LovesuckZ
2003-06-20, 15:08:06
Eines der ersten Planetside Review findet man bei FS.com.
In a way, the basics of PlanetSide are nothing new. Warbirds, a flight sim, has been doing this same kind of thing for five years, using similar technology. But PlanetSide’s innovation is to put it into a readily accessible sci-fi-themed Tribes-style first person shooter. Vehicles, weapons, bases, and factions are all inter-woven into a system of balanced and sophisticated combat, even if it does feel like fighting for fighting’s sake.
Sony will be folding in some new features over the next few months to encourage more long-term gratification, but for now, you’re going to have to ask yourself a hard question: are you willing to pay a monthly fee for this sort of short-term gameplay? Personally, I’m not. There are too many similar online games that don’t require a monthly fee. Right now, the servers have plenty of activity from people enjoying the first month they got with the retail purchase. It’ll be interesting to see where it stands in another month. But even though I probably won’t be playing, that doesn’t change the fact that PlanetSide is ultimately successful at something no one else has done this well.
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/games/planetside_review/page1.asp
In a way, the basics of PlanetSide are nothing new. Warbirds, a flight sim, has been doing this same kind of thing for five years, using similar technology. But PlanetSide’s innovation is to put it into a readily accessible sci-fi-themed Tribes-style first person shooter. Vehicles, weapons, bases, and factions are all inter-woven into a system of balanced and sophisticated combat, even if it does feel like fighting for fighting’s sake.
Sony will be folding in some new features over the next few months to encourage more long-term gratification, but for now, you’re going to have to ask yourself a hard question: are you willing to pay a monthly fee for this sort of short-term gameplay? Personally, I’m not. There are too many similar online games that don’t require a monthly fee. Right now, the servers have plenty of activity from people enjoying the first month they got with the retail purchase. It’ll be interesting to see where it stands in another month. But even though I probably won’t be playing, that doesn’t change the fact that PlanetSide is ultimately successful at something no one else has done this well.
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/games/planetside_review/page1.asp