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kane_1371

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User Review : Killzone 3

Ups
  • stable online experience
  • Challenging gameplay
  • Challenging gameplay
Downs
  • music, i wanted more
  • 2D grasses??? come on
  • .... nothing else

Is it that great?

Well, Killzone series just like Halo series defines the meaning of a FPS on consoles, with its top notch graphics and pretty good story you would pretty much need nothing more than a good and challenging gameplay which GG delivered very well.

But, Killzone 3 is beyond just challenging, while I play Call Of Duty Black Ops on hard difficulty, I can't even play on medium when it comes to Killzone, some times i'm tempted to change the difficulty to easy, there are always these epic battles with hordes of enemies that come to you like army of hell.

The story in Killzone is pretty simple, your planet gets invaded by Aliens that look like humans, you beat them, and they leave, but like any other western civilization that forgives its enemies(notice that I'm being sarcastic) you follow them up to their planet to change the government because of violation of universal rules, now, what really makes the story great is that when you get there you end up in a Sh!+ hole, your entire fleet is almost wiped out and you are on this planet's worst possible places.
But no matter what, you fight your way through to get to Scholar Visari, the man that I respect deeply.

Then your IDIOT companion shoots the dude down, and on the same time an entire army of the enemy that you thought was shattered comes to give you the middle finger.
there the second game is over, and leaves you with a wow and a deep respect for Helghasts and Visari.

The third game follows the story very well, and puts you in shoes of a Helghast soldier and I'm like, YES!!! finally I get to be one, but then I just find out it is the damn Sevchenko.
The Story continues with a Flashback to 6 months ago the time that fleet of earth is destroyed, one sheep is remained and the remaining human army is running for its life like dogs with their tails between their legs, and from the very beginning GG begins to destroy the respect that you had developed for Helghast people with giving you real brutal battles.
Well you fail to board the ship and even that ship blows up and that's it, months go by, 6 of them, and you are in a camp of ISA soldiers that are stuck on the planet and have nowhere to go, Helghasts come for you and again brutal battles begins, but the damn earth refuses to help you guys, since they surrendered or as they say they had negotiations with Helghasts and the war is over...

Now that is a brief look at the story.

Sound and music is just amazing as always in this game to, while you don't have a lot of music, you do have a bunch of epic battle musics that are just great.
The sound is also great, it is all about great voice of engines, weapons, explosions, everything is realistic in the sounds.
even the robotic limbs of the weird cat like enemy robots.

The graphic isn't that much better than Killzone2 and since they are on the same engine(or I believe so) I didn't expect much improvement, but I expected more.
specially in jungles, the grasses annoyed me, I was like why 2D? (but it is not like all the other shooters have a full 3D world.)
The graphics are very nice when it comes to the Jungle map, it reminds you of the AVATAR movie.

The gameplay is very well built based on a dual shock 3, you have even an alternative choice for control config that can fix the Zoom button issue that some had, which helps a lot in the game, the brutal melee kills are really fun, and huge guns that you get to carry around really ads to the fun meter of the game.

The online is just brilliantly stable, while I play online I use a program via my pc called Spotify that plays music, now my internet speed isn't that good, but when I go online and use Spotify no problem or harm is done during Killzone 3 sessions, and Spotify really sucks in all the internet speed.
This happens while if I play Cod: Black ops with the same condition, I will not be able to play for more than a couple of minutes.

There isn't much left to be said, but that Killzone 3 is another experience that shouldn't be missed, it is such a great challenge that it is just a sin to leave it behind.

Kane_1371...out

Score
9.0
Graphics
Nothing more than a simple 9, sorry
9.9
Sound
Great work there GG, great work, just a little bit more music
9.5
Gameplay
It is just a great experience no more or less with a well built control
10.0
Fun Factor
Just great challenging game, you can't play and don't feel challenged
8.5
Online
expected more game variations, but well, stability did it all for me.
Overall
9.0
SuicideShaun5462d ago

Killzone is no where near as built up as halo is. Don't put them in the same league.

SuicideShaun5462d ago

I'm not trolling, you're putting a game like killzone up beside halo and saying that it was the ps3's version of halo, and in no way does killzone stand up for the ps3 like halo does for 360.

