Sony fans, why don't you....

[Michael-5]

pokoko said:

Michael-5 said:

Ahh I went on.

To each their own, I will agree with you that the back story to Killzone is interesting. However the events that unfold in the games, and the story which progresses during the games, is not interesting, and very generic. I mean Killzone 3 is literally you standed on Helghan and trying to leave. What plot is there?

What should I say?  That you're right and it turns out that I didn't really find Killzone fun or interesting now that I think about it?  That I detached the backstory from the game and played it with an empty mind?  That I didn't like the political backdrop provided by the glimpse into the power struggles inside the Helghast command?  Sorry, but I did.  I like the atmosphere and aesthetics of the game.

As for Gears of War, I'm not going to say if the story is good or bad--I haven't played it enough and I don't really care for the TPS genre--but the plot you described is straight Lord of the Rings and pretty standard for the fantasy genre.

So what are you saying then. Do you like the atmosphere and aesthetics of the game? Do you like how the political backdrop is present now and then and how it affects the answers your character and the two army's make? Or do you like the actual plot which is revealed in the games directly? Or all of it?

Like I said you like Killzone in the way I like Metroid Prime, and I'm not trying to change your mind. I even agreed with you about the political backdrop, but can I ask you this, do you find that the plot that unfolds in the games directly to be complex and original or does the game rely too much on the political backdrop to set the tone.

Comparing this to Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime has the interesting back story, and you're constantly reminded about it when you read the Lores. So yes there is a big influence from the back story. However the game itself is also so isolated, so purpose base. You really feel alone playing the game, and that's why the game itself also is interesting to play. However the plot in the game itself is pretty dependant on the back history, and really requires you to read the lores (hence I think you view Killzone in the way I view Metroid Prime).

I think you can easily play Metroid Prime for the sheer originality of the gameplay, the tone/atmosphere, and the quality of the boss encounters, etc without a giving a damn about the story. In the same way I think you can easily play Killzone as a mindless, and very brutal shooter, without much of a care for the plot. However IMO when you ignore the plot in Metroid, you still have a very original game (FPA!), but when you remove the plot in Killzone, it's very a generic game

As for Gears of War, it's a sci-fi shooter which has a plot similar to a fantasy genre? I never got into Lord of the Rings. Anyway Gears isn't particularly unique, but they do a good job of involving you with the back story, and I thought it was pretty good. I also think they do set a good atmosphere in these games, remember the Mad World Commercial for Gears of War 1? The game kinda plays like that, you really do get that feeling of desperation. I always thought that most Killzone fans would be Gears fans if they had a 360 because of the sheer brutality of the two franchises.