A month to E3 - Page 3

DayOne · 2012-05-01, 10:27 PM

Praying for beta. But I'll settle for a trailer and/or playable demo.

BETA!

Zulthus · 2012-05-01, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

actually i can see it happening now, first beta weekend on the 19th-20th of may, prob when the next GW2 weekend will be, the weekend after D3 comes out.

when it rains it pours.

One can hope... one can hope...

Minor · 2012-05-01, 11:09 PM

So Radarx neither confirms and more importantly does not deny the announcement of beta proposal.

On the other hand, this likely means no beta before E3.

Brusi · 2012-05-01, 11:10 PM

I'm a little bit torn...

I have a strong feeling that PS2 is going to ruin my life, much like PS1/EQ.

Should i somehow prepare myself for the beta release news so that i might be better able to weather the storm, or just go with it...

My career and relationships are doing fine, just not nearly as exciting as PS2 is for me at the moment ;p

I spose i can always buy a plane ticket to the states and pull a Higby on SOE.

Hmr85 · 2012-05-01, 11:12 PM

I really think they need to release beta about a week or two before E3 and showcase the game in all its glory. That would make people go OMG!!!.

Anyways, I would be happy with a trailer and some game demo footage in the worse case scenario.

QuantumMechanic · 2012-05-02, 12:23 AM

Higby said in one of his interviews at GDC "keep your eyes on E3" (as I recall), when asked about beta. So I wouldn't expect any beta announcement before then.

By the way, Planetside Kinect? Been done already by this guy from the official forums:

Zulthus · 2012-05-02, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by QuantumMechanic

By the way, Planetside Kinect? Been done already by this guy from the official forums:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbEn72evviI

Was that recorded with a potato? And god no, what a waste of time. It's a good try but do you honestly think you'd be able to face up against a 6 year old if he has a keyboard/mouse and you're using that?

SKYeXile · 2012-05-02, 12:36 AM

Originally Posted by Zulthus

Was that recorded with a potato? And god no, what a waste of time. It's a good try but do you honestly think you'd be able to face up against a 6 year old if he has a keyboard/mouse and you're using that?

gl facing up against a 70 year old cripple with no arms who plays with their face on that setup.

RawketLawnchair · 2012-05-02, 12:37 AM

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

gl facing up against a 70 year old cripple with no arms who plays with their face on that setup.

Kinect? No thank you.

QuantumMechanic · 2012-05-02, 12:42 AM

Yeah, that guy put a lot of time into getting PS1 working with the kinect, and of course admits himself that it's totally not realistic to actually play with.

I think he just had some spare time and a lot of passion for Planetside. He chronicled his efforts in making that thing on the SOE forums. Was pretty interesting keeping up with him.

BorisBlade · 2012-05-02, 12:52 AM

Well the current kinect is worse than a wiimote sadly. With only flailing arms and legs and no actual buttons, you cant do jack squat other than jumping or swinging crap. Until you can get some action buttons in there via some wireless controllres in each hand or somethin much higher res to track fingers (which still would be inferior to buttons), then you will never have the kinect be anything better than a crummier wii rip off that only plays lame and gimmicky games.

Having said that, if it were paired with a controller or two, maybe one that straps to the inside of your palm or is like wireless Razor Hydra controllres or somethin to work together with the flailing arms and such, then it could be very cool and used for alot. You could use the controller to move your character around and to do actions with the buttons, but could move things or throw things or otherwise interact witht he world in many ways via the kinect. With the just the kinect alone you cant do squat.

Kran De Loy · 2012-05-02, 01:12 AM

Originally Posted by Kipper

I think beta might be announced there, or start happening very shortly after.

I wouldn't go for a live world demo, just in case somebody finds a unique way to make their Sunderer fly upside down and backwards, right at the moment that Higby is presenting it with his back to a giant screen

I would hire that pilot.

Originally Posted by cryosin

lol agreed.

At least we can say we liked it first, before the COD and BF fanboys jump ship and join us.

I seriously have no Idea why people still play COD. I played that game like 2001 and it's the same game just shinier. It still uses the old quake engine for crying out loud!

I knew a guy that played CoD, he was a total maniac for it and I have never met a single person since that liked the game. That one guy that did was like he was a on a perpetual caffeine and sugar high. If he twitched anymore than he already was I would have tipped the cops off to a speed addict.

SKYeXile · 2012-05-02, 01:28 AM

Shocks story on COD was the best.

He said he overheard some guys chatting about COD at a bar, and that it was coming out next week, they then say "YEA ITS GONNA ROCK" and proceed highfive eachother...

Neurotoxin · 2012-05-02, 01:30 AM

My predictions:
1 - Beta or near-Beta builds will be ready and playable during E3
2 - Closed beta will come out after E3
3 - SOE team is gonna get super drunk at the Yard House

Chefkoch · 2012-05-02, 01:57 AM

Originally Posted by Death2All

"Planetside: Kinect!"

Haha..i just imagine Gal flying with Kinect.