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CNET's Killzone 3 review

Like its predecessor, Killzone 3 is immediately striking for its gorgeous landscapes and glowing lighting, which provide a hostile, not-quite-familiar backdrop to the heart-pounding first-person firefights that often occur on the planet of Helghan. But to dismiss this sequel as a mere visual showcase would be a disservice to the core action, which maintains the excellence that distinguished Killzone 2.

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ATiElite4833d ago

I don't know who really trust Cnet to do video game reviews. I only go to that site for free software drivers or technology news. but what ever floats your boat.

Pixelated_Army4833d ago (Edited 4833d ago )

"In some ways, Killzone 3 is a step forward. Set-piece battles will be drilled into your brain for some time after you experience them.There's more variety in both the environments and the action, and the game is better off for this diversity. On the other hand, the excruciating story's tendency to intrude just when the action intensifies has an adverse effect on the pacing. The competitive multiplayer isn't hampered by such infantile excess, focusing instead on what the shooter does best: delivering solid action in a visually dazzling context. Killzone 3 isn't the game it could have been, but when it comes to capturing the madness of larger-than-life planetside battles, few games do it better."

You and I both know that gamers don't buy game based on their opinions. Killzone 3 will sell tons and it'll be embraced by the community.

ATiElite4833d ago

from what I've seen KZ3 looks to be GOTY material and a must have for any CORE gamer. I've been watching the trailers and game play footage like it was a Hollywood Summer blockbuster.

I think most reviewers are casuals and KZ3 is not a casual game. You just don't pick up Core games and be competitive in 5 minutes. So them comparing it to COD is nonsense and reflects that they don't know what they are talking about.

The_Ultimate_Guy4833d ago

@ Pixelated_Army

"Killzone 3 will sell tons and it'll be embraced by the community."

No it won't.

The PS3 has about a 47 million install base and KZ2 only sold around 2 million. KZ3 will also sell around 2 million. It WON'T sell a "ton" and it WON'T be embraced by the community. It will end up just like KZ2 and KZ2 did NOT get enough community support nor did it sell a ton.

Pixelated_Army4832d ago (Edited 4832d ago )

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Oh really. Have you checked amazon's top game sales list yet? KZ3 is at the #1 spot for PS3 section and it's battling with BlOps for the #5 spot for all games sales list.

And that's just amazon site. Yeah I think KZ3 will sell anywhere between 4-8 mill.

The_Ultimate_Guy4826d ago

LOL

KZ2 had a million pre-orders as well and still only sold about 2 million.

And how many units does it show on Amazon for KZ3? Sure it may be at the #1 spot, but that could just mean it's at 100 copies. If it's not showing the number of units pre-ordered, then how do you know how many units its sold?

LOL using amazon as your rational that KZ2 will sell a "ton". HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Talk about delusional.

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MNicholas4833d ago

COD, Halo, Gears, etc.

Who'd have thought?

Freshnikes4833d ago (Edited 4833d ago )

Great gm...I cant stop playing it...my only problem is they need to explain some of the games better like assassination ...like who is the guy to assassinate ?? Or wen u plant the bomb how long do u need to hold it for..this is my first Killzone ...so I'm new. Just explain I'm asking question n some players don't help you or don't know...

Cnet...reviews video games...why

Slimshadyn4833d ago

For assassination if its your teams turn you do everything you can to protect whoever it says in the top right by the map. It will also show where he is and if its the other teams turn you got to kill the who ever is marked. When you plant the bombs you got to plant both and then protect them for 30 seconds, if one of the bombs gets stopped you have to do it again.

BattleAxe4833d ago (Edited 4833d ago )

This is just so funny how under rated this game is on some sites. I played Halo: Reach at a friends place and I was like "most sites gave this a 10/10? This game is horrible lol"

Ninver4833d ago

I know what you mean man. That's why it's good to be your own judge.

roflcopters4833d ago (Edited 4833d ago )

wow i bet your friend is glad to have a buddy like you. /s

seriously tho, that was a douche thing to say. its like your friend showing you his new car he bought only to have you shit all over it.

BattleAxe4833d ago

My friend agreed with me. He bought it for his girlfriend who is a hardcore Halo fanatic.

TKCMuzzer4832d ago

So what your saying is, if your friend lets you play a game your not allowed to dislike it, interesting.

" its like your friend showing you his new car he bought only to have you shit all over it." er, no it's not.

more like " its like your friend showing you his new car he bought only to have you say well it's not as good as I thought it would be."

Ninver4833d ago

Can't wait to get back to the beta. Man work sux!

-Mezzo-4833d ago

Tell me about it, i am here at the Office & all i am doing it thinking about getting home & play the Beta..... I think i'll just go an beg my DAD to let me go home today.

BattleAxe4833d ago

Department Administrator on Duty

ALFAxD_CENTAURO4833d ago

Without work no money for your games!

I'm in the office also =).

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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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SullysCigar357d ago

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

1Victor357d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar357d ago

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

jznrpg356d ago

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

badz149356d 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!

Vengeance1138357d 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 Kim357d ago

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

VersusDMC357d 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?

Vengeance1138357d ago

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

solideagle357d 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.

Phoenix76357d 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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REDGUM356d ago

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

thesoftware730357d ago (Edited 357d 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.

blacktiger356d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca357d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

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

OzzY-waZZy357d ago (Edited 357d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

potatoseal357d ago

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

Imalwaysright357d 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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bouzebbal1108d ago

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

MadLad1108d 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.

Applejack1108d 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_B1108d ago

Even emulators are super simple to use.

jukins1108d 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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Vegamyster1108d 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.

SinkingSage1107d ago

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

Rachel_Alucard1107d ago (Edited 1107d 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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AzubuFrost1108d ago

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

Shane Kim1108d ago

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

MadLad1107d ago

Did you purposely miss the entire point of my post?

Inverno1108d 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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RevXM1108d ago

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

Magatsuhi1108d ago

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

Binarycode1107d ago

2 is the better game.

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

Omar3li1107d 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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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_vulgaris1285d 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.

ApocalypseShadow1285d 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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