spindoctor
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Guess there won't be any preload now. How big is the game?
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Natural Selection 2 |OT| You're Squad 5
- Thread starter Dictator93
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notoriousKTR
Member
4.8GB
The original was probably my favorite multiplayer game. I spent so many hours playing that game. Hopefully they'll have some siege maps up in the coming weeks.
I'm pretty much in the dark about this, not sure what i think about the alien commander.
That's not too bad.
I'm pretty much in the dark about this, not sure what i think about the alien commander.
That's not too bad.
SteveWinwood
Member
I thought I read somewhere that they had turned down to do launch tf2 hats?
Dictator93
Member
It was never added in NS2 due to it apparently being an anti-fun mechanic.
Admittedly it sort of is. But it is still hella cool
I like the game a lot but it really pales in comparison to NS1. I can see what they were trying to do with the changes but it doesn't always work and it's just not as fun to play
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
I think I quit right before the siege map patch came out so I never played them. Still the best half-life 1 mod though.
The best part was how both sides were completely different to play. Alien commander feels so wrong.
jediyoshi
Member
I asked at pax and they'd said no. on the gamespot video from a few days ago they said they had one planned
Dictator93
Member
Siege maps were never official in any sense of the word. But they were hilarious in their own right
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
$10-$15 is pretty much the standard price for DD only indie games so $25 might seem like a premium. If you look at it on the other end, then $50 is the standard price for a PC game and $25 is a discounted price.
I don't really have an issue with the price as long as there's a healthy online community. I'd be down for a 4 pack.
Whatever happened to the <BAD> Clan Server? Most popular server in the two years I played NS1.
Been playing the beta all night.
Makes me yearn the early days of NS1 when the average game would last 3-4 hours. Then they fixed it with patches
But still after playing this tonight, I cannot wait for the full release - hopefully some of my old NS buddies start playing again too
Forgot how much I loved this game
Makes me yearn the early days of NS1 when the average game would last 3-4 hours. Then they fixed it with patches
But still after playing this tonight, I cannot wait for the full release - hopefully some of my old NS buddies start playing again too
Forgot how much I loved this game
Facism
Member
Costs as far as i know. BAD clan leader bro was paying loads of money to host. They managed to keep the server going 3 or so months after they ran out of money due to the generosity of donations from players within their community.
I'm not too clued in as i'm a Euro NS player and rarely venture to the US side of things, mostly due to their propensity to trivialise racism and mental disabilities for their own amusement. Pretty much the xbox live of NS.
Huge sales and itunes pricing is really ruining things.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
I have 1 copy left from a 4-pack. PM me if you want it.
$18.75 Paypal gift payment.
$18.75 Paypal gift payment.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
25 bucks eh? Hmm...might blind buy this.
Dictator93
Member
GAME JUST GOT UPLOAD TO STEAM!
Dictator93
Member
1.0 is Downloading.
20 minutes till live trailer launch on their stream!
http://de.twitch.tv/naturalselection2
20 minutes till live trailer launch on their stream!
http://de.twitch.tv/naturalselection2
Played quite a lot of the beta and been watching a lot of the competitive streams lately, really looking forward to this, the game has come on leaps and bounds recently.
May have to disconnect my PC from my TV and hook it back up to the desk with a proper keyboard and mouse over the weekend - joypad ain't gonna cut it!
May have to disconnect my PC from my TV and hook it back up to the desk with a proper keyboard and mouse over the weekend - joypad ain't gonna cut it!
Woo-Fu
Banned
me either, guess it was 5 PST Valve Time(tm).
TouchMyBox
Member
Give valve another dozen minutes.
Speculator
BioWare Austin
Teknopathetic
Member
For at least the very near future, population does not appear to be an issue.
Teknopathetic
Member
"Is the maximum # of allowed players per server capped at 24? It was 32 in the original mod."
I think it's 32, but I haven't seen any servers using it (I think it's best at 16 players max, personally).
I think it's 32, but I haven't seen any servers using it (I think it's best at 16 players max, personally).
Dictator93
Member
I think it is best at 8 or 9 per team. More tactical and less spam
Some Australia server was capped at 100 players a week back, didn't last long though. 18 is the sweet spot for me.
That's because no server can run the game without severe performance problems with more than 24 players right now. I assume as they optimize the game more in the future there will be 32 player servers again.
No, no. I want rookie friendly. I've never set foot in the Natural Selection world before and new communities tend to chew up noobs such as myself quickly over lack of experience.
I would think a GAF server would be small enough to avoid this.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
Yep, this is what I heard all from beta people. Game runs somewhat badly. I'm not picking it up until they improve performance, both online and fps wise.
Good to know I'm not alone. It feels like NS and I can see myself playing this for a while. But I need to relearn everything because I feel like a noob again
Dictator93
Member
There are 5,000 people playing NS2 right now. WOW
Facism
Member
nah mate jump right in. a lot of the ns vets and ns2 beta players are friendly and helpful. i'd recommend marines at first as it's closer to established fps play. you'll get to see the alien lifeforms, structures and abilities without worrying if you've burdened the team.
just listen to your teammates and commander and you'll be fine.