That's why I've learned to not let "reviewers" dictate what I play. Killzone 3 day one.

3.5 is not a bad score but seems a bit low for killzone 3

Day 1. BTW he literally praised the whole campaign besides Sev and Rico so still day 1.

Didn't play 2 much, I own it. But i'm hopelessly addicted to Killzone 3 beta... why is it down GG :( need mah fix.

Cannot wait for the demo :)

I don't see how the game is not getting scores on par with the Halo and Gears of War franchises. The game is like a perfect mix of the two styles. It skews towards Halo for being an FPS with space-marine vibes, but it also skews towards Gears of War for its cover and tactics oriented gameplay, masculine vibes, and spectacles. The graphics are so mind-blowingly amazing that gamers will enjoy it just so they can see the most insane technical engineering going on in console game development today. The multiplayer in the open beta is huge, addictive, and above all just completely solid in terms of controls, map design, and features. The single-player demo level was tons of fun to play as well, with a huge level that had a lot of variety in the types of gameplay you get just in the one level, from cover-to-cover stop and pop tactical shooting to sniping to artillery attacks to the on-rails segment and the jet-pack stuff, all of which controls wonderfully and is just a ton of fun to play through. The voice acting and presentation is also a big step up from previous Killzone games. I just feel like there's an incredible amount of nit-picking going on to give this game lower scores, because when I compare what I've experienced to its direct peers like Halo, Gears, Call of Duty, etc., this game is as good or better in all of the same categories, so why do so many critics score it much more harshly than those other games?

"Maybe that will be the game to finally make me fall in love with the series."

I can't believe they get people to review it that don't like the series.

It's like getting me to review an RPG like ME 2, some good idea's but generally boring.

Can I ask a question who plays killzone for the story seriously? Because every review I've read that's been negative have been harping on the story.

Honestly, just stop reading these articles. Millions of people have already made up their mind because the online beta is free, and when the single player demo releases to everyone, MORE people will decide that this game is gonna be epic. When that happens, and kz3 hits near Halo numbers, reviewers like this website and others who downgraded the rating will be shown as biased/hit counting mongoloids.
Judge for yourself, the online beta is up right now. I give the online (which is only 1 map, but ive played for 8 hours already!) a solid 8.5 only due to the fact that some weapons and classes seem unimportant/overpowered. Balance patch fixes those things though.

FUK gamespy. and FUK journalists. Can someone please explain to me why in the past, game sequels have not improved upon the original, same story arc, same gameplay and same multiplayer but yet it still gets 9s and 10s, (halo and COD) but when KZ3 comes out, journalists just so happen change their standards?!? FUK them.

it seems that the comments here are more sucks then the review -.- .... alots of fanboys

This has turned into my favorite shooter of all time right up there with Timesplitters. I have been playing the open beta all week and I just love the feel of this game. I especially love that I can play the game any freaking way I want and it caters to that. Every class has VERY different abilities and weapons that make it possible to make almost any type of player happy. Me? I'm a Marksman class all the way occasionally switching to infiltrator and engineer whenever it calls for it.

I too think that some sites are giving this game some extremely stupid low scores for some reason or another. I can't quite understand what's not to like for these people. This guy claims it's too much like KZ2 with a few nice additions. ??????? Isn't that what sequels are supposed to be? If they totally change everything about the game it's not KIllzone anymore. Moron.....

Finally I think that all of the additions are huge. At least the ones that I have noticed in the beta. The melee system is absolutely killer and I think that any FPS I play from here on out will disappoint me if it doesn't have this type of system. Not even to mention that the full game has alot of additions that I haven't seen yet. This game is going to be incredible and to me it's a huge thing that I decided that this year I would only buy one FPS as a result of all that games coming out this year. I can now say that out of all of the shooters to choose from, this is my choice.

another big american website that tries to kill another great ps3 exclusive game, which certainly could not be done on xbox360.

hey gamespy, are you sure it deserves a 3/5 ?? you should give 2/5 instead, don't you think so?

the only word i can think off, whenever i read reviews like that, is "useless shit".
when i think of all those "journalists" always killing ps3 games, it makes me feel so disappointed.really.

first, there was the first ps3 exlcusive, for 2011 :GT5. many 3/5 and 7/10
now, there is Killzone 3, another ps3 exclusive. once again, while the game is awesome and better than KZ2, there comes the 3/5 and 7/10.

