First online review of Killzone 2 awards game 4 out of 5

Swedish site GP has published what appears to be the first online review of Killzone 2 and has awarded the game 4 out of 5.

[TheColbertinator]

I knew it.Maybe next time GG.Hopefully more info on CodMW 2 arrives soon

[edwineverready]

so sad.

[OuterHaven]

U a fanboy now 2 colbert? they way u said it.... u know these guys are a nobody.

[edwineverready]

it sarcasme?

[TheColbertinator]

No I'm just certain that CodMW2 will be the better shooter this year.Just like Cod4 was better than Halo 3 and bioshock in 2007.Infinity Ward has a great track record and their next game will push the limits and expectations of the FPS genre once again.

Guerilla...nah

[trancefreak]

I feel ya stevie but why cant you just give kz the credit it deserves instead of poppin off about a game thats only on paper in cod4 mw2. Seriously is that the best u got to downplay the greatness of kz lolz.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

@Steve Colbert

Codmw2 will be nothing compared to Killzone 2.

Now I'm not going to be a fanboy about this, and say Killzone 2 can't be beaten or matched. But if Call of duty MW2 is anything like Cod4, it will suck.

To even compete with killzone 2, MW2 needs to have top notch visuals, destructible environments, an online that isn't broken until 2 years after the game has been popular.

Enemies need to be somewhat varied, infinite respawns need to stop (Some levels take me half an hour because I'm afraid to advance on veteran sometimes).

Until MW2 does some of those, and then some, it will not beat killzone 2. Many people will think it will, just because it's a multiplatform game, but imo, it won't.

Here's to hoping though.

[POGfinder]

Gears 1,2 ,cod 4 all got 4/5 from them

[Ninja-Sama]

For this reason alone I think its chances of surpassing KZ2 are slim to none.

[Mr Bot]

behind the score, with my popularity i convinced some of my bots to give me the chance to review the game, after all how else can i save halo wars and GTA DLC from KZ2?? 360 needs my saving and i wont turn it down now after sucking the people's money for 3 years straight!

[GiantEnemyCrab]

@1.9

"i was the gay"

Yes, you was the gay and it looks like you still is the gay.

Way to represent the PS3.

[POGfinder]

also some other scores

GTA4 - 3/5
L4D - 3/5
Dead space - 3/5

Cod5 -4/5
Gears 2 - 4/5
R2 - 4/5

KZ2 is as good as other shooters if not better

KZ2 has got 5/5 from OPM if u are unaware .
more perfect scores incoming

[Rhoic]

"Codmw2 will be nothing compared to Killzone 2."

That's what they said about CoD:MW. They said Halo 3 and BioShock were still the best and that no other FPS was going to out-do them. For your fanboy sake.. you better hope that Killzone 2 will get perfect 9's and 10's all across the board and sell around 4 million at least for it to be noticed in CoD 4's eyes.

By the way, I'm going to be one of the 6 million =P

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

...People will read a nobody internet site and trust their reviews???
Hmm...I GIVE UP on Mankind!!! ;-D

p.s To the Doctor(i.e Doctor Who) The next time the Earth is in Danger, let it BURN!!! ;-D There is no hope anymore...

I WANT KILLZONE 2 NOOOOOOOOW!!! ;-P ;-P ;-P

[Raoh]

well if co op is the reviewers only problem no big deal. co op is coming soon after the release.

[kwicksandz]

I remember reading something around the same time fable 2 co op was delayed that they cut the feature completely

[Capital G]

confirmed FAKE

thanks SONY

[edwineverready]

Capital g really you are unbelievably. i never met a more ignorant person then you. you clearly make a mistake and then keep on defending it. even the mods deleted your post because it was wrong. Come one guys let's bubble this guy down and do humanity a favor.

[jwatt]

They could give this game a 2 out of 5 it still wouldn't effect my purchasing of Killzone 2.

[edwineverready]

He only has 3 bubbles. come one people you can do better. let's wipe him of the face off n4g.

[incogneato]

this gay site is obviously doing it for hits.

[MazzingerZ]

DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO THIS REVIEW

Who would review Killzone in 2 paragraphs?...the guy says he doesn't like War based shooters ( I didn't know there were shooters where weapons were used to shoot flowers) and that got enough with R2 and Gears 2...

...and he writes that the games is out in JANUARY (Januari in Swedish)...he WRITES, it's not a typo...go figure

I guess people will dig and spent days on internet with the only purpose of finding reviews where Killzone 2 is scored as an average game

[MiloGarret]

People on this site are retarded, all of you. GP (Göteborgs-posten) is a swedish news magazine, not a game magazine, and is about as relevant the gaming community as the Kentucky Herald is. Now stop crying, I'm sure the game will score great overall.

Seeing you people get all crazy over a review score is one of the saddest sights of my life, if it wasn't because I know GG has worked hard on this game and Sony invested a lot of resources into it, I'd wish for it to score below 5/10 just to know that you are actually upset about it. Get a life losers, seriously.

[WANNA GET HIGH]

Captial G = A$$

A 4/5 = 9/10

And it was a 5/5 the other review....

(-_-)

[IcarusOne]

"Get a life losers"

Look at what you wrote and then consider the fact that you went out of your way to criticize and respond to a thread that you yourself have said is bullsh*t. If it's BS, why comment on it? Let's start doing something novel on this site: let's start - all of us - acting like adults. What this usually entails is being mature. You could start by acknowledging that if something is lame, or dumb, or just BS, then ignore it and move on.

The irony and ignorance of your rant will keep me smiling throughout most of today.

[Gray2]

lol umm 4/5 = 8/10... not 9/10 just letting you know...

