Well it’s finally here, the new evolutionary game from Sony Online Entertainment called
Planetside. It takes a fast action FPS, throws in some RPG elements and then packs them all in a multi-continent world to provide hours of territory grabbing fun.
Before I get started, I’ll have to point out that there are only a few improvements over the beta that Sony made, most notably of which is lag.
One of the nice things the added in the game was training. There are several single player tutorials including some vehicle and shooting training. There is a nice lady that talks to you and guides you through it.
The first thing I did after installing was looked through all the options screens. I changed my key mappings to my preference. There is joystick support for those who want to use it for flying, though I won’t need it right away since I hadn’t planned on flying anytime soon. There are many graphics options as well, however I kept my video options at default for a
Radeon 9700 Pro. There are also many sound settings, including 3 EAX versions, DirectSound, and Dolby Surround are included in there among others.
So after playing in the options screen, I went to the sanctuary, your faction’s safe continent, which contains 3 warp gates to other continents and everything you need to get started. It has VR training, in which you can try everything your empire has to offer in the ways of weapons, armor, and vehicles. You can even try out the huge MAX armor types. These are just big suits of armor with one gun. There are 3 types of guns for the MAX armor, anti-vehicle, anti-personnel, and anti-aircraft. However you can only use that one gun with each loadout. The other types of armor include a standard assault and a reinforced assault. There is also an infiltration suit in which you can cloak, but it offers no armor protection.
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