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Dear Internet: Stop Over-hyping Killzone 3

AfricanGamer writes: When I was much younger, my Mother used to tell me that “until the crab enters the cooking pot, it doesn’t know there are two kinds of water” little quote but powerful. I was able to translate it with a game many are so passionate about. From my English lesson, I was made to under-stand that “Hype” meant to publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner.

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deadreckoning6665626d ago (Edited 5626d ago )

What does it matter if KZ3 is overhyped or not? Internet hype won't affect your experience with KZ3 unless ur gullible enough to believe the children on the Internet. Whether Killzone 3 turns out to be a shit game(it won't because GG are great devs) or not, fanboys will embrace it like the second coming just as they did GOW3 and GT5 etc.

Dear Africangamer, instead of trying to stop over-hyping, why not ignore the hype all together?

@Turkish- I don't mind u replying to my comments...but is there a specific reason that you've been attempting to downplay my most recent statements? Maybe I'm wrong...but I don't think I've had sex with your girlfriend. If I did, then ill give u a PM and apologize. We cool champ?

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AKA5625d ago (Edited 5625d ago )

not true, the hype in KILLZONE 2 was right for me,
the game blow me away but i guess not everybody was impressed,

its not good to over hype any game and in the end only true fans will end up loving the game and haters will hate.

off topic, Why not ask xbox owners to stop over hyping their exclusives?

i try ME2 demo the othr day and the game is really simple very arcade gameplay, bad sound the graphics are very regular and noting impresive.
the game has a diferent felling that no other game has, but it fails to impress me.
And the history in it is just a copy from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
they use all the ideas from this guy, to create the Mass E univerce.

"Human race get friendly with the rest of the univerce races and there is this bad evil race that love taking down planets, copycats..."

trounbyfire5625d ago (Edited 5625d ago )

ME2 demo was the worse i have played. I tried to play the second part but i stopped and deleted it ASAP.

just felt old. I mean in heavy rain you can move around in the cut scenes. the options are not static

and i don't care HR has the best facial animation. you get true emotion from the character. in ME2 they have these weird robotic animation. the graphics are not great at all. character model are like cardboard cutouts and stiff looking.

The guns feel like crap and why do i have to hold a face button to sprint. it was not cool in any other game. use R3 to sprint on Ps3

how did ME2 get so many perfect scores its far from perfect. maybe my standards are to high because i want all my games to look great and play great. KZ3

and you can ask the same question over and over. I like the was QD did heavy rain chooses system anything else in not good.

seriously HR is better than me2 at everything people praise about in ME2

vickers5005624d ago

@trounbyfire

"the graphics are not great at all."

They're better than Heavy Rains graphics.

"character model are like cardboard cutouts and stiff looking."

Yeah, and Heavy Rains characters look like a bunch of bug eyed robots.

"The guns feel like crap and why do i have to hold a face button to sprint."

Why do I have to hold a f*cking shoulder button to MOVE in Heavy Rain?

"use R3 to sprint on Ps3"

Oh poor baby, you have to use a different button, boo who. It must be so hard for you.

"how did ME2 get so many perfect scores its far from perfect. maybe my standards are to high because i want all my games to look great and play great. KZ3"

Because it has a great story and great gameplay, and anyone who isn't a moron can at least acknowledge that fact, even if they don't like the game.

"seriously HR is better than me2 at everything people praise about in ME2"

Lmao, no. Barely anything about Heavy Rain is better than Mass Effect 2. Mass Effect 2 has better graphics, better gameplay, a better story, better and more action and a point to what you're actually doing, instead of that long amount of time you have to spend doing useless bs that NOBODY wants to do. The first hour or so might as well just be a GTAIV mini game. Heavy Rain does have better facial animation, but that's the only thing it does better than Mass Effect 2.

But go on ahead and believe that there's nothing out there but Sony exclusives and ignore all the amazing multiplatform games, I'm sure you'll have a blast. /s

fooltheman5624d ago

sorry but you're wrong about ME2 graphics...Heavy rain's graphics are better...

Achemki5624d ago (Edited 5624d ago )

@Vickers500
See...now THAT is the definition of overhyping! Saying Mass Effect is the best bla bla bla everything and always +1 better than any other game evah. Then what happens? Some people play it and see the ME2 demo for the boring cliche ridden hallway run it really is. Don't blame Heavy Rain. Blame the XBox overhype.

