Killzone 2, another "average at best" shooter?

[Wargamer]

One word: Setting.

The Helghast are just so fucking awesome it hurts. Plus, Killzone 1 didn't allow retarded bunny hopping, something I saw a lot of in Halo 2 multiplayer.

Despite the fact I thought the controls were a load of cock (which stopped me playing Single Player mode altogether), I did eventually attain enough skill to at least join in a multiplayer game or eighty with friends.

 

[Vlane]

If they keep the splitscreen multiplayer with bots than it's at least something special these days.

 

[I3uster]

Its like halo, and halo was a great shooter(it wasnt the messiah but it was very enjoyable) , so it has to be a great shooter, right?

 

[Zac_Dai]

Who cares about all of this?

Mostly people who don't even own a PS3 for some mysterious reason.

 

[Insomniactk]

Who cares about all of this?

Mostly people who don't even own a PS3 for some mysterious reason.

We want to hear that it's bad so that we don't regret not buying an PS3

 

[Frank_Sinatra_]

So, i'd like you to post your thoughts on Killzone 2, I haven't played it but since its mainstream, has sci-fi marines and every tone of grey on the "realistic colour" wheel, i'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say that the story is basically a go there kill aliens, plot twist, more aliens and then one giant alien clusterfuck leading to an end.
Just my thoughts, post yours!

Hey this game doesn't release until February 27th (for the U.S. at least), so stop rating it until it hits shelves! Really its just annoying when I see things like this.
Next thing is there is no aliens in this game, stop comparing games to Halo and the like. I'm trying not to sound like a fanboy (cause I'm not {each to their own}) but Christ guys this is just getting annoying. As previously stated.
I'll be back after I get some more sleep and I'm done with classes.

 

[spyrewolf]

everyone saying i played kz1 and it was ...wah wah, whatever, that was
a.) last gen, b.)kz1!!!

game usually advance, in the sequels. say kz2 is like kz1 one, is also like saying , well i played gta2 and there were no helicopters, i'll miss gta4.....

let the damn game come out first, people seem to say halo is the be all end all of shooters, really though halo is just an updated quake 2 clone in a different wrapper, if you place the two side by side, halo 1 was not that innovative, saying kz2 being a halo killer get real, unless this game moves mountains of consoles it ain't gonna happen people,..it's gonna be a damn good game if the reviews are anything to go by, a fps nothing more, and have some of the best graphics a console shooter has seen to date.

 

[Pandalisk]

Plat it, then judge dont pick if you like it or not from reviews of other people..

i personally never understood what they meant by all of those types of games being the same, thats bull, each game is different they are not clones of each other there just a same genre

 

[shadow skill]

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Just to clarify that preset I sketched is only relevant if you want to aim with your left thumb. Most of the other configurations will work fine if you are right handed or can aim with your right hand.

 

[Jumplion]

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Just to clarify that preset I sketched is only relevant if you want to aim with your left thumb. Most of the other configurations will work fine if you are right handed or can aim with your right hand.

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You act as if Killzone 2 is the only game without customizable controls. I'd feel a little better if you didn't center your whole argument on something that is commonplace in many FPSs. Doesn't mean it should be overlooked though.

But anway, I'm excited for it. Preordered it on Amazon, blah de blah de blah, it looks awesome both gameplay wise and graphic wise, I hope I'll like it, etc...

 

[shadow skill]

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Just to clarify that preset I sketched is only relevant if you want to aim with your left thumb. Most of the other configurations will work fine if you are right handed or can aim with your right hand.

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You act as if Killzone 2 is the only game without customizable controls. I'd feel a little better if you didn't center your whole argument on something that is commonplace in many FPSs. Doesn't mean it should be overlooked though.

But anway, I'm excited for it. Preordered it on Amazon, blah de blah de blah, it looks awesome both gameplay wise and graphic wise, I hope I'll like it, etc...

Why shouldn't I single out the biggest console shooter of 2009 for the PS3, especially when the last major FPS release for the PS3 had customizable controls; and the first Killzone did have customizable controls from everything I have heard. I also did make the point in the thread Funk is referencing that this is common place I have used this layout in alot of shooters (And got nothing but cramps for my efforts.) which is why I focused on the fact that this scheme is all but physically impossible to use.

 

[D_987]

Welcome to the 5,000th Killzone 2 topic!

Killzone is an average shooter in the sense that its not innovative, but its certainly a very well polished game.

 

[Jumplion]

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Just to clarify that preset I sketched is only relevant if you want to aim with your left thumb. Most of the other configurations will work fine if you are right handed or can aim with your right hand.

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You act as if Killzone 2 is the only game without customizable controls. I'd feel a little better if you didn't center your whole argument on something that is commonplace in many FPSs. Doesn't mean it should be overlooked though.

But anway, I'm excited for it. Preordered it on Amazon, blah de blah de blah, it looks awesome both gameplay wise and graphic wise, I hope I'll like it, etc...

