Hi all,

Been playing the PS2 Beta for the last 2 days. (Bought Alpha Squad). Let me just get this out of the way. This game is going to be HUGE! I recently got GW2. It's good, but not a patch on PS2. It destroys Battlefield 3 on every level. Trust me you will want to be playing this game when it comes out.

My girlfriends son has even cancelled his Halo 4 pre-order after watching me play. He is learning to use a Mouse + Keyboard. Can't wait to get home tonight and play again.

Originally posted by MARTYB2K

Hi all,

Been playing the PS2 Beta for the last 2 days. (Bought Alpha Squad). Let me just get this out of the way. This game is going to be HUGE! I recently got GW2. It's good, but not a patch on PS2. It destroys Battlefield 3 on every level. Trust me you will want to be playing this game when it comes out.

My girlfriends son has even cancelled his Halo 4 pre-order after watching me play. He is learning to use a Mouse + Keyboard. Can't wait to get home tonight and play again.

I've been considering it but have had some bad experiences with SOE recently. What's so good about it versus planetside 1?

Ok, they are a few bugs, but nothing game breaking:

1) Looks amazing and runs very well even on old machines.

2) Build in Voice chat which includes squad/platoon/proximity chat.

3) Day/Night cycle.

4) It feels like a triple A shooter. Planetside 1 felt clumsy imo.

5) Great vehicles with massive control options including joysticks/gamepads.

6) Epic feeling like no other game.

7) Huge custimization.

8) Great social and stat options. (Outfits etc)

9) Good SFX, but turn off the music.

10) Great teamplay. Medics heal, engineers drop ammo etc.

Best online game i played since Battlefield 2, WOW and SWG.

Originally posted by MARTYB2K

Ok, they are a few bugs, but nothing game breaking:

1) Looks amazing and runs very well even on old machines.

2) Build in Voice chat which includes squad/platoon/proximity chat.

3) Day/Night cycle.

4) It feels like a triple A shooter. Planetside 1 felt clumsy imo.

5) Great vehicles with massive control options including joysticks/gamepads.

6) Epic feeling like no other game.

7) Huge custimization.

8) Great social and stat options. (Outfits etc)

9) Good SFX, but turn off the music.

10) Great teamplay. Medics heal, engineers drop ammo etc.

Best online game i played since Battlefield 2, WOW and SWG.

1. pretty much the same as planetside 1 then,

2. planetside 1 also had voice chat, trouble was, it was rubbish..  hopefully you can disable it in game as most outfits use vent or ts3, which tend to be less impacting on game performance.

3. good to see .. should make timing of battles more important

4. planetside 1 was far from clumsy,  so no change hopefully.

5. vehicles etc were controllable with joypads in planetside 1, so no change.

6. ...

7. not sure what you mean by customisation, in planetside1, what armour weapons etc you wore decided your appearance, battleranks changed it slightly as you advanced through them.

8, no change from planetside 1,

9, again, no real changes from planetside 1

10, some changes, as now players have to choose a profession, rather than choosing skills, this actually represents a nerf on planetside 1, which had more flexibility, .

SOE is probably gambling hugely on Planetside 2, as they have removed quite a bit of the things that they had in planetside 1, bases are no longer the strategic emplacements they used to be, with choke points and air defences, and reliance of engineers and gunners to man the defences, along with vehicle and infantry support,  even the change of open ended skills in favour of 'professions' represents a significant downgrade, with players being forced to choose one or the other rather than the 'mix and match' of the planetside 1 which allowed for a wider range of character skills and flexibility in roles. What does concern me most though, is how SOE plans to monetise this, given their other games singular focus on limitations and lockouts, it would have been far better to develope Planetside 2 as a P2P game, at the moment, i see no reason to believe that Planetside 2 will be anything other than a flop, which given SOE's record is an easy prediction to make, though personally i had a lot of hopes pinned on Planetside 2, but not any more.

A lot of people are truly impressed by PS2, because they never saw PS1. Those of us that played PS1 already know that there was nothing out there like this.. and that once you had played it, no other game could ever be a MMOFPS.

