Well I'm really excited for MAG, but Planetside looked like one hell of a game especially for it's time, it almost seems to ahead of it's time.
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Planetside = Most Underrated Shooter Ever
Topic started by greenspear on Oct. 8, 2009.
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Post by Diamond (4,792 posts) See mini bio
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Not the most underrated but it definitely was pretty interesting for the time.
I'm in the MAG beta and it's about a billion times better netcode than Planetside was capable of.
Planetside also had the problem of whenever there was more than about 20 people in an area it turned into a total spamfest. You didn't really get 1000 on 1000 battles or anything close to that either.
I'm in the MAG beta and it's about a billion times better netcode than Planetside was capable of.
Planetside also had the problem of whenever there was more than about 20 people in an area it turned into a total spamfest. You didn't really get 1000 on 1000 battles or anything close to that either.
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Post by CitizenJP (179 posts) See mini bio
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Aaah Planetside...I sure miss that game. Used to play it a whole bunches...good times. That indeed was a great FPS and actually worked in an MMO setting. Too bad it's pretty much dead, but I don't bout the populace since I haven't played in over 2 years. One of my biggest MMO hopes is for Planetside 2! That would be amazing. Especially if it was like Planetside....but better. :P
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Post by klownboots (144 posts) See mini bio
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Man does this bring back some memories. I LOVED that game. The amount of different ways you could play it was just... amazing. I would roll with a squad of guys who would use the little planes (forgot their name lol) and jet around to bases behind enemy lines and drop their generator (stopping them from rolling out tanks and such). After that got old we would run huge tank squads and just crush bases.
Then the expansion came out (which basically added nothing). The support for the game seemed to die off (if I remember right the entire original dev team quit or something). The infrastructure of the game (net code, hit detection, servers) was never improved upon and when the stupid big ass robots came out.... I was done.
All that game really needed was a dedicated team and an evolving approach to game mechanics.
I am very interested in MAG, from the standpoint that it seems to deliver this massive battlefield action I loved in Planetside. Honestly though I wish Sony would make a PS2 or something as I just LOVED the lore/setting of PS. If MAG was set in the future.... I would be complete.
Then the expansion came out (which basically added nothing). The support for the game seemed to die off (if I remember right the entire original dev team quit or something). The infrastructure of the game (net code, hit detection, servers) was never improved upon and when the stupid big ass robots came out.... I was done.
All that game really needed was a dedicated team and an evolving approach to game mechanics.
I am very interested in MAG, from the standpoint that it seems to deliver this massive battlefield action I loved in Planetside. Honestly though I wish Sony would make a PS2 or something as I just LOVED the lore/setting of PS. If MAG was set in the future.... I would be complete.
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@greenspear said:
" I don't think anything in MAG will duplicate flying in a fleet of Galaxy's, ready to drop in a hot zone. Nothing will be as good as Planetside because of this "Unless someone, you know, makes another game where you are a trooper flying in a fleet of galaxy's read to drop into a hot zone?
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Post by greenspear (25 posts) See mini bio
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@Lowbrow:
doubt any community would be as good as Planetside's back in 2003.
Even if you were in a different squad, you all eventually came together, and 3 factions made combat very interesting, instead of just 2.
The air attacks were planned, with planned drops, and coordination.
You never see that ever, today
doubt any community would be as good as Planetside's back in 2003.
Even if you were in a different squad, you all eventually came together, and 3 factions made combat very interesting, instead of just 2.
The air attacks were planned, with planned drops, and coordination.
You never see that ever, today
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Post by klownboots (144 posts) See mini bio
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@greenspear said:
" I don't think anything in MAG will duplicate flying in a fleet of Galaxy's, ready to drop in a hot zone. Nothing will be as good as Planetside because of this "I could (and probably will) make a huge blog about all the awesome experiences I had with PS. I used to pilot Galaxy's for my Outfit (guild basically). I was the only one who was willing to spend the points for it haha. I LOVED flying those things. Going to the ceiling and flying slow over a base, then landing it in a spot hidden by trees and covering my squad with the sniper rifle. So much fun... sooooooo much fun.
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I loved me some Planetside back in the day, however it did have some problems that kept me from playing long term. But really they were more problems that come from any online game with large numbers of players. That is coordination among players. Also, I wasn't so hot at shooting folks. I wish there had been more built in support for the support roles. It's a tough problem to solve. I'll be watching what MAG and Planetside 2 do to address it.
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Post by nasher27 (22 posts) See mini bio
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@jaycrockett said:
Either flying the Galaxy dropships for your outfit, or dropping with them, but spending pretty much all your points on healing/rezzing/armor repair.
I loooved planetside.
" I loved me some Planetside back in the day, however it did have some problems that kept me from playing long term. But really they were more problems that come from any online game with large numbers of players. That is coordination among players. Also, I wasn't so hot at shooting folks. I wish there had been more built in support for the support roles. It's a tough problem to solve. I'll be watching what MAG and Planetside 2 do to address it. "You could go complete support in PS..
Either flying the Galaxy dropships for your outfit, or dropping with them, but spending pretty much all your points on healing/rezzing/armor repair.
I loooved planetside.
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