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Jay520 on 08 May 2012
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Shinobi-san said:
Jay520 said:
Shinobi-san said:

I just think the expectations were higher for a game like Killzone 3. I mean the game is really good, single player was relatively good, and the multiplayer was great, production values are high, its hard to fault the game. And its in one of the most popular genres at the moment..to me 2.23 m copies for a sequel which really improves greatly over its predecesor is not a good sign of strength for the franchise. I mean killzone 2 sold almost 3 mil, i doubt KZ3 will even manage to get there. Not to mention the game is critically acclaimed as well. So what i ask myself is why doesnt it sell as well as some of the other blockbuster shooters?

 

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If you've ever frequented the Killzone forums, you'll notice the community is split on their opinion of KZ3. Some say KZ3 is better, some say KZ2. I think KZ3 missed out on a lot of sales by attracting a new audience, while at the same time losing a chunk of it's core audience. (I personally loved KZ2, but can't stand KZ3. The controls just seem so inferior to KZ2. I know that's just my opinion, but A large group of KZ fans feel the same.)

Also, as a shooter, it really needs offline competitive multiplayer. It's like a requirement for shooters. Name me some shooters WITHOUT offline, competetive mp that sold well. Battlefield is one. What else? None. Now, name all the shooters with offline that sold well. Halo, Call of Duty, Gears of War, Left 4 Dead. And those are the biggest shooters out right now (excluding the aforementioned Battlefield).

I prefered KZ2 as well If you check out my game collection you would see i gave KZ2 a 9/10 and KZ3 8/10.

That one point i took away was because of the controls, which i absolutely do not buy was a design decision. It was delayed input, so i dont see how any can actually say that they prefer a delayed input?? Unless we are talking about something else? And for many people, not just the guys on the Killzone forums that input lag is unplayable. Add to that online lag and well...yeah.

Killzone 3 kinda fixed the lag input, but the game lacked in some areas. I know the single definately wasnt as good as KZ2's (which i thought was amazing!). One of the only games that i feel truly recreates the feeling of chaos and urgency that is connected with a warzone. The mp i know was also changed to be more accessible to people, which is something i liked about it cos im noob :)

Irrespective though, i dont see the franchise ever selling anything significantly more than what  it currently does ~2mil. And like i said in my prev post, given the time, and resources placed into the games surely the sales expectations are higher. I wasnt really giving my point of view from a gamers perspective but rather from a sony business perspective. Although i dont know much about business :P



Yeah, there was lag, but you could tell that in KZ2, the players moved intentionally slower, aiming was intentionally slower, and accuracy was significantly lower. The overall pace of KZ2 was much slower than KZ3. I think that's why me and many others preferred KZ2. KZ3 is so fast. It doesn't give you time to think. One of the things I loved about KZ2 was how it required so much skill to get a long ranged kill, and only with certain guns. However, in KZ3, it seems like even an SMG can kill you from afar. Quickly too!