Is NS2 any good yet?

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16 May 2011 - 15:07 EEST
#1
sup guys

Not really following development anymore...

Does anyone here play the beta and enjoy it?

Did they give the lerk a bite attack? Are fades actually getting stuck in walls when blinking rofl? Does the new blink mechanic make for fun gameplay? Did/will they implement bhop or how did that work out?

How much longer do you expect it will take until 1.0?

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16 May 2011 - 15:08 EEST
#2
Are all the maps dark and shitty?
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16 May 2011 - 15:38 EEST
#3
Swalk plays that shit all the time and oc farms. I think it's getting better and better with each patch. If you have a decent computer, it's almost playable.

Lerks have spikes atm.

Fade blinking works but it's hard to use.

No bunnyhop just yet but you start with leap.

The maps are dark but the flashlight is alot more effective than it ever was.
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16 May 2011 - 23:56 EEST
#4
Alright, thanks for the answers!

I'll check back in a year or so
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17 May 2011 - 04:04 EEST
#5
Get to the spaceship!
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17 May 2011 - 16:40 EEST
#6
The real answer is "no".

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17 May 2011 - 17:04 EEST
#7
The right question would have been . WILL NS2 ever be any good at all? .. and then the right answer is obviously NO ! ..

With this i send my greetings to all the PPL that alrdy bought the GAME XDDDD HAHAHHA FAILORS !

Greets EisTee 8) !
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22 June 2011 - 22:37 EEST
#8
lol on the oc farming, I hardly play as the gorge.. The fade blink has improved alot in the last patches, its more like NS1, except that; when you blink, you are invisible/invulnerable - and this has brought alot of fun gameplay for me at least. Performance has improved alot aswell, im running it at 25-60fps (90fps in readyroom) on my 4 year old PC. It is still a work in progress, and can become quite laggy if things go out of map or there are alot of entities/players. But I find it quite entertaining even in its current state. Its really beginning to have that 'epic feel' that NS1 had, and thats what I like about it.
I don't think bunnyjumping will make it in, only maybe for the skulk, if they can't find another way of giving it "skill-based movement". I see no other way, but lets see what they do about it. Gaining/keeping momentum is still missing from the game, in my eyes.
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23 June 2011 - 08:34 EEST
#9
shit is amazing prob the best game i have ever played

i feel like i could just fly forever in my black armor
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23 June 2011 - 15:50 EEST
#10
Some things are fine and even have potential but movement wise that thing could be played with nintendo joystick.

Go make your opinion clear on the forums!
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23 June 2011 - 20:33 EEST
#11
l2paragraph swalk
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24 June 2011 - 03:19 EEST
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HEJ ATMAN =D
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24 June 2011 - 13:35 EEST
#13
"The fade blink has improved alot"

because of this sentence alone i will not take anything you will ever say serious.
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24 June 2011 - 16:56 EEST
#14
well having played quite sometime today i can sum up ns2 pretty good:

just not fun playing.

go rine, win.
go alien, go afk after 1 min.
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7 July 2011 - 13:28 EEST
#15
'Saebelzahnelefant'"The fade blink has improved alot"

because of this sentence alone i will not take anything you will ever say serious.


It has improved alot from that instant teleport they started out with. I'm not saying that it is perfect.

'Saebelzahnelefant'well having played quite sometime today i can sum up ns2 pretty good:

just not fun playing.

go rine, win.
go alien, go afk after 1 min.

Its actually the other way around with the W/L balance at the moment:
http://endgamestats.own.cz/
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10 July 2011 - 03:56 EEST
#16
Its basically if marines get 2 res, turret farm their way to the hives they win. If not they lose after 2 to 3 hours of sitting in the base.

If aliens had a single drop of coordinaton I think the game would end in skulk baserush in 2min though.
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10 July 2011 - 11:46 EEST
#17
the team with better performance on their pcs wins.
ofc they stack rines.
hence my statement.
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15 August 2011 - 01:16 EEST
#18
i think it improved alot since last patch, but the engine still feels abit slow and... weird - didnt test it that much though
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15 August 2011 - 11:52 EEST
#19
Yep, mouse lag is nearly gone fps is decent on monster computers but animations are screwed and every lifeform gets boring real quick :(

It also seems that whatever you do it doesnt really matter, no resources -> you still get the guns -> you mad frag -> no faster upgrades / hive / lifeforms and in the late game you can hold the base with handful of marines for hours since commander can endlessly spam turrets.

Or just spam ocs until the server is broken.

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17 August 2011 - 14:54 EEST
#20
i left poland for 5 weeks to play ns2 professionaly now
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17 August 2011 - 18:51 EEST
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they let you out? I guess those anti-terrorism laws truely aren't good for anything then...
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