PlanetSide Screenshots

Didn't the early screenshots of Planetside look awesome? Have they scaled down the graphics on purpose?

I dont know why Sony is bothing with this game. I dont understand the logic behind watering down the market which they already dominate...the MMOLOTSOFLETTERS games. Everquest was (and still is) ridiculously successful. And Star Wars Galaxies will surely bring thousands of new customers.

This game is ASSTACULAR if you ask me.

It is so gona tank.

I'm pretty much sick of PS. Good thing they had an open beta, I might have actually bought the game if they kept it exclusive and went to retail. I'll stick to BF1942 DC for now and hope that a decent MMORPG comes out soon--something like the original AC 1 (pre-runcast nerfing) with updated graphics would be perfect for me.

There won't be a demo, will there?

Things this game has going for it:
- big ass battles
- ability to form a squad of ppl or friends with different classes(hacker, sniper, pilot, solider, etc,) and go out and accomplish a battle task. A well formed squad with the right balance and proper teamwork will slaughter a crappily put to gether squad.
- slower action so you can talk about strategies during the battle, give commands, etc
- i'll mention this again. Ability to find and play with friends and not get lost in the complete chaos of other games like BF1942

Things this game has going against it:
- graphics are "meh"
- vehicle feel suckass compared to BF1942 (helicopter *fap* *fap* *fap*)
- action not as intense as bf1942
- have to pay per month
- laggier than a bf1942 battle
- mouse sensitivites are capped
- many weapons have a cone of fire, not very accurate
- the landscape has too many freaking trees and plants and rocks so tanks get totally owned
- can change "class" basically only once per 24 hours (respec points)
- Tribes 2 flashbacks of pain (all the menus and colors look totally ripped from Tribes2)

I tried the open beta off of Gamespy's Fileplanet. Granted I played very little...mostly due to crashes. But I honestly cannot see to pay a mon thly fee for this game. Everquest, DAoC, and some others like them I can see the content and the features not available in a solo play RPG. But this MMOFPS thing needs some more tweking. I actually had more fun playing BF1942 or RtCW or UT2003 than PS. Sure the whole continent battling for bases thing seems to add some excitement to it or being able to use certification points to customize your player. But when it boiled down to it, we have the same thing in BF1942. Albeit in a smaller and time encapsulated scenario. You don't even need certification points to fly a bomber or drive a tank. We have most of the things offered in PS for free in other games. You can say the same for EQ and such in the form of MUDs but MUDs lacked the graphics engines. We have Morrowind but it lacked multiplayer. It is just my opinion. And I have3 nothing against pay-for-play (played EQ for 2 years and looking at all the news on SW:G) it is this game just doesn't seem to offer the content or need for me to pay a monthly fee.

hey beta testers, how many people can be in a battle/interact at a time, or have you seen?