Sorry that you feel like it's trolling but it's a fact that halo is a much more developed series.

pixelsword5462d ago

Meh, I used to like the Halo series WAY more than the Killzone series, but now, Killzone 3 edged out Halo because they fixed fix a lot of what Killzone 2 wrecked and the Last few Halos were a little bit of a slide. I did like Reach thought, but I hope they go a whole new direction without the Chief highlighting the game. He did his job; let him rest.

Izanagi-no-Okami5461d ago

Sorry but Halo defined the FPS genre as it is today. Without halo the FPS world wouldn't be the same.

velocitygamer5462d ago

It's not fact. Halo and Killzone maybe be both FPS, but they play VERY differently. So yeah, you can't put them in the same league because they are both completely different games, gameplay wise.

kane_13715462d ago

i'm in noway comparing the two, i'n saying they both define meaning of FPS games for consoles

piroh455d ago

There's too many games to choose from

No Metal geat solid 1,2,3,4?
No Resident evil?
No Silent hill?
No Midnight club 3?
No NfS Underground 2?
No Final Fantasy?
No Burnout 3?
No Dragon quest 8?
No Days gone?
No Ace combat?
No Tekken/Soul calibur?......
just from the top of my head

PS1 era was full of great RPGs, PS2 was racing generation i would pick top 200 and even that would be just a fraction.

FinalFantasyFanatic455d ago

30 is way too low over the entire history of Playstation, I just wouldn't be able to narrow it down that much, I would pick 100 at least.

Storm23455d ago

Yeah...really odd list. I get that it is personal preference and I love most of the games listed, but my list would definitely be different. I agree though, it would be incredibly difficult to come up with just 30.

lockedongamer1455d ago (Edited 455d ago )

I only picked first-party titles. Otherwise, I agree!

EDIT: Except for Days Gone, I don't get the love for it but you do you!

Chocoburger445d ago

I didn't like Days Gone either, it doesn't deserve to be on any best of list.

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20 Years of Guerrilla: The Story of a PlayStation Studio

The Amsterdam-based studio reflects on its humble beginnings, beloved franchises, and growth through the years.

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SullysCigar1021d ago

Up there with the top tier in the industry. Love Guerrilla Games - Horizon Burning Shores is simply STUNNING.

1Victor1021d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar1021d ago

Same. They nailed it with Horizon. The trouble is I also want a new Killzone! Can't I just have it all?!

jznrpg1020d ago

I’m with you I want Horizon 3 , Killzone and new IPs

badz1491020d ago

I have yet to play Burning Shores as I just started Forbidden West (bought at launch, just unwrapped last weekend LOL) and playing on PS5.

man...I still can't believe the graphics especially now I'm playing it on my LG OLED. that graphics and with stable performance backing it up, GG really is the master of their craft!

Vengeance11381021d ago

32.7M sales in the Horizon franchise! With 8.4M coming from Forbidden West alone! Truly a hugely successful game and franchise as a whole. Looking forward to Horizon III

Shane Kim1021d ago

That's kind of a huge drop though. It's only been two games.

VersusDMC1021d ago

One year after realease HZD sold 7.6 million.

https://www.noobfeed.com/ne...

So not a drop off.

Unless you're saying a HFW should have sold as much now as HZD sold in 5 years?

Vengeance11381021d ago

It's been 3 games, this includes Call of the Mountain. Also no, its a great improvement over HZD.

solideagle1021d ago

lol you are comparing:

HZD: 28 February 2017 - May 2023 (6 years+)

HFW: 18 February 2022 - May 2023 (1 year+)

We will see if it surpass original number.

Phoenix761021d ago

@shane, 2 full main games, 2 DLC add ons, 1 VR spin off game, oh and a an official LEGO set.
Not too bad for an ip that's only been on market for 6 years

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REDGUM1020d ago

Wow, very impressive. I didn't know the numbers were so high for Forbidden West. Still playing through it myself

thesoftware7301021d ago (Edited 1021d ago )

Yooo, when I first saw that Killzone 1 footage at E3, my friends my brothers and I were like, Holy shit! When it came out, it didn't look exactly like it, but we sunk so many hours into 1 & 2.

