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Killzone 2 MP.. has got problems

WF:

"In the previous post , I covered the good features of KZ2's MP, now lets get to the part which really bugged me. In fact, I started writing about the MP only because I wanted to mention how some implementations in the game thwarted its chances of becoming one of the best possible MP experiences."

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Violater6204d ago

In Killzone 2, the guns are accessories, You are the weapon.
So it is not a quest to the bigger gun but the better player.

UnwanteDreamz6204d ago (Edited 6204d ago )

I like that he tried to explain his gripes but the explinations are weak at best.

No cover? Well they tried cover in testing the MP but found it slowed down everything. With people complaining so loudly about slow movement this is a good choice. Keep the battles frantic.

I like the idea of players having to earn weapons. The assult rifles are very effective so I don't see this as a problem. I used the assult rifle to unlock all of my ranks.

I could go on but I wont...

@Pennywise

Been my number one gripe since the first time I tried to invite a buddy into my match.

Cwalat6204d ago

Lol at this article!

Someone steel his KZ2 copy and you'll see him cry "oh good i wantz my KZ2 back it has best multiplayer" lol!

StephanieBBB6204d ago

When he found out that he couldn't be a engineer from scratch did this make him want to play "less" or "more" of KZ2 MP?

If the awnser is "more" then Guerilla has designed it right.

gamesmaster6204d ago (Edited 6204d ago )

killzone 2 mp has problems?..... no the title is a little wrong, killzone 2 doesnt have any problems, its this writer who has the problems. i.e nitpicking the game.

no cover in mp was a good decision, i think it would've slowed down the gameplay, and i would probably never use it anyway.

only gripe i have is no party play.

Downtown boogey6204d ago (Edited 6204d ago )

They haven't even played the game! Sniper is the "Assist class"? "You get the rifles on higher levels"..?
Here are some FACTS: Sniper kills everyone with one hit except for the assault class, you get the rifles on the very start of the game, classes are well balanced AND YES: the game has some serious problems.
Why? Well... The controls are cumbersome mainly due to ridiculous acceleration, the weapons are far too inaccurate when aiming down the sights and too accurate from the hip, the majority of the maps aren't designed for 32 players and there's no no-respawn-mode.

EDIT:
Yep! They haven't played it:
"There are some more smaller things that bother me a lot.. like that fact that you die too easily in CQC conditions, You need to press X to respawn, and then in the menu that comes after that, pressing X takes you out, but pressing O re spawns you.. you if you press X twice (of which there are LOTS of chances) then you will be taken to the quit option.. and if you’re really in the heat of the battle.. you will immediately press “Oh no, its O” and then quit the match."

UNTRUE

Buttons6204d ago (Edited 6204d ago )

I agree with a FEW points (the annoying parts, nothing game-breaking, like pressing X to respawn, although the medic can still revive you), but this I disagree with:

Super Low ammo, No packs
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There's a reason why you have unlimited pistol ammo. Also, there is the lack of an assist system. I do agree that they need but, but calling GG 'lazy' for not including one is idiotic. GG are anything but lazy developers! They spent 4 years on this single game. We all know they want it to be perfect. They probably had a good reason to not have an assist system.

joydestroy6204d ago

i'm not even gonna give this site a hit because that's crap.
i honestly have no negatives about the multiplayer. actually, i can't think of anything for GG to add off the top of my head either.

jaysquared6204d ago (Edited 6204d ago )

Got good gaming time with KZ2 at a friends house and wasn't really impress.. The graphics were great but I found the story not to attracting and the controls definitely takes some getting use to.. With all the hype behind this game plus a price drop this would've been the game that would finally make me want a PS3 but after playing it I feel I should just keep my money even if the PS3 price does drop..

Don't get me wrong its a good game but I feel i'm not missing much because as I said before KZ2 is a generic shooter. I love shooters and we all know that the 360 is the "shooter" console so i'll stick with that. It was becoming promising with all the great scores it got but I feel a lot of the press just bought into the hype. Like they bought into the hype of Halo3 which didn't impress me at all..

