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Why Wait? Leipzig's Biggest Games Reviewed Now

If you read Games Radar's E3 coverage, you'll know that they like cutting straight to the chase with their coverage of new games. The wishy-washy approach of "It's got potential, but only time will tell". No, GamesRadar like to go with their gut and give you instant, no nonsense appraisals of the games that will be vying for your wallet-love over the coming year.

And thus, as GamesRadar did at E3, they have reviewed and rated the biggest and best from the Leipzig GC show floor. Their play-time on these babies may only have lasted between ten minutes and an hour, but they are always, always right.*

(*GamesRadar is not necessarily right about this statement. These scores of course do not necessarily reflect the ratings these games will receive when they review the full, finished article.)
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dro - 489 days 10 hours ago
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y review a game based on a demo!!!

im sorry but this is dumb,just WAIT till the game is finished and then review it (-_-)

looks like games radar is starting to become the next site that hates any thing ps3 related based on there SO CALLED reviews of killzone2 and motorstorm 2!!! but i could not careless what they give it;like i said this post is dumb !!! ... (-_-)
1.1 cahill | 489 days 10 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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donator - 489 days 9 hours ago
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"go ahead and fail it. I will just have the administrator approve it." - Bloodmask

So you mean that the N4G democracy and the votes we cast mean nothing in the end?

Seriously Bloodmask, you've known that the site has been tilting to towards the PS3, just accept it or go recruit some of your X-Box 360 buddies. Tattle-telling is not the way to do it.
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Yoma - 489 days 9 hours ago
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They low-rated all ps3 exclusives and play almost all multiplat games on the 360. Except Mirror's Edge, which demo is on ps3(?).
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Aquanox - 489 days 9 hours ago
1.4 - @ Yoma
This is because most games are demoed on Xbox 360 in Conferences since it's still being vastly used as a primary developing platform.

Killzone is starting to look worrying. We all know it's pretty, just like we knew the first one was... Give us some quality gameplay please or the franchise might be as well dead after two low rated titles (IF this happens to be true in the final version)
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chaosatom - 489 days 9 hours ago
1.5 - This is just Pathetic and Really sad
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ExgamerLegends - 489 days 8 hours ago
1.6 - Well
Now you know why i don't trust those guys.
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beavis4play - 489 days 8 hours ago
1.7 - aquanox, i'd stop worrying if i were you.
KZ2 multiplayer has been universally received by almost all sites.even 1up, kotaku, and joystiq like it.(and they usually hate everything sony)
where other sites are writing pages of info on KZ, GR wrote one paragraph. and it was nothing but one long smart-#ssed comment. i think GR will look like complete fools come feb. '09.
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King_many_layers - 489 days 8 hours ago
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they rate Motosrtorm as a 6 only to follow up with Pure as a 7.

that says all to me really. Motorstorm got the gameplay just right for many, many people. They've improved in all the areas that it's needed to be improved upon and the game was well recieved even with the flaws of no splitscreen, big loading times and lacking in maps.
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marinelife9 - 489 days 7 hours ago
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They need to stick to doing top ten video game cleavage shots. That's what they're good at.
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t-0_ot- - 489 days 3 hours ago
1.10 - @Dro
"looks like games radar is starting to become the next site that hates any thing ps3 related based on there SO CALLED reviews of killzone2 and motorstorm 2!!!" Ugh.. Maybe they jus didn't like em..
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robbo918 - 489 days 1 hour ago
1.11 - Bloodmask is done
He/she has gone off the deep end. This was a PATHETIC submission unless it was only on the X360 portion of the site. How can he/she defend this being anything short of bias. Its an X360 pro site that reviewed most PS3 games in poor light intentionally. Most the X360 games are multi-plat also yet they only listed the X360.

Anyone who has read anything about this convention knows that Sony had a VERY strong presence versus MS and yet if you read that biased article you would think it was all about MS.

Bloodmask is nothing short of a jaded MS fan.
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waltercross - 488 days 21 hours ago
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WoW, this does seem like a very bias web site(Games Radar).
Bloodmask as there leader?, who'd thought?.

Hey if we put certain people on Ignore will
it also ignore there submissions?

EDIT: Actually if you look at the article it is in
the 360's Games Radar Section, this explains why most are
listed as XBOX 360, but why would they list PS3 game
reviews in the 360's section?
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chewy317 - 488 days 16 hours ago
1.13 - From Computer And Video Games Preview
http://www.computerandvideo...

Familiar controls

Controls feel very similar to Call Of Duty 4 - you can zip to a down-the-scope view for improved accuracy, fire from the hip and throw grenades at the touch of a button. Running is assigned to L3 COD-style, and you can hug cover using L1. From cover you can blind-fire or poke your head out to take potshots, and unlike Rainbow Six Vegas 2 this all remains firmly in first-person.

As I began popping Helghast in the head, legs and arms, watching them react as every bullet found its target was massively satisfying. The animation is superb and ensures that every shot you fire feels solid. This encouraged me to experiment with each pull of the trigger. Best of all, this play through puts to bed many of the concerns I had over Killzone 2. The original PS2 game wasn't great, shooting accuracy and balance of weapons being a major fault, but this sequel has been polished to within an inch of its alien-bashing life.

