One month after unsubscribing, looking back over my shoulder to PS - Page 3

Kaikou · 2003-07-20, 09:41 PM

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The things said in this post are of my OWN opinion, not yours, therefore you cannot justly flame me, k thx read on.
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This guy DOES make a lot of good points, and it's admirable that he keeps it positive with all the flames being thrown at him.

I myself haven't played planetside for about a week and a half and I don't miss it one little bit. It will probably be in my recycling bin within this week. Planetside lacks that certain kick that all other MMO games have. I suppose the fact that the one objective of the game is to capture bases, just to have them taken back from you a little while later combined with the imbalances, selective weapon use (take NC for example, jackhammers and phoenix seem to be the only weapons they ever use) and all around lack of intelligence of people in the game makes for a bad game.

I see people leaving planetside daily. It's a great game at first but after about a week of playing it, you've probably experienced most of what the game has to offer. I was excited for PS because it was an MMO game. Me being a long time player of MMORPGs I thought it was going to provide just as much excitement with the new FPS part. I guess I was wrong.

Planetside just doesn't appeal to me anymore, short and simple. I guess I'm just more of a fan to games that have variety rather than FPS aspects. Don't flame me on that please, because if you compare the variety in planetside with the variety in any MMORPG out there, the MMORPGs make PS look as variable as pong.

Lately I've had a craving to go resubscribe to asherons call 1 but since my character is gone by now and I don't feel like starting a new one...I might look into SWG

Hamma · 2003-07-21, 12:59 AM

PS wasnt meant to be an MMORPG, thats what allot of people forget. Its meant to be death and destruction on an epic scale. ANd that's what it is

Tubblers · 2003-07-21, 05:06 AM

Why is it that gay anime loving fan tards always complain about content lacking. For fucks sake go give Goku a hand job. And where the hell did all these bone smuggling meat cigars get the idea that PS is a MMORPG. Everyones character in every online game has as little story as a fucking menu. If you want a good RPG, play a single player one. I had a half-ogre in Arcanum have sex with a sheep because the brothel owner tricked my retarded ass 5 intelligence point brain. Now, if you can tell me of elven ranger getting raped by a bear in EQ, then my god that's a game, and your character now has a back story (unless you promptly delete them in shame). So, stop whining about "end game content". And how the hell did you pass pre-school without being able to comprehend that a PERSISTENT world has no END game content. Put two and two together and you get a fucking cookie. In about one year, I'm taking a gander at the notion that PS will have a lot of new content. So, if you decide to come back, I hope you get jackhammered. Hazaa bitch.

Sentrosi · 2003-07-21, 05:23 AM

Since when did being a fan of anime equate to being stupid????

Hexen · 2003-07-21, 05:47 AM

I feel sorry for the other Vanu on Emerald, after reading that. :P

Happy lil Elf · 2003-07-21, 12:15 PM

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The things said in this post are of my OWN opinion, not yours, therefore you cannot justly flame me, k thx read on.
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Saying that it's your opinion does not mean people can not flame you, nor should it, k, thx, la~

That said I'm going to have to disagree with you on a couple of things.

I suppose the fact that the one objective of the game is to capture bases, just to have them taken back from you a little while later combined with the imbalances, selective weapon use (take NC for example, jackhammers and phoenix seem to be the only weapons they ever use) and all around lack of intelligence of people in the game makes for a bad game.

As opposed to the objective being get a flag back to your base only to play the same maps over and over? Not saying CTF is bad, but really it isn't exactly all that innovative in and of itself either. Don't get me wrong I love CTF or objective based games, for awhile anyways. After you've gotten the enemy plans (coughflagcough) a couple hundred times, that wears a tad thin as well however.

