On PlanetSide Next

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What Planetside Next means to me on Smed's Blog discusses recent indications that a PlanetSide sequel is in the works (thanks PlanetSide Universe). In the update Jon Smedley explains his love for the original game, and how he envisions its follow-up. Here's the conclusion:

To me, Planetside Next means we get a chance to take the essence of everything that was fun in Planetside and make it a lot better. Massive battles on a scale no other FPS will touch. None of this 64 player stuff. REALLY MASSIVE. With much better organization, and a tight focus on making sure the action is always going on, with awesome graphics.

Damn I love Planetside. I really do.

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Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 12, 2009, 12:30

CommunistHamster

Some sort of procedural jiggery pokery might help, so long as the new levels are recorded, and therefore still up for grabs later.

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Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 12, 2009, 12:25

Kxmode

Sounds good to me!




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Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 12, 2009, 11:07

Nate

Give me better graphics and slightly more content and I'm sold. Also, a little less capture/leave ..come back and recapture nonsense. Give us more incentive to stick out and play defense.. admittedly, i stopped playing 6 months after it was released so i dont have any idea what happened in the game. Yeah the endless swarm capture a base, leave and then re-capture. Got kinda old after a few months. Enjoyed the action but then I started thinking, "I just helped capture this base yesterday!".

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Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 12, 2009, 10:37

Kedyn

I'm excited. I have more fond memories of Planetside than any other game - even WoW. IMO, Planetside was the best game I ever played. I can't wait to see what they're doing for the next game. I just hope it doesn't end up being all about heavy assault again.

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Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 12, 2009, 09:08

InBlack

Man, I wish these guys had the licence for WH:40K......

But still FUCK YEAH!




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Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 12, 2009, 07:26

Prez

hundreds of people fighting in the same battle

I never tested it, but on its release Joint Operations had a theoretical limit of 150 players. At the time, the servers would start crapping out at around 80, but that was still pretty impressive for the time, and with no fee. Planetside sounded cool, but the monthly fee made it a non-starter for me.




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Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 12, 2009, 00:30

ColoradoHoudini

Give me better graphics and slightly more content and I'm sold. Also, a little less capture/leave ..come back and recapture nonsense. Give us more incentive to stick out and play defense.. admittedly, i stopped playing 6 months after it was released so i dont have any idea what happened in the game. I do however have a sneaky suspicion that Blizzard's next MMO is an FPS.

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Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 11, 2009, 21:31

Hump

so they wanna make MAG?

I think you have it backwards




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Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 11, 2009, 21:16

space captain

What is the point in paying a fee to play a shooter?

hundreds of people fighting in the same battle




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Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 11, 2009, 21:14

Prez

Never thought a FPS MMO could work. What is the point in paying a fee to play a shooter?




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Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 11, 2009, 20:02

Overon

So Tribes and Planetside suffer the same problems.

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Oct 11, 2009, 19:49

UttiniDaKilrJawa

so they wanna make MAG?

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Oct 11, 2009, 18:42

Keith

I really liked Planetside. The battles were awesome and were usually lag free. Upgrades got you cool new items, armor, or weapons but weren't overpowering to the point that newer players got continually swamped. The only problem with it now is low population and an almost decade old graphics engine.

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Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 11, 2009, 16:13

Exploits and cheats will always be in any game. To its credit the Planetside devs did a decent job of keeping up with them but it will never be cheat free.

I realize cheats exist, but the question is are they under control? Are they on top of the cheaters or are the cheaters spoiling things?




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Re: waaahh

Oct 11, 2009, 15:34

space captain

that about sums it up




Go forth, and kill!

Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 11, 2009, 15:00

Hump

Have they sorted out the massive scale of cheating yet?

Exploits and cheats will always be in any game. To its credit the Planetside devs did a decent job of keeping up with them but it will never be cheat free.




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Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 11, 2009, 14:40

If they can fix the original I'll be more inclined to believe they want to make a good sequel.

Have they sorted out the massive scale of cheating yet?




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Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 11, 2009, 14:04

space captain

for me, planetside was one of those rare games that had multiple "wow!" moments.. easily the most epic FPS game ever - by far

really REALLY looking forward to a sequel




Go forth, and kill!

Re: On PlanetSide Next

Oct 11, 2009, 14:03

JoeNapalm

Planetside had it's share of flaws, no doubt...but in its prime, it was one of the most fun and memorable gaming experiences I've ever had. I really hope they can take it and make it better. (Of course, they won't...they'll take it and bastardize it into some consolfied micro-transaction nightmare in an attempt to line their greedy greedy pockets, and in the end it will fail, dying slowly in a dark basement somewhere, its demise heralded as an object lesson that this type of game can't work, when really it would have shone like gold had they simply concentrated on making it the best game for its niche, rather than trying to milk the widest of all possible audiences.) ((But I'm not jaded.)) -Jn- Ifriti Sophist This comment was edited on Oct 11, 2009, 20:03.

Planetside...

Oct 11, 2009, 14:00

JohnBirshire

is the most underrated MMO I've ever played, and I've played 50+ of them.

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