SOE's John Smedley calls PlanetSide sequel 'PlanetSide Next'

I truly hope they make it how Planetside originally was. Before they screwed it up so bad. I had an excessive amount of fun playing that game. Nothing was as cool as logging in and taking a shuttle and dropping into an area where shit was going down.

Can't wait for more info on it.

PlanetSide Next? Sounds like an expansion. How about PlanetSide 2?

so is this gonna make MAG look like LAG (little action game)?

If they put in an actual, not hover-based, flight system I'd be sold. Of course, this is SOE, so they'd be likely to mess up 10 other things in the process.

Hmm... the original Planetside was very meh. At least it was back when I lived in Norrath.

This game is going to have a *lot* to compete with; APB looks kickass!

YES this is what i've been waiting for!!!

I still reactivate Planetside every once in a blue moon.

Planetside was kinda cool, but it was just so poorly executed, I'm waiting to see a gameplay demo (probs a long way off), but for now I'm backing Dust 514.

it's a lost opportunity if they don't bring it to the PS3 :/

I played Planetside when it first came out for about 6 months, it was one of my first MMO's.

Loved the shit out of that game. But eventually just kinda stopped playing it (can't quite remember why.)

In comparison to MAG?

I regret never having had played this game, but I don't think this sequel will be worth checking out. SOE lately has been trying to emulate WoW, badly. They had good games in the past, but not anymore.

You ply PC fps games on a laptop??? Time to turn in your PC tag.

(er... well actually i do too... but i don't think i'm in the majority :-( )

PlanetSide's fundamental flaw is and always has been that it's a game about a war that can't be won. Every "victory" feels hollow, so the game gets old very quickly. Unless they implement some sort of meaningful win scenario, it won't matter what else they do with the sequel.

LOL @ people comparing MAG to Planetside. You guys just don't know.

MAG is gonna be 256 people, split up into 8vs8 fighting, from what I know. I could be wrong.

Planetside at its peak...was 150vs150vs150 at any given time, in multiple locations. that's 3 factions of 150 people fighting each other all at the same time, in the same location.

Platoons of 30 people air-dropping on top of a base out of multiple Galaxies(think C-130, but airplanes), with 15 people defending the fully-mined roof, 50 more inside the base building itself, 30-50 on the ground outside the base fighting off the main attack force which is attacking the main gate with everything they've got, 10 snipers on the hill trading shots with snipers on the Base Walls, Infiltrators trying to sneak into the base to hack the Vehicle terms, and the Control Console, amidst all the craziness. Reavers doing missile runs over the base, Liberators dropping bombs and avoiding Anti-Air fire from AA MAX suits and Turrets.

All of which is happening at the same time, in the same area.

MAG is only a taste of what Planetside used to be.

MAG is a FPS.

Planetside was a War Game.

What killed Planetside was that stupid Core Combat expansion, and the utterly retarded BFR fake Gundam Mechs. both of those served to effectively kill the population of the game, by making a good portion of what made the game so fun(outdoor Infantry fighting supported by Vehicles) pretty much useless.

but prior to it, it was the best MMO experience I've had. and I've played just about everything, MMO-wise.

I'm definitely looking out for Planetside 2.

Just posting in agreement. Planetside before the drastic game breaking changes was one of the most fun video gaming experiences I've ever had; Me and my friends still remissness about our time playing it.

That said, SoE has a talent in breaking every mmo they touch. They did the same thing to SW Galaxies as they did to Planetside. I highly doubt I'll ever trust SoE with a monthly payment again, knowing that game breaking changes are likely just around the corner.

I haven't played this game in forever, and _still_ think "VVM" when someone's in my way (For those that never played, VVM was the key sequence to the voice macro corresponding to "Excuse me, could you move?" or similar depending on your voice set) as well as VWA and friends in movies and TV shows ("Inbound enemy aircraft!"). Whenever my family encounters an underpowered energy pistol in a video game, we call it the beamer. Planetside has become ingrained in my family, and it will be a very long time before we forget it.

There are 2 MMO factions I identify myself as: Horde and Vanu Sovereignty.

Technology = Might!
Vanu Sovereignty forever!

This was the first fps mmo i ever played. i started when i was 10 and now i am 16. i always play games expecting them to be like planetside but am always found them to be a waste of time when i look at them now. i still have withdrawls from planetside and wish that they would make it free to play now seeing as the population would increase and they would make money off of people just buying the game. this was the most awsome game i ever played and i am more than willing to try a planetside next, or planetside 2