Squad....

The last three years has seen me make a comment about Squad. For some reason I found it amusing that the old posts could be ordered by year. First in 2015, a few weeks later in 2016 and most recently April this year when they did a free weekend. As I said then it's one worth keeping an eye on. Also the frequency I'm posting about it seems to be increasing... Interest is rising.
What brings it to mind again now is a recent video from the AngryJoeShow.

 AngryJoe Plays Squad! [Alpha Impressions] 

A brief view....

I tried out Squad for a bit this weekend. Not for as long as I wanted but still a good hours worth of game time. My time was curbed mainly by the full servers, no surprise given the free weekend.

I veered away from the open slots on the lower ping servers.


Graphically the attention to detail seems on par with Arma 3. That's not to say that all portions of the game are perfect, it's still well in development. There is a lot of polish to be applied yet.
 

Controls are easily memorable, no really complex button mashing contortionism. I still stand by my view that Squad is the perfect mid ground between the likes of Battlefield 4 and Arma 3.  Trying it out confirms that to me. Intricate but not overly complex and more approachable in a pick up and play kind of way.

The game does depend on a lot of interaction between players. The more organised the group the better. Get on a server that has an open space in a squad who's leader is afk/noninteractive and you will be in a world of hurt.

Long story short it's a game worth keeping an eye on. 


This video is a good view of a gamer going into into Squad as a single player.

The Shermanator

The games video tutorials are also worth a watch and show a lot of thought on how they want their community to work together.

 

[Squad] Tutorial Series

 

Squad.... Free Weekend!

It's been a while since I last mentioned this game. There has been a lot of progress since. The latest news is that they are offering a free weekend. For four days anyone can play the game (April 6th to April 10th), full details here: http://joinsquad.com/readArticle?articleId=153

Squad.... Looking up.

I mentioned this game a few weeks ago after seeing it on Steam.
I described this game as the poor mans Arma III to a friend that play's Arma,  I don't think he liked that. But if it is a poor mans Amra III I might stand a chance of getting into it.
I found some gameplay footage over on Unit Lost that speaks volumes.

Squad

I avoided Arma III because it would have taken a large chunk of life from me. I would have started to do mods/maps and joined it's community etc.
But this article shows a game called Squad that appears to be a "lite" version of Arma. May be worthy of more interest.