177 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 1,202.8 hrs on record (442.4 hrs at review time)
Posted: Jan 12, 2014 @ 8:21am

Sick of the 6 vs. 6 constant running around a tiny "map" in COD? Want something more? Planetside is where it's at.

The game spans across 3 continents on a distant world, and on those continents lies a three way war between factions. The game features multiple vehicles from land to air, and they are extremely fun to operate. Teamwork is close to essential in order to win battles, and it allows you to form squads of 12 players, and a platoon of 48. Battles can be up to 100's of people clashing inside a base with tank rounds flying overhead and enemy fire giving you a new haircut. Things get pretty crazy, which also means you're going to need a pretty good machine to run it. Although there were some impressive optimization updates recently, it still needs a good computer. The game also features in game voice channels to communicate with your teammates. Planetside also uses Certs (Certification points), which are basically the way to unlock things and level up. It takes a while to get certs and things can be expensive and quite frustrating, but IMO it helps from people maxing out really fast and running around with everything maxed out. There is also Station Cash, spend real money and get it (But what can you expect from a F2P game like this?). Aside from money, the game has 6 classes all having something important on the battlefield, from medics that can heal and revive, to heavies who can kill tanks. The game is loads of fun and you will be spending hour upon hour capturing territory and defending bases (Which I forgot to mention is the objective of the game). The three continents are Esamir (Snowy), Amerish (Greenery/Mountains), and Indar (Desert). The factions include the Terran Republic (High fire rates, lots o' ammo), the New Conglomerate (Slow, Hard hitting), and the Vanu Sovereignty (Alien tech, low recoil). I recommend this game more than any other I've played. So, pick your side, and join the fight!
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2 Comments
Jakovski Aug 18, 2014 @ 10:49am 
"On a distant world"... where humans still fight against eachother ...
Vinyis Jul 1, 2014 @ 8:24am 
One thing to add: in an extremely recent update they just came out with a new marshy/swamp continent, Hossin :D