NS2 in PC Gamer!

KudokuKudoku Join Date: 2010-09-19 Member: 74092Members
edited September 2010 in NS2 General Discussion
I've been alpha testing NS2 ever since the partnership with Wolfire's Overgrowth, and today I got my PC Gamer magazine. Imagine my surprise when I saw this:
<img src="http://www.cubeupload.com/files/41e29elargescan.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

Looks like they liked it! Keep up the good work!

EDIT: Seems this has already been posted. I'll just excuse myself and try to save face by saying that this is a nice high-quality scan for you guys. Even though it really isn't.
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  • torquetorque Join Date: 2003-08-20 Member: 20035Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    "Hands-on with the beloved <b>Source</b> mod's sequel"? :P

    Glad to see NS2 getting press!

    Also: Winter 2010?
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  • WhiteZeroWhiteZero That Guy Join Date: 2004-06-24 Member: 29511Members, Constellation
    Really? You couldn't have looked through page 1 of posts?
    <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?showtopic=111099" target="_blank">http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/in...howtopic=111099</a>
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  • KudokuKudoku Join Date: 2010-09-19 Member: 74092Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1799131:date=Sep 19 2010, 06:24 PM:name=WhiteZero)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (WhiteZero @ Sep 19 2010, 06:24 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1799131"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Really? You couldn't have looked through page 1 of posts?
    <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?showtopic=111099" target="_blank">http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/in...howtopic=111099</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Well, I tried searching, but "PC" is too small of a term and "Gamer" gives too many results.

    Oh well.

    At least my scan is slightly better :/
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  • WhiteZeroWhiteZero That Guy Join Date: 2004-06-24 Member: 29511Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1799134:date=Sep 19 2010, 06:28 PM:name=Kudoku)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kudoku @ Sep 19 2010, 06:28 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1799134"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Well, I tried searching, but "PC" is too small of a term and "Gamer" gives too many results.

    Oh well.

    At least my scan is slightly better :/<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Searching for "gamer" would have presented the other thread as the 2nd result...
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  • PsiWarpPsiWarp Gifted Gorge Richmond, B.C., Canada Join Date: 2010-08-28 Member: 73810Members
    What's important is the publicity generated by this, getting the message out there will certainly help the NS2 community thrive :)
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  • DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can&#39;t Comm. England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
    Yeah more publicity is always good but it doesn't look like they've done much research as some of the info seems a little off but not out-right wrong. (Gorges healing with their tongue? I thought it was a spray? At least it was in NS1, maybe it'll change. Meh.)
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  • TSSTSS Join Date: 2010-05-11 Member: 71716Members
    edited September 2010
    As far as i know, no alien commander is dead wrong, only gorge's beeing able to build wrong (no love for the drifters i guess... while it's the only *playable* class, they should definity worded that differently), The dark hallways is wrong (NS1 was far darker then tram so far has been), And no, NS2 isn't a completly new idea, it's just from the same guys that pretty much invented the RTS/FPS hybrid, and so far the only ones that got it right.

    And of course, source mod is way off. The "lava room" comment is also off, since that's more then likely molten iron, not rock.

    But all in all, it is publicity. And there's no such thing as bad publicity.
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  • _Thresh__Thresh_ Join Date: 2008-01-11 Member: 63385Members
    tell that to BP
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  • SgtBarlowSgtBarlow Level Designer Join Date: 2003-11-13 Member: 22749Members, NS2 Developer
    There are quite a few things incorrect in that article :/
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  • katzenkorbanfasserkatzenkorbanfasser Join Date: 2010-07-27 Member: 73224Members
    Shogun II and Jagged Alliance 3 in 2011...wooooohooooooooo!! finally some games for men again. the floor is now lava.
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  • VonDoomVonDoom Knee deep in the latency Join Date: 2009-10-08 Member: 68989Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Sweet article, and in PC Gamer! Thanks for sharing =D
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  • TacotaTacota Join Date: 2009-10-12 Member: 69027Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1799136:date=Sep 19 2010, 07:29 PM:name=WhiteZero)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (WhiteZero @ Sep 19 2010, 07:29 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1799136"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Searching for "gamer" would have presented the other thread as the 2nd result...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Wow dude, chill, if it is so horrible don't open the thread next time.