But anyway, this game is gonna be amazing

[pixelsword]

GP isn't even a gamer's site, but watch this score go up on metacritic even though we haven't heard of this place.

I can't wait until Burger King puts out a game review and lower the score on a great game for hits... It'll make front page with a 1000+ score in N4G too.

[f789790]

They are the first review and all fanboy eyes shall burn them alive for denying Killzone 2 a perfect score.

[OuterHaven]

lol everyone clam down, these guys are a nobody.

[Fowack]

4/5 is a good score

Edit: Nevermind people are concerned

[Halochampian]

people think the game HAS to score perfectly. I personally never agree with perfect scores because a game can never be perfect.

If a game is perfect, then there should never be another game if that type.

But people on here seem to think the game HAS to be perfect and everyone has to agree with that.

[thereapersson]

Did you agree with Halo 3's perfect scores?

[Cheeseknight28]

Nice try, but none of the important sites or magazines gave Halo 3 a perfect score.

[Shadow Flare]

--Would rather play this game then anything on box 360--

[Halochampian]

Nope. Havent agreed with any game getting perfect scores. I take it as being a great game. I dont take it as being perfect.

[cliffbo]

i wanted to take a dump behind a tank and couldn't 4/5

hopefully 360 owners will provide the shyt in an update later

[edwineverready]

The xbox fans search the internet for days and found a 8/10 review from a none gaming site who don't even have the review code yet, and they are so happy to say i told you so. this proves they are childish. i have been to guerrilla headoffice for a three day test sesion and this game will not fail.

[Gam71]

You say xbox fans are childish for searching the internet for bad review scores.

I say you're speaking from experiance of ps fans doing that to 360 games for the past 3 years.

seriously what a stretch that was.
Another case of a ps fan accusing 360 fans of acting like them.

[spacetoilet]

Check the first poster.
THAT, is a typical 360 fan.

[edwineverready]

xbox360 users want this game to fail so bad it's not even funny anymore. when gears of war2 came out i did not want it to fail. i was happy they got another good game. All i am saying is let us have this great game we deserve it after a 2 year + wait. Ok mgs4 was great but this is the first great fps for ps3.

[Covenant]

@Spacetoilet

No, that was a 360 FANBOY.

He doesn't represent all of us.

He doesn't represent humanity very well, either.

[POGfinder]

Gears 2 got 4/5 from them too

GTA4 got 3/5

Cod/r2 also got 3/5 from them too

so

KZ2 is as good as any next gen shooter if not better

[The Lazy One]

I don't want it to fail...

[Gam71]

Edwine.

I don't want it to fail.

Are you saying ps fans didn't want fable, halo, GoW2 to fail?

Haven't you been reading the comments on here and every other gaming site from them.

Like I said, ps fans accusing 360 fans of doing what they do.
All of a sudden its wong?

spacetoilet, he was talking like a typical ps fan only about the ps instead of the 360 for once.

And as for pogfinder

"New Message:
12 hours ago | By: POGfinder | Block
cod4/gears 2 got 4/5 from them too
so"

nice pm.

So what indeed.

do you have a point? or a typical ps fanboy who continues spreading fud or tries to start something through PM's.

I have an inbox full of ps3 owners with buyers remorse who have done that.

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Yes, it is going to be "360 owners" fault if this game doesn't score well.

Talking like crazy people again..

Do you ever not have someone else to blame for bad PS3 news?

[TheColbertinator]

However...

I am wondering why the review from the Swedish site is only 3 paragraphs.

Do they have the final review build or the 5 level beta?

Anyway I want to see what IGN and Game Informer have to say on KZ2.

[edwineverready]

They probably have the preview code. i agree cod5 will be great but the story of kz2 is just one you can get into. also this site is a none gaming site.

[POGfinder]

cod/gears 1 and 2/r2 all got the same scores from them

[goflyakite]

Three paragraphs long and these are their negative points:

-Co-op is noticeably missing
-isn’t doing much new with the genre

I could probably find a quote on N4G from someone saying that the reviewers would downgrade it because "no co-op" and "nothing new".

Take this website with a grain of salt.

[Xbox Street Gang]

Way to compromise your integrity.

Stupid fcck.

[iceatcs]

On the same site:
COD:WAW, Gears 2 and R2 got same score
Ouch GTAIV, which got 3/5

[rucky]

3/5 L4D and Dead Space

[Sarcasm]

Good point before the 360 brigade comes in and says "hahahaha Killzone 2 sucks and my Mom gave me more money for XBL!"

[Fowack]

you and Steven Colbert are easily the funniest people on this site.

Bubbles for making me laugh.

:)

[BladeSpain]

All the scores on that page are 4/5, I think. Typical 5/5 from Gothenburg Post is Little Big Planet, Halo 3 and Super Mario Galaxy. They seems to use the whole scale, here's a link so you can see all their latest grades (scroll down a bit): http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Cro...

Wait for a REAL PROFESSIONAL PAGE, omg the review only have 3 paragraphs!

[edwineverready]

It's not even a professional gaming site. and they are probably using the preview code.

[voice_of_ reason]

only three SHORT paragraphs at that. Odds are they didn't play the game. Even if it was a flop, they hated it, or just thought it sucked... a game of this magnitude would take more than three paragraphs to review.

[LONEWOLF231]

I agree with Voice of Reason!

This review was half @$$ed end of story!

[The Lazy One]

or honest...

At least they don't let hype go to their heads. I can already tell you IGN won't give it less than a 9, and every site with a playstation or sony in the title will give it a 10. I might as well not even read their reviews.

