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» Action Vault  - By Onur Komili. "Planetside is an excellent game and definitely worth a shot if you're thinking about buying it."
» ActionTrip - [78/100] By Matt Leyendecker. Point/Counterpoint review of PlanetSide. "The good part about this game is that it is fun, looks good, sounds great, and plays exactly like one would expect a game of this magnitude to play, minus the aforementioned tech
» AllRPG.com - [9/10] By Randy Green. "Battlegrounds can range from desolate wastelands, complete with cattle skulls, or lush jungles where the encounters are as fierce as the rains. Each land is filled with hills, water hazards, and other obstacles to hinder your
» Computer and Video Games - [82/100] By Richie Shoemaker. "At the moment, Planetside is a fantastically enjoyable experience unique from virtually any other FPS, but one that many people will have trouble justifying subscribing to after the 30-day free period expires."
» Ctrl+Alt+Del - [8/10] By Andrew Zimmer. "Definitely worth it for the committed action/strategy gamers."
» DailyGame - [7.9/10] By Ted Brockwood. "As a whole, PlanetSide shows a whole lot of promise."
» Deadalfs - Review with screen shots. "Damn fine gaming with a price tag that is enticing." Score: 9/10
» ESCMag - [8/10] By Erich Becker. "Once the game is allowed to incubate and more and more players discover the high points, the lows will definitely be outweighed and PlanetSide will have evolved the formula solidified by Tribes 2 more than two years ago."
» Eurogamer.net - [7/10] Review by Martin Taylor. "But once you've scratched the surface and delved around beneath, that's when you'll realise that a game like PlanetSide needs constant development and a flow of new content to keep it fresh and interesting." With
» Ferrago - [84%] By Luke Guttridge. "PlanetSide achieves in bringing an immersive and realistic persistent conflict to life so completely, and in offering the player so much within it."
» Firing Squad - [84%] By Tom Chick. "Vehicles, weapons, bases, and factions are all inter-woven into a system of balanced and sophisticated combat, even if it does feel like fighting for fighting's sake."
» G4TechTV - [4/5] By Greg Bemis. "The sheer amount of fun and excitement in this game far outweighs its lingering problems."
» Game Chronicles - [9/10] By John Carswell. "While you will oftentimes find yourself waiting around for action, once that action arrives you'll be treated to uniquely intense, memorable and addictive combat situations."
» Game Club Central - [9/10] By Matt Gawarecki. "All in all, PlanetSide will probably make it to live among the ranks of EverQuest, Half-Life: Counter-Strike, and other runaway successes of recent past."
» Game Industry News - [5/5] By John Breeden II. "Playing in a huge ongoing war with real people is a lot of fun, especially as you learn new skills and find a job in the game that you really like."
» Game Revolution - [B] By Shawn Sanders. "It's not for everyone, but those who are interested and have the funds will undoubtedly be pleased with all the game has to offer."
» GameAxis Review - [8.3/10] By Neil Ong. "PlanetSide is immensely addictive, and is guaranteed to keep you coming back for more."
» GameOver Review - [82%] By Aaron Butler. "I had an absolute blast joining up with friends to fight in huge battles, trying to find a combination of Certification points that finally worked for me..."
» GamePro.com - [4.5/5] "PlanetSide's neverending conflict and rewarding squad experience should be a godsend to FPS gamers out there looking for a huge and widely varied play experience."
» GameRifts Review - By Div Devlin. "...[A] fast action-packed and entertaining game that will become addicting, you really can't go wrong with it of you enjoy player versus player combat." With screen shots.
» GameSpot - [7.9/10] by Andrew Park. "...PlanetSide has a lot going for it: It has a persistent world with persistent goals that give players real incentives to work in teams, and it has an extremely strict system for dealing with 'grief' players..."
» GameSpy.com - [3/5] By Sal Accardo. "The game has tons of teamplay-oriented features, and the grief system and persistent server make it a perfect home for groups to duke it out on the world's biggest virtual battlefield."
» GameSpy.com: First Impressions - By Adam Pavlacka. "This isn't EverQuest in space -- the focus of PlanetSide is teamplay, and the object is to kill the guys on the other team and kill them good."
» GameZone.com - [9/10] By Kevin Giacobbi. "I personally have been in battles with at least 100 people and talk about a blast--Just plain incredible."
» Gamers Depot - [4.5/5] By Ryan Bohlman. "The textures are top notch - all of the models are polished and loaded with details. Each faction looks different and is easily identifiable from the other factions and all of the continents contain vastly different terrain
» Gamers With Jobs - Review [84%]. "The varied gameplay and persistent world are well worth the monthly fee."
