KILLZONE 2 Review Roundup

Psychotext said:
That rumour has been around for over 2 years now... and it was dubious to start with.
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Maybe, but with the ridiculously huge library of PS2 games it seems like a nobrainer. Of course, to really get them off the stick folks would have to stop buying PS2s... :)
 
Babbster said:
Maybe, but with the ridiculously huge library of PS2 games it seems like a nobrainer.
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They still sell hundreds of thousands of ps2s every month, and those are at a profit, not a loss like the ps3.
 
Technoob said:
Then it's not really a no brainer is it?
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a) I said it "seems" like a nobrainer, and I suppose I could have included the implied "to me" at the end.
b) The fact that the PS3 started out with PS2 backward compatibility implies that Sony wanted the PS3 to have that capability, and, of course, they used to say quite loudly that it was very important.

In other words, it not only "seems to me" that the PS3 should have PS2 compatibility, it used to seem so to Sony.
 
They've been very vocal on the fact that it's not coming. You'd have thought they'd have just used the usual PR "no comment" or "we have nothing to announce" if it was.
 
Added 3 more reviews, Videogamer review is probably the best non-biased review yet.

Closing comments on Videogamer review:

"Killzone 2's been hyped waaaay, too much, of course. And, no, it doesn't live up to the hype, because if it did it would be the greatest FPS of all time, which it isn't. But it is the best PS3-exclusive to date. Better even than LittleBigPlanet and Metal Gear Solid 4. Two years into the console's life cycle, the undoubted graphical potential of the machine has been realised - Killzone 2 unleashes the power of the PS3 - nothing on any console comes close. The sheer OMG!-ness of the experience makes Killzone 2 worth buying a PS3 for. And, given how much they cost, that's one hell of a compliment."
 
The sheer OMG!-ness of the experience makes Killzone 2 worth buying a PS3 for. And, given how much they cost, that's one hell of a compliment."
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Now i really want one. I hear killzone2 walks on water as well
 
Those who were on the beta, such as myself, also drew comparisons to COD4. It's quite a bit like COD4 (IMO), but not AS fast paced. Slower than COD4, Halo and R2, but faster than Ghost Recon and Rainbow as for as the "pace" goes. Ranking is similar too. The environments feel somewhat similar as well. Feel, not look.
 
Guitarrasdeamor said:
So you're saying that the sites that used to be biased against the PS3 and its exclusives are now biased towards it?
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Uh... no, was just saying this review seems more honest. He talks the game up for sure, but also brings up the negatives as well, like Eurogamer.

I liked the review is what I'm saying.

Don't really won't to get into a discussion about biased/non-biased sites, it's someone's opinion who's played the full version, no more, no less.;)
 
Whatever....


One of the reviews said it was too gray. Someone said this is what they wanted it to look like.
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Guitarrasdeamor said:
Whatever....


One of the reviews said it was too gray. Someone said this is what they wanted it to look like.
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Funny to see those criticisms that were leveled at other games like gears "omg too brown" now being applied to other shooters. What will the haters do now that they have a ps3 game that gets the same criticism!!!

cognitive dissonance and heads asploding everywhere
 
metacritic and gamespot and gamerankings suck for user reviews. i like gamerankings the best to look at critic reviews but they are often bad too (Far Cry 2 anyone?) The only site I trust is gamefaqs.
 
Watched a couple of gameplay vids on gametrailers. Enough to sell me on picking up a copy. Epic is one way of describing the feeling I had just watching the damn thing. The sense of scale is incredible. I love the part when sev is on the turrets and the capital ship goes down. We need more of this in sci-fi FPSs. The mech video was also very cool. Can't wait to get behind one of those and lay waste.
 
god damn this thing is gonna be like 70 bux canadian when it drops...I can't do that XD damn exchange rate
 
'Shooters have replaced fighting games as the most over-saturated genre in gaming today, and it's increasingly difficult to stand out from the crowd. However, with its unparalleled graphics, incredibly well-paced single-player campaign and in-depth multiplayer offerings, Killzone 2 has established its place among top-tier console shooters. Expectations on Killzone 2 had reached ridiculous proportions; here's one of those cases where the game actually lived up to them.'

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http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3172594
 
Looks like after owning the PS3 for over a year I can finally play a game on it (as it had been my DVD player until now). Hats off to the developers!
 