I'd rather all reviews be too low than too high tbh. We're reaching a point where 4/5 is a bad score? why even have 1-3 anymore?

[Viper7]

IF the 1 point was taken out just because the game is missing co-op and doesnt do really anything new.. a bit harsh considering that not even nearly all games have co-op and only few invent something new, and that something might even be bad.

also 1-5 scale is very hard to translate to 1-10 scales and 4-10 scales as 4 "stars" is still considered really good and 5 starts as Great

[Carbide7]

did anyone even bother taking a look at the actual review? it's only 3 f**king paragraphs long, this shouldnt even be counted

edit: what? why the disagree?

[Kira83]

my thoughts exactly, as far as reviews go that was pretty weak.

[Kleptic]

it isn't counted...its just the 'first real' review...as its not a PS mag or site (i know i know, its unbiased and all that)...its a swedish newspaper with a little entertainment blurb for big games...

its not on metacritic; not that I even give a shat about that fanboy den...just pointing out that you will never hear about this review again...

[Why dis]

Half an decade on visuals has its costs.

[Nathan Drake]

You do know that they gave Gears the same score,right?

Right?

[dude_uk]

OWNED

[Sarcasm]

And not enough years developing on hardware reliability has it's costs

and folks don't have to guess which hardware that is.

[Why dis]

Miss something?

My comment was in relation to visuals carrying a game's score(sometimes devs forget about the core game).

[ultimolu]

Damn, you are so desperate to write this game as a flop.
Do me a favor and buy yourself a PS3. Repent from thy ways and thou shall see the light!

[POGfinder]

Gears 2 got 4/5 from them

COD/R2 got 4/5 from them too

KZ2's budget was 20m which is 1/5 as 10 year game 2 human

KZ2 will get a lot of perfect scores

wait for more reviews

also GTA4/Dead space/L4D got 3/5 from them

[Why dis]

@8.6 *Obama* Don't know what you're talking about :P

@8.5 Never said any such thing read my comments again.

[cliffbo]

has anybody not seen a correlation between the arguments of sensational articles written purely for hits and some posters on N4Gs?

[BladeSpain]

Killzone 2 is the best shooter 2009.

[Capt CHAOS]

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[likedamaster]

4/5? Ouch!

[Cajun Chicken]

Anyone knows a real game can't possibly be 10/10 or 5/5.

Any reviews are ridiculous if they do. It's impossible for a game to perfect. Except ones which are lets say 'sponsored'.

Besides, I've never even HEARD of this site before this article. Lets give them a review, eh?

[Murilo]

"Any reviews are ridiculous if they do. It's impossible for a game to perfect". I agree that no game is perfect, but when a reviewer give a 10/10 to a game, it means the game was a unique experience: very polished, brought new ideas, pushed the genre forward and, most important, was a joy to play it. That's the meaning of a 10/10, or should be.

[El Padre]

And teachers should stop giving A's, because no essay is perfect!

[spacetoilet]

I love that 360 fanboys find a SWEDISH (no less) nothing site with a review of killzone 2 they probably don't have.

Lets wait for IGN, Gamespot etc

[Ghyst]

they gave farcry 2, 5/5 i own that game, and it's a 3/5 at best! lol, what a crap site, move on fanboys.

[grantps3]

the only negative thing it says is that its not groundbreaking.

and that makes it desserve a 4/5? thats just stupid

but everygame gets some lower scores.....and since win was 4/5 bad?

[thor]

4/5 isn't bad. In fact, if you're not giving half scores, it's the second highest score you can possibly give a game. In a newspaper, a 4-star review will stand out. On a DVD case, you'll often see them advertising the fact that their film was rated 4 stars by a certain publication.

[pansenbaer]

Yes, but when you open the "Fanboy Chronicle", a 4/5 screams FLOP! :)

[POGfinder]

....GTA4 - 3/5
L4D - 3/5
Dead space - 3/5

Cod5 -4/5
Gears 2 - 4/5
R2 - 4/5

KZ2 is as good as other shooters if not better

KZ2 has got 5/5 from OPM if u are unaware .
more perfect scores incoming

[paskowitz]

I know I am probably going to get disagrees even though I only own a PS3 and only support the PS3 and am psyched for KZ2 but...

I really think that Co op (and/or SP/MP) is the one part of KZ2 that is missing. Not that it can't be great without it but it would be out of this world with it. Maybe in a future patch.

[omodis420]

You must release yourself from your preconceived notions about what a game is supposed to be. Just be one with the Killzone my friend. Just be one.

[RememberThe357]

is going to be apart of the DLC.

[ASTAROTH]

I remember some sites refuse to review FABLE 2 until the promised co op play patch beacame available for download... for KILLZONE 2 this is just the excuse that every review needed to make the game look bad and give it not deserved scores. DOUBLE STANDARDS? ... Anyway HAPPY KILLZONE DAY!!! Every PS3 fan...I dare you to visit this site on feb 27 and told each other HAPPY FKN KILLZONE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[omodis420]

I think its safe to say that this just doesn't cut it as a credible review.

[Highatus]

Dude you gunna pass that thing already? I'm Jones'n!

[omodis420]

Here ya go man....

[Highatus]

Duuuuddddeee........Hhhhheeeea aaavvyyyy.

[Galvanise]

so. . . .this site probably doesn't have a proper review copy and is doing this for hits.

[paracardium]

I don't care about coop..less mistakes are done when it's just me playing.

[omodis420]

Finally someone who see's it my way. Co-op is alright but I play games for the single player experience mostly.

[Sarcasm]

I seriously hate the double standards it's ridiculous.

Bioshock got a 10/10 from all over the media, without a single mention of Multiplayer or Co-op.

