MrVicchio
2003-01-27, 03:38 PM
Author Topic: MMOFPS
waxingeloquent
Station Member
Registered: Jan 2003 posted 01-27-2003 11:22 AM user search report post
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Ok, we are all pretty confident that PlanetSide will be one of the first successful massive FPS games. I just had a thought that might seal the deal, though, and I don't think it is too much of a stretch of the imagination.
In your average FPS, you have multiple game types, i.e. CTF, deathmatch, what-have-you. PlanetSide seems to be focused primarily on the "capturing a base and holding onto it" sort of game, but [unlikely feature]wouldn't it be neat if, over time, PlanetSide could incorporate other objectives besides attacking and defending bases?
I guess what brought this thought to my mind, was a desire to have an adrenaline-pumping "chase" scenario, such as what you often find in a CTF game. Even if it's something as simple as "capture the Terran briefcase and return it to your base for 500 BEP" or whatever, something like that would be a pleasant sub-game and would further entice your average FPS player. In fact, a CTF-style objective in PlanetSide is the only thing I think I will miss about other FPS games.
I know it's unlikely that these kinds of changes will ever be made, and I'm usually not one to propose features to a game that's very much out of my power to design, but I had to get it out there and see what people thought.
Here, we get not one, but 2! Dev posts to whet your appetite....
BrileyPS
Station Admin
Registered: Apr 2001
posted 01-27-2003 11:27 AM user search report post
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Believe me, there will be more than enough heart pumping things going on in Planetside. As for you worrying that there is no adrenaline-pumping chase senario....Think of you being chased by 15 people wanting to kill you. Would that do?
SmokeJumperPS
Station Admin
Registered: Sep 2001 posted 01-27-2003 12:27 PM user search report post
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There are lots of things to do beyond "facility caps" (although those are a hoot)...just give us a week or two to finish a couple of things and we'll do a new big info dump for ya and you can see for yourself. Stay tuned.
http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/planetside/Forum2/HTML/001906.html
waxingeloquent
Station Member
Registered: Jan 2003 posted 01-27-2003 11:22 AM user search report post
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Ok, we are all pretty confident that PlanetSide will be one of the first successful massive FPS games. I just had a thought that might seal the deal, though, and I don't think it is too much of a stretch of the imagination.
In your average FPS, you have multiple game types, i.e. CTF, deathmatch, what-have-you. PlanetSide seems to be focused primarily on the "capturing a base and holding onto it" sort of game, but [unlikely feature]wouldn't it be neat if, over time, PlanetSide could incorporate other objectives besides attacking and defending bases?
I guess what brought this thought to my mind, was a desire to have an adrenaline-pumping "chase" scenario, such as what you often find in a CTF game. Even if it's something as simple as "capture the Terran briefcase and return it to your base for 500 BEP" or whatever, something like that would be a pleasant sub-game and would further entice your average FPS player. In fact, a CTF-style objective in PlanetSide is the only thing I think I will miss about other FPS games.
I know it's unlikely that these kinds of changes will ever be made, and I'm usually not one to propose features to a game that's very much out of my power to design, but I had to get it out there and see what people thought.
Here, we get not one, but 2! Dev posts to whet your appetite....
BrileyPS
Station Admin
Registered: Apr 2001
posted 01-27-2003 11:27 AM user search report post
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Believe me, there will be more than enough heart pumping things going on in Planetside. As for you worrying that there is no adrenaline-pumping chase senario....Think of you being chased by 15 people wanting to kill you. Would that do?
SmokeJumperPS
Station Admin
Registered: Sep 2001 posted 01-27-2003 12:27 PM user search report post
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There are lots of things to do beyond "facility caps" (although those are a hoot)...just give us a week or two to finish a couple of things and we'll do a new big info dump for ya and you can see for yourself. Stay tuned.
http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/planetside/Forum2/HTML/001906.html