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Zero Punctuation: Killzone 3 review

This week, Zero Punctuation reviews British space Nazis and Killzone 3.

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LunaticBrandon5210d ago

I thought Guerrilla Games was European.

zootang5210d ago (Edited 5210d ago )

Lunatic

What does that have to do with anything?

@above
I thought he was Austrian? I know he is "Dutch" lol. I think I needed a "/s".

hay5210d ago (Edited 5210d ago )

Yeah, they're dutch. But you have to have american-esque elements in game to appeal more in US, Europe doesn't give a damn so we have it like that.

Is it me or this is weaker review than others? I love Zero Punctation but this was more bland and hardly as clever and accurate as previous.
Before anyone calls me butthurt Killzone fanboy: I found Bulletstorm more enjoyable.

Also he didn't mention my biggest gripe with this game. Ridiculously moronic storyline.

@Perjoss: Yeah, I know, but he's often more spot-on than here. Bulletstorm review is way better than this one and it's only week older.

Perjoss5210d ago

@ hay

zero punctuation is very funny the first few times you watch him, after that you start to notice a pattern, his problem is he only seems to do 1 flavour of humour, almost as if he writes a normal review and then passes it through a zero punctuation filter or template, the reviews are all very similar.

captain-obvious5210d ago (Edited 5210d ago )

this guy talks too much and too fast

nice review tho

LunaticBrandon5210d ago

@zootang

Did you watch the video? He seemed to think Killzone 3 was made by Americans.

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HolyOrangeCows5210d ago

If Ben only played with the Move for 10 minutes, he didn't take enough time to get used to it and figure out the perfect combo of control options.

I always enjoy his reviews of games I loved the most. Like GOW3 and this.

distorted_reality5209d ago (Edited 5209d ago )

I think the point is though if that you're not enjoying a control option within 10 minutes, then you probably won't at all.

I'm not talking about skill level, learning how to use it effectively etc, as obviously that all comes with time.

There's a difference between learning how to use something and ENJOYING how to use something, and in the gaming world, learning how to use a control option shouldn't be a chore.

Also, will +bub anyone who can tell me how my earlier comment was trolling lol.

bwazy5210d ago (Edited 5210d ago )

No review on the multiplayer?

Anyways, theres quite a few things I've found wrong in the video, I won't explain them all, but the most obvious one was when he said that PS3 USERS SHOULD SHOOT WITH R2!

Comon now, every PS3 game in existance (that I know of) uses r1 and L1 and aim and shoot. Kinda makes me think he loves xbox.

/sigh

Hes still funny though.

OhReginald5210d ago (Edited 5210d ago )

R2 is isn't even a trigger on the ps3 controller. Its a pedal. Triggers are concave. PS1 had R1 to shoot, PS2 had R1 to shoot, and PS3 has R1 to shoot. Unless the PS4 controller has a trigger button then that will be the shooting button.

R1 button is the shooting button for playstation 3 shooters. PERIOD.

And whats the point of even mentioned that R2 pedal should be for shooting when you can customize your controls to your liking. Its called flipping in kz3 control options menu. Flip R2 R1 Flip L2 L1 etc etc

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UNCyrus5210d ago (Edited 5210d ago )

Yahtzee thinks that games should be able to stand up on their single player component alone, so he never reviews multiplayer.

thief5210d ago

So did he review Halo 3?

guigsy5210d ago

Yes and he slated Halo 3 for that very reason. He said Reach stands up on its single player though.

Shmotz5210d ago

It's just what he reviews a fair bit of his games on. Bioshock on PS3 used L2/R2 to fire and whatnot and I hated it tbh. L1/R1 for life!

jerethdagryphon5210d ago

he nio longer reviews as review his reviews are entertainment thats what hes paid for

its expected his review will be like that as for his speech... its called zero punctuation for a reason

citan5210d ago

Red Dead Redemption doesn't (which makde me change weapon for the first 15 minutes), Bioshock 2 doesn't. They're both badly ported from X360. I never understood why on Earth I'd have to shoot with my middle, not index finger. Index is faster, more precise. People who invented guns got it right hundreds of years ago.

krisq5210d ago

The patch for RDR rectified that. You can now shoot with L1/R1 combo.