But KZ2 offers an intense single player, and a healthy multiplayer. But then it gets pointed out for no co-op?

[na2ru1]

and 360 fanboys point at us all the time. xboxs existence is really fugging up the evolution of gaming, and us gamers lose out.

xbox posses nothing good, only evil.

[silverchode]

its gana get epic once negative reviews for kz2 start rolling in.

[scruffy_bear]

Why can't a game get 10 out 10 in very other media the very best get the top marks. Why should game's be different

[omodis420]

Fragmented Sentence Consider Revising.

[DK_Kithuni_71]

GP is a little local newspaper in Sweden. This is not a review. Just some guys blurb. Calm down. No one cares.

Killzone 2 will rock you!

[thor]

"Co-op is noticeably missing, which is odd, and Killzone 2 isn’t doing much new with the genre" - I think we all knew these kind of comments were coming. Focus on the negative. It's never pretended to offer co-op or a revolution in innovation. COD4 didn't. There will be a fair number of sites who focus on the negative. There WILL BE negative aspects of the game. That's a fact, I mean you know, it's made by humans (I think; someone check on this for me), and humans make mistakes.

Every positive aspect will be downplayed (we don't care about graphics now that Killzone 2 is out!), criticisms will be brought out of thin air (Killzone 2 doesn't feel special like other games!), and negative aspects will be brought to the fore (no co-op? WTF? no nazi zombie mode? this game doesn't deserve any praise!).

[RememberThe357]

You hit the nail on the head. We've seen this all before. We all remember those MGS4 reviews that made no sense. We will see those again.

I personally can't wait for the, "it has no color" argument.

[dude_uk]

hahaha thor nice reference to GG not being humans lol

[na2ru1]

the one with the occasional mood swings? Well i agree with him anyway

[terrandragon]

"hahahaha Killzone 2 sucks and my Mom gave me more money for XBL!" Usually, people pay for the whole year so why would you new more money? I think you mean Microsoft Points.

[DA_SHREDDER]

Who cares what a web site from a 3rd world country has to say about this game?

Edit @ DK

Sweden isn't a 3rd world country you say? It might not be poor, but it sure as hell isn't anything worth talking about. Besides the women that is. There are nothing but goat bangers and inbreeds over there. What is Sweden known for anyways? I know what amsterdam is known for. Seriously,, who cares about sweden?

[DK_Kithuni_71]

Educate yourself, buddy. The article still blows though.

[poindat]

...And ignorant fools like you are the reason people stereotype America or England or whatever the hell "1st world country" you are from. Let me guess, you are probably some fat American slob to be that stupid. See look, I can do it too.

Do us a favor and move out of that '1st world country' that you are from... nobody wants you.

[Murilo]

I wish I live in a third world country like Sweden.
^^

[Lumbo]

Considering that Sweden has a widely available 100mbit Internet without download limits ... I guess Internet wise Sweden is the 1st World country, and yours is the 3rd one ...

[Itrguy001]

Japan has better internet though. damn i wanna live in Japan

[Sasanova]

the first kid up there said he knew it LOL what a tool, the funniest thing about his post is after he was done, he asked for cod4MW2, a future build of a game that lacks EXACTLY what kz2 does....what a fail

but hey, lets believe an unknown site who reviews a game with a 1 paragraph, and on aspects that shouldnt be considered in a review of a game, good job.

what game had coop? cod4? halo? supposedly best shooters of all time? gtfo, and make room for kz2

[na2ru1]

Hell I enjoy COD very much, soooo.....

[beavis4play]

yea.....right.

that was a pitiful article.

[snipermk0]

Is that a picture of you in that avatar? You seriously look like a gay pedophile twat chewing on a wasp.

[Ghyst]

do people in sweden even have access to next gen consoles? lol

[Viper7]

Most likely better than your country, no offense ofcourse.
considering nordic countries the education, health care and technology is pretty well taken care of. Its a must for smaller countries in north since they rely on selling their goods in international markets.

Dont bash a country that you know nothing about just because the game you havent even played scored a less than you tought. Its pretty immature and stupid.

Not to mention that its pretty easy to just buy things from EU/US stores if the item isnt available for your territory.

[Bathyj]

This is why review scores should be out of 100, or at least have decimal point incriments. They didn't want to give it a perfect score (for whatever stupid reason) so a 5 becomes a 4 and thats 80%, but surely commonsense can see this game is better than 80%. Have score system that allows for a bit of subtlty.

[callahan09]

If you can't criticize Left 4 Dead for lacking a single player campaign, then you can't criticise other games for lacking co-op. Period.

[HS83]

Well I personally dont care if it get a 5/5 4/5 a 10/10 a 2/10 or what, Im buying this game because dammit I played the beta and I loved it! I freakin loved every second of it! So it is a must buy for me!

[dkgshiz]

You people sure like to take reviews seriously. Especially from generic Swedish sites.

[Blackmoses]

What do u mean....you people?

.....sorry just couldn't resist.

[ReaperXL7]

Wonder if anything will come of this, according to most major sources there is an embargo on all reviews of the game until febuary 3rd (not including OPM).

[DELTABOY04]

we all know whats going to happy...sites are gonna try to railroad this game to A) TRY TO GET TRAFFIC B)CAN'T ADMIT THAT ITS BETTER THEN A 360 GAME. They are going to review the game with as much scrutiny as possible..Sony will never get a break this generation no matter how good their games are.

[Bathyj]

"Killzone 2 isn’t doing much new with the genre"

No, its just doing it all better than its ever been done before.

Do we have to reinvent genres now before we can admit a PS3 game is good?

