INS Beta 3 Introduced

[The Big Herm]

Beta 3:

- Insurgency Beta 3 will be powered by the Orange Box Engine by Valve. As long as your SDK - Base is updated, you will NOT need to buy the Orange Box.
- It will feature a new theatre of war: Kosovo.
- The sides fighting for Kosovo will be the British Army and a fictional paramilitary group, the Serbian Liberation Army.
- The existing Insurgency content will be ported to the new engine and upgraded to make use of the features of the Orange Box engine.
- The current game modes will be streamlined and redesigned to provide a much more satisfying, immersive and enjoyable experience. Game modes and updated maps will be extensively tested before release.
- The current fireteams / squads / classes system will be revamped with the objective of being much more intuitive and easy to understand.
- Morale will play a key role in the new version. Players will gain morale with good teamplay, skill, and support actions.
- A "Tier" System will be introduced. This system will be tied in with your morale standing - giving you access to higher Tiers in weapons and accessories. The tier you have reached will disappear after you stop playing in that server. Good players will be able to reach the highest Tier after a few rounds. This will not be a persistent rank system.
- Gameplay will be clear and instantly accesible for everyone.
- The graphical interface of Insurgency will be completely redesigned. It will be much easier to navigate, choose your class, choose your allegiance, and customize your player's appearance and loadout. This is a requisite for building upon the customization options that we're implementing.
- New customization options will include different choices for the player's appearance, choices of primary weapons, and choices of secondary weapons.
- RPG's, C4, IEDs will be picked up from the map, and any player will be able to make use of them during the battle.
- Several new maps will be included, not only for the Kosovo theatre, but also for the existing Middle East theatre.
- New additions to the weapons will be included: M16 With Aimpoint, 1911 Pistol, UZI Sub Machine Gun, M240 Heavy Machine Gun, PKM Heavy Machine Gun, as well as other weapons for the British and Serbian teams. The details of their specific weaponry will come at a later time.
- Knife being replaced with a new melee system.

Some big things are in store for us! The update is not available yet, but they just released what the update is going to be.

 

[Newman]

Now what I want to know is if this will update the steam version of the game, but it sounds awesome

 

[H! Vltg3]

Nice. Sounds like a big update.


Screen shots below of Beta 3 from the official INS forums.
http://forums.insmod.net/index.php?showtopic=14964

 

[GetSomeZzz]

Can't wait! Thanks for the news!

 

[N1ghtmare]

sweet! there are some really good updates in there that i was wishing we would get!

 

[Cheez]

Wow that is sweet, I can't wait to play this beta 3. Man, enjoy the beta days while it lasts...

 

[Nero]

This is gonna rock!

 

[H! Vltg3]

So when the game is released (out of beta), will you have to buy it?

 

[Raziel44]

sounds great

 

[USCG Hammer]

Looks like a bunch of good updates. Cant wait

 

[N1ghtmare]

So when the game is released (out of beta), will you have to buy it?

this is my single biggest question as to weather or not i will be a long term INS person.

 

[H! Vltg3]

I think it is for most people, but if it does end up being a steam product (you have to buy it) I would pay for it. It's a unique concept for diverse features that separates itself from the conventional FPS.

 

[Blindsfell]

this sucks... i like the game the way it is....

 

[NeoJed -TR-]

I do hope it either is free or doesnt have the price of a new video game (60$ -_-) that would not be cool, if its like 20 bucks or something I would say its worth the money.

 

[Kill Me]

Cool.

 

[aleatorystories]

Woot! Thats awesome can't wait till it comes out.

 

[Redemption]

Wow... I'm going to have to start playing Insurgency more if that is whats coming!

 

[Ducttape]

So when the game is released (out of beta), will you have to buy it?

It doesn't sound like you'll need to buy it.

In the article Herm posted, valve said, "...Insurgency Beta 3 will be powered by the Orange Box Engine by Valve. As long as your SDK - Base is updated, you will NOT need to buy the Orange Box."

If they're saying you don't need to buy the Orange Box to play Ins, you probably don't need to buy Ins, either; at least, that's what I take from that statement.

 

[gotrice]

Herm quick question. If that happens does that mean it won't be on steam anymore? If so, will I have to pay for INS or will it be just an update to the game itself?

 

[mindkrash]

This update sounds freakin' awesome. Espically if you are a hardcore Insurgency fan! This is the only game in a very long time that brings the fun back to gaming for me. The last game that did that for me was back in 1999 when MechWarrior 3 was popular. If I understand this correctly I currently own TF2 which is part of the Orange Box? So, does this mean they both share the same engine and will be both updated together? If not, then it seems I will have to buy the Orange Box. Thanks for any help if possible and lets all make this division as fun and exciting as humanly possible!