Natural Selection 2 is an immersive, multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival. The footage below was filmed entirely in-game and should give you an idea how the game plays! The game is under very active development - we're releasing updates nearly every week with new units, abilities, maps, improvements, etc. We have only 10,000 closed beta slots available. So if you want to play the game early and perhaps influence its growth, come on in!
Here's the beta trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UHXOoUWu5s
And here's how it actually plays: (with commentary)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UTzuYLaBAc
You get into the beta for
buying the game. I bought it a while ago, and while it's a little frustrating to learn since it's a beta, once you get the hang of things it's fucking fun to play.
As
marines, my advice (i don't know anything about this)
*build unbuilt structures by pressing 'e'.
*hatchets do double damage on structures
*flame throwers are the only way to kill 'infestation', which is the slimy mass that encroaches across the level and can destroy doors and such.
As commander:
*build a MAC, build an armory, then send marines to guard and build an extractor. resources are incredibly important. ensure it remains safe - aliens can attack the structure itself and the power node that powers it.
*research shotguns immediately, since skulk leap means that rifles are basically useless at tier 1
*ensure you research plasma production etc on your ancilliary buildings - climbing the tech tree is important to not dying horribly
As
Aliens:
I have no fucking clue.
I don't know that much about the game! The forums are here:
http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/ and they're quite helpful in some ways.
With voice and people you even sort of know, it's a fantastic game, even in beta. But then I liked Dragon Age 2, so, you know. Whatever.
Let's play.
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I hope NA2 ends up working out. Hell of an ambitious project
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I am interested in this
i'm going to play this
if anyone else has it hit me up on steam
I remember in the old days there was a hilarious glitch where if you were on the marines, and you turned your flashlight on and off really fast while building something, it would build faster. So you'd have 3 marines with flashlight bound to their mousewheel start building something and it'd look like a rave was going on.
They built their own engine - part of the reason it's taking so long, I suspect.
I did, however, have a sweet dance party.
I only wish I got better screens. The skulk was just jumping up and down spinning in circles.
e: wow, photobucket's resize tool is shitty.
I haven't loaded it up in quite a while.
I'm not gonna lie, it's frustrating a good chunk of the time. Skulks just got a tier 1 long-range leap which makes them nearly impossible to hit with the assault rifle. The solution to that is shotguns.
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Also the advice for aliens is (if it's anything like the first game):
evolve to a fade
reap to the pleasure of the hive mind
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Beta is a tad laggy, you say? Just like old times, then!
God I have such vivid memories of finally getting all my teammates to chase down Fades with their LMGs instead of running away like little babies. If everyone aggressively attacked targeted the Fade, back when it still had Bile Bomb, more than half the time the enemy player would be baffled by your suicidal tactic and end up eating fatal levels of damage from your itty bitty vanilla bullets
Of course, my preference was stalking people as the invisible sycthe-armed beasty myself.
...maybe I ought to pre-order this
Also does anyone have videos to show the different kinds of gameplay? That video in the OP is like 4 minutes of patch notes 2 minutes of a dude biting a turret.
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I don't think I want to put up with the performance issues and general beta wonkiness so I'll pass on the pre-order, but I'm glad to hear that progress is being made. Definitely gonna keep an eye on it.