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makingmusic476 on 11 July 2008
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ZenfoldorVGI said:
makingmusic476 said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
makingmusic476 said:

So basically Killzone 2 didn't even really exist at that point in time, and now we have a release date.

Where's Alan Wake, again?

 

2009 release, was pushed up. Very little doubt, however, that AW is gonna own KZ2 hard in the face. Have you ever seen that trailer?

 

Hm? It's set for February 2009. That's a release date, and it's pretty definite (it was only delayed to give Socom and Resistance more room in the marketplace). Alan Wake, in comparison, has no release date whatsoever.

And we're just messing with each other. :P

About the trailer, yeah I've seen it. Actually, I was just rewatching it because he said it looks as good as Killzone 2. I wouldn't go THAT far, but it does look damn nice. Will it own KZ2? They're entirely different genres, so it'd be pretty hard for either to own the other.

No it wouldn't, lol. The "different genre" business is for n00bs. I'm a human being with a working brain. I am perfectly capable of comparing the quality of a game across genres, much like I am with movies and music. I also don't descriminate about games across genres. My favorite genre is "good."

Judging from Killzone 1, and knowing the propensity for Sony and the Killzone developers themselves to totally screw the pooch, if I had to venture a guess, it would be that in the very excellent genre of FPS games, Killzone 2 probably won't end up near the top. I mean, Half-Life 2, ep 3, Resistance 2, if KZ2 is even only Halo 3 good, the critics are gonna Haze it. I would give up my hope for shining reviews right now, if for nothing else, lots of reviewers disrespect PS3 exclusives.

Now, the 3rd person action survival horror/shooter genre is much less populated and hasn't put out a decent game since RE4. If Alan Wake is even halfass good, it'll get 8's and 9's.

 

Now, there is no doubt that Max Payne "owns the face" of Killzone 1, despite the genre difference. IMH and educated O, there is at least a 50/50 chance that such a comparison will eventually be made about these 2 games. I fully expect KZ2 to be an average to good FPS, no doubt, but Sony is trying to create Halo, and Killzone ain't it. They would have done much better to simply name the game something else.

 

 

The Guerrilla Games of today =/= the Guerrilla Games of 2004.  I'm not going to go much deeper into this, because it will lead to a long argument that has been made many times before, so it's really kind've futile.  And they aren't trying to remake Halo, unless by Halo you simply mean "popular FPS."

The reason I mentioned genres is because your like/dislike of a certain genre can slant your opinion of a game.  I can't stand Oblivion, but I don't get into WRPGs in general, so it would be wrong of me to say something like, "Heavenly Sword is a much better game than Oblivion."  It may be to me, but to the majority of the world this is not the case.  Even if you yourself try not to do that, many people do, which is why I said what I did.

Also, as far as I am aware, HL2EP3 is coming to the ps3.  Only Left4Dead is not.  In fact, some new HL2EP3 concept art was revealed today, and all three platforms were mentioned.