Im calling it now.....Planetside has a very good chance to be the next Halo/Star Wars - Page 2

Death2All · 2012-07-26, 06:27 AM

I doubt that with every ounce of my being. Personally, I don't think that game is going to be half as great as everyone else seems to think. I think the game will do well enough to be called a "success", but all these people expecting the second coming of Christ are going to be let down.

KnifeGun · 2012-07-26, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by pengalor

Eh, would be cool to see but let's be honest here: the lore is good but not that good. Plus, I would shiver to see what looks like a good thing like Planetside 2 and the Planetside universe and have it go through what Star Wars has gone through : /.

I will have to disagree with this a bit. I'm extremely knew to this IP (last 5 months or so) and the lore had me completely hooked from the get go. I made my faction choice based on lore alone.

In the reality that we all live in I have to go with NC at this point in time based on my relationship with what I believe is happening in the real world. Call me crazy but I fell in love instantly with the lore.

Novice bot · 2012-07-26, 08:22 AM

I don't want Planetside 2 to be the next Halo. I hate Halo.

Simokon · 2012-07-26, 08:34 AM

I think if Sony plays their cards correctly they could make Planetside a very robust and profitable IP. I know personally I would be interested in books that expand the lore or maybe even a sweet CG movie.

Lumberchuk · 2012-07-26, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by maddoggg

I really hope that planetside universe would expand and maybe the next game can be spaceside(or something like that)where you get those massive scale battles in space,with thousands of ships,big capital ships,space stations,frigates all of which you should be able to board(imagine a capital ship with a hanger as big or even bigger than the hanger of the CIS capital ships from star wars battlefront 2.Now imagine a galaxy drop in that hanger and a hundred players fighting all over the ship on different decks and levels of it.Now imagine that's just one out of 3-4 ships each faction should have).
It can have different maps like asteroid fields,giant clouds of star dust,a planet with a rediculosly high amout of really small mouns around it and so on.

THIS!!!!! This has literally been my dream game for 7 years, ever since I first played space battles in battlefront 2. I always though this would be awesome if the ship interior was bigger and there were thousands of live players to populate it. Up until I heard of planetside I didn't think it was possible to have more then 200 players in a server so I thought it would be years before a game like that came out. Now it seems like its entirely possible, tech wise, just need a studio willing to undertake the huge project. Hopefully one that listens to its community at least as well as SOE does.

Magpie · 2012-07-26, 08:56 AM

For planetside to make a fast buck and get big would need to make it on console but then again there other pc only games that have done well like WoW but it toke them while to get to the top but maybe im wrong.

Carnage · 2012-07-26, 08:59 AM

wow... there was a game called 'Star Wars galaxies'... well smokin' Jesus titty cinnamon, that could'a been sweeeeet! and yet no...

MCYRook · 2012-07-26, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by Death2All

I think the game will do well enough to be called a "success", but all these people expecting the second coming of Christ are going to be let down.

Agreed.

BlueSkies · 2012-07-26, 09:50 AM

Originally Posted by Magpie

For planetside to make a fast buck and get big would need to make it on console but then again there other pc only games that have done well like WoW but it toke them while to get to the top but maybe im wrong.

Smed already hinted that PS2 is heading to the PS3 (and possibly other devices).

MCYRook · 2012-07-26, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by BlueSkies

Smed already hinted that PS2 is heading to the PS3 (and possibly other devices).

Smed says a lot of things.

ArcGuard · 2012-07-26, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by BlueSkies

Smed already hinted that PS2 is heading to the PS3 (and possibly other devices).

I actually think Smed recently shot down this rumor.

As for PS2 being super big? I think it's possible. Lore seems interesting enough. But as far as science fiction shooters go, it's going to be really hard for a game to knock Halo off of that throne.

Xyeth · 2012-07-26, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by Dreamcast

I have thought about this for a while but after seeing the trailer, Im pretty sure that the Planetside Universe is gonna become bigger than just Planetside 2.

Game trailers are about 99% lie. Trailers should come with the disclaimer "Actual events will NEVER occur".

All of the gaming marketing departments seem to like to produce trailers that have little to nothing to do with the actual gameplay. They usually overhype and under deliver in a very big way.

GhettoPrince · 2012-07-26, 12:04 PM

Star Wars is just a stupid kids thing, It has like 2 good movies from the 70's and 80's but it's been run right into the ground.

Halo was the the first game to really let people go crazy with vehicles and large scale combat...the story is kind of all over the place, but everyone still loves it.

Planetside is about a bunch of dudes who shoot at each other forever. It's fun, and because no one has ever done anything on this scale it might be the most memorable shooter of this decade in the way that Halo was the shooter of the last decade, but there isn't any story to get involved with and no characters to identify with. You pick a color and shoot at the other colors.

OnexBigxHebrew · 2012-07-26, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by JoeDragon

I can absolutely see Planetside becoming as Popular as Halo at it's peak. Halo didn't really take off until Halo 2, sure it had a big following but not bigger than the original Planetside I'd bet. It's really all about advertising.

We need some Planetside 2 Mt Dew Gamer Fuel promotions, get those faction logos onto some Slurpee cups etc. SOE has a history of not promoting their games well enough, I really hope they've learned enough by now to get the brand out there in the real world instead of just attempting viral internet marketing. (Which is cheaper but isn't enough)

It will never be Star wars big though lol.

No. Halo: CE was a monster hit, and single handedly kept Microsoft from withdrawing out of he console market. Halo 2 was also a monster hit, and made Xbox live a huge success. Planetside one was an mmo niche game that no one had the broadband to even play. Not speaking to it being a 'good or bad' game, PS1 wasn't any where near as huge or relevant in Pop culture as halo.

That said, I have pretty bight hopes for planetside as an Ip, but fairly more realistic expectations than OP. 26 year olds with gaming PCs do not set pop culture trends as well as 14 year olds with xboxs, like I was when playing halo.

The Loverator · 2012-07-26, 12:08 PM

Halo's Downfall was decided by Fate when it became Console Trash.

The Campaign of Reach was pretty epic - but how epic could it have been if the Series would have stayed on PC. "PC only" would have been even better.

Star Wars got really epic and huge even more as it was when the new Three Episode's/Movies came out,
with the Invention of the old Republic before the Empire and so on. R~eally epic.

So while the Glory of Star Wars mustn't needfully be over, the Glory of Planetside is about to rise.
It's time for a new, epic Story to shine.

It's really sad for an PC-Gamer that loved Halo 1 so much that his favourite Game ended with Halo 2.
All the Years only watching - and n~oooooooooow "my next Halo 1" is coming out. =P

Bigger, better, faster and stronger as ever before. L~awl...

I can't wait. It's Time that Halo bows before it's new Master, named Planetside...

greetings, LV.