Planetside 2

Bored of shooting people in small teams. Well jump onto Planetside 2 an MMO FPS that is legitimately huge. The basis of Planetside 2 is there are 3 factions fighting for control over a planet that is separated into different continents, and each continent has a whopping 2000 people on it all kicking the crap out of each other with high tech weaponry.

Points and Upgrades:
Sick of the same old guns well just kill a couple of hundred people and you could buy one that is essentially the same. I have opted to stay with the original weapon and just upgrade it till i can no longer recognise it this is done through using certifications (Certs) in the kind of complicated upgrade system, well maybe not complicated but a touch confusing I think I had more luck with the World of Warplanes upgrade system and I think that's what we will do tomorrow.

Along with Certs you get points to buy ammo, grenades, aircraft and land vehicles. These points come in quite easily from capturing points and killing people I think this is a great way to reward players.

Factions:

New Conglomerate
I personally feel they are the kind of stock team a good all round team that doesn't specialise in anything. They have average weapons and the starting gun for the light assault is just a basic machine gun. I would say if you don't know what to expect from this game or you can't decide between heavy weapons and technology then blue is for you.


Terran Republic
If you want to dish out as much pain as possible then head for red. The Terran Republic the powerhouse in my eyes, they are quite capable of standing alone against a few people with heavy Armour and heavy weapons they tear through troops with ease. The downside to this team I found is that if you aren't carrying a machine gun you're not going to get many kills as the front lines are where the reds can be found.


Vanu Sovereignty

lasers. If that word excites you then head on over to Vanu or purple team because Vanu sounds a little weird. Now this is the team for me tactics and technology I thoroughly enjoy playing as these guys the guns are great not too powerful but there is very little recoil meaning you can get the next shot lined up fast. The unfortunate thing about team purple is the Armour you may as well be a wearing jock strap made of paper because if your not getting uncomfortable paper cuts your getting your teeth made into necklaces by everyone you meet.


vehicles:

Flash
 High speed low control ATV that will get you where you want to go as it can cross almost any ground and is the cheapest vehicle. I have had a bit of trouble with always ending up upside down on these things but I'm a pretty bad driver. If your vehicle points are low and you need to get somewhere fast then go for this as it will probably be your only choice.






Sunderer
If you want a big vehicle with enough space inside for 12 people and two turrets on the top. This is my favourite vehicle because I can pick my teammates up and with an upgrade you can turn this into a mobile spawn for whoever wants to use it and you get points for each person who spawns. Another great thing about this vehicle is it brings people together, people will help defend the vehicle to let other people spawn there.


  

Mosquito, Reaver and the scythe 

These three are the light air vehicles for the three teams the Mosquito (Terran) is a small gunship with light firepower and a boost, actually i will say this now all three have a boost function for fast paced dogfights. The Reaver (conglomerate) is very similar to the mosquito but it looks a bit more like a conventional helicopter. Finally the Scythe (Vanu) this is a nice looking vehicle pictured on the left it feels very jet like when you fly it and is great for speeding past people and shooting them down but it is the weakest Armour wise of the three.

 And That is all for this review thanks for reading if you want to know more about Planetside 2 go play it, it's free after all and it is amazing. I love it, people really work together and the amount of different things you can get is great if your not playing this already go and give it a try you can get it at the official site here :http://www.planetside2.com/ 

Come back here tomorrow for a short review of World of Warplanes which I will hopefully be doing with my friend Ben. Leave your ideas in the comment section so i know what you want me to review... whoever is reading this.

Bye

Oh and this is one of the bases you can capture