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    I bought ND because of this. FPS + RPG!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Pluberus, Sep 28, 2011.

  1. Pluberus

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    Just saw a gameplay trailer on youtube after seeing your post. Game does look pretty sick!
     
    khetik, Sep 28, 2011
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    Isn't that more FPS+RTS?
     
    hockeymass, Sep 28, 2011
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    You call this RPG?
    Being able to choose a weapon and slightly alter something else while shooting stuff 24/7 doesnt make RPG you know.
     
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    Pretty sure he meant RTS.
     
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    Yea, just deleted and resubmitted it with the correct title. :D
     
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    I didn't link directly to the YouTube because Interwave deserve's more exposure. Reddit's an easy way to do that. :D
     
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    I didnt quite get it anyway — do you have a group of five soldiers with you which you can give orders? Whats the RTS element?
     
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    Does this have any singleplayer or skirmishes offline with bots or anything?
     
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    One person on each team is the commander, who gives orders from a top down view. There was a Half Life mod years ago that was like this called Natural Selection. In that, the commander of the human side could give orders, build structures (had to be completed by the other players), drop supplies, and purchase upgrades. I'm not sure exactly how much the commander does in ND, but it seems interesting.
     
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    The commander has a different view (traditional RTS perspective), which was not shown in the youtube clip. He gives orders to the forces on the ground.

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    Visit Steam's site for the game. The first video gives a good overview and the commander's role which makes it pseudo-rts. This made me install Battlezone 2 again.
     
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    I was commander all the time in Battlefield 2142 :D
     
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    Looks like a mix of battlefield, NS mod for HL1 and Empires mod for HL2 to me.
     
    Jasp, Sep 29, 2011
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