User Rating: 6.5 | PlanetSide PC
Played beta for a month up until release, and this is a clear example of how great server stability and lots of "features" can still add up to one boring-azz game. It was kind of fun for awhile, until you realize that you're just doing the same thing over and over again. Go capture a base that looked exactly like the last one, get the xp, and move on to the next place. This repetition wouldn't be a problem (see de_dust) except for the fact that you're paying a monthly fee to do so. If you want vehicular combat, play BF1942 and download the Desert Combat mod... I guarantee you'll have 10x more fun with 100x more replay value, and none of the monthly fees to pay. Don't get me wrong, I came into this game with really high hopes - I was following it for over a year before I got into beta because I thought it was going to be the best game of the year... but there's just nothing really at stake here. And yeah there's a couple thousand people on at once, but there's so many continents and bases in the world that you'll rarely find more than 70 people at one battle at one time... which ends up not feeling too much different than 16 on 16 in any other online FPS. Overall, it's probably worth the free month of play, but only if you're DYING for a game like this would I say to even spend those 50 bucks on it.
