I bought my PS3 for Killzone 2, so my opinion should be pretty predictable when it comes to K3. I loved my hours with the beta today. The controls were improved, the map you can play on is so well thought out, and I don't think there was one time today where I got spawn killed. So many shooters today that's just a norm and something I've gotten accustomed to, so when it didn't occur once I was just nodding at my screen thinking, "this is how it should be."
The dedicated servers keep the game running smoothly so that when you mix that with the weighted guns and their recoil you get a great sense of immersion fragging people online without the momentum being broken up by some typical FPS idiotic design choice.
The classes have all been more stream lined and beefed up to mesh together more for a really fun game to play with friends. I also like how the leveling system is now geared to let you get upgrades to what you want, and not just unlock the classes like you did in K2. This makes it so anyone can jump in and be an asset out the gate.
The games sounds I think is what blew me away the most. Guerrilla just knows how to make guns SOUND amazing to shoot. Throw in some graphics that make real life look last gen, and you keep layering on the immersion factor more and more. When things sound and look this good you can't help and feel excited when you land a head shot across the map or gouge a mans eyes in with your thumbs.
Killzone 3 is set to release Feb 22nd, and I'll post back soon with a review to see if Guerrilla stepped it up for this highly anticipated sequel for PS3 owners.
With Microsoft closing studios, fewer new exclusive releases are expected for Xbox.
Not sure it ever was. It's upside was day 1 releases from 1st party. Few and far between plus it is just a rental service where you don't pick. It is fairly cheap for now that's a bonus. I think the beat deal in gaming is gamesale on reddit , and watching amazon
"Suddenly", my gosh are people so slow on the uptake.
I've been saying this for years, its just a rental service nothing special, and you don't get to pick what the rental catalogue is nor how long it lasts. Anything can be taken away from you on a whim, even while you keep paying.
You know what the best deal in gaming is? BUY your games on disc / cart, OWN THEM, play them as much as you want, and no one can take them away from you.
Tapes and cartridges from the 80's still work to this day, and people can still enjoy them without having to pay any additional fees. That sounds like a far better deal than a corporate rental service.
I'll probably download 4 of the games they announced coming today over the next month for £9. Seems ok to me.
But then, I tend to play single player games and i rarely revisit so a "rental service" suits me. Pretty much everything I play on PS is via PS+ extra.
It was always overrated. It only ever appealed to a certain subset of gamers anyways, which are the type who don’t care about owning games and are content to just experience them once and move on…or people who wanted to play CoD without buying it. It never seemed that glamorous to me, and I’m not at all surprised it has turned out to be unsustainable for MS.
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