IGN Reviews PlanetSide (7.7 Score - Negative comments) - Page 2

TekDragon · 2003-06-07, 10:13 AM

Cyber,

The most obvious of these two me is the "long wait times to get into the action" - Sorry, this one I really can't agree with. Play any other MMOG and the wait times are 2-3x what you see in PS.

Dont compare downtime in a RPG to downtime in a FPS. It makes you look silly. What downtime is there in Tribes? Unreal Tournament? Or maybe you dont want to focus on non-MM games. Ever play 10six? I could log on, grab a gun, armor, mods, gear, and vehicles and head to an enemy base within 2 minutes.

PS has 1/50-1/100 the weapons/armor/mods/gear that 10six had. PS has a fraction of the complexity. Yet PS has more downtime. Hmmm....

There's some other ones that are questionable, each continent in PS has it's own rather unique feel compared to the others. For instance while Cyssor / Amerish and Forestal are all 'green' each one plays and feels signficantly different then others.

It doesnt realy matter what the terrain looks like when the developers designed the game so that the ONLY thing that mattered was bases. They didnt design in a way to keep frontlines out in the wilds. It happens sporadically, but 95% of the fighting happens around bases.

Keeping that in mind: the devs decided to see just how lazy they could be and designed FIVE bases for the ENTIRE world for handling almost ALL of the combat. Of COURSE a reviewer is going to say everything looks the same.

If the devs do one of the following (or both), then it wont be an issue:
1. Find a way to move the front lines out into the terrain
2. Spend a few hours making some more god damn base designs

Until they feel like doing either of these, one an important game design, and the other a simple task requiring a minimum of effort... then a reviewer should be free to critisize.

condor · 2003-06-07, 08:12 PM

IGN You cant handle the fact that PlanetSide is the only one of its kind and so you rip on it. Ill have you no that there are outfits that you can join permanately. There are more than enough people to make the game fun; The experiance is incredible. The landcsape is realistic and make you feel like your there. You failed to mention the incredible base structures, towers, and warpgates which are beautiful. Everything is nagative and you hopelessy rip on someones succes because it's not you. Patches continually improve the game making the lags shorter and happen less. New vehicles have been designed and are being implemented on Monday 9. You dont bother to check out the new website for Planetside that has an up-to-date Battlefield Report of the continents and who owns them. You constantly mess up reviews saying "... I like the MAXes better because they are faster." This is completely bogus and im starting to wonder if you actually played the game or your making a dumb excuse. Now, to the game design. It's a game about war, do you expect objectives like "scout a base but dont do anything and report back to commanders about the enemies in the area." You kill other people and take over bases. What do you WANT? The abuse of PlanetSide was uncalled for and is unfair for a game of PlanetSide's calibur(get calibur, as in gun)

Planetside Rocks

Navaron · 2003-06-07, 08:54 PM

I liked the review. You could tell he hadn't spent *alot* of time with the game, but the review does give one perspective I haven't heard yet - what joe blow will think when he buys the game. He nailed most of the complaints and problems I've heard from others, and some I share.

I can honestly say, the game will be great. I think it should've released with more options, and more toys. He's right, all three sides are the same, all bases are the same, and locking 3 continents and coming back to see them flip flopped is not uncommon. There is little story, and little story or game supported reason to hold bases. This doesn't mean I don't like the game, but that I like it enough to point out what I think it needs.

I'd say in a follow up review, or a review of an expansion pack he'll be singing the prodigal son's tune.

*edit* whew, almost missed a chance to slam the flight model

/slams flight model

Doppler · 2003-06-08, 06:46 AM

Could anyone else find this guys name anywhere in the piece? I couldnt, speaks bad to me when you put I in a document so much, but dont sign your name at the end. Personaly I think some of his points may have been right, and some of his points are indicative of the twitch gamer monopoly that seems to be taking over at IGN. Here's how i see this guys house, he's got every console known to man, but his computer he got from work so he can do reviews at home. Seriously i may study journalism over computer science just because it seems so much easier to bash then to actualy create.

Doppler · 2003-06-08, 06:49 AM

Also, too much of his review seems to be colored by his interactions with players, this guy who complains about how long it takes for squads to get up and running also professes his lvoe for being a grunt because he doesnt have to lead. All in all i think it's unfair to judge a game based on it's player base, by that logic whatever EQ gets should be half of what it is.