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Unknown Worlds, the development team behind Natural Selection 2, has just released a sneak peak at the New Frontiersman. The sneak peak takes a look at the reasons behind some of the cosmetic changes to the armor and helmet.
Check out the New Frontiersman sneak peak page for various details on the character and for a number of desktop sizes of the above two images!
The Helmet
The helmet redesign may be one of the more drastic changes. The HUD was formerly displayed on a solid visor -- which impaired vision, and could be broken. The new HUD strip is a holographic band of light generated from two simple-state projectors on either side. Compromising them would require total helmet failure. The information load displayed to the marine is also much reduced, in favor of more intuitive, distributed data.
The open-face design will be surprising to some, but represents a subtle yet vital shift in combat mentality. Ask any marine and they will tell you -- the best way to kill Kharaa is to know where they are. The aliens are deadly and sneaky -- but they are not the only ones with fierce instincts and sharp senses. The most potent detection gear a Frontiersman has is still his eyes and ears. The visor was a barrier between the soldier and his environment. When we removed it, we saw kill rates go up by 15%.
The new Frontiersman is more mobile, better protected, and more alert. We are not entering their world ... they are entering ours.
The helmet redesign may be one of the more drastic changes. The HUD was formerly displayed on a solid visor -- which impaired vision, and could be broken. The new HUD strip is a holographic band of light generated from two simple-state projectors on either side. Compromising them would require total helmet failure. The information load displayed to the marine is also much reduced, in favor of more intuitive, distributed data.
The open-face design will be surprising to some, but represents a subtle yet vital shift in combat mentality. Ask any marine and they will tell you -- the best way to kill Kharaa is to know where they are. The aliens are deadly and sneaky -- but they are not the only ones with fierce instincts and sharp senses. The most potent detection gear a Frontiersman has is still his eyes and ears. The visor was a barrier between the soldier and his environment. When we removed it, we saw kill rates go up by 15%.
The new Frontiersman is more mobile, better protected, and more alert. We are not entering their world ... they are entering ours.
Check out the New Frontiersman sneak peak page for various details on the character and for a number of desktop sizes of the above two images!