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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Stoney Mason on November 20, 2012, 04:41:32 PM

Title: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: Stoney Mason on November 20, 2012, 04:41:32 PM
Launches today. I want to play but I'm a little intimidated by the game since I never played the first.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb90FBLfPBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANeZVzrzpBI
Title: Re: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on November 20, 2012, 04:44:42 PM
I already downloaded it, will def give it a go. Looks pretty cool and I always enjoy being able to ride around in a tank and blast infantry.
Title: Re: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: etiolate on November 20, 2012, 06:48:34 PM
I will probably give it a try even though I'm pretty pick with FPS games.
Title: Re: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: Rahxephon91 on November 20, 2012, 07:05:56 PM
Played an hour. Game seems pretty awesome.
Title: Re: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: cool breeze on November 20, 2012, 07:27:32 PM
Launches today. I want to play but I'm a little intimidated by the game since I never played the first.

It's easier to get into than the first.  For the most part it feels like a gigantic never ending match of Battlefield.  You can either get a vehicle and drive/fly to where the action is; the map tells you where conflicts are, and the percent of faction control.  Or you can use the instant deploy (that has a cooldown) to drop you right into a fight.  From there it's a matter of destroy/capture/defend/etc.

The hardest thing to grasp is that you can't really win or lose.  It's like a never ending tug of war between the three factions.

I don't know how much has changed from the beta.  Game performance and some of the free-to-playisms were the issues I had there.  Stuff like needing to buy grenades and generally slow progression compared to Battlefield/CoD.
Title: Re: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on November 22, 2012, 12:25:19 PM
 :lol :lol :lol :lol

I just booted this up for the first time. Game has placeholders/string id's in the main menu. Budget Sony release.

 :lol :lol :lol :lol
Title: Re: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on November 22, 2012, 12:33:07 PM
Ok this could be some bug, since everthing in the menus is a placeholder/id string now :(
Title: Re: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: Dickie Dee on January 28, 2013, 09:36:24 PM
Anyone play this? Thinking of giving it a go
Title: Re: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: Cormacaroni on January 28, 2013, 09:41:42 PM
It really looks like Halofield. Kind of mindblowing that something like this is F2P.
Title: Re: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: archie4208 on January 28, 2013, 11:37:16 PM
Poor gunplay and grind/pay2win = ehhhhh :-\

I like the concept, though!
Title: Re: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: Stoney Mason on January 29, 2013, 12:03:52 AM
A lot of the battlefield community seems to have picked up the game and like what it puts out there.

I think the biggest flaw is simply that there is no true tutorial to teach you how to play the game. It just throws you in the deep end of the pool and expects you to start swimming. Some people find that approach refreshing and challenging but others find it bewildering and frustrating.

Title: Re: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: Dickie Dee on January 29, 2013, 01:20:59 PM
A lot of the battlefield community seems to have picked up the game and like what it puts out there.

I think the biggest flaw is simply that there is no true tutorial to teach you how to play the game. It just throws you in the deep end of the pool and expects you to start swimming. Some people find that approach refreshing and challenging but others find it bewildering and frustrating.

This was my experience - to the point that I couldn't find the options menu to peruse the keybindings for even a bit of a clue so uninstalled to clear up space.

I think the only other squad based shooter I own is Battlefield BC 2 - do people still play that? I've suddenly got an intense hankering and I've realized I haven't really actually played one for more than a couple days since BF 1942
Title: Re: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on January 29, 2013, 01:23:59 PM
I tried it again and still only had placeholders everywhere. Instant delete.
Title: Re: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: Dickie Dee on January 29, 2013, 01:25:50 PM
Is air-dropping in when spawning/re-spawning a common thing in these games now? I thought that was pretty dope
Title: Re: Planetside 2 out now (Free to Play)
Post by: Stoney Mason on January 29, 2013, 01:30:07 PM
Is air-dropping in when spawning/re-spawning a common thing in these games now? I thought that was pretty dope

Not super common but some other games do it. Section 8 springs to mind. But yeah I really think they should put a true tutorial in the game. A lot of game devs don't really seem to understand that not everybody wants to learn an mp game by getting their teeth kicked in until they eventually pick up what is going on.