Why shouldn't I single out the biggest console shooter of 2009 for the PS3, especially when the last major FPS release for the PS3 had customizable controls; and the first Killzone did have customizable controls from everything I have heard. I also did make the point in the thread Funk is referencing that this is common place I have used this layout in alot of shooters which is why I focused on the fact that this scheme is all but physically impossible to use.

Like I said, it's not acceptable and I hope you get an answer from the Killzone forums (if you havn't already), but a rant on one consoles FPS controls can easily be applied to near every console FPS out there.

To me it seems that you're singling out KZ2 and acting as if it's the only one with the problem. Granted, I tend to misread so many posts nowadays, and then it causes controversy, so I'm probably talking out of my ass.

 

[willard3]

It looks quite good, but looks can be deceptive. The first Killzone wasn't all that great.

Killzone 1 needed a few more coats of paint; it had the makings of an excellent shooter (realistic reloading, actual weapon recoil, a really neat premise, etc.), but got really repetitive, and the PS2 couldn't keep up with the technical hardware.

So, i'd like you to post your thoughts on Killzone 2, I haven't played it but since its mainstream, has sci-fi marines and every tone of grey on the "realistic colour" wheel, i'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say that the story is basically a go there kill aliens, plot twist, more aliens and then one giant alien clusterfuck leading to an end.

Maybe you should have played the first Killzone before you go around criticizing and trying to be Yahtzee. The enemies in Killzone are not aliens; they're a darker and enhanced version of humanity that was once fully human...this means the premise was that humanity was fighting a war against a dark side of itself.

 

[shadow skill]

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Just to clarify that preset I sketched is only relevant if you want to aim with your left thumb. Most of the other configurations will work fine if you are right handed or can aim with your right hand.

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You act as if Killzone 2 is the only game without customizable controls. I'd feel a little better if you didn't center your whole argument on something that is commonplace in many FPSs. Doesn't mean it should be overlooked though.

But anway, I'm excited for it. Preordered it on Amazon, blah de blah de blah, it looks awesome both gameplay wise and graphic wise, I hope I'll like it, etc...

Why shouldn't I single out the biggest console shooter of 2009 for the PS3, especially when the last major FPS release for the PS3 had customizable controls; and the first Killzone did have customizable controls from everything I have heard. I also did make the point in the thread Funk is referencing that this is common place I have used this layout in alot of shooters which is why I focused on the fact that this scheme is all but physically impossible to use.

Like I said, it's not acceptable and I hope you get an answer from the Killzone forums (if you havn't already), but a rant on one consoles FPS controls can easily be applied to near every console FPS out there.

To me it seems that you're singling out KZ2 and acting as if it's the only one with the problem. Granted, I tend to misread so many posts nowadays, and then it causes controversy, so I'm probably talking out of my ass.

No worries I can see why you may have interpereted the thread Funk is referencing, if you scroll past the big picture in that thread, you will see that I am actually speaking more generally about developers being asshats rather than just Guerilla.

 

[Irridium]

everyone is expecting it to be the best game in the world. Its a very bad mindset to be in, you'll expect it to be better then life itself, it won't live up to such high expectations, and people will call it a horrid game. It happened to Fable, it was a good game, great game even, but it didn't live up to all the promises and expectations.

I believe it will be a good game, but not the best. Just don't expect it to be a Halo killer, like what the majority of people are judging it as.

Although I do believe it delivered on the graphics it promised back when the first trailer came out, so who knows?

 

[Jumplion]

No worries I can see why you may have interpereted the thread Funk is referencing, if you scroll past the big picture in that thread, you will see that I am actually speaking more generally about developers being asshats rather than just Guerilla.

Fair enough, but did you ever get a response from them?

 

[MintyFreshBreathGuy]

I heard it's supposed to have extremely smart AI. If it does then I'll buy it for $15. If it doesn't even have that then it can go piss off, I don't need another average shooter.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

So, i'd like you to post your thoughts on Killzone 2, I haven't played it but since its mainstream, has sci-fi marines and every tone of grey on the "realistic colour" wheel, i'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say that the story is basically a go there kill aliens, plot twist, more aliens and then one giant alien clusterfuck leading to an end.
Just my thoughts, post yours!

Replace aliens with any other type of enemy and you've described every action movie/video game ever.

 

[bue519]

So, i'd like you to post your thoughts on Killzone 2, I haven't played it but since its mainstream, has sci-fi marines and every tone of grey on the "realistic colour" wheel, i'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say that the story is basically a go there kill aliens, plot twist, more aliens and then one giant alien clusterfuck leading to an end.
Just my thoughts, post yours!

Yeah, I can see how you can make points about a game that hasn't come out yet. Hell, there isn't even a demo out yet. So how can you call the game average? Maybe cliched, but hold you venom till you atleast have a chance to try it.