News: TotalBiscuit Liberator Video

[Raymac]

That outpost in the deep crator looked really cool. I'm getting more and more excited about the landscape of this game.

Also, I already know the super-serious people wanting a uber-accurate war sim are going to get their panties in a bunch over the customization we saw. Personally, I say just let it go and have fun.

[Raymac]

Originally Posted by MyMeatStick

Another thing I noticed was when being hit, the force tilts the aircraft to one side.

One of the things I did not like from BF3.

Actually, if you look at where he was, I think he was just getting a wing hung up on part of the base. I don't think he was actually getting shot. I could be wrong though.

[Purple]

zibra stripes are a bit silly but i can live with it if it pays the bills and funds expansions.

[Mechzz]

^
yeah, if you notice, the game records the kill to DemoManx around 4:50, his id. So it was a suicide. Shades of BF2 jets, eek!

[Red Beard]

Yeah...if most of the vehicles are looking anything like that, its gunna look pretty stupid. I will definitely be gravitating toward blowing sky-douches out of the air.

[Xyntech]

interesting that auto repair is an option in the Liberator (and presumably many other, if not all other vehicles), but is one of several options. I think this is infinitely better than just handing it out for free to everyone. Do you want flares to survive lockons better, or regenerating vehicle health to more easily recover from scrapes?

I would guess that the regenerating infantry health in TB's other video was something similar, unless it was just there for testing purposes.

One thing this would allow is for more players to consider driving/piloting without being an engineer. Hopefully there would still be at least some benefit to being an engi even with the regenerating vehicle health equipped. It will be pretty shitty for gameplay if that thing can heal the vehicle too quickly.

Something like a 30 second delay before it starts repairing you and maybe 3+ minutes to go from 1hp to full hp. More accurate numbers to come with proper hands on testing, as always

[Sturmhardt]

Awesome... the game is just beautiful (as well as the Loverator).

[Shogun]

ok, so if there are "loverator" windshields, I DEMAND salty nuts as a hood ornament!

that walk around view of the loverator was great! the thing looks great! having a video is sooooooo much better than a screenshot! didn´t look wierd or wrong at all now!

oh and can i buy a windshield with slpattered blood and a smeared bloody handprint instead of hearts, please?

especially for the reaver for the full reaver, not only the windshield. gotta try to reserve the name malcolm reynolds

[Immigrant]

Great stuff, TB made me laugh!

[LostAlgorithm]

Originally Posted by Raymac

Also, I already know the super-serious people wanting a uber-accurate war sim are going to get their panties in a bunch over the customization we saw. Personally, I say just let it go and have fun.

Yeah, because my idea of fun is less valid than yours. I already know I'm going to have fun with Planetside 2, I just feel it would be more fun and I might play longer if they didn't go this route.

The skin is disappointing, to say the least. I don't want an "uber-accurate war sim", I want a war game that takes itself moderately seriously. Atmosphere is something I feel is important, especially in a game I'll be spending so much time playing. Planetside 2 has atmosphere in ******, and I simply feel that these customizations detract from it.

Some of those cosmetic options were pretty damn silly, but if that's as far as they go, I think I can get by. A bit silly, a bit absurd, but not totally outrageous.

Hearts plastered all over a cockpit window isn't outrageous to you? And they don't even show up in cockpit view. I say if you want to fly with that nonsense on your window then it should actually block your view.

[Gogita]

In my opinion, as long as it stays to patterns and not pictures that you can choose yourself or text, it won't break my immersion too much.

PS2 needs to be fund in some way and heck, I might buy one of those silly patterns.

[Satexios]

Shame he didn't show the 2nd and 3rd position and seems he has trouble with the size of his lib.. lol

The Radar perks and such are quite awesome.

2nd edit:
I also like the fact that you first need to take off vertically for quite some distance so that the wings can change horizontal when you apply forward thrust. You can see that quite well in the movie around 5:24 that the nose dives down because the wings are moving into place and after a few meters he finally gets the lift to fly around.

Nicely done.

(His second crash wasn't because he got shot but the wing was stuck behind a building)

[Xyntech]

I love how the aircraft keeps flying low towards that wall tower for a little while after he pulled up. Physics for the win. Flying is going to be a blast.

[Mackenz]

Originally Posted by Xyntech

One thing this would allow is for more players to consider driving/piloting without being an engineer. Hopefully there would still be at least some benefit to being an engi even with the regenerating vehicle health equipped. It will be pretty shitty for gameplay if that thing can heal the vehicle too quickly.

Well, if you get Auto-Repair you give up the Flares or Radar Jammer option (so far), so I think that is a fair trade-off for not being an Engi.

[ArmedZealot]

Originally Posted by LostAlgorithm

Hearts plastered all over a cockpit window isn't outrageous to you? And they don't even show up in cockpit view. I say if you want to fly with that nonsense on your window then it should actually block your view.

Nope, deal with it.