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Killzone 3 Beta Impressions | Mad Overdose

MadOverdose.com writes: While I never had played the first Killzone, I really, really enjoyed the hell out of Killzone 2. I found the campaign of good length with good action and a decent story. My favorite part was how the game played in comparison to other FPS games. Not to mention it’s art style also had me hooked; space Nazis or whatever the hell you want to call them, the Helghast are cool. Killzone 3 is being released with only about half of the development time that the second game had, so what’s changed, multiplayer wise?

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Dart894823d ago

Love it...even though it's a beta it's way btr than blk ops.

Has anyone encountered lag yet????

ThatEnglishDude4823d ago

I've not heard of any lag issues as of yet.

SeNiLesBack4822d ago

HUGE lag problems, LOL jk

hakis864822d ago

Nope no lag =) It's great! I've even played it with MOVE, it's really cool.
And the 3D rocks!

only issues are some network-errors from time to time.. too much traffic?

SasanovaS19874822d ago

i might add, to the comment i said below, but today, i was cooking a granade, and the guy came behind me to slice my neck, only to find my dead body drop ALONG with the bomb i was holding...oh it was priceless

nnotdead4822d ago

i encountered a little lag in one match. then there was one guy who seemed to be lagging a lot in one match. not sure if he had a bad connection or cheating. other than that its been fine for me.

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AKA4823d ago (Edited 4823d ago )

Killzone 2 start having lag after over a year but it was smooth for a long time,
it did have a death delay that make you think that the guy was still alive (but he was already death), noting bad but sometimes make you die becuase you had to keep shoothing at him and others had a chance to kill you.

But the 24 players max. fix the problem in KZ3

Nathaniel_Drake4823d ago (Edited 4823d ago )

I am having a problem sometimes before entering a match it says connecting and sits there for a long time

Also when I am shooting with the 1st rifle of the marksman it is not quite accurate, I mean I get the reticle on the head and shoot and I never hit them

-Alpha4822d ago

That's a server load issue. Don't worry about it as it is common atm.

Just sign out and in again

"Also when I am shooting with the 1st rifle of the marksman it is not quite accurate, I mean I get the reticle on the head and shoot and I never hit them"

You are probably not doing it right. This gun takes some good, well placed shots and requires more patience to use.

TheGreat_14822d ago

lol @ alpha

Not doing it right? I'd hope anyone playing a FPS knows how to aim whether it be ACOG sights, iron sights, etc.

I also have this issue from time to time with any gun, it seems like the bullets don't register sometimes and sometimes they're sporadic as in the you aim the first shot, pop one off and instead of going straight it goes off to the side like recoil but happens when you pop off one shot.

It's not frequent and hasn't been enough to warrant a complaint from me, but it does make me slightly disappointed to line up a shot on someone camping and the first few shots don't register.

I am enjoying it more than KZ2.

nnotdead4822d ago

i have noticed this as well TheGreat. though it hasn't been constant enough to warrant a complaint yet from me.

DarkFantasy4822d ago

"You are probably not doing it right. This gun takes some good, well placed shots and requires more patience to use. " i always had respect for you but come on thats a load of bull shit LOOOL... killzone is kind of wacky some thing feels off about it im dissapointed in killzone 3 really not as good as the hype it feels like i need to put in a whole clip or more to kill some one from med to long rang even if my reticle is dead on even when i burst... i feel like im stuck with bfbc2 for now,

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Blacktric4822d ago

No lag issues at all. Also, graphical and weapon balance improvements are amazing. I must admit, closed beta's graphics were nice but not mindblowing. But open beta looks amazing.

willie324822d ago

I just wish they chose another map for the open beta.

MagicAccent4822d ago

No lag here either :)

The only thing that I don't care for in KZ3 is for the moment only cosmetic: the Helghast medic... Come on. That the most awful looking thing I've ever seen :P

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CaptainKratos4822d ago

its awesome. just getting bored of the map already.

GamerSciz4822d ago

I am curious to check out his preview but the site seems to be broken.

