natural selection

[Cold Steel]

I was wondering but wat is Natural Selection? Is it a game?

 

[Engar]

Yes, its a Half-Life modification.

 

[Spitfire]

Natural Selection is an action-strategy game for the PC. It is a "Half-life modification", which means it is written on top of the Half-life game engine.

"Mods" are a new sort of underground game development that enables small teams to create games using the technology of existing games. This means less expensive and lower risk game development, which allows experimentation and innovation. This arrangement also implies that "mods" are made as art, not for making money.

Game summary

Multiplayer-only Half-life mod where one team plays marines and the other plays aliens. The humans must keep their cool and work together to assault an alien-infested spacecraft or colony. Marines vs. marines and aliens vs. aliens scenarios will also be supported in the near future.

"First-person strategy" with a real resource model and consequences for actions. Both sides are genuinely different and together they accommodate different play styles:


Marines:: Fighting skill is less important, strategy and communication take its place. Playing as a marine will be a tense experience with methodical planning and strategy, interrupted with action.

Aliens:: Playing as an alien will be an intense action experience, rewarding reflexes and alien heroics. Communication and coordination don't require typing.


Accessible, fast, mouse-driven interface: no keys beyond those used in Half-life needed.

Atmospheric indoor sci-fi environments full of steam, smoke and ambient soundscapes.

I think that sort of sums it up? Oh and I didn't write that its from their web site

 

[Pacalon]

Natural Selection Website

Theres the link. It's a HL mod that combines some basic stuff from an RTS with an FPS. So your basically fighting over resource points, to further advance your team, and win the game. Marines vs Aliens.

It's not a bad mod, but I'm already bored of it.. just waiting on ESF now.

 

[Enforcer15]

How can you already be bored of it? The replay value is so huge, every game is different and memorable. And the teamwork is great! Aliens rule!

 

[[DBZ]SSJ Vegeta]

i agree, NS pwnz. Aliens r 1337! lol, i started with marines....but it was too ez...so i went to aliens...and i can pwn REAL fast now lol, but yesterday i tried marines again....and got womped on, rofl

 

[Pacalon]

Yeah, thats because when it first released Marines were awesome and aliens had no chance. Then they released server patch 1.1 for balanceing, and now Aliens own everything easily.. It's more balanced than it was, but I still think it needs to be balanced just a bit more.

 

[[DBZ]SSJ Vegeta]

lol, they need to put in the Marines Nuke i wanna see that sh|t

 

[GhostfaceKillah]

sweet multiplayer mod, some balancing issues but its all around sweet