Bodster5210d ago

Believe it or not my middle finger is a better trigger finger than my index, I always use it for games/paintball/airsoft etc :)

mindedone5210d ago

The middle finger has a slower response time than the index finger. But, I will agree that it feels awkward at first.

RedDead5210d ago (Edited 5210d ago )

well, it's quite obvious you don't know him at all. He barely ever reviews Multiplayer and believes a game should be able to stand on it's single player alone. He's not a fanboy at all. He likes...Half life 2. SotC, res 4( I think) and a few more I don't remember...Amnesia the dark decent is another I think. Also Bulletstorms devs first game. Don't think he likes Bulletstorm though.

Oh I agree aswell, L2 R2 suck imo. Shoulda copied the 360 or stuck with the Ps2 one.

Still I find it odd how Guerilla games have somehow become a mascot for Sony these days. They've only made 1 great game imo. Which was Killzone 2. the other 9 vary between good and mediocre. Insomniac and Naughty Dog have a great track record with almost nothing but great games.

krisq5210d ago

I hate shooting with R2.

SmokeyMcBear5210d ago (Edited 5210d ago )

yeah, im never going to understand that one, R1 is by far the most natural position for your index finger to rest on. Its right there, with no movement needed. Its like what the x button is to the thumb, the R1 button is the index finger. When they use R2, its infuriating, and is stupid. The R2 and L2 buttons have always been secondary, and require either an extending motion of your index finger, or you can use your middle finger to use those buttons, but they should definitely not be used for primary functions. Another reason why madden pissed me off, was using the L2 and R2 as primary function buttons, god dammit. And no, dont tell me triggers help, because its still a strained motion with your fingers, unlike using r1 being more natural.

Redempteur5210d ago

Pure hate for the game for the sake of it .

so it doesn't like move because he is too lazy to calibrate it ?

couldn't he look for the boutons , and how they are used in the freaking tutorial ?

Also shooting with R1 is better .

Perjoss5210d ago

there's always one isn't there...

mate, you're not supposed to take his reviews seriously, 99% of the time he speaks negatively about pretty much everything, its funny, i guess...

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Godmars2905210d ago

Someone's a bit sensitive about their British heritage I see...

IQUITN4G5210d ago (Edited 5210d ago )

I got a bit pissey over the one he did for Halo3 and wrongfully called his type of take as not all at funny, but now i'm less daft with the over protective thing, it's easy to see he's definitely good at what he does .I can understand why some might take offense to this but killzone is an easy target anyway

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piroh207d 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.

FinalFantasyFanatic207d 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.

Storm23207d 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.

lockedongamer1207d ago (Edited 207d 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!

Chocoburger197d 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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SullysCigar773d ago

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

1Victor773d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar773d ago

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

jznrpg772d ago

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

badz149772d 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!

Vengeance1138773d 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 Kim773d ago

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

VersusDMC773d 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?

Vengeance1138773d ago

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

solideagle773d 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.

Phoenix76773d 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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REDGUM772d ago

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

thesoftware730773d ago (Edited 773d 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.

blacktiger772d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca773d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

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

OzzY-waZZy773d ago (Edited 773d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

lukasmain772d ago

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

Imalwaysright772d 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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bouzebbal1523d ago

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

MadLad1524d 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.

Applejack1524d 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_B1524d ago

Even emulators are super simple to use.

jukins1524d 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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Vegamyster1523d 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.

SinkingSage1523d ago

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

Rachel_Alucard1523d ago (Edited 1523d 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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AzubuFrost1524d ago

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

Shane Kim1523d ago

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

MadLad1523d ago

Did you purposely miss the entire point of my post?

Inverno1523d 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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RevXM1524d ago

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

Magatsuhi1523d ago

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

Binarycode1523d ago

2 is the better game.

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

Omar3li1523d ago

60fps is peasant for FPS games now

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