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Forum: Games Topic: Planetside 2 started by: GORDON Posted by GORDON on Mar. 13 2013,18:41
I needed a game to play while waiting for peeps to finally log in to LOL, and PC Gamer rated this one high, so I downloaded it.It is free to play, with microtransactions that allow you to purchase new stuff. I am not deep enough into the game yet to determine if you NEED money to be competitive. It is a Massively Multiplayer First Person Shooter, in what appears to be a persistent world. I've logged in 3 times so far and there is a big map grid with different factions controlling different regions, and you and your teammates push to capture the other guy's area while hoping he isn't doing the same to you. First time I logged in, took me about 15 minutes to find the keyboard customization area so I could move around. Not intuitive. Once I got moving I found my way to an anti-aircraft gun tower, and within about 3 minutes shot down an incoming enemy. Second time I figured out how to buy a tank... and that was fun. There is a driver/main gunner, and a second peep can jump in and man some other sort of gun. I followed a wolf pack that was leaving our base, and over the course of 20 minutes I had 5 kills and no deaths. Then I tried to go over a monuntain instead of around it, and I got stuck and couldn't get out of the ravine and then I logged. Third time, another tank, and we captured one area after a fight. We moved on to another area... and enemy aircraft were all over us, we didn't have air support, and I had my first death. Logged out after that. This is a very team-oriented game, with shitloads of squad commands and waypoints and who the fuck knows what all else. Not sure what else to say at this time. I am still a supreme newb and there is a lot of depth to it I haven't begin to figure out. Posted by Cakedaddy on Mar. 13 2013,19:15
Scooty played it for a minute a while back and implied that you had to buy stuff with cash to be competitive. I can not confirm nor anything else, that. Posted by Cakedaddy on Mar. 13 2013,23:14
Downloaded it to give it a try. Account creation is disabled or down or something right now.Awesome game you found here. Posted by GORDON on Mar. 14 2013,05:09
Yeah I don't even know.This game reminds me a bit of Tribes, which was another MMOFPS. That one was complicated as well, and I gave it up when I just couldn't figure a lot of shit out. Posted by Cakedaddy on Mar. 14 2013,14:25
Still can't create an account. No word on their forums that there is even a problem or that they are working on it.
Posted by Cakedaddy on Mar. 14 2013,15:28
What a glitchy unplayable train wreck of a game!!Had ZERO fun trying to play. But, while looking for solutions on how to create an account, I saw lots of "We're working on it" posts from the devs. Looks like yesterday's patch broke the game in a major way. Posted by Cakedaddy on Mar. 17 2013,23:37
Keep trying to play this game. REALLY want it to be cool. But it's just too glitchy for me. Units are warping all over the screen making it impossible to aim and shoot them. Terrain, etc moves smooth for me. Every other player/vehicle is warping all over the place. It's not like this 100% of the time. When I first start playing, it's fine. But within 10-15 minutes, it starts doing it. I find that if I open the map and let it sit on that screen for a bit, I can go back to playing for a couple of minutes. But that's no fun.No idea what's causing it or of course, how to fix it. Posted by GORDON on Mar. 18 2013,05:51
I have never observed that behavior.
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