DOSH QUEST: The Killing Floor Starter's guide and "I want more people to play" Thread

Ramary · 07-19-2011, 08:07 AM

EDIT: Oh Derp, I forgot to show you where you can buy the game, Here. Also here for the game with character skins bundle.
Welcome!

Intro
Hi! I am Ramary, and unless you do NPF Steam Night, chances are you do not know who I am. I am a friend of Karesh, and he had me join in on one of the steam nights saying something along the lines of "Oh they all suck at video games" it was a golden opportunity for me. A few weekends of stomping later, I joined the forums proper because why the hell not.

Now, since I do not like being a worthless piece of shit all day and playing all these games (yes I do) I decided to make a guide/recruitment thing for one of my most played games right now, Killing Floor.

But just what IS Killing Floor oh mysterious stranger?

This video is the basic idea.

Okay not really, but there is a reason I linked that....

Killing Floor is a wave-based survival horror game in which you play a member of a squad of up to 6 in a destroyed England, thanks to the "Zed Specimens" twisted creations of an evil corporation (DAMN YOU CAPITALISM). Most games last for 10 waves, as well as an extra final wave where you fight the game's final boss. In between waves you can visit and buy weapons from the trader, some stingy bitch that actually expects British pounds to actually be worth something in a Zombie Apocalypse( Then again, how are you getting money from the specimens.....) and players can share money with their teammates if needed. Each player can pick one of 7 perk classes which level up as you meat certain criteria, as well as a character skin, which packs of extra skins can be bought at the steam store (or all of them with the game as a bundle).

I'm sorry, I still don't get the video...

OH RIGHT! Part of the game's charm is the voice acting

Good Lord The Voice Acting

The game's voice acting is basically everyone has a cockney accent and for an apparent squad of commandos, they seem to be having lots of fun with this. Doing everything from healing, to taking out certain weapons get you a quip from the characters.

Espeically sharing money.

I think the game is worth it for the VA alone...but there is plenty of other things to like. The actual gun play is some of the best I ever seen, and the weapons and perks are all different enough that boredom can be combated by just switching your perk. But before we talk about perks...

THE BAD GUYS
Let us talk about the Zeds/Specimens/Zombies/whatever

IMPORTANT: UNTIL JULY 22ND, THERE IS A CIRCUS SKIN ON EVERY BAD GUY, SO THEY DO NOT MATCH WHAT I DESCRIBE THEM AS, BE WARNED.

Clots
What they look like: Um....zombies...yeah these guys don't look very unique.

What they do: Clots are the mooks of the hordes. There is a lot of them, but they don't exactly serve as much of a threat. The only real thing to watch out for is that they can actually grab on to you, and thus making you unable to move till they are killed by someone

Bloats
What they look like: Big ol' fat guys, they carry around a meat cleaver.

What they do: Bloats puke on people, and the puke HURTS. If you are puked on, you will get a blocked screen as well as take fairly heavy damage overtime. A bit of puke comes out when they explode and die as well. They also are somewhat tough to take down.

Gorefast
What they look like: A dude that thought it would be an AWESOME idea to attach a sword to his arm....and attach his sword-less arm to his sword arm...

What they do: They slice and dice. Namely, as the name implies, once they see you, and get within a certain range, they will bumrush you and try and take you down. They also take a few hits more then a clot to take down.

Crawlers (SpiderBitches)
What they look like: Man-Spiders. They crawl on the ground and hop around a lot.

What they do: ...They crawl on the ground and hop around a lot. They also come in packs most of the time, and are very hard to hit when they are right at your damn feet. They are one of the more annoying of the baddies, luckily they are also pretty much the weakest as far has health goes.

Stalkers
What they look like: Invisible ugly naked ladies.

What they do: They cloak (poorly most of the time) and try and sneak up behind people to smack them. They are fairly fast, but they are not as bad as you would think because you can see them while invisible if you are close enough (or a Commando).

Husks
What they look like: A dude with a big ol' cannon on his arm.

What they do: Shoot the cannon. The only ranged baddie (besides final boss). He shoots a ball of fire, if hit by it you will be set on fire and take a bit of damage overtime. He is also fairly resistant to explosives and especially fire, but he can not outsmart boolet. He still has quite a bit of HP

Sirens
What they look like: ANOTHER NAKED CHICK. Still ugly, but not invisible and tied up.

What they do: SCREAM. LOUDLY. Sirens move slowly, and if someone gets within range, she screams, showing a big red sound orb-thing that expands around her. If you get hit by it you will lose HP (armor can not save you from her). She also has fairly high hp (about as much as a bloat) so shes also toughish to take down. Her screams can also destroy explosive weaponry in midair.

