News: Jimmy Whisenhunt Joins PlanetSide 2 Team

Gwartham · 2012-06-23, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by GreatMazinkaise

Planetside is, to this date, the greatest multiplayer game ever created, flaws and all.

Deal with it.

I mean I get the fanboism. I loved ps1, but in no way in my mind was ps1 the greatest multiplayer game ever created. Its active playerbase isnt even a blip on the gaming radar, been that way for years.

I have played every MMO, every online fps since I got the bug way back when quake came out. In all those years a lot of good games have come and gone. They have thier good points, and they all had thier bad points, planetside included.

The point is there is enough of a experience pool out there now. Theres still a few die hard ps1 fans out there, but this game isnt being created to cater to them. Do you think this game, even with its graphics and scale, would hold any longterm value if we went back to buggy guns and cof bloom style gameplay?

Nah other games have shown that theres better options out there. Its pretty obvious that the devs have played their share of FPS, and they are using that influence in PS2.

Wisenhunt brings with him a critical eye and observation that this game will need, and put that together with the rest of the devs as a group, its to make the game stronger, not weaker.

I know the devs obviously have respect for PS1, and the loyalty of its fanbase, but the scope and vision of this new game goes far and well beyond the original game.

And to be honest the response that Wisenhunt got from this community? Honestly it was pretty shameful. Who here wouldnt of pounced at the opportunity to join the dev team in what is shaping up to be the greatest FPS ever?
Hell who here wouldnt want someone like Hamma on the team just for his observations and dedication to the game beyond the simple gameplay?

PS1 fanboi...meh...not so much.
PS2 fanboi...color me guilty as sin.

I have much love for the old game, much like I have much love for my old Chevelle. Much love for what it represented.

But in all honestly I would trade it for a Veyron any day

Jimmy was brought in to help ensure my new Veyron is firing on all cylinders.

So to Jimmy do us old OGL CS players proud