www.gamasutra.com/view/news/35745/Sony_Online_Entertainment_Unveils_PlanetSide_2_Beta_To_Come.php

THIS is it folks. SOE's last stand. After DCUO's failure, SWG's closure - if this one goes bad, Smed and arguably SOE goes bye bye.

There was no indication what so ever when this game is to be released. I wonder if the original game development was scrapped in favor of the new Forge Light game engine and some cut-and-paste content/system additions from other games.

While I really have no interest in FPS type of games, I would be willing to beta test it. I have such low expectations for this game that I can only be pleasantly surprised.

Kazara wrote: Curious - is this the same game engine that DCUO uses?

I didn't find my answer, but I did stumble across the following info on the game engine:

I saw this last night. I remember PS being kind of a good game. I saw the trailer for this new one and I was thinking that it may have some future int his FPS overloaded market and then...SOE...blergh, fail.

Peace!

Lets see

SOE is developing a brand new game engine... check
The brand new game engine will support cutting edge graphics... check
The new engine will scale to all levels of hardware... check
This engine will power a "next generation mmo"... check
Claims that it is designed to work with computers not released yet (IE future proof)... check


Aside from SOE being 8 years late to the "no zones" mmo design, I would have sworn I was reading what SOE said about the EQ2 engine and seeing how that turned out I'm not exactly holding my breath for this one.

" Real-Time Radiosity
Fully scalable for older computers and newer, more state-of-the-art machines.
Atmospheric scattering
Volumetric Fog
Complex Shaders
Advanced occlusion "

TOTALLY missing the point. GAMEPLAY, dammit!

I bet it will plenty hackable. THAT is where tech advances should be aimed: server-based code, so it can't be hacked.

"Volumetric Fog" - WHO THE HELL CARES?

MMO_Doubter wrote: No...no no no.

MMO_D, this is the FUTURE of MMO gaming. Ur stuck in the past with ur 'turn based crafting' crap. SOE is the "Industry Leader"...look how amazingly well DCUO did...it was their "fastest" selling game EVER! SWG was so damn successful with everything from the 1st FCTS to the last, that they needed to close it down to focus on newer kewl stuff. They're movers man...these people KNOW what we want, even if we don't know it yet...remember the NGE?!

pfft...ur such an amateur...sitting here talking about "gameplay" lulz! This is the FUTURE man...the FUTURE!!!

LOL, TUX.


Fuck the future. MineCraft and Terraria have more fun in them than any MMO.

MMO_Doubter wrote: LMAO!

OMG...until you said that, I NEVER even thought about MineCraft lol. If that game doesn't demonstrate how, like you say, GAMEPLAY > graphics, nothing will.

For anyone who may not know what Minecraft is, watch this:

Very good example of MineCraft. You should try out Terraria, TUX.


Hope the 'big adventure patch' that Notch has been promoting is as good as he claims. Frankly, Terraria beats MC to hell for content, right now.