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G4TV: Killzone 3 review

Killzone 3's campaign suffers from the odd low point, but the fast pace of its excellent missions, outstanding online multiplayer, and an all-around better feel more than compensate for the missteps. This is a vast improvement over earlier franchise entries, and the superb multiplayer suite will keep us playing until the inevitable sequel.

Istanbull4848d ago (Edited 4848d ago )

8/10 is aww?

Wow

Btw, whats with all the nitpicking on PS3 exclusives, I tought that period was over? Seems some reviewers still can't hide their inner anti-PS3ism.

Pixelated_Army4848d ago (Edited 4848d ago )

"Clumsy reload and melee gestures with Move"

Everyone here has seen just how simple it is to melee and reload using Move. But what does this person issues with Move have to do with overall gameplay? It's an option and not necessary in order to play Killzone 3.

4/5 is great score don't get me wrong.

Downloading KZ3 beta as we speak! :P OMG!!!1!ONE!

update: Installing!!!!!

zootang4848d ago

Lets see if Bulletstorm get the same treatment for not being able to jump.

TheLastGuardian4848d ago

I'm getting Killzone 3 day 1 regardless of any review score. Downloading the beta now.

BubbleSniper4848d ago

i calling it now... 9.5-10 for call of dookie 3 this fall.

they padding scores for the anticipating.

shooterexpert4848d ago

hmmm instabull perhaps killzone 3 is just a 8/10 game.

All of the real review sites are giving it the same score.

remember 8/10 isn't bad, not every game can get a 10/10

not every game is duty calls.

However if you like the franchise get the game, don't let a mediocre review keep you from having fun, and expect the same with resistance 3 , insomniacs trackrecord is not good.

Istanbull4848d ago (Edited 4848d ago )

@shooterexpert:

"Real review sites"??? Wich sites are you talking about, 90% of the reviews so far have given this game above 9.

It is Istanbull, not Instabull, do you have problems reading letters?

shooterexpert4848d ago

Gamespot, ign, gamestm,g4tv etc.

Legit review and video game websites and publications.

Not the blogs that claim to have review copies and most likely don't.

What most likely happened is these no name websites wrote a review made an educated guess as to what it would score and published it when the real review sites published their scores.

Never having actually played the final review copy of the game.

Istanbull4848d ago

What about Destructoid, GameTrailers, SixthAxis and Cheat Code central

Are those blogs and not real game sites too according to your little brains?

ShadowRyuX4847d ago

@shooter"expert"

Since when is Insomniac's track record bad? Of the three game series they have helmed ALL THREE are critically acclaimed and their games have spanned every single generation of PlayStation. Are you an idiot?

P.S. I did not include Disruptor, as it was their very first game and was not part of a series and was in fact just a single title. Although it manage to average an 82% which is quite impressive considering reviews were harsher back then and shooters on consoles weren't as sought after as they are today.

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disturbing_flame4848d ago

They gave 5/5 to Halo ODST

KZ3 is awful in fact

MarcusFenixITA4848d ago

Never mention Halo along with Killzone again. Shame on you!

ksense4848d ago

leave him alone guys this is the only thing he will do all year everytime a ps3 exclusive releases atleast until gears releases and then he will be back in a short while to continue talking shit bcoz he gotz no exclusive gamez

Lawliet4848d ago

lol I am surprised that you even brought up ODST into comparison. Is probably the game here that prove all the conspiracy of this being a fanboy review. ODST is such a terrible game.

BubbleSniper4848d ago

U CRAZY? sometime i lose optimism in humanity...

halo3:DLC should NOT have been given no crap like 10.

why do ps3 exclusives 1st and 3rd party get nit picked to kingdom come...

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Kleptic4848d ago (Edited 4848d ago )

yeah this will get nuts quick...

I haven't cared about scores for years...but I still can't understand how reviewers, and more specifically, businesses paying these reviewers...allow them to contradict their own words so often...

"This is a vast improvement over earlier franchise entries"

Killzone 3: 4/5...
Killzone 2: 5/5...

you're not doing it right...

Rynx4848d ago

It's more than likely just damage control, because when they gave Killzone 2 a 5/5 their 360 fanbase just when in uproar.

http://www.g4tv.com/videos/...

