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The Cataclysmic End Of The Game

ShelassaShelassa MMORPG.COM Staff UncommonPosts: 616
edited July 2016 in News & Features Discussion

imageThe Cataclysmic End Of The Game

July 1st marked the end of service for 13 year old Planetside. Our own Steven Messner was on hand in Planetside's final moments with everyone literally going out with a bang. Check out the video below to see how it all went down.

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  • XarkoXarko Member EpicPosts: 1,180
    Awww
  • NitemareMMONitemareMMO Member UncommonPosts: 239
    DMKano name 5 games you haven't played. If that's too hard just name 1 or 2...
  • rodingorodingo Member RarePosts: 2,870
    One of my favorite MMOs of all time. Oh well, nothing good lasts forever.

    "If I offended you, you needed it" -Corey Taylor

  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,273
    Probably just my as my Windows just does what it wants whenever it wants, but I can't see a video to press start. Just a space.
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,273
    A grand game, setting the formula for MMOFPS. Perhaps 'MMOFPS Battle' would be a more apt title, its successor PS2 in its own way as great a game, just don't expect the same game.
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,273
    edited July 2016
    DMKano said:
    DMKano name 5 games you haven't played. If that's too hard just name 1 or 2...

    I am a hardcore video game junkie - so as far as MMOs go, I played all the major ones.

    The only major one that comes to mind that I never played is Granado Espada Online.

    This is fighting talk! Outside you two, square of, three rounds consisting of who dies first in PS2, Dark Souls (random number) and BF (random number) :D
  • NitemareMMONitemareMMO Member UncommonPosts: 239

    DMKano said:


    NitemareMMO said:

    DMKano name 5 games you haven't played. If that's too hard just name 1 or 2...



    I am a hardcore video game junkie - so as far as MMOs go, I played all the major ones.

    The only major one that comes to mind that I never played is Granado Espada Online.



    Nothing wrong with being hardcore but you also abide by the same laws of physics and only have 24 hours in a day.

    So between work and family I barely find time for 1 game here and there I think someone has discovered how to manipulate time and not telling :)
  • MalathoosMalathoos Member UncommonPosts: 199
    Lol if he played them as they came out he wouldn't be that time pressed


  • PhoebesPhoebes Member UncommonPosts: 190
    Planetside 1 was my all time favorite game. I spent a lot of time there for years.

    I wasn't on for the final moments, but I played for a while that last day. There were some really fun fights going on on Ishundar.

    I don't know if it was planned or not, but those 3 bases: Girru, Hanish and Irkalla were perfect.


    Maybe psforever will work out...

  • FrammshammFrammshamm Member UncommonPosts: 322
    RIP.. the last great game that SOE sh^t on. Sorry to all the people that never got to try a hot drop on a tower with 30 NC Jackhammer nubs defending it. Fuck me.. such a great game... Instead we have games like Hearthstone....
  • adamlotus75adamlotus75 Member UncommonPosts: 387
    RIP old friend.
  • FelixMajorFelixMajor Member RarePosts: 865
    I missed this? Damnit! Seeing this headline actually gave me chills and flashbacks of all the good times.

    High five for sling shotting ANTs across the maps!

    Hail to the BoB-J Outfit. Good times. One of my favourite games, and most played with well over 5000 hours of game play across 9 years.

    Originally posted by Arskaaa
    "when players learned tacticks in dungeon/raids, its bread".

  • Ammon777_newAmmon777_new Member UncommonPosts: 306
    Makes me sad. Loved that game.
  • TweFojuTweFoju Member UncommonPosts: 1,236
    i think 13 years is an acceptable age for a MMO, maybe games like WoW will continue to survive for 20 years, but it's indeed sad to see one good title closing again

    i was so devastated when Vanguard was announced they would be closing down, i know how these guys feel!

    So What Now?

  • syriinxsyriinx Member UncommonPosts: 1,383
    Rhoklaw said:
    At least in PS1, MAX suits were actually useful, not to mention you had MECHs as well. I love how game developers actually go backwards in innovation when making sequels. As DMKano said, EQ2 was a shell of what EQ1 was and I have to agree.
    EQ2 was not a shell of what EQ1 was and it didnt go backwards in innovation.  It was just a completely different game.  Which makes sense, because at the time EQ1 was the top MMORPG.  The goal is to capture a new audience, not shift your audience from one game to the other.

    Now would be a good time for a Norrath game that *is* similar to EQ1, as the market is over saturated with theme parks and action MMORPG but obviously that is not going to happen.  Maybe if SoE didnt try to be innovative with EQN and instead made EQ 2.0 then they would still be around.
  • HarikenHariken Member EpicPosts: 2,680
    Lol now everyone play the other one. I played that game for 10 minutes on a friends pc and never played it again.
  • inmysightsinmysights Member UncommonPosts: 450
    BYe bye Planetside, you will be missed!

