[BengalTiger]

http://www.planetside2.com/

http://wiki.planetside-universe.com/ps/PlanetSide_2

To be released 11/20/12.

Space FPS MMO, science fiction setting with a good dose of realism in terms of combat.

All bullets are flying objects affected by gravity.
Some missiles are guided, there are flares and stealth upgrades to make getting a lock harder or to soft kill a missile that's on its way.

Tanks have simplified armor- the front takes far less damage than the sides, which are more resistant than the top or rear or bottom. No ricochets or minimum penetration ratings for ammo to do any damage, a la World of Tanks, but I found tanking much more fun anyway.
There are a few ammo types, which interact with armor (and infantry- now HE shells do have a purpose) in different ways.
Ammo's free. 

There are vehicles for up to 4 crew (pilot+gunners) and like 8 passengers (in the same cargo plane that is), and vehicles are individually spawned by players using the players' individual resources.
That means assaults of 10-20 tanks are possible, as well as carpet bombing by aerial gunships.

I don't really know if I could talk about the balance as I might have agreed not to when applying for beta, but the nearly impossible task of killing an MBT with a bazooka becomes an easy one when the bazooka operator gets behind it.

Anyway, the game focuses on teamwork, there's lots of terrain features for sneaking around and finding cover or concealment (not only on foot, creative drivers could get an unorganized enemy from behind while driving a tank with a little luck), so coordinated attacks from all sides are quite possible.

Infantry have unlimited respawns, but there is a waiting period before rejoining the fight.
Vehicles have the same mechanics, but the waiting period is measured in many minutes, and even then they could only get spawned when the player has enough resources.

[General Battuta]

You're behind the times, good buddy

I've been playing this quite a bit - it's extremely promising. This game is one of the best 'moment generators' I've ever seen.

[Kobrar44]

I don't think it's "promising". It is already great in terms of gameplay. The preformance, however, is not really good. You can't just turn off most graphics settings[like physics, which only can be calculated by CPU or GPU if you wish]. It is playable on i5-2410m and GT 520MX, but eh. It looks really unpleasant this way and I still experience major slowdowns sometimes.

[Sushi]

I'm in the beta for this, and have it installed, but have yet to actually play it.

[KyadCK]

I don't think it's "promising". It is already great in terms of gameplay. The preformance, however, is not really good. You can't just turn off most graphics settings[like physics, which only can be calculated by CPU or GPU if you wish]. It is playable on i5-2410m and GT 520MX, but eh. It looks really unpleasant this way and I still experience major slowdowns sometimes.

You don't meet minimum requirements, so be happy you can play at all.

http://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/36590

Your CPU is more then strong enough, your GPU is not.

I'm in the beta for this, and have it installed, but have yet to actually play it.

Play it, it's awesome. The flight controls suck, but besides that it's a lot of fun, and even more so when you get in with a squad or platoon.

[Jeryko]

I've got 3 beta keys if anyone is interested

[MatthTheGeek]

I'd say why not.

[An4ximandros]

It's out, can anyone tell me how well it runs on yer PC?

[Suongadon]

It's out, can anyone tell me how well it runs on yer PC?

Terrible for me on a 4.3 quad amd and a 6870 on win7. Probably the typical catalyst-drivers-are-**** issue though.

[MP-Ryan]

Wondering if it'll run on an Intel E8400 and Geforce 8800 GTS 512.  I run games like ME3 and BL2 no problem, but it sounds like this game is quite system-intensive.

[An4ximandros]

Running this on less than 4 GB and it's pretty good, I did have to lower the graphics to min and the render to 80% but hey, it looks passable.

The only problem blessing is that the game crashes when I quit.

[headdie]

it's supposed to be a bit of a CPU whore though apparently they squeezed in a few optimisations between the last Beta and the release version.

in addition there are supposed to be some optimisations in the current GeForce driver beta so probably worth trying out as well

[KyadCK]

It's out, can anyone tell me how well it runs on yer PC?

Terrible for me on a 4.3 quad amd and a 6870 on win7. Probably the typical catalyst-drivers-are-**** issue though.

Works just fine at max settings on my Ph II x4 at 4.3 and 6870 crossfire, so the issue is yours alone.

My FX-8320 at 5.0 and 6970 crossfire does better, obviously.

Wondering if it'll run on an Intel E8400 and Geforce 8800 GTS 512.  I run games like ME3 and BL2 no problem, but it sounds like this game is quite system-intensive.

A C2D and 8800 GTS meet minimum requirements, but you won't be maxing anything.

[An4ximandros]

Nevermind my previous post, I have begun crashing all the time

Seems like GFX card overheat (there were artifacts the first time) I'll have to perform some clean ups in my tower.

[Suongadon]

Works just fine at max settings on my Ph II x4 at 4.3 and 6870 crossfire, so the issue is yours alone.

Seems so. And to have gone away now that I restarted the game. Bad me.

Fun so far, even with the bad framerate I had. Hopefully this one lasts longer than the couple months PS1 managed.

My FX-8320 at 5.0 and 6970 crossfire does better, obviously.

I do believe I have a newegg purchase to make friday...

[Mikes]

Utterly botched up launch in Europe...

... I wanted to play... and find out SOE now has a deal with ProSeven/Sat1 (a TV network for crying out loud?) and I need an account there? I.e.: I can't use my SOE account to log in to Planetside 2 unless I permanently convert the entire account? sheez.

And the more I read about the PS/S1 thing the less I want to have anything to do with it at all.


Typical SOE... always majorly screwing at least some customers in some way lol.

[KyadCK]

Works just fine at max settings on my Ph II x4 at 4.3 and 6870 crossfire, so the issue is yours alone.

Seems so. And to have gone away now that I restarted the game. Bad me.

Fun so far, even with the bad framerate I had. Hopefully this one lasts longer than the couple months PS1 managed.

My FX-8320 at 5.0 and 6970 crossfire does better, obviously.

I do believe I have a newegg purchase to make friday...

Well glad it was a temp issue.

If you're going to drop money on a new CPU though, may as well go intel. I got my 8320 for the parallel processing power, not games. The very heavy OC just happens to make it good for that too.

[Suongadon]

If you're going to drop money on a new CPU though, may as well go intel. I got my 8320 for the parallel processing power, not games. The very heavy OC just happens to make it good for that too.

I would, but I just happen to be the proud owner of an unused AM3+ motherboard I cannot remember buying and it'd be a waste to never use it.


Game related: My dreams/fantasies of jetpack-shotgunning maxes and clusters of morons standing on a hilltop seem to be unattainable at this time. The Jackhammer is only allowed on the NC heavy assault class.   

[BloodEagle]

How smooth is the networking on this?  Does one have to worry about lag-shields?

[General Battuta]

How smooth is the networking on this?  Does one have to worry about lag-shields?

It was great in beta, never had any problem hitting anybody. Occasional issues while dogfighting.