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Magnific0 on 15 January 2009

Wicked.

 



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perpride on 15 January 2009

Let me see if I got this right: KZ2 was announced at E3 2005. It's now almost February 2009 and we are almost about to get the game. You want us to stop hyping it up now?

Send some of those drugs over this way.



Mirson on 15 January 2009
Euphoria14 said:
Like I was saying before, I see more XBox and Wii fans getting worked up about this game than anyone else. What is even better is those saying it is hyped in terms of sales, is it not possible to have something NOT sales related? Is it not possible to hype something in terms of quality? I see more people saying "This game is going to be awesome" than "This game is going to sell 10M copies". I see more threads about the gameplay quality, graphics, etc... than sales threads for the game.

Who knows, maybe I am just looking at a different www.VGChartz.com than some others.

This game has lived up to expectations in terms of the E3 2005 trailer and now those who refuse to eat crow are trying to downplay the game. If it was the other way around and it didn't live up to the E3 2005 trailer we would have threads like "KZ2 overhyped, didn't live up to expectations", so honestly either way we were expecting crap like this.

Makes me think back to 2007. Halo 3 hype, I mean HUGE HYPE, mild hype for Mass Effect, same for Bioshock. If I remember correctly this was the same time we had to read "Best Holiday Lineup in Gaming History" all over the damn place. Did it let up? Of course not, people kept riding it all the way up to each games release date and for some, even beyond that point. Strange to see how quickly some forget this.

Once again I ask this. Why was it perfectly ok then, or even ok for Gears of War and Gears of War 2 but so wrong for Killzone 2? Looks to me like more hypocrisy to be perfectly honest.

Well for me it's because of the developers. GG has done nothing to amaze me unlike 2K, Bioware or Bungei. Halo 3 did deserve the hype since it's a proven IP, and it has one of the best multiplayer on consoles today. Also I don't really care for graphics, and all the gameplay vids for KZ2 bore me to death.



NYANKS on 15 January 2009
perpride said:
Let me see if I got this right: KZ2 was announced at E3 2005. It's now almost February 2009 and we are almost about to get the game. You want us to stop hyping it up now?

Send some of those drugs over this way.

 

 Haha, good point.  Can't stop the train now!



Dryden on 15 January 2009
perpride said:
Let me see if I got this right: KZ2 was announced at E3 2005. It's now almost February 2009 and we are almost about to get the game. You want us to stop hyping it up now?

Send some of those drugs over this way.

Well, there's one thing detractors can't dog KZ2 on any longer; it'll get released before Duke Nukem Forever!

 



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dbot on 15 January 2009
Mirson said:
Euphoria14 said:
Like I was saying before, I see more XBox and Wii fans getting worked up about this game than anyone else. What is even better is those saying it is hyped in terms of sales, is it not possible to have something NOT sales related? Is it not possible to hype something in terms of quality? I see more people saying "This game is going to be awesome" than "This game is going to sell 10M copies". I see more threads about the gameplay quality, graphics, etc... than sales threads for the game.

Who knows, maybe I am just looking at a different www.VGChartz.com than some others.

This game has lived up to expectations in terms of the E3 2005 trailer and now those who refuse to eat crow are trying to downplay the game. If it was the other way around and it didn't live up to the E3 2005 trailer we would have threads like "KZ2 overhyped, didn't live up to expectations", so honestly either way we were expecting crap like this.

Makes me think back to 2007. Halo 3 hype, I mean HUGE HYPE, mild hype for Mass Effect, same for Bioshock. If I remember correctly this was the same time we had to read "Best Holiday Lineup in Gaming History" all over the damn place. Did it let up? Of course not, people kept riding it all the way up to each games release date and for some, even beyond that point. Strange to see how quickly some forget this.

Once again I ask this. Why was it perfectly ok then, or even ok for Gears of War and Gears of War 2 but so wrong for Killzone 2? Looks to me like more hypocrisy to be perfectly honest.

Well for me it's because of the developers. GG has done nothing to amaze me unlike 2K, Bioware or Bungei. Halo 3 did deserve the hype since it's a proven IP, and it has one of the best multiplayer on consoles today. Also I don't really care for graphics, and all the gameplay vids for KZ2 bore me to death.

 

Which Guerilla Games have you played?



Thanks for the input, Jeff.

 

 

Magnific0 on 15 January 2009

^it seems Killzone 1 was a very popular game! everybody seems to have played it! I have no doubt now part 2 will be a huge sucess, lol



soulsamurai on 15 January 2009

Dear Poster,
Please play the game as i have played the beta rather then just a "few minutes" as you claim. It will have a meme affect, i let a few of my friends played the beta. It has already sold 2  consoles from me just showing a few friends so no boost right away but there will a long time affect.



CURRENTLY PLAYING:  Warframe, Witcher 2

darthdevidem01 on 15 January 2009
NJ5 said:
--OkeyDokey-- said:

Last year MGS4, Brawl and LittleBigPlanet had at least as much hype as this game and none of them were disappointments.

Certain games receive massive hype for a reason y'know...

I think KZ2 has more hype for it than all of those. The hype level seems noticeably higher than that of Brawl and MGS4, not to mention that KZ2 has been announced for a longer time than those.

 

 

WHAT? more hype than MGS4? yourjoking

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I will say it AGAIN

HALO 3 is what HYPE WAS & IS.....nothng has topped that in terms of ACTUAL Worldwide hype in the actual world



All hail the KING, Andrespetmonkey

twingo on 15 January 2009

Not overhype, just reality.

the dman thing is that good and is the best looking game out there.