kirathian

This. If the PS4 does this it would be nice to have the patch out a few days before launch so us crazy people have it downloaded and ready. Hell if PSN does get completely destroyed, I could see the Giantbomb / Gamespot offices sharing a USB stick to update all of their PS4's. As annoying as it is, the USB thing could be a decent backup plan for launch woes. (Watch it not be supported lol)

It would be funny if you unlock "Chronological Mode" after you beat it. I agree the story doesn't need to jump around like it does, and the loading between scenes is jarring. Did anyone else get some stuttering during the game? It usually happened when the game was auto saving. But I agree OP the presentation is really really good. The main voice actors are great. Overall I like the game in the same way I liked Heavy Rain. Which might not be a good thing, but whatever. =P

Wow, so much detail and perspective on what went into Playstation console development throughout the years. The formation of Naughty Dog, The ICE team, The mistakes with the PS3.

That was incredible.

Ok, I just started it up and am super confused. It will take time to grasp it all again. I was mining stuff last time I played and was looking for a corp to find stuff to do and they tricked me and blew up my ship. They said they wouldn't if I gave them 20 million isk. I said "Dude, I don't have 20mil. I'm NEW." (even though I did) and then he blew me up. I closed the game and now 2 years later, I'm trying it again. Looking back, I think what those pirates did was actually really fucking cool. Albeit a little douche-like. I also played back in 2007, but to hell if I remember what I was doing then too lol. Probably mining.

My name is Kirathian Rhaos. Would love to join an actual corp for once =). I have to fly to the office or something to apply right? Gonna try to figure that stuff out now. Already in the channel giantbombing.

They just fixed the spawning issue too! IM SO HAPPY!

I've played more and yeah...

Unfortunately I kind of agree with the lack of accomplishment that Funkydupe is talking about. I figured it was a beta thing at first but once I stuck my nose in some forums it seems like some of these things might stick. In the first game it was possible for a faction to lockdown an entire continent. It was incredibly hard to do so, but it did happen. Another thing that bothers me, and sorry if I seem so critical, is the state at which the game is in right now. It kind of feels like it should be called a closed alpha test because I've fell through the floor so many times, and people are teleporting everywhere and yet are getting tons of kills, the UI isn't very intuitive, the cert system isn't even close to being balanced or even exist on some classes, for some reason the headlights on my ATV is a laser and provides no light lol, and I could go on and on (and on and on and on). I really think this beta should last for like another 6 months if not longer. Which would be fine by me, because every patch feels like Christmas morning. =)

Again, I'm suddenly being harsh because actually playing the game is a ton of fun and I really believe this game could be amazing. I want it to be better! I guess I'm spoiled and selfish since it is free to play =(.

It's not fully realized yet. A lot of the cool stuff you can get for your class have a 999999 cert point requirement that's impossible to get. lol, Max units literally have nothing to cert for right now!

As for the outfit thing, I'm sure the Giant Bomb community will start something when the games out. That would be cool. But right now they keep character wiping everything every couple weeks it seems. But every patch is so much fun to see whats new, or you have access to.

More on the fly, the game does have guilds (outfits in this case) but I am not part of one so I don't really know the levels of organization going on. I am but a mere peon in this world =(.

@Erk_Forever: max units do not, vehicles use one of the games currency's. In regard to switching classes too much, this would be avoided with the games certification level up thang. Why pick a class you don't have a nice red dot sight for? Or a class that you have not leveled to be more of a bullet sponge? Right now those systems are not in place fully so yeah, you do see a ton of switching.

I am enjoying it immensely. Also enjoyed Planetside 1 back in the day too. I'm not capable of traveling into your dreams but I will say, in the beta, there has been quite a bit of lag but not as much as the original. This is not some "game is finished, server stress test/balance beta." This is a "I just spawned through the floor and died/just a pair of legs with no torso omg friend take a screenshot of me beta." I will say the community has been mostly great, people using the games squad and platoon dude management systems and using call signs, and getting way into it lol. I have been in alot of crazy large battles already too. So much fun!

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=94715129

...if that screen looks bad the game is running on medium-ish settings. I run on high and think the game looks stunning in some ways, others not so much, but again, it's unfinished. Totalbiscuit has done a lot of good videos if you wanna check those out, I recommend the night time gameplay video.