H1Z1 & PS2 GETTING WEATHER & SEASONS
01 July 2014
Today, Sony Online Entertainment‘s CEO John Smedley announced on Twitter that H1Z1 andPlanetside 2 are both getting a weather system, which as you can see includes some very nice looking snow. The two games both use SOE’s own Forgelight engine, which inevitably sparks the question aboutEverquest Next (the other MMO in development with Forgelight) getting this as well or not.
Smedley wouldn’t comment to how much of a performance hit this will be on Planetside 2, which contrarily to H1Z1 doesn’t have NPCs, but a lot of players and vehicles fighting close to each other.
Clearly, this is still being tested; he did say that they have a long term plan to add season, and moreover, elements will matter in H1Z1 – making the freezing cold yet another enemy to fight alongside thirst, hunger, the zombies and other human players.
yeah. snow too. also weather is coming to PS2 as well as H1Z1 pic.twitter.com/3LIUJ5ph41
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) June 30, 2014
@laijka fair question. no answer to that yet. H1Z1 has different problems to solve (NPCs, etc) but not so much concern about vehicles
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) June 30, 2014
01 July 2014
Today, Sony Online Entertainment‘s CEO John Smedley announced on Twitter that H1Z1 andPlanetside 2 are both getting a weather system, which as you can see includes some very nice looking snow. The two games both use SOE’s own Forgelight engine, which inevitably sparks the question aboutEverquest Next (the other MMO in development with Forgelight) getting this as well or not.
Smedley wouldn’t comment to how much of a performance hit this will be on Planetside 2, which contrarily to H1Z1 doesn’t have NPCs, but a lot of players and vehicles fighting close to each other.
Clearly, this is still being tested; he did say that they have a long term plan to add season, and moreover, elements will matter in H1Z1 – making the freezing cold yet another enemy to fight alongside thirst, hunger, the zombies and other human players.
yeah. snow too. also weather is coming to PS2 as well as H1Z1 pic.twitter.com/3LIUJ5ph41
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) June 30, 2014
@laijka fair question. no answer to that yet. H1Z1 has different problems to solve (NPCs, etc) but not so much concern about vehicles
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) June 30, 2014
@Redundant09 long term yes.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) June 30, 2014
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) June 30, 2014
@thejohnfavaro yeah. and actually we are going to make it so the elements matter.
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) June 30, 2014
H1Z1 is shambling (seemed the most relevant word) towards an Early Access release on Steam in the near future, while a PS4 version is basically guaranteed at some later point. Planetside 2 is of course already out on PC and will launch on PlayStation 4 some time in 2014.
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Read more at http://www.worldsfactory.net/2014/07/01/h1z1-ps2-getting-weather-seasons#zepFIuZTvZPqQEeP.99
— John Smedley (@j_smedley) June 30, 2014
H1Z1 is shambling (seemed the most relevant word) towards an Early Access release on Steam in the near future, while a PS4 version is basically guaranteed at some later point. Planetside 2 is of course already out on PC and will launch on PlayStation 4 some time in 2014.
(679 Posts)
Read more at http://www.worldsfactory.net/2014/07/01/h1z1-ps2-getting-weather-seasons#zepFIuZTvZPqQEeP.99