FilaBrasileiro said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Again, I'm not sure you guys wanna overhype this one. Didn't you learn anything from every other PS3 exclusive that has been released this gen? The latest batch have all underpreformed in either sales or reviews or both, to be frank.
It doesn't matter how great the beta online mode is, if the campaign sucks, critics are gonna flame the hell out of it. Look at Resistance 2.
You gain nothing from hyping this. You actually hurt the game by overhyping it. It now, can not do any better than our expectations, and will probably do worse.
Learn lessons, people. Learn from the mistakes of the past.
Resistance 2 had the same and even more glowing impressions from so-called unbiased gamers. Resistance 2 was developed by an even better developer, was a christmas game, and had even more hype.
It turned out to sell modestly, and "only" be pretty good. The Sony haters have yet to stop laughing.
Why, oh why, do you hype your games up so much? Do Wii or 360 owners do this about all their games? Where are the "best game ever" Halo Wars, or Animal Crossing threads?
Why are you doing this to yourself?
Do you figure that if you just hype every game, eventually you will be right? Then what? Who will be owned then? Nobody. Because the game didn't succeed, it will have simply met expectations.
Just say, "Hope it's good" and move on. Trust me, you guys get over-excited at the drop of a hat. You can't tell how a game will be received, no matter how much you play it. Especially if it's a FPS online mode. There are games out there with really, really great, KZ2 quality online modes, already. Every shooter in the past few months has had a killer online mode. Standards have been set. Just saying the online is fun, and the best shooter ever(whatever) doesn't even guarantee the game an 8/10 against today's other shooters. It's all about the campaign and the content.
Even if the game scores well, it's sales might flop. That's even worse. Sales are what make a game important. There is no worse feeling than to have a good game and it not sell a lick.
Just hold off on your excitement and hype for 2 more months, and go play Resistance 2. |
About the SP campaign, there are a couple of guys on GAF that were very skeptic about Killzone 2 and they have played the SP campaign and couldn't say much but they were really impressed by it. The one thing that I can see critics and reviewers picking on is the lack of online (and I think offline) co op modes. Also if there are no split screen options, the game score will suffer as well. I played both R2 and Killzone 2 and Killzone 2 is vastly superior, even if it is made by an inferior developer. The only thing R2 beta had on Killzone 2 beta is an awesome co op campaign.
With that said, I'm predicting sales to be plateau around 3 million tops, mainly because of Sony's (lack) of marketing.
BTW, Wii and 360 owners hype the hell out of their games, I've heard a lot of Halo Wars will be great, being developed by one of the best RTS developers in the business, etc and Animal Crossing will show what the Wii can do online, it'll truly be a marvelous experience, also 360 = Gears 2 best looking game EVA, Forza 2 better than GT5 (even though GT5 is not even out), etc.. and Wii (RE4 with Wii controls is the best thing EVA, WHAT? GTAIV scored higher than SMG? Blasphemy, etc.) and as you mentioned, PS3 owners hype their games, maybe you just tend to notice PS3 owners hyping up their games more.
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