Every corridor looks the same
Cliche fetch quests (defend teh fans) after a cliche betrayer angle
Clunky cover system
useless AI
repetitive enemies
dozen conversation choices change nothing
awkward weapon wheel mapping (how many things is R2 supposed to do lol) select button for gun holster = fail
money/item/XP windows that vanish before I can even read them...

so yeah...no...that was not god and definitely had nothing on Heavy Rain for me. The Jar Jar John Moschitta alien doctor was irritating too. But go on, blame it on fanboys and not the game's own inflated sense of self.

NickIni5624d ago

Jesus Christ. Did ME2 sleep with your mother or something?

I really don't understand the Heavy Rain/Mass Effect 2 comparisons, there two extremely different games, each with their own merits.

However I must say Mass Effect 2 is a great game, one of the best this gen, you guys are seriously missing out. But hey, not my problem is people choose to miss out on a game because it was released for a different system first.

mantasis5624d ago

@trounbyfire

Ok... ME2 has the most impressive dialogue trees I've ever seen in a game. ME2 also has incredible facial movements, even though half of the persons are aliens, you can always get a sense of emotion from the characters. Heavy Rain's voice acting, frankly, was crap. ME2's was just stellar(pun intended).

Heavy Rain and ME2 are not even close to being comparable other than the speech systems and graphics...

Ju5624d ago

Maybe it's fair to hype ME2, but at the same time knocking HR it is not. If you want to hype games, fine. But it is still allowed to hype a unique game like HR as well. - or let it be all together.

acedoh5624d ago

Maybe I am missing something but I love story driven games. The demo for ME2 was truly lacking. I have played many better demos than that one. Was the demo just a bad look at the game? All I know is the story was very dry and lacking and yes I do believe the game was overhyped because it was initially a 360 exclusive. I do think there is a media bias for the 360. I have seen it time and time again with exclusive 360 games that get very good reviews and have been a let down. Then I have seen PS3 games that have been given less than ideal scores that have turned out to be very good games. I.E. Heavenly Sword, Warhawk, and GT5 just for starters.

rob60215624d ago (Edited 5624d ago )

I think a lot of the scores for ME2 were riding the coattails of the first game. It was like the first uncharted, great game deserved better scores - so the sequel got the scores - but shouldn't have. The difference was that U2 improved drastically and deserved the high scores; where as ME2 took small steps forward and went backwards in some ways but was still a good game. I thought the ME2 scores were high because the press hadn't given a 360 game high scores to match U2 and ME2 was their time to do it. ME2 is a good game, but I don't think it deserves to score higher than ME1 and be almost on par with U2.

NickIni5624d ago (Edited 5624d ago )

I didn't mean to sound like I was knocking Heavy Rain at all, that too is a great game, but very different to ME2 and thus making comparisons pretty obsolete.

@acedoh, I haven't played the ME2 demo, as I bought it for PC back when it was first released, so I don't really know the representation the demo gives, but I enjoyed ME2 storyline. Whilst nothing particularly amazing or ground-breaking, it was definitely pretty good and a cut above the rest, and that's coming from someone who never played ME1 apart from briefly at a friends. Maybe try renting it?

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Ratchet5105624d ago

Lol you gave her a great night did you lol.

Zachmo1825624d ago (Edited 5624d ago )

Well i think over hyping does matter look at GTA 4 people acted like that was the second coming of Jesus.

but personally i liked the game and i still play it till this day.

DigitalAnalog5624d ago (Edited 5624d ago )

The problem with this article is that the author did not take into consideration the "hype" was the defining factor to whether the PS3 is capable of performing amazing graphics. Back then, Uncharted DF and MGS4 barely made a dent making the public recognize it's potential and was ignored under the table to obscurity (until the sequel was released).

When K2, came out everybody was shocked to discover for the first time in the 360/PS3 generation, graphics were better then conceived on a console. Be rest assured, a lot of the media thought the PS3's capability was considered INFERIOR to the 360. It is because of that said delivery the spearheaded future exclusives graphical "prowess" like U2 and GOW3 for maintaining the position that the PS3 as the defining "powerhouse" console this generation.

