The reason PlanetSide is going to become the standard in FPS (and spin off more)

[MrVicchio]

To date, there are 100 MMORPG in production. From what I cna find, only PS and WWIIOL are FPS type games. WWIIOL failed to meet gamers expectations.

Let us assume that PS does basically what it advertises. Okay?

Why do FPS gamers play FPS games? Adreniline rush, of sorts is one. The other is they are FUN. Competing against other live players. Some are just 1-man vs many (DM games) , Others are team based (SOF2, CS, DoD and BF1942 to name a few)

Now, I personally, and my clan [ReTrY] have been playing CS for around 3 years. 3 YEARS. We are not an exception to the rule. Many play such games for long periods of time.

Now, many FPS gamers tend to bounce around games, but still, we stick to FPS style games. PS is not just another FPS. It doesn't end after 30 minutes.. the map doesn't change... instead of stats with a 2 week lifespan, we are talking longevity of the likes the FPS world has not seen.

Some, point out that FPS gamers are notoriously niggerdly with their spending. This, perhaps on the face of it would seem to be the case... but whence has an FPS game been MMO? WWIIOL? Yeah, but that game suffered, and still suffers from sub-par performance.

PS is going to be the "GAME" of 2003. Period. It is going to turn the FPS world upside down. I can see in the next 6 months announcements of "new" MMOFPS games starting in development. 3 years from now, PS will be seen as the EQ of the MMOFPS world.

Why? Quality. With the backing of a major, and lets be honest here, experienced company in the MMO market, PS is going to do what EQ did for the RPG world.

The main reason PS is going to be the death knell for the small server, rotating map game.. money. PS is going to be great game yes, but it is also going to be a cash cow for Sony. And as we all have seen with the MMORPG market, once that door is successfully opened, you will see a flurry of new games trying to capitlize on the new market.

So let us rejoice, for soon the stale world of FPS is goingto be revitalized, and much as CS brought us the "perinnial on-line FPS world" and EQ the MMO, PS shall take us that next step.. and gamming will never be the same.

[Discordja]

the real trick for ps is whether or not they'll be able to tweak travel times against combat lengths to make the isntant action feel of standard fps games become a part of an mmo.

[Camping Carl]

*sniff* ...beautiful

[FraBaktos]

Damn Straight!

[Khronos]

amen to that!

You put it perfectly.

[Hellsfire123]

I agree whole heartidly. There is only one thing i cant believe. There is no way "niggerdly" is both a word and an adjective.

I cant wait for the reality versions of planetside to start releasing. Drug wars in LA, WWIII online, Urban Combat 2010. You know they will come, and you know PS will still rock them all.

Edit: Well ill be damned.

Main Entry: nig�gard�ly
Pronunciation: -lE
Function: adjective
Date: 1571
1 : grudgingly mean about spending or granting : BEGRUDGING
2 : provided in meanly limited supply
synonym see STINGY
- nig�gard�li�ness noun
- niggardly adverb

[MrVicchio]

One entry found for niggardly.


Main Entry: nig�gard�ly
Pronunciation: -lE
Function: adjective
Date: 1571
1 : grudgingly mean about spending or granting : BEGRUDGING
2 : provided in meanly limited supply
synonym see STINGY
- nig�gard�li�ness noun
- niggardly adverb

[MrVicchio]

ROFL

To be honest, I didnt EVEN think about anything else when I typed that, it was a valid choice that popped into my mental thesarus, and I used it...

[Hellsfire123]

I cant believe we used the same site, at almost the same time. Well, now i got a new word to use on an essay, should be fun

[MrVicchio]

Yeah, I read your post, realized I had USED that word, went to webster and pasted it JUST in time to see you did.... thats humor.

[OmnipotentKiwi]

I agree mostly, although a couple of points:
1. There have been other MMOFPS games, however they had horendous failures or were of such a small game it isn't that important. The important thing to note though is many have tried and come up short.
2. They are trying to appeal to an audience, atleast on the FPS side, that are notoriously ADD children. Without mods, hacks, and other ways to change the game outside of what Sony intends, or CONSTANTLY changing content, they may still suffer the same ADD and will only last a short time.
3. Planetside can fail. E&B had HUGE hype for a long time, after release, it fell short. Same for AC2, Shadowbane, AO, etc. Beta has just begun, the NDA is still up, so we have NO idea how good this game is yet. Although I try to be optimistic, I also am realistic.

Yes, Planetside MAY be the Game of 2003 if it comes off with its execution as well as it looks on paper, but that doesn't always happen.

[MrVicchio]

Thus my disclaimer... if it delivers and then went from there I am not a staff of a PS fan site because I have real doubts... that or the PS koolaide is seriously spiked...

[OmnipotentKiwi]

Originally posted by MrVicchio
Thus my disclaimer... if it delivers and then went from there I am not a staff of a PS fan site because I have real doubts... that or the PS koolaide is seriously spiked...

I always miss those big details

And I agree, if I didn't have a lot of faith in the game, would you think I would spend so much time talking about it?

[Tobias]

I looked at E&B and thought this will suck, I looked at PS years ago and thought, this game will rock, the people who did everquest are doing it, and at the time I was and EQ addict, but I could not find any info on PS, so I forgot about it, and then I found PSU and everything was better, I think PS will rock, and others will come, and some will promise to be better, and about 4-6 years after PS comes out it will be betten, but until then it will be the best MMOFPS.