Hello Everyone!
Today I made a YouTube video to help very new players learn what Guns of Icarus Online really is! Also I know a few people on the forums who don't own the game, so this is also for you. If you don't want to watch the video, I have pasted my script below! I hope you all enjoy, I spent a couple of hours making it!
Script:
Guns of Icarus online is a multiplayer steam-punk game. You are on a ship with three other crew members, and in the most common game mode ( which is a full on 2 v 2 ), you aim is to destroy the enemy airships and reach 5 kills, as shown in the gameplay that you are watching.
In this game you are part of a 4 crew airship, with other real players. You will always have 4 crew members on any ship, even if you are flying as part of a fleet of 2,3 or 4 air-ships. You can choose from 3 different classes which are "Engineer", "Gunner" and "pilot. As you can probably imagine, the engineer will fix things around the ship, and occasionally hop on one of the guns when needed. The gunner will most of the time just stay on the "main gun", which would normally be the one with the most range and power, but that would be up to the gunner and the pilot to decide.
And then there is the pilot, you will need allot of skill to fly one of these ships and you'll need to take into consideration the gunner and your engineers. You don't want to work the engines to hard or they will brake, and you don't want to give your gunner no chance to shoot. One of the things that many people do in this game, is leave piloting until they are a high level at gunning or engineering, but sometimes you get the odd few who have played many piloting games before and they are able to do it, but like I said, I have only seen 1 or 2 in my time of playing.
There are currently a wide range of seven ships to choose from, and you can customise them by placing different guns in different places. The ship that I am on in this gameplay is called the squid. It has a back facing gun ( Which not many ships have ), but to counter for that there is no gun on the left side. All of the ships in this game have good points and bad points, so when in battle it all balances out and comes down to your pilots tactics and your skill.
The Guns of Icarus community is the best I have seen, If you want help, someone will take you into a private lobby and teach you, if you need to know how to do something in-game, even the enemy team will gladly tell you, which could even change the outcome of a game.
The weapons in this game are great fun to use, and if you are a good captain and you put the right guns in the right places, you will be able to forget about repair and destroy the enemy in no time. Some guns in this game are like snipers, others are like machine guns and they all have different strengths. Such as the gun I was just using, is called the gatling gun, it is great for destroying hulls, and then our front gun would be good for finishing the ship off. I am currently making tutorials for this game, so If you would like to find out more, click your screen.
This game may look confusing at first sight, but once you play a few matches, you will learn the ships layout, the best tools to use for repairing and the best ammunition to use for different guns. This game does have a create a class system, where depending on which class you are wanting to edit ( Engineer, gunner or pilot ) you will have a different layout. If I picked the Engineer class, I would be able to have 1 piloting equipment, 3 engineering equipment and 1 gunning equipment. If I picked the gunner class, I would be able to have 1 piloting equipment, 1 engineering equipment and 3 gunning equipment, same would go for the pilot, 3 piloting equipment, 1 engineering equipment and 1 gunning equipment, not that you would normally find a pilot on a gun!
If you have any questions please ask them in the comments, or if you feel like asking allot of people, head over to the forums! I think that brings this video to an end, If you think I've missed a key thing, please leave a comment down below. If you are interested in buying this game, I have a link where you can get it for only a few pounds, so if you are interested, there will be a link in the description and also an annotation on screen. Also if you are interested, don't forget to watch my tutorial series.
