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Killzone 3: Too Many Cutscenes?

Captainstarball recently learned Killzone 3 has over 70 minutes of cutscenes. Is that too much? After all, the cutscenes from Killzone 2 were clearly not the best part of the game.

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M-Easy5578d ago

Lame as hell. Have you seen the cutscenes yet? The ones they showed are amazing. The "author" obviously never played kizzy 2. And 70mins is nothing. MGS4 had single cutscenes that lasted longer. All out fail.

HappyGaming5578d ago

MGS4... I remember loving the cutscenes as much as the gameplay. If not more although the gameplay was awesome too.

--------5578d ago

That was one of my favorite things about MGS4. They did it right, and I'm willing to bet GG will too.

darthv725578d ago

I understand their need to link the gameplay from one area to another. The ideal length should only be a few minutes.

I have MGS4 and have not really dedicated my time to it but I hear it has some of the longest cinematics of any game in gaming history. I know that was a running joke with MGS2 having been more of movie with little breaks of gameplay.

KZ3 will NOT be in that same category. There is just to much to blow up.

Downtown boogey5578d ago

Lol @ Jmorgan... Like KZ and MGS have anything in common...
No doubt there won't be too much video in KZ3. What FPS has too many cutscenes anyway??

And yeah, there was about 10 hours of video in MGS4.

CernaML5578d ago

Offtopic: Just a heads up, it's only a matter of time before some ass munch comes here and spams N4G with Killzone 3 spoilers. The release date is very close so we should be aware of this.

BattleAxe5578d ago

I love cutscenes, because without cutscenes you lose alot of the character building and story telling. Its for this reason that after I beat HL2, I couldn't figure out why people thought the story telling was the best of all time......there was no story telling.

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Abash5578d ago

The only time I see a captainstarball.com article on N4G is to try to downplay Killzone 3

That site should be blacklisted from here honestly

M-Easy5578d ago

You know you can down rate the site to try to get it banned from the site. Just click UNDER read full story where it says "captainstarball.com +" For story quality click WTF & for do you like this site click NO!

Sarcasm5578d ago

WOW... 70 whole minutes of cutscenes!?!??!?!?!?!? OMG, they might as well have made it a movie!!!

O_O

This folks, is the reason why the games industry is a joke. Or at least the wannabe journalist side of it.

RBLAZE19885578d ago

It's funny, first everyone said killzone 2's story sucked and was boring and the characters were dull. Now they give more cutscenes to flesh out the story and characters better and there are people bitching about the cutscenes. I really hate how everyone on the planet can have a blog and an opinion now. It's not a good thing.

Clarence5578d ago

I agree. I actually enjoyed KZ2 cut cutscens.

DoomeDx5578d ago

I agree. The cutscenes after the New Sun level especially.

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The part where you, natko, and rico just got out of the New Sun, and are sitting on the Intruder (ISA Plane), and you see the New Sun crash in the background, and they are all like ''Wow!'' was just epic!

Strikepackage Bravo5578d ago

No surprise, this is just typical Sony, throw together a interactive movie and try to pass it off as a game, everyone goes crazy for the cuttscene CGI graphics and the game gets celebrated for looking "amazing".

If MS ever tried such a stunt they would NEVER get away with it, they would be called douche bags for trying to charge full price for a game thats mostly movie. It wouldn't matter even if the game was 30 hours long, if it was reported that it had 70minutes of cutt scenes and it was a 360 exclusive everyone would cry foul.

Nykamari5578d ago

Stop it Bravo! Don't come in here with that sob story, I MS were doing it, you would've thought Jesus made their games! Stop being a little fangirl and become a gamer! On a side note most of SONY's exclusives have brilliant and long cut scenes, and that goes back to the psx days bro!

LiL T5578d ago

@smallpackage bravo, If MS tried something like this they might have too make a new IP or have a game with a great story that keeps you intrested. I guess that would not happen because they know most of the xbox community couldn't comprehend such things.

antz11045578d ago

LMAO @LiL T

"smallpackage" :D

+Bubs brother

cyborg69715578d ago

Like the dvd in the 360 is capable of holding 70 min of cut scenes and gameplay at the same time. Sheesh.

