News: Jimmy Whisenhunt Joins PlanetSide 2 Team

[whisenhunt]

Originally Posted by OnexBigxHebrew

Did you read through the rest of the posts before replying to me?

It's mostly been "Counterstrike this, competitive that, twitch this, ADS that". My point is just that this guys persepective is a very dated one.

Also, my post was merely to point out that this guy doesn't seem qualified for anything other than counterstrike-related endeavors.

People assume I've only played CS competitively and/or frequently

I've played just about every retail (and a ton of mods) FPS over the years pretty often during its time, my goal is not to change the game to something I see fit in relation to my CS expertise.

It's to take what I've learned from analyzing gun play, FPS meta-game and player needs in all of the games I've either casted, played for fun, competed in and help translate that in a way that is unique to the new experience.

I chose to do the CS:GO and CS 1.6 stuff because that community had no one left to speak out against the industry standard FPS model, if it was any other game I played and loved that had the issue, you would see videos related to that game

In regards to the players asking if I have played PS1: I dabbled in it with some friends years ago and was instantly in love with the experience, I'm excited to get back into it to make sure I still get it.

In regards to the players asking where my allegiance lies: Glory to the Republic!

Lastly, I'll do an AMA later this week on here

Back to work for me!



<3

[Magician]

Originally Posted by whisenhunt

I couldn't agree with your large capital letters any more, I may even make them a bit bigger... and red even!

I approve of this message... Yes I was skeptical when they said they were bringing on a new FPS guru... but after reading this message I feel much better. Death to Dumbing Down!

[Bags]

Hooray for AMA here

[GuyFawkes]

Originally Posted by OnexBigxHebrew

This game is just NOT that serious, imo. lol. It's a F2P MMO. Fun, nothing more.

And for the record, Pro Quake/CS = Pro covered wagon racing. :P

The developers are attempting to make an eternal war never ending within an mmofps framework. Persistant and interesting gameplay. They are looking to get the fps side of things a best they can from the start.

They are looking at making it a game you play, and fans keep coming back to.

There will be the next incarnation of cod/ bf / wow xpac and so on, that keeps people interested for a few milliseconds as the developers regurgitate out the same reincarnated stuff with slight tweaks. They are just fotm games and always will because of the business model.

You may not play cs , but the fact it is still going so long after its initial release gives some relevance within the goals of the existing ps2 team. Ps1 is their other reference for longevity.

Name any fps game thats come out within the last few years that within a couple of months hasn't been forgotten about. Most cod games appear to have a lifespan of a week if they are lucky. It took about a fortnight before bf3 comments on people I follow on twitter dried up totally.

If you asked someone in ps about their game , they will tell you about some meaningless bridge battle that they were in that lasted all day and night 4 yrs ago, and will never forget it. Or a myriad of almost anything. You can't quantify how such memories last and yearn for a new similar experience.

Similar ideals must be what keeps a person competetively playing for 13 yrs on the same game. He plays allsorts of others.

The big problem with most modern games is that kids are so used to being shovelled shallow crap over and over each year with the next version that they have no reference as to what is good or not.

[zomg]

Originally Posted by whisenhunt

People assume I've only played CS competitively and/or frequently

I've played just about every retail (and a ton of mods) FPS over the years pretty often during its time, my goal is not to change the game to something I see fit in relation to my CS expertise.

It's to take what I've learned from analyzing gun play, FPS meta-game and player needs in all of the games I've either casted, played for fun, competed in and help translate that in a way that is unique to the new experience.

I chose to do the CS:GO and CS 1.6 stuff because that community had no one left to speak out against the industry standard FPS model, if it was any other game I played and loved that had the issue, you would see videos related to that game

In regards to the players asking if I have played PS1: I dabbled in it with some friends years ago and was instantly in love with the experience, I'm excited to get back into it to make sure I still get it.

In regards to the players asking where my allegiance lies: Glory to the Republic!

Lastly, I'll do an AMA later this week on here

Back to work for me!



<3

This post should be made "required reading" before you can reply to this thread. I'm just going to quote it here in full because of that

[Graywolves]

Originally Posted by GuyFawkes

The big problem with most modern games is that kids are so used to being shovelled shallow crap over and over each year with the next version that they have no reference as to what is good or not.

This. A lot of people don't realize how much has been dropped or dulled down over the past 5 years in FPS gaming.

