Planetside 2 Thread v2 - Beta floodgates open GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY - Games

I like the new one. But i never played planetside 1, so i can understand why people like that logo.

Planetside 1 logo looks more alien, Planetside 1 as a game definitely had a better atmosphere than PS2. In PS2 it does feel like some military FPS rather than a sci-fi FPS on another planet.

[QUOTE=Thom12255;38493712]Planetside 1 logo looks more alien, Planetside 1 as a game definitely had a better atmosphere than PS2. In PS2 it does feel like some military FPS rather than a sci-fi FPS on another planet.[/QUOTE] I think part of the reason why the new game feels less alien is that the continents are [I]much[/I] more developed. In PS1, you'd only have a about a dozen facilities on each (much more massive) continent, with towers spaced about. The areas between bases were vast, and the environment was eerie - Auraxis had no non-plant life, so it was almost completely silent outside of bases. The soundtrack also gave it an otherworldly feel: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-PzRoKOZYM[/media] Hopefully they'll eventually re-add the Caverns or Ancient Vanu tech to give it some of the old feel back. [t]http://i.imgur.com/aIqpO.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/0fcB6.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/PORj1.jpg[/t] [editline]17th November 2012[/editline] Planetside 1 also had those fantastic skyboxes, making you feel like Auraxis was inside some enormous stellar storm. [t]http://i.imgur.com/qjVJ4.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/UnFz2.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/JAL88.jpg[/t]

But no one used the caverns.

[QUOTE=NoDachi;38494237]But no one used the caverns.[/QUOTE] Because it was a pain in the ass to reach them (Can't HART to them, instant action almost never lead there, and the shifting geowarps made it a pain in the ass to figure out where you even had to go) and they were confusing to navigate courtesy of the useless map.

And they were not fun.

I wish the lmgs for HA acutally looked like lmgs.

Went to go look up some PS1 gameplay and there are mechs!? Shit, does anyone know if the PS1 servers are still alive because while waiting for PS2 I think I wanna try out some PS1. [editline]18th November 2012[/editline] Never mind, can't seem to find the game pass for Planetside 1

[QUOTE=SpasticPinoy;38494561]Went to go look up some PS1 gameplay and there are mechs!? Shit, does anyone know if the PS1 servers are still alive because while waiting for PS2 I think I wanna try out some PS1.[/QUOTE] BFRs, aka Battle Frame Robotics, aka Big Fucking Robots, aka Bullet Sponges.

[QUOTE=SpasticPinoy;38494561]Went to go look up some PS1 gameplay and there are mechs!? Shit, does anyone know if the PS1 servers are still alive because while waiting for PS2 I think I wanna try out some PS1. [editline]18th November 2012[/editline] Never mind, can't seem to find the game pass for Planetside 1[/QUOTE] Smedley said PS1 is going F2P soon, you could wait so you don't have to pay a monthly subscription and the game has a slightly bigger population.

[QUOTE=SpasticPinoy;38494561]Went to go look up some PS1 gameplay and there are mechs!? Shit, does anyone know if the PS1 servers are still alive because while waiting for PS2 I think I wanna try out some PS1. [editline]18th November 2012[/editline] Never mind, can't seem to find the game pass for Planetside 1[/QUOTE] BFRs were supposed to be one of the worst things added to PS1 apparently. There's a reason they chose to omit them from PS2.

They were my guilty pleasure

What a shame, I don't see many F2P games with balanced Mechs fighting alongside infantry. As a matter of fact I don't think I even know any. Good news though that PS1 is going F2P. Whenever I hear of the sequel of a game coming out that I've never heard of I want to look into its prequels. Planetside 1 definitely looks dated but fun.

Has [url=https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8682580/dfdfsdf.png.png]this[/url] been posted before?

TR is best faction, all factions.

That's weird. What language changes Vanu Sovereignty's acronym to TR?

[QUOTE=kaine123;38495488]NC is best faction, all factions.[/QUOTE] Fixed your typo.

VS is the bes- no.. actually all factions suck equally.

[SUB]with nc sucking a tiny bit more[/SUB]

[QUOTE=Trainbike;38492178]I wish they kept the old Planetside logo. It looked way better than the new one.[/QUOTE] Are you kidding, the old logo is literally early-xbox era graphic design wrapped in a nutshell lol

not sure what to do with myself now that beta is over and i have to wait for the actual game. i mean i could do something productive to increase my chances of getting into college but

A guy on reddit made a soundboard of BuzzcutPsycho of The Enclave [url]http://thegentlemenofleisure.com/bcpsoundboard/Autoboard5.swf[/url] Very loud.

So what's everyone playing until launch?

[QUOTE=Saber15;38494190]The soundtrack also gave it an otherworldly feel: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-PzRoKOZYM[/media][/QUOTE] Speaking of the soundtrack- I understand why they didn't use Don Ferrone again, his tonal palette was always very samey and I'm not sure he's actually capable of making music that fits given styles, but I still wish shit like Vanu Strut was actually used when he was throwing out ideas. [video=youtube;Eqx2ScGJOUE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqx2ScGJOUE[/video] Vanu's the only faction really hurt by the lack of "alien" tones since they've gone the "each faction has a style" route, and he at least managed that sort of shit well. The electronic music we have right now isn't even remotely weird.

I thought Don was doing the OST though, he had a forum account on PSU and said he was involved.

Im surprised these werent posted before but I found these. [t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8682580/butt.png.png[/t] [t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8682580/dfdfsdf.png.png[/t] [t]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8682580/shit2.png2.png[/t]

Calling it right now. In about a year Sony will make it so the original Vanu rise again and all 3 factions must "Work together" to fight them.

[QUOTE=Thom12255;38497934]I thought Don was doing the OST though, he had a forum account on PSU and said he was involved.[/QUOTE] He hasn't updated his website since 2008, and his game work list only includes the original, same for his IMDB. I'm assuming that means "was interested and didn't get in".

[QUOTE=Tomthetechy;38498716]Calling it right now. In about a year Sony will make it so the original Vanu rise again and all 3 factions must "Work together" to fight them.[/QUOTE] Well Smedley did mention something about fightable NPCs on twitter a few months back...

[QUOTE=Tomthetechy;38498716]Calling it right now. In about a year Sony will make it so the original Vanu rise again and all 3 factions must "Work together" to fight them.[/QUOTE] This would actually be cool as some once a year event or something. Maybe.