Pollak4848d ago

Did you even watch the video you linked to? While he does complain about the 360 fanboys, he was mainly complaining about the PS3 fanboys because they were complaining about a 5/5

Kleptic4847d ago (Edited 4847d ago )

^he was complaining about fanboys...in general...Some were PS3 fanboys attempting to call out his disdain for the score (if there was any, i didn't notice it)...and 360 fanboys screaming that it wasn't as good as halo...

Either way...a more accurate view would be to look down through the comments of that killzone 2 review...100's of 360 fanboys putting their fingers in their ears and stomping their feet...the forum at the time was even worse...and 100's of Ps3 fanboys screaming that a 5/5 still isn't good enough...or something...

lame no matter what side you are on...

jack_burt0n4848d ago

its scored the same as all the kinect launch games.

g4tv is trash.

reckoner4848d ago

All PS3 fanboys know how to do is complain. Seriously guys? Just because this reviewer gave it a 8 (a good score, by the way), you guys start freaking out.

I myself am buying this game because I think it looks amazing.

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Dante1124848d ago (Edited 4848d ago )

Not bad, another good score. See you in the beta guys.

Edit: What wrong with an 8?

itchy184848d ago

yeah what's wrong with an 8?

Ahasverus4848d ago (Edited 4848d ago )

Nothing at all ;) great score, I like how the industry is getting away from the "zOMG everything shiny is a 9!" so there's more room for improvement

digitalivan4848d ago (Edited 4848d ago )

It's actually 8/10.

EDIT: Haha, Shame on you Dante122. You first said that's 4/5 is the same as 9/10. And now you edited your post and miserably tried to hide and act like you don't know what are we talking about.
Btw. You fail at math.

Ahasverus4848d ago

Hehe nothing dies in the internetz :P

Sizzon4848d ago

Good thing reviewers say the online is great/fun, but they nitpick the campaign...

clank5434848d ago

Everyone seems to say the story is absolutely atrocious and there should have been online coop. Thats pretty much the only complaints, but they are universal. While I don't think this kind of game should be knocked down because of its story, Guerilla obviously did make it a focal point and it didn't succeed.

James Vanderbeek4848d ago

his pros are move works then a con is move is awkward.. lol.. come on man

Kleptic4848d ago

ha yeah...

pro: 'move works wonderfully'
con: 'clumsy reload and melee gestures with move'

are you allowed to say that?

TheGreat_14848d ago

Simple minded people can't understand that maybe they meant Move works wonderfully in terms of aiming but not so much with a couple gestures?

Is that really hard to understand?

Kleptic4848d ago

haha what?

If the move works effectively...but isn't perfect at everything...don't put it as a pro...or a con...

simple minded has nothing to do with it...I understand what he was trying to say...i'm just saying that when an aspect of the game is kind of 50/50...don't split it in half among pros and cons...it makes the pros/cons list irrelevant...

take it easy dude...we are not making fun of your uncle...

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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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SullysCigar370d ago

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

1Victor370d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar370d ago

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

jznrpg370d ago

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

badz149369d 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!

Vengeance1138370d 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 Kim370d ago

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

VersusDMC370d 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?

Vengeance1138370d ago

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

solideagle370d 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.

Phoenix76370d 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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REDGUM370d ago

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

thesoftware730370d ago (Edited 370d 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.

blacktiger370d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca370d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

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

OzzY-waZZy370d ago (Edited 370d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

potatoseal370d ago

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

Imalwaysright370d 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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bouzebbal1121d ago

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

MadLad1121d 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.

Applejack1121d 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_B1121d ago

Even emulators are super simple to use.

jukins1121d 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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Vegamyster1121d 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.

SinkingSage1121d ago

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

Rachel_Alucard1121d ago (Edited 1121d 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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AzubuFrost1121d ago

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

Shane Kim1121d ago

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

MadLad1120d ago

Did you purposely miss the entire point of my post?

Inverno1121d 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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RevXM1121d ago

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

Magatsuhi1121d ago

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

Binarycode1121d ago

2 is the better game.

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

Omar3li1121d 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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Knightofelemia1299d 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_vulgaris1299d 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.

ApocalypseShadow1298d 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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