Holy crap! I completely forgot that this game was coming out this year!I have to get my hands on a beta key while they're still accepting.
>>2 To clarify *ahem*:
PlanetSide is a massively-multiplayer online first-person-shooter computer game published by Sony Online Entertainment and released on May 20, 2003.
PlanetSide chronicles the efforts of three factions as they fight for territorial control over ten different continents on the planet Auraxis. Players take on the role of individual soldiers fighting for one of the three factions within the game, and can specialize in various fields such as combat vehicle crewman, infantry, invisible infiltrator or a variety of combat support roles such as combat medic or combat engineer. The game is played primarily in a first person perspective, with the option of third-person.
Unlike most shooting games, in which small-scale matches take place in essentially an instanced map, PlanetSide battles can involve hundreds of players in a single fight. PlanetSide battles concern control over territory and strategic points, and can cause repercussions to all three factions. To date, PlanetSide remains one of the few MMOFPS games ever created
Planetside 2, however, is the long awaited sequel bolstering massive amounts of gameplay, squad and faction based tactics, an arsenal of weaponry that any army would be jealous of, and a seamlessly huge world where combat is a constant.
The game spans over multiple planets(that are instanced in their own right) where the player can move about as they choose, be it on foot, in a flight vehicle, ground armor, or even ATV's.
Honestly(in my professional opinion) I can't think of another game quite as entertaining as Planetside. SOE is doing a closed beta starting very, very soon. You can get a beta key for access in this months issue of PC gamer magazine.
