Creative Director Matt Higby has stepped up to the plate to take a few swings at an introductory letter for PlanetSide 2 on the title's official website. Higby begins by laying out his past experience at SOE, citing his enthusiasm for working on the PlanetSide sequel and introducing the team working on the project.
The meat of the letter comes as Higby presents the core pitch for the game. "Our goal with PlanetSide 2 is to create a game where you will fight against and alongside thousands of players, competing simultaneously and directly against one another in massive battles featuring intense infantry action as well as incredible air and ground vehicle combat," he writes. "All of these features come together to deliver what we feel will be not only the world's best MMOFPS, but the ultimate online FPS experience."
Included in the letter are two brand-new screenshots from the game showing soldiers stalking the enemy on an alien world. You can check out those images as well as past PlanetSide 2 pictures in the gallery below.
Reader Comments (8)
Posted: Sep 14th 2011 11:12AM (Unverified) said
It's going to be a close call between this and DUST 514. I'm glad for the competition, it's going to force both SOE and CCP to try and outdo each other. All the better for us players. :)
Posted: Sep 14th 2011 1:15PM (Unverified) said
Isn't dust514 ps3 only though?
Posted: Sep 14th 2011 1:50PM (Unverified) said
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If DUST is good enough, I would certainly consider buying a PS3 just for that game. What platforms the games are on is irrelevant to me if they're the best of that genre.
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If DUST is good enough, I would certainly consider buying a PS3 just for that game. What platforms the games are on is irrelevant to me if they're the best of that genre.
Posted: Sep 14th 2011 10:09PM ColRoofles said
@(Unverified) Buying a console to play an FPS. Using a pad. Aiming with a silly, little thumb-joystick. Wow.
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Posted: Sep 14th 2011 1:35PM (Unverified) said
no competition, as DUST is lol-console only ...
Posted: Sep 15th 2011 2:50AM Amusednow said
The ultimate online FPS? Ha yeah sure but too bad we already had it as it is and always will be the original TF mod to Quake. Period end of discussion. Nothing like good quality clan v clan matches that would go for hours on end if you wanted them, no bs oh I have to pick and buy this or that gear loadout to do anything or hey look a crit hit omg I'm the best look at me. No morons running around spamming knife fights or the AWP is OP. You either learned the classes or you sat on the sidelines.
Posted: Sep 15th 2011 10:45AM SnarlingWolf said
It is amazing how little interest I have in this game since they said they would have microtransactions.
Look at how many posts PS2 articles get now. 7 comments after being up for a day. Now look at how many comments the articles got before the micro-transactions were mentioned. SOE, as usual, has found an easy way to ruin something that could have been good.
Look at how many posts PS2 articles get now. 7 comments after being up for a day. Now look at how many comments the articles got before the micro-transactions were mentioned. SOE, as usual, has found an easy way to ruin something that could have been good.







