After playing my free 7day trial of planetside..
 

i found the game boring and untasteful.. it feels like a slow version of a futuristic version of battlefield 1942 game
animations are below par, while the textures and graphics looks a lot worse than the battlefield graphics. I'd rather join a battlefield server with 64 people and it would be much much better than anything planetside has to offer. Maybe after a few month variant and sony will finally reaize the problems with the game (random crashes and shit, u die for no reason while jumping), patch the game up a little more, and make it mroe fun than battlefield. Until then, i wouldnt recommend this game to anyone unless they really really desire a boring battlefield that takes 10 minutes to walk to a battle to die and having to walk another 10 minutes to hte battle. If you really REALLY want this game, go ahead and get it. Play the time it gives u first w/o buying the game and see what I mean.

I haven't gotten a chance to play it yet, but from what I heard from others, the game is far better than you described. Maybe you got on a bad server or something?

Well, after playing on 2 servers on USEast (the only 2 east servers) I havnt been convinced to buy the game. Travelling is just horrid in a FPS. Feels like an RPG with its music, and very rarely do I see people actually fighting even in a hotspot.

Uhh, this game looks incredibly good if your computer can handle higher than low settings, and there's a little feature called "insant action", where it warps you to a fight no matter where you are. Once your in a fight, it doesn't take 10 minutes to walk to the battle after dying, 1-2 tops. To move to a new fight in the same general area, yes it takes a long time to walk, that's why they have vehicles you can catch a ride in :rolleyes:

I haven't had any random crashes or deaths...

Xenn, what type of computer do you run games on?

hmm.. my comp runs the game on my custom settings, all of which is def higher than low settings and compared to other FPS / Online FPS games it still looks bad. And the animations is bad, espically the jumping ones...

i run this game on my
Athlon XP 1800+
512 RAM
TI 4400 128 MB
Audigy 2
aDSL 1500down/128down

I clicked on instant action it spawned me in the sanctuary.. wtf? why would it do somethign stupid like that? i dont need training..

Um, Planetside isn't a MMORPG. (moved)

Athlon XP 3000
Radeon 9800 Pro (overclocked)
1024mb Dual Channel DDR

Course, it's brand new.

I find PS to be a very well-executed game at most times, but yes, the lack of a ride can become quite frustrating at times. I don't really have a problem with this, as I usually manage to find myself a ride, or I just HART into the heat of battle. The only real problem I have with the game is the lag. It really gets to my system while everything "matters", which usually means I die in battle versus the easiest of opponents at times due to freeze times of 40+ seconds or so.

Besides, I'd have to say the best part of the game is when you have a friend playing it right next to you. There's nothing like doing a successful liberator or vanguard run and surviving the whole process. :)