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bugrimmar said:
you're fighting the same enemy (helghast of course), and you're using the same weapons. You're in the same black and grey world, the same setting, the same war.

it's the same game.

gta 3 is in the same town as the first one, with the same char as a previous one. Fighting the same gangster types as the previous ones, using the same weapons, the same vehicles (minus the motorcycle) same atmosphere :P

First game also sold about 3 mills btw



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I am willing to bet a permanent ban against anyone saying this game will sell less then R2. Any takers?

Also, this is another example of X360 fanboys making up there own hype so that they can rub it in PS3 fans faces with the "HA! It didn't do 5 million day one like I saw one random poster say and therefore all PS3 fans opinions were the same". No PS3 fan has claimed this game to be a PS3 savior, you 360 fans are just full of shit! How do I know? Because no PS3 fan believes the PS3 needs saving! The only thing any PS3 fan has ever SERIOUSLY (I've seen joke comments which are not to be taken seriously as well as just comments by idiots) is that the game will have great sales and outsell any other ps3 FPS. I've heard that it will be a multi-million seller and it will be. Personally I believe it will have 3-4 million LTD.




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Those that are looking forward to KZ2, I sincerely hope you enjoy it.

But ... it will not sell Halo/CoD/Gears numbers. As many PS3 fans have stated, the PS3 owner is supposedly not shooter crazy and has a more diverse palate for gaming genres. That being the case, even if this sells big for a shooter on the PS3 (Cod4 sits at 3.9 mil), it still will not sell HUGE for a shooter this gen.

And for those that are now trying to downplay R2 since it hasn't turned into the sales giant MANY said it would, shame on you.



bugrimmar said:
every halo adds a new dimension to the gameplay. new alien weapons. new vehicles. new big-ass enemies. etc.

resistance 2 has so many new things on it. it has improved weapon design. it has 60 player online. it has a class based coop. it has bigger than screen bosses.

grand theft auto, yes, has become stale. there's no question about that. gran turismo, also the same (but 5 will break the trend because of damage to cars and online racing).

killzone 2, however, as the previews and various gameplay videos have suggested, offers nothing different from part 1 except the graphics. no new weapons. no new enemies. no new colors even.

I think you just destroyed your own point, unless you're suggesting that the original Killzone on the PS2 had similar multiplayer to what its sequel will have on the PS3. 

Also, no new weapons?  SERIOUSLY?  I mean, you're 100% sure?



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I wouldn't expect it to pull Halo or Gears numbers, but I would hope that it would pull great numbers for a PS3 title.

I don't know what the highest selling PS3 game is, but World at War is over 2 million and Call of Duty 4 is just under 4 million so there's something for Sony's marketing team to try and shoot for. Still, I don't think it would hurt to try and expose Killzone 2 with Gears or Halo levels of marketing.



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Well it is possible for KZ2 to outsell Resistance 2 within few weeks, because R2 sold well but i reckon it could have done better. Outselling Resistance 1 will be a bich achievement for Killzone 2 because R1 has sold extrmely well on PS3 smaller userbase. I think that game does recievie tons of hype but like with LBP before some people simply put too much faith in it sales wise, it will be a commercial success but not as big as some think.



lol to the OP poster. Call of Duty freaks don't play Resistance 1 or 2 (very few of them, if any) .

So COD WAW sort of like canceled out Resistance 2 for the holiday season.

Killzone 2 is a different kind of beast. It is THE NEXT LEVEL of FPS Call of Duty fans -No, ALL FPS freaks- have been waiting for.

COD fans don't seek out Resistance 2, but they ARE looking forward to Killzone 2 and they WILL play it, and trust us beta testers: THEY WILL LOVE IT.



Dang. How many people have actually played KZ1 AND Halo 1/2 single player for comparison?

Anyone who says Halo had a better single player game... never played Killzone outside of one handed, at a game store, with a slice of pizza in the other hand... probably chewing a little circle out of the middle of a pepperoni slice and holding it up while humming the Halo theme.

Killzone 1 wasn't anything super phenominal, but Halo 1/2 were downright boring by comparison.



Groucho said:

Dang. How many people have actually played KZ1 AND Halo 1/2 single player for comparison?

Anyone who says Halo had a better single player game... never played Killzone outside of one handed, at a game store, with a slice of pizza in the other hand... probably chewing a little circle out of the middle of a pepperoni slice and holding it up while humming the Halo theme.

Killzone 1 wasn't anything super phenominal, but Halo 1/2 were downright boring by comparison.

 

Certainly would not say that the Halo games are boring! They are a lotta fun!

Killzone is geared at a more mature audience whereas the Halo sereis is firmly based in the kinda world that would not be out of place on a saturday morning space marine adventures show..

Halos universe is childish in comparison, but one that has been able to entertain both young gamers and the "hardcore".

I cannot say that KZ2 will attain the same level of success but I have no doubt that it will provide the better gamimg experience... certainly in the SP. Already the differences are vast as when I think of Halo the whole thing just blurs into one game as they were practically all the same.

Although saying that im now hummin the halo tune... Damn.. time to rake out that 360 from the loft for a week till KZ gets here! :lol:



I think the demo has proven that this is not Killzone 1 with pretty makeup. This is Killzone 2.

It'll outsell R2 within three weeks of its release.



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