PSX Extreme (Poland) Killzone 2 Review

Pros:
- huge amount of solid shooting
- performance
- beautiful,dirty atmosphere
- plot/story
- whole universe
- multiplayer

Cons:
- no co-op
- sometimes not natural scripts (again :)
- mediocre AI

Overall:
PS3 finally has got his own Halo and Gears combined:)

[Gamekings]

so 9.5 from PSXEXTREME POLAND

I expect 10 from PSXEXTREME

@OP

9+ is 9.5 so please change the score to 9.5

@readers

PSX EXTREME POLAND owners are known as good Xbox fans too. so 9.5 from them is like 10 with others

[heyheyhey]

thats a g@y scoring system... almost as g@y as you Nasim... you deranged freak

but ho, another great score for Killzone 2... the game is going to KILLZOWN!!!!

[TheMART]

Ah another East European review... Official reviews aren't up untill February. So this is or fake, or illegal conform Guerilla rules

BTW Nasim, nice new name you have with Gamekings. You thought Xboxkings was a cool name, yes?! hahaha

Don't try to upgrade and inflate review scores Nasim, thats sad.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

Don't put me off the Game!!! ;-D

I DON'T WANT HALO + GEARS!!!

KillZone is KILLZONE!!! Thanks;)

[Aquanox]

So far, only Playstation fansites have reviewed the game, and even though, some of them gave it 9/10, which I believe could be translated to lower scores in non-PSfansites.

Everything is possible, so far it looks like a solid FPS with great technical achievements. The part about "mediocre A.I" according to this review is what should worry the most, for a game that lays so heavily in Single Player.

[HemDroid]

You Stupid Little Prick
Your nothing but a Kebab shop worker

[TheMART]

hahaahah Hemdroid that's funny hahahahaha

Nasim doesn't even own a PS3. And you know what Nasim, MART does! OW THAT MUST HURT YOU LIKE HELL...

You're just dying behind your screen now, typing angry, untill the blood drops from your fingers. Go watch this vid from my consoles, 360, Wii and PS3!

[Gamekings]

KZ2 hasnt got below 9 from any website. Check the meta score and also n4g meta too

ofcourse reviews from maxim dont matter.

@HEMDROID aka MART

GTFO here and go back to FARTBOXKINGS

a 9+ under PSXEXTREME POLAND is like 9.5. dont try to spin that a 9 is 9 from them

@FART above

anyone could get a PS3 from someone and make a video

Others this is the website of FART AT XFART KINGS

http://www.xboxkings.com/

It is a GA*Y WEBSITE and looks at FARTS avatar

http://www.xboxkings.com/in... the website of FART AT XFARTKINGS

[fafoon]

Take a look at Marts gamescore
all them games and not one completed
Talk about commin on here Day in Day out Boastin about his Xbox
And he aint even finished Gears 2
Nor any other Xbox game He's played
I Bet you Got more Trophy's

And Nasim you sure are one Sick Internet Stalkin Whacko

[heyheyhey]

@Aquanox

every preview has praised Killzone's aggressive enemy AI.. it's the friendly AI the review is referring to... an issue present in Halo too and other games

@Nasim

GET. A. LIFE!!!!!

[Kleptic]

'lays so heavily in single player'?...uh...what?...this game has the absolute best competitive multiplayer mode of any shooter to date...

and there is a horde like co-op...as the game supports bots...you and 15 other friends could fight 16 AI controlled bots in any multiplayer map or mode...thats all horde basically is...just endless waves of bots...

[Gamekings]

@mediocre AI ---the mag referred to the friendly AI not enemy. MAG said that AI of the friends are "NORMAL"

The enemy AI has been termed "aggressive"

[smurfie4]

Thanks for clarifying that. I thought they were talking about the ai as a whole. OPM stated the same thing about the ally ai in their review. This score is a good one nonetheless.

[HighDefinition]

...................and BOOM goes the dynamite.

[chewy317]

Please update ure post to say that the mediocre ai refers to friendly (teammate) ai.

Hmm... the friendly ai isnt supposed to help you too much if not it becomes too easy, have to see for myself on 27th FEB!

[UnSelf]

the Cons are practically non existent

[HighDefinition]

People always complain about something. If they friendly AI was AMAZING, they would say the game is too ez.

