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World's first Killzone 3 review

Biggest selling Polish video game magazine CD Action published world's first Killzone 3 review.

Ads:
+ one of the most beautiful games in the world
+ well-balanced, varied campaign
+ high difficulty level
+ Move and Sharp Shooter play

Cons:
- series deserved deeper and better protagonists
- minor technical difficulties

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Raf1k14847d ago

I'm glad they didn't put it down for high difficulty like some others would.

Echo3074847d ago

Agreed, I like a challenge. But, er, this game is like 5 weeks from launching...

There's already review copies out and embargo's have been lifted?

Smells a little fishy. Plus, this can only be a SP review... right?

Raf1k14847d ago (Edited 4847d ago )

I doubt the embargo has been lifted. These days there isn't much need to buy magazines since you can get all the previews, reviews etc. free on the net. Getting special permission to release early reviews is one of the ways magazines get people to keep buying them.

Having said that 5 weeks before launch is a bit early.

AAACE54847d ago

@Echo307

This is an effort to build up lots of hype for the game. Look at it as cheap marketing!

KZ 3 will be a great title, but you better believe they want this game to sell millions more than KZ 2, so they are building hype for it now in order to get word of mouth to do the rest of the work.

I imagine they have some kind of OMG commercial in the works. I hope they don't use Kevin Butler for it. To me, he only helps at promoting games that people would normally look past. KZ 3 doesn't need that, it has everything going for it!

csreynolds4847d ago

It is fishy. I guarantee it's been written based on the beta, not the final product - I should know. My Sony contact has informed me that review copies are in no way ready to be distributed yet.

Perkel4847d ago (Edited 4847d ago )

CD-ACTION is real deal. They offen have world first reviews.

@ csreynolds

nope it's real

krisq4847d ago

is a print magazine. It's probably a leak of the score.

Boody-Bandit4846d ago (Edited 4846d ago )

@AAACE5
Kevin Butler is far and away the best marketing tool in gaming as far as commercials go. I honestly can't think of a single one with KB in it that I didn't enjoy. "Most" people in the industry love him. Did you see the reaction to him at E3 2010? He received more applause than any announcements or unveilings from anyone during E3.

pxpxp4846d ago

This is an outRAAAGGGGEEE!!!!

Cant wait to play it!!!

TheLastGuardian4846d ago

@AAACE5
You would've gotten alot more agrees if you would've just left your opinion on Kevin Butler out of your comment. Everything else you said, I agree with.

I can't wait for Killzone 3.

Washington-Capitals4846d ago

Nothing about the control feel? Im interested in know what people will say about those "reported" changes.

Ethereal4846d ago

@AAACE5

Kevin Butler is single handedly the best marketing promoter I have even seen. Not to mention it was probably the best move that Sony could make after years of really obscure commercials. The more KB the better in my opinion. As for KZ3 it's going to rock.

darthv724846d ago

i thought the game is coming out in mid feb or march. Is this a legit review? We should expect more today then if reviews are coming in.

finbars754846d ago

This isnt even a full review.Read the bottom of the review and says hes writing the full review for the game now.Its only the Single player no MP so expect the review to be higher when they fully play the game.So technically this is a just a half ass review not a real one.Good job on the worlds first review.

IcarusOne4846d ago (Edited 4846d ago )

"Kevin Butler is far and away the best marketing tool in gaming."

Tool being the operative word. This guy embodies everything that is pompous and pretentious about the brand. Sony doesn't make great games. Their devs do.

on topic: very excited for KZ3, in all it's 3D HD glory.

ExplosionSauce4846d ago (Edited 4846d ago )

Unless the devs are actually Sony. Like Sony Santa Monica or Team Ico, etc.

TheDeadMetalhead4846d ago

Reviewers actually complained that Killzone 2 was too hard?

...WOW.

badz1494846d ago (Edited 4846d ago )

"Sony doesn't make great games. Their devs do"

do you know how ridiculously you sound with that statement? what's next? Sony doesn't make the PS3, their engineers do?

@TheDeadMetalhead

on the hardest difficulty, it's kinda hard, no denying that! It's actually very hard for average gamer.

