*** Killzone 2 Review Thread ***

[Electro UK]

There's nothing fishy about it. Official 360 users buy a PS3, start buying Official Playstation Magazine under the same company, more money for the company.

Jesus people. This isn't about the console wars, its about the magazine company itself making money from both magazines.

 

[Havok83]

Heck the old Official Playstation Magazine had ads for Xbox games in it

 

[Tron Bonne]

Before i forget, here is the 1st ok review:http://www.cgreviews.com/
Yes, it´s a blog with only one page, yes it talks about installation, when there seems to be none (did they changed their minds?), but there is actually a link to a GTA4 review, and from what i´ve read in some forums, it was one of the first reviews for GTA and it got it right.
So....believe what you want.

They give it a 9.7/10 the second time....

And they've said for quite sometime that KZ2 would be completely free of install

 

[TheBat812]

Integrity?
What does have to do with anything.
Integrity would be if someone asked them what they thought of the game, not because they, out of the blue, thought it would be nice to hype it
It´s a 360 blog, it is there to talk about the 360, not the hype the competition, that´s the part that doesn´t make sense.

Integrity in this context has to do with the idea that he is capable of hyping something truly worthy of hype devoid of their bias.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Maybe they honestly respect the game because it's a true step in new directions (technologically speaking)?

Not really.
The main thing that's impressive are the animations which feel extremely cohesive.

 

[Spider-X]

Not really.
The main thing that's impressive are the animations which feel extremely cohesive.

not really?!?

are you the person in question? Have you played the game?

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

not really?!?

The boxes have already been ticked.

 

[Spider-X]

The boxes have already been ticked.

...now you're just not making any sense.

lets try this again:

not really?!?

are you the person in question? Have you played the game?

 

[DorkyFresh]

this looks cool...

...wish they would give the player that ability though.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

They give it a 9.7/10 the second time....

And they've said for quite sometime that KZ2 would be completely free of install

Ok, i´m sold.
I was going to get it anyway when i buy a PS3 (June or July), so, good to hear is actually a great game.
I´m still speechless how Guerrilla has done it, but great
Now the question that remains is, what will Microsoft to try to take away some of the thunder.
My guess, maybe the annoucement of a big exclusives (Alan Wake would do it) or the first gameplay of ODST.
My bet goes to the second...

this looks cool...

To tell you the truth, i´ve seen better videos from Killzone 2

 

[Electro UK]

Not really.
The main thing that's impressive are the animations which feel extremely cohesive.

Are you only ever going to be happy when everyone in the world puts "Apart from Crysis" in their posts in regards to Killzone 2?

 

[Tron Bonne]

Ok, i´m sold.
I was going to get it anyway when i buy a PS3 (June or July), so, good to hear is actually a great game.
I´m still speechless how Guerrilla has done it, but great
Now the question that remains is, what will Microsoft to try to take away some of the thunder.
My guess, maybe the annoucement of a big exclusives (Alan Wake would do it) or the first gameplay of ODST.
My bet goes to the second...

Well, I was just saying, in the website you posted they gave the game a 9.7 the second time around, which is kind of weird.

If KZ2 really lives up to the hype, which I still have serious doubts about, I doubt either of those will 'steal' the thunder since most likely we won't be seeing those games until much later in the year (Or, at all, in the case of Alan Wake).

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

...now you're just not making any sense

Killzone 2 uses normal mapping and environment bump mapping

Spoiler

Stalker: Clear Sky uses "Parallax Occlusion Mapping" wich creates a more convincing 3d surfice by by displacing tiny amounts of geometry at various heights, kinda like a cave with ice hanging from it, this gives a greater sence of illusion as from any angle it's still convincing, along with this, it casts shadow so the surface as light would if it hit the hanging ice reacting reacting lighting better making it feel more unified. This is "a step forward" environment bump mapping is actully a "step back" Killzone 2 uses "deferred shading" but that's not new and it's not the first game to use it.

Spoiler

Cuda-enabled (not PPU) PhysX is step forward, killzone 2 does not use this, it's a step back

Spoiler

Higher resolution texture's, killzone 2 is a step back

Spoiler

Ed: Final build

Better facial animation, killzone 2 is a step back.





I hope that makes sence.

 

[Electro UK]

That's a 2 year old KZ2 video you've got there Kezm the game looks a loooot better than that now.

Not disagreeing with you, just saying is all.

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

http://www.cgreviews.com/ have still got the I-stock watermark on their logo!

 

[Tron Bonne]

Heh, I didn't even notice that, but it does. I was more perplexed by the fact that it is essentially two different reviews. I know the note above says that they got a second review build, but it's still

 

[Spider-X]

http://www.psu.com/Guerrilla-Games--No-plans-for-co-op-in-Killzone-2--a0006102-p0.php

NOOOOOOOOES! no co-op is planned...all the talk of a post-release patch were a pack of lies and deceits.

oh well...it's not stopping me from getting it.

 

[Phallic]

http://www.psu.com/Guerrilla-Games--No-plans-for-co-op-in-Killzone-2--a0006102-p0.php

NOOOOOOOOES! no co-op is planned...all the talk of a post-release patch were a pack of lies and deceits.

oh well...it's not stopping me from getting it.

Meh, I'm more bummed about not having split screen multiplayer.

 

[KALEL114]

The clock is tickin.

http://www.vgwatchdog.com//

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

The intro CGI movie was pretty cool.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/44579.html

 

[Phallic]

PSM Australia added.

 

[Phallic]

GamePro added.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Gamepro gave it a 5/5, too. Well, that's the first non-Sony well known review I've heard of thus far.

If this ends up being that good, I'll be quite impressed indeed, despite my pessimistic skepticism

 

[Phallic]

How can you be skeptical at this point?

Every review is a rave.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

How can you be skeptical at this point?

Every review is a rave.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2009/01/20...han-killzone-2-and-street-fighter-iv-says-ma/


Must buy this fiddy diddy hippity hoppity game.