Planetside 2 is a major disappointment

Valcron · 2012-10-16, 08:14 AM

Planetside 2 is one of the greatest gaming disappointments I have ever personally experienced. I equate this to Star Wars Episode 1, they should just added Jar Jar binks into the game to put the icing on the cake.

The stripping of classes, no inventory system, poor mindless base designs and battle flow have seriously turned this into a Battlefieldesque type of franchise.

As of right now- when I log into I can't even play more than 5 minutes without being bored to tears. This just isn't the Planetside game I or lots of other people envisioned.

bodypopper · 2012-10-16, 08:39 AM

true,

i really want this to work but looking at the direction is taking i cant see it improving much.

sad thing is,when another generic shooter comes out with large scale play i can see a lot of the new playerbase just hopping off to another one,or at least playing ps2 a lot less.

so much for listening to the "planetside community" as they said ages ago.

SOE never seem to learn.

Envenom · 2012-10-16, 09:14 AM

waaaaaaaaaaaaa

QQ. This game kicks serious ass. Have fun in PS1.

Morsong · 2012-10-16, 09:22 AM

I hear mixed reviews all the time but all of the positive reviews say PS2 is almost a requirement that in order to have fun you must roll with an outfit or good squad at least. That's fine with me though since I belong to an awesome outfit, but sucks for players who like to solo.

I still haven't played of course and this is just what I hear, but I hear more good stuff than bad just like any other game.

Levente · 2012-10-16, 09:35 AM

cool story bro

Crator · 2012-10-16, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by Morsong

I hear mixed reviews all the time but all of the positive reviews say PS2 is almost a requirement that in order to have fun you must roll with an outfit or good squad at least. That's fine with me though since I belong to an awesome outfit, but sucks for players who like to solo.

I still haven't played of course and this is just what I hear, but I hear more good stuff than bad just like any other game.

Soloing is possible currently in the game. Just go sit at a base your empire owns near the enemy empire's hexes. Now defend the SCGs and attack enemy hexes near it with the rest of your empire that is at the base.

Gatekeeper · 2012-10-16, 09:47 AM

I feel like it's too early to write the game off, especially since a lot is still changing and/or not finished yet. But at the same time, I must admit I've been very disappointed so far and unless things change a lot before launch, I can't really see it being a success.

sylphaen · 2012-10-16, 10:08 AM

The game will evolve and with people on the team, I have confidence it will improve with time. Don't let disappointment stop you from trying it again later and see how it changed.

Tatwi · 2012-10-16, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by Crator

Soloing is possible currently in the game. Just go sit at a base your empire owns near the enemy empire's hexes. Now defend the SCGs and attack enemy hexes near it with the rest of your empire that is at the base.

While this can be boring, if you're successful, it basically makes you an unsung hero of your faction. Your efforts at that small outpost helps your side capture any large base that is near by. Granted, a lot of these outposts are now simply steamrolled by 20 tanks and three infantry, because people "figured out the system" (which amounts to rolling over the map with a platoon as quickly as possible to prevent the enemy from making any kind of defense anywhere).

SKYeXile · 2012-10-28, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by Morsong

I hear mixed reviews all the time but all of the positive reviews say PS2 is almost a requirement that in order to have fun you must roll with an outfit or good squad at least. That's fine with me though since I belong to an awesome outfit, but sucks for players who like to solo.

I still haven't played of course and this is just what I hear, but I hear more good stuff than bad just like any other game.

As somebody who plays solo a lot or even when grouped goes off solo to be a hero. While i had my concerns about how well you could solo. its not as bad as i first anticipated.

The main issues you still have though is:
Ammo
health
killing multiple people at once.

The only class that can reliably mow people extremely fast is the Heavy assault, its also the only class with AV it also has good survivability because of the nanite mesh generator. and if you're a player like me who likes to be able to kill whatever they come across, this is the only option for you. but you have a problem. attrition, you can heal yourself with medpacks on the go, but you can only carry afew on you. unless you can get to a terminal to resupply(unlikely if you're a hero like me and are deep into enemy lines) your next problem is ammo, you can resupply from an enemy ammo pack, but its hard to find one and you will likely run out of ammo.

but yea the faster TTK is a 2 pronged sword, its easy to get the jump on several people and wipe them out, but at the same time if you get flanked or something you can be dropped before you can even react. obviously looking enemy ammo and better healing without a medic would help things. i guess you could go medic though.

this ga,e is better than i thought it would be, but before any of the gameplay issues are looked at they need to fix the games stabilty and performance, crashing this much and the constant issues with server performance are unacceptable.

bodypopper · 2012-10-16, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by Envenom

waaaaaaaaaaaaa

QQ. This game kicks serious ass. Have fun in PS1.

i thought lego and action man kicked serious ass when i was younger too.

fact is ps1 was a graphically crappy game with some serious depth,ps2 is like your average slut.. all show and no knickers.

i hope things improve.

maradine · 2012-10-16, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by bodypopper

i thought lego and action man kicked serious ass when i was younger too.

I still think lego kicks ass. Losing your childhood is voluntary.

Met up with some old pals last night in Skype, fired up the client, and 4 hours disappeared in no apparent time. I am loving the hell out of this game. We've come a long way from tech test, and I'm looking forward to the long way we have to go.

Originally Posted by Tatwi

. . . because people "figured out the system" (which amounts to rolling over the map with a platoon as quickly as possible to prevent the enemy from making any kind of defense anywhere).

Sound tactics are sound. You're not going to find "take ground and then allow the enemy to regroup" in most field manuals.

bodypopper · 2012-10-16, 01:16 PM

shame you didnt become and engineer mate,you'd do well..lego is a great learning tool.

losing your childhood is a definite,failure isnt.thats whats life is all about,progressing,not being a kid forever.

bit like ps1>ps2...

FortySe7en · 2012-10-16, 01:20 PM

They really need to find a vbulletin "auto ban retards" mod.

I don't know if its because people are used to being handed everything in betas nowadays with the "beta when you buy it" and the game is already completed....or if people just don't understand how betas work.

There are so many things not implemented in this game how can you POSSIBLY tell if its bad or not...

diLLa · 2012-10-16, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by bodypopper

shame you didnt become and engineer mate,you'd do well..lego is a great learning tool.

losing your childhood is a definite,failure isnt.thats whats life is all about,progressing,not being a kid forever.

bit like ps1>ps2...

your posts are bad, and you should feel bad.