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beavis4play5578d ago

M-easy, lame isn't a strong enough word. he's talking cutscenes and story of KZ and only references the 2nd game? the guy who wrote this trash is a fuc#king bonehead. the story and cutscenes in the 1st game were great- with the helghan invasion (or recolonization?)of veckta being the main story. the 2nd game was more about getting visari and defeating helghan......and they did get visari but the ending was definitely not what the ISA wanted. now, the 3rd is about ISA survivors trying to fight their way off of helghan - and we also get to see the helghan high command in the throes of civil war in the wake of visaris death! (and i'm hoping #3 ends with the fight getting ready to head back to veckta....lots of locales there i'd like to see in HD. captainstarBOOB obviously isn't as big a fan as he says he is and is looking for site hits.

and having ray winstone and malcolm mcdowell doing voiceovers for the helghan leaders is AWESOME! i can't wait to sit back on the 22nd and take the whole game in!

sobekflakmonkey5578d ago

Agreed, saying cut-scenes are a bad thing is just fuckn retarded, especially when it seems this time around they have nailed it.

I'm actually quite hyped for the cut-scenes, im really looking forward to it.

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Dart895578d ago

I could careless i just wanna play it.

Octo15578d ago

As long as you can skip them then who care. The games is not even out yet and stupid articles like this are already out. Whats next? Killzone 3:Is having the Move and DS3 as options to play it too much? *shakes head*

beavis4play5578d ago

why would you skip the cutscenes? unless you're talking about subsequent playthroughs.....then i understand.

Octo15578d ago

My point is if in fact there are long cut scenes but you have the option to skip them then who cares? Why skip the cut scenes? Some people just don't give a shit about the story and some don't.I won't be skipping them.

the worst5578d ago (Edited 5578d ago )

THERE REALLY SHORT CUT SCENES
THIS IS SOMEBODY TRYING TO PUT A SPIN ON THINGS
HERE'S SOME GAMEPLAY http://theplaystationshow.c... JUDGE IT YOURSELF
NO SPOILER

Kon5578d ago

Relax man. It's just a game.

gamestorecowgirl5578d ago

Whoever is playing that game must have just finished COD or something. The cover mechanic is there for a reason. Thanks for posting it though. Game looks great even in a low quality vid

the worst5578d ago

lol your right
try 2 at like rambo .
this game wont let you
by time i got to the end
i was sliding into cover
and taking my time
lol

InfiniteJustice5578d ago

This is ridiculous. Not trying to sound paranoid, but people are really trying to pick holes in Killzone 3 even before it's released.

redsquad5578d ago

Happened with KZ2, so I'd say "yes"

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piroh533d 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.

FinalFantasyFanatic532d 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.

Storm23532d 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.

lockedongamer1532d ago (Edited 532d 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!

Chocoburger523d 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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SullysCigar1098d ago

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

1Victor1098d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar1098d ago

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

jznrpg1098d ago

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

badz1491098d 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!

Vengeance11381098d 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 Kim1098d ago

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

VersusDMC1098d 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?

Vengeance11381098d ago

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

solideagle1098d 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.

Phoenix761098d 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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REDGUM1098d ago

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

thesoftware7301098d ago (Edited 1098d 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.

blacktiger1098d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca1098d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

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

OzzY-waZZy1098d ago (Edited 1098d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

lukasmain1098d ago

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

Imalwaysright1098d 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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bouzebbal1849d ago

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

MadLad1849d 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.

Applejack1849d 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_B1849d ago

Even emulators are super simple to use.

jukins1849d 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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Vegamyster1849d 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.

SinkingSage1849d ago

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

Rachel_Alucard1849d ago (Edited 1849d 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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AzubuFrost1849d ago

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

Shane Kim1849d ago

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

MadLad1848d ago

Did you purposely miss the entire point of my post?

Inverno1849d 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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RevXM1849d ago

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

Magatsuhi1849d ago

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

Binarycode1849d ago

2 is the better game.

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

Omar3li1849d ago

60fps is peasant for FPS games now

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