GameSpot: Killzone 2 Multiplayer Beta Hands-On

GameZone writes: "While Sony already has Resistance 2 in the bag this winter, there's no doubt that two triple-A shooter franchises are better than one. Insomniac's World War shooter already has its fair share of fans, but the anticipation for Killzone 2 in February is possibly even greater. The long-awaited follow-up to the PlayStation 2 original will finally launch next year, and as is becoming customary for the genre, Sony has issued a multiplayer beta for the game. We got our dirty little mittens on said code, and wasted no time shooting up the other testers who were populating the servers."

[gdguide]

What? They said "there are certainly no physics-based money shots such as deformable scenery or movable objects"...

Did they even get into the beta? I mean seriously. Killzone 2 has some of the best deformable environments I've ever seen:

http://img.photobucket.com/...

What more does this idiot want in a MP game looking this good with 32 players with so little lag? The complete downplaying of this game by some outlets is just so annoying. You really do start to see which platform some of these media outlets gets their advertising from.

[cellypower]

"there are certainly no physics-based money shots such as deformable scenery or movable objects.Either he needs his eyes checked or he's lying or didn't play it at all.I am in the beta- I can say this game is incredible!

[CEO OF N4G]

Im in the beta and i dont care what any gaming site writes.I have played it for my self and i love it

DAY 1 PICK UP FOR ME.... :)

IF ur in the beta add me. psn id is jon_abobo

[cellypower]

cool- I will

[Harry190]

Salamund market in that animated ...picture.... I really like the dark levels for some reason.

[jkhan]

Exactly what I thought. I am not in the beta, but from the destruction videos I saw, I am pretty sure they didn't even play the beta.

[Blademask]

Apparently they didn't play the beta??

They say 32 player killzone2 is lag free... have nothing bad to say about the game at all. But they remembered they were talking about a PS3 game, so they had to find something.

Can anyone point out how exactly Gamespot is under the impression that:

1. GG hasn't shown Deformable Scenery?
2. GG hasn't shown movable objects(this is so general in description it literally makes no sense)

heres how to tell if you are reading biased articles. Read 360 reviews, previews. All of the "problems" are always overlooked, and they are actually game problems/glitches that need to be fixed. They are just passed of as 'well not so bad because the game is fun!'

Now, look here. You have nothing but positive information. Why not end on that note? Why bring up nonsense about MOVABLE OBJECTS?!?!?!? Is that going to be the new ding against the PS3? Lack of Movable objects? it just boggles the mind. As I read that, i could literally see some fat dude grabbing for straws.

They cant even use their "Well COD4 is better' Because its clearly just out classed here from all aspects. Gameplay/Sound/Online and lastly graphics. Which is what I was expecting.

They go ahead and ignore the dynamics, lens motion blur and just say 'well theres a lens flare'.

Come on, am I taking crazy pills here?

[RiseOfMonster]

That's the first thing I thought when I read that line.

[freeblue]

exactly.. had he shot the wall? the bags? the bottles? pillars? the kitcher counter, or the locker doors? better yet, had he actually looked up on the sky? or feel the wind blows, the wires move, the banging and clanging sound of the metal banging each other?? wth.

[MURKERR]

they couldnt hate the game,their beta preview was terrible,at the end sayin the class system doesnt bring anything new but at the beginnin of the interview they state sabetour is new,

gamespot...tut tut tut

[shysun]

WE HAVE A WINNER!!

[NickIni]

To add to that.

"but the multiplayer maps don't really give the engine much chance to show off."

It's a beta, there not going to be that many maps.

Seriously, how stupid is this guy?

[ezcex]

i have to agree with both you guys up there. i love both my systems but i do see that the reviews/media are a little biased towards the competition

[LSDARBY]

Isnt this classed as illegal lol. Theyre blatantly misinforming the public.

[INehalemEXI]

Guerrilla may have a case for Slander.

