Planetside has some of the problems brought up above.
But I still love to play it and go back to it over all other games after playing most of them for a little while when they are new. Teamspeak coordinated outfit manuevers and the big scope (up to 498, 166 per side, on any one continent at a time) are just so much fun for me that I don't find smaller FPS titles satisfy me for nearly as long.
It has outcompeted my other gaming interests (miniatures, boardgames, RPGS, and and assorted computer games) for a year and a half now.
Sure, I'm looking forward to the next big thing that blows it away in this niche, but until then, it's where I'll be more evenings than my wife would like.
If you do decide to buy it after tyring it, Fry's is selling
Planetside for $5 or $10 and final clearancing the Core Combat expansion for $.90. That gives you the same full game as buying the new $20 Aftershock combo box. So you'll have a monthly fee, but the upfront cost is trivial, assuming your computer can handle it's resource hogging ways.
If you are already playing EQ or EQII, even the subscription is is cheap, since you can get it as part of the combination sub price that will save you a good chunk from what you would pay separately for both.
If you do go for it, find a good outfit that matches your playstyle, whatever style that is, and use the voice comms program your outfit uses. It makes the experience immensely better.
WNxArgg, Warrior Nation, Markov VS
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Planetside has some of the problems brought up above. But I still love to play it and go back to it over all other games after playing most of them for a little while when they are new. Teamspeak coordinated outfit manuevers and the big scope (up to 498, 166 per side, on any one continent at a time) are just so much fun for me that I don't find smaller FPS titles satisfy me for nearly as long. It has outcompeted my other gaming interests (miniatures, boardgames, RPGS, and and assorted computer games) for a year and a half now. Sure, I'm looking forward to the next big thing that blows it away in this niche, but until then, it's where I'll be more evenings than my wife would like. If you do decide to buy it after tyring it, Fry's is selling Planetside for $5 or $10 and final clearancing the Core Combat expansion for $.90. That gives you the same full game as buying the new $20 Aftershock combo box. So you'll have a monthly fee, but the upfront cost is trivial, assuming your computer can handle it's resource hogging ways. If you are already playing EQ or EQII, even the subscription is is cheap, since you can get it as part of the combination sub price that will save you a good chunk from what you would pay separately for both. If you do go for it, find a good outfit that matches your playstyle, whatever style that is, and use the voice comms program your outfit uses. It makes the experience immensely better. WNxArgg, Warrior Nation, Markov VS