Stereophile said:
'Shooters have replaced fighting games as the most over-saturated genre in gaming today, and it's increasingly difficult to stand out from the crowd. However, with its unparalleled graphics, incredibly well-paced single-player campaign and in-depth multiplayer offerings, Killzone 2 has established its place among top-tier console shooters. Expectations on Killzone 2 had reached ridiculous proportions; here's one of those cases where the game actually lived up to them.'

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http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3172594
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If you're such a graphics whore, why are you a console gamer? Go play crysis on an SLI rig.
 
Technoob said:
If you're such a graphics whore, why are you a console gamer? Go play crysis on an SLI rig.
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And here comes the smack down :eek:

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Personally, I wouldn't care if Killzone 2 looked like HAZE, so long as the gameplay ROCKS (which it does).
 
Technoob said:
If you're such a graphics whore, why are you a console gamer? Go play crysis on an SLI rig.
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I might've misinterpreted something or missed something in the earlier parts of the thread... but how does underlining (pointing out) that comment make Stereo a graphic whore?
 
It's not that one comment alone... it's most of his comments over the last few weeks. :)
 
Dallows said:
I might've misinterpreted something or missed something in the earlier parts of the thread... but how does underlining (pointing out) that comment make Stereo a graphic whore?
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Yeah, you'd have to read his posts cumulatively. As bogie said, it can look like shit as long as it plays well. Stereo talks about nothing but john carmack and dynamic light sources, his objective in all of this being to prove not that killzone 2 is a good game, but that the ps3 is an amazing treasure that can do things no other console can. Which has been amusing us all for months now.
 
Technoob said:
Yeah, you'd have to read his posts cumulatively. As bogie said, it can look like shit as long as it plays well. Stereo talks about nothing but john carmack and dynamic light sources, his objective in all of this being to prove not that killzone 2 is a good game, but that the ps3 is an amazing treasure that can do things no other console can. Which has been amusing us all for months now.
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That's fair then.
 
Haha sorry about it, but i hate when people use crysis to benchmark how good a game should look. The art style isnt my cup-o-tea and it wont be for other people either. I think devs should stop using that fake grit that they put on games to make it more realistic. Bashcraft over at kotaku says that killzone looks too clean, but i think its just missing that fake grit in games about war.
 
WaterproofPaper said:
Haha sorry about it, but i hate when people use crysis to benchmark how good a game should look. The art style isnt my cup-o-tea and it wont be for other people either. I think devs should stop using that fake grit that they put on games to make it more realistic. Bashcraft over at kotaku says that killzone looks too clean, but i think its just missing that fake grit in games about war.
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Dystopias generally have a clean and sterile setting, so perhaps it was intended. I never played the first though, so maybe I'm completely off.
 
Technoob said:
If you're such a graphics whore, why are you a console gamer? Go play crysis on an SLI rig.
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Crysis, as a game, is not great IMO. PC gaming has been in decline IMO. Most all games still play fine on my PC sans GTA4. I'll probably upgrade this year.

I underlined 1up's comment because there are people still attempting to downplay KZ2's graphical achievement. Bogey aside, most unbiased people agree it's the best looking console game this generation.

I just got my demo code tonight. :cool:
 
Stereophile said:
Crysis, as a game, is not great IMO.

I underlined 1up's comment because there are people still attempting to downplay KZ2's graphical achievement.
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Who is doing that, besides the demons that visit you while you sleep?
 
Ooooh finally...something to get my PS3 churning pixels again. It forgot it could play games and has been used as a HTPC for awhile now.

Sweeeeet. Anyone know if the ASUS VW266H does 1:1 pixel mapping? :)
 
No idea. I have a native 1080p screen and just allow it to upscale 720p when the game doesn't have a native 1080p mode. A 720p window on your screen would be small.

But Killzone 2 reportedly can render to the back buffer in both native 720p and native 960x1080 which is scaled to 1920x1080 in the front buffer !
 
Why must every console thread always talk about crysis and some just ignore it? I understand where both sides are coming from, but do not let your judgement steal spotlights from other games.

My Ps3 is coming tommorrow according to tracking, Cant wait to play Msg4 and see how the cod series is on consoles :D
 
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