later on, what do we have ? Infamous 2. the first one was great, this second version gonna be huge, graphically, size, content, effects, everything. as a ps3 exclusive, it will get 6 and 7/10 from, of course, gamespot, ign, etc etc.

and many more...

almost forget, resistance 3. this game will be awesome, too, but as usually, 3/5 will fall from the sky.

then, we have uncharted 3, that is gonna be a monster, graphically, story, sound, everything. but, it gonna come out next november.. and november, it's time for another call of duty game. People will be giving 10's for this n version, and gamespot, ign, etc, will give a 7/10 to uncharted 3, because, they don't like the desert, nathan drake is still there, etc etc. maybe 7/10 is too much, come on, gamespot-ign, start inventing new shit agains UC3, so your 6/10 review is ready on time, so you can kill another ps3 exclusive game.

meanwhile, if a single exclusive xbox game comes out, it will get thousands of 10's, from journalists, even if its a pong 2, with 4 colors on the screen, gamespot/ign will give a 10 to graphics.

why i only talk about gamespot/ign ? because these are big websites, who can make a gamer buy this version of a game, instead of that version, and because since ps3 is out, every ps3 game gets a shitty score, on both websites. unfortunately, they're not alone: thousands of websites keep killing ps3 and ps3 games, which is a shame, for us, gamers. and i hate all those websites, whose journalists play and love their xbox, and can't review a ps3 game correctly, all they do is find a little thing here or there, so they can take 3 or 4 points out of 10.

Pre-ordered. The beta is incredibly impressive. The single player is fun, and the multiplayer is the best I've played in recent years.

Yet ANOTHER biased/know-nothing reviewer! /s

I'm disappointed to say the least. I actually kinda enjoyed the single player demo, but was not at all into the MP beta. we'll see. im still undecided.

Gamespy, take M$ dick out of your mouth.

How can gamespy even review ps3 games at this point. They are teamxbox editors who have low balled every ps3 exclusive. It is actually the only site that is really bad and ps3 fanboys will attack edge magazine.

teamxbox and pc gamer editors

flop

Guys who cares if a site gives the game a 3.5/5. You are acting like every single person should give this a 5/5 and act like it's the greatest game of all time. Not everybody likes the same games. If you think it's a 5/5, then great. That's how you feel. If someone gives it a 0/5, oh well. That's their opinion and they just didn't like the game. The amount of complaints just because a 3.5/5 is amazing. Remember it is one person and their review. Grow up

My two favorite games are NFL 2k5 and Shenmue. Do you want me to cry if someone says they prefer madden or that they didn't like shenmue?

People need to get passed the graphics in Killzone and look closely at the gameplay. It is not perfect, it never has been. I bought Killzone 2 and I've played a lot of the beta and the single player demo for Killzone 3. It is not a 10/10 game. For me I think it lacks staying power, it's fun for a while but there is still something missing. I want destructable levels, I want more variety in enemies, and I want online co-op campaign. I can see myself getting bored of the multiplayer once I've upgraded all the classes. And warzone is to much of run here and fetch this. It's just a fancy capture the flag and I don't want to be running all over the place all the time. Assassination is a cool idea but the map is to small so you don't have many places to hide.

for me it's a 8/10 game with 10/10 graphics.

for the life of me understand why ps3 fans get mad. The truth is Halo's get played for years!!! KZ,RE even UC only last a few months.

The ratings are based in comparasion to other games. First thing most reviewers say is the story sucks then we all know the MP is not gonna keep the vast majority playing over COD,Halo, and BF.

It is fun but honestly I wouldn't play it over the other games on a regular basis.

The crappy reviews merely stress the fact that the fanboys are alive and well on many of the game sites. Pathetic.

As unsympathetic the characters may be, and with the usual crappy script and dialog, KZ3 is still an improvement over KZ2 yet it gets a lower score. PATHETIC.

GG needs to let Naughty Dog do the SP part of KZ4 and focus purely on perfecting MP.... actually let Warhawk developers do the MP as well which would ensure KZ4 would have the best SP & MP :oP

Everyone arguing about a 3.5 hit your brakes. It's a 4/5. The author screwed up, lol.

