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Killzone 3 Single-Player Review: Better than the rest (Technoholik)

Sony's much awaited FPS definitely has the best single-player campaign from anything that's been out in the last year or so. But that's not saying much.

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NukaCola5199d ago (Edited 5199d ago )

Bashing the review even though they sort of praise Killzone 3 for actually putting a good story together when almost all shooters don't give a rat's ass what the SP offers.

"Pros:

Never gets boring
Decent story build up
Better controls
Fantastic set-pieces

Cons:

Lame Helghast villains
Lamer ending
Ends abruptly
Aliasing issues

The Bottom Line

A rollicking ride through and through that could have done with a little more closure"

Story ends on a cliff hanger? Like every game series that isn't over yet.

Lame helghast villians? lol

This is one of the worst reviews of KZ3 since Edge's Con of "relying on the brutal impact of shooting at it's core" was pulled out of their ass. It's as if their was nothing for them to find at fault so they just made things up. I will sure as hell be getting this day one.

I want to know why it is so important all of a sudden for a FPS to have some sort of epic story that on the scale of the friggin Lord of the Rings.

KZ3 may not have a perfect story but it has awesome pacing, gamplay, graphics, sounds, 3D, Multiplayer, and it's story is still more focused on than any other shooter in the last few years, but they seem to nitpick it. I hate game journalism. It's beyond dead.

@EDIT: This is based on what the review basically said. I haven't played Crysis 2 yet.

DoomeDx5199d ago

"than any other shooter in the last few years, "

Crysis 2 has a great story! and one of the best endings ive ever seen! Just finished the beta (Yes ill buy it, because i did something illigal)

cant wait for Killzone 3

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Flashwave_UK5199d ago (Edited 5199d ago )

^^^I will Pray for you awiseman i will pray for you.

InspectorG5198d ago

Wes - im gonna give u a bub cause you've admitted to doing something wrong, but will still right that wrong and give the hard working devs their money :)

Dead_Cell5199d ago

Practically every other review has acknowledge Stahl as one of the best villains in gaming, and his rivalry with Orlock the most interesting part of the story.

I don't see how this review can post the exact opposite.

Gamerfans5199d ago

8 out of ten is still a great score!

killyourfm5199d ago

Props to them for only reviewing the single player game, and waiting until "real world" tests for multiplayer.

MARKUS_MAX1MUS5199d ago

Shame the multiplayer is nothing but cloak campers with jammer and people hiding in the same room the whole game hard aiming down a corridor waiting for the next easy kill to come by.

Ace_19755199d ago (Edited 5199d ago )

I could not agree more. The game has become cloaked snipers with radar jammer and silenced pistols so they remain hidden all the time. It's a mess online. Worse than any COD I've played. They didn't even think the classes through properly. And because nobody uses any team work, it's one big cluster f*** online. Campers paradise

MARKUS_MAX1MUS5199d ago

exactly, nothing but sitting around watching corridors, I do it myself and when i do it I always get over 50 kills a game but when I try to move around the map I get killed by a sniper cloaked in a corner or someone with a machine gun or shotgun camping a doorway.

Il get it to see what the other maps are like but so far this is just turd online. OP marksman class and regen health for COD noobs.

nycrekid5199d ago

I'm sorry I wasn't aware that the game released already. Am I the only one that has just one small map in the beta?

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InspectorG5198d ago

Most people who are complaining about this factor with multiplayer either havent given the beta a good shot, havent played it and are just trolling with FUD other people are spreading.

With the stealthers etc, the tactician can actually spot them with their ability - rendering the stealth practically useless. Also use Infiltrator and disguise yourself. Snipers cant tell whether your friend or foe looking down the scope... This is just from my small play time. Ive had heaps of fun and never had a single problem with campers or stealth etc. Cause I just swap class and bam suddenly they die :)

piroh168d ago

There's too many games to choose from

No Metal geat solid 1,2,3,4?
No Resident evil?
No Silent hill?
No Midnight club 3?
No NfS Underground 2?
No Final Fantasy?
No Burnout 3?
No Dragon quest 8?
No Days gone?
No Ace combat?
No Tekken/Soul calibur?......
just from the top of my head

PS1 era was full of great RPGs, PS2 was racing generation i would pick top 200 and even that would be just a fraction.

FinalFantasyFanatic167d ago

30 is way too low over the entire history of Playstation, I just wouldn't be able to narrow it down that much, I would pick 100 at least.

Storm23167d ago

Yeah...really odd list. I get that it is personal preference and I love most of the games listed, but my list would definitely be different. I agree though, it would be incredibly difficult to come up with just 30.

lockedongamer1167d ago (Edited 167d ago )

I only picked first-party titles. Otherwise, I agree!

EDIT: Except for Days Gone, I don't get the love for it but you do you!

Chocoburger158d ago

I didn't like Days Gone either, it doesn't deserve to be on any best of list.

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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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SullysCigar733d ago

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

1Victor733d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar733d ago

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

jznrpg733d ago

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

badz149733d 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!

Vengeance1138733d 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 Kim733d ago

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

VersusDMC733d 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?

Vengeance1138733d ago

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

solideagle733d 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.

Phoenix76733d 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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REDGUM733d ago

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

thesoftware730733d ago (Edited 733d 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.

blacktiger733d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca733d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

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

OzzY-waZZy733d ago (Edited 733d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

lukasmain733d ago

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

Imalwaysright733d 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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bouzebbal1484d ago

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

MadLad1484d 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.

Applejack1484d 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_B1484d ago

Even emulators are super simple to use.

jukins1484d 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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Vegamyster1484d 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.

SinkingSage1484d ago

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

Rachel_Alucard1484d ago (Edited 1484d 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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AzubuFrost1484d ago

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

Shane Kim1484d ago

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

MadLad1483d ago

Did you purposely miss the entire point of my post?

Inverno1484d 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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RevXM1484d ago

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

Magatsuhi1484d ago

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

Binarycode1484d ago

2 is the better game.

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

Omar3li1484d ago

60fps is peasant for FPS games now

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