I had fun with NS way back when. NS2 looks pretty awesome.

The first time I played this I was on a Half-Life mod playing binge. There was Natural Selection, Science & Industry, and Knights, Pirates, and Vikings (may have messed up the name sequence on the end one there). They all had their moments, but, out of all of them, NS had the most visceral experience.

The first few times I played it, I ended up as one of the marines, and we got annihilated. It wasn't until a veteran commander came in that we started to win. He had a mic on, and started barking out these orders and everyone just hupped too. The aliens didn't stand a chance. It was the first encounter with true online co-operation. Strangers working together fluidly and without squabbles. It was beautiful to behold.

While I've not played Zombie panic, I find it unlikely that it includes zombies that run on walls, fly, build offensive turrets or health regenerating chambers. NS2 contains all of these things, and that's not including the alien class that teleports or the monster that can send marines flying.

One of the most innovative things about NS1, to me, was that while the marine team had a commander directing them, the aliens had a limited wallhack which allowed them to organize -- almost organically. From my understanding this is changing somewhat.. hopefully not too drastically, but we'll have to see.

And for those of you who tried NS1 and found it too confusing and/or got steamrolled too fast, my understanding is that the dev's have heard these complaints and are trying to take steps to make the game a little more forgiving for new players -- the base alien class is a little slower and tougher for instance. So easier to control, easier to hit, but can handle a few more hits as well.

It's one of the few games I've played where "vicious" can be an accurate description for some of the attacks and ambushes that happen, and when a team gels it can be simply amazing.

Of course, I've already pre-ordered so I could be a bit biased.

LimaBravo:
I dont like the idea of a game so reliant on the COmmander & GOrge positions being paid for.

What are you talking about?

If it's even running on its own engine, then it's not a Half-Life mod anymore, isn't it?

Paulox:

LimaBravo:
I dont like the idea of a game so reliant on the COmmander & GOrge positions being paid for.

What are you talking about?

You played NS ?

Paulox:

cyber_andyy:
This has been done in mods before.

Yes and one of them is called Natural Selection (2002). Besides they never claimed it was original.

It was just the way its was being peddled as something major and new by the op.

Fraught:
If it's even running on its own engine, then it's not a Half-Life mod anymore, isn't it?

No, it's not. I guess that's the reason they can make us pay for it.

I haven't played many RTSs since... *has flashbacks about WC3*... [/fetal position]
OT: I've never heard of this before, but if it's good I might get it.

gsf1200:
Natural selection 1 is one of the best mods ever. It really has the feel of the Aliens movie. That sense of impending doom. You have to build your base and you cant shoot while building. So you are trying to listen for approaching aliens and hope your teammate will cover you. A good marine team could win almost every time, but that almost never happens. Due to a lack of teamwork the aliens won about 80% of the matches. The funny thing was, everyone wanted on the marine team anyway! I've never seen a game where most people want on the losing side before. I enjoyed some of my most memorable gaming battles of all time from NS1.

Couldn't had said it better myself.

Both teaser and the news are quite old.
It would be a better idea to post screenies instead of trailer, as it's butt-ugly.

Heh... I fall into probably that one percent of people who was in desperate need of this news. Long ago I had discovered the world of mods and probably played at least thirty different half life mods in my freshman year of college. A few stuck with me, but it wasn't long before I was overwhelmed with work, and soon after the necessity of a new computer became apparent as I had no chance of running any new games anymore (and could barely run Day of Defeat at the time as it was). So I dump the old one for something brand new... but a few years later I could not remember the name of that one mod, you know, the one where one side plays the aliens and the other one is humans, and they're fighting for resources, no, not Starcraft, it's a mod for Half-Life... And then, years later, when I've all but forgotten about it, this news comes along. Thank you!

(I edited this thing three times to make it shorter. Brevity be damned!)

for those of you crying that they don't know anything about game to get interested, etc.... just click on the youtube video or wait till the end and you'll find a mess of videos of the original mod.

I never heard of mod but after watching the videos it has me interested in it.

hahahahah we play the older one sometimes in our computer tech club at school its pretty fun definatly like to play as the aliens and this new one looks espically good

$10 ill pay $20 probably not <.<

But ill have to see how well its crafted first

I'm pretty sure that teaser (pre-rendered, if you didn't realise) is pretty old. It was uploaded to youtube this year, but I'm sure I saw it like two years ago, if not earlier. I am looking forward to NS2, however, as the original NS was one of the most polished HL1 mods around.

The first one was amazing! You got to believe me IT WAS AMAZING!! RoAr! I'm not crazy!
I will definitely buy this one.

Is this a Hlaf life 2 Mod or what?... someone might have already asked...
Also any one heard of the black mesa mod?, i believe there's a thread talking about it already.

swaki:
never heard of this before, and the "teaser" gives me absolutely no further interests, may give it a look some time but its important to remember the importance of good advertising, just ask sony.

Trust me, if you ever liked Alien vs Predator of any of those sorts of games, NS is an absolutely awesome mod. So much fun, so much strategy needed to win. Easily the best mod to come out of the first Half-life game.
This.. this will be awesome. I can not wait. I might go download the old version for old times sake.

Ryuk2:
The first one was amazing! You got to believe me IT WAS AMAZING!! RoAr! I'm not crazy!
I will definitely buy this one.

You aren't crazy, it was so much frantic, crazy fun, though I died everytime one of those massive Rhinoceros like things fought me.

I have been waiting for this game erection in hand, for many a year.

Soon friends, soon.

thebrainiac1:
Looks very good, but my money is needed for the plethora of other AWESOME games coming out in the next month.

Like Assassin's Creed II!

Maybe worth it, doubt it the only good commercial mods are TF and CS

CanadianWolverine:
Here, have some in game screen shots from their alpha testing:

Squad Advance

Skulks In Vent

The future of this indy game looks damn fine.

THAT'S THEIR ALPHA?! I'm officially interested in this mod. Btw, trailer appears to be fairly old.

I never got massively in to Natural Selection, but i could see the quality of it at every turn. It really is in the upper echelon of mods, mods that pretty much have become as worthy as games in their own right, like Counter-Strike and Desert Combat, possibly even surpassing their originals.

swaki:
never heard of this before, and the "teaser" gives me absolutely no further interests, may give it a look some time but its important to remember the importance of good advertising, just ask sony.

If you have Half-Life I would recommend you download the original (its free), the community is likely extremely small at this point but if you can get a game going it will give you a feel of what to expect.

swaki:
never heard of this before, and the "teaser" gives me absolutely no further interests, may give it a look some time but its important to remember the importance of good advertising, just ask sony.

Basically, some guys play as big aliens who can eat the marines whole, and theres the commander who plays it RTS-style, and ofc, the marines who get the short end of the stick. Being, of course, eaten alive by all the aliens.

Good times.

I was super excited about this, having always said this great mod needs a source port, until of course, I saw it Wasnt source, and it wasnt a free mod.

Phail.

The original NS was my favorite Half-Life 1 mod.

My list probably ranks like this:

1. Natural Selection
2. Team Fortress Classic
3. The Specialists
4. The Battlegrounds
5. Special Operations

I LOVED the original, I think I might preorder this as my birthday present :D

Natural Selection was fucking brilliant. Along with CS and DoD (and MANY more) it should give you a pretty good idea of what mods can turn out to be.

This is why mod tools always should be available for games.