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The competitive scene of Savage 2 was never really alive. The competitive Savage community sticked to original Savage: Savage World Cup 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPDDaRr_iw djWHEAT about SWC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OKTKOYxk9g

You could only play Humans vs Humans in Savage 1 because you played only the demo. The game is freeware since 5 years. You could have just downloaded the full game in order to play on regular Humans vs Beasts servers. What the guy claims in his video is correct IMO. Savage 2 died in less than a...

Savage: The Battle for Newerth (XR) and Natural Selection do this RTS/FPS blend best. What keeps people playing are good game mechanics, while both games are almost free from RPG elements - which is a big plus IMO. Savage: http://www.youtube.com/HurlyBurly3027 NS...

I think FPS games should switch to third-person mode just for melee. Why? Simply because in first-person mode you are only able to control an about 90-150 degree angle in front of you, while the third-person view allows to control 360 degrees easily, which means you can use more advanced melee...

@signingupforgames: This kind of gameplay has been realized the best way in 2003 with "Savage: The Battle for Newerth" ( Gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/user/HurlyBurly3027 ). S2Games used the same concept for the sequel "Savage 2: A Tortured Soul" ( which was unfortunately much worse...

The FPS/RTS concept doesn't work well for standard games because too much coordinated teamwork is required to have a fun. Not difficult to handle FPS players are the problem, unexperienced players are (once they are experienced, most of them are willing to help in any situation). The FPS/RTS mix...

The Savage community hates Savage 2 because it's no real sequel, it has a boring RTS mode where everything is automated, a bad combat system and too many RPG stuff which make it less skill based etc. I think they started creating Savage XR when they realised Savage 2 will be a fail game...