IcarusOne4845d ago

Sorry badz, but when Butler shows up on my tv and takes credit for all the joy I find in GT5 (i.e., it was his idea to add 1000+ cars, weather, day/night, etc.) with no mention of PD, I find that annoying, offensive, and degrading to the devs.

I'm not saying Sony is bad to their devs - clearly they're not, but the Butler add campaign drives me nuts. If I weren't already a PS3 owner, he might actually drive me away from the console.

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hennessey864847d ago

for this game im getting it regardless its going to be amazing

pixelsword4846d ago (Edited 4846d ago )

I must admit, if this game scored low, it would be from places like Destructoid, IGN and the like... and they would all be doing it for the hits; and I wouldn't care.

Heck, I got Lair after scores of bad reviews because I could see through the garbage reviews, and I enjoyed the game so much that it's in my top 5 of action games that came out this gen (Gears, Resistance , Crysis, Lair, Halo) Kilzone 2 is just outside of the top 5 only because the story was a little thin in respect to the other games, but I think Killzone 3 will bump one of them off..

trancefreak4846d ago

Fuk It I bought haze lol still have it! People still play the mp I was shocked.

Op244847d ago

@AAACES
Are you kidding? He's done a commercial for just about every game that will sell. Uncharted 2, LittleBigPlanet2, GT5? You can probably bet on him doing a commercial for Killzone3

MNicholas4846d ago

Review Killzone 3 in the new issue of CD Action suggests that the developer did not disappoint - the game got a score of 9 / 10. Score relatively safe, given that the author states in leadzie that "the third outing trumps almost everything in recent years has emerged in the shooter genre with a view of first-person perspective. "

The fact that the game is "a class prettier than all console FPS" it is difficult to disagree. The multiplayer mode is "absolutely the prettiest multiplayer of all time. " From the review, we learn also that the Killzone 3 is better balanced and more diversified in terms of gameplay.

Killzone 3 got a 10 for graphics, audio and 8 for 9 for gameplay. And another excerpt from oceniaczki:

Pros:

+ one of the most beautiful game world

+ well-balanced, varied campaign

+ High level of difficulty

+ game on the Move and Sharp Shooter

Cons:

- series deserves a deeper body shape characters

- minor technical mistakes

In a word - Killzone 3 is unlikely to disappoint. Full review course in writing.

Cloudberry4846d ago

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BUBBLES+.

Wonder why did the audio section got an 8...

The music?

Voice acting?

Sound effects?

BABY-JEDI4846d ago

@ Cloudberry
maybe the reviewer is deaf.. Just a thought LoL
No offence to deaf people

dgonza404846d ago

"series deserves a deeper and better protagonist"?
this isnt from the top of the page, but that sounds like a bs con to the game.

Bits-N-Kibbles4846d ago

I'm going to report you for making fun of deaf people.! Haha just joking.

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elpresador4846d ago

Who will no doubt bitch thatcit did not get a perfect 10 like they did withpart 2. Kz2 and uc2 are prob the only games where if anyone dared to give less than a perfect they wwere biased.

U know they are waiting to strike

nycredude4846d ago

get ready for the fanboys...
Who no doubt have nothing to contribute to the thread and is completely off topic. They come on n4g whine about fanboys in a thread about a game they don't care about...

Oh wait... too late. They already struck.

m23454846d ago (Edited 4846d ago )

the only fanboy in this article is you. stop trying to stir up trouble.

ironmonkey4846d ago

yea but neither did any other amazing games like halo or gears or even uncharted. sure they got 10's but not from everyone. 9,8 or even 7.5 is perfect to me.

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saladthieves4846d ago

Killzone 2 was/is one of the the most difficult games to beat on the hardest difficulty. It's good to see this one get tough as well. I like a challenge. Sony's ball of exclusives is rolling!

talltony4846d ago

"The third edition triumph over almost anything and in recent years has emerged in the shooter genre with a view to first-person perspective." The fact that the game is "the most beautiful class of all console FPS" it is difficult to disagree. The multiplayer mode is "absolutely the best multiplayer of all time" From the review, we also learn that in the third Killzone is more balanced and more diversified in terms of gameplay."

