Planetside 2

What is Planetside 2? 

• Planetside 2 is the same as Planetside, featuring the same world, fractions and taking place at the same time period. It is about territory control in an open world, large battles amongst three groups, The Terran Republic, The Vanu Sovereignty and The New Conglomerates. 

What genre does the game belong to?

• The genre is Sci-Fi/ action, Massively multiplayer online first-person shooter game.

Planetside 2 developer/publisher:

• Sony line entertainment. 

When was it launched?

• Microsoft Windows 
   
  • ^WW November 20, 2012 & PlayStation 4 
     
    • ^WW 2014

How does the gameplay work?

• the game works by having three different teams fighting for an area of the map. 

What are the six different player classes in the game?

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.