It 's been eight years since Sony Online Entertainment released his first Massively Multiplayer Online First Person Shooter PlanetSide . It was a game ahead of the curve in terms of its scope, and has yet to truly compete in the market.
With PlanetSide 2 , SOE hopes to make the same impact it had with the original back when it first launched in 2003.
"We 're hoping basically blow the roof of the MMOFPS genre", says Creative Director Matt Higby.
SOE 's first step to flat side to a new generation is a fresh coat of paint and an all-new engine, Forgelight, which it designed in-house with the MMOFPS in mind. Years in planning and design, Higby explains that it has only been recently that the team feels that technology has caught up to the PlanetSide 2 Experience, it was imagined.
The show trailer PlanetSide 2easily shows that to make a visual point of SOE surface appears their goal. Higby calls Forge Light "revolutionary" and appears actually to the type of video enthusiasts, they 're in a position to push within the MMO.
"I think we 're talking about 2011, triple-A FPS graphics quality," he says, "[but] in a MMORPG."
What the gameplay to know if you 're PlanetSide You 're going to feel at home with the sequel. The pace is faster, it brings with modern shooters speed, but the core gameplay - Thousands of players fighting each other in real time on huge maps - remain decidedly unchanged. The new systems, the team have taken a direct result of lessons learned from the operation of PlanetSide Service over the years, and the feedback from the players.
EVE Online . Even still, these skills, a \ be locked "battle rank", what a player can only progress through gameplay. But in this ranking, Higby says there 'sa massive amount of player customization.
"The skill tree is very extensive, to say the least," he says. The game 's 15-plus vehicles have their own skill tree that can be adapted for more than 20 weapons and new devised based on a player' s preferences.
That extensive customization, Higby says, starts with choosing your faction from the jump. All three empires -- the Terran Republic, the New Conglomerate, and the Vanu Sovereignty -- will all be making a return. The differences between the three factions will be evident, with your choice having a dramatic impact on how you'll play the game.
"Not only the tools that they use to achieve goals may be different," says Higby of the fractions, "but the techniques and strategies and tactics that they employ and use will be different as well \. "
certainly seems to be give players more of what they want.
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