Fact remains, Killzone 2 is full of win.

[shingo]

For the AI: IGN and OPM said the game has a killer, superb AI.

For the Co-op: doesn't really matter for me. No split screen yeah, but GG said they are working on an online Co-op patch to be released after the game.

[hay]

I got the mag today. If some are interested I can post scans + some translation in the forums once I get home.

[Fishy Fingers]

Yes please hay.

[Michael Jackson]

"...in your team, there are real soldiers, from "flesh and blood", they often got nervous, stressed, they can even hit each other in the face..."

HIT EACH OTHER IN THE FRIGGIN FACE!!!

[Ghoul]

i ignore every AI report until i played the games myself.

Reviewers tend to play those games on easy or normal and NO game offers the AI's full potential on those difficulties.

Play the game on Hard and then talk about the AI again

[HardcoreGamer]

seriously? medicore AI ,,, daaamit why didnt they fix it, AI in resistance is great if its anything like that then its PERFECT FOR ME,

( anyway im glad the AI in mulitplayer online is the best Inteligence there is? hmmm wonder why) joke its BLOODY AMAZING ONLINE.

still slightly worried about AI now on the SP

[resistance100]

Its friendly AI, not enemy AI. Just a poor translation. Enemy Ai from what we have heard is fantastic.

[meepmoopmeep]

uhh.. what does + equate to?

[jammy_70]

it got 10,10,9

so y didnt they just round up and give it a 10???????

and the ps3 is male ayyy??????

[Powertesties]

I don't think anyone has ever had the words, Extreme and Poland in the same sentence. Haha

[Nineball2112]

Link has been updated to say this:

"- mediocre AI -- EDIT: it should be "average AI", sorry for mistranslation"

I don't know if that matters to anyone, but thought I'd throw it out there.

[chaosatom]

Enemy AI is Amazing as I read in another review.

[cayal]

"Please update ure post to say that the mediocre ai refers to friendly (teammate) ai."

Thanks for clarifying that. I didn't read the review (trying to avoid them mostly) and saw the mediocre AI and was a little concerned.

[Giriath]

but I have to ask: will every FPS in the future get a negative if it doesn't include bots? It appears that co-op suddenly became mandatory (apparently COD4 didn't need any), so I expect bots to do the same now that Killzone 2 and UT3 has had them.

To conclude: games journalism...pfft.

[shinobi333]

good review...just dont like the a.i. part.
doesnt matter instant buy for me and the a.i. i'll be the judge.

[Maddens Raiders]

...so put your money in gold. KILLZONE 2.

[anubis12]

boom goes DYNAMITE....... i doubt killzone will sell over 14 million copies....since halo is over 10 mil now and gears over 4 mil.....the day that happens then you can say that.....and i would leave halo out of this and say more or the have COD and maybe gears combined....this game is nothing like halo

[Pennywise]

Jealous much?

[Foxgod]

i dont really see a link with geow either.
Halo is a vehicle based shooter, and Geow a 3rd person Cover based shooter.

Killzone will still be a good game, but it has features of its own, and nothing from Halo or GeoW

[Sitdown]

jealousy. I plan on getting the game, but I am tired of the "Halo Killer" and gears comparison. Allow Killzone to stand on its own pillar without having to get entangled with Microsoft products. When the original Halo came out...I don't remember it being claimed as the killer of anything...it just made a name for itself...the same with Gears. Again I say..media should stop trying to make Killzone 2 the second coming of the Halo and Gears Franchise...and just let it stand out by itself. For those who follow sports, more specifically basketball....look at Kobe vs Lebron.........Lebron has the chance of being the bigger star of the two...mainly because Kobe will always be compared to Jordan and in his shadow. Lebron has presented himself as something unique...that can not necessarily be defined by past players....and this is coming from somebody who did not really follow Lebron for his first couple years in the league.

[Fishy Fingers]

"Halo is a vehicle based shooter"

Whaa? I bet less than 5% of my time on Halo was in a vehicle. I mean theres vehicles in it, but I wouldnt say it's the games defining feature.

[Foxgod]

dunno how you played halo3 then, i was in a vehicle half the game.

[u got owned]

@ foxgod

"dunno how you played halo3 then, i was in a vehicle half the game."