    Thanks for the scan man, the other thread's scan was lacking.
    Good article
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited September 2010
    Wut I wannah know is. Did cory make a piece of concept art for them. Background Lorks vs Rines in furnace, I don't recognize it...
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  • HarimauHarimau Join Date: 2007-12-24 Member: 63250Members
    Shogun 2? Hell yeah, ######.
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    edited September 2010
    It's not a very good article, whoever wrote it needs to re-research the game.

    It's not a source mod. *Referring to the original NS that is.

    Aliens do have a commander too.

    *No mention of the unseen fade either.

    *Edits.
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  • HarimauHarimau Join Date: 2007-12-24 Member: 63250Members
    Big gaming news joints never fully research the indies... or at least that's a trend I've noticed.
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  • BacillusBacillus Join Date: 2006-11-02 Member: 58241Members
    I think it's pretty remarkable that NS2 gets a nod at least. Back in the days when I read more gaming magazines, most of them gave any smaller productions just a 1/2 page review without any earlier coverage.
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  • Squeal_Like_A_PigSqueal_Like_A_Pig Janitor Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 66Members, Super Administrators, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Reinforced - Supporter, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer
    <!--quoteo(post=1799838:date=Sep 26 2010, 12:11 AM:name=Kouji_San)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kouji_San @ Sep 26 2010, 12:11 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1799838"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Wut I wannah know is. Did cory make a piece of concept art for them. Background Lorks vs Rines in furnace, I don't recognize it...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No, none of the art used in the article was made specifically for them. That is some environment concept art I created a while ago to design a landmark area that is used in the Refining map that is currently in development.

    --Cory
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  • TriggermanTriggerman Graphic Artist Join Date: 2004-11-10 Member: 32724Members, WC 2013 - Supporter
    Dude, <i>not </i>okay. Awesome conceptart not yet released for wallpaper (ab)use.
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  • remiremi remedy [blu.knight] Join Date: 2003-11-18 Member: 23112Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester
    Really awful article. Misspelled Lerk, tons of mixing up NS1 gameplay with NS2.... The last paragraph is pretty awful too. NS2 is not a new idea obviously because it is a sequel to NS1, and half the games the author mentions didn't come out until after NS1 (Urban Assault and Battlezone it looks like came out in '98).

    Though the author had totally awful research, he did hit upon one thing that a lot of players loved about NS1. Having no alien commander added to the asymmetry and made the game more interesting. I'm still waiting to see how the alien commander plays out before I pass final judgement, but I'm afraid I will miss the different team dynamics brought about by the gameplay mechanics.
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  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited September 2010
    Meh, Hive Mind will be busy with upgrades (gorge was responsible for that in NS1) and spreading the growth or something. TSA commander will be busy with upgrades and the powergrid and MAC<i>intosh</i> <img src="http://members.home.nl/m.borgman/ns-forum/smileys/trollface.gif" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    (not in the beta release, but those are I guess the big finalized differences...)


    <!--quoteo(post=1799894:date=Sep 26 2010, 06:43 PM:name=Squeal_Like_A_Pig)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Squeal_Like_A_Pig @ Sep 26 2010, 06:43 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1799894"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->No, none of the art used in the article was made specifically for them. That is some environment concept art I created a while ago to design a landmark area that is used in the Refining map that is currently in development.

    --Cory<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Evil Cory is evil for not showing us his awesome furnace type room concept art!!!
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  • WiedeWiede Join Date: 2010-07-26 Member: 72933Members
    Am I the only one who has to smile at the "why do we build a lavaroom again?"-description at the picture?

    :D
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