Just a question out of curiosity.

BarerRudeROCBarerRudeROC Join Date: 2010-10-01 Member: 74264Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">The inspiration for the NS universe.</div>What were the original inspirations for NS?
Be it from movies, comics, games and whatnot I'd love to know.

Also,
did any of the developers draw inspiration from games such as Gloom?
Gloom was one of the many reasons I really got into NS in the first place.
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  • YotopiaYotopia Join Date: 2010-11-22 Member: 75176Members
    Maybe one of the best Sci-Fi-Horror-Action movies were one of their inspirations....Alien 2.

    And about what gloom you talking about.The Amiga game ?
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELCO16pwNM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELCO16pwNM</a>

    Amiga forever !
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  • BarerRudeROCBarerRudeROC Join Date: 2010-10-01 Member: 74264Members
    edited May 2011
    <!--quoteo(post=1849083:date=May 29 2011, 08:05 PM:name=Yotopia)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Yotopia @ May 29 2011, 08:05 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1849083"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Maybe one of the best Sci-Fi-Horror-Action movies were one of their inspirations....Alien 2.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Awesome, thinking back on it you can really see where it made its way into the art and mapwork of the game.

    <!--quoteo(post=1849083:date=May 29 2011, 08:05 PM:name=Yotopia)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Yotopia @ May 29 2011, 08:05 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1849083"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->And about what gloom you talking about.The Amiga game ?
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELCO16pwNM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELCO16pwNM</a>

    Amiga forever !<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Nope, although I also loved Amiga!

    Gloom was a quake 2 mod,
    In the game players joined one of two sides; aliens or humans.
    Each team had individual defensive and offensive structures they could build with teleporters being the most important.
    The teleporters allowed players to spawn in to the game, and once a team's teleporters were destroyed and their remaining teammates were killed the game was over.

    Here's a vid of it,
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhp_-OQgoeY&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhp_-OQgoeY...feature=related</a>
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y_dKHp8vmE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y_dKHp8vmE</a>
    (don't mind the music)

    Look at the other related vids as well if you want to.
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  • YotopiaYotopia Join Date: 2010-11-22 Member: 75176Members
    edited May 2011
    Heared about this Q2 Mod but didnt know that it was called Gloom :)
    Yeh its a similiar game concept Aliens vs Marines with Structures and so on...v1.3 Released Dec 26, 2002,Gloom 1.2 Release date is 18/9/99
    Dont find an entry when the original was released.But really Old Scool !
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  • BarerRudeROCBarerRudeROC Join Date: 2010-10-01 Member: 74264Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1849085:date=May 29 2011, 08:19 PM:name=Yotopia)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Yotopia @ May 29 2011, 08:19 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1849085"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Heared about this Q2 Mod but didnt know that it was called Gloom :)
    Yeh its a similiar game concept Aliens vs Marines with Structures and so on...v1.3 Released Dec 26, 2002,Gloom 1.2 Release date is 18/9/99
    Dont find an entry when the original was released.But really Old Scool !<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    You think that's old school.
    I used to play Skii Free every saturday night!!!
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  • Vladimir Van VodkaVladimir Van Vodka Sexy Beast Join Date: 2010-07-30 Member: 73364Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    What really got me personally into inquiring about this game is the atmosphere of it, because it reminds me so much of Doom3â„¢ which I used to play alot of L.M.S back in the day.
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  • ShiloriusShilorius Join Date: 2011-01-14 Member: 77445Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    There was a NS2HD video in which he talks about their inspiration, wasn't it?
    But I can't find it right now.
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  • BarerRudeROCBarerRudeROC Join Date: 2010-10-01 Member: 74264Members
    edited May 2011
    <!--quoteo(post=1849101:date=May 29 2011, 10:47 PM:name=Vladimir Van Vodka)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Vladimir Van Vodka @ May 29 2011, 10:47 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1849101"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->What really got me personally into inquiring about this game is the atmosphere of it, because it reminds me so much of Doom3â„¢ which I used to play alot of <u>L.M.S</u> back in the day.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    That was some kind of survival mod right?
    I think I played that with my friends a few years ago, had an absolutely brilliant time.

    I never really got that NS vibe from it though.
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  • ScardyBobScardyBob ScardyBob Join Date: 2009-11-25 Member: 69528Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    Wolfenstein 3D, obviously.
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  • kingmobkingmob Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3650Members, Constellation
    I seem to remember Charlie listing Space Hulk as a game he loved
    and a huge influence

    here's a good reference article
    <a href="http://www.hookedgamers.com/features/2011/01/07/charlie_cleveland_on_natural_selection_2.html" target="_blank">http://www.hookedgamers.com/features/2011/...election_2.html</a>
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  • BarerRudeROCBarerRudeROC Join Date: 2010-10-01 Member: 74264Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1849111:date=May 30 2011, 12:22 AM:name=ScardyBob)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ScardyBob @ May 30 2011, 12:22 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1849111"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Wolfenstein 3D, obviously.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Oh you.

    <!--quoteo(post=1849113:date=May 30 2011, 12:28 AM:name=kingmob)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kingmob @ May 30 2011, 12:28 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1849113"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I seem to remember Charlie listing Space Hulk as a game he loved
    and a huge influence

    here's a good reference article
    <a href="http://www.hookedgamers.com/features/2011/01/07/charlie_cleveland_on_natural_selection_2.html" target="_blank">http://www.hookedgamers.com/features/2011/...election_2.html</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Thanks!
    This'll pre-occupy me for the time being.
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  • assbdaassbda Join Date: 2011-05-02 Member: 96737Members
    edited May 2011
    inspiration came from the fact of the games one of the designers and his friends played.

    I saw in a video he mentioned that he always like to play strategy based games and his friends always liked to play fps shooter games, So he thought of this great idea to make a game designed in a way they can all do both.
    Thus rts and fps were combined to make natural selection.

    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/NaturalSelection2HD#p/u/0/nA1-o2ROyo8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/user/NaturalSelecti...u/0/nA1-o2ROyo8</a>

    @ 2:40
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  • Vladimir Van VodkaVladimir Van Vodka Sexy Beast Join Date: 2010-07-30 Member: 73364Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1849110:date=May 30 2011, 03:52 AM:name=BarerRudeROC)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BarerRudeROC @ May 30 2011, 03:52 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1849110"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->That was some kind of survival mod right?
    I think I played that with my friends a few years ago, had an absolutely brilliant time.

    I never really got that NS vibe from it though.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Not the gameplay, but the atmosphere: Doom 3's atmosphere, environment and lighting is almost exactly the same as in NS2, which I really like, I hope it never changes.

    and yeah, LMS is awesome, too bad only 4 people play it nowadays...
    :(
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