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Planetside Preview

by Maarten Goldstein, Dec 09, 2002 2:39pm PST

Related Topics – PlanetSide, MMO

GameSpot's Planetside preview is online, offering some hands-on impressions of this long in development MMOFPS. Seventeen new screenshots are included.

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Pictures show lack of environmental detail
Previous pics had more landscape detail, but the new recent ones are lacking this now. Frame rate considerations? I also noticed how the shots were further away from the players than previous (less detail now?)
FINAL thought..where are all the players? I want to see shots of 20 vs 20 players that we all remember in tribes 2..w/lag also.
<lives to see the day where MMRPG != lagg>

Dec 10, 2002 9:38am PST

Pictures show lack of environmental detail Previous pics had more landscape detail, but the new recent o... : BCDunham

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*yawn* I can handle paying for Everquest, because of all the content you get, and lag isn't an issue. However, when playing an "action-FPS" game, connection times matter, and I'm not going to PAY someone $10 a month to get my ass handed to me by some 12-year old on daddy's cable modem, when I can get the same thing for FREE playing Q3/UT2k3.

Dec 09, 2002 3:40pm PST

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*yawn* I can handle paying for Everquest, because of all the content you get, and lag isn't an issue. How... : V0lk
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  Agreed, the reason online RPG's get away with the shite server performance is the fact lag is hidden by ... : gamegoof
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    i noticed that as well. I remember some of the original shots being amazing, and now they are only ok. : maulla
    - The shots look exactly the same to me. I can paste links to the old shots if you like but the years have ... : Speedy8

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Looks like T2. Once again, original screenshots don't look like the final game. Unless this game plays like the second coming I don't see anyone bothering.

Dec 09, 2002 5:22pm PST

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Looks like T2. Once again, original screenshots don't look like the final game. Unless this game plays li... : Fred Garvin
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  yeah, i was thinking the same thing. Those screenshots are a far, far cry from the original screenshots t... : Antilles_Prime
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    Yeah really, why play games at all unless the graphics are technically impressive? I'm sure the gameplay ... : Speedy8
    - Oh, and would you rather have doom 3 graphics with HUGE outdoor environments with 20-30 people/vehicles o... : Speedy8

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Did you guys read the preview? (plus the pics), I feel a little "deja vu", its like reading about Tribes 2 again, but this time you must pay a monthly fee...sound bad for me.
In the other way, I think that better future online fps's without greedy fees gonna kill this MMOFPS, maybe the next patch for T2 do the job.

excuse my ugly spelling

Dec 09, 2002 11:40pm PST

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Did you guys read the preview? (plus the pics), I feel a little "deja vu", its like reading about Tribes : Lobito
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- A MMOFPS cannot exist without monthly fees, enough said. And if you think a game like tribes can replace ... : Speedy8

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ugh i used to be so excited about planetside, back before they hired all the former tribes2 workers, and were creating planetside as everquest with guns. now its just tribes2 on a much larger scale. free weapons? free armor? free ammo? no death penalty? this isnt a fucking rpg/fps combo, its just a normal FPS game with only one large server

Dec 10, 2002 6:25am PST

ugh i used to be so excited about planetside, back before they hired all the former tribes2 workers, and ... : Cpt. Baseballbat

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This game looks pwnage, and you can expect me to pwnage at it when it comes out.

Dec 09, 2002 3:37pm PST

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This game looks pwnage, and you can expect me to pwnage at it when it comes out. : brewsterdog
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i was really pumped about this TWO YEARS AGO.

Dec 09, 2002 6:02pm PST

i was really pumped about this TWO YEARS AGO. : junkstyle

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I wont mind paying the monthly fee if lag and everything is fine, and their servers are stable. I hate finding decent servers for games these days.

Dec 09, 2002 6:00pm PST

I wont mind paying the monthly fee if lag and everything is fine, and their servers are stable. I hate f... : Chucklehead

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I forgot about this one,well too late Im hooked on MotoGP LIVE.Top 20 baby!

Dec 09, 2002 5:50pm PST

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I forgot about this one,well too late Im hooked on MotoGP LIVE.Top 20 baby! : Cashh
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- I just looked at the screens.Is this a joke? No for real? 20+people team 3.5 years later and graphics lo... : Cashh

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With the graphics looking like they do, I don't think they'll have to worry about having too many players being on screen at once.

Dec 09, 2002 5:44pm PST

With the graphics looking like they do, I don't think they'll have to worry about having too many pl... : Cpt. Baseballbat

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The first screenshots were bogus, way too high detailed for a MASSIVe multiplayer game

Don't expect miracles in the gfx here people, the game is suited to handle several dozens of players/vehicules/weapons/projectiles in screen at the same time.

Dec 09, 2002 5:40pm PST

The first screenshots were bogus, way too high detailed for a MASSIVe multiplayer game Don't expect mi... : Tabouh

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mm hadnt heard about this one in a long time.

Dec 09, 2002 3:26pm PST

mm hadnt heard about this one in a long time. : FoX3D

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Do those screenshots load for anyone? I get the little red x.

Dec 09, 2002 3:15pm PST

Do those screenshots load for anyone? I get the little red x. : Stowend

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Hope this is as cool as it can be!

Dec 09, 2002 3:04pm PST

Hope this is as cool as it can be! : g.lee