Natural Selection 2: Combat

 PC
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. GameWatcher
    Nov 5, 2014
    85
    A lean offering with a promising future, developer Faultline Games has achieved that rarest of things; to separate a core feature from a game and allow it to stand on its own two feet and make it equally worthwhile to established veterans and unpractised hands alike.
  2. SpazioGames
    Nov 24, 2014
    75
    NS2: Combat proves to be a good shooter, fun and less demanding of Natural Selection 2, missing something in terms of originality. Its only real flaw lies in a rather high price.
  3. CalmDownTom
    Oct 30, 2014
    70
    A pretty good game. It lacks any brilliant originality or unique spark to make it truly stand out from the crowd. When it’s not hampered by technical issues (it frequently crashed on me) and long loading screens, the game itself is quite fun, especially to play with friends. For the most part NS2 plays well and, while it doesn’t reinvent the wheel in any aspect, you could do a lot worse.
  5. Everyeye.it
    Nov 12, 2014
    65
    An interesting Arena FPS, sadly too unbalanced to support the competition.
  6. PC Gamer
    Jan 2, 2015
    49
    A mod too short on content and aspiration to warrant the price as a standalone release.
  7. Riot Pixels
    Nov 27, 2014
    45
    You don’t have to think about tactics in Combat, not really – just shoot to kill and watch your six. Forget territory control, since there are no strategic points except your HQ. Faultline Games also designed 5 new maps, added a couple of assault rifles, reworked the interface a bit… and that’s about it. Since you don’t need to own the original Natural Selection 2 to play Combat, and the two games are actually incompatible, the developers nearly fragmented their tightly-knit community. But fans did not fall for the bait – Combat’s servers have been almost empty since day one.

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User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
  1. JesseZ
    Nov 1, 2014
    10
    Imagine you’re in a squad of marines covering a tactical position on a space station, an alien decloaks and devours you whole. You think it’sImagine you’re in a squad of marines covering a tactical position on a space station, an alien decloaks and devours you whole. You think it’s over, time to respawn, but wait, you’re alive inside this alien and punching to kill your foe before you’re digested! Your team lays siege to this creature and your combined fire bring down the beast AND YOU’RE STILL ALIVE! Crazy fun aliens vs. marines, play on either side, different types of aliens, marines and weapons, tactics, upgrade options, game types and more!
    Surprisingly no technical issues on the first day of launch. Game loads fast on my SSD and I'm running highest settings with 160 fps consistently. They also mentioned on their 96-hour stream that we can expect some really cool upcoming enhancements. I see a bright future for this game.    … Full Review »
  2. GISP
    Nov 19, 2014
    10
    Spawned from Natural Selection 2. Faultline Games turned the much loved title on its head, and made a vary fun FPS-MOBA.

    Gone is the    Spawned from Natural Selection 2. Faultline Games turned the much loved title on its head, and made a vary fun FPS-MOBA.

    Gone is the familiar RTS elements and In is 100% action.    … Full Review »
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