And it's all possible thanks to Killzone 2. And for that, it has delivered above and beyond the call of duty (PUN severely intended).

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starchild5624d ago

Killzone 2 doesn't prove what you think it does. Did you see how good Killzone 1 looked on the weak little PS2? It has more to do with Guerrilla's approach to game creation than your imagined "PS3 superiority".

DigitalAnalog5624d ago

What exactly is KZ1 have to do with this discussion? Moreover, if your entire argument is correct, why would Eurogamer call KZ2 the best technical engine running at consoles at that time?

Whether you like it or not, KZ2 is still the standard most games have yet to be compared to? And the argument at hand is "hype", if KZ2 failed to deliver said hype then we wouldn't have this discussion in the first place.

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Koolno5624d ago

Starchild : denial much ?

Lol@"imagined ps3 superiority"

Some guys don't want to see uc, kz, heavy rain, god of war, etc, or just on youtube SD, to "imagine" that is not really better than mutliplatform games..

ipe5624d ago

africangamer aka ps3 bashing site

Nerox35624d ago

but its very different actually,,,,you dont know if its OVERhyped unless u see how good the game is

gow3 for example wasnt overhyped,it was highly anticipated and it was awesome

gt5 on the other hand come out as totally shit after 5 goddamn years :S

Capital Dream5624d ago

Now where the hell was you when people was saying that halo was over hype.

Koolno5624d ago

"fanboys will embrace it like the second coming just as they did GOW3 and GT5 etc."

Just gamers ! the real fanboyz are just donwplaying the best games, like god of war, gt5, and others !

INehalemEXI5624d ago

KZ3 has Jetpack....how can you not get hyped? When Warhawk got jetpack OMG it was awesome.

BkaY5624d ago

exactly... this is the prob with all the website these days... first they hype it like second coming of Christ and when they get to play it they are all like "MEH..." ...

look what happen to GT5...

peace

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OllieBoy5626d ago

Yeah, internet. Stop overhyping this awesome-looking game!

proudly_X5626d ago (Edited 5626d ago )

Hype does lots more damage that we think. Let the game be what it is and gamers will accept it for what it is. imo

awesomeperson5624d ago

I agree with African to be honest, Gran Turismo 5 got overhyped and to be honest, that is the reason why I think the revierwers scored it less.

People were expecting a fantastic ZOMG EPICORX awesome frigin super game, what we got was a fantastic ZOMG EPICORX awesome frigin game, people hyped it up to more than it could ever be.

I'm not saying I hate GT5, or think its a bad game, I LOVE it and have been playing it heaps, its just sometimes hype kills peoples opinion of a game, they think it will be greater than it turns out to be.

For all games I think will be awesome, but I never, ever overhype a game like I did in the past because sometimes you get let down; (see Modern Warfare 2... of course been the successor to COD4 it should've been awesome, but it didn't quite get there).

rob60215624d ago (Edited 5624d ago )

Great comment Ollie..

Stop hyping this game that looks f*ing awesome that happens to look better than any other console shooter on the market, whilst adding full co-op to the campaign and expanding in every way from it's predecessor. Just stop internet.

Sevir045626d ago

KZ2 delivered on just about all it set out to do and that was drive home an action packed cut throat adrenaline rush all in being one of the most prettiest shooter at it's time of launch! today there are still games that cant match It's shear feel and cinematic action atmosphere! and the 3rd game in it's franchise is about to top it with a scale larger than life! It deserves the hype it's getting!

Goodness! No name blog sites just pop up to talk about nothing! You can simply ignore the hype and see the game or what it is, a great game deserving of it's accoladeds its garnering from industry professionals, industry fanatics, and fanboys alike!

proudly_X5625d ago

"No name blog sites just pop up to talk about nothing! "

Room can never be built in a day, we have a working plan and if we can adhere strictly to it, Our name would be written in gold. The beginning of success has never been easy. I just want to promote true gaming in Africa and provide news in the most unbiased manner. Sevir04 i once respected you, but now i don't know any longer.

Tru_Ray5624d ago (Edited 5624d ago )

Did you mean "Rome" can never be built in a day? That is true, but you should start with a sound foundation. I have read your submissions so far and have been unimpressed. It is obvious that you are biased towards the 360.