Scrakes
What they look like: A dude with a chainsaw

What they do: Take a wild guess

Be Lumberjacks?

Yes, AND YOU ARE THE TREE. Scrakes move slowly, think Michael Meyers in Halloween slow, and will start lumberjacking anyone's face that gets close. And they hurt. A Lot. However, once enough damage is done to them (75% of their HP) they go berserk and move really fast and rush at the closest person to chop them up. They have a lot of hp, and like the husk, does not take a lot of damage from fire or explosives, but they are a bit more effective vs scrakes then husks.

Flesh Pounds (RAPE TRAIN HAS NO BREAKS)
What they look like: Big bastards that glow yellow and have maces for hands (It was a good idea at the time)

What they do: KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL

Specifically, Flesh Pounds are the GODDAMN JUGGERNAUT of the game. They start, like the scrake, walking. Walking very fast though, faster then you expect him to be. Once he takes enough damage in a short time span (it doesn't even need to be a lot damage eather) he will glow red, and the rape begins! Nothing can stand in his way in this state! Door? SMASH! Boolets? Runs at them laughing. Other Zeds? Bloody smears on his face. You? Well kid, you are gonna be a spectator soon let us just say that. He also has an insane amount of hp.
Ill go into greater detail with dealing with the flesh pound when I talk about perks (because he needs it).

THE PATRIARCH
What he look like: Um, this.

Yup.

OH SWEET JE-I mean, What he do: A LOT. He is the final boss, showing up at the final "extra" (11/10 usually) wave. He can.....
Shoot mini gun boolets
Shoot rockets
Smack you with his claw
Smack you with that....tentacle...thing
Cloak like the stalker (expect it is actually a GOOD cloak)
While cloaked, move faster then ANYTHING in the game
When weak, he can cloak and run, while calling in more baddies
If he gets away, he can heal himself, and can do it THREE times.
He can also wipe out your entire squad in about 10 seconds on NORMAL

There are so many methods of dealing with him I recommend just watching and learning if you are playing the game. But considering it is STILL a big deal to me to be in a squad that actually kills him, he is quite a monster to bring down.