Nice!

likedamaster4846d ago

*Yawn*

I'm supposed to like this game right? Guess I'll have to reserve... wait, I thought I heard someone say it's Killzone 2 with jetpacks & snow?!! Nevermind. I'll hold off on this.

Chromer4846d ago

*Yawn*

I'm supposed to like your comment right? Guess I'll have to bubble you... wait, I thought this post was actually supposed to show intelligence?!! Never mind. I'll hold off on giving you anything.

showtimefolks4846d ago

KZ3 i have been waiting for since i played the heck out of Z2. i was one of the few who loved the old controls and online WARZONE was something fresh and fun to play

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KiLLUMiNATi_894847d ago

Good review and can't wait to try it, This game will be epic......

worldgames4847d ago

Isn't it a bit early for kz3 reviews??

ngecenk4847d ago

just as i predict, protagonist has shallow background. all focus to helghast... i guess GG dont get my message :(

worldgames4847d ago

I guess you forgot to buy a ps3 from march 2009 up till now.

Karooo4847d ago

holy shit mandatory install how many accs do you have

Rage_S904847d ago

lol karoo troll killer +1

Ultraplayerxp4847d ago

Shallow backgrounds eh? that ain't no prob for me. . I'm rooting for the Helghast. The more screen time they get the happier I am. Kill all ISA scum!

TBM4847d ago

Lol funny you should say that as I have something similar as my PSN motto, and the helghast as my avatar.

After reading backstory of the series i'm started to root for them too, but we all know they can't win because they have to make then look like their pure evil.

I would be shocked as hell if GG made ISA lose in this game. Man I can't wait.

Nicaragua4847d ago

I think the protagonists background is as fleshed out as it needs to be - he's a soldier in a war.

Halo CE - soldier in war
Half Life - scientist in a lab

Sometimes thats all you need to know.

Back stories do not make great games but if it makes you feel any better then Sev is fighting the Helghast because his daddy left his mom for a helghast chick who was Sevs girlfriend at the time.

ngecenk4847d ago

like it or not background story motivates player to play the game. the reason like why are they invade helghan, why sev willing to survive that much, why dont he gave up, is important. the only thing i got from kz2 is sev just another army trying to finish his contract and get the hell out of there. even rico has more believe in his fight.

i feel a lot more connection to the helghast, it has the unique felling, characteristic , and somehow with more justifiable reason to defend their homeland (if you read kz history).

R2D24847d ago

Rico's story is that he has a d!ld@ stuck up his @ss and needs to locate the helghan remover to take it out.

Op244847d ago

Maybe Homefront will do a better job creating a backstory for the main character.

ngecenk4846d ago

they have 360s exclusive dlc. dyou really think they will focus much on ps3? remember bo? :D

thanks but no thanks :D i'll stick to kz!

pain777pas4846d ago

Sev and Garza did ok and it was a war so... you can't really do much. They needed more from a female perspective like RE1 or Cortana from Halo. It subtly motivates us for some reason and they are sidekicks or voice overs or whatever. Make us want to protect something or someone personally.

Vherostar4846d ago

I was thinking the same thing don't need a main protaganist but the fact they are picking this out means they had to scrape the barrel for negative points. Meaning its going to be up there for GOTY

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NeoBasch4846d ago

I'm surprised people care now. How 'bout back when Mass Effect 2 first came out? The story is a shadow of it's former self and completely ridiculous. The reasons behind joining Cerberus are bogus. The Lazarus Project is deus ex machina in disguise (I think it's rather obvious, but apparently everyone missed this). The mission makes no sense given the ending of Mass Effect 1. And most of the reveals/plot twists were completely pointless. ME2 was a trainwreck.

How come no one ever told me about this?

Case and point, if it delivers an amazing experience, why does it matter?

Thoreau4846d ago

thank you neobasch. i bought me2 for the 360., beat it and thought......this game is ok. maybe an 8 but not a 9.

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20 Years of Guerrilla: The Story of a PlayStation Studio

The Amsterdam-based studio reflects on its humble beginnings, beloved franchises, and growth through the years.

