Killzone 2: Guerrila Admits "Some Areas to Improve"

Spong writes: "Hermen Hulst is the managing director of Guerrilla Games. He appears to be a refreshingly honest and straightforward chap in an industry rapidly disappearing beneath a mountain of jargon, obfuscation and plain BS. He is also responsible for Killzone 2, the game that could either breathe new life into PlayStation 3 or serve as the first verse in its swansong.

While Internet forums have been befouled with rants about how good or bad the game is, Mr Hulst is more up front. He says, "We've delivered in most areas on the vision we set out. We have pushed the machine hard". However, he also states, "If you analyse down to the nitty gritty, there are some areas to improve."

[Hallucinate]

well of course..is this even considered news? every game has something to improve on..and its usually done in the sequel

[Alcon]

They have allready said that in a (video) interview to a dutch site, saying that as time went by (creating the game), they always found things to add to rectify, to do better (especially when they could handle the technology better), and that they had many more ideas they wanted to implement in the game but said they had to stop somewhere (time, money being some factors)and could, if they wanted, easily bring those new ideas over to a new game from the Killzone univers.

So watch out for Killzone 3 lol

[xT-Virusx]

there is always room to improve a game no matter what. whoever wrote this is captain obvious.

[Montrealien]

I could point out 30 articles right now that should not be here that many N4G console war (enthusiats) would never complain about. So if many of you guys support those other sh*t articles, many more will come, like this one. You get what you ask for if you ask me and right now the flame bait console war crap is ruining this site and these days are numbered so enjoy it while it lasts.

/on topic

Killzone 2 is a great shooter and nothing is ever ever perfect, their is always room to improve, no matter how great the game is. This article fails.

[phosphor112]

they have become the next Epic...lol CliffyB...All he does is gloat...

[Montrealien]

nope phosphor112, that`s called marketing, want me to give you a few quotes from Guerilla in the past? They have said some pretty bold claims in press releases in the past.

You got to show off your sh*t and not talk about the bad stuff, or else it`s just bad business. Just look at Sony, they are kings at that, they almost never admit to faults, they are perfect, and they have all the right to talk like that, as Epic does, and as Guerilla have done.
http://www.gamespot.com/xbo...

[arika]

it's the ps3 what do they expect. just like the ps2, programmers will find a way to optimize the machine. the guy is just stating that the ps3 is that powerful. unlike other consoles that is so easy to program for, that 3 years to its lifetime and it has maxed out already.

[dj55555555]

first verse in its swansong? How are people allowed to write this?

[TOSgamer]

Yeah its sort of funny. He says the industry is full of BS then he piles some on himself. No system relies on a single game to determine success or failure.

[Montrealien]

yep, poor article...

[Fishy Fingers]

Few measly quotes ripped from the BBC article on the homepage: http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...

Anyway, theres always room for improvement. After the culmination of 5 years work there is bound to be a few areas you look back on and think, we could of done this or that better or differently etc.

[Karum]

It's nice that he's being honest but tbh this should be common sense.

I've not ever heard of one game developer saying that in hindsight there is nothing they think they good have improved on.

Looking forward to getting this game!

[ReTarDedFisHy]

there's always room to improve. This guy is just being humble, IMO.

[xT-Virusx]

i just left a comment almost identical to yours. not on purpose its in the 1.-- section but i thought it was funny we were sharing the same brain waves.

[Karum]

Yeah he is being humble but I think all developers are like that, any interview I've ever seen where the question is put to them there's always somethign they've either thought they could have either done better or just done differently.

I'd say most devs are very happy with their product when they ship but then as tiem passes they start to think oh maybe we should have done that differently or oh I'd have liked to do that differently.

I watched a video yesterday with 2 of the devs and they were asked that question and stated there are things they wanted to do but didn't have the time then when they moved onto talking about DLC said that DLC could perhaps introduce some of those things they had to leave out of the shipped product so hopefully we'll get soem cool additions down the line!

[zaz12]

"He is also responsible for Killzone 2, the game that could either breathe new life into PlayStation 3 or serve as the first verse in its swansong."

[Chaoticsoulx]

This is a duplicate ehhh

[Foxgod]

Imagine if a game would exist that would not require any improvement.
We would never need another game again.

So what if it has some flaws, every game has flaws.

[Cajun Chicken]

This is where patches come in.

[unrealgamer58]

@cajun chicken

nice avatar i love yu yu hakusho and dbz

[Cajun Chicken]

Thanks! I was wondering if anyone would notice!

[IQUITN4G]

This can't surely be, some of you guys have spat poison in defence of how absolutely perfect this game is.Could it be that the quibbles already noticed are indeed the case and Killzone2 is weak in some areas?

[RGB]

no game has ever been perfect. its impossible IMHO.
only few come close.

Zelda Ocarina of Time in the 5th gen of gaming.
Resident Evil 4 in last gen.
This Gen IMHO only MGS4.
Team Fortress 2 is best ever multiplayer IMO to.

Resident Evil 5 is amazing & sad idiots saying gameplay & controls are last gen are complete n00bs.

[IQUITN4G]

Resi Evil isn't really my thing but the demo was anything but cr!p.In and out of menu is a pain like it's always been but it's highly polished and intense.

Ocarina is still quite an achievement and one very believable experience - certainly in my top 10 games

Team Fortress2 is an absolute blast of course

[yojoe26]

And you know gamers in general are very hard to please. These guys just spent five years of their lives trying to make an incredible game to please US and we complain and whine like a bunch of five year olds about what it does or does not have rather than praise what they have accomplished and be thankful for the amazing game they have given us. I wish all gamers (or at least more of them) would not act like selfish children who pitch temper tantrums when we don't get everything our greedy hearts desire immediately. These guys have worked hard to produce an amazing game and I think we should say "Thank you Guerilla Games" rather than "Wha!! No co-op?? Slow aiming!? Bland water textures!? Sux." Let's act mature and be thankful. This game is going to absolutely rock!!

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

Don't be "refreshingly honest" on the internet!!! ;-D
You'll get murdered by the internet FREAKS!!!

1 WEEK, 1 DAY TO GOOOOOOOO!!! ;-P

[redsquad]

Even in the 45 minute 'making of' video, the game director (can't remember his name!) said he was stil playing KZ2 and taking notes, even though it was too late for any mods to be included in the final release.

It's perfectly normal for any game worth it's salt that the makers want to improve on it - Same with movies. How many directors say they'd improve a film given a chance to revisit it?

Pity some people with limited imaginations are already coming here with the rather tedious "bu.. but you said KZ2 was perfect to start with" posts. I won't give them the satisfaction of replying directly.

[Jerk120]

See Suckstation 3 fans? Your flawless game is flawed as is your console.

[dazzalfc]

Yeah, completely forgot that the Xbox 360 is a complete marvel from a technical aspect.

Tell me, what is the failure rate of the console again?

If your at least going to flame, be good at it. Tit