I even liked Killzone: SF, it was a spectacle to look at, and even today it looks good. I hope they make a new one. Can you imagine how that will look, and they can get some modern FPS pointers from Bungie.

blacktiger1020d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca1021d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

The Decima Engine is absolute 🔥 I'm just mad they have abandoned Killzone.

OzzY-waZZy1021d ago (Edited 1021d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

lukasmain1020d ago

They are probably working on mutiple projects. One of them is Horizon 3, but another is a multiplaer game and probably somehting else.

Imalwaysright1020d ago

There were rumours that they were working on a Socom reboot.

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Killzone 3 is playable with mouse & keyboard on PC via RPCS3 & KAMI

DSOGaming writes: "While Sony does not plan to release Killzone 3 on the PC, Yahfz shared a video that gives us a glimpse at what such a PC version could look like."

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bouzebbal1771d ago

Still looks secure 2 gens later... one of my favorite ps3 moments. With 3D and move the game is on another level

MadLad1772d ago

PC almost always ends up the best place to play games, even if it takes a while.

What would you rather play decades down the line? A game at a fixed resolution and frame, considering you have a working disc, and the hardware?
Or run it on an emulator that can update the experience all around, and let you use whatever control input you prefer?

If you insist on the former, it's really only for the sake of nostalgia.

Applejack1772d ago

I disagree. The main draw for consoles has always be the simplicity of just putting the disc in / downloading it and playing without worrying about anything else. The average person just wouldn’t want to deal with emulation even though it’s very important for preservation.

Terry_B1772d ago

Even emulators are super simple to use.

jukins1771d ago

Youre getting flak because people on here thibk of themselves as pc wizards. But honestly most poeple try and go get emulators and romz they end up with malware.. yes theyre "easy" if you know the basics but alot of people dont. That said the fact that its taken nearly 20 years to get a sustantially better experience for ps3 games than on its native system shows the complexity of getting bc to work. Sony, if they have any intention, should just invest in a vastly better psnow experience.

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Vegamyster1771d ago

jukins

Most people who emulate don't get malware, you'd have to be going to some weird sites for that to happen, heck years ago people were getting sketchier ad's resulting in malware warning on this site if you didn't have a ad-blocker lol.

SinkingSage1771d ago

Can't get malware if you legally dump your own games, which you should.

Rachel_Alucard1771d ago (Edited 1771d ago )

That's fine if that's the main draw, but it doesn't make it a better experience, just a preference. Having the freedom to do the things you can do on PC is what the appeal of PC is. Buying a game on PC means you never have to worry about the console makers just deciding the next hardware shouldn't support the generation anymore, which means everything you bought is stuck on that hardware instead of moving up with everything else. Nintendo uses this tactic to keep reselling the same games over and over at inflated prices. Sony cut all previous gens off the PS4 and sold it back to people in a poor attempt with PSnow. While the PS5 supports PS4 games, that may not be the case in the next gen after this. No to mention shutting off all the previous stores and updates completely. Even MS stopped making new BC titles at some point, so now there's a big list with 17 pages of titles that are not playable on Xbone and are just trapped on older gen. That's not a problem on PC, the reverse happens where you only have to worry if your hardware can play the newest releases at ultra with no issue.

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AzubuFrost1772d ago

Shhh don't say that aloud! You're going to trigger a lot of console infidels here.

Shane Kim1771d ago

I rather play it when it's available then wait 10 years.

MadLad1771d ago

Did you purposely miss the entire point of my post?

Inverno1771d ago

Well that's the beauty of still owning a retro console tho. Those who usually complain about emulation are just being blindly loyal to a company. Emulation is great for many reason, but if I still owned the console then I disagree nothing beats plugging it back in and going down a nostalgia trip

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RevXM1772d ago

The RPCS3 devs are doing great work. And Kami works nicely with it too it seems.
Very neat.

Magatsuhi1771d ago

Been playing mgo on pc with mouse. It's not perfect but I can make it work.

Binarycode1771d ago

2 is the better game.

A Remake would be good. 60fps 2-4k

Omar3li1771d ago

60fps is peasant for FPS games now

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