I still play Halo a lot and i barely use vehicles on the game.

On topic, great review cant wait to play K2.

[CryofSilence]

Yeah, Killzone 2 doesn't suck as bad. I love games on the Xbox (both of them), but I could never stomach Halo for too long. I played all 3 and just couldn't get hooked. Fighting the skittles army and head crabs from Half-life with mediocre weapons just didn't cut it for me. Sure, vehicles were a blast, but floaty. I read the Halo novels, which made it a bit more enjoyable however.

I still think Halo shouldn't even be brought up in comparisons of these two giants. Hell, let's get rid of comparisons unless a game is a blatant rip-off of a game. Killzone 2 is not.

[cayal]

"i doubt killzone will sell over 14 million copies"

lol, I doubt it'll sell 14 million too. However saying it has Halo and Gears combined, doesn't mean sales.

[I_LOVE_MYSELF]

... A little part DEEP within my soul is a tiny bit excited for this game now :-)

[DarK-SilV]

how come you still posting in the gamer zone

[interrergator]

he wont be in here for long

[I_LOVE_MYSELF]

whats wrong with expressing my excitement for a game?

[gamesmaster]

nothing at all! glad you're starting to take a shine to this game, i wouldn't want to miss it. get yourself a ps3 and indulge. happy gaming

[I_LOVE_MYSELF]

got a ps3 already... kz2 is day1 for me... happy gaming to you too I hope you enjoy the game

[Mr PS3]

9+ What
9+ 100
Oh that's Ok then
Kilzone 2 Review score 109/10

[Rusted]

Why the hell it supossed the PS3 owners want a "Halo-esque" title? i don't give a rat-ass about that game and what represents. Obviously, this game isn't going to sell the amount of copies of Halo.

[Foxgod]

its not the halo features they want, its the halo hype and sales they want.
So they can say, in your face MS fans, we can do it as well.

[CryofSilence]

It's not Halo. I don't want Halo.

Contrary to popular belief, Halo was not the first game to have vehicles and its other so-called "innovations."

[Shane Kim]

Killzone 2 is merciless bots. If I were you I would throw away my flopbox because KZ2 will destroy it with its Killz0wn magic.

[Foxgod]

This game contains the same features as gears of war ?

[Pennywise]

They meant a blockbuster game. If you ever need someone to spell something out for you again let me know. Being slow must not be fun!

[Foxgod]

And are the sales numbers for Killzone2 already in ?
Cause then is the time you can call it blockbuster.

[Pennywise]

Sales, sales, sales... thats all that matters, right? Gameplay, graphics, online modes dont matter.... right?

Only sales. I can tell which console you own.

[maruchan27six]

" Sales, sales, sales... thats all that matters, right? Gameplay, graphics, online modes dont matter.... right?

Only sales. I can tell which console you own. "

Let me try to guess.It's Wii.Console and games sell like crazy.

[Pennywise]

maruchan27six - lol... good one. You got me there.

[TIKUP]

what does 9+ mean??
is it 9.5?
if yes then the title should be changed to that instead of 9+
because that is misleading

[BigPappaPump]

Not that 9 is a bad score but I wonder why reviewers ain't giving out 10's like they're candy as they did GTA IV.

[CryofSilence]

Technically, it's a 9.667 if you average those out. Perhaps give the game a 9.7 then?

[JustV]

I thought Coop patch was gonna be released shortly after the game is released? I read that somewhere in here.

[ronando]

Official reports have confirmed NO co-op coming for Killzone 2, at least not for the forseable future. I wouldn't expect it, though.

[Says you]

They probably made that part up considering the AI is not even close to mediocre what BS are they talking about oh please foxgod why don't you play you're low power PC that has a supply the size of a cement brick

and I know what there talking about there talking about sevs team where Natko or Garza goes into battle so how are sevs team AI mediocre there on a planet that out numbers the ISA and there calling sevs team AI mediocre?.

[Foxgod]

Well, according to the review, they played the game, so.....

[JustV]

http://www.co-optimus.com/a...

According to this the coop will come out?

[Beg For Mercy]

they were referring to the friendly ai.

[BMS84]

that will be released , after the game..