[HDgamer]

I haven't seen a cover system like that in any FPS nor have I ever seen the game type of match switch during gameplay. This game is doing a lot of new things and reinventing some of the older techniques.

[na2ru1]

Did they even get the game let alone play it?

[Honolulu]

I really doubt it, they're not the kind of news paper that get review copies for games. I mean, they're big here in Sweden but not big with gaming related media.
They review games about once every second month, and then it's just like five games that gets reviewed and each with 5-10-lines of text and a grade next to it.

[Covenant]

Everyone chill...it's ONE review, and possibly not legitimate, at that.

[ultimolu]

Poor 360 fans. They must truly fear the name of Killzone 2. o_o

[LukaX23]

DER

[Covenant]

Really?

Prove it.

Looks to me like some small Swedish newspaper or magazine article.

It's probably a case of someone trying to draw attention to themselves with a (likely) fake review, rather than one of those oft-cited (and usually ephemeral) MS payoffs.

MS can't--and doesn't--"pay off" every reviewer. If they did, explain all those well-deserved 10/10s that LBP and MGS4 got.

[POGfinder]

.....also some other scores

GTA4 - 3/5
L4D - 3/5
Dead space - 3/5

Cod5 -4/5
Gears 2 - 4/5
R2 - 4/5

KZ2 is as good as other shooters if not better

KZ2 has got 5/5 from OPM if u are unaware .
more perfect scores incoming

[yog-sothot]

thanks POGfinder, bubbles for you

we should always compare a particular review with other notes given by the same website. Here it seems that 4/5 is a great score...

I guess we are all a bit too used to see perfect 10 given more easily

[The gaming GOD]

And secondly, this is a newspaper "review" with just three short paragraphs.

And Capital G, I posted my source in my first comment. I noticed you replied and STILL didn't post yours. Yet you say "most" people agreed with you (judging by your agree/disagree ratio I find that hard to believe). And you don't have as many "phantom disagrees" as you think considering a bunch of people owned you for your blatant fanboyism

[Rice]

The multi player on killzone 2 is one of the best ive ever played.

[xlg]

a 4/5 its great calm the Fnck down Congrat!

[Honolulu]

Göteborgs Postens gaming reviews are rather.... well, I don't know how to put it, inadequate.
It's more like they describe the setting of the game and don't talk about what they liked or did not like... at all.
I feel like they should have discussed a little more about what the game actually was like. I mean, What's the point of writing a review without any meat on the bones and just sticking a grade to it.

Fyi, GP doesn't do half-grades. it's 1 to 5, as simple as that, nothing in between.

[Playa7970]

funny this is no way in hell a review.... ill wait for ign gamepro

[krouse93]

this site also gave left for dead a 3/5

and they gave grand theft auto a 3/5

http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Cro...

they

dont

really

know

what

they

are

doing

lol

noob

site

for

reviews.

[POGfinder]

the site is garbage

they gave GTA4 ,l4d, dead space 3/5

ghears 2/cod/r2 got 4/5 from them,

[Ghoul]

Its the newspaper from the city göteborg

[liquidsnake]

First of all, this NOT a gaming website. This is like New York Times reviewing a game. Secondly I'll translate the whole review for you, It goes something like this:

"It is kinda easy to get tired of war based games since Gears 2 and R2 just recently got released. Still, Kz2 has an effect of grabbing me by the balls and make me all jumpy. The intro is massive, intence and magical and when Sev accomplished his objective, he managed to send shivers down my spine. The controls are nice and the environments are gritty and raw but very natural. It is also easy to feel for Sev and his teammates. Co-op is missing, wich is odd and it doesn't do much new for the genre".

Well thats it, that's the whole "review", he seemed to remove a point for not doing anything new with the genre and lack coop. In my book this game is a 5/5.

[POGfinder]

GTA4 - 3/5
L4D - 3/5
Dead space - 3/5

Cod5 -4/5
Gears 2 - 4/5
R2 - 4/5

KZ2 is as good as other shooters if not better

KZ2 has got 5/5 from OPM if u are unaware .
more perfect scores incoming

[ReTarDedFisHy]

...when I first read the title I thought it would be a significant or important site. Turns out I had never heard about this site. I'd call them nobodies in the harshest sense, because I want real reviews, the only one so far is OPM's 5/5. Apparently they have the toughest reviewing criteria though.

[gameraxis]

because that doesn't have co-op

[POGfinder]

......also some other scores

GTA4 - 3/5
L4D - 3/5
Dead space - 3/5

Cod5 -4/5
Gears 2 - 4/5
R2 - 4/5

KZ2 is as good as other shooters if not better

KZ2 has got 5/5 from OPM if u are unaware .
more perfect scores incoming

[jav0918]

4/5 or 8/10 w.e you see it as is a good score and you shouldn't even be bothered by scores its about your own opinion. Instead of waiting for crap biased reviews for games from both all systems just watch game play vids and decide for your self if you like the game. Don't let people make decisions for you.

[infamous_27]

ohhhh nooooo this game fails! it got a 4/5 from a no game game site just wanting hits! waaaaahhhhh

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

at starting a war, while in the process doing a great job at getting hits!

not surprised at this manuever, seems to be the norm this gen!

[POGfinder]

also some other scores

GTA4 - 3/5
L4D - 3/5
Dead space - 3/5

Cod5 -4/5
Gears 2 - 4/5
R2 - 4/5

KZ2 is as good as other shooters if not better

KZ2 has got 5/5 from OPM if u are unaware .
more perfect scores incoming

[Ju]

Who ?

[resistance100]

Not that shabby of a review since i suspect most scores will be between 8-10 (with the odd 7 now and then). still i wouldn't call what seems to be a newspaper who does 3 paragraph reviews that creditable.