When you compare PS2 to PS1 here is what you will see:

1. Better graphics (OMG this game is pretty)

2. Lower TTK, more need for cover.

3. Larger map. The map (only one available at this time) is bigger than PS1.

4. More specialization. The class system (with choices in equipment) drives a much higher level of specialization. At this time we only have one loadout per class, so the tendancy is to specialize that loadout.

5. More dynamic gameplay. The battles move around pretty fast, there is less static attack/def, and a lot more push/pull.

6. More mindless Zerg (ineffective). There are are a lot of players that add to the numbers, but dont really move things forward. You can tell the players/outfits that know what they are doing, as they are MUCH more effecive.

I miss driving my ant around and playing fuel delivery guy.

And I can't believe I am going to say this, but - Some bases are too big.  Really hard to defend all the points on some bases.  Honestly who would build a base like that.  Othewise the game is pretty kick ass.

Also I am a PS1 vet.

PS1 rocked!

PS2 not so much! It is more of a FPS than a MMOFPS. Look at it and compare it to PS1. I won't be playing it no matter what changes they make because the core game itself is a slap in the face!

Originally posted by SuprGamerX
 PS2 is releasing a few years too late.  The only thing this game will own are store shelves , because it won't sale that many copies.

PS2 will be ftp

why would there by shelf copies?

edit:

its possible they may have box versions of AlphaSquad,

http://www.planetside2.com/alpha-squad

comes with 40.00 Station Cash

Originally posted by Thorbrand

PS1 rocked!

PS2 not so much! It is more of a FPS than a MMOFPS. Look at it and compare it to PS1. I won't be playing it no matter what changes they make because the core game itself is a slap in the face!

Anyone that hasn t played it yet, it so far from the truth , this comment it s not even funny. I see no difference in the 2 outside a couple gameplay decision, which are good ones IMO. It s as much a MMOFPS as any game out there claiming so, and more.

Originally posted by SuprGamerX
 Like I said before , PS2 is releasing a few years too late.  The only thing this game will own are store shelves , because it won't sale that many copies.   Borderlands 2 will have a better launch day then PS2.

Game is F2P no boxes so yea. and Borderlands 2, dont compare apples to oranges. Borderlands is no where close to even battlefields scale, let alone hope of it holding a candle to a game like Planetside 2.

It is amazing fun.

Like the OP ive been enjoying GW2 which is a solid game, but this is just an epic title and after having just experienced my most epic battle yet, i can safely say this is a gonna be a firm favourite in my gaming locker. :)

:( Still no inv...

edit - yeah just checked. still no inv...

Originally posted by SuprGamerX
 Like I said before , PS2 is releasing a few years too late.  The only thing this game will own are store shelves , because it won't sale that many copies.   Borderlands 2 will have a better launch day then PS2.

D'oh!

Originally posted by SuprGamerX
 Like I said before , PS2 is releasing a few years too late.  The only thing this game will own are store shelves , because it won't sale that many copies.   Borderlands 2 will have a better launch day then PS2.

  Hahahahahahahahah

This game rocks im addicited to it and im not a fps shooter person. Battlefield is huge, there is so much flexibility in combat.

This game will beat batlefield 3 and halo4 or even call of duty. Everything about it screams awesome. I felt like im in a real combat simulation. Kudos soe awesome game. i would pay $15/ month for this. this title is sub worthy, there is sooooo much o do sooo little time. platoons rocking, whoa look out call of duty, batlefield 3 and halo, and gear of war.

By the way DUST 514 got nothing on planetside 2, DUST 514 is inferior to plaentside 2 in terms of epic scope, the world size, strategic take over of base operations, runnign supplies everything. planetisde 2 will chew up dust514 and spit them out, there is no competition against planetside 2. ITS fps shooter dream come true. WATCH OUT planetside 2 is coming to town with big guns.

I'm not much of a pvper, but I am in the beta and this game is really a lot of fun to play.

For the serious and hardcore pvpers out there, I guess it's going to be a very solid game and one of those go-to games for pvp.

Even pvers like myself will be spending time there for sure. It's looking really good so far.