Hi, I finally decided to register and come aboard and share my feedback on this unique and excellent mod, I have been a player of NS since it was released on the original Half-Life game. I never got into playing it as much, I took the game as more of a causal experience, spending the majority of my time in other HL mods, namely Counter-Strike and Day of Defeat; However, it appears NS has done a better job than both of those games in terms of quality.
PLEASE IMPROVE SOUND QUALITY
The one thing that has always bothered me a lot about NS was the sound design. I never felt the weapons even in the original NS packed any punch. They felt weak, and for futuristic weapons which are suppose to be more powerful than our current ones. They sound like air-soft weapons.
I also wished this game featured some sort of atmospheric dynamic sound design, like in Call of Duty games, players automatically say things like "Enemy Down!", or "I'm reloading". If NS could incorperate some of these things, it would be great. For example; When a Skull is trying to bite a marine, everytime a bite is near the Marine, the Marine should yell out something in panic, or phrases like, "God damnit die!", or cries like "Help! Get it off me!". This is a very common situation where we have seen Marines being chased by Skulls in the first few minutes of the game.
In my opinion, the comma rose messages that players can use are not very great and a old system. It needs to be improved upon.
It would also be nice to include some kind of Alien ambiance when a aliens are near the Marines, such as hissing, drooling, or alien laughter. This can increase immersion when a Skull is on the roof tracking them, also making the Marines feel uneasy when going through dark corridors. Things like Aliens screaming when on fire could be really enjoyable and adds that little chuckle to the player playing the game, these things keep players coming back and telling their friends about it.
These are just suggestions, I hope you get the idea. Sound is a really important part of immersion, the visuals in this game are great! I just wish the sound was on the same level.
PLEASE IMPROVE SOUND QUALITY
The one thing that has always bothered me a lot about NS was the sound design. I never felt the weapons even in the original NS packed any punch. They felt weak, and for futuristic weapons which are suppose to be more powerful than our current ones. They sound like air-soft weapons.
I also wished this game featured some sort of atmospheric dynamic sound design, like in Call of Duty games, players automatically say things like "Enemy Down!", or "I'm reloading". If NS could incorperate some of these things, it would be great. For example; When a Skull is trying to bite a marine, everytime a bite is near the Marine, the Marine should yell out something in panic, or phrases like, "God damnit die!", or cries like "Help! Get it off me!". This is a very common situation where we have seen Marines being chased by Skulls in the first few minutes of the game.
In my opinion, the comma rose messages that players can use are not very great and a old system. It needs to be improved upon.
It would also be nice to include some kind of Alien ambiance when a aliens are near the Marines, such as hissing, drooling, or alien laughter. This can increase immersion when a Skull is on the roof tracking them, also making the Marines feel uneasy when going through dark corridors. Things like Aliens screaming when on fire could be really enjoyable and adds that little chuckle to the player playing the game, these things keep players coming back and telling their friends about it.
These are just suggestions, I hope you get the idea. Sound is a really important part of immersion, the visuals in this game are great! I just wish the sound was on the same level.