half term homework

Planetside 2

1. What is Planetside 2? PlanetSide 2 is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online first-person shooter published by Sony Online Entertainment and released on November 20, 2012.
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, 2013

1. What are the six different player classes in the game? 

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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. After the Earth has nearly come to ruin following a devastating war, the world's governments came to a consensus and united under one banner: the world-wide Terran Republic (TR). Some time later a wormhole, one which scientists fail to explain, appears and then disappears without a trace. Ex-President of the Terran Republic, Tom Connery, believes that the wormhole is a sign of existing extraterrestrial life and launches several space expeditions.

Business:

1. How much does Planetside 2 cost to play? PlanetSide 2 is free-to-play and includes a cash shop for players to purchase in-game convenience items and cosmetic changes using real money.
2. What does a subscription offer to players? The game also offers a subscription which 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 be used to buy? Increased experience, cert points, and extra resources, which are used to acquire things such as grenades and medical kits.
4. Why do some players dislike games in which users can buy additional weapons or health? No denying it. Is that 'buying power'? Well, that depends on your definition.

The two factions

The Terran Republic: The Terran Republic is obsessed with the preservation of law and order through violence, and are thus seen by some to be an oppressive force.

The Vanu Sovereignty: 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. 

Planetside 2: Target audience:

70% Male 30% Female, 16-40, BC1 class, lives in the city, has some qualification.