Read the new opening paragraph in italyics. Bloodmask or a mod will have to change the header here as it's incorrect. Repeat, it's a 4/5 not a 3.5/5...which translates to an 80/100 instead of a 70/100.

QUOTE:
EDITOR'S NOTE (2/12/2011): This review was initially published late at night with a score of 3.5 stars. This was an editorial error; the score was intended to be 4 stars, and we chose the wrong option from our dropdown menu (oops!). We thought it important to clarify this, so as to avoid any suspicions of foul play. We apologize for the error! -RS

what makes me sick is everybody xbox owner needs to justify the cash spent on *please select: 1,2,3" consoles they bought.

people are simply jealous of what ps3 can achieve:

look at uncharted, uncharted 2. no game on xbox can and will ever match it's graphics. don't agree? tell me one game that does better graphically than uncharted 2.

title 1:_______________
title 2:_______________
title 3:_______________

now, tell me one game, on xbox, that can match Killzone2 graphics, effects, everything. and i'm not even talking about Killzone 3. just tell me which games on xbox can match killzone2 or 3:

title 1:_______________
title 2:_______________
title 3:_______________

now, let talk about innovation. tell me one game that can match little big planet, and now, little big planet 2. tell me one game, on xbox, that can match it's graphics, it's gameplay, and where you can build levels with the same tools developpers used to create levels:

title 1:_______________
title 2:_______________
title 3:_______________

now, tell me which game can match GT5, it's content, community, rendered premium cars, feeling of driving a real car, all the details, everything. and please, don't come with forza 3, there's simply no match, even if forza 3 is a great racing game.

title 1:_______________
title 2:_______________
title 3:_______________

the list goes on...
just to show the hate xbox fanboys have, against ps3. they're simply jealous. because apart a couple of games, and 1 or 2 exclusives, people are forced to play black ops, there's nothing else to do on xbox.or little.

everytime a ps3 game comes out, it's a showcase, it blow up everything that has been made so far.only 4 years, and ps3 still has power, power to surprise us, with every sequel. can't imagine uncharted 3. can't imagine resistance 3, can't imagine a killzone 4, a little big planet 3, and so on, in 2 years. right now, a killzone 3 game would be impossible to make on xbox.there's too much things to handle, don't even try. and for those who will kill me and "disagree", come here in 2 years, and tell me which game, on xbox, can match killzone 3, or uncharted 3. Z-E-R-O. NADA. and xbox owners know it. why they know it? you know how they feel inside, whenever they review a ps3 game, and give it a 7/10. just read the arguments, most of the time it's pure bullshit. they have nothing bad to say, so how to take away 2 or 3 points, on Killzone3 ? hmmm, let's say the story is bad.yeahh, great idea. the story is bad.- 3 points :)

nothing else to say ? everything else is perfect, light, effects, graphics, no aliasing, sound is great, etc etc. can't you simply ADMIT Killzone 3 is a 9/10 game, and not a 7/10, like many websites pretend?

i know how you can feel bad, after your 8400 hours playing halo,9000 hours playing call of duty games, and 2000 hours playing forza 3, running on the same track 70 times in a row, until it's time to go to bed. i know how people may feel bad, when knowing there is a game called little big planet 2, where they could build their own levels, and let friends play them and score them. so much imagination, spent on cod, autoaiming people, during 8 hours, until mum comes kiss you goodnight.

PLEASE FUCKING ADMIT, players, xbox fanboys, xbox websites, PLEASE ADMIT Ps3 is there, this Japanese made little thing can run games smoothly, huge games. huge in content and quality. can't you please stop giving 3/5 to a game, just because it runs on a console you don't own, and you're jealous of? please stop messing with our games. killzone3 is not perfect for you ? shut up. it's perfect for other people. let us buy the game, support the developper, and have fun with THAT game. you don't want to buy a PS3, don't you? NEVER, you may say. OK. but don't mess with my games, our games. don't spoil the party. don't make our games loool like shit, with your 6/10 scores. Simply rest in your world, a world where microsoft will throw you shit as content, a world where xbox can't match ps3 quality, and as time goes by, the differences in quality are becoming huge, where the only way to sell games, is giving money to developpers, so they make DLC for xbox first, where they need to buy exclusives, where they need to buy journalists and websites, to promote the few games they can give to their xbox custumers, who have seen their consoles Rroding so many times. microsoft would give money to their mother, so she had to buy a xbox. They (microsoft)have no respect for us, gamers, and for you, custumers.you. do you think they give a shit about providing you a dlc first, so you are happy ? no, they will do it so you, faithful custumers, spend your money on microsoft products. how did you have to pay, for a hard-drive ?? or wifi ? yeahhhh, keep beeing faithful, keep hating Sony and Ps3, in one year you will have to buy another xbox720, and start from the beginning(developpers), and we, stupid ps3 owners, we will be playing hundreads of uncharted 3 quality games, on our stupid console, that will continue to get 6 and 7/10 from the same gays, i mean, guys.

