Sony Online Strongly "Hints" Planetside Sequel Coming This Spring
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Hopefully they've figured out how to balance out guns this time, god knows they never did in the first one. (It was still a good game though)
Well.. they have the exp with the MMO world to do it. They have god knows how many good examples of how to do shooter physics out there to draw from, I wouldnt say the name is "big" but it certainly does have a degree of allure for some. If its included with Station Access it may be a solid add and it certainly is a long time overdue to see the underrated franchise get a new sheen so it might compete with the modern world.
All those positives said... I absolutely positively will NEVER trust a single word out of Smedleys mouth. When I met him face to face I so wanted to knock his teeth down his throat for all of his evasion and doublespeak. Im not saying it wont be a great game, Im saying let me hear that come from ANYBODY else.
All those positives said... I absolutely positively will NEVER trust a single word out of Smedleys mouth. When I met him face to face I so wanted to knock his teeth down his throat for all of his evasion and doublespeak. Im not saying it wont be a great game, Im saying let me hear that come from ANYBODY else.
You aren't the only one making phone calls friend.Tssha said:
If anyone here isn't familiar with Planetside it had 3 factions rather than the typical two meaning that it's impossible for one side to dominate because the more land you take the more likely you're going to have a two front war. It's pure PvP and has a scope I've not seen in another FPS (366 people, 1 fight. There are multiple fights). There are large transport planes, Exo-suits, cloak suits, tanks, buggies, fighters, fuel trucks, mobile respawn points, bombers, Anti-Aircraft, and enough guns to put your eye out. The balance was close enough to work. The community really gelled over time. If you watched WAR's development you know that they wanted the motivation for city defense to be pride. Well they failed but Planetside succeed like you wouldn't believe. To this day the colors gold and blue make me irrationally angry and violent.
In short: Planetside ruined my ability to enjoy other games.
As for population concern. I know that every guy who played the original and quit I've talked to said they couldn't wait for the sequel. And then proceeded to gripe about the game's mismanagement. Which I've personally toned down over the year or two since I stopped playing because I know that PS was an experiment more than anything else.
They better do a beta test.
Mmmmm, lookin' forward to seeing what they've cooked up. Granted, it's SOE we're talking about, so I'm keeping my opinions in check until I see the final product (aka cautious optimism).
Yes, PlanetSide was way ahead of it's time. It's the only game to date, IMHO, that managed to successfully mimic the massive scope of a properly run military operation in the form of a game. The game's shortcomings included a shortage of interesting objectives, repetitive gameplay and limited selection of weapons. On the flipside, the game was technically competent (a first for SOE at the time), had fantastic music that I still hum-out to this day, and a neat scoring and XP system. Considering all the broken promises for MMOFPS games lately, here's hoping SOE finally gets it right.
Yes, PlanetSide was way ahead of it's time. It's the only game to date, IMHO, that managed to successfully mimic the massive scope of a properly run military operation in the form of a game. The game's shortcomings included a shortage of interesting objectives, repetitive gameplay and limited selection of weapons. On the flipside, the game was technically competent (a first for SOE at the time), had fantastic music that I still hum-out to this day, and a neat scoring and XP system. Considering all the broken promises for MMOFPS games lately, here's hoping SOE finally gets it right.
But wasn't the guy who talked about it from Sony? Surely that implies console support...WolfLordAndy said:
Its SOE - Sony Online Entertainment. They're the PC MMO section of sony, in charge of Star Wars Galaxies, EverQuest, Planetside, Matrix Online... and whatever other MMOs they're in charge of these days.The Hive Mind said:
If they were to make it available on consuls I'd imagine they'd have to seperate at least the PC games from PS3/360 if not seperate them from each other as well, and it would be a pretty groundbreaking move to have a MMO on consuls.
Wow, that was quite a while ago. So much was going on in my life when the first Planetside came out. I remember this was the game that drove me to buy a gaming pc, even though I never actually bought the game itself (I decided to play counterstrike instead). I'm looking forward to a sequel of this though. (hopefully with motion controls if it goes console)
The first couple of years of PlanetSide from 04-06 were some the best gaming experiences of my 28 years, having played many titles.
Then I watched them basically mismanage it into the ground and spewed forth buckets of bile on the forums for the next two years. I have lots of gray hair now (from all the angst) and a Vanu Sovereignty-ish tattoo. I loved it that much.
I bought the game over 4-5 times because my mouth kept getting me banned.
lol.
Then I watched them basically mismanage it into the ground and spewed forth buckets of bile on the forums for the next two years. I have lots of gray hair now (from all the angst) and a Vanu Sovereignty-ish tattoo. I loved it that much.
I bought the game over 4-5 times because my mouth kept getting me banned.
lol.
