News: TotalBiscuit PlanetSide 2 Primer Footage

Gogita · 2012-05-24, 02:10 PM

Cannot get enough of it....

SniperSteve · 2012-05-24, 02:16 PM

NICE

NewSith · 2012-05-24, 02:21 PM

Excuse me Hamma, but SECOND OMG!

ichebu · 2012-05-24, 02:23 PM

Just can't get enough of that footage.

duomaxwl · 2012-05-24, 02:24 PM

I really dislike the back end of that Scythe.
Good thing I'm not VS haha.

MyMeatStick · 2012-05-24, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by duomaxwl

I really dislike the back end of that Scythe.
Good thing I'm not VS haha.

Its not that its bad or anything, but I would also prefer a simpler rounder backside to it.

Kind of a C shape with a cockpit and pointy edges.

Stardouser · 2012-05-24, 02:29 PM

At some point after 11:00 minutes he says:

"The main problem with the lattice system is that there wasn't really any fighting between bases unless vehicles kind of clashed, which was kinda rare, open field warfare didn't happen that much because there was no reason for it to happen. You would drive from one base to the other maybe there would be a little skirmish but most of the fighting would end up around bases which is not necessarily that interesting. Putting more facilities out in the open, towers and capture points that are not part of the main base structure is hopefully designed to remedy that as well as having this hex based front line whereby you capture territory as opposed to merely facilities."

There's also a lot more copying from BF3 than total biscuit admits. Scale and persistence BF3 does not have but a lot of the customizations are taken from BF3, the UI, the sprinting, etc. Right here I'm simply stating facts, not saying it's good or bad.

Possible error? At 13:58 he mouses over "TR-ASF-WM AIR TO AIR MISSLES" but the description says they lock onto ground vehicles?

bullet · 2012-05-24, 02:35 PM

It's good to see he's practicing on his flying abilities.

Hmr85 · 2012-05-24, 02:36 PM

Looking great I can't wait to get in beta.

Immigrant · 2012-05-24, 02:42 PM

Looking good.

Mechzz · 2012-05-24, 02:45 PM

Originally Posted by Stardouser

Possible error? At 13:58 he mouses over "TR-ASF-WM AIR TO AIR MISSLES" but the description says they lock onto ground vehicles?

It's just alpha footage. Note that his Scythe had the Vanguard icon on the screen. Now, he really wasn't in a flying tank! There are a lot of things that need to be worked on.

I am finding myself thinking the UI is annoying. There are 3 identical radar icons he can choose and he has to mouse over to see the description for what each one does. Either we learn them quickly or it will get old fast. I want to get back into the battle, not sit checking through reams of identical icons for the one I want.

Oh, and the footage was beautiful. I loved the cameo battle with the Reaver. Truly PS2 - that fight would not have been possible in PS1.

Gogita · 2012-05-24, 02:47 PM

What worries me most is the "Warning, OUT OF BOUNDS, Return to Battle" thing that popped up even though TB was still above Indar.

TB, what's up with that?

TotalBiscuit · 2012-05-24, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by Stardouser

There's also a lot more copying from BF3 than total biscuit admits. Scale and persistence BF3 does not have but a lot of the customizations are taken from BF3, the UI, the sprinting, etc. Right here I'm simply stating facts, not saying it's good or bad.

Sprinting copies BF3? Sprinting is absurdly common in FPS and existed WAY before BF3. The UI is alpha and is subject to change, since the UI is often one of the last things to be finalized (see other alphas for very basic or otherwise naff UIs). Weapon unlocks copy BF3? BF3 copied CoD4 in that respect, which copied Battlefield 2 and several other games that had exactly the same thing.

These concepts are now considered generic standards for the FPS genre. Most FPS games have them. You might as well say a car manufacturer copied another by putting tires on their vehicle.

MyMeatStick · 2012-05-24, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by TotalBiscuit

Sprinting copies BF3? Sprinting is absurdly common in FPS and existed WAY before BF3. The UI is alpha and is subject to change, since the UI is often one of the last things to be finalized (see other alphas for very basic or otherwise naff UIs). Weapon unlocks copy BF3? BF3 copied CoD4 in that respect, which copied Battlefield 2 and several other games that had exactly the same thing.

These concepts are now considered generic standards for the FPS genre. Most FPS games have them. You might as well say a car manufacturer copied another by putting tires on their vehicle.

Kickin ass and taking names as per usual I see

Mechzz · 2012-05-24, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by Gogita

What worries me most is the "Warning, OUT OF BOUNDS, Return to Battle" thing that popped up even though TB was still above Indar.

TB, what's up with that?

Pretty sure he was over the sea each time. Bad news was he was "just" over the sea. So no low-level Gal flying round the coast to get the jump on some unlucky base?