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#1 Habeeb

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Posted December 22 2012 - 10:11 PM

Greetings everyone! I'd first like to say that I have been enjoying hawken quite a bit, and that I only want the best for this game. Seriously, this game is hot fuzzy bunny. Me and my group of freinds were pumped when we first saw the trailer for this game, and so far, I have been impressed with the gameplay. I have been playing since the alpha and I have no intention of quitting any time soon.

   However, I am not here to just shower praises on this game. After all, no game is perfect, and if someone really likes a game, they will want to see it improve in any way possible. So, I'd like to start by beating a dead horse and, like many other players have, urge that this game be on steam as soon as possible. Now, I'm not at all sure whether or not it has been made clear that this will happen in the future, but I can't stress how important it is that this game is available to steam users. I'm sure this game would be a hit on steam, and I know it would increase revenue for the game. However, if this game is going to be a PC only release and be on steam, I think another issue needs to be addressed.

Before I start on that though, I'd like to show whoever is still interested in this subject to take a quick look at these stats: http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

I realize there's a lot of information on that page, but I want to draw attention to a certain stat:

Multi-Monitor Desktop Resolution - 18.60%

   What this means is that nearly 19% of players on steam (Basically the PC gaming community) use multi monitored setups, with some users using up to 5 monitors for a more immersive experience. However, Hawken currently has some issues displaying in a satisfactory manner with multi-display set ups. How does this effect the game, you might ask?

Well, it kind of looks like this: http://imgur.com/a/3pr6B#0

   This is a picture of the game running at 5065x1050 with a FOV set at 90, and it is obviously unplayable in this state. In my humble opinion, if a game is going to be a PC only release, it needs to support what any PC player might want to use or tweak in relation to the visual display. Some of you might recall borderlands getting a lot of positive press for their "love letter" to PC gamers that promised a more PC-friendly game, especially in the area of visual settings. These kind of things need to be available to PC gamers right off the bat, especially with a game that is a PC-only, non console-port release.

   I'd like to also say that I am in no way downsizing the effort that has been put into this game. I think it's amazing how this game looks and plays. It's even more astounding considering the size of the team working on this game. I really enjoy hawken, and I would love to see it be a big success. I think adressing these two issues would help Hawken as a whole, and would be healthy for the community. If you guys want to add on to this or critique, feel free. See you guys online!
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#2 Elektrey

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Posted December 24 2012 - 09:17 PM

Steam would be great. I love using the steam overlay and it really makes it easily accessible to many many players (or as Meteor might like to call them 'Customers'). I myself have 4 monitors but do not have the computing power to use all 4, however I wish to see this possible. It seems like with the devs being so interested in oculus rift and this new-ish immersive technology they wouldn't have purposely left out multi-screen gaming.
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#3 ElfenSky

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Posted August 15 2013 - 01:01 PM

Hmm, yes, I agree. But reading your post, I get the feeling that all that needs to get tweaked is the maximum fov... Is that right?

Other then that - I'm new here, and tried searching the forums - are there plans on a console (current of next-gen) release?
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#4 BudderIsACrime

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Posted August 18 2013 - 01:47 PM

I agree to the fact that they should have Steam support.
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Posted August 18 2013 - 07:49 PM

I agree 100% on this! waiting to play either 3 screen landscape or 5 screen portrait. I have the 5th screen as my 2nd screen on my backup pc.

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#6 KyRoS

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Posted August 18 2013 - 08:05 PM

I don't think the game is quite ready for Steam yet. Once we see how this next patch goes, and once they clean up any bugs, balance issues, or make other changes, if all goes well, hopefully it will be enough to bring in and retain new players. They need this upcoming patch out, and have it pretty polished, before thinking about Steam, IMHO.





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