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Early Killzone 2 Reviews Looking Good
Reviews are beginning to appear for Guerrilla Games' upcoming first-person shooter, Killzone 2, a PS3 exclusive that has received a great deal of hype over the past several months. The reviews are mostly complimentary, but not overwhelmingly so; Ars Technica says it has "some of the best graphics yet seen on the PS3," and is a "solid take on the war-gaming genre." They also acknowledge that this is the latest game being held up as a standard for how good PS3 games can be, though the PS3 may not need such validation anymore. Edge Magazine is critical of the story, saying, "you could play the levels in random order to little ill-effect," but found the gameplay redeeming enough to warrant a 7/10. Concerns were raised early about the quality of the controls, but Guerrilla Games has affirmed that no changes will be made. Though the game won't be out for about a week yet, rumors of some fairly typical DLC plans are already cropping up. Giant Bomb recorded some video showcasing Killzone 2's multiplayer a while back.
"This is a new game mechanic that fairly radically changes the gameplay of the FPS"
Yes, it's absolutely nothing like the cover system in Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Rainbow Six Vegas, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 is it?
Sticking to first person in cover isn't innovation, it's a game design choice. The games listed above don't do this (RB6 Vegas is notable because it's an FPS rather than 3rd person title apart from in cover) because they feel it doesn't add anything to their game. It's not that it's in any way a new idea, it's just a different game design choice. Also of course, if you zoom whilst behind cover in many of these sorts of games it does switch back to FPS so even in that respect it's not new.
The reason RB6 Vegas seems to switch to 3rd person for cover is because it's more interesting to see your character doing his thing than it is to just have a camera bobbing around rather uninterestingly as you move along a wall.
Why the hell did you buy a Blu-Ray player if you already had a PS3?
Also, your PS3 can work with a universal remote, you just need one of these or a PS2 remote and USB/PS2 adapter.
The PS3 is a decent machine, it just needs to work on its cock and balls.
(-1, Raw and Uncut is the only way to read)