Still no matter what reviews this game gets i'm getting it day 1 thanks to the beta.

[Killzonegamer83]

The way i see it.. If a gaming company or website arent included with the metacritic and gamerakings list of game reviews, they are useless. Doesnt look like this GP site is counted by metacritic or gamerankings so moving right along.. Killzone 2 will own hard

[N4PS3G]

People! Take Cover! Nasim is about to blow up !!!

hahaha

[Lord Vader]

"Co-op is noticeably missing, which is odd, and Killzone 2 isn’t doing much new with the genre but it is great enough to succeed without launching for the Christmas Sales Period."

Wow. Not what I expected. Can't wait for IGN's review...

[Genki]

See, I really have problems with statements like these.

First of all, they're vague. WTF does "it doesn't bring anything new" actually TELL someone about the game. What would be considered new? What is old? Some people would consider revising something old as new, whereas others might consider radical changes as something new, so where do we draw the line? That's one of the many problems with statements like that, there is no clarification, so a reader can't really draw any sort of reasonable conclusion from something like that. The bad thing is that we live in a society today that judges products based on an arbitrary number(1-10 scale), when in actuality that number itself tells people NOTHING about the product, yet people draw all sorts of conclusions about things based upon ratings, but I digress.

Anyway, another issue I take with that is that it begs the question..."well what does it do BETTER than other games? Statements like this outright dismiss such concerns. So a game does nothing new, big whoop. How often do we really see new stuff being introduced in the first place? Some of the best games lack what some call "innovation", and are just well-refined, finely tuned masterpieces in their respective genres. God of War is an example of this, so is Gears of War, CoD4, SKATE, and many others. I can comfortably say that all of these games lack so-called innovation and just do the simple stuff right. To put it another way, they are all brilliant at the basics.

The reason I put innovation in quotes is simply because the term has become an ambiguous buzz-word. It's to the point where there's a fine line between the innovative and the unimaginative, and there are several contemporary examples of this. Compare Gears of War to Kill.Switch. They both share a core mechanic, one does it better than the other. In one case, it was hailed as innovative and fresh, yet in the other it was uninspired...not well implemented...broken, etc. The contrast can be drawn with God of War and Conan, Godhand and Final Fight(streetwise), GTA and 50 Cent, Forza and Juiced, Starcraft and...anything :D I could go on for days.

This isn't a rant to defend Killzone 2, I'm not even gonna touch that with a ten-foot pole. I haven't played it, for all I know it could be better or worse than what this tripe suggested it to be. I am simply...yet again...pointing out what I perceive to be shoddy journalism.

[thor]

Yep. They wanted to make a sequel to their Killzone game. Which means they're pretty much stuck with:

A gritty war-torn environment
Macho characters
Realistic weapons and no gimmicks

You see, I don't know what they COULD add to make it "innovative". COD4 wasn't innovative in the slightest. Behind its thin veil of well-presented action, it's the same as every other shooter. It was one of the first ones I played where you had very little, regenerative health, but that's not a new idea (see "The Getaway") and isn't groundbreaking as it is.

Every list of things that make a FPS game innovative is filled with gameplay gimmicks. What made Half-life 2 innovative? The gravity gun. What made Crysis innovative? The nano-suit. What made Halo innovative? 2-weapon loadout (actually I don't know if it was the first but it was reknowned for it). What makes Killzone 2 innovative? The 1st-person cover system. It has as much innovation as any of those games.

[likedamaster]

Halo:

1. First innovation: button for grenades (before you had to select grenades as a weapon)
2. Second innovation: button for a melee attack
3. Last but key innovation: Your health recharges over time

Every (almost) FPS since then has a grenade & melee button.

Call of Duty:

1. First innovation: Aim Down Sight (ADS)
2. Second innovation: First game with prone stance
3. Last innovation: Bullet penetration

And this is just "core" gameplay.

There are other games that innovated like Golden Eye, Perfect Dark(N64), etc. that I won't get into.

So really what killzone 2 does this gen is introduce an arguably "better" FPS cover system than say a game like Rainbow Six Vegas offered.

So in that sense, Killzone 2 does introduce a FPS cover system that works and is considered innovation.

As it pertains to the author's claim that it doesn't bring anything significant(paraphrased) to the genre in the sense that Killzone2-style cover is still cover then he is right.

It doesn't mean that the game didn't bring anything innovative in itself because technically I'm sure it has especially on the PS3 platform.

Just my thoughts...comment away.

[Cure]

if this game got 1/10 would it honestly stop you from getting it from what YOU have seen?

Rate games on your own and stop being followers/fanboys.

the only thing i use scores from gaming sites are to pick weather i do a day one purchase or rent b4 buying.

games awesome. end of score.

[Mr_Zkaar]

idd, people **** bricks if it don't get 10/10 just look at GTA 4, hardly a perfect game tbh yet it got 10. The review scores have got crazy over the past 4-5 years, i remember when 90% was classed as awesome.

Any serious PS3 fan and xbox fan for that matter can't really dispute this looks totally kick ass and i've been searching all over the internet and everyone is excited about this game.

If you don't buy this, your crazy.

[Agent VX]

To all PS3 Fanboys: Attention, full out attack... prepare for defensive measures.... attack site with all means.... use any defensive measure possible....

Wow, KZ2 takes early hit!!!

Nothing left on the PS3 until GOW 3.

[LightningPS3PS3]

Sony, you took Co op from the storymore again? Didn't you learn from Resistance 2?

That's the best part first person shooters!! no!!, No!!!!! no!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow, wow?? PS3 is done.

