Natural Selection In Pc Magazine

Quaunaut · July 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">Page 141</div> If ANYONE has seen PC Magazine(just released today) you'll see on page 141, a article called "THE MOD SQUAD" (by Peter Suciu)

It says this about NS:
"Here is yet another Half-Life mod, but this time game play is a mix of traditional first person action and real-time strategy resource management. This space saga pits humans against aliens. Most the game play is in first-person mode, but survival gets you promoted to commander. You're then provided with a top-down view, and control of the team's base: The Commander decides where to place structures and which units to create, while directing forces to success or destruction."
They gave it a 3 out of 5. They gave CS 4 out of 5, and DoD 3 out of 5.

I don't know about you, but does it sound like they played the game at all? Any of them?(I say this because the CS picture is all over teh internet, same with the pic for DoD. No pic was given for NS). Well, at least its considered "Good". Hopefully this will bring more players <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Killymagee · July 2003

!#$&* cs, damn game just won't go away. Man I've always said if ever you wanted to find out how many fatheads are online just check how many people currently are playing cs. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

I think there afraid of ns cause you actually have to use your brain, other than "elite" skills crap with aiming etc bah I bet he didnt even play the damn game he just got the info off the site. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'>

Shiroh · July 2003

damn cs....
only attract tons of camper and awper....cheater also......(especially in asia......sad...)

dod requires u're teamwork...
but it just turns fub@r in 1.0......
especially that damn minimap which shows u a grenade on the top right hand corner......

Liku · July 2003

I like 1.0, but I'm mad at them for ruining Sniping, but I get by it. Awesome find for NS though.

CplDavis · July 2003

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Yea it doesnt sound like they really played the game. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'>
They make it sound like if "you do good" you get to be comm. Not like which ever random doof gets in the chair first <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'> .

When they say "units" that just makes me think of stuff like, soldiers, tanks, well things that fight. I tihnk he should have said something more along the lines of "tools" or structures.

Confuzor · July 2003

I could of mistaken it for a TruthMedia review...

Jammer · July 2003

The review was taken from Edge, a UK PC Magazine. It was linked from the main forum.
I doubt the reviewer even played it, and just based it off PR. :-)

JediYoshi · July 2003

I still belive TS still has the <a href='http://www.specialistsmod.net/press/' target='_blank'>record</a> for more mentions in a gaming magazine, for a MOD that isn't working with VALVe anyway.

0Mfg CS sUX 0NlY j00 n00BZ w!lL pL@Y D@+ sU(kY G@m3

KungFuSquirrel · July 2003

Well, since NS isn't working with Valve, no. Firearms also used to crop up in PCG all the time back in the day.

And, of course, mentions in magazines of course equate to... umm... larger member base? *cough*

Oi, that's horrible.

By the way, if anyone finds me a copy of a magazine with a screenshot of Eclipse, I would be VERY interested in getting a scan or hard copy... :o

CoolCookieCooks · July 2003

if u read the pcgamer article about ns, its got a double page about ns and got screenies etc <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Paq · July 2003

A Finnish game magazine gave 93 points of 100 to NS. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

The article started like this:
"What? Is the end of the world coming? Pelit-magazine is rewieving a half-life mod??
I hope not, so I can play NS a bit more" <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'> (sorry, it wasn't very good translation, but pretty close)

KungFuSquirrel · July 2003

What month was it in PCG? I remember being told about the PCGUK version, but if I recall there weren't any screens of anything I'd done. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>

I just think it'd be awesome to see something I've done printed in a magazine. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'> We got a brief Nightwatch mention in Gamestar a couple months ago, but eh...

homerx · July 2003

It sounds like they NEVER played NS.

They're saying, "If you play good, and survive long enough, you get promoted to commander".

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'>

NumbersNotFound · July 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Killymagee @ Jul 17 2003, 10:33 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> !#$&* cs, damn game just won't go away. Man I've always said if ever you wanted to find out how many fatheads are online just check how many people currently are playing cs. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

I think there afraid of ns cause you actually have to use your brain, other than "elite" skills crap with aiming etc bah I bet he didnt even play the damn game he just got the info off the site. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
You seem to be quite the ignorant fathead... why aren't you playing CS?

I happen to know MANY non-cheating, very skilled, very friendly CS players on the server I go to and it makes me really angry to see the NS boards crawling with anti-cs trash... almost as bad as CS trash.

Irishman · July 2003

Oka.... what ever server u play on in CS there are always some haxx0ring freaks who cant play the game so they have to cheat... i mean i know a m8 of mine got a Valve ban on over 8000 servers.

I mean cheating is just no tolerated when people wanna have a fair game.

CS is just a mod for cheaters... while NS is for the people who want to be challenged.

DOOManiac · July 2003

I remember when PC Gamer UK did a bit on Front Line Force, although they never sent me a copy like they said they would. :(

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