PlanetSide
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"All of which makes PlanetSide 2 a real outlier at a time when major console releases are either utterly broken or blandly efficient. This is a game with some fairly major problems, but the rewards are so unique, so thrilling and occasionally thought provoking that even dropped frames, obtuse direction and dumb players can't diminish it for long. This is a game that will not appeal to everyone. Many will fall by the wayside when it fails to play like a normal FPS in the long term. Others will drift away, wearied by the endless churn of battle. That's why the game's free-to-play status is a good thing - those players will have lost nothing for their trouble. For those who click with PlanetSide's cold relentless vision of mass warfare, it can easily become an ongoing obsession. The only way to find out is to sign up and see for yourself."
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PlanetSide drops you into a massive war between three factions battling for control of Auraxis. Choose your path as a frontline soldier, stealth agent, or support specialist and engage in first-person or third-person combat. The game's focus is on capturing strategic locations, with fights often involving hundreds of players at once. Your actions directly shape the battlefield and faction dominance across the planet's ten regions. Released in 2003, PlanetSide pioneered large-scale shooter-RPG hybrids with its open-world battles and persistent world design. It gained a reputation for chaotic, unpredictable conflicts where no two engagements felt the same. The game transitioned to free-to-play in 2014 before shutting down permanently in 2016. Despite its closure, it left a mark on the genre and helped lay the groundwork for its sequel, PlanetSide 2. Players still praise its sheer scale and the way every battle felt like a living, evolving conflict.
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Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
IGDB Rating
68.5
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