NS Addiction

[SuicidaL MonkeY]

Everyone has their own reason why they play NS, im curious as to what you love about the game that keep you playing almost day to day?

My reason is beacuse of the different species, Marines have a very different equipment and stratagies, and have to think on their toes more than, lets say, finding as many heads as you can with a sniper in CS.  The aliens because of their abilities and tecniques, more animalistic than other mods yet brutal at the same time, with some sneaking thrown in.  The battles are more strategic and the Commander aspect kicks royal kharra entrails

To me i find this to be much better than picking off zombies who waddle towards ya  ^_^

[Goldy]

It got me because it's extremely unique. You have shooters vs. meleers and structure building anywhere on the map. And, you can fly!

[CorvusX]

It got me because it's extremely unique. You have shooters vs. meleers and structure building anywhere on the map. And, you can fly!

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That, and the people on LM.  I've had so many good times with the community here, just screwing around on the map or whatnot.  You know... trying strats that clearly shouldn't work (ze good ol' mine strat or ZE KNOIFE SQUAD! <3 ), but sometimes do in the end anyway.  The people really can cheer me up after a long day's work and study.

[Wolfwood]

NS is a purely unique mod, and nothing comes close to it. CS is just straight shoot 'em up, plant a bomb if you feel like it. In NS, you actually have a goal to accomplish besides "omgzorz headshot every enemy!". I play NS in my spare time (which I tend to have a lot of -_-), and I enjoy the whole setting too, as it satisfies that little sci-fi nerd living inside of me. Of course, there's always the enjoyable communities in which to settle into.

Now, NS isn't my opium, but it's close. (ketchup is my opium, long story... well, not so long, but not on topic)

[A Boojum Snark]

I have nothing else to do. That's the only reason you'll find me playing NS.

[pardzh]

I think I have a thing for games with the Marines vs. Aliens setting.

NS and Gloom have both occupied so much of my time...

[Malevolent]

My friend introduced it to me a several years ago. I thought it was pretty cool and kept playing. I also started playing here first thing (I remember playing with Diablus then a lot when I sucked more).

[Necrosis]

Its cooperative play where each side has a vastly different play style.

Its why I got hooked on XWing Vs TIE and AvP as well, funnily enough.

[TychoCelchuuu]

I play it because it works. The audacity of it is astounding; if you had told ANYONE that you were making a HL mod where one side was controlled by a commander and built buildings together and the other side was composed of evolving aliens who chose their own upgrades and could build their own buildings, all in the Half-Life engine, you would be laughed out of the room. NS makes me believe, for the time that I play it, that all those little mods out there with awesome ideas that make you go "There's no way they can do that" will actually do it. I was a (relatively) early fan of NS because for some reason I believed they'd pull it off; I play it often to remind myself that such amazing things can be done by people who aren't even getting paid.

[aeroripper]

I honestly don't know... but i've played this game more than another other game i've ever bought (and that's about 100+ games) and its free!  (I even donated $20 to them because i figure i've gotten so much time out of it $20 is nothing)

That and i like playing on linuxmonster NS because most people use teamwork and its fairly fun.

Even newer games like hl2dm i can't play for very long because its just "Deathmatch"... i am so tired of deathmatch.  So very tired  :help:

My g/f even plays this game once and a while and she loves it even though she doesn't play a ton of computer games.

That and its kind of funny sometimes when the marines are doomed so the comm starts handing out mines and cigarettes

 

EDIT: I thought about asking this same question the other night

[X-S-Z]

What keeps me playing NS?

All of you! <3

[Mr.Bill]

Its one of the few games that depending on what you do, mic spam is acceptable. :-D

it also brings my love of fps and rts together

[aeroripper]

Its one of the few games that depending on what you do, mic spam is acceptable. :-D

it also brings my love of fps and rts together

lol, and i stay for bill's crazy relocates and inaudible mic spam *makes crackling noise to simulate

[Clashen]

i dont play ns

[Necrosis]

Deathmatch is dull.

It might be a new thing for some gamers, but for people who've been around a while, you quickly realise that DMs are only marginally different from playing against the PC, thus the REAL fun is to be had in cooperative play.

That, I believe, is why MMORPGs are HUGELY popular. Cooperative objective based play is more rewarding and varied than deathmatching. Honestly. I fail to see why people think DM modes are the pinnacle of gaming. I mean seriously, I would worry about anyone who has been gaming for a decent length of time but still believes DM to be better play than teamplay.

[SwiftSpear]

Aliens Vs Marines, period.  I much prefer mowing down freekishly agile lifeforms at long ranges then I do picking off sniper whores at a million paces.  I much prefer jumping onto someone's head and sending them swirling in freaked out circles as I chomp on thier ankles then I do exchanging fire behind cover and never getting more then a glimpse of my opponent.

NS is just so different.  I like guns vs guns combat every once in a while, but the whole concept of NS is just something I love.

[Guenhwyvar]

Coffee is my addiction, but I play NS for the fun!  CS and DoD are just too darned difficult for me because I never know who is a friend and who is an enemy because the uniforms look similar (call that boring!)  

Ohh and what goldy said... flying, it is so much fun, whether it is JP or lerk, it's all fun, even tho I die faster than a bug on  the windshield.

[ziggot]

I play because ive always loved rts games but always hated how the units couldnt think. They would just sit there and watch their imminent death coming and do nothing.
Plus, its the only game ive ever played where the two sides arent just slightly different versions of eachother.

[lithium]

I started playing a little over a year ago when a couple of my friends nagged me for about a month to start playing. At the time i didn't even have half life so i picked it up and the first thing i loved was actually complexity in a fps. I also just liked the pace and basic concept of the game, and the only reason i'm still playing it now is that i haven't been able to find anything better or even like ns.

[EmperorPenguin]

I played CS when it was the only mod around that I really cared about.  It was good simple fun, but it quickly got swept away when DoD showed up.  I played in the first three Battle For Europe games, and got a healthy taste of organized co-operative play (not to mention a couple of 8-12 hour marathons).

But then NS showed up.  The perfect game, mixing FPS and RTS elements, and requiring true co-operation every time to win.  I think Necrosis said it best, deathmatch is dull.  In fact, I have more fun playing the single player elements of games, and usually don't explore their multiplay options (or when I do, they last about a week.)  Why is this?  Because when I do feel like a multiplayer game, I go play NS on LM!

Seriously, I've never bothered to hang at the same server before (stats=blah), but I finally found in LM the perfect kind of server.  Full of talented, respectful players, and with a strong community backing, its no wonder I can't find a good MP experience anywhere else!

/gush