Regardless I myself love the KZ3 beta but have the same issue with taking a long time on the briefing screen.

LUCIEN4822d ago

Everything is awesome. But... the freaking one hit melee BS is starting to get aggravating. I want to play Killzone not AvP.

MoreRPG4822d ago

yep the melee can get anoying

SasanovaS19874822d ago

no way dude, today i played for a lil bit, there was 3 guys posted up on a choke point, i went in the building and came out, around them, and here i am blowing the first 2 with a shot gun before the third guy turns around, only to find me infront of him as i break his neck...3 kills in a mear 4 second span, you have no idea how accomplishing and satisfying that felt...not to mention the dead bodies laying there with blood alllll over the snow...it was too sick

MoreRPG4822d ago

im not saying its not great the melle kills are awesome
but i know there will be people running around the map just to kill other players with melee

GamerSciz4822d ago

I don't know I like the aspect of how to do the melee it takes a couple of seconds in which you are vulnerable. It's quite fun to see someone being meleed but it's even more fun to see your teammate in the middle of a melee in which you shoot the enemy and save your teammate. That aspect is really cool, I think.

LUCIEN4822d ago (Edited 4822d ago )

It is cool no doubt. but imo it should have been left in SP. At first it wasn’t an issue but the more I play the more often it happens. Lots of people just bum rushing into enemies now. and conga lines

GamerSciz4822d ago (Edited 4822d ago )

@LUCIEN Do you think it would be better if perhaps when you enter the melee you would then enter a one-button quick-time-event where you press either X,O,square, or triangle? And say if you press the wrong button you don't do the melee but instead just get pushed back (out of close melee range) and you can be shot or shoot again yourself.

Just an idea I just came up with but a lot of people don't like anything to do with QTE. The melee is better then KZ2 though.

BTW Fear Melee ruined the MP for me. KZ3 doesn't have this kind of lunge...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

LUCIEN4822d ago (Edited 4822d ago )

Melee was never an issue in KZ2. It was a last resort and it worked if you had skill. It would be better if it only worked from behind or something. KZ has always been about firefights. Now you can run up to people hit melee and boom dead. Its now a valuable weapon. I mean its something that wont break the game. Its still amzazing. its just something personally I could do without.

TheGreat_14822d ago

I loved the brutal melee at first but yeah, it over stays it's welcome quickly. Especially since there seems to be a CODesque lunge with it sometimes.

And I wish I was recording this, but an ally and myself vs 2 enemies all brutal melee'd at the same time apparently and we all got stuck in the 3rd person view but none of us died, we all got stuck until grenade spam wiped us all out.

It's was kind of funny and a big WTF moment.

TKCMuzzer4822d ago

People will only run around trying to melee for a while but this will wear down as more and more people become vulnerable to c4 etc.
Personally 1 hit melee is the way it should be. I'm sick of knife swinging in other games.

SoapShoes4822d ago

Most FPS games have one-hit melees anyway. This just does it more stylistically. I've tried bum rushing but it doesn't work that well. Usually I get shot so I stopped trying just melee. It works best if you sneak up to someone.

UnwanteDreamz4822d ago

Yep and I think it is more ballanced then a COD melee or a BFBC2 one. By that I mean it you are vunerable for a second while you preform it. In COD and BFBC2 you can knife and then fire your weapon pretty quickly.

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MoreRPG4822d ago

great big improvement over killzone 2 multiplayer
the only bad thing about the beta is that you only play on one map

ShadowJetX4822d ago

Its pretty much the same when the Bad Compay 2 multiplayer demo came out, with the whole only 1 map thing, but it didn't stop me from playing the crap out of it.

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20 Years of Guerrilla: The Story of a PlayStation Studio

The Amsterdam-based studio reflects on its humble beginnings, beloved franchises, and growth through the years.

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SullysCigar345d ago

Up there with the top tier in the industry. Love Guerrilla Games - Horizon Burning Shores is simply STUNNING.