[No Way]

Nice. Pretty good review.

[RebornSpy]

Killzone 2 is the sequel to the best Playstation game ever. And it has good graphics. Everyone must think it is perfect and award it a perfect score! These guys must be fanboys to give it anything less than 6/5...

[LinuxGuru]

gp.se ? Who is that?

[omodis420]

I'm planing on buying Killzone 1 on tuesday. I want to finish it before I play Killzone 2

[marinelife9]

A three paragraph review?

[samura]

Why are you guys disputing over this useless site review?

[xc7x]

Anyways can't wait to play the game myself

[karlostomy]

Gee Whizz!

It's a good score.
What are people complaining about?

[Gue1]

GTA4 - 3/5
L4D - 3/5
Dead space - 3/5

Cod5 -4/5
Gears 2 - 4/5
R2 - 4/5

KZ2 is as good as other shooters if not better

KZ2 has got 5/5 from OPM if u are unaware .
more perfect scores incoming

[Pika-pie]

Wow, some people on here really need help

[JHUX]

KZ2 IS DOOOOOO000000()()()oOoO00M3333 3EEEE#33DdDD!!!!! Damn, I was really excited for this one, looks like I wont be purchasing it now.

[Mr_Zkaar]

lol, nice try.

/Fail

[qqjohn]

This guy writes:
"It is a little bit presumptuous to release a major title in January".
He don´t even got the release month right and has broken the date for writing anything about the game which is 2. February.

"...with Gears of War 2 and Resistance 2 just released, I have got my dose of warbased shooters for a while."
It´s no doubt that this guy is tired of shooters.

[mll09]

This review don't mean much to me.

The site is Swedish.

[mll09]

You just made yourself look illiterate.

[PirateThom]

It's too early for online reviews. Seriously, the game isn't out for another month and a half.

[Mr_Zkaar]

Just a mild attempt at headline grabbing to be honest. They could have given it a 1 and i wouldn't care less, everybody who is a serious console fan knows deep down this is an awesome game.

I think the XBOX is a cheap faulty piece of crap but i can admit Gears 2 is an awesome game, people need to give guerilla games the respect they deserve, they really have produced a fantastic shooter.

[yoghurt]

So, a web site no-one has heard of and released before the embargo has bee lifted - and people are believing this??

[SprayandPreycom]

4 out of 5 that like what 83/100

face it ps3 all your getting is an ok shooter but no doubt thats cause for celebration since there hasnt been any so far rofl....

[NickIni]

First, have a look at the site the review as come from.

Second, take a look at what other games received.

Then, you can comment without looking like a complete idiot. Damn, if only you'd realised those two crucial steps beforehand eh?

[JHUX]

I take it that is e-sarcasm, or your just a retard.

[SAiOSiN]

are you gay?

[xg-ei8ht]

KILLZONE 2 could get a minus score and i'm still buying day one.

[Chrissy]

Another media outlet to add on teh biased list: All swedish magazines

Very nice. Ill be buying Street Fighter 4 instead. 360 version of course.

[Consoldtobots]

so what's it like to be a dreamcast errrr I mean 360 fanboy?

[Bazookajoe_83]

"There is something bald about releasing a major game in january. No help from the christmas sales, to early to be remembered on the goty lists. It´s a commersial dared move. The makers of Killzone 2 knows this and have all the reasons to hold there heads up high. The game is utterly excellent.

It is easy to be tired on warbased shooters with the likes of gears of war 2 and Resistance 2 fresh in memory, i have had my dosage. Still Killzone 2 pulls by the neckhair, shakes me aroundand make me jump up the couch.

The first battle are magicly intense and impressive. The sound of the battle pushes through as my soldier sev manage to take out a cuple of rocket soldiers, it sends shivers down my spine. The controle is where it should be and surroundings feels natural, raw and without makeup. It is here were Killzone 2 has it´s advantage over other shooters: it´s more personal, easier to become one with youre character and to know youre squadmmates. It´s missing co-op, which is strange, and sure killzone 2 doesnt do much with the genre, but it´s great enough to make it without the christmas push in it´s back."

Okey i translated the whole original article. It´s almost word for word, but it´s hard because sentences are built a little diffrent in swedish. But that is what it say.

They gave it an 4/5. The same goes for gears 2, Resistance 2, cod 5, Mirrors edge and WOW expansion.

They have given 5/5 to games like LBP, Ratchet and clank: tools, Mario galaxy and Nhl 09.

[dredgewalker]

4/5 isnt bad in my book and ill get Killzone 2 even if it gets a 3/5. If you read the review the only bad thing posted was the missing co-op. It got a 5/5 for OPM and 4/5 outta videogaming247. I think its an honest opinion, i know Killzone 2 is carrying a lot of burden on its shoulders for being a flagship game in 2009. Even MGS4 didnt get perfect scores on other site but they never said that it wasnt a good game. Having to score perfectly nowadays is quite hard cause a lot of games have already made a standard that is difficult to follow. Some people would even complain if got a perfect score saying that they got paid or was a fanboy of the system. A 4/5 is saying a lot about the game and i say is a realistic score on todays gaming era. Ultimately its us players who will rate the game based on personal enjoyment.

[badkolo]

wow , anything relating to kz2 is really touchy, 200 posts for some crap review. touchy touchy arent we. I suggets you guys bunker down becuase dont expect every review to be 10, it wont, we all know thats just how it roles, it will get great reviews but then the crap ones will poor in, its been like this for every great game so far.

[Anon1974]

With such a highly anticipated game, near every story about it is going to garner attention and opinions. Just look at the news regarding Gears 2. Same thing.

