I need to do some research on what the NDA allows before I talk much about this (it may be that I can’t talk about it at all yet) but I was delighted to get an invite into the Planetside beta! I barely had time to get it all installed and my account set up last night, but in my few minutes in-game I thought “This reminds me of 3 games: Halo, Tribes, and Battlefield 1942.”

If I can, I’ll be sharing my experiences here.

OK, in all fairness, I have to tell you that Eternal Darkness redeemed itself tonight with one big fun puzzle and one small, derivative, but still fun puzzle. Plus now [spoiler warning] I’m playing as a firefighter sent to Kuwait to put out the oil field fires, circa 1991. No one can fault the game for its diversity, that’s for sure.

I wonder if I’m the only one who thinks a puzzle doesn’t have to be challenging in order to be fun?