Early Killzone 2 Reviews Looking Good 140
Reviews are beginning to appear for Guerrilla Games' upcoming first-person shooter, Killzone 2, a PS3 exclusive that has received a great deal of hype over the past several months. The reviews are mostly complimentary, but not overwhelmingly so; Ars Technica says it has "some of the best graphics yet seen on the PS3," and is a "solid take on the war-gaming genre." They also acknowledge that this is the latest game being held up as a standard for how good PS3 games can be, though the PS3 may not need such validation anymore. Edge Magazine is critical of the story, saying, "you could play the levels in random order to little ill-effect," but found the gameplay redeeming enough to warrant a 7/10. Concerns were raised early about the quality of the controls, but Guerrilla Games has affirmed that no changes will be made. Though the game won't be out for about a week yet, rumors of some fairly typical DLC plans are already cropping up. Giant Bomb recorded some video showcasing Killzone 2's multiplayer a while back.
Re:Not a hardcore gamer unless you own a ps3? wtf? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Hype hype hype... (Score:3, Funny)
Gee, you think? After all, this is the genre where, apparently, "being close to a wall" is a groundbreaking innovation.
Plenty of FPSs are fun, but they're all essentially the same game - there's only so much that reviewers can find to talk about.
Who's that with the what's it now? (Score:4, Funny)
Playing video games... on a blue ray player? How deliciously absurd!
Re:Not a hardcore gamer unless you own a ps3? wtf? (Score:3, Funny)
The comment was probably made for the same reason that ~50% of all car advertising is designed to make people who already bought a car feel better about your purchase - except possibly with less of an advertising slant. Hard to day in a world of slashvertisements, right? But the author clearly owns a PS3 - he probably bought it at launch and is trying to make himself feel better about his $599 george foreman grill. Wannabe hardcore gamers are always elitist. I would argue that you're not really hardcore until you've built yourself gaming hardware, repaired a game console, and installed a modchip, plus you have to own a pissed off PC and when you fart halo action figures fly out of your ass.