Pretty sure you can remove the patch notes and just link to them elsewhere. Also, lol at this gamer.

Custom engine.

What's really good is the dynamic lighting in this game - flashlights emit real light, shadows are real time etc, makes for some really awesome effects.

Left 4 Dead would have been great with this lighting engine.

is it playable now?

It's been pretty good for a while now, last few patches I'm running close to 60fps with a 4850.

The major issue was lack of end-game content... aliens max out with fades/1-2 incomplete chambers and marines have only light armour. The game grinds to a halt quickly (15-20mins) without end-game tech and people get bored or it stalemates.

This patch hopefully addresses that.

This is like duke nukem all over again. This will never be released at the rate it's going.

Wow this game is still in beta? jesus. It does look nice though, do want.

reminds me of Zerg creep only its green.
Wish Blizzard would do a SC game like that.
i dunno, you'd get some pretty demented flashbacks after a night of that.

This is like duke nukem all over again. This will never be released at the rate it's going.

Wow this game is still in beta?

woah this game still isn't out yet?

It will be at least another 12 months minimum, I wouldn't be surprised if it's 2 years off. Everyone, even the complete nuthuggers have accepted the timeframe blowout and no longer rage... it will come when it comes (which is a long way off).

The good news is that the incomplete version is highly enjoyable, I've sunk 60 hours into it so far and every patch brings something new and improves the game.

If it's fun now, then why don't they just declare and ship it?

It's fun to me but I was obsessed with NS1.

It's nowhere near ready... once they have full tier 3, a selection of maps and smooth out the performance + bugs a bit more I would say it's releasable.

For a regular studio that doesn't seem like much, for them it's a 1-2 year project because that's the speed it's progressing at.

I believe it's around 6 :S

It is what it is... even the developers have accepted the blowout, they no longer promise anything in regards to the timeline and make no apologies any more.


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A big studio should pick up the game concept now and release it using something like say the frostbite engine before NS team finish.

Jewing them of their money and making them pay dearly for their stupid decisions.