NS2HD[363] - Turtle Gather 2 - Natural Selection 2 Beta

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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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[SomeKindaSpy]

I think more matches played on this map would be excellent!

Also, try not to stare at the mini-map too much, it sort of takes away from the gameplay, as well as distracts you. (If you're unfamiliar with the map, I understand that)

[NaturalSelection2HD]

@SomeKindaSpy Yes, I was very unfamiliar with this map when playing :)

[Agora2021]

Why must the good games crash young.

[legionofderp]

this level looks pretty sweet...

[DragonGuard1337]

Just as a headsup, at 9:32, he was already parasites, when you shot him again he got an indication of you being behind him, at range.

So you pretty much gave yourself away while being outside your own effective range without achieving anything (as he was already marked).

If you had just went for the bite instead you might have gotten him :)

[UberLithen]

@wonderboy2402 Community

[wonderboy2402]

This map looks great. is it a community map or official?

[scottcarey1]

Tip: When you have caught someone unaware (fana), don't parasite him. That's basically letting him know your there. Thus the easy 180 shot on you. Just run up to him from behind and strafe around his left or right while biting. Harder for him to do a 180. :)

[SomeKindaSpy]

@NaturalSelection2HD; Ah, that makes sense. I apologize if I seemed rude. :)

[boris8489]

@SomeKindaSpy Hes using the map to see where people are and whats happening ahead of him.. its always been a major part of NS. Any good NS player will tell you this. I understand what your saying from a viewers prospective But you have to keep in mind that hes actuly playing the game as well as recording this video to upload.