[epicx]

I have a good feeling about him, after seeing the youtube videos.
It seems he could bring a whole different crowd to Planet Side2, it could be a good thing or bad thing. There will be a more competative crowd in PS2, that will fallow his lead. The only bad thing i think is going to happen is the original PS feeling is going to be left behind, i got that feeling when watching the E3 videos.

I hope you do well Jimmy GL on PS2... (don't ruin it or else) Just kidding but seriously this game is my last hope for true FPS games, I've given up on WoW about 4 years ago, COD since COD:UO expansion and BF after 2142, If PS2 fails along with everything else, probably won't see me on games again.

[OnexBigxHebrew]

The only response to what I said that I like was the 'guy' himself. Welcome to the community .

Didn't change how I feel, but at least you're a positive guy, and this place can always use more of those, lol. Good luck with your new job.

To everyone else, boy you sure hate modern games lol. Did you ever stop to think that a lot of these games (Call od Duty, etc) may be crap online, but offer a campaign that's movie-like and fun? Sorry to burst your bubble, kids, but I hate CoD online, but loved the campaign, because its fun and shallow, like an interactive action movie. Thats all it needs to be. Also, I think its a bit premature to say people have fogotten BF3, as that game is JAMMED with people, all day every day. Just because the MMOFPS demographic (lol ) has, I don't think the thousands and thousands still playing have. Lets not mix up personal preference and longevity here. That game is huge. lol.

I'm just a hardcore 'e-sports' (ugh, still hate that term) player that thinks it's a joke to think of planetside of anything other than a grand, impressive, game of fun and 'WOW' moments. I don't care if the gunplay is super-solid, I just want a fun game to run around and blow shit up with thousands of people. I have arena games to get super cereal about. In the eyes of new people who won't care about the epic forum drama, I think the feral PS1 hardcore community is going to be deeply upset at the demographic that's going to flock to this game . This game's success will be riding on the backs of Nexon kids with credit cards, even without pay2win being a problem. The way this game makes money, guaranteed, is with zebra paint. lol. That's why I just can't take all this talk about gunplay seriously anymore. Lets all just have fun

Either way, I've said my peace , sorry we couldn't agree guys :S haha. Just trying to play devil's advocate

[Bags]

BF3's campaign is terrible. I guess their campaigns are micheal bay movie like, sure.

[Toppopia]

Originally Posted by Bags

BF3's campaign is terrible. I guess their campaigns are micheal bay movie like, sure.

What? I liked the parachuting scene, and i liked the mission where you fight basically the whole russian army, but mostly the end when you get attacked by the fighter, funny hearing your teammates reaction.

So the best parts was parachuting, and being chased by a plane. The rest was still good, but they were the highlights.

[Toppopia]

Originally Posted by elfailo

I liked the scene where the enemies didn't stop spawning until I took 2 steps forward.

I liked the scene where i run up to a wall, the enemies are there, but i must have been outside of their scripted 'shoot this thing' area, because they just ran past me while i shot them all. I have to say that mission was the most oddly scripted, some enemies didn't die till you moved to a specific place, then they die.

[OnexBigxHebrew]

Originally Posted by Bags

BF3's campaign is terrible. I guess their campaigns are micheal bay movie like, sure.

I agree. Actually never said BF3 had a good campaign. I said CoD did.

Regardless, this community is going to implode when the nexon kids show up. I wouldn't be so worried about the 'console fps crowd', if I was everyone here, because they'll be the least of everyone's worries when angry 9 year olds with premium status show up haha.

Anyway, enough of all this, go back to welcoming Mr. Whistlehunt, everyone. lol. Grats again, Jimmy!

[GuyFawkes]

Originally Posted by OnexBigxHebrew

Regardless, this community is going to implode when the nexon kids show up. lol.

You make a really, really good point there

Soe will be filling the marketplace with pink unicorn mounts and cowboy outfits and laughing all the way to the bank. RNG boxes of surprise here we come.

[erunion]

Whats this, a hatefest on PSU? Who could have guessed?

Welcome to the forum, Jimmy. Don't let the whiners get to you.

[super pretendo]

Originally Posted by GuyFawkes

You make a really, really good point there

Soe will be filling the marketplace with pink unicorn mounts and cowboy outfits and laughing all the way to the bank. RNG boxes of surprise here we come.

I think there's already a reddit decal you can get for vehicles. Just wait until they try to tap the my little pony demographic.