the alpha will be playable!

whocareswc

from this interview <a href="http://natural-selection.pl/viewtopic.php?t=2628" target="_blank">http://natural-selection.pl/viewtopic.php?t=2628</a>

Max <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Balancing will definitely be a big part of the alpha/beta. Charlie mentioned to me that for Natural Selection 1, it was hard to evaluate the balance until a considerable number of people were playing. The wide scale <b>testing of the alpha</b> will really be his first opportunity to adjust things<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


or am i reading too much into this??

Daworm

Yes the Alpha will be playable!! Just those who ordered the SE also get the tools during Alpha.

What's the point of saying "access to Alpha" when it's not playable?
<a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?showtopic=105038&st=2160&start=2160" target="_blank">stick to this thread</a>

Tekoppen

Well I didn't think they would release an "unplayable" alpha version of the game.

KungFuDiscoMonkey

It likely means it'll be playable in that you can load the game and launch a server and such but I wouldn't get your hopes up about playing it like you play the current natural selection. Many things in there will likely be incomplete and it will be a while till there is balance while playing a multiplayer game.

I think I'm going to lock this for now because I don't want people to get their hopes up. If another mod wants to leave it open for discussion, that is fine.