start saving, xbox 720 is coming soon. don't forget: one new version of windows every 2 years, 3 maximum. tha's a nice model :)

why would they build a console that would last 10 years, like Sony did and does ? no more incoming money in 10 years??? NOOOO.

let's build something that will burn sooner or later, faithful patriotic people will buy a new one everytime it gonne burn, let's give them a halo every year, with one or 2 exclusive games we will buy, for little cash, they will be happy, and we, at microsoft, will be VERY HAPPY ;)

*thanks, dear microsoft custumers,who have bought our stuff, for beeing so... mmmm, should we say it ????*

3.5 eh, I'll put that to the test

Killzone again pls 🥺

Gratz Guerilla, amazing Studio and engine, love Decima!

I was never a huge fan of Killzone, but thoroughly enjoy Horizon. Guerrilla are superb developer and easily up there with the best of the best.

Need a killzone 2 remake from the ground up.

One of the most creative studios out. I hope they keep it up.

Great studio, loved the Killzone series, I wish they would do a remake of the first three games. Horizon is a real step up and truly put Guerrilla Games on the map.

Too bad I never got a chance to play Shellshock: Nam’67 would have loved to try that game out back in the days to see what were their beginnings.

Bring back killzone (maybe in 3rd person perspective)

It would fantastic to see what they could do in Killzone after the lessons learned through Horizon.

Or heck, give us even a short linear FPS from the people who designed Cauldron THETA in the Burning Shores expansion. Even just flying into it (after gliding around and finding its opening amongst the lava and Sunwings perched around it, with other bigger machines just along the path toward it) was an incredible experience.

Great work until now. Keep on this path

Hope they get the opportunity to create a new IP this gen as well.

Forbidden West is awesome, It’s pretty damn big compared to Zero Dawn and it takes a little while to get your skills up and get the equipment you need to fully explore the game (not going to spoil it) but once you do those things and start fighting the big ass machines it really is amazing. Some cool side quests to where you hold the fate of peoples lives by your choice and the cauldrons look amazing. Lots of skills , combos, special moves and add ons for your weapons so you can approach fights many ways. Looking forward to the name game but I wonder how/if Silas will be a part of it or not ? Sad he’s gone.

Killzone games weren’t the best shooters but damn did they look purty!!!!

Killzone 2 remade with the multiplayer

20 years of mid-tier games and they are trending down.

I'm hyped for whenever Horizon 3 releases but Killzone 1 needs a remake BAD and 2 & 3 need remasters. Criminal those games are stuck on PS3.

Hold up

Horizon: Zero Dawn sold 24.3 million
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sold 29.81 million

With the way journalists have been consistently saying BotW overshadowed Horizon you’d think the gap between an entry in a new IP and a longrunning one would be bigger Even if you want to include however much the Wii U version of BotW did, both series still did impressive numbers

I never want to hear that Horizon is an overlooked franchise ever again

i really loved the atmosphere and idea of killzone. i hope they revisit it at some point because it always had so much potential.

Bring Back Killzone please or at least a KZ2 remake with MP.

Beautiful. Might try it out then. Is the emulator capable of 3D? Playing this in 3D with the Move gun controller was amazing when it came out. I was surprised they got it to run so well in 3D, too, after Resistance 3's 3D had such a low frame rate. I can still play it on my PS3, but if this runs better, I'm down.

Controversial opinion here, but this is my favorite campaign in the series.

FPS, the way it's meant to be played, with a mouse and keyboard of course 😁I have the ISO, easy to get, now to set it up and see.