Your thoughts on PS2 story decision. - Page 2

Quovatis · 2011-07-22, 12:23 PM

The current backstory for the VS is very different than PS1 and will twist your mind. Hope Higby chimes in here and can tell you publicly some of his ideas, as they are pretty wild.

Vancha · 2011-07-22, 12:29 PM

Oh Quo, you tease.

Whoknowswhat1 · 2011-07-22, 12:52 PM

Originally Posted by Quovatis

Hope Higby chimes in here and can tell you publicly some of his ideas, as they are pretty wild.

That would be most excellent... as long as he tells about TR and NC also, but mostly the TR

Lartnev · 2011-07-22, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by Quovatis

The current backstory for the VS is very different than PS1 and will twist your mind. Hope Higby chimes in here and can tell you publicly some of his ideas, as they are pretty wild.

The VS twist my mind already

I'm glad the story will be a re-imagining of the original storyline since it wasn't much to build a sequel on top of. Wouldn't mind seeing a novel or two like some other games have done.

Aractain · 2011-07-22, 02:00 PM

Planetside: Origins?

Could make an awesome RPG about the inital break up of the TR Expeditionary Force! You could be investigating the simmering tension and...

Anyway I hope the NC isn't such an obivous "FREEDOM AMERICA NUMBER ONE!" this time. Sounds like its much closer to anarcists this time which makes me happy. Because I like to shoot them. A lot. Purple or Red, never Yellow.

Duriel · 2011-07-22, 02:04 PM

i agree that i want them to tell the story from the first game....it was a nice start however, they never did anything with it except drop meteor's on our heads which was great too bad it brought BFR's with it...

i would love to see more of why each split and how also maybe they could continue as the game goes on with more weather effects etc...

anything is better than pick a color and go...

MgFalcon · 2011-07-22, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by Quovatis

The current backstory for the VS is very different than PS1 and will twist your mind. Hope Higby chimes in here and can tell you publicly some of his ideas, as they are pretty wild.

Well it was a lonely night for the TR commander... His wife and child still safe on Earth, he just... He just needed some one, no something to cuddle up next to. But the only entity there was the imprisoned Vanu naked in chains next to his bed.

9 Months later the Vanu stork brought about the new leader of the VS.

Aractain · 2011-07-22, 02:12 PM

Thats not very wild.

Im thinking a certain cult of technology feitshists within the TR holding weekly techno sex parties. When all this new alien tech is found by the scientists they go into overload. They can't help but be intimate with anything Vanu they see.

The TR looks down on techno fetishes. They don't mind all the rest but technology is not okay. This forces the TR command to jail the vanus but they easily escpaed (you don't want to know how) and formed

THE VANU SOVERENTY.com

A dirty website for technology lovers.

Am I close?

PsychoXR-20 · 2011-07-22, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by DeeTwoEh

Apparently the story was actually ripped from another game

According to that wiki page, that game came out in 2000, I first read about planetSide in early '99, and at that point the story was already in place (despite knowing nothing about the Vanu, or even of their existence) so I find it highly unlikely that PlanetSide ripped off the storyline of that game.

Besides, reading that page the only thing the two stories have in common is that both games have 3 sides, and it takes place in a scifi setting.

Alduron · 2011-07-22, 03:06 PM

With as much love and respect for PS1 I can muster: I barely knew there was a story, or "point" to the game.

To learn anything decent about the lore I had to turn to online sources (which there still isn't a large amount of information). They basically got enough story to cover some of the technology and reasons to fight then fired their writers.

The funny part is, I like it like that. The one paragraph faction descriptions were enough for me to understand why VS and TR need to die, and allowed me to carry out countless battles with no remorse. It also frees me from sitting back and going "well, that's very uncharacteristic of the NC." when I see one with a lasher.

It's not like they're going to have narrative NPCs in PS2, so it really doesn't matter what they put in the booklet for you to read while you install it.

This game has never been about the story.

MgFalcon · 2011-07-22, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Alduron

With as much love and respect for PS1 I can muster: I barely knew there was a story, or "point" to the game.

This game has never been about the story.

Very true, as soon as bullets started flying over my head I was like "Shoot anything that's blue or red!"

Clearly ended up shooting purple as well but that was for shits and giggles, by which I mean grief-lock.

Desoxy · 2011-07-22, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Alduron

This game has never been about the story.

True, but considering they have long term plans with this game it could add another layer of immersion; at some point you might want to read up on it and then find hints cluttered all over Auraxis here and there..
Or have events that last for a few days/weeks (tops) that each explore different aspects of the story.

There is only one crucial thing: Make it entirely optional!
Some people will never care and no one should be forced to sit through it..

Vancha · 2011-07-22, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by Alduron

This game has never been about the story.

I think you mean the last game.

PS2 could probably benefit from a little additional lore. Stories don't need words to be told.

I'm fairly sure Extra Credits did a video about telling narrative through the environment and other non-textual methods. I'm not sure this was the exact one, but it certainly enters that territory.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...es-Bad-Writing

Operations · 2011-07-22, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by Desoxy

I am very glad that PlanetSide 2 is a reimagining of PlanetSide 1 rather than a continuation of the story.

Though for some reason Higby keeps saying reimaging, which is surely what it would have been when they were just going to do a graphical update for Planetside.

Originally Posted by Talek Krell

"red mens shoot lots, blue mens shoot hard, purple mens are shiny, GO".

Lol I like that, and I must admit it is about as much of the original planetside lore as I could remember.

Naeadil · 2011-07-22, 07:03 PM

I think it's all been pretty much confirmed the Vanu (race, not faction) will appear in special GM events and attack all 3 factions. Either Smed or Higby said this in one of the press conferences or Q&A videos. While it won't be a persistent element in the game, maybe the story will progress through these "alien invasion" GM events.