The hype

[Anubisstargate]

After seeing the 3 recent video's (Totalbiscuit's, Higby's and Hamma's)

I can now say my hype for this game gained even higher levels than previously, in 3 video's it has shown more of PS2 than any other media and I have to say it looks AMAZING. The graphics alone in the game look better than a lot of really high budget games which I have to say coming from a F2P game is amazing work.

All 3 video's have also had very nice footage and decent commentary which has shown PS2 in such a different light to random video's before and even a different light from the E3 video's (Yes I have seen them all O.o).

For me, my interest is now through the roof I really cannot wait. I'm even more impatient for the game than I was before xD.

Anyway, pointless post but I thought I'd express how I felt and if anyone feels the same or whatever post your thoughts on the video's :)

PlanetSide 2 Exclusive Beta Walkthrough - YouTube

Planetside 2 Beta Gameplay with Matt Higby - at Sony Headquarters - YouTube

Planetside 2 - Raw & Uncut - YouTube

Also, concerning the trailer. SoE should make a Planetside film!!!!!

[Landtank]

My mind is literally on the verge of exploding. Back to Minecraft and Westeroscraft..

[MyMeatStick]

All aboard the hype train, WOO WOOOOO!

[Captain1nsaneo]

I love that lib footage. Didn't see them use the direct overhead view though.

[IgloGlass]

The hype for this game is unbearable, luckily I'm off to the west coast (Sweden) in just a few days to visit my girlfriend, hopefully that will take my mind off Planetside.

What's worse is that you american guys can look forward to getting in the beta in maybe 2-3 weeks, whoever you might be, vet or not. But we here in Europe haven't even had the tech test start and no pony knows when it will either. That's what's making it so unbearable.

[Littleman]

What's worse is that you american guys can look forward to getting in the beta in maybe 2-3 weeks...

Hoping it's two weeks :D I need to spend my remaining vacation time before August 10th. I just want that to be my lucky week.

[IgloGlass]

Hoping it's two weeks :D I need to spend my remaining vacation time before August 10th. I just want that to be my lucky week.

What's even worse is that my vacation ends on August 9th and beta might've just started by then if we're lucky!
I'm so jealous of you guys! (Plus you don't have to worry about Pro7)

[RSphil]

they are great vids. Hammas was a cracker with great info and some great footage. i am so pumped for this game. it is looking amazing and love the sounds. spec the fake radio chatter in the aircraft. really adds to the experience. loving it. :)

[Hamma]

Glad you guys enjoyed!

[Shade Millith]

Air pads.

Why do air pads not have a walkway? I don't get it.

Hopefully squad spawning is not going to be on any memeber of your squad. It sucked for BF3, and I don't see it being any better here.

[EnderGraff]

Air pads.

Why do air pads not have a walkway? I don't get it.

Hopefully squad spawning is not going to be on any memeber of your squad. It sucked for BF3, and I don't see it being any better here.

Well I believe you CAN spawn on any member of your squad IF the squadmate has the cert to allow it. If you do have the option to squad spawn, you fly down in a drop pod that takes a few seconds to hit the ground.

Also, once you die, you cannot spawn on your squad again until a timer runs out (we do not know exactly how long the timer will be though, as it is being tweaked in Beta)

[Comet]

It seems rather difficult to land any of the aircraft properly. I hope they make it a tad more user friendly so you don't have to take so long to hover down so so so slowly. I get not dive bombing in and pulling off some crazy stunt landing but this just seems a bit too sensitive.

[QuantumMechanic]

I think we learned a lot of new stuff today. Off the top of my head:

1) Some details on the mission system. Such as requesting galaxy pickup, which can be performed by anybody on the map.

2) First time I saw personal and squad waypoints on the map and in-game

3) Infantry weapon selection looks bigger than before. Infantry can wield heavy cycler (same as on one MAX arm), and burster (same one as MAX). Pounder is an option for infantry (yeah!)

4) Numbers were given for the number of infantry and vehicle weapons available at launch per empire. It was a lot. This isn't exact but something like 70 infantry and 40 vehicle weapons per empire.

No doubt more stuff that I'm not remembering now.

[Xeller]

Yeah, I also thought the landing pads were strange. I liked the catwalks with landing pads in Planetside 1. There just does not seem to be a lot of places to land without any pads that aren't dedicated to spawning vehicles.

[arclegger]

Just adding fuel to the hype fire here.

Yes, liberator is as fun as it looks. In all 3 seats, pilot, bomber, gunner.

:D

[TheDAWinz]

Just adding fuel to the hype fire here.

Yes, liberator is as fun as it looks. In all 3 seats, pilot, bomber, gunner.

:D

You clegged it up!

[Comet]

Arclegger!!

You guys are effecting my ability to sleep properly :(

[JoeDragon]

I've reached a point where footage just isn't doing it for me anymore. My Hype level has evened out and I'm resigned to the fact that I may not have a chance to play for a month depending on how quickly they let people into the beta.

I feel as if I'm in some sort of PS2 Limbo.

[Comet]

It's called a digital crack addiction JoeDragon. I am just going to lock myself in a room to try and purge the addiction ala Train Spotting.

[Tehroth]

Just adding fuel to the hype fire here.

Yes, liberator is as fun as it looks. In all 3 seats, pilot, bomber, gunner.

:D

Way to rub it in =/. So far the developers look like they are delivering on their promises. Word of mouth hype is the best you can have.


ps: Play me in mtgo, make a 2hg classic or standard deck, doesn't have to be a 200 dollar deck(mine are like 40 at most.)

[EnderGraff]

Just adding fuel to the hype fire here.

Yes, liberator is as fun as it looks. In all 3 seats, pilot, bomber, gunner.

:D

Excellent! Can't wait to give it a try!

