WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO! GO 50 cents! show the world the true definition of "BEST GAME EVA".

What?

The original Halo Bungie thought was gonna flop. Noone really new anything about it. When the reviews started coming in people just seemed to lap it up. Also the original GTA I didnt even here about that till 6 months after it was out.

Gran Turismo is another one. It wasnt until reviews that people thought I wanna play that game. As for Gears after E3 2006 because of people having played it there the media said it was awesome, M$ realised they were onto a winner and marketed it for the last 4 months before release.

KZ2 has been hyped heavily for over 2 years. Theirs the difference right there.

First page, like 10th post...

OT: I think to view this magazine's credibility, we need only to look at the cover:

Yeah, really credible reviewers.

For god's sakes, these people are worse than Variety! They gave Street Fighter IV a 3/5!

These people aren't even Metacritic approved. And it doesn't take a lot to be Metacritic approved. Variety is metacritic approved.

Is there any point in this thread?
the trolls are simply going to use this as proof of killzone 2 being a massive flop and the ps3 fanboys (myself included) are going to argue that you can't conclude anything from this review because (a) maxim is not a reputable source (b) we don't have access to the review and thus can't gauge the reasons why it scored as it did you can never tell what a game is like from one review in isolation and (d) there are almost always disparity between review scores because at the end of the day they are subjective (however, despite there being inconsistencies in review scores a 'consensus' will emerge, e.g. metacritic).

Honestly, some of you just can't help yourself, constantly flamebaiting others.

I'd like to see the text of the review before I comment.

Ignoring that, I'm sure Killzone 2 deserves more than 70, but itcertainly does not deserve the scores of 98 it has been getting.

 What makes you think it doesn't deserve a score of 98? Have you played the game? -.-

Why are you taking an intense interest in this game anyway. It's not like you'll be buying it...

Lad's mag prefers lads game shock!

PS3 fans: What??!? a 70! that magazine is a terrible source!

360 fans: I always knew it was overhyped, Maxim is a great source!

Wii fans: -.-

"Guns don't kill people, Rappers do. I heard it on a documentary on BBC 2!" to quote the great GLC. As for Maxim, I would suggest much like the Sun, (English daily paper) because MS drops a lot of cash with them in advertising & Ad features that they are a little biased with their reviewing. Not that it matters who on earth are going to take the likes of the Sun and Maxim seriously for game reviews?

It would have been ok for them to give that score to Killzone2. But 50cent higher than that? LOL