PS2 may feature space based combat- Massively

[Sovereign]

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/08...ased-gameplay/

Oh (un)holy devs we beseech you please make it so!

[bjorntju1]

Really if they can make everything happen what they are saying, this is going to be the perfect FPS.

[Tatwi]

I never understood what was so hard about adding "space" combat.

1. Make a "skybox" that looks like stars.
2. Don't make any land.
3. "Cut out" an invisible cube that cannot be passed through.
4. Place some space stuff inside the cube.
5. Add vehcile spawners inside the cube.
6. Enjoy.

There you go, a "space sector". In terms of working with something like the Quake II map maker program, a "space sector" would be easiest thing to make! lol...

[exLupo]

Originally Posted by Tatwi

I never understood what was so hard about adding "space" combat.

Mostly doing it right. Using a planetary flight model in space isn't space combat. You can fake it enough to make folks happy. I mean, I still love Tie Fighter, but that isn't space combat.

Originally Posted by Bags

If you want space ships go play eve.

When CCP makes EVE a JGE style space shooter then that'll be a relevant suggestion.

[Talek Krell]

Have any of you played Eternal Silence? It's a source mod that I noted a while back. Not really sure what became of it, but the basic concepts are similar to what I'd expect in Planetside space combat.

(Sadly, this was the best video I could find :\ )

[vampyro]

What? No cave battles? Sounds like all fart and no poop so far. Show us more!

[Bags]

I thought Planetside was a shooter at heart? If you want space ships go play eve.

[Raymac]

Originally Posted by Bags

I thought Planetside was a shooter at heart? If you want space ships go play eve.

Don't get snobby. Planetside 2 is going to be a much larger more comprehesive game than the original, especially as time goes on. There will always be games that are just a simple shooter, but it sounds like PS2 will be that and much more.

[Bags]

Originally Posted by Raymac

Don't get snobby. Planetside 2 is going to be a much larger more comprehesive game than the original, especially as time goes on. There will always be games that are just a simple shooter, but it sounds like PS2 will be that and much more.

I don't want it to end up like wow where one part of the game gets more love (COUGH PVE COUGH).

[Tatwi]

Originally Posted by Bags

I don't want it to end up like wow where one part of the game gets more love (COUGH PVE COUGH).

It could end up like Star Wars Galaxies, where the space combat/zones/vehicles/crafting/looting were "done right in the first place" to such an extent that by the time they got around to adding more content to it, none of the original devs who made it were still on the team! Space, being "twitch based" had some lag issues and it did get a couple numerical value adjustments here and there, but it's the one thing that virtually no-one complained about from its release until it's big content updates starting in 2008 (4 years after space was introduced). That's not to say that people complain about space now, because they don't really - which is amazing, considering how MMO players love to complain... I'd say that's not a waste of time, yet it was a heck of a lot more involved than any space content PS2 will ever see (due to crafting, looting, pob ships, and ship parts from SWG not being PS2).

Decent and Decent: Free Space are "shooter games" only they take place inside a vehicle rather than on foot. Shooter game is shooter game.

Besides, apart from making ship models and balancing some numbers, there is very, very little to space content, by the very nature that it is space!

[Zulthus]

Originally Posted by Bags

I thought Planetside was a shooter at heart? If you want space ships go play eve.

If implemented properly, more content never hurt anybody. If you don't want space ships, don't fight in a space ship. It seems post after post you just want the game to be some boring gun game with nothing else to it. Do you even want vehicles? Doesn't seem like it.

[Lithious]

Originally Posted by Zulthus

If implemented properly, more content never hurt anybody. If you don't want space ships, don't fight in a space ship. It seems post after post you just want the game to be some boring gun game with nothing else to it. Do you even want vehicles? Doesn't seem like it.

Sure that a game with alot of contrent is a good thing. But for me, flying around in a spaceship in PS2, so called an "MMOFPS" seems abit odd. Now, dont get me wrong, sure they might be able to make it "right". But for now it just seems a little distant. I just hope that they make everying else a 100% before they're starting to add in such big new feautres.
Hope they choose Quality over Quantity

[Zulthus]

Originally Posted by Lithious

Sure that a game with alot of contrent is a good thing. But for me, flying around in a spaceship in PS2, so called an "MMOFPS" seems abit odd. Now, dont get me wrong, sure they might be able to make it "right". But for now it just seems a little distant. I just hope that they make everying else a 100% before they're starting to add in such big new feautres.
Hope they choose Quality over Quantity

Quality over Quantity every time. But flying a Reaver is the same thing as flying a space ship. It's just in a different environment. I could also say driving a tank in a MMOFPS is odd.. but with PlanetSide, it works perfectly.

[Logit]

Personally I'd rather some sweet Naval combat over space combat.

[CutterJohn]

I have no issues with new environments. Its an ideal method of adding content to the game without disrupting already established gameplay.

They already plan on adding new planets. How awesome would it be if these planets had different physical properties and offered different weapons, vehicles, and different gameplay dynamics because of the physical properties and equipment selections. A space based map in some asteroid belt would be amazing. Especially if the infantry combat was like Shattered Horizons