Killzone

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Originally Posted by MarkRyan

Overall, it should be a pretty awesome game to play despite some technical downfalls The atmosphere of it is just bloody awesome.

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Well its good to see that you got a handle on what makes a game good. Style over substance, eh chief?

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

Well its good to see that you got a handle on what makes a game good. Style over substance, eh chief?

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Maybe you should wait for a full review, and not a two sentence blurb, eh chief?

EDIT: Is "eh chief" the new "slugger"? If so, Sl1p should be informed.

So you're saying, I should wait for the IGN review, and then read the IGN review? Whats it gonna be, 12 pages this time? To quote PA, Id rather pound nails through my dick.

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

So you're saying, I should wait for the IGN review, and then read the IGN review? Whats it gonna be, 12 pages this time? To quote PA, Id rather pound nails through my dick.

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No, not IGN's review :) If I thought you really cared, I'd give you one of my own.

I beta tested as well, and at first I didn't think much of the game, but over time it really grew on me. If your the kind of guy that only likes mindless frag fests, then this game will probably grow old real fast. But if you like strategy and team work, then this game really shines brightly. There is a mode called Assault that is structured entirely around team work, one team defends something while the other attacks it. The defenders usually have the advantage and if they work together can completely shut down the opposing team. But if you work as team you can win. It can be a real rush planning an attack and executing it with seven other guys. I was absolutely addicted to this during the beta, and played it every day during the beta's run.

It's a shame so few people actually beta tested this. Sony dropped the ball big time and a lot of people with adelphia ISPs couldn't log on. And those who did would just play endless deathmatches, get tired of it, and never play again, not once touching the other game modes.

I for one can't wait to play it, but that won't be for quite some time, since I don't have access to a cable line anymore.

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Originally Posted by RDM Brian

I beta tested, and im saying 1 thing, rent before you buy.

The game, on my PS2 with S-Video looked nice, sure. The problem with the game was, although it looked awesome for ps2, they spent more time on the look then the acctual fuctionability of the game. Testing it was a pain because it was just too hard to stand. By that, i mean that i would unload my entire stock of bullets into anothers head, and they would not die. They would turn to me, shoot a handgun round and down i go. Another problem was picking up the weapons, hell what got me killed a lot of times was while i was busy trying to pick up a sniper gun 2 people would sneak behind me and doubleteam me. Even after you finaly pick it up, it would take about a minute for you to be able to acctualy use it, you would cycle through your weapons like crazy and never find it. To me, the game may have looked fantastic, but when you see that they cant get the basic gameplay right in time for beta, thats just....

And no, this problem wasnt discovered right as testing began, it was a stickied post letting everyone know that that didnt work a week before the beta shipped.

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I ran into none of these problems. I shot someone a few times, they'd die. If I scored a headshot they'd die instantly. If I got shot once or twice I'd lose health but not die. No problems picking up or cycling though weapons, either.

Maybe that's why they call 'em Betas, huh?

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Maybe that's why they call 'em Betas, huh?

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I'm pretty certain he was talking about the multiplayer game.

IGN review: http://ps2.ign.com/articles/561/561669p1.html

The gave it an overall score of 7.5. I don't know about that review...they bitch a lot about how completely horrible the AI, framerate (two of the most important things in a FPS) and glitches are, and go on to say how the graphics, sound, and atmosphere save the title. Sounds like IGN has their priorities in order. :rolleyes:

Though, in the demo I played, these complaints weren't really present (and the atmosphere was damn good, I'll admit), probably because the two levels I played were somewhat compact and limited. I'm still interested in giving the game a rent, but I doubt I'll be buying it.

SO this not a Halo-Killer huh, Man some people at the gamespot forums are getting burned as I type.

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Originally Posted by remnant

SO this not a Halo-Killer huh

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No one ever expected it to be, aparently aside from Gamespot posters and all the magazines swinging from Sony's nuts.