[Meus Renaissance]

I don't think anything that comes from GameSpot should be posted here. Or any bias outlet for that matter. This preview is just washed with nonsense.

[Fishy Fingers]

I'll happily take the beta spot off their hands if they're not enjoying themselves.

[arakouftaian]

They r a joke, they r just going to look re.tar.ded if. Sooo ret... I mean they already do, I fell sorry for those who wait for their reviews to buy a game. I'm glad that the people from N4G r smart n most of us got inside the beta n we know that the game is the best in everyting is not perfect. But its virtualy perfect. N is better than any other game in every level n if you think that the game look got wait untill you play it it plays better than it looks is amazing n they may fix it n make it easy I mean the gameplay from the privete beta was hard. N they fix this for the open beta is a lil more easy I hope it stays the way its is perfect. Pls people don't send feedbacks to GG to fix the gameplay n make aim more easy the way its is perfect hard but you get just to it n is hard because is diferent but diferent in a good very good way.

[DiabloRising]

So perhaps they can explain the various columns I saw that were destroyed today?

Maybe the bags of garbage that pop when you shoot them?

No? What about the cardboard boxes?

The oil drums?

Can someone point out to me ANY of the interactive objects in Halo 3's MP as far as the environments go? Please?

[cmrbe]

i like it. They didn't hype it but they were quite informative. Lack of deformed environment is off though after seeing so many of them in beta vedios.

[James Vanderbeek]

we gamers need to go on strike and fire all these dumb retarded fanboys that call there selves game reviewers.. Any blow joe can call there selves a reviewer these days. There should be some kind of training or a degree or a license you should have before you can review a game or post a review on the web.. Because reviewers these days are way toooooooooo STUPID.. I wonder if these motha F'ers even play the games they review.. You cant really trust any of them these days..

Killzone 2 offers a wide variety of stuff in the enviroments.. Im not even in the beta and i can tell it does by all the internet vids.. It looks amazing and i know it will look even better on my 52 in lcd 1080p samsung..

I can tell you this.. Once i get this game i will be wondering around all the maps for hours by myself looking at the cool physics and blowing sh!t up.. Like everyone in the beta is already doing.. every time i see a new vid on the internet there is something new going on..

[Spike47]

if there was ever any PS3 game that biased unprofessional sites would love to take down completely above all the rest, it's Killzone 2.

Be prepared, K2 will be a victim to unprofessional iidots.

[Ryo-Hazuki]

Your so right. Killzone 2 is the real deal, its definitely a KILLER APP. These websites such as Gamespot cant let that happen....honestly guys, im in the beta, I can tell u already its going to be the king of all fps's and some of these fanboy websites are going to try to take its glory

[freeblue]

sadly rather than give a game its true score.. i believe there will be a few websites out there that will use Killzone 2 as a way to get page hit counts.. and what's the best way to get hit counts than to just blindly to fire up fanboyism :)

[VMAN_01]

Gamespot are lying.

http://img.photobucket.com/...

[steck67]

What do you expect? This is Lamespot were talking about.

[Spike47]

1.environment feels static, lack of blah blah blah, etc.

2. difficulty in geting in a game(they contradicted themselves in the next sentence)

3. game brings nothing new( which again they completely contradicted themselves; new cover system,incredible graphics, classes that you can customize,etc.)

[airheadluffy]

well it is gamespot. they love to put down ps3 exclusives as much as possible. its probably a good bet that some of these sites will give kz2 7's and 8's for some stupid reason.

[James Vanderbeek]

i have to agree with you 100%.. the 360 fanboys will show there true colors when they review this game... Its bound to happen.. I can already tell with some of these previews... Why cant they just love all types of games on all systems.. Dont they get paid to do that? i can see if they were just gamers and didnt get paid than yea what ever floats your boat dude.. But these people get paid to give an honest opinion on something and they dont..

[Traveler]

Yeah, the way PS3 fans love games on all systems? Get real, PS3 fans are some of the biggest haters out there.