Killzone 2 is a 91 on metacritic. Many people wanted the game to fail and it managed to be a critical and commercial success. The game will never be as popular as Halo because it is significantly grittier and darker than its ostensible rival.

To say that people have forgotten about the game is pretty absurd considering that it is routinely referred to as the benchmark shooter for the platform.

Have you not played the game? If you haven't,then you should, because it is awesome.

The hype did not hurt the game, son. Millions of gamers enjoyed the experience (other than getting pwned by Radec at the end).

starchild5624d ago

Don't worry about it too much. Sevir04 is true believer - a PS3 fanatic of the highest order. Anything that he assumes is even the slightest bit negative about the PS3 will put him in attack mode. Don't sweat it. You've already proven to be far more impartial and level-headed than Sevir04.

Sevir045625d ago (Edited 5625d ago )

You not having respect for me doesn't hurt my feelings. That's fine by me! I just find your rant a bit un-called for because a game is hyped from its fan base for a reason, you discouraging everyone who is hyped for a game is more of an insult to our personal taste and a dampener on our excitement than journalistic integrity. if you want to be looked upon as a new reputable and respected Blog in this sea of useless drivel we call modern video game journalism? Then skip with the sensationalized headlines designed to garner hits to promote your site the wrong way! Hype for anything is warranted because fans have a right to be excited. To simply state that a game is being hyped out of control based on N4G which is what you are basing your thesis on is unrealistic and laughable at best! simply because N4G as socially connected as this site is is nothing the likes of IGN, GI or 1up, it's equivalent to a tear drop deposited into the sea!

Fans Generate hype which results in attention and excitement for a product they eventually will purchase! Nothing hype related is unwarranted because it's our opinions on the matter that get us hyped. The sooner you get that the better your articles will be!

In short, I agree! Rome wasn't built in a day and success is born rarely on one hit but through trial and error and succession of failure! don't get but hurt because your product has some flaw! criticism is to be accepted even if it isn't positive for you to do better! which is why sequels, Most the time best their prequels! :-) chin up!

Capital Dream5624d ago

Yeah it copy and past from halo

Godmars2905626d ago (Edited 5626d ago )

How about stop hyping Kinect hacks when they've yet to be shown working on the 360? Being applied in games.

KZ3 is at least a game and is an example of developmental growth of the system its on. Whereas what are the Kinect hacks showing of the 360 besides that more development time should have been given to it. That it should have launched with more than just clones of Wii titles aimed at non-gamers.

MrAwesome5626d ago

Hype is excitement, It is a personal opinion, if anyone says Kllzone 3 is the Halo and CoD killer then it is that person's opinion.

If Killzone 3 is getting hype it can mean:

A)GG is only showing the coolest parts in the game and the rest is gonna be s**t.
B)The game deserves the hype because the people who played it recognize it's gonna be a great game.

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piroh540d 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.

FinalFantasyFanatic540d 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.

Storm23540d 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.

lockedongamer1540d ago (Edited 540d 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!

Chocoburger530d 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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SullysCigar1106d ago

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

1Victor1106d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar1106d ago

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

jznrpg1106d ago

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

badz1491105d 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!

Vengeance11381106d 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 Kim1106d ago

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

VersusDMC1106d 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?

Vengeance11381106d ago

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

solideagle1106d 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.

Phoenix761106d 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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REDGUM1106d ago

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

thesoftware7301106d ago (Edited 1106d 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.

blacktiger1105d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca1106d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

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

OzzY-waZZy1106d ago (Edited 1106d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

lukasmain1106d ago

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

Imalwaysright1106d 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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bouzebbal1857d ago

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

MadLad1857d 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.

Applejack1857d 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_B1857d ago

Even emulators are super simple to use.

jukins1857d 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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Vegamyster1857d 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.

SinkingSage1857d ago

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

Rachel_Alucard1856d ago (Edited 1856d 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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AzubuFrost1857d ago

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

Shane Kim1857d ago

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

MadLad1856d ago

Did you purposely miss the entire point of my post?

Inverno1857d 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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RevXM1857d ago

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

Magatsuhi1857d ago

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

Binarycode1857d ago

2 is the better game.

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

Omar3li1856d ago

60fps is peasant for FPS games now

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