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SPOnG: Killzone 3 Review

Killzone 3 a more than a feast for the eyes; it’s like being force-fed high protein pixels. This doesn’t however, make up for the forgettable story and dialogue so bad SPOnG almost wept in shame. Wrapping a game that looks this good in narrative this bad is shameful. Supporting Move is a brave choice, but aside from that and the support of 3D the game doesn't really bring anything the new to FPS gaming. Still, the gameplay is all there in abundance - bar the online co-op - so skip the cinematics, get a mate around with a few beers and you’ll be tearing new holes in Higs ‘til the cows are home, slaughtered and served up, medium rare.

Istanbull5586d ago

"Supporting Move is a brave choice, but aside from that and the support of 3D the game doesn't really bring anything the new to FPS gaming."

Call of Duty didn't bring anything new to the genre either yet you reviewers never complain about teh innovationzzz on CoD reviews.

bluwulf5586d ago (Edited 5586d ago )

Spong on Black Ops story:

"It felt like the start of a brainless action movie."

"Black Ops never lets up. There is no room for controlled storyline build up, not when there are cars to blow up. Your journey through the game feels like all of Arnold Schwarzenegger's films edited together, after deleting any scene without and explosion."

"As brainless and straightforward as the constant violence and set peices are, I found the whole experience to be thrilling. I never felt bored of shooting, nor did I care that the enemy had the AI capabilities of Katie Price at a chess match. With the amount of action going on around me, I soon realised that Black Ops understood what made the CoD games good. "

"In short, this is the best single-player CoD game so far. It focuses on the good and (mostly) drops the bad about the series."

92%

Yeah. Now, you could have seen the brainless parts as a negative focus on that, and ignore the gameplay, but it was fun. Which no reviewer is saying KZ3 isn't. Just harping on how brainless it is, then flopping it as a written novel or something.

Pixelated_Army5586d ago

Yo these reviewers are fucking shameless.

If you visit their sites don't forget to enable adblock.

SasanovaS19875586d ago

i am willing to bet half my life time that 95% of people who play call of duty have no fukin clue what the story is

Lawliet5586d ago

Today you hear reviewers need to step up their gaming reviewing judgment. Tomorrow you will hear a different story and find that they give 10/10 to crappy games. The logic behind is "Yesterday is yesterday story and doesn't applied for the next day."

digitalivan5586d ago

Burnnnnnnnnnn. I hope your hearth feels like being ripped apart when a game you were hyped for didn't get 9 or 10 but instead 8,7.

xxxxxxxxxx15586d ago (Edited 5586d ago )

I smell GT5 all over again! Another game labeled as the second coming and is just meh with good graphics.

MarcusFenixITA5586d ago

I told an idiot like you to suck my dirty hairy balls yesterday ... want to join him, he's still sucking.

redsquad5586d ago

And the trolls have the NERVE to acuse PS3 fans of "whinging" whenever a score goes below '9', yet the same bleating drones leap on exactly the same scores as proof that a game is a 'flop'... have you no shame?

clank5435586d ago

Great! looks like the game will end up with a high 8 metascore which is awesome. Lets face it, Killzone just doesn't have as mass appealing of a universe as Halo or COD. However, the gameplay seems to have really been improved which is great.

Dread5586d ago (Edited 5586d ago )

its a conspiracy!!!!!!!!

Ms is paying this people

all journalist hate sony and their reviews reflect this...

o wait my tin foil hat just fell.. /s

Silly gameAr5586d ago

Do people really think comments like this are clever? There's one like this in every KZ3 review.

The game is getting great reviews. Get over it.

iamgoatman5586d ago (Edited 5586d ago )

I don't think his comment is intended to downplay the game itself in any way, but the amount of people claiming this or that review has some ulterior motive is just ridiculous. They're as bad as the fanboys trolling the very same articles.

But I'm glad that N4G as a whole doesn't reflect the mentality of gamers in general, otherwise I'd be ashamed to lump myself in the same group as a bunch of paranoid retards.

iamgoatman5586d ago

Pfft noob!

Every hardcore conspiracy theorist knows you need a bit of string holding the hat on, don't want any of those evil MS mind control rays getting in!

But seeing as you've already let your guard down, it's probably too late for you.

Dread5586d ago

lol

my bad ill make sure to get it fixed..

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piroh543d 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.

FinalFantasyFanatic542d 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.

Storm23542d 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.

lockedongamer1542d ago (Edited 542d 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!

Chocoburger533d 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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SullysCigar1108d ago

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

1Victor1108d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar1108d ago

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

jznrpg1108d ago

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

badz1491108d 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!

Vengeance11381108d 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 Kim1108d ago

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

VersusDMC1108d 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?

Vengeance11381108d ago

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

solideagle1108d 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.

Phoenix761108d 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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REDGUM1108d ago

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

thesoftware7301108d ago (Edited 1108d 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.

blacktiger1108d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca1108d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

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

OzzY-waZZy1108d ago (Edited 1108d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

lukasmain1108d ago

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

Imalwaysright1108d 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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bouzebbal1859d ago

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

MadLad1859d 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.

Applejack1859d 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_B1859d ago

Even emulators are super simple to use.

jukins1859d 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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Vegamyster1859d 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.

SinkingSage1859d ago

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

Rachel_Alucard1859d ago (Edited 1859d 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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AzubuFrost1859d ago

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

Shane Kim1859d ago

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

MadLad1858d ago

Did you purposely miss the entire point of my post?

Inverno1859d 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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RevXM1859d ago

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

Magatsuhi1859d ago

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

Binarycode1859d ago

2 is the better game.

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

Omar3li1859d ago

60fps is peasant for FPS games now

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