My first few hours in PlanetSide 2, waging war on the beginners-only continent of Koltyr, has felt more like a full-fledged war than the kinds of skirmishes you see in the likes of Call of Duty and Battlefield. That’s not just because this MMO shooter is enormous in scale and can potentially have hundreds of players engaged in combat at once, and there’s a heightened sense of camaraderie and accomplishment, but also that it can sometimes be slow and confusing. Also, it took awhile to deploy.
After some setbacks because of server outages (Developer Daybreak Studios said this was due to issues with the microtransaction system in this free-to-play shooter), things cleared up and I finally enlisted into PlanetSide 2's three-way battle. While most soldiers know what they're fighting for and what's motivating their troops, I went in blind. For background, I never played the original PlanetSide, nor did I play the sequel when it debuted on PC two years ago. As an uninitiated player, I found I was given precious little information about the nature of the three factions doing battle. Of the three, I chose the Vanu Sovereignty's sleek sci-fi style (and Mass Effect-like theme music) over the steampunk-esque Terran Republic and the standard space-marine duds of the New Conglomerate. After roughly three hours on the battlefield, I still have no idea why everyone's fighting for control of checkpoints on these giant maps. But I’m still happy to take part, because the action is great.
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After some setbacks because of server outages (Developer Daybreak Studios said this was due to issues with the microtransaction system in this free-to-play shooter), things cleared up and I finally enlisted into PlanetSide 2's three-way battle. While most soldiers know what they're fighting for and what's motivating their troops, I went in blind. For background, I never played the original PlanetSide, nor did I play the sequel when it debuted on PC two years ago. As an uninitiated player, I found I was given precious little information about the nature of the three factions doing battle. Of the three, I chose the Vanu Sovereignty's sleek sci-fi style (and Mass Effect-like theme music) over the steampunk-esque Terran Republic and the standard space-marine duds of the New Conglomerate. After roughly three hours on the battlefield, I still have no idea why everyone's fighting for control of checkpoints on these giant maps. But I’m still happy to take part, because the action is great.
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