The original PlanetSide was an immense shooter game with hundreds of players in one place who had to kill each other. From what I know it was a game that had thrilled many players by offering a unique and fun experience.
The problem is that PlanetSide was not free so there were fewer and fewer players and ended up abandoning it.
Sony released this week the new PlanetSide 2 game that can be played in free-to-play mode, for free and without limitations, financed by micropayments to be stronger, not however decisively to win.
The first thing you notice about PlanetSide 2 is the graphics.
Sony has pushed the graphic quality a lot making Planetside 2 a game that has nothing to envy to those on sale for PLaystation or Xbox.
Side effect of this is that in order to play you need a fairly good or not old computer as the minimum requirements are very high (4GB of RAM on XP and the latest generation video card).
The game is an MMO shooter where you shoot in first person and gain experience points by moving forward in the game and getting stronger.
In PlanetSide 2 there are several classes of characters to take, assault soldier, engineer, doctor, sniper and each of them has its weapons.
Another choice to be made is that of the empire which influences the weapons available.
There are also vehicles to drive and resources to gain.
The game is simple enough to learn and not complicated at all.
The payment system comes into play precisely in the accumulation of resources that subscribers will be able to find more frequently and will have more capacity to stock.
However, this system does not prevent anyone who wants to play for free from being competitive and leaves the game open to everyone.
Being an MMO it is essential to find allies in the game and participate with them in the fighting.
Looking at the big picture, PlanetSide 2 is a great game, of absolute level, which takes place in an immense scenario in which to move and participate in epic battles with more than 50 players together, without following precise strategies.
The lucky ones who have a computer on which this game can run, can download the game from the official Planetside2 website or, recommended, download it from Steam which manages the heavy and long download even with interruptions and which assists the user in the installation and bailouts.
Under the official trailer.