    I am so good, I backstabbed your face!

  • waynejr2waynejr2 Member EpicPosts: 7,771
    Rhoklaw said:
    At least in PS1, MAX suits were actually useful, not to mention you had MECHs as well. I love how game developers actually go backwards in innovation when making sequels. As DMKano said, EQ2 was a shell of what EQ1 was and I have to agree.

    Take a look at active games have done.  Simplified talent trees for example.  SWTOR and WOW have done that.  WOW has less skills than before.  On the Legion test server, some buffs have been removed.  Over the years you have heard stories from players who love buffing other characters in game. Highlighted Example:  swg entertainers.

    The industry is removing variables to make it easier for the devs.
    http://www.youhaventlived.com/qblog/2010/QBlog190810A.html  

    Epic Music:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAigCvelkhQ&list=PLo9FRw1AkDuQLEz7Gvvaz3ideB2NpFtT1

    https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos?&sort=-downloads&page=1

    Kyleran:  "Now there's the real trick, learning to accept and enjoy a game for what it offers rather than pass on what might be a great playing experience because it lacks a few features you prefer."

    John Henry Newman: "A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault."

    FreddyNoNose:  "A good game needs no defense; a bad game has no defense." "Easily digested content is just as easily forgotten."

    LacedOpium: "So the question that begs to be asked is, if you are not interested in the game mechanics that define the MMORPG genre, then why are you playing an MMORPG?"




  • KonfessKonfess Member RarePosts: 1,667
    edited July 2016
    Konfess Of RenEvo on the Konreid server Saying goodbye to:

    Dante, Stonerook, Captain Bigwig, Arcane, Carcajou, Magicc, Treb, Tocan, Angelica, and the Old FireFighter. 

    Gone are the days of Healing and Repairing in the tower and CC.

    Pardon any spelling errors
    Konfess your cyns and some maybe forgiven
    Boy: Why can't I talk to Him?
    Mom: We don't talk to Priests.
    As if it could exist, without being payed for.
    F2P means you get what you paid for. Pay nothing, get nothing.
    Even telemarketers wouldn't think that.
    It costs money to play.  Therefore P2W.

  • NeherunNeherun Member UncommonPosts: 280
    o7

    image

  • Azaron_NightbladeAzaron_Nightblade Member EpicPosts: 4,829
    edited July 2016

    DMKano said:



    DMKano name 5 games you haven't played. If that's too hard just name 1 or 2...



    I am a hardcore video game junkie - so as far as MMOs go, I played all the major ones.

    The only major one that comes to mind that I never played is Granado Espada Online.



    Nothing wrong with being hardcore but you also abide by the same laws of physics and only have 24 hours in a day.

    So between work and family I barely find time for 1 game here and there I think someone has discovered how to manipulate time and not telling :)
    Kano's shared his secret before... it's... spreadsheets! :dizzy:

    That and mindlessly clicking through all text and cut scenes to focus on racing to max level ASAP. xD

    My SWTOR referral link for those wanting to give the game a try. (Newbies get a welcome package while returning players get a few account upgrades to help with their preferred status.)

    https://www.ashesofcreation.com/ref/Callaron/

  • StryckerStrycker Member UncommonPosts: 110
    Oh Planetside. What a great game, it felt like a promise of great games and MMO's to come. It felt like a game saying that gaming possibilities were endless. 13 years later and it doesn't feel like we've come too terribly far
  • brihtwulfbrihtwulf Member UncommonPosts: 975
    This was a really fun game. And I really do think PS2 is really good as well. I think it had a barrier to play based on the high end graphics required to run it, so a lot of people complained about performance (which a lot of people don't understand is typically directly connected to the hardware they're trying to run it on). But the constant, ongoing game and action make for some really fun times.

    And you can't talk about either game without mentioning the excellent community. The players tend to be cooperative, positive, and overall mature. You can't say that about a lot of MMO's, with the increased focus on PvP in some of the more recent games. Communities cultivated on griefing and bad manners have taken more of a front seat.
  • CopenhagenCopenhagen Member UncommonPosts: 57
    edited February 2017
    I had actually stopped gaming, due to my camping/fishing habits in real life. I was on the lake camping out when this went down. I did not actually find out about it till a few months ago. I almost cried when I heard. This was By Far! My favorite online game! All, the best good times I had in that game, it was so much fun! It makes me sad just typing this now. But, also happy, because I am remembering all the good times I had. I even noticed a few or your names that replied. We had awesome times in those days didn't we? Planetside, go rest high on that mountain. You will be sorely missed my friend.
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