Natural Selection 2

Sandrock · **Posted:** 7/16/10 9:38 pm

So, those of you who have known me for a while know that I'm batshit crazy about Natural Selection. Easily best mod I've ever played, and probably the game I've put the most time in of all time. In case you didn't know, the developers are working on a stand alone sequel based on their own engine. They are going to be releasing a playable alpha version in a couple weeks to people who preorder the special edition of the game. I am picking up the special edition for $40. Not a bad price at all, considering the first one was free. If you don't care about playing the alpha early, they do have the game for sale for only $20, but that price is going to increase on July 26th. I highly recommend picking up this game at the very least at the $20 price point. Unfortunately, I don't know for sure when the game is actually going to be done and released, but the developers release blog updates every week and also post quite a bit on Facebook and twitter with updates in the development.

Purchase link: http://www.naturalselection2.com/buy

Once again, purchase the special edition for $40, and get access to the alpha on July 26th. Order the standard edition for $20 and save some cash!

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Two Unique Sides
Whether you play as one of the elite marine Frontiersmen or the vicious alien Kharaa, you must use unique strategies and your abilities to win. Marines form persistent squads to find and destroy alien hives. Aliens can choose a wall-running Skulk, pudgy Gorge, flying Lerk, murderous Fade or gigantic Onos that can smash through doors.

Real-time Strategy
Commanders play from overhead to lead their team to victory. Build structures anywhere, collect resources and research upgrades. Marines buy weapons at an Armory or build sentry turrets and siege cannons to assault the enemy. Aliens build upgrade chambers, evolve special abilities and plant traps.

Dynamic Environments
Spreading alien infestation deforms hallways and causes space station power failure, turning off lights and shutting down marine powered structures. Use a flamethrower to clear infestation or weld a bulkhead shut for a last defense. Every game is different.

Unlimited Variations
WYSIWYG graphical tools and powerful scripting allow you to create new weapons, scenarios or entirely new games. You'll get all our tools and Lua source code we're using to build NS2. Ongoing automatic updates keep the game fresh by adding new maps, weapons and abilities.

Nexion <Chester> · **Posted:** 7/17/10 4:43 pm

fkin pumped!

KhaotiK · **Posted:** 7/17/10 9:28 pm

meh....I didn't really care for the original.

Rainman · **Joined:** 7/30/09 5:48 pm **Posts:** 47

Whats the difference between Alpha and beta??
When it comes to games.

[GBU]ArthoS · **Joined:** 9/06/05 11:54 pm **Posts:** 173

Alpha is generally a private/closed testing stage. Usually done at the studio with QA (quality assurance, paid testers), where Beta is 99% of the time open to the public for further testing.

Sandrock · **Posted:** 7/18/10 3:46 pm

alpha will be open to those who preorder the special edition of the game. beta will be open to anyone who preorders the game, special edition or regular version. not sure if they'll do an open beta.

Bullet · **Joined:** 11/18/05 11:30 am **Posts:** 117

Alpha, in terms of Game Design, is very early "playable" stage, at this point, they usually have this so they can show to publisher and get more money.

If your playing a game that is in Alpha stage, as in your are selected and testing this, its where you need to give good honest feedback on the game. Not feedback such as "It sucks" or "It could use more work". They want very detailed analysis about what is going on and what is your honest opinion.

[GBU]ArthoS · **Joined:** 9/06/05 11:54 pm **Posts:** 173

Bullet wrote:

If your playing a game that is in Alpha stage, as in your are selected and testing this, its where you need to give good honest feedback on the game. Not feedback such as "It sucks" or "It could use more work". They want very detailed analysis about what is going on and what is your honest opinion.

Quoted for truth. Nothing worse than people that get into any sort of beta "just to play". Developers rely on the feedback from those beta's to give us an overall better gaming experience when it's released "bug free".

Sandrock · **Posted:** 7/26/10 9:50 pm

Ouch, preorder of the regular version went from $20 to $35. Hope a few of you got in on that deal... I picked up the special edition for $40. They just released the alpha 2 hours ago, I'm hoping to check it out tomorrow.

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