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SullysCigar354d ago

Up there with the top tier in the industry. Love Guerrilla Games - Horizon Burning Shores is simply STUNNING.

1Victor354d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar354d ago

Same. They nailed it with Horizon. The trouble is I also want a new Killzone! Can't I just have it all?!

jznrpg354d ago

I’m with you I want Horizon 3 , Killzone and new IPs

badz149354d ago

I have yet to play Burning Shores as I just started Forbidden West (bought at launch, just unwrapped last weekend LOL) and playing on PS5.

man...I still can't believe the graphics especially now I'm playing it on my LG OLED. that graphics and with stable performance backing it up, GG really is the master of their craft!

Vengeance1138354d ago

32.7M sales in the Horizon franchise! With 8.4M coming from Forbidden West alone! Truly a hugely successful game and franchise as a whole. Looking forward to Horizon III

Shane Kim354d ago

That's kind of a huge drop though. It's only been two games.

VersusDMC354d ago

One year after realease HZD sold 7.6 million.

https://www.noobfeed.com/ne...

So not a drop off.

Unless you're saying a HFW should have sold as much now as HZD sold in 5 years?

Vengeance1138354d ago

It's been 3 games, this includes Call of the Mountain. Also no, its a great improvement over HZD.

solideagle354d ago

lol you are comparing:

HZD: 28 February 2017 - May 2023 (6 years+)

HFW: 18 February 2022 - May 2023 (1 year+)

We will see if it surpass original number.

Phoenix76354d ago

@shane, 2 full main games, 2 DLC add ons, 1 VR spin off game, oh and a an official LEGO set.
Not too bad for an ip that's only been on market for 6 years

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REDGUM354d ago

Wow, very impressive. I didn't know the numbers were so high for Forbidden West. Still playing through it myself

thesoftware730354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

Yooo, when I first saw that Killzone 1 footage at E3, my friends my brothers and I were like, Holy shit! When it came out, it didn't look exactly like it, but we sunk so many hours into 1 & 2.

I even liked Killzone: SF, it was a spectacle to look at, and even today it looks good. I hope they make a new one. Can you imagine how that will look, and they can get some modern FPS pointers from Bungie.

blacktiger354d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca354d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

The Decima Engine is absolute 🔥 I'm just mad they have abandoned Killzone.

OzzY-waZZy354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

potatoseal354d ago

They are probably working on mutiple projects. One of them is Horizon 3, but another is a multiplaer game and probably somehting else.

Imalwaysright354d ago

There were rumours that they were working on a Socom reboot.

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Killzone 3 is playable with mouse & keyboard on PC via RPCS3 & KAMI

DSOGaming writes: "While Sony does not plan to release Killzone 3 on the PC, Yahfz shared a video that gives us a glimpse at what such a PC version could look like."

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bouzebbal1105d ago

Still looks secure 2 gens later... one of my favorite ps3 moments. With 3D and move the game is on another level

MadLad1105d ago

PC almost always ends up the best place to play games, even if it takes a while.

What would you rather play decades down the line? A game at a fixed resolution and frame, considering you have a working disc, and the hardware?
Or run it on an emulator that can update the experience all around, and let you use whatever control input you prefer?

If you insist on the former, it's really only for the sake of nostalgia.

Applejack1105d ago

I disagree. The main draw for consoles has always be the simplicity of just putting the disc in / downloading it and playing without worrying about anything else. The average person just wouldn’t want to deal with emulation even though it’s very important for preservation.

Terry_B1105d ago

Even emulators are super simple to use.

jukins1105d ago

Youre getting flak because people on here thibk of themselves as pc wizards. But honestly most poeple try and go get emulators and romz they end up with malware.. yes theyre "easy" if you know the basics but alot of people dont. That said the fact that its taken nearly 20 years to get a sustantially better experience for ps3 games than on its native system shows the complexity of getting bc to work. Sony, if they have any intention, should just invest in a vastly better psnow experience.

