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Update on Killzone 2 Issues

Seb Downie, the Producer over at Guerilla Games made an official update on some of Killzone 2's issues.

He talks about the removal of bots from online multiplayer rooms, statistics, the official site and issues in general.

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GrieverSoul6254d ago (Edited 6254d ago )

Im glad to have such an active dev reporting this news about K2.

Its good to hear directly from the source what is being made to solve the issues that allows cheaters to boost their stats.

DominusRebellis6254d ago (Edited 6254d ago )

See unlike, Infinity Ward who abandon a game after it is released (for the ps3, anyways), the developers of K2 want this game to be a success and are treating the people who bought K2 like valued customers. By responding to quick issues like this, it shows that they truely are respectful and I wouldn gladly give my money to them! Unlike those money-hungry idiots at IW

Ghoul6254d ago

yeah i was a little disapointet since the server went online to see so many people only playing bodycount against bots. booooring and cheating

jaysquared6254d ago

LOL! Praising the quick update when that feature should've never been in there in the first place!

Awesome Possum6254d ago (Edited 6254d ago )

jaysquared The same can be said for gears of war 2 and every game usually has some problems.

andron6254d ago

GG tried to be nice and add bots to mp, but some cheating players made it a problem by padding their stats.

I mean it's a great idea to use bots to fill out mp, but when it's so easily abused it breaks the rankings...

meepmoopmeep6254d ago

so motherh is the Producer now?
congrats on the promotion, i always thought he was just the QA Manager

Nonsense 4 Gamers6254d ago (Edited 6254d ago )

But I did NOT use bots! it is way too easy to level-up in KillZone 2. I played MP for 16 hours straight but after about 12 I was general. I'll break it down:

Pretty quickly I unlock the medal that makes it so kills give you 1 more XP instead. I also unlocked a medal that gives you 1 more points for head shots. a huge amount of my kills are headshots so the all of my kills were 3 or 4 points instead of the usual 2 so I was basically earning double the points of everyone else.

I usually get around 15-20 in 1 round which is 65-80 XP but if you win you get a 1.5 point multiplier. I got around 100-120 XP every round and it takes 2,800 to reach max rank which means after about 25 wins you're already there! I play 15 minute Body Count rounds, it WAY easier to level-up owning in Body Count )TDM) than it is in the objective modes including Warzone.

I thought bots don't even give you XP. I played with them before I went online to get used to the map and after every round it said something like "You need to play with other people to earn XP and stats". I've been playing with real people and they accuse me of "Aim-Botting" LOL!

I don't have any of the class medal like Medic health packs and I can't combine any badges yet. Even if people did play against bot I wouldn't consider it cheating. Cheating is when you have a friend make a dummy account and kill him 100 times in 5 minutes.

I've played with other Generals that are terrible, they go like 3-15 LOLI Who cares if people have better gun but suck and can't get kills. The main gun I use in the ISA assault rifle since most of the unlockable guns kinda suck.

I have a legitimately earned General rank with almost 800 kills and a 3.8 K/D ratio. I better not get demoted! Demote the so called "cheaters' but don't demote me just because I'm General.

xwabbit6254d ago

No wonder!! i saw this guy who had 1000 something in total kills and 200 deaths i was like WTF! I know something was wrong LOL.... wth am i doing here! ima go back to kz2! xD

CrazzyMan6254d ago (Edited 6254d ago )

It would be very NICE to not have those 1-3 sec loadings during some check points in single player. =)

IaMs126254d ago

Best bet would be, and still have fun, is Bots do not count for stats at all, not against or for. Only players can add, so then you can still fill a room with bots for fun but it wont help.

TrueStoryGuy6253d ago

It's nice to have Developer's that don't just completely abandon the game when it's released, much like what happened last generation with the PS2 and other systems. However, this also means that it'll take them longer to create Killzone 3.

Though, they can take a year and fix Killzone 2 and I'll still be happy. They'll probably release some nice DLC to help fuel their funds.

morganfell6253d ago

jaysquared seems to have conveniently forgotten or else chosen intentionally to ignore the silence of Epic regarding Gears 2 and the massive issues. Even when they did speak look how much time passed before anything was done to address the issue.

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Gun_Senshi6254d ago (Edited 6254d ago )

I saw alot of servers of "Bots Easy XP" "Bots Level up" etc. I always joined Warzone servers. I prefer variety then just body count. Best thing about Killzone 2 Online is the action flow when changing modes and long match, not just a Team Death Match against bots.

Stat padders can keep their stats, like I care. Start Weapons (ISA Assault Rifles and Helghast one) are the most used, or the shotgun which is unlocked early on (Engineer Badge). Medic is the 1st badge you unlock and rarely anyone revives -_-''

Also, its very easy to level up in this game. I got Max Rank easy (Well I been playing only KZ2 online since 25th, Did offline for like an hour only) with my hard earned efforts (Well, After you learn the maps i'm finding it normal, just like Battlefield 2 was, I find this game very similar). Playing with friends online in squad is so fun, though there is no Party invite to be on same team. In fact Today one of my friends was always on the opposing team and he was insulting me for killing him over and over lol. (From what I read people against Bots just go one side and camp spawn area?)

