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Absolute Games: killzone 2 review

"Zero - that's how many fresh ideas Killzone 2 brings to the table. Had it been released alongside Soldier of Fortune or Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, it would have made a big fuss. Today, after Call of Duty 4, Gears of War 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode Two, its gameplay looks weak. Very few enemy variations, cliched situations repeat over and over again, and there is not enough story to fill a Saturday morning cartoon."

P.S sorry for that bad translation.

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madmonkey06275d ago (Edited 6275d ago )

before anyone asks this is on meta,
Looks like edge are not the only site to not like KZ2 personally im counting down the days! 4 to go!

BRACHATTACK6275d ago

Damn, i was relying on these guy's review.

madmonkey06275d ago

I dont think this review will make many people change thier mind about the game.

BRACHATTACK6275d ago

Some people obviously don't.

3 disagrees!?

SiLeNt KNighT6275d ago

I think they were drinking *Absolute* Vodka while playing this game and writing this review. Seriously, it looks like a mentally challenged person wrote this fud.

Anybody seen that show on MTV..."How's Your News"? I wonder if they do game reviews?

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Lifendz6275d ago

Remember, some people didn't like the movies you consider to be a classic. Not all the critics are going to agree on the worth of any game,film,show,book, or whatever.

Blaze9296275d ago

becuase this isnt a 90/100 or above, bring on the "this site is biased", "just trynna get hits" comments. Never mind the fact that its one opinion who just maybe happened not to like the game as much. sure that'll work

Aquanox6275d ago

After 54 reviews, Killzone 2 is currently ranking 91.9% in Metacritic.

That's why I'm against exclusive reviews, they're clearly biased and proof of this is that KZ2 was ranked 96% when the first bunch was published.

We will never know how this game would have scored if there wasn't this exclusive review window.

cayal6275d ago

"im counting down the days! 4 to go!"

2 for me. :-D

sumguy816275d ago (Edited 6275d ago )

that this game was nothing special. and it's not a huge graphical leap either. character models are nice. and some of the smoke and lighting effects are good. but it feels and plays just like call of duty, no original weapons, no original story telling ideas, no unique puzzles. just a good looking typical console shooter. it's a dime a dozen game and the only reason it's getting praise is because it's an exclusive and cuz it looks good. big deal. 70 sounds about right. especially since there's no co op.

thanks in advance for the disagrees. and i'm sure lots of ps3 fanboys will love to point out that i have one bubble to reduce my credibility. but the only way to get bubbles on n4g is to praise sony as gods, and i don't do that cuz they so clearly aren't anything more than a money grubbing corporation with no new innovative ideas, and here we are.

edit: and for god's sake. stop saying first person cover is an innovative idea. the developers even said they don't really use it. and when you watch vids of them playing they never use it. and they even took it out of the multiplayer cuz of how pointless it is and how much it detracts from the experience. that's not a great new, unique feature, it's an annoyance. also, just because you hold a button to cling to the wall rather than just walk up to it, doesn't make it special. it's an extra button you have to unnecessarily push.
just a gimmick. nothing more. if you consider this game unique for that feature, you're a tool

N4Sony6275d ago

That this review does not exist. It is simply propaganda spread by those owning XBOX360s, Bill Gates, Barrack Obama and Joe the Plumber. Please, ignore this, Killzone 2 has no flaws. It is the perfect game and there is absolutely NOTHING you can say or do to prove otherwise.

p.s. all joking aside, the new ideas arguement is horsesh*t. When I pick this game up and laugh in the face of any journalist who bashes this, I won't be looking for "new ideas." I'll be looking for what I found in COD4, another game with no "new ideas." I'll be looking for what I found in Halo 3, which was really just more of the same old Halo formula...

...I'll be looking for a kick ass experience! And that's what KZ2 delievers!!!

PrimordialSoupBase6275d ago

N4G makes me want to hate Killzone 2.

If substantiated, any critique is valid.

Deal with it.

