NS2HD[356] - Cyd v Team 156 G3/7 - Natural Selection 2 Beta

http://www.ns2hd.com/2012/01/cyd-v-team156-game-3.html

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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[trooper86]

the view count on your videos does not justify the effort you put into your videos and the quality of your production... but it will, one day!!

Keep it up Hugh!!

[MrOverloded]

lol creep and force fields in one round - so much sc2 in this game :)

[corrion1]

fantastic cast

[nightcrow90]

@MrOverloded NS2 come before sc2.

[pivotnaza]

you guys transformed ns saga into a sad evil brother of starcraft.... sad.

[derWalter]

@MrOverloded EVOLVED sc2 :P

[RichUK5]

So many zerglings!

[CharlieCleveland]

Another great game guys. Lots of cool strats in there! Great to see Camouflage get some use, using infestation to kill mines, etc.

...and yes, it's clear to me that late-game marines are OP. I'm working on a comprehensive solution but it'll take a little time.

[Gue07]

@MrOverloded and marines, command center :D

[Makool]

@dethem They tech fast, but they need many hives to advance. The marines can do with one command station, so aliens sort of need hives more than resources but marines need resources a lot more instead. That's what i love about NS, the differences etc.