Time for some more planetside 2 thoughts did post some quick thoughts which you can find here.
Planetside 2 is a MMOFPS or in simple terms massive online world in which every area is a battle for control. As a result each player is nothing more than a simple prawn in a much bigger battle. Title is free to play which thousands of players can do battle on a single map. 200+ players attacking a single point or defending happens almost daily. Sony studios now defunct Zipper Interactive tried to do the same concept with MAG but was unable to take off. Planet side 2 however has been able to keep going not without issues. Design of the game is one with a core focus on teamwork. Each player can pick a specialist class with a defined role. Engineers build along with repair, light assaults take on other infantry. What you pick as a class forces you into a role you can customize. Engineers can go into heavy repair spec. Unlike so many modern games which let you do anything your class defines your job.
Teamwork
Core element of planetside 2 is based on teamwork with the gameplay mechanics reflecting that. Capturing areas requires more than one person in order to be successful. Armour units need repairs along with ammo. Health lacks any sort of regeneration need a medic class in order to heal you. Long list of gameplay mechanics which are designed to promote teamwork.
Art design
Each class is easy to tell the difference and fraction so you know what sort of weapon you’re going against. Very helpful to a player important visual clue which helps keeps the game competitive. Recent modern shooters have dropped this little clue in order to lower the skill. Something which I noticed very quickly found it also rather helpful.
Fractions
Total of 3 with each one having their own weapons. Certain fractions focus on power others focus on rate of fire weapons and accurate weapons. Only issue with the fraction system can make battles unbalanced with certain ones having a higher population compared to others but they do get a bonus.
Business model
Like most free to play games rather hard to earn credits very slow…
However the business model does not mean that you pay to win with the starter guns being rather good along with anything else. Of course a fully upgraded tank makes short work of a non upgraded one.
The ugly
At times the game can crash for no good reason some framerate issues which appear during big battles.
Spawn system is against new players should be able to pick whatever base you want to spawn from or make it more friendly.
Overall
I like planetside 2 but marketing wise the PS4 version has been pretty limited when it comes to marketing.
Also the spawn system is pretty bad makes you want to cry.