Im calling it now.....Planetside has a very good chance to be the next Halo/Star Wars - Page 4

Papscal · 2012-07-29, 10:58 AM

The next Star wars? SWTOR did a massive belly flop.

WWladCZ · 2012-07-29, 11:01 AM

I really hope it wont be like Gaylo 90% of comunity there are kids.

dafuq · 2012-07-29, 11:09 AM

no it will not be the next star wars

lol

opticalshadow · 2012-07-29, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by dafuq

no it will not be the next star wars

lol

it could be so much better!

DevilzRightHand · 2012-07-29, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by Lumberchuk

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.

SO AGREE WITH YOU!!!!

What he described in that he wrote is my dream game, Like you fighting inside a big ship and outside you can see fighters fly by the windows in a crazy space war, When at the same time the cannons on the ship blast of huge laser beams towers an other ship faaaaaaar in the distance.

You run down to the hangar deck to see fighters being lunched outside the huge hangar window (star ship trooper style). Alarms go off the ship is going down, every one race to the Drop pods - life boats - galaxy ships.

And this would be just awesome if they could do:

1. Bind TOGETHER the ps2 map and the new game - so you can go DOWN to the earth from space ! (it would be doable with our technology now).
Like then you have to guard the galaxy's dropping from space, or when the ship is going down, the pods become like the "Drop in Max pod".

2. If or when the ship gets hit ( the big ship ) - make it roll so you really feel the hit in the side, Maybe not as much as walls becomes floor, But at least so it get you off aim.

XxAxMayxX · 2012-07-29, 01:56 PM

I do agree and would hope it rivals COD and BF3. but the comunity won't reach as far being a pc only title. I am afraid of a movie though maybe a series of short episodes but games and movies have this real nasty mix that just ends up causing shame.

Deadeye · 2012-07-29, 02:11 PM

Originally Posted by ArcGuard

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.

Not on the PC platform. Why? Halo isn't on PC or Microsoft releases only old versions of it on PC hence the PC community doesn't give a rat's behind about Halo because we never get to play the latest version of it and that breed animosity toward the whole IP.

FireWater · 2012-07-29, 03:42 PM

Releasing ps2 on the ps3 wold be awesome for the community. Though Sony probably does want players not buying their software due to ps2.

golfmasta34 · 2012-07-29, 04:36 PM

Star Wars is a pop culture/media juggernaut. I seriously doubt Planetside would ever reach that point. Same goes for movie possibilities. The lore in PS is pretty weak. So unless they start writing books that take place in the Planetside universe, I don't see it happening.

I think PS2 is going to have a massive number of people try it, and like it. I just don't see it hitting even halo on console numbers (it doesn't have to to be successful anyway).

I think people need to curb their expectations just a tad

(and a lot of people in this thread have, which is good to see!)

opticalshadow · 2012-07-29, 10:18 PM

i dont think the lore is that weak, i just think you need to look to the main source of the game, the players.

me and my friends, as well as anyone else playing this game since 03 could sit for hours recounting war stories in teh way a ww2 vet might.

the game gives us the backround and all the info we need. you get any long time player to give the story at a personal level, and you got a movie.

Katanauk · 2012-07-29, 11:10 PM

Nah, I can't see it being huge. It'll be bigger than Planetside 1, but because the markets grown since then, but in the grand scale of things, still a niche.

And, as the guy a couple above said, the lore is pretty poor. But enough for the game itself, but as for extended stuff, they'd really need to extend the lore.

Planetside seems to be one of those things that is highly rated (E3 anyone?) but for some reason, can't quite jump into the limelight as much as its acclaim would suggest it deserves.

As for console expansion, I think I'd be sorely disappointed if it did. Selfishly, unashamedly, disappointed. This is a PC game . . . Planetside was always the one I used on my pilock console humper mates ...

"yeah well I can get comfy on my couch when I play"

"yeah well I can play Planetside so shove that up the backside of your one trick pony console"

Barricade · 2012-07-29, 11:20 PM

As said earlier, I think it'll be bigger than PlanetSide, but other than that not much more. Star Wars and Halo are powerhouses in the industry, and appeal to a much larger demographic than PS. If PS2 does do well and shows signs of being active for a long haul, I'd still like to see some expanded lore and additions to the franchise through expansions or maybe a new game set in the same universe.

golfmasta34 · 2012-07-29, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by opticalshadow

i dont think the lore is that weak, i just think you need to look to the main source of the game, the players.

me and my friends, as well as anyone else playing this game since 03 could sit for hours recounting war stories in teh way a ww2 vet might.

the game gives us the backround and all the info we need. you get any long time player to give the story at a personal level, and you got a movie.

It's a game about 3 factions endlessly dying and then respawning. There's no sense of tension/danger to it. Not to mention the motivations behind the three factions and why they are fighting are fairly superficial. It's a great game because of the gameplay, not because of the story.

If they commissioned someone to write a book series that developed the general ideas the game has now, then it could be more (still not getting to SW or Halo. I'm a fan of neither of these btw).

exLupo · 2012-07-30, 03:43 AM

I don't see PS ever, -ever-, getting enough sandbox to touch SWG much less EVE in complexity. There's no base for lasting impact. Even if they add conts that are just for outfit bases (see: nullsec), it'll be a pale shadow.

Use EVE/SWG as inspiration but not comparison.

psychosiszz · 2012-07-30, 07:19 AM

Franchise wise I very much doubt it. Reason being is halo/star wars are stories with well developed characters which makes it easier to branch off into different mediums. Planetside is more about tactical play and shooting people in the face. Not to say it wont do well, I'm sure it will be the league of legends of FPS shooters.