[yoghurt]

They are referring to friendly A.I

and the reason its not a 10, is because they feel that lack of co-op is a negative (cant agree with that i'm afraid) and they feel that it has mediocre a.i. (even tho it is just with the friendlies), I personally do not think that justifies a .5 drop, but they do.

And I also think since the uproar people gave when GTA got 10's but it clearly didn't deserve it, sites must be getting stricter with dishing them out

[Gantrfaxx]

Lack of co-op isn't a con. Since when do all games have to include co-op?
In Kz 2 co-op would hurt the flow of singleplayer campaign, the story in Kz2 is made for one player, it isn't possible to throw in co-op just like that. Anyone who played and finished Kz2 should realize that.

[yoghurt]

I agree with you, did you give me a disagree?

I was just pointing it out to someone on here what they said, I dont think lack of co-op is a negative atall, other games havnt been penalised for it. Bioshock perfect example, just single player yet one of the highest rated FPS of all time

[Gantrfaxx]

But i gave you an agree. ;)

[kyleg]

i bet a lot of uses did not know one of the small features in killzone 2 that is cool is when you run in to the win on the game your guy slows down and when you run with it you run faster how cool is that. and there is so many many many many things that are cool in the game like when you shoot at the wall the bullet wholes in the wall are all 3D that is cool. so i say this game is better then halo and gears and cod all put together.

[maverick1191]

guys they are not doing a patch for co-op they have confirmed it wouldnt work in the story mode people teleporting to where there player is they said it wont work with the story they have jeez look on the internet NO CO-OP NOT EVEN A PATCH

sorry guys

heres proof

"Currently there are no plans for co-op in Killzone 2," said game director, Mathijs de Jonge. "Technically it would be quite difficult to implement it for the story mode as for example the mission sections are loaded in seamlessly – no loading screens , and that would cause issues with teleporting players. Even without co-op it’s still a big game and gamers will have plenty to sink their teeth into."

http://www.psu.com/Guerrill...

[mastiffchild]

I dunno why we're getting Killzone2 marked down for the lack of co-op(also people getting excited about there being a patch to include co-op will be upset as there are no current plans to introduce it-GG said so in two interviews just last week)when Bioshock got tens all round with no MP at all. The innovative nature of the online modes changing on the fly and the mixing of the class badges seems to be getting roundly ignored into the bargain. Will we just have games marked on their own meriots please?

I know some sites(GR already with their how to.. review KZ2 featrure for instance)have the nitcombs out after saying for years that GG/Sony will fail. But in a world where a game as fugly(by modern standards) and with as poor a SP as L4D(the only great part of the game is the fab co-op)gets no reduction as it does wel in co op why would KZ2 suffer just as it doesn't suit co-op in GGs opinion?

I'm all for fair reviews and all against tens for fashion or bias sake. I don't think any game should be marked down just for excluding ONE mode of play which the devs could add later OR feel wouldn't add to the experience-esp when there's plenty of outstanding/new/improved parts of the game already. I'm glad tht GG have made the game as good as possible rather than following the co-op trend which might have gimped back on something else just for it's inclusion.

[samura]

Some people will always argue that though.

[Snyph3r]

I played with co-op I never played the co-op feature except for LBP. Why ruin my 52" plasma and split the screen, i find it annoying to play because you get distracted trying to play and look at the other screen while you play...to me co-op is just an exrra feature of the game and should not be judged accordingly.

[Marquis_de_Sade]

online co op maybe Snyph3r?

[samura]

Why will anyone deny or doubt the awesomeness of KillZone2 ?

I hope the positive reviews attract more towards this game,
and that it sells great.

[yog-sothot]

people don't know what a good AI is... In some reviews I read "the AI of KZ2 is awesome" and in other its a "mediocre AI". That's ridiculous.

[samura]

I think the writer meant the AI of "your" team, and not the AI of the opponents.

[dukadork2]

i guess that makes it easier to poop on both at the same time?

[Bathyj]

Heres why Killzone deserves 10 out of 10.

No game is perfect, but if any game deserves it, its obvious this is it. Simply put, there is nothing gamebreakingly bad, in this game. The only minuses to be found are tiny niggles, mention only because, well reviews have to mention something bad. There has to be a munis collumn next to the pluses.

