NS2HD[372] - Casual Summit Play

http://www.ns2hd.com

Natural Selection 2 is a first person shooter cross real time strategy game being developed by Unknown Worlds Entertainment, a small ~6 person team in California. It is a stand alone sequel to the popular Half-Life modification Natural Selection.

The game is currently in beta, and is available to purchase for US$35. Purchasing the game gives access to the beta and the full release when the game is finished. The beta is patched regularly, at a minimum every two weeks.

NS2 pits the human marine Frontiersmen against the varied alien Kharaa. The two teams, of up to 16 players each, vie for control of strategic points of large and small maps, with the goal of wiping each other out.

Each team has a commander, who views the game from a real time strategy perspective. The rest of the team plays from a first person shooter perspective. Players may seamlessly enter and exit commander mode throughout the game. Teams may build a large variety of structures to aid them in controlling territory, upgrading equipment, and unlocking new lifeforms, weapons, abilities, and support units.

The game is built on a brand new, UWE proprietry engine called Spark. Spark features fully dynamically lit environments (There is no static lighting at all), dynamic occlusion culling, and extreme modability. All game code is written in accessible Lua, and stands apart from the C++ engine.

A full suite of Spark tools, including level editor, lua debugger, cinematic editor, model viewer, and more is included with the purchase of the game.

The game may be purchased at http://www.naturalselection2.com/buy.

The development team maintains an active blog at http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2, including forums where developers post and converse with community members regularly.

The development team draws on the contributions of community members. Bug fixes submitted by the community are often included in beta patches.

Beta progress is tracked by 'build numbers,' which are visible in the NS2HD in-video titles, and in the top left corner of the game (red text).

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[ArtemisBF1942]

So far, I've seen 372 of your vids Hugh.

:)

[Higgins3G]

you should post more late game if you can, don't really get to see a lot of that.

[SomeKindaSpy]

The Onos and the Jetty-packs are arriving... I am a happy man, I can die now.... WAIT!

[zeroticked]

Love the competitive play, It'd be nice to see some more.. Exotic strategies though. Like mid-game base relocation.

[AntyLittle]

I like the coordinated attacks and strategies of competitive games better than public games. But I watch both, when I have time.

[ellnic]

i prefer public matches

[Freelancerk1bbles]

In all honesty, I find the 6v6s interesting, but considering the repetetive nature of pub games, and/or gathers. I tend to not watch them often... I've watched so many games they all blend in together. We need some sort of mini tournament (no prizes) with a ladder or something.

[Freelancerk1bbles]

@benediktivars try getting the beta... jokes aside. Try verifying your steam game cache integrity. If that doesn't do anything, install direct x nine redistributable. just google "direct x 9" and the first link should be it. If you can't find it, send me a pm and I'll give you a direct link.

[Freelancerk1bbles]

@LughSamhildanach WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!?!

[LughSamhildanach]

Why only 84% LIKE THIS VIDEO or i'm gonna ripe your face