[retrofly]

It's not news. Bad n4g approvers, naughty! Now go sit on the step outside and think about what you have done.

[Condemnedman]

Everybody calm down its only a game this will be a good game so let it be BOTH SIDES

[ph3lid]

yeah .. 4/5

the PS3 really starts to shine ;-)

[kesvalk]

you guys really argue this much about a flamebait article?

c'mon! 4 pages of arguing... grown up you guys!

[jay3]

Pumped for this now.

4/5 is a good score peoples.

[Legion]

How dare someone go against the law. Off with their heads...

[Firstkn1ghT]

Can you say ........................... another Sony failure? :D

[Graphics Whore]

Om nom nom nom, tree bubbles left till you lose N4G.

The Game.
Don't Lose.

[Antan]

The review embargo lifts on Feb 3rd btw.

[Magic_The_Celt]

F*cking A

so we got a

10/10
8/10

so far, dont worry though some moron fanboy will come along and say 8/10 is a flop :)

[liquidsnake]

Well I don't really think that this review will even be shown at metacritics. This site is not a gaming site. The review consists of 2 paragraphs. This is not concidered a real review by me. Not because it's a 8/10 but because well, the guy clearly has no idea what he is talking about.

[Orange]

As reported above, this site gave GTA IV a 3/5, and Gears of War 2 a 4/5. The site looks like a general media site like Variety, and we all know how credible Variety's reviews are. If the worst we do is better than GTA IV, and as good as GoW 2, then i'm more than optimistic.

[Cajun Chicken]

I have reason to believe that this website f**ked up my computer until a System Restore, it switched everything off and basically made my laptop crash over and over again, sometimes Explorer didn't even load.
I have no solid proof, but this is the only external site other than N4G I visited in the last 13 or so hours.

[Rhoic]

Lolol explorer.

[Cajun Chicken]

Not IE (as I use Firefox due to speed and plugins), actually Explorer that boots up shows the whole UI of Windows. Can't do anything without it. No startbar, no icons, etc. Did this about 3 times when booting up on seperate occasions and finally I was able to System Restore.
I also just found 3 trojans dated from about 15 hours ago, thanks a lot McAffe. Thanks a lot for not protecting my computer.

[Rhoic]

Mmk.. I got worried there for a bit, CC XD

[onomix]

It got horrible reviews, and has a metascore 88. Did that make the game suck? No. Every person who played the game liked it and called it a masterpiece. The people even want a Shenmue 3. In other words. Reviews don't mean a thing and they are biased as hell. I have seen reviews that gave shenmue 60/100. The game is one of the best and it deserves 100/100. Wake up people. Don't fall for reviews.

[kesvalk]

bubbles for you man, shenmue was awesome...

it happens with every cult game...

[moolox]

If you run a little site and want to get people to it. Stick a review for a high profile game on it and make it contraversal.

TIP: If you are thinking of launching a site wait til 2010 a week before halo4 and give it 8/10 and watch N4G go.

[crazyclown]

i cant seem to find this review anymore ROFL

but heres some stats form that site

Other reviews by Gothenborg Post (GP):

GoW2- 4/5
COD:Wow:-4/5
GTAIV - 3/5
Left 4 Dead - 3/5
Call of Duty: World at War - 4/5
Prof. Layton - 4/5
LittleBigPlanet - 5/5

Kudos anyone?

[MrJack]

They gave MGS4 4/5, and we all know that was one of the best games of the decade. Even if this review is a fake, the have still given it a great score by their standards!

And since when has 4/5 ever been a bad review? You can't expect a perfect score ALL the time, and this site doesn't do half scores.

[Sheddi]

Im from Sweden and Ive never hear about this "gaming" site.
Ive seen their so called "review".
Their "review" is 3 paragraphs long and 1/3 of them isnt even about the KZ2.

[n to the b]

I think I'm ready to add KZ2 to the list of PS3 games I envy:

LBP
KZ2
...and maybe Uncharted

that's about it. but hey, I bought original xbox over PS2 for only 2 games really - Morrowind & KOTOR.

[Spike47]

They gave MGS4 a 4/5 and GTA4 a 3/5 so Killzone 2 did really good thats if you can even count their review as valid.

[Bordel_1900]

There's no KZ2 review on gp.se at least not anymore.

[JHUX]

Even though I have never herd of this place, and this was approved most likely to try and make the game look bad/mediocre... last time I check a 4/5 isn't a bad score, but I forgot this is n4g and anyting less than a perfect 100 and 2million day 1 sales is a flop.

[Durffen]

Nothing here to read but the truth, people. Just move along.

[Durffen]

Who cares if it didn't get a perfect score. I know you all expect a lot from a game after waiting so long, but no game will ever be perfect.

Everyone was mad when Resistance 2 got scores like 8 out of 10 and such, but after actually looking back at the game, you all admit there were plenty of things that could of made the game better, but it was still a damn good game.

Don't bash a site and say it's just a site no one cares about just because it didn't give a game you like a perfect score. It's their opinion. And just give it a month or two after the game releases, most of us all will probably look at the game and find something we don't like or just think could be better.

[joevfx]

this thread shouldnt be this long. just look at the scores they gave to other games and that shoudd be enough to know this site's credibility, so stop it already.

they gave both gears 2 and killzone 2 a 4/5. so if xbots are saying killzone 2 flopped then so did gears 2 in this sites eyes.

[kodiak]

FL00000000000P
4/5 -> 8/10 -> 80/100

Average title
KillFlop2

[Radiodread]

Good Riddance. This game deserves an 11/10.

[xT-Virusx]

hey ever1 i believe this review got pulled anyway so does this really matter?