So.. I just got to play the planetside 2 beta this morning.. and i have to say.. i don't think i'll ever play it again.. It is probably one of the worst examples of copy/paste shooter design i have ever encountered.. every gun looks Identical to each other, with only the transition from regular to heavy machine gun having a slight variance.. checked the "unlockable" guns, that so far all pretty much require station cash *way to go soe for moneygrubbing like a total bitch..* all of them are knock offs of the guns you already get.. the assault rifle has about 8 different variants, all look the same though stats or firing rate be a little different. oh, and if you want weapon options, grips, scopes, stocks, things like that.. hey guess what.. cert points! 100s of cert points each.

As for the vehicles.. anyone who's played planetside knows it was famed for it's vast and varied array of vehicles for combat.. yeah... now there is about 7... and their "Customization" ....well be prepared to spend 1000s of cert points to upgrade your Tires.. vehicle guns also followed a similar pattern, as there appeared to be only 3.. machine gun, light/med cannon, and mortar..

The cert system is no longer a customize your character however you want and specialize where you prefer, but now a dumber and oddly restrictive version of battlefields Class Experience leveling system. where you have certain.. albiet pointless upgrades to everything.. including 8.. i repeat 8.. upgrades to the Shocks on a sunderer transport.. all doing the same thing, and apparently on a +1 basis.

Combat i can't even comment on because the us west beta server was so damn laggy that as soon as i left the terran warpgate my screen would freeze for 6-7 seconds every 4 steps, so i barely bothered attempting combat. but from how the entire game felt, i assume it would feel clunky and uninteresting.

So, so much for a shooter I actually enjoyed, now buried under the same cookie cutter mold as almost every other shooter game.