[KaB]

Just adding fuel to the hype fire here.

Yes, liberator is as fun as it looks. In all 3 seats, pilot, bomber, gunner.

:D

I hope it's not going to be the only one funny vehicle.
I wish we could have got a lot of fun in a ground vehicle too, allowing it to have 3 seats.

[Rago]

nice someone putted the Vids together :)

[Mister Morden]

what i dislike is the popping up of grass.

[Lythca Frost]

what i dislike is the popping up of grass.

I know the draw distance for grass seems a little short, but I hoping that's just due to the current alpha/beta state, and as further optimization and tweaks are done it will be a little better.

[DarkChiron]

Everything looks awesome to me. The only critique I'd have at this point is they need to really tone down the damage a vehicle takes trying to land. TB almost completely killed his Liberator by landing even moving very slow. That needs to not happen.

[ringring]

Well I believe you CAN spawn on any member of your squad IF the squadmate has the cert to allow it. If you do have the option to squad spawn, you fly down in a drop pod that takes a few seconds to hit the ground.

Also, once you die, you cannot spawn on your squad again until a timer runs out (we do not know exactly how long the timer will be though, as it is being tweaked in Beta)

*and* they're adding an exclusion zone around bases

Some comments:

I really liked Hamma's walk-through and if I had to say which I enjoyed most it would be that.

In Higby's presentation I loved the reaction to AC's 'clegging up' when all the press burst out laughing (twice), it felt like one of the 'you had me at hello' moments.

In TB's video he seemed to be getting frustrated at one point. He was trying to pull a liberator and first he was killed a couple of times on the way to the air term (it happens), but when he did get a lib and was mid-air he was the lib was destroyed by a falling drop pod! That seems unnecessarily cruel to me.

Also, TB was having difficulty in finding his way around (to get to the air pad) and Adam (I think) had to tell him the way to go. That's even though TB has played the game several times now. Perhaps there will be a getting lost issue for players (also factor in all bases will be different, even perhaps slightly). Something I think I'll make a point of looking at if/when I get into beta.

[Shadowrath]

I want to fly liberator so bad!

[Anubisstargate]

Yeah I reckon they should cert landing which maybe limits ammo? Or less ammo should make it easier to land. If they cert'd it then it should be like a reverse thruster so you can half dive-bomb in and use that to deccelerate rapidly, though a lot of people might not like that idea, so to make it feasable I would say it should replace something of an equal importance, like being able to eject. For me that would be a good choice, either rush yourself into combat via ejection or keep your craft and quick land it.

[DarkChiron]

Also, TB was having difficulty in finding his way around (to get to the air pad) and Adam (I think) had to tell him the way to go. That's even though TB has played the game several times now. Perhaps there will be a getting lost issue for players (also factor in all bases will be different, even perhaps slightly). Something I think I'll make a point of looking at if/when I get into beta.

I believe it was mentioned in that video or one of the others that they are planning on putting map markers in to show people where the terminals are. They just weren't in for that build.

Another thing to critique: When you respawn in a building's respawn tube, you should be facing out towards the room. Every time someone spawns in those things they're facing toward the back of the tube and that would just frustrate the hell out of me, especially if I was being spawn camped (as was happening a few times in the various videos).

[Shade Millith]

*and* they're adding an exclusion zone around bases


If this is true, then they can do what ever they want with the squad spawning system. It can be BF3's for all I care then.

So long as you can't just spawn into an enemy base from squads!

Edit: Maybe have it so you can spawn on them, but it places you in an area outside the base?

[Policenaut]

Steam sale killed my hype.

[Solidblock]

Do you know when TB spawned his Liberator on those platforms on Hvar Tech Plant, there was no way for his team to actually access the liberator unless he landed away from the facility, is this being resolved and sorry if I haven't searched properly

[Coreldan]

I guess in a way I'm lucky to be on a 8 day business trip without much time to think about PS2 (or be able to play anything). That said, I hope I'd get in while I'm there so that I could just start playing once I'm home instead of waiting in the hype train, but on the other hand I'm afraid I might pull a fake sick leave if I got access while I'm on the business trip.. :D

[ringring]

If this is true, then they can do what ever they want with the squad spawning system. It can be BF3's for all I care then.

So long as you can't just spawn into an enemy base from squads!

Edit: Maybe have it so you can spawn on them, but it places you in an area outside the base?

that's the way I imagined it .... and Higby said this (recognising a problem) during Hamma's PSU interview last Saturday.

[VaderShake]

In 30 years of gaming the only "hype" comparision I have as a gamer was the anticipation of Battlefield 2 when DICE was a much, much, much, much, ect, ect. more open dev team.

I am litterally spending just about every free minute trolling for PS2 news to forward to anyone I know and feel needs to get on board with this game. The SOE Devs have been a breath of fresh air compared to the oxgen starved vacuums of informaiton and communicatiuon devs deal in now. They really have revitalized my outlook on my main hobby of gaminig and gaming in general.

[snaffe]

In 30 years of gaming the only "hype" comparision I have as a gamer was the anticipation of Battlefield 2 when DICE was a much, much, much, much, ect, ect. more open dev team.

I am litterally spending just about every free minute trolling for PS2 news to forward to anyone I know and feel needs to get on board with this game. The SOE Devs have been a breath of fresh air compared to the oxgen starved vacuums of informaiton and communicatiuon devs deal in now. They really have revitalized my outlook on my main hobby of gaminig and gaming in general.

Yepp, I'm harassing people about PS2. And I am doing very little work at the moment. BRING IT NOW NOWNWOWNOWNOWNWOWWW.1111one

[counterlogic]

Just adding fuel to the hype fire here.

Yes, liberator is as fun as it looks. In all 3 seats, pilot, bomber, gunner.

:D

Bomber?