OPM spouts that Killzone 2 has best tech
Category: PlayStation 3, Posted: 10/15/2007 at 04:18PM CDT by Kelly Ng, Content Writer
I don't know if you remember this back when the original Xbox was launched, but Killzone for the PS2 was dubbed the "Halo killer" before it was released.
This generated more buzz and hype about the game than it could deliver. When it was released, Killzone scored average reviews all across the board, sometimes dipping below par. The only place that gave it good marks was The Official PlayStation Magazine. All of a sudden I smell fish.
Well what do you know, Halo 3 is here and here comes another edition of Killzone 2... and guess who got the hands-on in Amsterdam--Official PlayStation Magazine! How about that?
After the exclusive hands-on, OPM concluded that Killzone 2 impresses the most with "the techonology, which is genuinely a notch ahead of anything being done on consoles right now." Uh, Like Lair was?
I know, you're sick of hearing these pompous phrases. Seriously, even if Killzone 2 is that good, lets come up with a new selling point. I get that PS3 has incredible hardware that can't be matched, and we haven't tapped into even a fraction of it. Do me a favor, don't remind me every week.
Let's work on some indescribable or innovative game play to mix in with graphics. Last I checked, Killzone was plagued with bad A.I. and played like a dime a dozen FPS.
Any word on how they improved?
Via [pspsps.tv]
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I'll believe their talk when there's actually something to SEE in action, not something ported through auxilliary or "specially invited" intermediaries with their fingers firmly planted in Sony's cookie jar.
These closed-door presentations and secret reveals about the game may be building anticipation, but it's all hot air until they bring something more than their usual jargon to the table.
I'm not saying the game might not be the greatest console game ever, it might, but they need to start SHOWING what they got. And let's face it, this game started at an impossibly high benchmark that was, of course, completely in "real time" *laughs* and what starts with a lie usually ends as an even bigger lie.
Seriously.
I really like what's being done with Killzone 2, though. It's shaping up quite nicely, and it may just end up being what we were promised from the get-go. Of course, only time can tell.
PS3? Who cares?