Thoroughly Satisfied Player

GadgetoidGadgetoid Join Date: 2012-03-19 Member: 149005Members
in NS2 General Discussion
I chanced upon the NS2 beta due to a reinvigorated interest in classic NS and a frustration with the current state of NS public servers... I couldn't seem to find any that took the game seriously, and fewer still where players actually bothers to join the Marine team. But I digress. Lamenting the bitter fate of one of the greatest games of all time is not the purpose of this post.

Natural Selection 2, beta or not, has got to be the single best FPS/RTS experience I've had in a long time. Players were forgiving and helpful, and one guy ( sorry, I don't recall your name, but you're awesome! ) even gave a whole host of advice over voice chat for Marine command and another ( also forgot name... I'm terrible! ) for Alien play... I've come away from a solid evening of NS2 feeling good about the future of the game, and absolutely gagging for more of its goodness.

I think NS2 more than lives up to its predecessor... If this is a beta, the finished game could easily be the best multiplayer FPS/RTS ever created.

Forgive me if my unconditional praise seems out of place amongst the serious discussion about game mechanics that seems to dominate this forum. But it needed to be said.

To the guys behind NS2, thank-you for all your hard work thus far and again all the work to come!
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  • Squeal_Like_A_PigSqueal_Like_A_Pig Janitor Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 66Members, Super Administrators, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Reinforced - Supporter, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer
    edited March 2012
    Hey Gadgetoid, welcome to the NS2 beta and we are very glad to hear that your first experience playing the game was a good one. We have a great community, and a lot of players have been very willing to jump in and help out new people so far, which is always great to see.

    Still lots of new features, bug fixes, and polish coming with each patch, so the game is always evolving.

    --Cory
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  • nUfl0wnUfl0w Join Date: 2005-02-25 Member: 42412Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1915277:date=Mar 19 2012, 08:15 PM:name=Gadgetoid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Gadgetoid @ Mar 19 2012, 08:15 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1915277"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->...If this is a beta, the finished game could easily be the best multiplayer FPS/RTS ever created. ...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    there is nothing to be added.
    +1
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  • paradoxumparadoxum United Kingdom Join Date: 2012-03-05 Member: 148193Members
    my favourite part about NS/2 is how much players use voice comm, I got my friend to buy it so we could play the beta together and the first game we joined the commander was talking on comm and the first thing my friend said was remarking on how nice it is to have players communicate like that.
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  • GadgetoidGadgetoid Join Date: 2012-03-19 Member: 149005Members
    Voice chat definitely makes a difference, it was the clincher for the alien team where the khamm was constantly directing us.

    I think the gated community created by the closed beta is probably what makes things so great. We're all very passionate about NS and want to see games played out properly. As a result I had a pretty long chain of fantastic games last night, of the ilk I could barely find on classic NS.

    What I did find was some sort of NS combat abomination, and I was deeply, deeply disturbed. It looked like NS had been overrun with CoD players. I guess all the people who actually cared about teamwork, strategy and good ol' drawn out awesome ns_ games have fled here?

    Either way, this saves me laboriously having to assemble a classic NS group of friends and family who enjoyed the game back in the day. Huzzah!
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  • TimMcTimMc Join Date: 2012-02-06 Member: 143945Members
    /tones of agreement

    Its an excellent game while in beta, its going to be awesome when finished.
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  • MrGreenMrGreen Join Date: 2010-12-10 Member: 75602Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1915280:date=Mar 20 2012, 11:22 AM:name=Squeal_Like_A_Pig)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Squeal_Like_A_Pig @ Mar 20 2012, 11:22 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1915280"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->the game is always evolving.

    --Cory<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I see what you did there
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  • DJPenguinDJPenguin Useless Join Date: 2003-07-29 Member: 18538Members
    Welcome, 149-005
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  • ObraxisObraxis Subnautica Animator & Generalist, NS2 Person Join Date: 2004-07-24 Member: 30071Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Silver, WC 2013 - Supporter, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    <!--quoteo(post=1915651:date=Mar 21 2012, 01:07 AM:name=MrGreen)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MrGreen @ Mar 21 2012, 01:07 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1915651"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I see what you did there<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I actually LOL'd :D
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  • LachdananLachdanan Join Date: 2003-06-04 Member: 16995Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Onos
    edited March 2012
    Was it this evening with the verryy cute gorge called Jasmine, that didnt bother any marinepresence and just sit there to spit the restowers,
    not realising that i put some mines on his back ^^ ?
    Just can remember that there was a guy which name strarted with a G ^^
    forgetting and misspelling names --> the curse and bane of all commanders :)

    feel welcome drone#149005
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  • GadgetoidGadgetoid Join Date: 2012-03-19 Member: 149005Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1915862:date=Mar 21 2012, 12:15 PM:name=Lachdanan)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lachdanan @ Mar 21 2012, 12:15 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1915862"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Was it this evening with the verryy cute gorge called Jasmine, that didnt bother any marinepresence and just sit there to spit the restowers,
    not realising that i put some mines on his back ^^ ?
    Just can remember that there was a guy which name strarted with a G ^^
    forgetting and misspelling names --> the curse and bane of all commanders :)

    feel welcome drone#149005<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    That was pretty funny, actually. Yes it was me.

    You got an awful lot of mines around that Gorge... I'm surprised it wasn't wearing one as a hat.

    Ahhh. NS never fails to amuse!
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  • bLink`bLink` Join Date: 2012-02-18 Member: 146506Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    Yeah, a lot of people use voice comm here than any other game I used to play (bf:bc2, cod, bf3). Anyway welcome to NS2 beta.

    If I see you in-game, I might get to kill you several times with fade, if I'm not a commander or if you're a marine :P
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