Planetside 2, the massively multiplayer first-person shooter with persistent warfare between three competing factions, is shaping up to be a pleasantly hardcore experience, if a presentation by the team is anything to go by. FPSGuru.com spoke to Sony Online Entertainmentâs John Smedley and Matt Higby, who described Planetside 2âs dynamic, gameplay-affecting warfare, multiple planets, skills that can be trained online or offline (not unlike EVE Online), as well asâand it warms the cockles of my gunâs heart to hear itâfriendly fire.
For everything that Planetside 2 is doing to make it a more engaging experience (faster respawns, for instance), itâs sounding like theyâre keeping elements that will ensure that teamwork and properly strategic thinking will remain fundamental to a winning factionâs playbook.
And if SoE bungles Planetside 2, thereâs always Firefall
Planetside 2 at SyndCon [FPSGuru.com]