Whats the use of stat padding? To go against real people and get owned? (Thinking of it, I did meet Max Rank people that they spray instead of bursting, don't know how to spot disgues from sabotage, and are total noobs). To get badage that you won't even know how to use? What about sadifaction? I been working my arse off to get Sniper Badage (My fav class in all FPS) and Sabotage (Spec-Ops, I love Sniper and Spec-Ops, BF2 style). I was so happy when I got them unlocked. I worked hard to get Revolver unlocked. I ran around with Disgues as Sabotage picking off unaware people with pistol for it. I clocked 21 hours online at the moment. I had it since 24th :D

My best sadifaction is when I got my 27 kill steak. I accidently fell off a bridge and ending up behind some clan members all together after each other in a tight area, I tossed 2 nades and sprayed like made with machine gun lol.

PS. Making an empty server, with only you gets full fast. Me and my mates made a Maltese server (Local), after 10 min it was full with germans, though we domniated chat with Maltese language :P

Now to go back get badges. I just got the Spot and Mark ability and Sniper zoom. Time to work to unlock C4.

@Below: Edit, I removed 1st comment coz I said something answered here. I thought it was 1.1, but after I saw its 16 MB I figured it was 1.11 not 1.1

Jager6254d ago

removal of bots from online multiplayer... players used them for stat stacking.

kazuma6254d ago

tbh the only thing that bothers me, is that i would like to install the game so that perhaps all the ingame loadings would be gone. that would be awesome

BaSeBaLlKiD7216254d ago

yeah same...

its kinda annoying with the random loading every minute or so... oh well but the gameplay makes up for it- GREAT GAME

andron6254d ago

Since it will be played online I too would like an optional install. If it was only 1-2 gig or something and speed up loading it would be great.

Maybe it can be patched in of enough people request it?

DJ6254d ago

Anytime a game has a big install, countless people start flaming it and the developers for "being lazy". It only makes sense that they would avoid doing anything past the current 52 Mb required by Killzone 2.

Yipee Bog6254d ago

damned if you don't. The loading times are minimal for me, almost unnoticed. I commend GG for putting so much effort into this game, especially w/ the website and all. All around great game

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PirateThom6254d ago

Why would you stat boost when the online is so much fun?

Is it purely for those trophies? If it is, I worry about some people.

StephanieBBB6254d ago (Edited 6254d ago )

Im guessing it's because they want the high rank badges as fast as possible =)

I have the assault badge now(Only played on warzone servers) and it's very overpowered imo. First off the GL launcher pretty much clears a room by itself, after it's empty you pick up a shotgun and then your deadly as F'ck!

Use the adrenaline rush up to enemies and blow em to bits real up close while you have double health ^^ It's insane. Also when using the adrenaline rush it's almost as everyone else is in slowmotion so your aim gets increased in some strange way. Extremely cool.

When playing KZ2 SP you know that your like the "main hero" with a real "look" whiles't everyone else around you pretty much look the same except for your team mates. Thats pretty much how it feels with this badge online. Your F'ing heroic.

Gun_Senshi6254d ago

wait until sabotage. You go around and people don't even notice you XD.

Go into a room full of hostiles, place C4, go out...KABOOOM

Pootie Tang6254d ago

Yea i cannot understand ppl who cheat, what is the fun to spend countless hours pickin off bots just so u can then go into a regular game and think that your a good player

the worst MP leveling up ever was COD 3 and the idiots who tossed flags back and forth with the opposing team for HOURS and HOURS. extremely lame

OOG6254d ago

Man yeah that kinda makes me mad all the people who have been cheating with their stats to rank up faster etc to get the weapons and perks

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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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IAMRealHooman538d 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

OtterX538d ago (Edited 538d ago )

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

TheNamelessOne538d ago (Edited 538d 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-ro538d ago

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

just_looken538d 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

MDTunkown538d ago

They should finish Horizon story first

darthv72538d 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_looken538d ago

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

Yui_Suzumiya537d ago

Yeah, a remake would be pretty awesome

anast538d ago

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

LucasRuinedChildhood538d ago

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

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PlayStation 3 Games That Desperately Need a PS5 Remaster

The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.

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OtterX767d ago (Edited 767d 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-ro767d ago

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

darthv72767d 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_767d ago

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

Cacabunga767d ago

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

Profchaos767d ago (Edited 767d 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

seanpitt23767d 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!

Iceball2000767d ago

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

Father__Merrin767d ago

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

InUrFoxHole767d ago

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

Marcus Fenix767d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel1989767d ago

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

1Victor767d ago (Edited 767d 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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Michiel1989767d ago

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

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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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SullysCigar1071d ago

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

1Victor1071d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar1071d ago

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

jznrpg1071d ago

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

badz1491071d 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!

Vengeance11381071d 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 Kim1071d ago

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

VersusDMC1071d 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?

Vengeance11381071d ago

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

solideagle1071d 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.

Phoenix761071d 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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REDGUM1071d ago

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

thesoftware7301071d ago (Edited 1071d 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.

blacktiger1071d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca1071d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

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

OzzY-waZZy1071d ago (Edited 1071d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

lukasmain1071d ago

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

Imalwaysright1071d ago

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

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