Natural Selection 2

Love the Game, sadly it gets no more Updates. Its still a solid Game tho and has a small but active Community. If you played Counterstrike 1.5/1.6 and other HL Mods, you will love this Game, as it is based on the old number one HL Mod "natural Selection"

The game is fun when you can play but between low player counts and some hostile players, just getting a game started though can be a challenge.

The diversity in alien life form play-style makes both playing as one and playing against one feel dramatically different from any other multiplayer shooter I can think of in a great way.

Playing as a marine, you are constantly checking every nook and cranny for wall climbing alien dogs waiting to ambush you or listening for the sound of wings signaling the alien bat monster's approach.

On the other side, playing as an alien unlocks areas that marines can only reach with jet packs from the get-go. walls and ceilings are like floors and you can even fly.

The commanding aspect can be challenging since the troops are uncontrollable and have minds of their own unlike other top down strategy games but seeing the battle from the new perspective gives an interesting grasp on the map's evolving situation.

As is, the game is entertaining as long as you are prepared to mute team mates as necessary.

Cancerous small-knit community makes this game unplayable.

DO NOT PURCHASE THIS GAME

WAS BAN PERMANENTLY after ( 4.3 hours) of game play.

This was the greatest game on the internet between 2012 and 2015, but was taken over by the NSL hackers and server buddies. The community thinks nothing of feasting on greens. The majority of the players are cheating in some way whether it be wall hacks, aim bots or just general smurfing.
The game itself is still great but as soon as you get into the community you will quickly uninstall.

Great Game. Hope they remake or release NS3

Couldn’t play this game for shit. Just spectated instead. Watching the chaos, humans and aliens tearing into each other, was way more fun than actually dealing with any of that shit in game.

Then one game, the human team captain loses it on me. Apparently becoming a spectator takes up a player slot. His team was struggling, and me just sitting there enjoying myself was too much for him. Guy has a mental breakdown in chat and doesn't even build or order anything for his team anymore.

I stayed. The match was great.

There is still a small community going. Would be nice to bring back more people.
This game definitely has great potential and actually still is different from most games.
Think it flew under the radar for most people.

At time of review has about 200 players active but this game is great. Its an asymmetric team game. Has an aliens vs colonial marines theme with great art style. Has a great community playing from across the globe.

I love the fact that one member of each team is a commander who has to manage their team like they were units in an Real Time Strategy game: giving orders, activating unique team based commander abilities and providing intel to their team.

Although a daunting task I too once took up the mantle of playing as commander and found that a portion of the player base (most veterans) were very kind and encouraging towards a newer player like me. They provided tips and gave helpful instructions. I would however insist that if you can to get a microphone if you plan to 'com' since communication to you team is key.

Finally if you plan to buy this game bring a friend, we always need new players.

Make this free to play!!!! Miss this

from my experience the aliens are so easy to kill that they don't get to upgrade so it is giant mech suits and machine guns vs small fox sized aliens who the best form they can afford is a bird that can easily be shot down

Dogshit :(

Make it f2p please?

Amazing Indie game!

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Very dynamic RTS

I love this game. When all the indie games were coming out in the mid 2010's this game was an absolute gem and certainly has the capability of coming back. Its cheaper than its ever been and as long as we mute and ignore the toxic tryhards (but for sure listen to advice this game be hard), we can keep this game going forever.

I will stand by playing this game throughout my life. Not always, but a couple binge weeks a year for sure. <3

cuz yes

Great game

Bought it for the cool dragon looking alien. Let down.

I lurk

this game sucks.

even on casual community servers.

its either always full or always empty, and all of the players just use vote kick the second they don't get what they want.

Even though the game is old, one of the best team vs team games I've played. There's nothing quite like it in the wild among new games. Not a single one required so much team coordination to actually pull the victory and it's very punishing if either your commander fails to provide support and guidance or the regular players fail to defend/attack a crucial objectives. Both sides (Marines and Kharaa) are extremely different in gameplay and can satisfy almost any player in what different roles can offer (especially on the alien side, as there you can literally play as either: ambusher, support, tank, assassin or just not care and go straight into enemies' face with a good ol' skulk considering the speed they can go at). Would love to see a continuation but most likely it will not happen.

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Nothing else like it

very cool game, lots of fun.

Amazing game. Its a shame not too many people play it anymore

sick

the game is incredibly fun from both an rts and an fps perspective but the community can be some of the most polarizing people. In servers that say noobs welcome, noobs really aren't welcome especially if you com. There's a large learning curve and if you want to play key role like a commander you need a mic and know build orders, map layouts, everything. I'd recommend it if you like fps/rts with thick skin to handle at times unfair criticism.

yes

Fun command & fight RTS game.

Not sure how it's doing in 2024 in terms of its community - but in its peak, and just in terms of gameplay, it was incredibly worth playing back when I played it more. There is much potential with the commanders, if they know their individual team members and how they play.

Brought it to play with friends, they didn't want to play. played 2 hours, left it in my back log. Seems the community is dead now.

There is no sound and no way to fix it. Even after hours trying to find the fix on google. So damn dissapointed :/

Please add sex with Big Tiddy Goth Chicks

Picked this game up for 2 bucks and was very excited, but there's no player base anymore. Can't say it's anyone's fault, this game is 12 years old, just needed to say something so people know there's no players.

I went berserk and killed everything that moved as an onos

NS2 players love this game more than the developers

The game is pretty fun, but it quickly loses its appeal. It seems to have a much smaller player base now, and many of the remaining players are extremely skilled. Even a little mistake can make you die. That would be fine if players focused on playing the game instead of blaming each other for losing. In almost every game I've played, someone complains about how incompetent the commander is or accuses others of wasting money.

I’m obviously a newbie compared to these players with thousands of hours, but it's frustrating to listen to grown adults constantly rant about a video game. They might be right, but the way they express it feels toxic.

If you're looking for an FPS strategy game to invest time in, then this game is great. Otherwise, save your money the game already has a very small player base, and only a few servers ever fill up.

underrated game

This game makes my nipple tipples dry.

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Commander plays RTS, infantry plays shooter
Small online, many nerds
Very long and difficult achievements
4/10 not a bad game, but not for me

Yes.

This game is a sad lost gem, avoiding by many because it's old or hard to learn. I had amazing 60-70 minutes matches on this game and even had some decent shit talking moments where it's actually allowed in this game. It's just a damn shame not many people play it.

I really love the concept of this game.
It's a pity nowadays there is nothing simillar.

PHENOMENAL GAME! Pick it up!

So sad that the servers are dead, really enjoyable asymmetric FPS

Like this game but few things you need to prepare yourself for:
- Toxic players in a small community
- Too many talking in team chat
- Getting yelled at for being a noob and doesn’t know what to do
- Good game

PS: don’t jump into the commander chair if you are a noob, the tutorial doesn’t really teach you anything, it was made back in the day when the mechanic are different, specially for the aliens.

seems like a nice game but its hard to get into
there are currently 2 community servers that have players and both are constantly full i'd give it some more time but i didnt want to lose the refund option and the tutorials took me 1.5 hours

make natural selection 3 and my life is yours