Will NS ever go retail like CS did?
Troy_Rage
Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1530Members
Join Date: 2002-10-18 Member: 1530Members
<div class="IPBDescription">I couldn't find a straight answer on FAQ</div>please dont lock this tell i get a straight awnser.
I know the FAQ said natural selection will always be free, but will it ever go retail like CS did, pbeing able to support other mods, having its own CD key and such? I think the team would benifit from this, and it would go by what it said by "NS will always be free" but technicly it wouldent be cuz youd have to own HL or CS to install it. but I would buy it if it came out retail.
I know the FAQ said natural selection will always be free, but will it ever go retail like CS did, pbeing able to support other mods, having its own CD key and such? I think the team would benifit from this, and it would go by what it said by "NS will always be free" but technicly it wouldent be cuz youd have to own HL or CS to install it. but I would buy it if it came out retail.
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hmmm 20!... can i just make a donation?
NS <i>will</i> make it to the shelves in a way or another. No publisher with a brain worth beans would let that opportunity go by.
Seeing that this could mean Sierra getting their grubby fingers on Flayras code, I sincerely hope he'll find another way, though.
rofl yea, but it would be fair for the team hell they deserved it!
as long as its free online too <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->
Upon gaining NS, they'll give Aliens the ability to plant bio-logical bombs, or the marines the ability to plant mini-nukes, at certain sections of the map, alternating each map. It is the opposing team's job to assure that the aliens/marines don't complete construction of the bomb.
Also to be added:
- AWP-like rifle for Marines.
- AWP-like spit for A NEW alien class, that looks like an infested marine!
- Locational Damage!
- Drivable Vehicles
- Ability to purchase a giant mech for Marine team
- Hives can suicide
- Once you die during a round, you sit in spectator and follow, in FPS view only, a Bot, which will follow the commander's orders to a T, instead of your inferior human carcass!
- Cheese
And Finally, The Coolest feature of CS: NS,
Aliens wear Skimasks! It's ub3r l337!
umm
/Me pulls out AWP, RUN MUTHA FRIKIN ALIENS, RUN!
/me chuckles...
You couldn't find a straight answer on the FAQ, you say? What does "NS will always be available as a free download" mean then?
Sierra ain't Valve, and Valve ain't Sierra.
I like one, but do not care for the other (guess)
If Valve provides 80% of Sierra's revenue, then the question of who holds the gauntlet has an uncertain answer.
/me chuckles...
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that doesnt neccisarly mean it will always free in alll forums, and like monster i think said, uhhhh "You will never be FORCED to pay for NS"
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lol.
Yeah - HL is dying all right. lol.
Sales may be dwindling, but that's because everyone on earth has a copy or two already.
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Everyone is welcomed here buddy, no bashing, or flameing, wether he is banned or not depends on the moderators but calling him stupid will more than likely get YOU banned, <!--emo&:angry:--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':angry:'><!--endemo-->
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And here's why. This may not be a popular view, and people may disagree with it, but I personally feel its fundamentally true.
Games <b>do not need</b> to get any more detailed, advanced, realistic, or complicated to make them enjoyable. Half-life is, in my opinion, an example of a perfect game, where it doesnt age over time and can be modified within its boundaries so heavily as to be able to create an endless stream of different games.
Sure, I wouldn't mind seeing a bit of extra memory go into the game allowing for larger quantities of entities, and perhaps the polygon rendering could be improved apon so mappers don't have to pull their hair out trying to keep their r_speeds below 700, but otherwise I am perfectly happy with HL as it is, and I don't feel a need to shun it away to look at brand spanking new engines.
Having said that, they say bigger is better so roll on Doom3. <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->
And Quigly.... Never mind, I'm not gonna ask.
The other thing i wanted to mention was that sierra could quite possibly be out of the picture when dealing with anything valve related quite soon. I dont know how long their contract is but steam (such a beautiful thing) makes it possible for valve to skip over a publisher. So, if NS did go retail its quite possible sierra wouldn't be packaging it... (btw, NS is on steam <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo--> while steam is in beta, get all your friends, who dont own hl, to play ns with us because right now ITS FREE. Alot of people don't know that you dont have to own anything of valves to use the steam beta. www.steampowered.com)
imho i live steam the ONLY thing i h8 about it is ti downloads PART of the mod which basically stop modifications :'(
VALVe has stated that even with STEAM you will be able to buy the game in the store still.