How do you know it isn't an honest opinion? Just because you don't agree with it? Sheesh, you people are ridiculous. Whine, whine, whine...

[NickIni]

Because he's saying it like a fact, and there are videos that prove him wrong.

[steck67]

No deformable scenery or movable objects? What the hell is Gamespot taking again? Exstacy? Acid? What is it? They need to quit before they lose all their brain cells and embarass themselves even more.

As you can tell from the beta leak videos, Gamespot is taking information out of their azz and posting it up on the web...again.

[EastCoastSB]

Cause if they were taking Acid or Ecstasy the entire levels would be moving and deformed. Probably brightly colored too. lol

[dragonyght]

just how many hand they gonna have before release

[pwnsause]

oh gamespot, this is why you lost all your credibility in the first place. Im not even in the beta and I've been seeing videos that controdicts on what you guys at GS are saying. Guerrilla Games has done it. they are about to become the Rare of the Super Nintendo era, they showed the Power of the SNES at that time with DK, and Now GG will do the same with the PS3, all Sony needs to do is Market the Hell out of it.

[funkysolo]

I played gears 2 all day and yet I havent seen any moveable objects, or any destructable enviroments, I read their reveiw, I guess I must of overlooked that paragraph...Can they be more biased, I not saying gears2 is bad, by the way it's a great game, except for the match making which makes it almost unplayable, I quit playing today after it took 10 minutes to get into a match so after my 2nd match, I had enough...From what I seen on Killzone2 it's looks awesome and definitely a level above everything else

[airheadluffy]

this rule can only be applied to exclusively on the ps3. i hope microsoft will steal this exclusive away from the ps3 and make it multiplat.

[silverchode]

i guess we know who will rate this game low.

[cyclindk]

Seriously, it's gonna say, "just another shooter, doesn't do anything revolutionary," as if that were the only way an FPS could get a good score now a days. What the hell did CoD 4 do? Nothing! They actually removed helpful features that CoD 3 had in multiplayer, like being able to choose what freaking map you want to play!

[silverchode]

if you like fps games, this is a must get.

[cyclindk]

Of all the things to mention, lens flares...jeez...how bout mentioning all the dust and drifting clouds of volumetric smoke and other particle effects for god's sake! And the destructibility!

-side note- I believe I read that vehicles will be available in multiplayer after launch in a patch; I think it will be an immediate patch as soon as you log on and boot up the game.

[Traveler]

Come on guys, the Killzone 2 levels look really nice, but they are kind of stark in their design. I can see what Gamespot were referring to. But I guess they made an unforgivable blunder by saying something that could remotely be construed as a negative about a PS3 game. Oh noes... Gamespot must be bias!

[Rock Bottom]

It's always good to see 360 fanboys posting in PS3 topics.

[cyclindk]

It's because they don't say Gears of War or GoW 2 looks stark, oh no, for those games it's harsh and war-torn or appropriate for some reason. Same for CoD 4, a whole lot of sandy and tan and messy green environments, but it's all good for them.

Killzone 2 has been bashed for it's color pallet from day one and unrightly so because if you looked at almost any quality video you would see that for a game as dark as this all the little lighting effects, lens flares volumetric particles and highlights add plenty of color to the Helghan homeworld.

[NickIni]

Uhh, because the negative comment isn't even true.

[tk]

Question is - how many times are they allowed to get away with this? How about a website - listing the (not every single slightly skewed article) really bad "reviews". The typical phrases used when desperate to downplay a game. Just to expose the so-called media for what they are. Because this blatant lying and downplaying has money behind it... and it generates money. The way to take away their money is to expose them - in such a way that most advertisers will not want to associate with them.

[DJ]

Gamespot has lost all credibility. Destructability is built into pretty much every part of the environments of KZ2. They obviously haven't even touched the beta.

[darkwing]

LMAO Are these guys even in the beta????