Whiny manchildren
Natural Selection 2
- Release Date:
- Oct 30, 2012
- Metacritic:
- 80
- Developer:
- Unknown Worlds Entertainment
- Publisher:
- KRAFTON, Inc., Unknown Worlds Entertainment
- Platforms:
- Windows
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About This Game

Natural Selection 2 pits alien against human in an action-packed struggle for survival. Wield devastating weaponry as a Frontiersman marine, or become the xenomorph as a deadly Kharaa lifeform.

Strategy Meets Shooter
Natural Selection 2 is a First Person Shooter and Real Time Stategy game rolled into one! Each team, alien and human, has a Commander. The Commander looks down on the battlefield and issues orders, places structures, collects resources, researches technology, and deploys abilities.

Here are some gameplay examples: A human Commander could drop health packs and ammunition to a trapped marine squad, and deploy sentry guns to help them defend their position. Or an alien Commander could grow a new Hive to spread infestation throughout newly captured territory, allowing more alien eggs to spawn...

Two Unique Sides
Aliens players choose to evolve into one of five lifeforms: The fast, fearsome Skulk can run on walls and deliver massive damage with its jaws. Lerks fly and deploy gasses to support their teammates in battle. Gorges heal other lifeforms and build tunnels, hydra turrets, walls, and other tactical structures. Fades blink in and out of battle, picking off marines with giant scythes. Finally, the giant Onos is so massive and so tough, that even entire marine squads can't take it down.

Marines wield rifles, shotguns, grenade launchers, pistols, and other weapons. Cluster grenades can clear ventilation shafts of sneaky Skulks, flamethrowers make short work of alien structures and infestation, and boosts dropped by the Commander increase combat effectiveness.
When attacking on foot doesn't cut it, marines can construct hulking Exosuits wielding miniguns and railguns, and equip jetpacks for high speed assaults on alien Hives.

Long Term Development
Natural Selection 2 receives constant updates. This year, 2019, Unknown Worlds continues to develop new features, content, and improvements.

Mod Tools Come Standard
Natural Selection 2 comes with all the tools we used to make the game. All game code is open source. That means you can create, and play, an endless variety of mods. Publish, share, and download mods from the Steam Workshop, and automatically download mods when you join modded games.

Digital Deluxe Edition
Digital Deluxe Edition includes:
- Official Soundtrack - 1 hour of tribal, industrial music composed by David John and Simon Chylinski
- Digital Art Book - 40+ pages of art by Cory Strader, including environments, creatures, weapons and more
- Exclusive in-game marine model - Exclusive in-game marine model - A new marine model with custom visor and armor plating
- Exclusive Wallpapers and Avatars - Unique views of the NS2 universe by Amanda Diaz
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User Reviews
Truly one of the best games I've ever played, ten years ago. There just isn't enough people playing these days to recommend.
Great Game, However, The game is mostly dead and the other servers that have a lot of players in them are Always Full, 20 Out of 20 players. The max player-count on servers NEEDS to be put to like 30 or 40. I regret to Inform that I think the developers Went Woke. Sucks, Go woke, Go broke.
I enjoyed this back when it had more than 10 full servers, very fun and unique. Heck I started off from a game called Tremulous (2006) which was like a quake-like natural selection back in the days. But this game is dead. It's an online-only title, and there's barely any players left and the dev team has gone dark. So I DO NOT recommend this to anyone as it is essentially a dead game that can't be played without a MP player base.
its working but has some bugs and lags and its quite unbalanced even more so than the older part 1
Meh, it would be okay of there was a player base for it. But the only ones left are the whiny man manchildren that play the game a SPECIFIC way and constantly complain about when something isn't done exactly to their specifications. No room to grow and learn the PVP aspects. And these people know it too, first game I loaded up in, they were talking about the reviews and what people say. There's maybe two 20-people servers that are full at a time, and the subreddit is essentially just one dude named Phinaeus posting clips with maybe one other person every 5-10 posts. Games in its death throes and is on hard life support. But I gave it a try. I encourage everyone to do the same, but keep that refund tab open.
FAQ
How much does Natural Selection 2 cost?
Natural Selection 2 costs $4.99.
What are the system requirements for Natural Selection 2?
System requirements are not available for Natural Selection 2.
What platforms is Natural Selection 2 available on?
Natural Selection 2 is available on Windows PC.
Is Natural Selection 2 worth buying?
Natural Selection 2 has 36% positive reviews from 11 players. Metacritic score: 80/100.
When was Natural Selection 2 released?
Natural Selection 2 was released on Oct 30, 2012.
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