Ryo-Hazuki6275d ago

Oh I see they like to play the innovation game on Killzone 2.....why does DMC4 and GTA4 both have a 85? Last time I check innovation didnt exist especially in DMC4...oh Gears 2 got a 91...cuz we all know how much innovation Gears 2 brought to the table. I wish fanboys would just stop this nonsense....Killzone 2 is definitely a fantastic AAA game, just admit it absolute. I guess the first person cover system is not innovation lol wow this stuff amazes me

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gaffyh6275d ago

@Brach - N4G does not know what sarcasm IS. British people are kings in sarcasm, it's less common in other places in the world. :D lol

BiG_LU6275d ago (Edited 6275d ago )

I hate the fact that I never heard from this website in my life and is on metacritics but is funny cuz is gonna be in the same way like never knew about this guy and still gonna get my copy lol.

SL1M DADDY6274d ago

Another site looking to save their skin with hits to generate ad revenue. Sorry, but the game is already bought here and I will be enjoying it day one. It's sad when the media use their powers for evil.

madmonkey06274d ago

media, the right arm of anarchy

JaPo6274d ago

That's because it's been translated from Russian, smart ass. The effort is so poor I too found it difficult to read.

There's no way you can prove this review is 'biased', or whether this site is simply trying to 'get hits'. As PrimordialSoupBase stated, any critique is valid, proving it's substantiated. Which this is.

I think the game's gonna be able to speak for itself. It doesn't need people defending it. So hush.

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Gue16275d ago

Their only excuse to give this score is that KZ2 doesn't do anything new... In what way GeoW2 and COD5 innovates? Only God knows...

madmonkey06275d ago

yes i cant see many valid points for giving a low score, but still it doesn't matter what reviewers think.

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Timberland2K96275d ago

Dude they didn't even review the game they gave it a 7 out of 10 for absolutly nothing just weak opinions that weren't even backed up. For example they just were saying

The maps aren't as good as battle feild the guns don't look so shiny etc.

Basically they didn't even back there opinions at all to no extent. A Xbox fanboy wouldn't even except this review because it said absolutly nothing except for a score. Idk why im banned from the gamer zone but i know alot more people who should be

Kleptic6275d ago

I find it funny though that so many said it would be the American media that would rip the game apart...yet the 2 lowest scores both came from the UK...

Sasanova6275d ago

ofcourse games like mirrors edge innovated, so killzone 2 must to get such high scores! isnt it funny what scores mirrors edge got for trying to be innovative...? or maybe prince of persia? check out what the website gave cod5 for innovation... or maybe they loved gears and halo for its super original humans vs aliens story...metacritic should start putting up reviews from sites who back up what they say...guns not shining and innovation arnt enough to give a good game bad scores

HolyOrangeCows6275d ago

''Call of Duty 4, Gears of War 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode Two''
So...compare it to the most generic, laggy, and overated games? FAIL.

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itchy186275d ago (Edited 6275d ago )

why do they always have to compare it with cod4, gears of war 2? why not just review the game alone? what if a person haven't played the

"Zero - that's how many fresh ideas Killzone 2 brings to the table."

how about the first person cover system? that does not bring new to the FPS genre?

SiLeNt KNighT6275d ago

Because you have to compare the best to the previously best. COD4 was a great game imo, when they compare it to COD4 i get the chills and it makes me want to play KZ2 even more!!!! 3 1/2 days and counting.

CobraKai6275d ago (Edited 6275d ago )

It seems like people are being a little too critical about this game. What were they expecting really? It just seems like every tiny little detail that can be nitpicked about will be. Halo 3 and Gears "O" War got very high marks despite the fact that neither really did anything new or different. They were just fun to play. The same should be said about Killzone 2, as long as it's fun it should get good reviews. It just seems that in the midst of fanboy vs fanboy, the reason why we play games is lost.

eddierivera6275d ago

Gears of War 2 is far from the best. I would rather play R6V part 1 then queers of war.

Darkseider6275d ago

From the article "It's gameplay looks weak"

I am assuming from this statement that they didn't even play the game to review it. If that is in fact true then how in the hell could they even review the game?

aspergersyndrome6275d ago (Edited 6275d ago )

Where does it say this?

@TheHater

On my screen it says "Call of Duty 4 Today, against the backdrop of Call of Duty 4 , Gears of War 2, Gears of War 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode Two, The gameplay is poor and pitiful, just station tramp"

I just copied and pasted that, fact is. It does not match what the above poster said.

@rhood022

I didn't notice the review was edited, that would explain the difference.

