The Natural Selection 2 Thread

Quote from PogoP

We should organise a time that we can all play together at some point. I'm away this weekend, but maybe next week sometime?

I'd be down for that if it's a time I can make!

That's a lot of game I just quit because we are playing more than 80 minutes on it Just die Marines !!!

"NRRRRRR IM NOT TOO SMALL!"

Hahaha that video is awesome.

So I've FINALLY had the time to play this! I had a blast!

Good:

- Tension

- Gameplay

- Visuals in general

- Exosuit

- Teamplay

- New controls (better use of rightclick, less switching "weapons" for aliens).

Bad

- Performance. I've got a pretty good machine (i7 2600k, 660ti, 8gig ram) and if I want really smooth performance I got to run everything on Low (I'm pretty picky though...).

- Some rough edges. Exosuits walk through top of doors, movement sometime feels a bit floaty. A few minor things like that.

MY level for this game is in the steam workshop, collecting feedback and bug reports so go grab it. over 400 hours in it so far. I Had to pull some cinematics because changes over the builds but i should have them fixed in a few weeks. Here is an outdated video but it gives a general idea of the level.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/OpyUo4I88go

hope i can can get some actual play footage in but i'll at least shoot a better quality video when i get the polish done.

Quote from Puddy

- Performance. I've got a pretty good machine (i7 2600k, 660ti, 8gig ram) and if I want really smooth performance I got to run everything on Low (I'm pretty picky though...).

Have you tried turning off AO? I find that usually helps, it's not very optimized. Also, dropping your resolution by one setting usually helps quite a lot.

This is a good game ! As Puddy said, there are a lot of good things in this game and it's a pleasure to play on it !

My only complain is : why did you removed the reverse alien's view when we are walking on a ceiling?

Quote from PogoP

Have you tried turning off AO? I find that usually helps, it's not very optimized. Also, dropping your resolution by one setting usually helps quite a lot.

I've never had it on. Also, I'm not going to use any resolution that isn't native. Ever.

Played 7 hours so far, still really enjoying it. Each game takes about 30-40 mins which is great.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/commen…_review_pulled/

review is in there. personally i think it was pretty accurate. e.g. the first time I launched the game it took 5+ minutes to load a map.

Graphics looks dated ? really ???

Why games are always compared to Uncharted and Crysis ?

Yeah what the fuck, the graphics look far from dated, im guessing he has a shit rig.Characters arent amazing, but everything else looks pretty great.

Had 2 freezes so far, not sure why but it makes me wish there was a history or rejoin last server. Both times it crashed we were on the verge of victory.

Quote from Rick_D

http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/commen…_review_pulled/

review is in there. personally i think it was pretty accurate. e.g. the first time I launched the game it took 5+ minutes to load a map.

The 5 minute load time thing, even if it only happens once per map, happens every time the game gets patched. It's pretty unnaceptable, I agree.

But overall a pretty inaccurate review, they even got the price wrong...

At least they had the decency to remove it

Ok I love this game. More than 35 hours on it Since the release THANKS UWE for eating ma free time !!!!

I'm playing Kharras 95 % of the time.

I only have one complaint, being able to sell buildings under attack is bullshit.

Didn't play ns1, all I know is its a bullshit mechanic. Ill do a harass and when the extractor gets to like 100hp it gets sold. They basically suffer no penalty and I get no resources. Why even bother.

Played with some ppl at the office, got my alien ass raped, but still very fun. Mouse movement is really sluggish though, tried turning off ao, and turn on raw mouse input. Is there any other solutions to fix this?