PlanetSide doesn't get much attention these days. It didn't get much attention when it was fresh on the market either. It has always seemed like a clunky, not-quite-right prototype for what a massively-multiplayer-first-person-shooter could be. But some folks remember their time spent there quite fondly, including Rock, Paper, Shotgun's Quintin Smith.
He has written up an article about how veterans of the game fondly share war stories, and then provided his own epic tale. It's a great story that shows how players with good humor can turn a game-crushing bug into the gaming experience of a lifetime.
Daybreak Games has just announced PlanetSide Arena, a new PvP, class-based shooter that supports 1,000 players a match!
What does that even mean? The game says "1-2 Players" in the product description.
Supposedly technical issues according to a few reviews when playing in multiplayer mode on switch.
Not coming at this as a hater but that was funny....the gun at the start reminded me of the same sound the SAW makes in Halo and also the helmets for some of the dudes and armour looks VERY Halo inspired. Like almost identical on some of the helmets.
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Video games are often immortal things. Endlessly replayable so long as we possess the hardware to run them, they are time capsules meant to be returned to. For the few finite experiences that are fated to pass on, their impressions are even stronger for us having lost them.
Imagine playing a game for nearly a decade only to watch it die - never to be played again.
