Other Gameplay Types?
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Join Date: 2002-11-12 Member: 8337Members
Join Date: 2002-11-12 Member: 8337Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Can anyone think of some good ideas?</div> I would post this in the Suggestions/Ideas forum bu to be honest most of the people in there are pretty new/crazy. "Yeah, jetpacking skulks!" <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->.
So anyways, I was just thinking, right now the point of the game is to kill the other teams spawn point and then kill all remaining players. Essentially genocide.
It's fun and all, but are there any other game 'modes' you thuink would work well within the universe of NS?
here are some starters...for the most part they are pretty standard game types. Hopefully someone will have a good idea that hasn't been done before.
Escape from U.S.S. New York ---> marines have to escape a ship. aliens have to stop them. Perhaps one player is the president. Everyone else is in heavy armour and has to protect the pres (who's in light armour). Perhaps aliens are only allowed to be skulk, and only aliens can respawn. Would definitly make for scary moments, as skulks would generally hide more (and things like cloaking would have a more interesting use).
Capture the Flag --> Flag in the center of map? Score points for brining flag back to flag chamber/flag matrix. Still have to fight for control of the hives.
Skulk races -->Aliens have a racecourse of vent shafts, highrise gangplanks and other things to race each other. First player to run x number of laps wins. Marines who join are 'spectators'...only they can use their pistols? They're boxed into certain area's but can take potshots are the skulks who run by them. I heard playtesters did this once...
Base arangment? Who can make the more asthetically pleasing bases? Extra points for spelling out Flayra's name with turrets? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
I dunno, those idea's are all REALLY dumb, but I'm going to try and come up with some actual innovative games. This is more to see if anyone else can come up with something cool.
So what's the best idea you can come up with? Most games are just "kill the other team" but perhaps theres a way that NS can break the mould and allow us to have fun in another sort of way.
So anyways, I was just thinking, right now the point of the game is to kill the other teams spawn point and then kill all remaining players. Essentially genocide.
It's fun and all, but are there any other game 'modes' you thuink would work well within the universe of NS?
here are some starters...for the most part they are pretty standard game types. Hopefully someone will have a good idea that hasn't been done before.
Escape from U.S.S. New York ---> marines have to escape a ship. aliens have to stop them. Perhaps one player is the president. Everyone else is in heavy armour and has to protect the pres (who's in light armour). Perhaps aliens are only allowed to be skulk, and only aliens can respawn. Would definitly make for scary moments, as skulks would generally hide more (and things like cloaking would have a more interesting use).
Capture the Flag --> Flag in the center of map? Score points for brining flag back to flag chamber/flag matrix. Still have to fight for control of the hives.
Skulk races -->Aliens have a racecourse of vent shafts, highrise gangplanks and other things to race each other. First player to run x number of laps wins. Marines who join are 'spectators'...only they can use their pistols? They're boxed into certain area's but can take potshots are the skulks who run by them. I heard playtesters did this once...
Base arangment? Who can make the more asthetically pleasing bases? Extra points for spelling out Flayra's name with turrets? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
I dunno, those idea's are all REALLY dumb, but I'm going to try and come up with some actual innovative games. This is more to see if anyone else can come up with something cool.
So what's the best idea you can come up with? Most games are just "kill the other team" but perhaps theres a way that NS can break the mould and allow us to have fun in another sort of way.
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or maybe...
something like Rock2 in TFC, i.e. a CTF with some point to it. Maybe a key and an anti-alien nerve gas unit as the marine flag, and some sort of giant babbler bomb for the aliens? Whoever gets their "flag" capped at wherever first wins.
(played to much ut2k3 now) <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
Against 7 HMG HA marines, if the marines concentrate their fire, they won't be touched.