TheHater6275d ago

"Had it been released alongside Soldier of Fortune or Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, it would have made a big fuss. Today, after Call of Duty 4, Gears of War 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode Two, its gameplay looks weak"

right there. It is in the second sentence.

hay6275d ago (Edited 6275d ago )

lol, this review looks weak. Oh, they've updated the text.

iHEARTboobs6275d ago

That's what I thought. But then again, it wasn't a great translation so that could have something to do with it. But it does raise an eyebrow.

rhood0226275d ago

@aspergers

They changed the text. What the OP and what The Hater posted was what the original text was.

If you go to the US Amazon site, one of the MB posts talks about "bad killzone 2 reviews." The first poster copied and pasted the Absolute Games review as:

"Absolute Games....70/100...7/10...
Zero - that's how many fresh ideas Killzone 2 brings to the table. Had it been released alongside Soldier of Fortune or Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, it would have made a big fuss. Today, after Call of Duty 4, Gears of War 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode Two, its gameplay looks weak. Very few enemy variations, cliched situations repeat over and over again, and there is not enough story to fill a Saturday morning cartoon."

Initial post: Feb 23, 2009 11:11 AM PST
Last edited by the author 43 minutes ago.

That means that the original review was edited.

DelbertGrady6275d ago (Edited 6275d ago )

Keep in mind that it's translated by google translate. I thought most of the text was incoherent and hard to interpret into something meaningful.

*edit* @rhood022 - Didn't see your comment until aftr I posted this. So they are pulling an IGN =)

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Why Guerrilla Games Shouldn't Abandon the Killzone Series

Hugely disappointingly, it seems that Guerrilla Games, developers of the Killzone and Horizon series, may be done with Killzone for good.

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IAMRealHooman554d ago

1 was fine, overhyped as a " halo" killer
2 was a graphical beast at the time, and felt heavy
3 was good a refinement of 2 but not much else. weird audio issues environment were to quiet
shadow fall was pretty but bland

OtterX554d ago (Edited 554d ago )

Shadowfall had great Multiplayer though. Too bad the campaign was meh at best. It did have the occasional great moment sprinkled in.

TheNamelessOne554d ago (Edited 554d ago )

I played through 2/3 multiple times. I played through the original once, but it felt pretty lukewarm for me. I couldn't be bothered to beat Shadow Fall. I got a couple hours in and just went "I'm done". Never touched it again. It was awesome on the tech side, being a launch title, but it didn't even match up to the first game when it came to actually having fun playing it.

Rude-ro554d ago

3 in 3d was an amazing experience to be had.
Although not many experienced it as intended for good reasons.

just_looken554d ago

You forgot the ai advancements on the playstation 2 killzone one you could have a full team of bots doing everything even playing the objective that was a big thing.

In killzone 2 they always flanked you and when available used the high ground.

Playing killzone 2 no hud 5.1 audio was/is awesome

MDTunkown554d ago

They should finish Horizon story first

darthv72554d ago

I dont mind if someone else takes up the mantle for the KZ franchise. We are several years removed from the first game. It certainly could use a remake to gauge interest in the rest of the series. I know it has its fans... Im thinking of how a proper reboot can rekindle that old dormant flame and bring in a new generation of fans in the process.

just_looken554d ago

You forgot killzone mercenaries on the ps vita but it was the worst selling sony game for awhile there.

Yui_Suzumiya553d ago

Yeah, a remake would be pretty awesome

anast554d ago

They should let it go or sell it. No use spending millions on this project.

LucasRuinedChildhood554d ago

Would like a new IP before Horizon 3. Just because games take so long to make these days.

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OtterX783d ago (Edited 783d ago )

Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!

Rude-ro783d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv72783d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_783d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga783d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos783d ago (Edited 783d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt23783d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball2000783d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin783d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole783d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix783d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel1989783d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor783d ago (Edited 783d ago )

Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱

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Michiel1989783d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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SullysCigar1087d ago

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

1Victor1087d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar1087d ago

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

jznrpg1087d ago

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

badz1491087d 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!

Vengeance11381087d 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 Kim1087d ago

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

VersusDMC1087d 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?

Vengeance11381087d ago

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

solideagle1087d 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.

Phoenix761087d 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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REDGUM1087d ago

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

thesoftware7301087d ago (Edited 1087d 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.

blacktiger1087d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca1087d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

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

OzzY-waZZy1087d ago (Edited 1087d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

lukasmain1087d ago

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

Imalwaysright1087d ago

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

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