Killzone 2 pre-release discussion thread

[Cheezdoodles]

I allways hould out for more reviews (and for more creditble ones) before i get hyped up. Never heard of Middle Eastern Games.com before..

 

[Arwin]

Was you able to read it? the site was down for me, which is why i linked to metacritic.

Direct link is: http://www.megamers.com/playstation3/review.php?game_category=8&article_id=3557

I could read it. It's a bit amateurish. When I tried to read another review on the site (prince of persia) I got a malware/virus warning by both Google Chrome and McAfee (JS/Jena or something), so I can't compare review scores ...

 

[ShadowRunner]

I allways hould out for more reviews (and for more creditble ones) before i get hyped up. Never heard of Middle Eastern Games.com before..

The more the better yes, but a 99 and 100 so far does bode well. Regardless of whether a site is well known or not i wouldnt regard any single persons opinion as worthless. I often read user reviews instead of big site reviews in fact.

 

[suryad]

Awesome! I am stoked for this game!

 

[AlNom]

Let's not dwell too much on biases and the ensuing "Reviewer Ethics Line of Discussion" (again), please. It's one person's thoughts on the game.

 

[RobertR1]

So what's the deal with the demo? When's it out? Last I heard, if you pre order, you get the demo 1 day before the game launches?

 

[DrJay24]

So what's the deal with the demo? When's it out? Last I heard, if you pre order, you get the demo 1 day before the game launches?

The GS demo was Feb 5th if I recall. The normal PSN demo is the 26th.

 

[RobertR1]

Cool. Thanks. I'll put $5 on it at GS to see if I can get the demo still.

 

[BoardBonobo]

Just watched the IGN insider Killzone Final Build video. Wow, even after seeing a few high res details and a smattering of videos, watching a whole section in HD is truly awesome (and there is no charge for awesomeness!). This is the best looking game this generation... so far... Until Uncharted 2 arrives!

 

[the ignoramus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY-EWOXAj90&f18

That's the full intro, part CG part realtime.

 

[Archgamer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY-EWOXAj90&f18

That's the full intro, part CG part realtime.

Awesome. I still prefer the old Rico voice though. He just sounds weird now.

 

[Antan]

Awesome. I still prefer the old Rico voice though. He just sounds weird now.

Yeah, but its no major gripe......though Brian Cox voice is just superb, real authority everytime he speaks. Not long to wait now!

 

[ultragpu]

Scolar Visari's speech was excellent and very convincing, the cinematics and the LOTR esque score really shows the immense production value and the epicness. The realtime presentation was unworldly incredible as always.

 

[minimoke]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY-EWOXAj90&f18

That's the full intro, part CG part realtime.

Any reason they didn't do the whole intro in realtime?

 

[Cheezdoodles]

Because its easier to make offline renderings?

Its not like Killzone2 is the first game to use cg cutscenes. Its easier and cheaper than getting the same result in realtime (if realtime is at all possible), streaming video instead of realtime cutscenes allso allows for faster loading.

 

[Betanumerical]

Any reason they didn't do the whole intro in realtime?

So they can load the first level/s to the hdd?

 

[catisfit]

So they can load the first level/s to the hdd?

Only if the intro is mandatory viewing.

Because its easier to make offline renderings?

Its not like Killzone2 is the first game to use cg cutscenes. Its easier and cheaper than getting the same result in realtime (if realtime is at all possible), streaming video instead of realtime cutscenes allso allows for faster loading.

I guess a better question would be, why isn't the whole intro CG?

 

[Betanumerical]

I guess a better question would be, why isn't the whole intro CG?

I guess to make the transition from intro to gameplay as smooth as possible.

 

[rounin]

Only if the intro is mandatory viewing.

I guess a better question would be, why isn't the whole intro CG?

Maybe so only part of the intro is mandatory.

 

[Nesh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY-EWOXAj90&f18

That's the full intro, part CG part realtime.

Seems like half of it is the CGI intro you watch when the game boots up and the other half is the real time level intro