Edit-Oh and another thing! WTF doesn't KZ2 have splitscreen online or offline! Seriously! Me and my buddy wanted to play online together and Sony's biggest game can't do splitscreen??.. I mean Halo2 on the old Xbox does 4 player splitscreen online! KZ2 can't even do 2 player spitscreen! COD4 can't do splitscreen online but it can alteast do it offline..

Seriously what has GG beeng doing the last 5 years other than prettying up the graphics? I seriously think that those benchmarks that Sony put out with the CGI movie in e3 2005 really f*cked up GG.. Because they probably spent all the time trying to get it up to that movie but didn't quite get there...For the hype and developement time of 5 years with a team of 132 people this game is lacking a lot!

orakga6204d ago (Edited 6204d ago )

The "X/O quit" problem they mention IS actually true.

If you play on a system that uses "O" as the hard-wired "YES" button (namely the Japanese PS3s), then this is exactly how it works. I have both types so I know. And admittedly, it can get annoying. It's a nitpick though.

As for his other points... most of it is just nitpicking. It does sound like he's only played it for 3-4 hrs and decided to whine. (the sniper/assist complaint is just epic fail)

@ Buttons: The most logical explanation for no assists would be the fact that their point system works in whole digits. In CoD, a full kill counts as 10 points, so it makes sense to assign 2-8 points for an assist. But when a full kill only counts as 1 point, as in KZ2, it's much trickier to reward 0.2-0.6 points. It would have required an overhaul of their entire scoring mechanic.

@ Jaysquared: It is indeed unfortunate that they didn't include split-screen for online, but honestly the effects in the game are simply too intense to be rendered on more than one screen (for Halo, graphics are turned down when playing on split-screen; maybe they should have done the same for KZ2 /shrug).

That said, your comment that the 360 is the "shooter" console is quite petty. Based on your comment, you haven't had much time on the MP at all, and you judged KZ2 entirely based on the SP experience. I don't know where to start pointing out your mistakes you made there, but the bottomline is that you don't seem to have made a fair (nor informed) decision.

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Pennywise6204d ago

Wow... Ive seen some nitpicking, but this article only has one good point - assist points.

Where are the REAL problems??

Party system being the BIGGIE.

joydestroy6204d ago

i thought you got assist points.
sometimes i only get one point, but i never know what from so i just assumed this was assist points.

INehalemEXI6204d ago (Edited 6204d ago )

Destroying bots and air support gets you 1 point. Or if you kill someone but also commit suicide I think that ends up as 1 point too.

RumbleFish6204d ago

Yeah, assist points would be nice, but the only thing I really want is the option to disable respawn in the tactical game types!

rockleex6202d ago

Splitscreen.
Co-op.
LAN.
And a TRUE Search and Destroy mode like Call of Duty or CounterStrike.

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Real Gambler6204d ago

Point 1: Everybody should be able to pick a sniper if they want...

When you watch CNN, do you see a whole platoon with snipers, or bazookas, or do they mostly have the grunt usual army weapons? You have to work your way up when you join the army. Same with this video game.

Point 2: No assist point...
This is not Hockey! If somebody is not dead, he can still kill 20 of your teamates, yourself included. A kill is a kill. Having an ennemy still being able to shot back at you doesn't deserve points.

Point 3: Super low ammo
Again, game emulating real world... You don't see real soldiers carying 20,000 bullets with them when they are in the field? In fact, I still have a hard time accepting the fact that you can carry 5 weapons with you in a video game.

So Killzone is trying to get as real as possible... Not such a bad thing in my book

darkgandhi6204d ago

The low ammo thing that this guy is complaining really pissed me off. If you play for two hours you can unlock the badge that gives you double the ammo. Later engineers can repair ammo crates and look out you have full ammo and grenades after a visit to the magic crate.

orakga6204d ago

#2 Assist Points: The assist points they are referring to are rewarded when the target is KILLED. I think you might be confusing it with R2's EXP system where ANY damage you cause rewards you EXP. That's not what he's asking for.

