PlanetSide 2
1.
What is Planetside 2?
PlanetSide 2 is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online first-person
shooter
2.
What genre does the game belong to?
Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter game
3.
Planetside 2 developer/publisher:
Sony Online Entertainment
4.
When was it launched?
November 20, 2012
5.
How does the gameplay work?
Territory control in an open- world. Large battles featuring up to 2000
players per continent on foot or in land/air vehicles.
6.
What are the six different player classes in the game?
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The Infiltrator is a sniper class with special abilities of cloaking
and hacking, and can use sniper rifles, scout rifles and submachine guns to
deliver a devastating effect.
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The Light Assault class is a scout who uses carbines, submachine guns
and shotguns. The Light Assault's special ability is Jump Jets, which allow
them to fly through the air for a short period of time.
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The Combat Medic is a healing class. Their weapons include assault
rifles, shotguns and submachine guns. The Combat Medic's special abilities
allows them to heal and resurrect other players.
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The Engineer class has the special ability of repairing vehicles,
turrets, and MAX Units. The engineer also has the ability to build
anti-infantry and anti-vehicle turrets. The Engineer's weapons include
carbines, shotguns submachine guns and battle rifles.
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The Heavy Assault class has light machine guns, submachine guns,
shotguns, batte rifles, and also Rocket Launchers, which are effective at
destroying enemy vehicles. They also have the special ability of shields to
help them endure heavy fire.
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The MAX class has a mobile armored suit that allows them to take
significant damage before dying. However, due to the suit they are also the
slowest class. They have access to anti-infantry, anti-vehicle, and anti-air
weapons. Max units cost resources to use.
7.
What is the story or narrative to the game?
PlanetSide 2 is a science fiction massively multiplayer online
first-person shooter set approximately 300 years after the discovery of
Auraxis, although the chronology of the game universe starts a few years
before.
Business model
1.
How much does Planetside 2 cost to play?
Free to play
2.
What does a subscription offer to players?
Provides players with increased experience, cert points, and extra
resources, which are used to acquire things such as grenades and medical kits.
3.
What can the in-game currency buy?
Medical kits, vehicles and aircraft.
4.
Why do some players dislike games in which users can buy additional
weapons or health?
They believe that it is unfair
because they can acquire in-game features without skill.
The three factions
The Terran Republic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHN9CdBqSYM
An authoritarian government that
leverages military might to maintain strict control over the colonial citizens.
The Terran Republic is obsessed with the preservation of law and order through
violence, and are thus seen by some to be an oppressive and dictatorial force,
but many view the TR as the only hope for lasting security on Auraxis. Their
colors are red and black. TR forces are distinguished by their use of rapid
fire weapons and miniguns, large magazines, and high speed medium tanks and
fighters.
New Conglomerate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErA4jNfVSIM
The New Conglomerate operates as a loosely organized band of highly
effective freedom fighters, vehemently opposed to the stranglehold that the
Terran Republic has on Auraxis. Led by an unusual quorum of outcasts, industry
titans, and pirates, the New Conglomerate is unwavering and prepared to achieve
freedom from oppression by any means necessary. Their colors are blue and gold.
NC forces use hard hitting gauss weaponry that is devastating at short and
medium ranges with a medium reload time, supported by heavily armored assault
troops and durable tanks and fighters that also have the highest damage per
shot in the game.
Vanu Sovereignty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkTnvST9Teg
The Vanu Sovereignty believes that only through the mysterious power of
ancient technology can humanity truly evolve its next state of existence. They
are an advanced and cunning faction, employing powerful alien technology on the
battlefield. Their singular purpose is to uncover the secrets hidden away in
ancient artifacts scattered over the surface of Auraxis, and they annihilate
anyone who interferes with their progress. Their colors are purple and cyan.
Vanu employ advanced plasma and laser technology on the battlefield,
distinguished by lack of bullet drop, high accuracy, and low recoil, as well as
highly maneuverable hovering tanks and Empire Specific Fighters such as the
Scythe.
Planetside 2: Target audience
Target audience demographic: Male 65% Female 35%, 18-35 years, B1B2C class, A-levels,
suburban residence.
The Terran Republic: Average age
of 25-30, A*-B A levels and B class employment
The Vanu Sovereignty: Average age
of 30, A*-B A levels and B class employment
The New Conglomerates:
Average
age of 18-25, A levels and possible unemployment.
Psychographic profiling
The Terran Republic: Mainstreamers, Resigned.
Psychographic profiling
The Terran Republic: Mainstreamers, Resigned.
The Vanu Sovereignty: Reformers.
The New Conglomerates: Succeeders, Explorers, Strugglers.
