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BeetleJuice101 Says ::: Planetside Rules now with added MECH

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: September 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Planetside, the worlds first and only MMOFPA(S)... It owns

The largest battles see up to 200v200v200 wars on one zone, of which there are 10 :D. The most popular server at peak time see's up to 2000 people online and fighting... 2000 freaking people! This game holds the record for the largest number of players in a MMOFPS. There are 3 Empires to choose from, The New Conglomerate, The Terran Republic and The Vanu Sovereignty!

Seriously this game will blow your mind, its just immense!

The Developers have just added Mechs or BattleFrame Robots (BFR's) to the game... And I am sure this will make this game even better :@

5/5 !

Planetside: Aftershock!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: September 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Planetside Aftershock is a combination of both Planetside and Core Combat.

If you don't know what Planetside or Core Combat are, or even if you are the most skilled player, you can always come by www.planetside-universe.com for the latest details about the game, as well as strategy guides, developer interviews, all the information you could possibly want, and active community forums where the game is discussed!

http://www.planetside-universe.com

Planetside... Greatest game to hit the shelves

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Planetside is simply the best, if you like RTS's or FPS's or even both types of games you will love this game! There is a heafty learning curve (about 12 hours or so) but that just shows you how complex the game gets, learning new tactics is an activity rampant throughout the planetside community everyday. now Planetside might become a nuke fest in the next patch (Aftershock) but I highly doubt it, buy the game and have fun :)

Excellent game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing Planetside off and on for about a year and a half. You can solo or group in a squad/platoon or outfit. The game is easy to play. You can get on, play 15 minutes or an hour or more and simply quit when you want. No worries where you are at or silly quests that take forever. Core Combat is a great expansion with the caverns and alien technology. It's a game I have always come back to. I have played quite a few MMO's. EQ, DAOC, COH, Earth and Beyond, SWG, AC2 to name a few.. This one is a keeper.

So-so add-on for a So-so game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: October 09, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Planetside is a fun game that has a lot of great qualities, but Sony needs to do more than just throw in some mech suits to really make this game a 5 star experience.

I've been playing since beta, and played with the upcoming BFRs during testing, and while they are alright, I don't believe they constitute an "expansion pack" by themselves... this game has had design problems since it was released and instead of taking the bull by the horns and fixing the fundamentals, they keep throwing sad little bandaids on it--boosting a stupid weapon's damage rate by 7%, for example, or reducing acceleration of a certain vehicle by 5%--the equivalent of slapping a new coat of paint on a car that needs it's engine overhauled.

Planetside does so many things better than so many other shooters out there, and yet there are a hundred little annoying things about the game, and some fundamental flaws... I end up playing for a few weeks and getting fed up, and coming back six or eight weeks and trying again, play for a few weeks, etc. ad nauseum... I've stayed subscribed hoping they would come through on promises to fix the game, but I'm beginning to lose patience.

Planetside is a groundbreaking shooter, but it needs work. And remember, they'll be dropping the price of this "expansion" pack soon, and used copies will be available for sale for CHEAP a week or two after it ships.

Save your money.

Don't listen to bad reviews, this game is amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: October 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First of all I would like to note that Planetside is an MMO and most uniquely it's an MMOFPS [Massively Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter] and the only one of it's genre out there. As with every MMO there are people that want to win all the time and aren't happy, here is the review of a balanced un-biased player.

I have played this game since beta and it truly is totally unique. There is nothing quite like being flown towards an enemy base in your squad's galaxy dropship. Your vehicle sways as you get hit by enemy aircraft fire and your pilot shouts at you all to get ready to drop. You are at max altitude and you can barely make only recognise the base by the tracers and missles flying upwards towards your dropship. The pilot shouts drop and you and 11 of your fellow soldiers drop in silent yet ultimately atmospheric fall to the roof of the base where you will battle your way through hordes of other players trying to defend their base. This is just one experience of many that is unique to Planetside.

Planetside aftershock is a great expansion that includes the Battle Frame Robots, Planetside's newest toy [The developers constantly work on patching and updating the game]. These vehicles look amazing and certainly give even more atmosphere when you and your soldiers are faced by one of these terrifying behemoths.

I advise that anyone reading this heads to www.Planetside.com to read more about Planetside / Aftershock to see how read more about how great a game this is.

Best MMO game ever!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This Is A great game. It has a lot of vehicles, many weapons(the biggest selection of guns I've ever seen), great graphics and you can take many roles(cloaker, combat engineer, Medical, leader, heavy assault, driver, etc, etc).You can be auto dropped into the thick of battle. The vehicles(assault buggies, tanks, armored transports, ATV's)and aircraft have their own phisics. This is meant to be a team based thing, and it is great when you get into a small squad, a larger platoon, or even a huge outfit! You fight to own the 10 seperate continents, and the 4 underground caverns by taking over bases and towers(the main buildings). And with the new BFR's(giant robots), the battles are bigger and better than ever! The Planetside team, I am sure, will keep this a great game for years to come. If you like team battles, real time action, and GIAGANTIC conflicts between three empires in bases, on bridges, in feilds, in trenches and valleys, and in aincent underground cities, and nonstop action, then this the game for you! Join the war for Auxarius today!

I actually play this game. BFR ruined the game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 16
Date: November 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have played Planetside for a long time.

It's an awesome first person shooter. However, the new addition of Battle Frame Robotics has really ruined gameplay. The big infantry battles that made planetside so fun are now a thing of the past.
Either you have a BFR or you die quickly.
Wait until they change BFR before you buy this.

One of a kind

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: January 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Planetside is an excellent game. Its really the only game of its kind, the first MMOFPS. Fight for one of three empires with a wide variety of vehicles, weapons, and playstyles.

Pilot? Grunt? Driver? BFR jockey? Sniper? Cloaker? Medic/Engineer? Commander? You decide.

Aftershock includes the original game + the corecombat expansion, which offers new weapons, vehicles, and 4 new environments to fight in, as well as additional other features.

There are plenty of willing players who'll help you if you need it.

BFRs are now well balanced and fit into the game quite well.

There is also a free trial offer at www.planetside.com

Garbage

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

So after playing Planetside on and off now for close to two years, I am sorry to report that the game has become utter and complete crap.

The developers take months (6+) to put new units in the game, and now they have resorted to putting in "varients" i.e. exactly the same vehicle/gun with tweaked functions.....sad very very sad. When they do put new units in game - like the Battle Frame Robots, they completely mess it up and end up constantly nerfing them to death for the next year.

Funny thing is that the server populations have been steadily dropping for a while now, and instead of advertising, they went and reduced the number of players allowed on each map - making it seem like the battles were as huge as before.

Plus, don't get me started on performance. With a 3Ghz Cpu /1Gb Ram / Cable connection - this game will still slow to a crawl in big battles...regardless of your video card.

IMHO, don't waste your time on this game, its fun for about a month, but then gets boring...and at $14 a month....rather spend your cash on WOW or Guild Wars, or wait for Quake Wars or Huxley to come out......

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