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GamesRadar: Stabbing Through Killzone 2

Like most of the gaming press, GamesRadar has been taking some time lately to trudge through a pre-release copy of Killzone 2, and – in a shocking twist for a game that's under tremendous pressure to be good – it's pretty good. However, in their early attempts to play the game berserker he-man style (usually tantamount to suicide in any shooter that features a "cover" button), they found an interesting flaw that pops up mainly in Killzone 2's early levels.

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Powertesties6015d ago (Edited 6015d ago )

is that I want it!

GIVE ME KILLZONE. I mean, give US Killzone!

Remind me not to play like that when I first get the game. Hahaha
I am sure they didn't expect players to run around with a knife and stab everyone to death. The enemy is probably thinking he is so funking retarded they don't know if they should feed him or shoot him.

Also, it looks like we will be playing it on hard people! Your health regenerates much quicker than in the MP.

PoSTedUP6015d ago

looks like i am going to play this game on HARD.

marinelife96015d ago

I made it all the way through Bioshock with just the wrench as a weapon.

Aclay6015d ago (Edited 6015d ago )

I watched the video, and I really don't see what the big deal is. From what I saw, on Normal Difficulty, Killzone 2's A.I. is pretty brilliant. Killzone 2's A.I. on Normal Difficulty is like Night and Day compared to Killzone 1's A.I. though, and I own KZ1, so I know.

The majority of the enemies that did nothing when the guy playing approached them with the knife where either engaging another target, turned in the opposite direction, or where surprised when he came around a corner and probably didn't have much time to react.

I would love to see that guy attempt that on Hard Difficulty in Killzone 2, because he probably wouldn't get far.

Usually I always go through a game on Normal Difficulty, then attempt a harder difficulty mode, but I'll probably be playing Killzone 2 on Hard difficulty first, and if there is a Very Hard difficulty, I'll beat the game on Very Hard as well because that's something I always do.

NewZealander6015d ago

kinda reminds me of how easy turok on ps3/360 was useing the knife

airheadluffy6015d ago

he did say that this will get you killed in the later levels. he also died in the last part. from what ive seen the AI is pretty good. they just dont move fast so he just ran at them and knifed them.

donator6015d ago (Edited 6015d ago )

My friend and I beat some of the harder parts in Gears of War with chainsaw rushing. That was really fun so I hope the knife rushing in KZ2 is also.

Silver3606015d ago (Edited 6015d ago )

If he brings a knife you bring a gun. Oh no not in Killzone if he brings a gun you whop his butt with your knife.

Edit ref: Untouchables

SRU96006015d ago

Some of you guys must be getting very dizzy, because you are trying to spin this one REALLY hard. lol

The A.I. in Killzone 2 is lame. Stop pretending that it's not and just deal with it.

FrankenLife6015d ago

Game like a man. Play on Hard

shawnsl656015d ago

no one's spinning anything, have you even played the game yet? that's right you haven't so stfu end of story.

butterfinger6015d ago

I can do the same thing in COD4 and W@W.

OmegaFool6015d ago

PS3 sucks

Gears 2 looks better than KillZone 2

Sales=Quality

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Fishy Fingers6015d ago

Ha, that's great, must be on a easy difficulty setting. Your health regenerates much quicker than in the MP.

happyface6015d ago (Edited 6015d ago )

did you even read it? reading comprehension ftw?

he said NORMAL diff

stay in school

edit: awesome disagrees, because broken AI is awesome! and not being able to read that the author recorded the video on NORMAL is awesome!

Fishy Fingers6015d ago

Actually my edit on my comment below apologizes for not noticing, sorry I was skim reading and more interested in the video. It was to late to edit this post. Did it require the tantrum on your part?

We all make mistakes.

airheadluffy6015d ago (Edited 6015d ago )

the AI isnt broken. the only problem with it is just they dont move fast. if you watch the video if they see they will do something but he just ran at them so because they didnt move fast they got knifed. he said this is an excellent way of getting killed in later levels though. he almost got killed a couple times too.

to me the AI is like CoD. I ran through the first level of W@W knifing, but i did die a couple of times.

C_SoL6015d ago

that there's a casual market out there.

Anybody can play this game.

mfwahwah6014d ago

@2.1

You may complain about reading comprehension all you want, but you obviously have no inference skills whatsoever. The AI is broken? Rewatch the video. I won't spoon feed you why the AI is good, since you'll never learn that way. It does have its flaws, but it is in no way broken.

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Cajun Chicken6015d ago

After completing the game once, this should be a mode to play through, only using the knife and have it like Time Crisis and get 3 seconds for each kill, that could be awesome, a run through the whole level slasher-style.

Hopefully this definate oversight will be sorted before release, I'm pretty sure its not meant to be like this...

trancefreak6015d ago

ya wtf thats really to easy lol. I want to be pinned down fighting my way threw it

Ju6015d ago

Why is this an oversight ? It just shows how dynamic the AI is. He refers to "early levels", you know, where they send in these poor guys being cannon fodder. They are expected to get killed (as sad as this sounds). Ever had AI guys in a game being to stupid that they can actually be surprised by what you are doing ?

zethos566015d ago

You've got be to joking. Even if they were sent in to die they wouldn't be THAT stupid.

Marquis_de_Sade6015d ago

Ju, I think that's expecting a bit too much from the AI in KZ2.