The NC don't only use the Jackhammer and Phoenix. Do all TR use pounders and srikers? No? Didn't think so. It works both ways

The all around lack of inelligence...It's a FPS. Remember the pubs for Tribes? Or Tribes 2? Or UT/UT2k3? They all had one thing in common, idiots. There will always be idiots in FPS, they're drawn to them like moths to a flame. The thing about that was you could find a good passworded server and avoid the idiots. Obviously you can't do that in PS but I don't know anyone who would want to run a PS server...

I guess I'm just more of a fan to games that have variety rather than FPS aspects. Don't flame me on that please, because if you compare the variety in planetside with the variety in any MMORPG out there, the MMORPGs make PS look as variable as pong.

No offense but maybe this will help. I want you to say this out loud over and over: "Planetside is not a MMORPG. I will not compare it to MMORPGs, because that would be like comparing Final Fantasy 2(4) to Doom and griping that Doom doesn't have an immersive enough story, spiffy airships, or enough character development. They are two completely separate types of games and I will treat them as such". Now then, once you can recite that in your sleep, and do recite it in your sleep to the dismay of anyone trying to sleep near you, you will understand what Hamma has been saying for months.

Lonehunter · 2003-07-21, 12:23 PM

Originally posted by Hexen
I feel sorry for the other Vanu on Emerald, after reading that. :P

Why, last night on Amerish they pushed my squad back two bases (Then afterwords we flanked em and got three of their bases). After the patch, the Lasher rapes everyone. You Vanu might not notice this but, tryig to take the Vanu in large numbers, when over half of them have the Lasher is impossible now. The patch gave it a higher ROF and made the projectiles spread out more. It feels wierd getting bitchslapped around by the Vanu

I'm kinda happy for them though, they are finally worth fighting against

WickedDeus · 2003-07-21, 12:32 PM

Well, I for one am glad that I played beta because otherwise I would have pay for the game. I felt that the game just didn't have enough things to do....taking over bases gets old. Need new content...maybe if you took over all the bases or 2/3 you can go kill them in the sact or something. Maybe if they has unmapped areas where you could go explore and fight over alien technology for your side. Dunno....PS just wasn't worth the monthly fee to me.

Swad · 2003-07-21, 12:43 PM

I'm still at a loss of all the people who compare PS to ANY other MMORPG. Apples <---> Oranges. Sorry, I feel no loss when I see a post about "I'm canceled and am going back to DAOC" or "EQ is SOOO much better." Some people totally fail to realize that this is a FPS, not an RPG. You can't even try to compare them on the same level like people try to. It's not at all fair to the game and the genre. The similarities between <insert RPG here> and PS stop at MMO. I may come across as rash and rude here, but I don't feel any loss when I see someone post that they're going back to some MMORPG. The first question that enters my mind when I see this is "Why the hell did you even play PS then? What were you expecting out of it?!?!"

Seriously, folks, why compare apples and oranges and then find yourself so sorely disappointed. Nothing against MMORPGs, but if you're mostly an MMORPG gaming type and comparing and complaing about PS compared to an MMORPG, you're in the wrong.

Navaron · 2003-07-21, 01:16 PM

I think what people are comparing is what you get for your money. SOE says PS is as valuable as SWG or EQ or DAOC, as they all cost the same. Regardless of the fact that they are different types of games, people expect new shit to do, and new shit to do it with since they are paying the same amount of money. It is a just comparison.

Happy lil Elf · 2003-07-21, 01:43 PM

I think what people are comparing is what you get for your money.

And that's fine. But you still can't compare what you get out of an RPG to what you get out of a FPS. You get more content with RPGs, that's just the way it works.

WickedDeus · 2003-07-21, 02:46 PM

And thats why I didn't buy PS after beta. If the price was much lower then that would be a different story.

Navaron · 2003-07-21, 03:31 PM

Originally posted by Happy lil' Elf
And that's fine. But you still can't compare what you get out of an RPG to what you get out of a FPS. You get more content with RPGs, that's just the way it works.

The difference is the game types, not what you should get for your money. We were promised exclusive content, which other than 2 vehicles that aren't really that special, we haven't seen anything.