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Vegamyster1105d ago

jukins

Most people who emulate don't get malware, you'd have to be going to some weird sites for that to happen, heck years ago people were getting sketchier ad's resulting in malware warning on this site if you didn't have a ad-blocker lol.

SinkingSage1105d ago

Can't get malware if you legally dump your own games, which you should.

Rachel_Alucard1105d ago (Edited 1105d ago )

That's fine if that's the main draw, but it doesn't make it a better experience, just a preference. Having the freedom to do the things you can do on PC is what the appeal of PC is. Buying a game on PC means you never have to worry about the console makers just deciding the next hardware shouldn't support the generation anymore, which means everything you bought is stuck on that hardware instead of moving up with everything else. Nintendo uses this tactic to keep reselling the same games over and over at inflated prices. Sony cut all previous gens off the PS4 and sold it back to people in a poor attempt with PSnow. While the PS5 supports PS4 games, that may not be the case in the next gen after this. No to mention shutting off all the previous stores and updates completely. Even MS stopped making new BC titles at some point, so now there's a big list with 17 pages of titles that are not playable on Xbone and are just trapped on older gen. That's not a problem on PC, the reverse happens where you only have to worry if your hardware can play the newest releases at ultra with no issue.

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AzubuFrost1105d ago

Shhh don't say that aloud! You're going to trigger a lot of console infidels here.

Shane Kim1105d ago

I rather play it when it's available then wait 10 years.

MadLad1104d ago

Did you purposely miss the entire point of my post?

Inverno1105d ago

Well that's the beauty of still owning a retro console tho. Those who usually complain about emulation are just being blindly loyal to a company. Emulation is great for many reason, but if I still owned the console then I disagree nothing beats plugging it back in and going down a nostalgia trip

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RevXM1105d ago

The RPCS3 devs are doing great work. And Kami works nicely with it too it seems.
Very neat.

Magatsuhi1105d ago

Been playing mgo on pc with mouse. It's not perfect but I can make it work.

Binarycode1105d ago

2 is the better game.

A Remake would be good. 60fps 2-4k

Omar3li1105d ago

60fps is peasant for FPS games now

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Top 10 PS3 Games We Hope Come Back On PS5

While Xbox has committed to backwards compatibility spanning four generations, PlayStation has continued their stance that the feature isn't important. Well, it is! I'm hoping these PlayStation 3 classics that skipped the PS4 entirely show up again on the PS5 for everyone to enjoy.

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Knightofelemia1283d ago

Resistance, Dead Space franchise, Splatterhouse, Lollipop Chainsaw, Brutal Legends, Alice Madness Returns, Enslaved Journey to the West, Mass Effect franchise. Also wouldn't mind seeing a new Wild Arms game remake or HD remaster, the Xenosaga trilogy, a new Parasite Eve, a new Dino Crisis just too many games to list that are forgotten and left in the dark now adays.

Sciurus_vulgaris1283d ago

The PS3 is difficult to emulate. PS3 backwards compatibility on PS5 would require translation from PowerPC to x86. Additionally the PS5 likely would have to mimic the PS3’s GPU and CPU.

ApocalypseShadow1283d ago

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This is what pops up on my web browser. So I can't even read the site. So, forget that. They don't need my data.

But let's get something straight. OG Xbox had around 1,001 games. How many are BC on Series X? **39** THIRTY NINE. Come on! That's wack BC. You can't tell me that's a complete list. Talking about commitment. Game preservation. Ridiculous. Covers nothing.

How many games released on Xbox 360? Around 2085. How many are BC?
568. That's it. Around 1,517 are **MISSING** Stop playing. Tired of that nonsense.

Anyway, the only games I really want from PS3 that would be awesome are Motorstorm and MGS4. I'll take BC. I'll take a remaster. I'll take a remake. If not those, then Killzone 2. And in VR, maybe Sports Champions, House of the Dead Overkill and the Time Crisis games.

That's all I need. But we've gone over BC again and again in every possible way. It wasn't that important because Sony sold 115 million consoles without it. That's proof enough with no outcry. And PS5 has damn near all 4,000+ PS4 games BC. It's not PS1,PS2 and PS3. But that's plenty. I'll take more but you get what you get.

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