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Aha, overhype. Entirely different from hype. Saying Killzone 2 will be a fantastic game, and saying it will be a Halo killer, are two entirely different things.

I have personally never claimed the latter, but many people here have. Yes, it will be fantastic. Yes, it has a good chance of being better than Halo. But that's not the point. The whole _ Killer phrase shouldn't be used until AFTER a game has been released.

If and when Killzone 2 is as awesome as it's being hyped to be (we now have some concrete evidence at least http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/killzone2) THEN we can call it a Halo killer.

You know what I find more annoying than overhype, though? What I like to call Haze Syndrome. Sufferers seem to think that every single PS3 exclusive that is going to be released in the future is going to be crap, because Haze and Lair were crap.

Um...no. TWO GAMES in the PS3's entire exclusive library flop relative to expectations, and now every game is going to flop? Of course, Killzone 2 will flop because it's an FPS, like Haze and Resistance 2 (which of course is a flop, despite being a million seller), and because it's on PS3, like Haze and LBP (which of course is a flop, despite being nearly a double million seller).

The term "flop" seems to have been adjusted to mean "not a week one million seller", which like I said, I find much more annoying than hype. Can you honestly tell me only Sony fans do this? There's a nice thread in the Gaming Discussion: Can The Conduit outsell Killzone 2?

You'd be shocked at the number of "Of course it will" answers.



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