» Gametactics.com: What if EQ and BF1942 got 'intimate'? - [9/10] By "Kropotkin". "This rather hackneyed setting does nonetheless form a good structure for a game that takes a bit of something from a lot of games..."
» Gamezilla - By Alex Karls. "The strength of the game lies in the squadding, and the still heavily social environment, even though you're dedicated to killing people left and right."
» Gaming Illustrated - [80%] By Jamie Wharton. "Planetside is a fun game, but whether there is enough to it to demand a monthly fee being sapped from your credit card is another thing altogether."
» Gaming Nexus - [7.2/10] By Bart Skinner. "It's definitely a step forward in gaming as far as the technology used but I just don't feel compelled to [spend] $10/month to continue playing it."
» Guru3d - By Mike Nelson. "In 1-2 months, the only thing that will keep me playing is if the people I enjoy the game with are still there -- or they end up giving base taking and the war, a point."
» IGN - [7.7/10] By Dan Adams. "What can be a really exciting team game experience is marred by having to play with uncooperative idiots, monotonous landscapes, long wait times to get into the action, and some serious lack of definitive purpose."
» IGN: PlanetSide Impressions - By Dan Adams. "The idea of PlanetSide has always appealed to me. A war being fought over a world where players work together to overcome the evil of the other side, whatever that other side may be."
» MMORPG.COM - [7.4/10] By Mark Schembri. "It is a well-rounded balance of RPG elements, graphic and sound prowess and, of course, in-your-face action."
» Maxim Online - [5/5] Short review by Alex Porter.
» Next Level Gaming - [78/100] "Planetside is fun to play and you will definitely lose yourself playing it."
» Online Gaming Network - [71%] By Josh Hanson. "...[T]here does not seem to be enough to do in the game to keep players coming back for long periods of time."
» PC vs Console - Reviewed by Chris Smith [8/10]. "Planetside is a game that appeals to any FPS player, and continues to grow even today."
» Stratos Group - [4.6/5] Review with screen shots. "Yes! It will suck your life away but it's worth it." Also includes system requirements.
» SubZeroTech - By Joel Szerlip. "Planetside is a game that takes a great idea and ends up only making a mediocre game."
» The Entertainment Depot - [7/10] By Ryan Newman. "While it's fun now, it could be phenomenal."
» The Junkyard - [8.9/10] By John Scott. "Working with you is a hand picked squad chosen by the squad leaders of each group. Your squad with everyone else fighting on the continent strive to hack, sabotage, or destroy its way into controlling base after base and towe
» The Laser - "PlanetSide's emphasis is definitely on action, but the character-building elements, different playable character types and certificate system add a lot of depth to the gameplay."
» The Wargamer - Review by Chris Massey with screen shots. "...[A] vast area full of unlimited firefights and situations, all of this offered on massive, controlled servers that should prevent cheating like has been seen in many online shooters..." Also includes
» UGO.com - [B] By Jonah Falcon. "Armor is nicely implemented in that each armor type has a limited number of holsters and inventory space, making the decision of what to carry very important."
» Video Game City - Review by Joseph Bennett, with screen shots. Score: 9 out of 10.
» Womengamers.Com - [9/10] "Personally, I am hooked. I have gotten hours of enjoyment out of this game. I don't know where the time goes when I play it. It's insanely fun."
» WorthPlaying - [7.6/10] "If you want a game that lets you specialize your character, be a part of a huge squad, take over bases and do it all over again, PlanetSide may be for you."
» Xbox Gamers - [8.875/10] By Paul Volk, Gary Moore. "The huge world and libraries of weapons and vehicles definitely give this game a unique feel, not to mention the fact that this is the first real MMOFPS ever."
» games xtreme - [80%] "...[I]t's as if EverQuest, Battlefield 1942, and Tribes 2 were somehow combined and the end result was something greater than the sum of its parts."
» theCorporation: Mr. Poppinfresh's Planetside Re-Review - Review, with screen shots. "...[T]he game contains a surprising amount of pure, unadulterated amusement, thereby automatically setting it apart from its RPG brethren." Score: 4.5 out of 5.
» wickedtoast.com - [4/5] By Marcin Manek. "PlanetSide's enhancements will be global in scope, providing a significant longevity boost as tactics and gameplay have to adapt to the new elements."
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Last Updated: 2007-04-16 05:35:15
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