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Killzone 2 Back in Action

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the love-the-helmets dept.

After a bout of radio silence, yesterday Sony unveiled Killzone 2 as it stands today. Those attending the event seem duly impressed. Eurogamer's Tom Bramwell points out that the level of cynicism has been set quite high, after the pre-rendered 2005 trailer prompted a lot of hard feelings among journalists. Just the same, Susan Arendt of Game|Life is of the opinion that the wait was worth it: "Most of the action we saw was basic run-and gun--working your way up and down, through the buildings of the city to reach various checkpoints. We saw a fight with a mini-boss that was relatively unremarkable, but it did at least end with a fairly satisfying 'boom.' The level culminated with the destruction of an arc weapon--basically an antenna that draws electricity from lightning and releases it to destroy troops ... Killzone 2 is loud, dirty, and violently elegant. If you have a PS3, you're going to want this game. If you don't have a PS3 you might have to figure out how you're going to get one." For more details, check out the Killzone 2 trailer Sony has released as well as the quick Q&A on the game at PS3 Fanboy.

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  1. huh? by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Review : It's generic, you just shoot shit and it's got loud sound.
    Review conclusion : YOU MUST BUY THIS GAME! IT IS BEST GAME EVER!!!

    Excuse me while I work out what the fuck is going on with these guys. Why would a generic, shoot 'em up be a must buy when it's being labeled as a generic shoot 'em up with no real originality or redeemable qualities at all?

    Game journalism, because Mario didn't make sense either.

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    1. Re:huh? by flitty · · Score: 2, Insightful

      This is the best comment in the thread (or most on topic, take your pick). Most preview looks at games talk about how "awesome" these games are, not matter how they really feel about them. Or there might be some sort of "aura" given off by being a privledged game journalist who gets invited to see a AAA game before it comes out that makes you spout garbage, because you want the "i said it was cool first" cred. Never trust previews of games. NEVER.

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  2. Re:The Game Looks Amazing by Broken+scope · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually it can be used for many things, you can do some of the more general stuff in the cell then toss it onto the RSX for the actual rendering. Its actually pretty damned neat what they can do with that thing.

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  3. Re:You'll Want This Game! by Dr+Kool,+PhD · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Your are attempting to spread FUD that the PS3 has no games. Too bad your FUD can easily be countered with facts. There are currently 60 PS3 games reviewed on Gamespot:

    http://www.gamespot.com/reviews.html?type=reviews& platform=1028&mode=all&sort=post_date&dlx_type=all &sortdir=asc