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Graphics Whore6015d ago (Edited 6015d ago )

I don't want to read anything GamesRadar has to say about Killzone 2 after that almost embarrassing prediction article they wrote a day or two ago.

They played a whole 5 levels/2 hours.

Edit: A good sense of neutrality would be telling your visitors the level of difficulty this is exhibited on.

I don't trust GamesRader at all so.

Cajun Chicken6015d ago (Edited 6015d ago )

I'd admit, this is a bit of an issue.

Watch the vid.

MIKEY12236015d ago

it said that they were playing on normal

austere6015d ago

silly ps3 fanboy

they state an issue with the game. A valid issue. Then even show video proof of the issue. Then go on to say they LIKE the issue with it because it is fun regardless.

The only real issue is the AI's damage seems to be too low in normal for the regular enemies and that ps3 fanboys can't take the slightest criticism with their savior of a game. Get ready cuz not everyone is gonna praise EVERYTHING about it like GTA4 or some sh!t. GO SUCK A NATHAN DRAKE'S WEINER

mfwahwah6014d ago

That article was GamesRadar UK. This one is GamesRadar US. Different authors = different opinions. Don't judge a whole website by one author's opinion on ONE game.

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SeanScythe6015d ago

I did that on COD5 on many of the easy first levels. Did't ruin the game for me, just upped the difficulty.

Fishy Fingers6015d ago

Yeah one of the trophies/achievements is to complete a level on normal or harder with only melee and nades. I think.

SeanScythe6015d ago

Yeah and in the video he got a trophy it was to small to tell what for. I bet he will wish he got some training with the gun in single player before he jumps online and trys that crap.

Fishy Fingers6015d ago (Edited 6015d ago )

Yeah I noticed that, in the warehouse. I guess 10 knife kills or something. Still he doesn't mention what difficulty he had it set to. "Noob easy" no doubt, still like you said, if the sucker tries that tactic online he's gonna get pwned.

Edit: Opps yeah, states normal. My bad for scim reading.

Marceles6015d ago

lol @ disagrees "buh buh its killzone..not cod5...buh buh forget trophies...buh buh awww" (gives up)

Anyone who is going for 100% is gonna put it on the hardest difficulty anyway. I don't know why NON-PS3 owners are starting to act like they care so much

mfwahwah6014d ago

The trophy I saw him get was to kill 5 Helghast in 15 seconds.

FreedomReign6014d ago

but after that little video, I have to wait and see the reviews. It may hit the Used game shelves faster than you can say GTA4.

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Why Guerrilla Games Shouldn't Abandon the Killzone Series

Hugely disappointingly, it seems that Guerrilla Games, developers of the Killzone and Horizon series, may be done with Killzone for good.

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IAMRealHooman248d ago

1 was fine, overhyped as a " halo" killer
2 was a graphical beast at the time, and felt heavy
3 was good a refinement of 2 but not much else. weird audio issues environment were to quiet
shadow fall was pretty but bland

OtterX248d ago (Edited 248d ago )

Shadowfall had great Multiplayer though. Too bad the campaign was meh at best. It did have the occasional great moment sprinkled in.

TheNamelessOne248d ago (Edited 248d ago )

I played through 2/3 multiple times. I played through the original once, but it felt pretty lukewarm for me. I couldn't be bothered to beat Shadow Fall. I got a couple hours in and just went "I'm done". Never touched it again. It was awesome on the tech side, being a launch title, but it didn't even match up to the first game when it came to actually having fun playing it.

Rude-ro248d ago

3 in 3d was an amazing experience to be had.
Although not many experienced it as intended for good reasons.

just_looken248d ago

You forgot the ai advancements on the playstation 2 killzone one you could have a full team of bots doing everything even playing the objective that was a big thing.

In killzone 2 they always flanked you and when available used the high ground.

Playing killzone 2 no hud 5.1 audio was/is awesome

MDTunkown248d ago

They should finish Horizon story first

darthv72248d ago

I dont mind if someone else takes up the mantle for the KZ franchise. We are several years removed from the first game. It certainly could use a remake to gauge interest in the rest of the series. I know it has its fans... Im thinking of how a proper reboot can rekindle that old dormant flame and bring in a new generation of fans in the process.

just_looken248d ago

You forgot killzone mercenaries on the ps vita but it was the worst selling sony game for awhile there.

Yui_Suzumiya248d ago

Yeah, a remake would be pretty awesome

anast248d ago

They should let it go or sell it. No use spending millions on this project.

LucasRuinedChildhood248d ago

Would like a new IP before Horizon 3. Just because games take so long to make these days.

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PlayStation 3 Games That Desperately Need a PS5 Remaster

The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.

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OtterX478d ago (Edited 478d ago )

Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!

Rude-ro477d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv72477d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_477d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga477d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos477d ago (Edited 477d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt23477d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball2000478d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin478d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole477d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix477d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel1989477d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor477d ago (Edited 477d ago )

Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱

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Michiel1989477d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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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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SullysCigar782d ago

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

1Victor782d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar782d ago

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

jznrpg781d ago

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

badz149781d 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!

Vengeance1138782d 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 Kim782d ago

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

VersusDMC781d 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?

Vengeance1138781d ago

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

solideagle781d 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.

Phoenix76781d 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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REDGUM781d ago

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

thesoftware730782d ago (Edited 782d 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.

blacktiger781d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca781d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

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

OzzY-waZZy781d ago (Edited 781d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

lukasmain781d ago

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

Imalwaysright781d ago

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

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