1Victor345d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar345d ago

Same. They nailed it with Horizon. The trouble is I also want a new Killzone! Can't I just have it all?!

jznrpg345d ago

I’m with you I want Horizon 3 , Killzone and new IPs

badz149345d ago

I have yet to play Burning Shores as I just started Forbidden West (bought at launch, just unwrapped last weekend LOL) and playing on PS5.

man...I still can't believe the graphics especially now I'm playing it on my LG OLED. that graphics and with stable performance backing it up, GG really is the master of their craft!

Vengeance1138345d ago

32.7M sales in the Horizon franchise! With 8.4M coming from Forbidden West alone! Truly a hugely successful game and franchise as a whole. Looking forward to Horizon III

Shane Kim345d ago

That's kind of a huge drop though. It's only been two games.

VersusDMC345d ago

One year after realease HZD sold 7.6 million.

https://www.noobfeed.com/ne...

So not a drop off.

Unless you're saying a HFW should have sold as much now as HZD sold in 5 years?

Vengeance1138345d ago

It's been 3 games, this includes Call of the Mountain. Also no, its a great improvement over HZD.

solideagle345d ago

lol you are comparing:

HZD: 28 February 2017 - May 2023 (6 years+)

HFW: 18 February 2022 - May 2023 (1 year+)

We will see if it surpass original number.

Phoenix76345d ago

@shane, 2 full main games, 2 DLC add ons, 1 VR spin off game, oh and a an official LEGO set.
Not too bad for an ip that's only been on market for 6 years

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REDGUM345d ago

Wow, very impressive. I didn't know the numbers were so high for Forbidden West. Still playing through it myself

thesoftware730345d ago (Edited 345d ago )

Yooo, when I first saw that Killzone 1 footage at E3, my friends my brothers and I were like, Holy shit! When it came out, it didn't look exactly like it, but we sunk so many hours into 1 & 2.

I even liked Killzone: SF, it was a spectacle to look at, and even today it looks good. I hope they make a new one. Can you imagine how that will look, and they can get some modern FPS pointers from Bungie.

blacktiger345d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca345d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

The Decima Engine is absolute 🔥 I'm just mad they have abandoned Killzone.

OzzY-waZZy345d ago (Edited 345d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

potatoseal345d ago

They are probably working on mutiple projects. One of them is Horizon 3, but another is a multiplaer game and probably somehting else.

Imalwaysright345d ago

There were rumours that they were working on a Socom reboot.

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Killzone 3 is playable with mouse & keyboard on PC via RPCS3 & KAMI

DSOGaming writes: "While Sony does not plan to release Killzone 3 on the PC, Yahfz shared a video that gives us a glimpse at what such a PC version could look like."

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bouzebbal1096d ago

Still looks secure 2 gens later... one of my favorite ps3 moments. With 3D and move the game is on another level

MadLad1096d ago

PC almost always ends up the best place to play games, even if it takes a while.

What would you rather play decades down the line? A game at a fixed resolution and frame, considering you have a working disc, and the hardware?
Or run it on an emulator that can update the experience all around, and let you use whatever control input you prefer?

If you insist on the former, it's really only for the sake of nostalgia.

Applejack1096d ago

I disagree. The main draw for consoles has always be the simplicity of just putting the disc in / downloading it and playing without worrying about anything else. The average person just wouldn’t want to deal with emulation even though it’s very important for preservation.

Terry_B1096d ago

Even emulators are super simple to use.

jukins1096d ago

Youre getting flak because people on here thibk of themselves as pc wizards. But honestly most poeple try and go get emulators and romz they end up with malware.. yes theyre "easy" if you know the basics but alot of people dont. That said the fact that its taken nearly 20 years to get a sustantially better experience for ps3 games than on its native system shows the complexity of getting bc to work. Sony, if they have any intention, should just invest in a vastly better psnow experience.

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Vegamyster1096d ago

jukins

Most people who emulate don't get malware, you'd have to be going to some weird sites for that to happen, heck years ago people were getting sketchier ad's resulting in malware warning on this site if you didn't have a ad-blocker lol.

