Natural Selection 2

[ReesZRB]

by Unknown Worlds

9/10 - Steam

4/5 - Metacritic

8/10 - IGN

 

"To start off, this isn't any normal first person shooter game like CoD or CS GO." -Rees

 

What is Natural Selection 2 about?

 Natural Selection 2 (NS2) is a multi-player, team oriented video game which combines first-person shooter and real-time strategy rules. It is set in a science fiction universe in which a human team fights an alien team for control of resources and territory in large and elaborate indoor facilities.

Gameplay

Like its predecessor, Natural Selection 2 features two opposing teams of players, Kharaa (Aliens) and Frontiersmen (Marines), seeking to destroy the other's respective base. While the two teams have the same essential goals, gameplay for each team varies drastically. Marines largely rely on guns and other pieces of technology to annihilate the alien presence. Aliens, however, rely primarily on melee attacks. Certain alien lifeforms can walk on walls, fly, and even dash forward in the blink of an eye. Players also have a currency system which they use to buy better equipment or evolve into higher lifeforms.

The primary feature that differentiates Natural Selection from others in the FPS genre is its strategy component. Both teams may have one player act as a commander, who is given a top-down view of the map and plays the game in a Real-time strategy perspective. The commander can place buildings, research upgrades and has a number of abilities to support their team (dropping health and ammo packs, using certain support units to aid in combat or building, or erecting walls to block enemy movement), at the cost of resources. Buildings in Natural Selection are designed to aid players in their offensive, defensive, stealth and speed capabilities.

How terrible is the game engine?

Very Very Very Terrible.

Marines' TechTree

Command Station - This is where you commander sits and gives orders and upgrades for you.

Infantry Portal - Spawn Point for Marines, it can only be placed beside the command station.

Extractor - Capturing these will provide your team with more resources for upgrades, armor and weapons.

Armory - Used to buy weaponry and restore health/ammo.

Advanced Armory - Unlocks Grenade Launchers and Flamethrowers.

Robotics Factory - Used to make MAC(the thing that repairs things) and Arcs(used to destroy enemy team's base/upgrades).

Arms Lab - Weapon and Armor Upgrading Path

Observatory - Unlocks Scans/Beacon(Teleports everyone back to nearest base) also Phase Gates.

Phase Gate - Teleporty Doors .

Sentry Battery - Well you guessed it, provides power to sentries.

Sentry - Shoots enemies.

Prototype Lab - Used to unlock jetpacks and exos(not crappy thing in CoD)

Alien's TechTree

Hive - This is where you commander sits and gives orders and upgrades for you.

Crag Hive - Upgrade path to more armor and self healing

Shade Hive - Upgrade path to sneakiness and motion tracking.

Shift Hive - Upgrade path to more speed and energy.

Cyst - Infestation

Harvesters - Capturing these will provide your team with more resources for upgrades.

Crag - Heals stuff within range.

Shade - Cloaks stuff within range.

Shift - Restores Energy within range.

Shell - Upgrades armor and self healing.

Veil - Upgrades cloak and motion tracking.

Spurs - Upgrades energy and speed.

Whip - Defensive Structure like sentries.

My thoughts on this game

It's a very awesome game, once you know how to play. There is no buy 'sniper' and give headshots. Weapons are purchasable using your resource, which is based on how well you team is doing and how many resource towers you have. My friend had showed me this game a year and a half now. I'm still loving it but unfortunately this game is slowing dying off. Also this game is very hard to explain how to play since I'm bad at explaining. I'm willing to teach players how to play, I'm usually on DiamondGamer's Server or LuckyFkers's Server. Just trying to make a HQ post.

 

Credit's

Wikipedia

Unknown Worlds.

[BallisticPeanut]

One of my favorite games ever.  Too bad there are barely any populated US servers nowadays . 

 

This is one game that I honestly think could really take advantage of some kind of free 2 play model.

[ReesZRB]

One of my favorite games ever.  Too bad there are barely any populated US servers nowadays . 

 

This is one game that I honestly think could really take advantage of some kind of free 2 play model.

There's a couple as I mentioned like probably 10 of them