http://covertcreations.com/blog/2009/09/29/planetside-2/ randomly timed outputs from covert.c's thought matrix Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:18:23 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://covertcreations.com/blog/2009/09/29/planetside-2/comment-page-1/#comment-47370 covert.c. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:33:49 +0000 http://covertcreations.com/blog/?p=200#comment-47370 I remember these elements from BF2 (never played 2142) and I definitely agree they are valid solutions. I think there are many lessons to be learned from "smaller" games like these and apply them to massive games like Planetside. (Calling BF2/2142 as 'small' is obviously a misnomer, they were complex but only smaller relationally to the massiveness that is Planetside). I'd have to revisit BF2 with this in mind to see if there are other ideas that could be incorporated into a possible PS2.
I think there are many lessons to be learned from "smaller" games like these and apply them to massive games like Planetside. (Calling BF2/2142 as 'small' is obviously a misnomer, they were complex but only smaller relationally to the massiveness that is Planetside).

I'd have to revisit BF2 with this in mind to see if there are other ideas that could be incorporated into a possible PS2.]]> http://covertcreations.com/blog/2009/09/29/planetside-2/comment-page-1/#comment-47366 Justin Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:02:11 +0000 http://covertcreations.com/blog/?p=200#comment-47366 Battlefield 2 and 2142 worked out most of these issues, so I don't see why PS2 wouldn't steal their solutions. They reward squad and side command when players follow your orders, you get points for healing or supplying other players, you get badges worth lots of points for doing things like transporting players, and they allowed server admins to set rules like "join a squad in 90 seconds or you're auto-kicked", so it was possible to enforce a certain ethos of play. http://covertcreations.com/blog/2009/09/29/planetside-2/comment-page-1/#comment-47332 covert.c. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:07:17 +0000 http://covertcreations.com/blog/?p=200#comment-47332 Some rumours are already out saying this is a PS3 game. Yeah the thought of an FPS game being PS3-exclusive is patently ridiculous.