I moved on, off the beach, through a warehouse full of Helghast (reinforcements crashed through the roof in startling fashion) and eventually made it to the Sixaxis-controlled switch. Holding L1 and R1 you 'grab' the wheel and turn it by going through the motions of turning a wheel - neat. This is the moment where everything got turned up to eleven.

Once past the checkpoint where my previous playtest ended, everything was new. Ahead was an open space littered with handy cover - rubble, concrete slabs and broken masonry.

Almost as soon I set foot onto the field, all hell broke loose and a lone gun post on top of a bombed-out tower block peppered my squad. Using cover I scurried to an abandoned gun turret and fired back. An oil barrel below the entrenched enemy caught my eye and a couple of shots later the thing exploded, bringing down the entire building with a boom. Sure, it's massively scripted and shows Killzone 2 isn't that original, but it does put on one hell of a show.

This was more evident the further into the level I played after demolishing the tower block with a well-placed shot to that clichéd barrel I came across the real battle. Ahead of me were a dozen Helghast, behind me were my squad and armoured support.'''''''''''''''''''

You See that? Controls are practically the same as cod4... and do cod4 controls suck? NO Games radar please you ruin the game industry do yourselves a favour and shut down ure site

Games radar is out to bash and reduce the hype and belief in killzone 2 , saying the complete opposite. PLEASE SOME ONE GO SUE THEM!! FOR SLANDER!
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mercyless9 - 488 days 9 hours ago
1.14 - No offense GR....
but u guys arent worth to be reviewers
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Mad Aizen - 489 days 10 hours ago
2 - Games Radar
please go away.
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RPG Guy - 489 days 9 hours ago
2.1 - I can't believe that N4G are associated with this garbage
Bash the PS3 exclusives. Keep it up GamesRadar! You're not biased at all! *rolls eyes* Total POS site.
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Mad Aizen - 489 days 10 hours ago
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(*GamesRadar is not necessarily right about this statement. These scores of course do not necessarily reflect the ratings these games will receive when they review the full, finished article.)

yeah but this thread will necessarily reflect epic flames.
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TheExecutive - 489 days 10 hours ago
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I guess I dont understand what they mean by sluggish controls on the Killzone multiplayer? I have heard nothing but praise from the other previews when it comes to the MP of KZ2. So why give it a 5? They also gave MS:PR a 6.

I mean seriously, I dont care if they have a disclaimer on the bottom. They are f*cking stupid if they think KZ2 MP is a 5. Just plain stupid. Even if they dont like the game that much surely it STILL doesnt deserve a 5?
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beavis4play - 489 days 8 hours ago
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yea, their credibility has to be 0 on this. every other site raves about KZ2 multiplayer. we won't truely know till feb. but i just discount this to stupidity and an obvious bias. slap a 360 tag on KZ and GR would have given it a 10 for tight controls and incredible innovation.
this is why i never visit GR site anymore.
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Omega4 - 489 days 10 hours ago
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No surprise about Killzone everybody knows it will be a mediocore-decent FPS, just look at the original for evidence. All it got going for it is its graphics kinda like Lair........

Its good to see that Dead Space and Mirror's Edge might actually be successful new IPs

WOW at the reports talk about damage control lol, i bet if they replaced Killzone 2 with Gears of Wars 2 they'd be about 4 duplicates of this story all which would get approved in milliseconds
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Omega4 - 489 days 10 hours ago
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You think Too Human had good graphics i had the impression you hated 360 games guess i was wrong.

Personally i thought Too Human's graphics were pretty average, but thats just my opinion dont mean to offend you ;)
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Tobias123 - 489 days 9 hours ago
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You're welcome to believe that Killzone 2 will be a mediocre title, to each his own, and I whole heartedly agree about Dead Space and Mirror's Edge having the potential to be brilliant. However, Gamesradar are ignorant morons, and their 'review' is quite stupid, seeing as how they slag off the controls, while basically every other person who has played it has praised the game for playing very well.

And Cahill, you're not helping the case by lashing out at people. No offense intended, but take a chill pill man..

EDIT: @ Drekken: I'm not saying Omega4 isn't a troll(though I believe he does say some decent things at times), but my point is that Cahill is not doing any good whatsoever by trying to pick a fight. I agree with what he is saying, and I will most certainly take the dozens of previews which have said that this game is nothing short of amazing over the 'review' of some moron on an absolutely irrelevant site, but he puts his thoughts forward in the wrong way. The gamer zone, and I'll quote this, "is for members who want a more friendly and civilized discussion.", and that's not really happening, hence the take a chill pill comment. Other people would do well to remember that as well.(not meant at you Drekken, don't worry)
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Drekken - 489 days 9 hours ago
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Tobias, Cahill is right... this omega guy is constantly trolling the gamer zone. He continues to poison this site and noone does anything about it.
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beavis4play - 489 days 8 hours ago
5.5 - funny, omega4....you say "everybody" knows KZ is mediocre?
then why does every other site(including 1up,kotaku,joystiq) love KZ2 multiplayer?