07-19-2011, 08:07 AM	#1
Ramary HE OPENS THE DOOR TO HIS DARK PAST Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Some craphole Posts: 770	DOSH QUEST: The Killing Floor Starter's guide and "I want more people to play" Thread EDIT: Oh Derp, I forgot to show you where you can buy the game, Here. Also here for the game with character skins bundle. Welcome! Intro Hi! I am Ramary, and unless you do NPF Steam Night, chances are you do not know who I am. I am a friend of Karesh, and he had me join in on one of the steam nights saying something along the lines of "Oh they all suck at video games" it was a golden opportunity for me. A few weekends of stomping later, I joined the forums proper because why the hell not. Now, since I do not like being a worthless piece of shit all day and playing all these games (yes I do) I decided to make a guide/recruitment thing for one of my most played games right now, Killing Floor. But just what IS Killing Floor oh mysterious stranger? This video is the basic idea. Okay not really, but there is a reason I linked that.... Killing Floor is a wave-based survival horror game in which you play a member of a squad of up to 6 in a destroyed England, thanks to the "Zed Specimens" twisted creations of an evil corporation (DAMN YOU CAPITALISM). Most games last for 10 waves, as well as an extra final wave where you fight the game's final boss. In between waves you can visit and buy weapons from the trader, some stingy bitch that actually expects British pounds to actually be worth something in a Zombie Apocalypse( Then again, how are you getting money from the specimens.....) and players can share money with their teammates if needed. Each player can pick one of 7 perk classes which level up as you meat certain criteria, as well as a character skin, which packs of extra skins can be bought at the steam store (or all of them with the game as a bundle). I'm sorry, I still don't get the video... OH RIGHT! Part of the game's charm is the voice acting Good Lord The Voice Acting The game's voice acting is basically everyone has a cockney accent and for an apparent squad of commandos, they seem to be having lots of fun with this. Doing everything from healing, to taking out certain weapons get you a quip from the characters. Espeically sharing money. I think the game is worth it for the VA alone...but there is plenty of other things to like. The actual gun play is some of the best I ever seen, and the weapons and perks are all different enough that boredom can be combated by just switching your perk. But before we talk about perks... THE BAD GUYS Let us talk about the Zeds/Specimens/Zombies/whatever *IMPORTANT: UNTIL JULY 22ND, THERE IS A CIRCUS SKIN ON EVERY BAD GUY, SO THEY DO NOT MATCH WHAT I DESCRIBE THEM AS, BE WARNED.* Clots What they look like: Um....zombies...yeah these guys don't look very unique. What they do: Clots are the mooks of the hordes. There is a lot of them, but they don't exactly serve as much of a threat. The only real thing to watch out for is that they can actually grab on to you, and thus making you unable to move till they are killed by someone Bloats What they look like: Big ol' fat guys, they carry around a meat cleaver. What they do: Bloats puke on people, and the puke HURTS. If you are puked on, you will get a blocked screen as well as take fairly heavy damage overtime. A bit of puke comes out when they explode and die as well. They also are somewhat tough to take down. Gorefast What they look like: A dude that thought it would be an AWESOME idea to attach a sword to his arm....and attach his sword-less arm to his sword arm... What they do: They slice and dice. Namely, as the name implies, once they see you, and get within a certain range, they will bumrush you and try and take you down. They also take a few hits more then a clot to take down. Crawlers (SpiderBitches) What they look like: Man-Spiders. They crawl on the ground and hop around a lot. What they do: ...They crawl on the ground and hop around a lot. They also come in packs most of the time, and are very hard to hit when they are right at your damn feet. They are one of the more annoying of the baddies, luckily they are also pretty much the weakest as far has health goes. Stalkers What they look like: Invisible ugly naked ladies. What they do: They cloak (poorly most of the time) and try and sneak up behind people to smack them. They are fairly fast, but they are not as bad as you would think because you can see them while invisible if you are close enough (or a Commando). Husks What they look like: A dude with a big ol' cannon on his arm. What they do: Shoot the cannon. The only ranged baddie (besides final boss). He shoots a ball of fire, if hit by it you will be set on fire and take a bit of damage overtime. He is also fairly resistant to explosives and especially fire, but he can not outsmart boolet. He still has quite a bit of HP Sirens What they look like: ANOTHER NAKED CHICK. Still ugly, but not invisible and tied up. What they do: SCREAM. LOUDLY. Sirens move slowly, and if someone gets within range, she screams, showing a big red sound orb-thing that expands around her. If you get hit by it you will lose HP (armor can not save you from her). She also has fairly high hp (about as much as a bloat) so shes also toughish to take down. Her screams can also destroy explosive weaponry in midair. Scrakes What they look like: A dude with a chainsaw What they do: Take a wild guess Be Lumberjacks? Yes, AND YOU ARE THE TREE. Scrakes move slowly, think Michael Meyers in Halloween slow, and will start lumberjacking anyone's face that gets close. And they hurt. A Lot. However, once enough damage is done to them (75% of their HP) they go berserk and move really fast and rush at the closest person to chop them up. They have a lot of hp, and like the husk, does not take a lot of damage from fire or explosives, but they are a bit more effective vs scrakes then husks. Flesh Pounds (RAPE TRAIN HAS NO BREAKS) What they look like: Big bastards that glow yellow and have maces for hands (It was a good idea at the time) What they do: KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL Specifically, Flesh Pounds are the GODDAMN JUGGERNAUT of the game. They start, like the scrake, walking. Walking very fast though, faster then you expect him to be. Once he takes enough damage in a short time span (it doesn't even need to be a lot damage eather) he will glow red, and the rape begins! Nothing can stand in his way in this state! Door? SMASH! Boolets? Runs at them laughing. Other Zeds? Bloody smears on his face. You? Well kid, you are gonna be a spectator soon let us just say that. He also has an insane amount of hp. Ill go into greater detail with dealing with the flesh pound when I talk about perks (because he needs it). THE PATRIARCH What he look like: Um, this. Yup. OH SWEET JE-I mean, What he do: A LOT. He is the final boss, showing up at the final "extra" (11/10 usually) wave. He can..... Shoot mini gun boolets Shoot rockets Smack you with his claw Smack you with that....tentacle...thing Cloak like the stalker (expect it is actually a GOOD cloak) While cloaked, move faster then ANYTHING in the game When weak, he can cloak and run, while calling in more baddies If he gets away, he can heal himself, and can do it THREE times. He can also wipe out your entire squad in about 10 seconds on NORMAL There are so many methods of dealing with him I recommend just watching and learning if you are playing the game. But considering it is STILL a big deal to me to be in a squad that actually kills him, he is quite a monster to bring down. Last edited by Ramary; 07-19-2011 at 08:10 AM.