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81 out of 100

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7.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 36 Ratings

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  • Summary: PlanetSide is a Massively Multiplayer Online First-Person Shooter involving thousands of players fulfilling all the roles needed to wage war across the face of ten gigantic continents. The war involves infantry, ground vehicles, and air battles in a science-fiction setting. Gamers play as any of the three global empires, each group struggling against one another to dominate each base, continent, and ultimately, the planet, for their Empire. [Sony Online Entertainment]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Maxim Online
    100
    Forget hiking up to the woods for a rain-drenched, cattle-scattering game of paintball. Just hook yourself into PlanetSide for a measly $12.95 per month fee and you can feast on round-the-clock galactic virtual warfare with hundreds of faceless gamers worldwide.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    100
    Seamless play and staggering detail make this quite possibly the most ambitious online action game to date. [13 June 2003, p.105]
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  3. Eurogamer
    70
    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. And at the moment, that just isn't happening.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 24
  3. Negative: 4 out of 24
  1. MarkO.
    10
    Look out this game is as addictive as heroine, but well worth it.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. BennettR.
    10
    WOW! that's all i can say, is WOW
    • 1 of 3 users said yes
  3. BrandonK.
    0
    This is a horribly bug ridden game. Training modes don't work, TONS of connection problems and crashes, and even saving a keyboard layout doesn't work 3+ months after release from beta. DO NOT get this game. If you REALLY want it, wait 6 more months til the bugs are shaken out. Don't believe me? Check out the tech support board. There's a post ever 2-5 minutes. Yes, seriously. Oh, and there are already cheaters screwing it up for everyone, too. Still sound fun?… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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