Keep in mind where I'm coming from - Killzone 2 is my favourite PS3 game.  But they changed a lot after release.

I wasn't in the Killzone 2 beta, but my experience in other PS3 betas that I have been in has involved a group of people legitimately trying to test the game out and suggest changes/improvements, and a vocal group, perhaps a minority, who shouts down anyone who does so.   The worst example of this was the MAG beta (the real beta, not just the later beta that everybody was involved in).  People were making suggestions, but there was a group of people who would tell them to "stop whining" and "wait for the final version".  It was a joke.  I've been in 3 others, and while they weren't quite as bad, there were similarities.  If you're saying the Killzone 2 process was better, I'll take your word for it.

Keep in mind some of the other tweaks - first they overpowered the air support due to complaints, then they took it back down.  They played with the weapon damage, etc. etc.  Actually, now that I think about it again, perhaps the problem was that they were *too* receptive to player input.  :)  There's also substantial evidence that they had features planned for the game (ie, the early vehicle footage) that got taken out for whatever reason.

I really just want this game to do well.

Well, sometimes two years just isn't enough.  Look at Insomniac.  They tried to do too much with Resistance 2, and the result was a fairly unpolished product that could've been much better with only a few months more in the cooker.

Though Resistance 2 had other problems as well, like straying from the grim, almost survival horror-esque tone of the first.

And if you notice, it looks like Resistance 3 will not be released this year, something that is completely out of character for Insomniac.  Given the feedback from the second, it looks like they are straying from their usual two year dev cycle.

I think that's my biggest fear.  Another Resistance 2.

Keep in mind where I'm coming from - Killzone 2 is my favourite PS3 game.  But they changed a lot after release.

I wasn't in the Killzone 2 beta, but my experience in other PS3 betas that I have been in has involved a group of people legitimately trying to test the game out and suggest changes/improvements, and a vocal group, perhaps a minority, who shouts down anyone who does so.   The worst example of this was the MAG beta (the real beta, not just the later beta that everybody was involved in).  People were making suggestions, but there was a group of people who would tell them to "stop whining" and "wait for the final version".  It was a joke.  I've been in 3 others, and while they weren't quite as bad, there were similarities.  If you're saying the Killzone 2 process was better, I'll take your word for it.

Keep in mind some of the other tweaks - first they overpowered the air support due to complaints, then they took it back down.  They played with the weapon damage, etc. etc.  Actually, now that I think about it again, perhaps the problem was that they were *too* receptive to player input.  :)  There's also substantial evidence that they had features planned for the game (ie, the early vehicle footage) that got taken out for whatever reason.

I really just want this game to do well.

Insomniac made Tools of Destruction and Quest For Booty in between Resistance 1 and 2 though. Guerilla hasn't been been busy with anything but Killzone 3 that we know of.