Natural Selection 2 (NS2) - FPS/RTS with depth

[james888]

Originally Posted by AphexDreamer

The game can get pretty competitive and its a matter of how serious you, your team and your commander are.

Indeed, he is right. I have trouble playing ns2 anymore unless I am with the right set of people. I don't care if I am losing but ns2 is a team game and must be played as such. Much more fun that way too. To get as good as the pros takes hundreds of hours though. They all have 1000+ game hours. I myself am only at 450.

[james888]

Ns2 is going to be 50% off on the 28th for the free dlc gorgeous update.

[TheHunter]

Nice, thanks for info!

I already bought this game a while ago, good to see it updated

[james888]

Natural Selection 2 is having a free weekend march 21st-24th and is going to be 50% off.

[KainXS]

I'm gonna try out this free weekend if I like it, will buy it since its on sale, thanks

[james888]

Originally Posted by KainXS

I'm gonna try out this free weekend if I like it, will buy it since its on sale, thanks

Come back and post your thoughts if it was really good, bad, or meh. I just love the game and was hoping this would become more of a discussion thread than an awareness thread.

This video here is someones first time playing, and it is funny.

[techtard]

If I can tear myself away from my crippling DOTA addiction, I may pop in and do some NS2. I own the game but haven't played much. It's pretty fun, but when I was playing it I had a crappy Toshiba HDTV as my monitor and it was too laggy for FPS games.

[Mindweaver]

Yea, I'm going to give this a try as well.

[james888]

I am still curious what you guys who just tried it thought.

I updated the OP with more recent and relevant links to videos and what not. I put in the two trailers on the thread so they are watchable without going to youtube. I added my take on the game. I also recommended specs because I feel the recommended specs should be higher.

The game made it to #5 on steams top sellers during the free weekend.

[james888]

[james888]

An interesting new community made mod was just released.


Xenoswarm
Our vision for Xenoswarm is a cross between a "Left 4 Dead" style co-operative experience and the asymmetrical combat that you all know and love in NS2. Choose from one of three classes (Assault, Support and Scout), each with their own unique abilities and work together to escape from the clutches of the alien horde.

Planned features
A class system with three different classes.
A completely rewritten XP and upgrade system.
AI-controlled enemies and allies.
A builder weapon for the marines to allow creation of outposts.
New weapons: Submachine Gun, Knives, Portable scanner, Laser trip mines and more!



That is another great thing about ns2. You buy one game but get access to what is only a few mods at the moment, but more are coming.
New maps with story-based progression.
Difficulty scaling with the number of players and friendly bots making the game suitable as a single player experience.

[lyndonguitar]

I just got this game, so far I think the Aliens are easier to play and overpowered over the marines, in every game i played, the aliens won

[james888]

Originally Posted by lyndonguitar

I just got this game, so far I think the Aliens are easier to play and overpowered over the marines, in every game i played, the aliens won

That is funny you say that. The general community consensus is that marines are easier at first to play because people are used to the play style compared to aliens.

The global statistics are almost exactly 50/50 on who wins. In my experience though, aliens win more too. I could go a bit more on strategy and why I think aliens win more but I think it is moot.

In general are you enjoying the game?