Natural Selection 2 ~ Released

[Guy]

That's it folks, it's out. I'll be playing; anyone else?

 

[Aciiid]

Me at some point, but I have soooo many other games I'm still playing who knows.

 

[Artanix]

might have a crack at this sooner or later, not sure how well I'd get on with people though

 

[Aciiid]

Played for about 3 hours last night, but had to take a short break mid way as it's pretty intense. It's pretty much the same but both sides have a commander which does even things up a bit more I think.

Great fun.

A.

 

[Dart]

I've got it, but haven't played it yet

 

[Guy]

There's something that I think's changed between 1 & 2 that I don't like; I seem to recall buying armor upgrades in 1, but in 2 it is automatically done by the commander. Is that right?

Also, not a fan of the hive commander; preferred the fact that the aliens were totally different.

Other'n that, having a blast.

 

[Aciiid]

I think it was in 2 that you had to buy all your own stuff, I don't really mind that unless you get a noob commander that is. But at least the aliens can get noob commanders too now. It was getting too much like alien counterstrike before as if you joined a server part way everyone else had all the tech and you were just fodder.

I feel it's better with both commanders as the aliens didn't have to work together before whereas the marines had to so in public games the aliens would win 80% of the time. I think it's more even now maybe the marines having a slight advantage later on. Fortunately I've only been in a couple of games where the commander was a noob.

I really like the aliens night vision and it's balanced by only being fairly short range vision, gives the aliens a whole other dimension. Not sure but I remember seeing a lot more things through walls before too but don't miss them much.

It's more like the original NS1 with bells on which I preferred.