#3 Bullets: He's not complaining that he can't carry 5 weapons at a time. 64 bullets IS little, even for real-life standard-equipment. That's only TWO clips of ammo. And ONE grenade. In real-life you are given 2 grenades and FOUR clips of ammo before going into battle.

You just happened to pick the two VALID complaints he had.

Tempist6204d ago

Actually, when you start playing for more than a minute, ammo is lying around everywhere, it's basically your enimes and friends are dying = dropping ammo.

Maybe perhaps you shouldn't be spraying and praying and actually taking time to burst fire and kill.

The writer of this article has clearly not spent more than a single game round in KZ2 MP. The arguements are weak and his points are baseless.

Any FYI, only 3 classes (Soldier, Medic, tactician) have access to the assault rifle. And if all weapons were accessable, the grenade spamming would make game playing impossible.

Real Gambler6204d ago

#2 Assist Points: "The assist points they are referring to are rewarded when the target is KILLED." And I said, you should not get any points for damage you have done to a target that SOMEBODY else killed. I don't care if you shot somebody 99 times, if he is still alive, he can kill, and you don't deserve points. Only players killing somebody should get points, even if he only had to use a slingshot to finish the job. It's my opinion, and sure enough, others are valid as well. Assist points? Sorry, points only if you kill in my book.

#3 Bullets: "He's not complaining that he can't carry 5 weapons at a time." No he is not, I AM.... A good game should have limited bullets and ALSO limited weapons. I accept it because games would be boring if we only had a standard gun during the full game. But wow, do I hate seing 9 weapons slots on a guy. Switch to bazooka, grenade launcher, handgun, shotgun, missile launcher, etc... (talking generally here, not just KZ!) And they still manage to swim with all the equipment!

Sorry if I wasn't clear enough. My fault! And again, just my humble opinion. I still love games, and don't mind if my hero is carrying 800 pounds of equipment... (And who knows, maybe gravity is not the same everywhere!)

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TheColbertinator6204d ago

I disagree with little ammo.Use burst shots instead of shooting recklessly like a drunk.Also just kill someone and take their gun.

Mr PS36204d ago

All the time anyway no matter how much ammo you got
Nothing better than coming across someone who fires off like there no tomorrow
But its satisfying when you take someone out at long distance

Max Power6204d ago

is fine, at first i thought it was bull that i didn't have that much ammo, but then when i figured out that i needed 8 good behavior ribbons to unlock the ability to carry more ammo. Once i knew that it was only a matter of a couple of hours of playing games without lighting up my teammates when they were around the enemy, easy as hell.

DNAgent6204d ago

Plus engineers can repair broken ammo boxes so you can get more plus you can always pick up ammo if an enemy is using the same gun as you.

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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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IAMRealHooman501d 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

OtterX501d ago (Edited 501d ago )

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

TheNamelessOne501d ago (Edited 501d 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-ro501d ago

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

just_looken501d 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

MDTunkown501d ago

They should finish Horizon story first

darthv72501d 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_looken501d ago

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

Yui_Suzumiya500d ago

Yeah, a remake would be pretty awesome

anast501d ago

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

LucasRuinedChildhood501d ago

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

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OtterX730d ago (Edited 730d 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-ro730d ago

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

darthv72730d 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_730d ago

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

Cacabunga730d ago

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

Profchaos730d ago (Edited 730d 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

seanpitt23730d 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!

Iceball2000730d ago

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

Father__Merrin730d ago

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

InUrFoxHole730d ago

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

Marcus Fenix730d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel1989730d ago

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

1Victor730d ago (Edited 730d 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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Michiel1989730d ago

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

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SullysCigar1034d ago

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

1Victor1034d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar1034d ago

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

jznrpg1034d ago

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

badz1491034d 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!

Vengeance11381034d 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 Kim1034d ago

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

VersusDMC1034d 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?

Vengeance11381034d ago

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

solideagle1034d 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.

Phoenix761034d 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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REDGUM1034d ago

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

thesoftware7301034d ago (Edited 1034d 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.

blacktiger1034d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca1034d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

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

OzzY-waZZy1034d ago (Edited 1034d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

lukasmain1034d ago

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

Imalwaysright1034d ago

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

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