SinkingSage1096d ago

Can't get malware if you legally dump your own games, which you should.

Rachel_Alucard1096d ago (Edited 1096d ago )

That's fine if that's the main draw, but it doesn't make it a better experience, just a preference. Having the freedom to do the things you can do on PC is what the appeal of PC is. Buying a game on PC means you never have to worry about the console makers just deciding the next hardware shouldn't support the generation anymore, which means everything you bought is stuck on that hardware instead of moving up with everything else. Nintendo uses this tactic to keep reselling the same games over and over at inflated prices. Sony cut all previous gens off the PS4 and sold it back to people in a poor attempt with PSnow. While the PS5 supports PS4 games, that may not be the case in the next gen after this. No to mention shutting off all the previous stores and updates completely. Even MS stopped making new BC titles at some point, so now there's a big list with 17 pages of titles that are not playable on Xbone and are just trapped on older gen. That's not a problem on PC, the reverse happens where you only have to worry if your hardware can play the newest releases at ultra with no issue.

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AzubuFrost1096d ago

Shhh don't say that aloud! You're going to trigger a lot of console infidels here.

Shane Kim1096d ago

I rather play it when it's available then wait 10 years.

MadLad1095d ago

Did you purposely miss the entire point of my post?

Inverno1096d ago

Well that's the beauty of still owning a retro console tho. Those who usually complain about emulation are just being blindly loyal to a company. Emulation is great for many reason, but if I still owned the console then I disagree nothing beats plugging it back in and going down a nostalgia trip

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RevXM1096d ago

The RPCS3 devs are doing great work. And Kami works nicely with it too it seems.
Very neat.

Magatsuhi1096d ago

Been playing mgo on pc with mouse. It's not perfect but I can make it work.

Binarycode1096d ago

2 is the better game.

A Remake would be good. 60fps 2-4k

Omar3li1096d ago

60fps is peasant for FPS games now

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Top 10 PS3 Games We Hope Come Back On PS5

While Xbox has committed to backwards compatibility spanning four generations, PlayStation has continued their stance that the feature isn't important. Well, it is! I'm hoping these PlayStation 3 classics that skipped the PS4 entirely show up again on the PS5 for everyone to enjoy.

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Knightofelemia1274d ago

Resistance, Dead Space franchise, Splatterhouse, Lollipop Chainsaw, Brutal Legends, Alice Madness Returns, Enslaved Journey to the West, Mass Effect franchise. Also wouldn't mind seeing a new Wild Arms game remake or HD remaster, the Xenosaga trilogy, a new Parasite Eve, a new Dino Crisis just too many games to list that are forgotten and left in the dark now adays.

Sciurus_vulgaris1274d ago

The PS3 is difficult to emulate. PS3 backwards compatibility on PS5 would require translation from PowerPC to x86. Additionally the PS5 likely would have to mimic the PS3’s GPU and CPU.

ApocalypseShadow1274d ago

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This is what pops up on my web browser. So I can't even read the site. So, forget that. They don't need my data.

But let's get something straight. OG Xbox had around 1,001 games. How many are BC on Series X? **39** THIRTY NINE. Come on! That's wack BC. You can't tell me that's a complete list. Talking about commitment. Game preservation. Ridiculous. Covers nothing.

How many games released on Xbox 360? Around 2085. How many are BC?
568. That's it. Around 1,517 are **MISSING** Stop playing. Tired of that nonsense.

Anyway, the only games I really want from PS3 that would be awesome are Motorstorm and MGS4. I'll take BC. I'll take a remaster. I'll take a remake. If not those, then Killzone 2. And in VR, maybe Sports Champions, House of the Dead Overkill and the Time Crisis games.

That's all I need. But we've gone over BC again and again in every possible way. It wasn't that important because Sony sold 115 million consoles without it. That's proof enough with no outcry. And PS5 has damn near all 4,000+ PS4 games BC. It's not PS1,PS2 and PS3. But that's plenty. I'll take more but you get what you get.

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