What won't you miss the most from PS1? - Page 4

Yago · 2012-08-02, 02:17 PM

Errmmmm :
Leff
Ras
AZK
Roamcell

Ah right maybe Roamcell is true .... although I have seen him in WOT a couple of times ..... *runs in fear of life*

DOUBLEXBAUGH · 2012-08-02, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by Disillusioned

wasps
plasma spam
too many maxes
too much AA
too many OSs
derp netcode
bfrs
flails
ADAD
pshield
corner humping
endless 3-ways
gen blowing outfits
hackers
maelstrom grenades
gal gunships

This is a very good list, though with only 3 conts at the start, endless 3-ways will be all we have till they release more conts.

FatesMomma · 2012-08-02, 03:28 PM

Phoenix Sniping against infantry. I can understand shooting the missiles at a MAX or a tank, but being shot as infantry was pointless for the shooter and nothing more than utterly annoying for the victim.

Many people won't miss the BFR. I'll be happy to see it gone too, but it wasn't a huge problem for me. It wasn't my cup of coffee, but it was definitely a good support fire vehicle. What I won't miss is the huge damage, super ranged, damage through walls Particle Cannon. That was a beast and it never played nice with my tanks & Threshers..

I also won't miss viruses, specifically NTU Drain and Disable Radar.

TheBladeRoden · 2012-08-02, 10:10 PM

the hundreds of near-identical stairwell tower fights

StumpyTheOzzie · 2012-08-02, 11:05 PM

Doorway dancing.

Haro · 2012-08-03, 12:41 AM

Infantry combat in just about every form. So much of it was broken and poorly designed:

Snipers and AV dominated outdoor combat, HA and thumper/rocklet spam dominated indoor combat, bases were camp-fests with horrible flow and level design, and there was little in-between. A lot of people have commented how PS2 maps look too much like TDM maps, but I fail to see how that is really a problem (as they are based around objectives of course.)

If I could summarize my dislikes (they aren't THAT many) with one statement, it would be that I would have never played planetside if it wasn't an MMO. In an 8v8 or 16v16 player environment, it's mechanics would have been a joke. That may seem like an unfair comparison, and I agree Planetside would not show it's true, awesome features in that scenario, but every game needs to be built on a solid foundation of basic gameplay that is fun and intuitive. Planetside was a great game built on poor foundations, because if we took the shooting mechanics of the game (most important in an fps, naturally) and isolated them, I doubt we'd like what we found. Planetside was a game that relied far too much on its innovation as an MMOFPS for its success, but when you get down to brass tacks its mechanics were sub-par.

Fortunately, by all accounts Planetside 2 seems to have avoided repeating this mistake by a very wide margin.

exLupo · 2012-08-03, 12:46 AM

Gonna pick just one thing. One button. One letter.

T

Tuoweit · 2012-08-03, 01:23 AM

Originally Posted by PhoenixDog

BFR's - I don't need to explain why

I didn't like BFRs either. I am a little worried about the direction they're taking with tanks though in PS2, with the main guns being controlled by the driver - sounds like they're just making a new BFR in a different shape, really. But I suppose I'll see how it pans out in beta....

Coreldan · 2012-08-03, 01:26 AM

Originally Posted by Tuoweit

I didn't like BFRs either. I am a little worried about the direction they're taking with tanks though in PS2, with the main guns being controlled by the driver - sounds like they're just making a new BFR in a different shape, really. But I suppose I'll see how it pans out in beta....

Not worried if the tanks remain nearly as squishy as they seem to be now.

Aldaris · 2012-08-03, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Haro

Infantry combat in just about every form. So much of it was broken and poorly designed:

Snipers and AV dominated outdoor combat, HA and thumper/rocklet spam dominated indoor combat, bases were camp-fests with horrible flow and level design, and there was little in-between. A lot of people have commented how PS2 maps look too much like TDM maps, but I fail to see how that is really a problem (as they are based around objectives of course.)

If I could summarize my dislikes (they aren't THAT many) with one statement, it would be that I would have never played planetside if it wasn't an MMO. In an 8v8 or 16v16 player environment, it's mechanics would have been a joke. That may seem like an unfair comparison, and I agree Planetside would not show it's true, awesome features in that scenario, but every game needs to be built on a solid foundation of basic gameplay that is fun and intuitive. Planetside was a great game built on poor foundations, because if we took the shooting mechanics of the game (most important in an fps, naturally) and isolated them, I doubt we'd like what we found. Planetside was a game that relied far too much on its innovation as an MMOFPS for its success, but when you get down to brass tacks its mechanics were sub-par.

Fortunately, by all accounts Planetside 2 seems to have avoided repeating this mistake by a very wide margin.

Could you explain this a little further? I'm reading it and it seems to me you're getting gameplay from base geometry mixed up with the actual mechanics of firing weapons. What was bad anout it?

JHendy · 2012-08-03, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by mindmines

Graphics, but I'd prefer gameplay over graphics any day. It's just a plus million bazillion the graphics are tremendously amazing in PS2!

Well, having seen the game in the flesh, there's no contesting the fact that the lighting is absolutely superb.

The thing that drags the visual side of the game down significantly however, is the texture work. A lot of the game's textures are horrendously low res and complete eye-sore, which is a shame.

Still, a quantum leap ahead of PS1 obviously.