Verno wrote on Jun 27, 2012, 15:52:

Aero wrote on Jun 27, 2012, 14:44:
So, other than that, is it any good? For some reason, largely due to boredom and some cash to burn, I decided I was going to buy either this or Spec Ops (knowing full well neither was going to be particularly good) and the couple reviews I read pushed me towards Spec Ops and it is so far, as I expected, good enough for me to play and have some fun with, but very thoroughly mediocre in the grand scheme of things.

There's a good bet I'll end up buying this one eventually too though, because there really isn't much in the way of upcoming action games for the PC until winter. It's just a question of how soon.

I haven't really read any reviews on it or been following the game either. I'm curious what any owners of the game have to say about how it measures up. Is it basically Call of Duty Recon or is there squad gameplay and such?

jacobvandy wrote on Jun 26, 2012, 15:44:

Verno wrote on Jun 26, 2012, 14:42:
Yeah I played tons of BC2 and it was a lot easier to get ammo in that game (even if Grenade Joe was just dropping it for himself). The trouble with BF3 vs previous game iterations is that the weapon lethality is so high and suppression so powerful that there is no rear firing line or anything near that strategic, if you want ammo you'll save more time by simply dying and respawning. I can see it working in theory but in practice its just a mess. I'm referring to pubbie play btw, not with RL friends or clans.

Ohh, well if you're simply talking about oblivious morons that won't drop ammo for you, I agree that that sucks. :p

I was commenting more on the gameplay design/balancing aspect, which could actually still use some work. The problem occurs more now, I think, because they made that boneheaded move to improve the global potency of suppression; what they should have done was make it less effective for all non-Support classes, so that more people would have a reason to play ammo guy. The LMGs are easily outclassed by rifles, so after the mortar nerf, all he's really good for is the risky-but-effective tactic of C4ing vehicles.

eRe4s3r wrote on Jun 26, 2012, 15:12:
Pretty lofty thing to say given there was 0 actual gameplay in this video

Wildone wrote on Jun 21, 2012, 11:25:
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BYE THQ (I actually thought u where dead already?!) I bet she got a nice resignation executive package, a few hundred thao!!!

Frijoles wrote on Jun 21, 2012, 11:59:
So is this the only map in beta? It seems whenever I watch a video, it's on this map. Also, the game isn't open world, right? You basically pick these areas to fight in and warp in to an instance?

I never played PS1.

Verno wrote on Jun 20, 2012, 15:24:
I know a lot of people hated T2 but I loved those 64 player mashups with vehicles and discs flying around everywhere. That game was technically a disaster in so many ways but when it worked, man it was fucking great.

C22 sounds like a lot of fun, I love outfits where the goal is just having a good time trying different things other than zerging.

Hippie wrote on Jun 20, 2012, 14:08:

Trevellian wrote on Jun 20, 2012, 13:43:
Speaking of the Terran Republic. My OG Planetside Outfit. One of the original Spec Ops PS1 outfits of Konried. Is pulling old members and friends from other games back together for Planetside 2.
http://c22.site.nfoservers.com/ So to all my buddies here at Bluesnews. C22 is recruiting for Planetside 2. (SHAMELESS PLUG)

For the Republic.
-TrevellianC22 (was Drezden on Bluesnews for awhile, recently changed my Blues name back to my Planetside name)

God, I remember C22 after the server merger. You guys were the bane of my existence on the NC, Emerald server. Looking forward to fighting you guys again

That being said, PS2 looks awesome. Very glad SOE decided to do this, PS1 was in need of a "reboot"

WyldKat wrote on Jun 20, 2012, 14:29:
Looking forward to this game but I have to say their marketing department needs some fucking work. The tagline,"Size always matters." is just embarrassing and alienating to Planetside players not of the XY persuasion. It also makes me think of the not fun zergfests late game PS1 turned into.

DarkCntry wrote on Jun 13, 2012, 21:58:

Calistoga wrote on Jun 13, 2012, 21:45:
Without overstating it, Tera is the best mmorpg I have played in 10 years of playing games including Wow(for 6 years), EQ2, AOC, WH, Rift, Aion, GW2 beta. The combat, especially the melee combat is fantastic, the graphics are incredible, animations are best genre has ever seen (both monsters and players), dungeons are very good. Poster who dismisses it as an endless grind is cynical and dead wrong. Even my wife loves the game, and she was skeptical after being burned by AOC, WH, Rift, etc. We have 2 lvl 40's and love it.

Just make sure you have beefy computer to enjoy it to its fullest. We bought 2 new computers just to play this game after we started playing it and loved it. There is your endorsement.

Trust me, the game is freaking awesome. Period.

The game *is* an endless grind though. Unless I missed something, somewhere, once you get to like level 10 you start slowing down and having to slog through the riff-raff of "Kill X" and "Fetch X" quests.

It is a nice looking and entertaining MMO to play in short bursts, but to tell someone that they are dead wrong and cynical for stating a bold-faced truth screams otherwise.

Dev wrote on Jun 13, 2012, 21:07:
How about aliens? I'm not a sims 3 owner, so I dunno, did they ever get aliens in it? I know aliens would sometimes appear in previous sims games for instance by using the telescope. Just curious.

And I'd even buy the entire sims 3 package if they priced it reasonably on steam and included all expansion packs. The last steam sale with sims 3 collection they wanted $120 and it did NOT include all expansion packs. $120 isn't reasonable to me. Yes, EA is ridiculous with the number of expansions, but thats part of why I want to try it, lol.