After logging about 400 hours into planetside 2 and being a huge fan of planetside 1 this is a review? i have no idea just some things as i play it i constantly refer it to the first one and i guess this is somthing i have to get off the chest as i observe the huge changes. I feel i want to call out on everything I have witness wether its good or bad. Planetside has always been a game where the game wont hold your hand, your either going to get killed super easy anywhere, its all players who are competitive as hell which makes the first and second so great. SOE really did a great job on the second one living up to the first for sure.
Planetside 2 is amazing but lacks some of the deep content that the first one offered. When i say lack i mean it the game isnt as deep and is missing alot of cool little stuff that made the first one unique and its such a shame that these are missing cause this stuff was pretty cool. C-4 in this game is a joke too, its the same thing as bf1942 where you just throw it and detonate it, it should take time to set it up. Tanks are not nearly as strong as they were in ps1 which is pretty sad. Tanks the driver is now the gunner which is pretty dumb it should be driver then player gunner like the first not including the lightning though.
The MISSING..
-there is no more lockers for your weapons
-no more trunk for your weapons
-Enter/exit animations are gone
-Hacking has been dumb down alot, No more hacks to take bases, hack doors open. Hacking made the game fun cause if there was no hacker everyone would be waiting out side an enemey door yelling for a hacker, which made these certifcations very valid.
-3rd person view is gone, but may been seen as a positive and negative.
-Implants are gone, but added a new system such as suit slots and pernament sprint wich makes it not to bad.
- no longer can you custom your inventory with weapons and gear there is load outs but not nearly as customizible as in ps1 you could carry multiple pistols or rifles etc..
-ps2's character custimazion is horrible as in character creator, only like 3 options where the first one you could change voices and diffrent faces.
-no more max repair terminals.
-base design i think is alot worse in ps2, as ps1 you could defend your walls and hold them out, in ps2 the enemy can sneak in which ever way they want.
- tons of less vehicles, flail,router, thunderer and so on..
-music is heavily lacking in ps2, the music in ps1 was very iconic, when you travel and battle.
- no more home sanctuarys, its all warpgates now.
-less voice commands
-no more gesture animations like waving.
-less propaganda
Certification system is gone, it is now classes. In ps1 you would earn points in which you use to unlock new certifications such as Heavy armour, sniping, Engineering. Making your character very devise and suited just how you want it, in ps2 its constant class swapping depending on the scenerio. In ps2 you earn certfication points to unlock class skill for that class.
Whats GOOD in planetside 2 over ps1..
There is alot that makes ps2 good over the first one as a improvment. I find it was easier to get started jump in and play, in ps1 you had to wait for the shuttle to pick you up and drop you off in a drop pod any where on diffrent continets but the shuttle would only come every 5 mins so it would have alot of people waiting. Some other better changes are.
-no more bfr's they were very OP and could not be balanced
-cosmetics how your character or vehicles look is been greatly enhanced lots of diffrent helmets, armours, camos, lights and so on make your character stand out.
-The enviroment is much more suited for war, there is more to take cover behind, feels alot more real.
-ofcourse the graphics are much better but thats a given.
-the sfx of the vehicles and tanks are amazing you really feel it as the fire drive or ram somthing.
-weapons are much more customizble, diffrent scopes, barrel attatchments and ammo type. Goes for vehicles too.
-Spotting targets, in ps1 you could only warn your team of an incoming enemey aircraft in ps2 you can call it out and where it is to show up on the mini map so your allies can see it.
-Bio lab is amazing. Infantry only battle up high in the sky in a giant base.
-fighters are much more agile and capable of alot of more flexible moves.
-more guns!
- Features like tanks deplpying smoke, aircraft launching flares to loose the missle that is tracking them.
- music and a overvoice suited to each faction.
-thermal optics
-quick knife attack/ MAX bitch slap
Things that are the SAME. Its still a persistant world, where the objective is to defend and capture bases which are linked together that are aviable to take. MMOFPS, expect lots of players 2000 players a world. MAX's are still in as many hate them, i am glad they made it in. Same vehicles new different looks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTPCRK-H9iQ
It is nice to see planetside 2 isnt just a better graphic clone of the first one. It feels new but the same as the old one. For those of you that were a veteran of the first one and play alot of the second then yeah..
the game is free to play, alot of entertainment can be had at free of charge in this huge mmofps. So if your intrested, come join the pop is great and new players are always welcome. As they game would be nothing without players to fight.
https://recruit.soe.com/recruit/smlanding.action?iId=E9H2YST6RKXJ2MT82J2P&gamecode=PS2 you will get xp boot and some unlock weapons i beleive.
overall I would say its not neither better or worse, they both will always be a 10/10 for me just a new war. TR is best faction
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