News: Dev Chat with Lenny Gullo

[Hamma]

http://www.planetside-universe.com/n...gullo-2636.htm

[Zulthus]

Bridge Battles. Hell yes. Tell me, will we see Leza/Tore make a return? :P

[Hamma]

Yea that is awesome to hear!

I wonder what continent he is working on now

[Xyntech]

I'm glad they are paying so much attention to level and base design. It's very important for balance in an FPS game.

I wonder how many continents the game will launch with.

[Ailos]

I want another ceryshen-style brdige so the bloody mags cant sneak up on us.

[CrystalViolet]

really hope the new continent is Ceryshen. I want to hear howling wind on dark blizzardy nights, tanks rolling through snow drifts as tracers light up frozen lakes.

[Captain1nsaneo]

That's an interesting idea, make the nastiest of the conts to get around also have the nastiest weather. But also give it the most resources.

[Death2All]

What's with all the love for Ceryshen? That was one of the most horribly unbearable continents in the game. I hope it doesn't return in PS2.

I'd like to see Amerish. Something with color. Please not another brown 'n bloom map like Ishundar or Searhus please. I'm so tired of boring brown dessert environments.

[Captain1nsaneo]

Ceryshen is to the other conts what Annwn is to the other caves. Both were designed very differently and as such are unique in their experience. They insure that gameplay does not become formulaic.

[CrystalViolet]

Originally Posted by DeeTwoEh

What's with all the love for Ceryshen? That was one of the most horribly unbearable continents in the game. I hope it doesn't return in PS2.

Just depends on your gameplay style. The huge elevation differences made Ceryshen a lot of fun for snipers and air vehicles playing cat and mouse games. As for it looking drab, I'd bet Forgelight will be able to do a very nice looking version of gray and desolate.

[Khellendros]

Originally Posted by CViolet

Just depends on your gameplay style. The huge elevation differences made Ceryshen a lot of fun for snipers and air vehicles playing cat and mouse games. As for it looking drab, I'd bet Forgelight will be able to do a very nice looking version of gray and desolate.

Man, nighttime on the snow conts is gonna be awesome.

[CrystalViolet]

Originally Posted by Khellendros

Man, nighttime on the snow conts is gonna be awesome.

yeah, the atmospheric potential is immense with the new engine. Imagine cresting a hill in your mbt, and gazing at the Aurora Borealis as it lights up the northern horizon.

[Kalyper]

Indeed. Forge light is allowing us to do amazing things with the world. I wouldn't worry about it turning turning out bland or repetitive across continents. In fact, making sure the world is not boring in both looks and gameplay is high on my priority list. ~_^

[Arrow]

Vurry nice! I would like something intense jungleish style warfare too or marshes like Hossin had.

[Xyntech]

Originally Posted by Kalyper

Indeed. Forge light is allowing us to do amazing things with the world. I wouldn't worry about it turning turning out bland or repetitive across continents. In fact, making sure the world is not boring in both looks and gameplay is high on my priority list. ~_^

That's awesome. Planetside 2 did have diverse continents, but it did sometimes start feeling repetitive.

Obviously art direction is one of the biggest parts of keeping them looking unique, but I'm curious how far the team is going. I know that time is valuable, but will each continent be mostly using it's own unique props for things like rocks, trees, etc? It's own texture pallet?

I'm sure tweaking Forgelights atmospheric effects to be unique to each environment will be an easy way to dial up the diverse look of a continent even further