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Wired Review: Killzone 2 a Thoughtful, Atmospheric Shooter

Wired: "Killzone 2 does perform a lot of the same old tricks as other console shooters. But it does them right, and it does them with noticeable style. The well-paced tactical combat and strong narrative make for an enthralling single-player campaign, while the varied multiplayer modes provide depth that will entertain PlayStation 3 fans for quite some time."

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Timberland2K95578d ago (Edited 5578d ago )

Im done with defending this game it speaks for its self ]

BTW if they end up with a 97 or 92 idk its still an epic game end of story no more fanboyness be a gamer Im going to bed enough defending and Living off numbers lol

Gamespot.com I want your review still lol

thereapersson5578d ago

The game currently sits at 95 on Metacritic, which is rather good :)

jammy_705578d ago

where all the 10's though? lol

great score non the less though :)

GrieverSoul5578d ago (Edited 5578d ago )

Didnt you know?

They wasted all the 10s on last year games and thought:

´´Man! We might of screwed up giving many high scores this year to games that didnt deserve them. Well, we´ll make emmends next year!``

Now, they nitpick a visually flawless games with little bits of ´´...poor texture here, a pop it there...`` and ´´... a weak story, a mild conjecture of events...``. I mean, I´m not saying the reviews are bad but since talking about other console game would fuel a flame war I rather compare these arguments with another Sony exclusive like Resistance 2. Right now, R2 sits undefeated in my PS3 bluray drive for hardcore-long-time-online-pawn age but the fact that Killzone is getting more or less the same review score like Resistance is troublesome for me. Im not saying R2 is a bad game! On the contrary, its an amazing game but Killzone seems to go further in terms of graphics and more realistic gameplay. If I were to compare to the X360 games i´d say R2 for the Halo3 since they are both old school kinda of cartoony looking game, and a more CoD4 to Killzone 2 due to more realistic settings.

My rant!

Sitdown5577d ago

not just about graphics and gameplay.....some reviewers take into account the overall feel they get from the game. Its a matter of, is the whole greater than the sum of its parts.

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Return Of The Bad Gu5578d ago

Wired are one of the few publications that had the nuts to give Gears 2 < 9,just a fact for anyone that's going to question their honesty.

AAA,another one,Killzone 2,best console shooter,you've heard it all before.Now go pre-order it to support the developers.

Hallucinate5578d ago

gamespots reported 1million preorder copies..and thats just gamestop

PotNoodle5578d ago

^^ that is impressive.

I'm going to be careful and say 1.5m first week sales.

Sitdown5577d ago

what percentage of Gamestop pre-orders you should take serious...I pre-ordered for the demo, and guess what...last week I order on Amazon....so yeah, that Gamestop one will be canceled.

Return Of The Bad Gu5578d ago

When can we expect your 6/10s?Timberland needs his rest

caladbolg7775578d ago (Edited 5578d ago )

Websites like Kotaku, 1up, Gamespot, and Gamedaily are waiting for the other websites to release their scores. That way, they can calculate how low they need to rate KZ2 in order to reduce its metascore to below that of Halo 3 and Gears 2.

Edit: Well, and it takes time making up nitpicky excuses to justify low scores.

MegaMohsi5577d ago

Edge Magazine! Since it's a 95 on meta, 4/10 confirmed!

BMS845578d ago

I think even people who are not really fan of FPS's will buy this game, just for the graphics and to show their friends:)

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PlayStation 3 Games That Desperately Need a PS5 Remaster

The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.

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OtterX64d ago (Edited 64d ago )

Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!

Rude-ro64d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv7264d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_64d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga64d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos64d ago (Edited 64d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt2364d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball200064d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin64d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole64d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix64d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel198964d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor64d ago (Edited 64d ago )

Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱

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Michiel198964d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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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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SullysCigar368d ago

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

1Victor368d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar368d ago

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

jznrpg368d ago

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

badz149368d 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!

Vengeance1138368d 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 Kim368d ago

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

VersusDMC368d 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?

Vengeance1138368d ago

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

solideagle368d 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.

Phoenix76368d 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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REDGUM368d ago

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

thesoftware730368d ago (Edited 368d 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.

blacktiger368d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca368d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

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

OzzY-waZZy368d ago (Edited 368d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

potatoseal368d ago

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

Imalwaysright368d ago

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

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Top 20 Best PlayStation 3 Games (20-11)

Alex DS. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "Is the PlayStation 3 retro? This is a surprisingly hard question to answer as the system definitely has the age to be considered retro, having launched in 2006, over 15 years ago now. But with it being home to so many massive games, many of which still hold up today and in fact were released for the PlayStation 4 when that console was released, make the PS3 a retro console that doesn’t feel retro."

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shinoff2183740d ago

No ps3 is not retro. I dont even consider ps2 era retro. All imo.

shinoff2183740d ago

Typically, the term retro is given to items which are at least 20 years old (but not yet 40 years old).

Quick google search

badz149740d ago

No the PS3 is not yet a retro console. But if you're gonna put 1 game from a series in this list, then LBP2 should be there instead of the original, Motorstorm PR is also an overall better game than the 1st game and to put Tools of Destruction over A Crack in Time is a blasphemy when ACiT is the best game in the series.