2008-11-30 07:09:04

i think i've fallen in love with this game...and the sniper...

by the way blur effects add to the 'heavy' appeal, which seem more immersive than excessive, and all the effects and guns and explosions combine to make a truly beautiful looking and feeling game

can't wait to pick up a ps3 for this, mgs4 - little big planet - drakes fortune and this straight after exams...

2008-11-30 08:41:50

AWESOME

2008-11-30 10:33:16 In reply to Ronsauce (2008-11-30 04:20:10)

Maybe I exaggerate in sentence with art style (sorry for that) but the point was that for example the two Epic games (UT3 & Gears) look to much similiar. Get Marcus or maybe Locust skin like a DLC for UT3 and they will suit in it perfectly.

Why I choose Gears for an example? It's simple. If compering something, then compare to the bests (Gears is TPS and KZ2 is FPS, so I don't compare gameplay and other things characteristic to any of the genres, but both games are sci fi shooters about fighting with alien race). End.

2008-11-30 10:46:18

Sorry but all this "Gears 2 could be mistaken for UT3" crap is just laughable. Have you even played Gears 2? It's got a very memorable and standout style throughout the game with some jaw dropping environments that look nothing like anything seen in UT3. Your opinion might be that it does, but the fact is it doesn't. It really doesn't.

If anything, Killzone 2 is the one to wiggle the finger at here at being another "grey grey grey" shooter (that looks really good mind, but it's still way too monotone imo) which many games this generation have already done. In fact, thinking about it, in my OPINION it's probably one of the least inventive art styles we've seen this gen.

Don't get me wrong, it looks great graphically. But there have been a ton of games who have already done the "grey and gritty" approach this gen before. Why does it suddenly become realistic and unique instead of "grey and greyer" all of a sudden just because it's a PS3 exclusive?

2008-11-30 12:22:38

Is it just me or the game in some videos isn't always smooth ?
I mean... the video is smooth.. the game doesn't...
Anyone noticed that ? it's just few times..

2008-11-30 12:44:09

To much blur they need to cut back on it ..... but that aside the only thing I like is the lighting effects .... but other then that its another bland shooter I don't see anything creative at all .... Like Gears have the chainsaw and BFBC have destructed environment where you can blow in a whole wall but this is just a plain old shooter with very little destructed environments

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2008-11-30 13:30:27 In reply to YingYangDragon (2008-11-30 12:44:09)

The destructible environments look fantastic though.

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2008-11-30 14:02:58 In reply to unknown_23 (2008-11-30 10:33:16)

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2008-11-30 14:11:04

Jesus Christ, all the guys here moaning about the blur have no idea.
The blur effects are great, they add a lot of intensity to everything and create an actually realistic depth of field, it might look a bit strange in the videos, but believe me, while playing its incredible. And also stop talking about low-res textures, they look photorealistic from distance, the effect theyre producing is insane. And by all the stupid comments here, almost no one is talking about the best light effects in gaming history here. Every light source creates realistic shadows and that also means the guns. When youre in a small alley and someone shoots in front of you, you almost forget playing because it looks so breathtaking.

And thats all only graphics yadda yadda, the gameplay is at least as impressive, the whole feeling, the "weight", how the weapons react, the aiming, the balancing, just everything fits perfectly.

And Gears 2 only has 10 people at once online while KILLZONE 2 up to 32, and please dont comment with a stupid "that fits better to the game" bullcrap.

2008-11-30 14:14:04 In reply to Hooligunn (2008-11-30 10:46:18)

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2008-11-30 14:54:33

Just to mention it, blur is one of the coolest effects to add in a fps.

I allways thought that fps on PCs looked weird, because you look around corners as fast as a paranoid H-addict, but still you see the environment as sharp as a razor. Thats just not how the human eye work.

Allthough this effects make KZ2 a bit less playable, because you see enemies later and stuff, KZ2 feels hugely immersive and realistic.

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2008-11-30 15:10:56 In reply to GTAce (2008-11-30 14:11:04)

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2008-11-30 15:26:14 In reply to bbconlinenews (2008-11-30 03:09:59)

2008-11-30 15:33:14

You click on create a room and then you host.
Everyone can host and ive never experienced problems with that (except when the host leaves, there is a pretty stupid text message on screen and a new host gets choosen).

And of course the number of players is important, but i bet with you, if it wouldve more everyone would be glad about it.
And yes i also played games with more players on-screen, also on console (like Resistance 2 with 60 players). I just threw it in the discussion because of the comparisons, and im very sure that the player limit in Gears has a technical reason.

And by the way, i think both Gears of War games are fantastic, even when i completely dislike the artstyle, so dont get me wrong.

2008-11-30 15:43:14 In reply to catfish (2008-11-30 15:26:14)

2008-11-30 15:55:25 In reply to bbconlinenews (2008-11-30 15:43:14)

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2008-11-30 16:34:07 In reply to Inflatable (2008-11-30 15:55:25)

i'm a pc gamer q6600@3.6GHz, 2 GTX280s in sli, 4 gigs of ram etc, etc. ALL multiplatform games on a gaming PC look better, it's a known fact.

the exclusives to the consoles are what define it's potential, when it comes to textures and shadows, no console game out currently has come close to uncharted, and then there's killzone2 and god of war3 coming to help further push the console's capabilities(but the important thing to note is that all these game's engines were built ground up and fully optimised for the ps3's architecture) an architecture that has more potential than the 360's but is harder to develop for, so it's up to sony really to show what it can do, not 3rd party devs, kojima is an exception.

Gears 2 is an UE3 game(a pc engine) running on the 360, it's a middleware engine and performs well enough on the 360 due to the 360 having a very pc like architecture, it could easily run on the ps3 but after having some optimisations.

let's stop worrying about the tech mumbo jumbo, and appreciate killzone 2 for what it is, a very promising upcoming title, and on dec 4th there's going to be more info coming about it's single player campaign.

2008-11-30 16:38:17

Agree.
In a graphical argue,only graphic may speak.Textures,effect,artstyle,framerate.None of they matter,but all of them matter.
This is all about what showed on screen,and that is a complex experience,which every thing count,but none of they should be cut to be a single matter.
If you want to compare textures in A to textures in B,that's another story.Texture's argue,so only texture matter.

GEOW2,over all I disappoint on the first few level,where Epic try to make some open battle,to me those stage look even worse than GROW1...
But after delta team separate into a two man squab,I feel GEOW are back and alive,and rock some great time in the other half of the game.

2008-11-30 17:42:50

Obviously the PC is the superiour platform, technically...and yet the most beautifull looking games appear on the consoles.

It's not all about the specs, it's about what the developers are doing with the available resources, and the consoles are obviously being used in a much more efficient way. I love how PC fanboys always come out and boast about AA this, textures that, but fail to realise very few games actually deliver a more georgeous experience like say a Gears2.

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2008-11-30 17:58:45

found these,if they are against the sites rules then delete


http://i33.tinypic.com/2s0nzwn.jpg

http://i36.tinypic.com/a4t0nm.jpg

http://i34.tinypic.com/ilgj13.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/14b0y84.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/2ch6rk1.jpg

Thanks to the original poster,won't link or name incase it causes issues for him,but the textures look great.

2008-11-30 19:57:23

Can someone explain to me exactly why people are blowing their loads over the way this game looks? I'm not impressed at all.

2008-11-30 20:10:34

Good for you :)

Stay on topic people

2008-12-01 01:49:47 In reply to dingleberry (2008-11-30 19:57:23)

2008-12-01 02:06:35

LONG live TTP and GAMERSYDE. :D http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1381266...