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Planetside 2: Dynamic clouds and shadows

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Planetside 2

Dynamic weather, dynamic environment... We are all familar with these terms in games however what we are going to see in the upcoming MMOFPS Planetside 2 promises to be a completely different experience according to Planetside 2's creative director Matt Higby.

 

 

Planetside 2 to have truely dynamic world

In this month's PC Gamer issue #225, there is a Planetside 2 hands-on article. In this preview, creative director Matt Higby speaks of the dynamic world of Planetside 2.

"We have this real-time dynamic shadow system, it works with our real-time cloud system, so the sun will actually create shadows on the ground and in the battlefield based on the clouds that are up ahead, which are dynamically generated."

Apparently, they have been working a lot on the dynamic world of Planetside 2. Such dynamic stuff in games, especially in FPS games had different feedback from players. However, what Higby said further about the dynamic weather system pleased me.

Planetside 2 dynamic world

Planetside 2 will have a dynamic sky, cloud and shadow system

Use the sun and glare to blind the enemy in Planetside 2

"We're going to be layering in things like weather, and a satellite system that let us have stars and space stations, basically proxy space battles happening up above. And again that all goes back to trying to build a world, not just a map." 

And what's even more interesting is his response to the question if it would be a viable tactic in Planetside 2 to use the glare to blind the enemy.

"Those sorts of tactical decisions are what great generals and war leaders have used for hundreds of years, and allowing players to use that kind of stuff adds an extra layer of depth".

It's not an MMO, it's a FPS first

Higby also says in the article that Planetside 2 is first a FPS rather than an MMOFPS. He says that but on the official website of Planetside 2, it reads Massive Combat on an Epic Scale. That sounds more like an MMO to me than a regular FPS. 

Read the whole article in this month's PC Gamer. There is also an priority access key to Planetside 2. So it's well worth it...

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