why not check out other sites before posting fanboy rhetoric?
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waltercross - 488 days 20 hours ago
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Regardless of what other people think, what
I saw and read about KZ2 is a pre-order for me!.
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I toughNAME I - 489 days 9 hours ago
7 - Don't worry
FPS's usually focus on single player anyway
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skynidas - 489 days 9 hours ago
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Killzone a 5 and motorstorm a 6 :S
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BigKev45 - 489 days 9 hours ago
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The PS3 got no love.
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Figboy - 489 days 7 hours ago
9.1 - games radar
is obviously stuck in the same time vortex with eurogamer, and still think it's 2006, and early 2007.
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xaphanze - 489 days 9 hours ago
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if gamesradar is lame and you know it clap your hands.

*claps* *claps*
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plain rice - 489 days 9 hours ago
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Gamesradar is a joke.
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LittleBigKillzone - 489 days 9 hours ago
12 - Please not another one of these
Games radar did the same exact thing for the E3 conference, they gave KZ2 a 6 at the time lol and now a 5?! Hmm so i guess the game has actually got worse since then?! I mean come on, who can take games radar seriously. Motorstorm Pacific rift a 6?! LMAO oh and i forgot to mention when they did the E3 review thing, they gave Too Human a 8.. Well we all know how that one turned out now dont we.. GamesRadar=EPIC FAIL
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spectyre - 489 days 8 hours ago
12.1 - no, no, no...
you got it all wrong. Gamesradar gave KZ2 singleplayer a 6 at E3 and now they give multiplayer a 5. So that must mean KZ2 is an 11/10. :P
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UNCyrus - 489 days 1 hour ago
12.2 - @spectyre
hahah, your logic astounds me.... bubbles for you
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pwnsause - 489 days 9 hours ago
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/facepalm.
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Panthers - 489 days 9 hours ago
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Here is my beef. They label every multiplatform game as 360 then they destroy KZ2 after it got the highest praises from IGN and others. (IGN is the only site I listen too now)

Im guessing this is another biased site? Well I wont visit it again.

edit: they only label 3 games as PS3 and they all got under a 7...
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monkfish - 488 days 14 hours ago
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er mirrors edge PS3 got a 9....
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SilentShank - 489 days 9 hours ago
15 - Haha!
Sounds like the GamesRadar crew got spanked in some KZ2... awwww its ok though, blame it on anything else but your lack of skill.
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Kleptic - 489 days 9 hours ago
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wouldn't be surprised if their staff were filmed for most of the gameplay videos at E3 last month...whoever was playing...sucked...badly...

it says something when someone complains about how 'sluggish' it is, when the rest of the media points at nothing of the sort...praising it on nearly every level...
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ud - 489 days 9 hours ago
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Killzone 5/10 and SF4 10/10 ? LOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL!!!!
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Kyur4ThePain - 489 days 9 hours ago
17 - LOL
@Bloodmask.

Seriously, my stomach hurts.
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gambare - 489 days 9 hours ago
18 - Why Wait?
because I know games radar are a biased webpage that ALWAYS score bad the PS3 exclusives and praise the 360 versions of multiplat games even if they look worse.

"Beautiful graphics and fairly decent multiplayer level design mean nothing in an FPS which during our hands-on took up to a week to respond to control inputs"

OMG what are they? 5yo?
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RememberThe357 - 489 days 8 hours ago
18.1 - Like SilentShank said
Sounds like they got they're asses kicked in some Killzone
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MvmntInGrn - 489 days 9 hours ago
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Absolutely Horrible.

Bionic Commando - 9 --> Most previews say otherwise.

Damnation - 7 --> Too little known.

Killzone 2 Multiplayer - 5 --> 95% of previews are calling this really amazing

Motorstrom Pacific Rift - 6 --> I have heard better things about this than Baja and Pure.

Resident Evil 5 - 8 --> will get 10s across the board regardless of quality.

I believe GamesRadar runs N4G but this article is utter crap.

EDIT: This type of article is for hits, its crap they have to resort to this. And while I try to stay away from calling sites biased, this site is clearly sucking MS's huge ego, its more than sad, its pathetic.
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PimpHandStrong - 489 days 9 hours ago
20 - lol
the game comes out in 5months!

lol

i like how some ppl have said this game is looking bad now....i think i even scanned someone say Too Human

lol

hahahahaha

funny

cant help it

lol

hahahahaha
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dericb11 - 489 days 9 hours ago
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Now I think about when in the f*ck did they get Street Fighter 4 running on the 360? I mean this is the first I heard about it there at all? Someone please correct me.

I looked it up and saw it was there. I do find it weird they enjoyed the game with a jacked up d-pad lol.
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xionpunk - 489 days 9 hours ago
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I have a love hate relationship with gamesradar. I'm totally against articles such as this one.
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