NS2! Beta Version Released!

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See the link below. The game is being tested by a group of "beta" players. You cannot register without a beta key however the names of various nations, continents, and worlds are all active links - you can move around and bowse etc.

This is very interesting! Nation pages show a lot of additional economic information. There are various worlds, continents, and alliances. The alliances seem to function like a mini-WA. They write their own laws etc. Looks like the alliances and continents are taking the place of regions.

http://www.nationstates2.com/g/world/world-003


See the bottom of the pages for links to the various NS2 forums, a NS2 Web blog etc. This is a link straight to the blob: http://blog.nationstates2.com/
 
I have taken a look-around and, like Sydia, I am not that impressed at the moment. Maybe I will get a bit more enthusiastic when warfare etc are included
 
Right then.

This is the screen I see when I login:

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National happenings are the results of your decisions on issues.

This is the screen that I think you can see without logging in, right?

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The first part is fairly standard, the second para lists your resources (mine being Horses, Camels, Concrete and Oil). The third is related to nations "needs" -this I don't really get as it seems to be to be pretty much completely out of your hands (its not like I could change it so that my nation doesn't bother spending money on saying "entertainment" or something). Yesterday my income vs. international prices meant that I was short of somethings but, again, you can't prioritise anything and, anyway, it doesn't seem to make much difference.

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This is the top of the economy page. You can see the "needs" thing there.

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This is an issue:

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Obviously don't know how war/espionage will work yet. Personally the one thing I really don't like is the division up into "worlds". To me so far NS2 sits uncomfortably between NS1 and CN. It's lost the game mechanics which provided for the meta-politics of NS1, though I guess it depends on how war is implemented.
 
Do these alliances or worlds have a message board where nations can converse publically with one another? Where are new nations born in NS2?
 
Ooh, I surprisingly got an invitation too...but I'm a bit too confused of these first 5 minutes I had a look at it to explore more. And lacking time.
But it doesn't look that bad to me. :)
 
mr_sniffles:
With the war going on in CN right now, NS2 is going to face some stiff competition!
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Actually it's great for NS2 because all the losers are going to be looking for a new game to play, and they're gearing up for NS2. Also, I will, umm, reserve judgment until I can get in myself.
 
So now you lot have had over a month at NS2 what are your opinions now and has it improved as they have worked on it?
 
Byakhee:
So now you lot have had over a month at NS2 what are your opinions now and has it improved as they have worked on it?
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Well, they've done a good job fixing the errors and problems that popped up, though new ones still pop up.

I see a lot of potential in this game. It hasn't really caught fire yet though. I think they really need to enable war. I'm hoping that will give it the spark that it currently lacks.
 
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