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I'm loving this game, and I don't typically love deathmatch-style multiplayer games.
I think the game balance is a bit skewed toward Marines however, as most people are generally more comfortable playing FPS games with guns and a map and a HUD, etc. Like it's more conventional, and the controls for the Aliens - although very well-designed - are, well, alien. So maybe it will take a while for the playerbase to kind of get used to walking on walls and melee combat in a shooter of sorts. But that's just my impression after playing a couplefew matches.
Otherwise, the graphics and smooth gameplay are fantastically produced, and the strategy/RTS elements are awesome, even though they'll take some getting used to as a new player to really grasp. Practically on-the-fly evolutions and upgrades are an awesome feature, I just wish you retained them through death instead of having to do it all over again each respawn... but perhaps that will become less niggling once I stop sucking so bad and dying every 10 seconds. 
Really hoping they add a few more game modes or customization to current maps and stats- but maybe I just haven't explored enough yet.
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Natural Selection 2
