Preview by Jelan. "Imagine running into battle, with hundreds of other players, against another team of the same number. You've just imagined PlanetSide, the world's first massively multiplayer first person shooter."

Preview by Neal "Petrodon" Leyendecker. "There'll be huge scale wars where armies will conquer continents and there'll be smaller-scale battles where players will hone their skills and acquire experience points." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Vince "Moesha" Massa. "Take the best parts of Tribes, the few good parts (VERY few) of Command & Conquer: Renegade, add in a customized character skill system and set it in a persistent world where three races battle it out for domination in a constant war of attrition and you have PlanetSide." Includes screen shots from beta test.

Preview by Uros "2Lions" Jojic. "And speaking of weapons, the weapon design was definitely influenced by the recent success of games featuring more conventional types of guns, like machineguns, shell-firing cannon, and missiles." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Mr. Nash. "So, on the one side the game is sounding pretty snazzy, on the other it sounds sort of like Halo at its core."

Preview by Scott Steinberg, with walkthrough. "Duck and cover - a classic tactic in troubled times. But it doesn't do much good when there's a horde of enemy soldiers, two MagRiders and a shell-spewing Lightning tank barreling down on your ass and all you've got handy is a measly AMP pistol."

Preview by Ted Brockwood. "The scale of PlanetSide is truly awe-inspiring. The first time you see an assault group form at your base, you're guaranteed to be picking your jaw up off the floor."

Preview by Brian "Eridath" Padgett. "Planetside is about teamwork more than anything else. Running out into the world solo will not accomplish much." Includes screen shots and game play movie.

Preview by Ben Jackson. "Verant have apparently taken the most popular aspects of Everquest and mixed them with Team Fortress Classic in a bid to create the ultimate online experience."

Preview by Tyler Ingram. "Another feature which Planetside has, that no other First Person Shooter offers, is the ability to jump right into the middle of a battle with their 'Instant Action' option. Here players are able to suit up in a safe spot, hit the 'Instant Action' button and land just outside a battle that is in progress." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Neil Ong. "[F]rom what we've seen and played in PlanetSide so far, this game looks very promising indeed. It's got a lot of potential, and despite only being in beta right now, its got enough pace, action and depth to keep us going back for more."

Preview by Sgt. Parias. "There's simply so much a single person can do in this game that I haven't been able to scratch the surface yet." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Parias. "I was extremely impressed with how the day's session had gone, however, and even some of the GMs active in the game expressed happiness at seeing so many people in a single area at once." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Parias. "Planetside continues to advance in stability and functionality to this day, and it definitely looks like the game will reach its impending release with surprisingly little difficulty." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Aaron "Pharcyde" Butler. "While the version of PlanetSide we played still needed a lot of tweaking in various areas, which the developers are doing, it was still a blast to play." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Ryan Bohlman. "Imagine a game that dishes out the adrenaline soaked action found in the hottest First Person Shooters combined with the group oriented strategies and personal experience systems of a Role Playing Game." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Mark Murphy. "There are still a number of bugs to sort out and a lot of refinement is required, but when all this has been completed PlanetSide looks set to be an engrossing and highly addictive battle between the three factions."

Impressions of the game from a beta tester. Includes screen shots.

Preview by Bob Colayco. "There are seemingly dozens of choices in how to be an effective soldier in PlanetSide, and from the brief taste we've had so far, we're eager to try out more of them."

Preview by Aaron "PharCyde" Butler. "Even in PlanetSide's current state it's shaping up to be a worthy addition to Sony's list of MMOGs." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Sal "Sluggo" Accardo. "Groups of players are free to organize themselves into fire teams, and as you can tell from these screens, we even loaded up a Galaxy transport with 8 players and headed for action." Primarily screen shots.

Preview by Sal "Sluggo" Accardo. "On the surface...PlanetSide's gameplay feels reminiscent of other team-focused multiplayer games such as Tribes, Battlefield 1942 and even C&C: Renegade." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Tom Ham. "Unlike in games like Team Fortress Classic where you have specific classes of units, Planetside will implement an ability tree that will map out a player's progression in this area of development." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Dave "Fargo" Kosak. "Imagine a 24 hour war raging on the Internet, where your teammates will get to know you and where your achievements can allow you to command armies and more." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Kevin "BIFF" Giacobbi. "A game of this scale complete with hundreds of options in character development and weapon and armor configurations should promise a strong following in both the FPS and RPG communities."

Preview and screenshots by Patrick Klepek. "Of crourse [sic], we couldn't go on without mentioning the incredible job that Verant is doing on PlanetSide's graphics engine."

Preview by John "JCal" Callaham. "While our brief experience in the beta test show it to be a deep and fun gameplay experience, the beta cannot yet answer the question on whether or not PlanetSide will be worthy of paying a monthly fee for in addition to its initial box price." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Dan Adams. "It'll be your job to pick a faction, join the fight, and claim the world in the name of your masters." Includes Videos and large number of screen shots.

Preview by Ivan Sulic. "I purchased a gun, a few certifications, a nifty helmet, and then I fell from orbit into a battlefield and killed everyone." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Dan Adams. "Teams will need to work together in order to invade [...] bases, hack into their systems and capture them."

By Jolly ActionTrip Editors. "Unusual" account of beta testing. "Usually, I have to wait before everyone leaves the office so that I can take off my pants before I play."

Preview by Richard Leader. "Not only can there be a universal ladder ranking of players, participants will be able to track their success from the first time they log on to years in the future, with every enemy vanquished kept in a detailed tally." Includes screen shots.

By Chris Abele, Jim Zabek. " The world of Auraxis is filled with a wide variety of worlds, from rolling green grasslands to towering cliffs of ice to great plains of desert." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Russell Frushtick. "[T]he world doesn't come to a crashing halt every time you close down the game. In fact, the war among the three [Empires]...will continue on through all hours of the day." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Marcin. " This forces each side to funnel forces to only a few hotspots on the map, not be forced to react when random bases are attacked on the other side of the continent - only to arrive too late time and time again." Includes screen shots.

Preview by Anthony Mitera. "With the development and implementation of Sony Online's PlanetSide, large scale battles of thousands of foot soldiers and vehicles across vast continents are no longer a wish, but rather a dream come true." Includes screen shots.