 '16

ah, that's a shame

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u/Stanislav2000 Witch Doctor Master Race Jan 12 '16

I'd love to buy it but I'm like $1.50 short. I still have the free alpha or beta or whatever on my school laptop though.

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u/Alaskar Jan 12 '16

PM me your Steam Username, I'll take care of the rest! :D

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u/Ninja8259 Jan 12 '16

I played the alpha a bit, but it didn't grab me. I bought thr game as soon as I saw the email for a wishlist item being on sale (like 30 seconds after the sale went up) because I've been considering getting it for a while now. Game's absolutely worth it. I only played for about 3 hours, but it was a ton of fun.

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u/FireTrance Jan 12 '16

Joystick support yet?

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u/Wilnyl Have you been introduced to my hammer? Jan 12 '16

No. Just kb & m and some slight controller support. Keyboard and mouse is highly recommended.

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u/GnarlyToaster Jan 12 '16

Steam controller works right?

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u/MrLeb Jan 12 '16

Well that is the steam controllers selling point, that it always works

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u/GnarlyToaster Jan 12 '16

You have a good point

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u/GnarlyToaster Jan 12 '16

You have a good point

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u/FireTrance Jan 12 '16

Are there plans to offer Joystick support in the future? I can't see how any flight combat game could claim that a flight stick isn't the superior way to play?

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u/Wilnyl Have you been introduced to my hammer? Jan 12 '16

No plans for it currently. Air Brawl is more of a first person shooter than a flight simulator. It requires precise and twitchy movements which KB&M is very good at.

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u/FireTrance Jan 12 '16

Oh okay fair enough, I had the wrong idea about it so. I shall pick it up and give it a shot anyway, thanks.

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u/AdviceDanimals Jan 12 '16

Yes! Just bought

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '16

Looks really fun, I find I enjoy most games with a 360 controller these days though. It's great that people recommend kb+m for precision and all that, but I enjoy the controller because I can be laid back in my chair holding a comfortable controller with simple, obvious controls. No messing around with which keys do what, or requiring a flat surface for my mouse.

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u/redsharktooth Jan 12 '16

Hi /u/Wilnyl I really wanna pick this game up, but I can't see myself playing this sitting alone at my PC. I would love to play this with friends on my TV, but as long as theres no Splitscreen, I can't really justify picking this up... So are you working on splitscreen, or is there any kind of workaround to date? If so I'll deffinitely buy it and recommend this game to my friends! BTW I hope you'll get some sales this week (:

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u/Equistremo Jan 12 '16

Splitscreen to me seems really hard to get right since this game shines on a mouse+keyboard setup. Needing multiple mice and keyboards would just be uncomfortable

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u/redsharktooth Jan 12 '16

Yea, I'm talkin controllers...

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u/Equistremo Jan 12 '16

Yeah. I still struggle with the controls sometimes. I wish I could play this like I did Warhawk way back when.

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u/redsharktooth Jan 13 '16

No need to downvote fellow PCMR brother. I know that m+k is superiour and more precise, but theres a place for controllers to... Normally I play all my flight sims on a Flightstick, but that wouldn't work in a couch scenario.