And the bottomline is any niggle is simply blown away by every single thing this game does right, which is nearly everything. In other words if it got 10 for graphic, 10 for gameplay and 9 for sound, it would still be worth a 10 overall because any bad would be out done by the good by a long way.

Thats why sites like IGN dont give the final score as an average because the game can be more than simply a sum of its parts. A flaw in one aspect does not always drag down the overall product.

Lots of games have good graphics, lots of games have good story, controls, AI, are fun etc. But not many nail everything. Very few get it all right. This is production values of the highest order. The ratio of good to bad would have to be 1000:1. Knowing that, I dont see how you could justify taking off even 5% of the final score.

[Gambit07]

Why is there always this "amazing AI" talk about games? is there a game with such a thing that I don't know about, please tell me which game has this.

[Bathyj]

FEAR on PC is pretty good. I like the AI in killzone 1 as well, you could replay a section over and over and even though its a triggered entrance (they come out the same place) they would react differently everytime depending on what you did.

Good AI to me doesn't mean supersmart like some people think, it mean humanlike, and that included making mistakes, acting on their feet, sometimes missing an oppurtunity or even getting scared and hiding. I hate game where the AI knows you're there as soon as youre in range or have line of site. This is poor AI, You should have to actually be spotted.

[Xbots play games]

Oh wait! Same Magazine..Same 'Accurate' Review..Different country..can't wait for the following magazines to drop reviews..then we'll ACTUALLY know if Killzone 2 will TRULY be a great game...

OPM Croatia
OPM Vatican City
OPM Barbados
OPM Monaco
OPM Liechenstein
OPM KILZONIA
OPM LittleBigplania
OPM MechalGearSolidia
OPM Sonifanboyia
OPM RigMetacriticia
OPM N4Gbelievesanythingia
OPM Thisjokeisnotfunnyiaanymoriaso hopeyougotthepointia

*ANXIOUSLY WAITS FOR REVIEW EMBARGO TO LIFT!!!!!*****

[Magic_The_Celt]

Yah, i cant wait for that, finaly all the fanboys can be put in their place :)

expect high reviews all round

[ymbsittend]

--shocking and unexpected indeed
--however the maxim review still haunts me and i cant sleep properly

[bviperz]

to play the awesomeness.

[Magic_The_Celt]

Another awesome review :)

[masterofpuppets]

playstation official magazine u.s. gave the game a 10 out of 10 so mart stop saying that the reviews are fake i got the magazine. plus halo and gears combine come on dont make me not get it.

[masterofpuppets]

ok i bet u play like 5 games a year and talk about u beating 100s. u know what i play games i might not buy all the new ones but i rent them and beat all of em, i bet u never even played valkyria chronicles, so stop saying bots play games cuz they don't, most of my bot friends only play cod or halo, never even seen fallout 3 in action, i bet droids play more games than bots.

[Xbots play games]

'most of my bot friends only play cod or halo, never even seen fallout 3 in action, i bet droids play more games than bots.'

Metallica > Than your life...

so you have two friends that have two games..spend all of your money at blockbuster instead of best buy..and use V. Chronicles that you RENTED as an excuse to call yourself a gamer? Fact..My XBOX collection is 10 x better than the 30 or so games..I see at my local blockbuster..I buy games...a whole lot of games..you rent..so log off before you get a late fee

[no-spin]

Have to say it.
KZ 2 may sale average.
Why?
PS3 demography is really hard to capture with one game. PS3 base is all over the world (please 360 trolls, dont take this as bait) and the different regions have very different tastes from one another

Day one buy for me,
system seller?????
unlikely

Success?
Possible

[masterofpuppets]

rent games only buy exclusives to much money for too many games, but i bet i beat more games than u rite.

[CryofSilence]

So did that one site that claimed there was a 25 minute install. However, a magazine publication is more reliable. (NOT Maxim, Vogue, etc.)

[jrsenkbe]

its amazing to see how far people are going to post positive and negative reviews about KZ2. I am so looking forward to this game, may take the day off. Unfortunately the only reviews that matter are the ones Meta Critic keep becuase thats what the public and press use.

[SAiOSiN]

i feel that a game shoudn't be graded down because it lacks a feature. if k2 had co-op and it was bad, then it could be graded down. i will be buying this the hour it comes out.