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[RiotPelaaja]

1up.com's Killzone review

 

[Culex]

8.0 since he was too lazy to post it.

 

[SantaC]

1up has always had weird reviews. I remember their score of ToS which was 7.0

 

[AbeFroman]

8.0 since he was too lazy to post it.

Hehehe...he wasn't too lazy. Riot wrote the review for 1up

 

[ced]

I dont see how anyone can give a game that has so many technical problems, which make it feel like a defective product, an 8.0 or better. Hell even a 7 is high.

Its not that I hate the game, I just hate to see another game get released like this. I mean if anyone can make a deal out of it its the reviewing community, they should hammer this so maybe Sony, Microsoft and some other publishers change their approvals.

I cant be the only one who thinks this is unacceptable from any developer/publisher, especially Sony.

 

[Gregory]

It`s so obvious it was rushed to meet Halo 2`s launch.

 

[Culex]

Hehehe...he wasn't too lazy. Riot wrote the review for 1up

Damn internet and it's instant gratification mentaility

 

[PhatSaqs]

I could have sworn the review score was 7.5 last night. I was about to post it.

 

[ced]

It`s so obvious it was rushed to meet Halo 2`s launch.

Yeah but why?

You had GTA the week before, and MGS the week after Halo, this is just pointless.

Delay it 6 months ( seems like it needs more than that) and dont release a incomplete product. They should get reamed for this.

It "had" alot of things going for it, you can barely see them shine through, its a shame really.

 

[Panajev2001a]

The story with Killzone is that apparently Guerrilla was going to keep working on the single player campaign, but when SCEE took Guerrilla under their wings they pushed very strongly for a big and nice online mode (which people say is not bad).

The game, could have needed some more months of tweaking: it risks being overlooked and I believe the Guerrilla guys are pissed seeing their technology not perform like they know it can (the single player mode is not at the level thye would have wanted to ship if they could have delayed the launch date).

 

[RiotPelaaja]

Here's some facts because I actually talked to parties involved in the game. The review of 1up.com's is based on the European-version, which has been worked on more than the US version since the PAL version ships on December 3rd, which is about four weeks later than the US version.

 

[AbeFroman]

Here's some facts because I actually talked to parties involved in the game. The review of 1up.com's is based on the European-version, which has been worked on more than the US version since the PAL version ships on December 3rd, which is about four weeks later than the US version.

So US version = ?

 

[dark10x]

Here's some facts because I actually talked to parties involved in the game. The review of 1up.com's is based on the European-version, which has been worked on more than the US version since the PAL version ships on December 3rd, which is about four weeks later than the US version.

Wait, so the US recieved a shitty, bug filled version of the game?

 

[sonycowboy]

Wait, so the US recieved a shitty, bug filled version of the game?

Just every reviewer who's given it a bad score

It didn't go gold until late October.

 

[ced]

I dont buy it.

Same thing was said about IGN's reveiw code being completly different from the retail.

Every problem they described is still present in the retail.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

They need to drop the PR farce about this later code thing. Because that's what it is.

This game was poorly done, perhaps it doesn't deserve the hatred it's getting (I for one will finish the single player and actually enjoy the multi), but this save face manuever is bullshit.

 

[Ferrarisimo]

Here's some facts because I actually talked to parties involved in the game. The review of 1up.com's is based on the European-version, which has been worked on more than the US version since the PAL version ships on December 3rd, which is about four weeks later than the US version.

Soooo... 1UP is misrepresenting the game to be something better than it actually is to potential domestic consumers? Hmm... though I guess that would imply that there exists a group of people who base their purchasing decisions off of 1UP scores, so I guess my original point is moot.

CARRY ON!

 

[jenov4]

Here's some facts because I actually talked to parties involved in the game. The review of 1up.com's is based on the European-version, which has been worked on more than the US version since the PAL version ships on December 3rd, which is about four weeks later than the US version.

Does the PAL version have a built in 60/50hz selector so it makes it easier for the people who have NTSC televisions?

 

[Drey1082]

It sounds like this game, while having a horrible single player, actually has a decent multiplayer aspect to it. I've heard a lot of bad things about the single player,but very little on multi from what i've read. This is interesting to me because in first person shooters, i'm more of a multiplayer person.

My thinking is this sounds a lot like another Sony shooter (SOCOM 1 & 2). A horrible single player, but good/solid multi. Does anyone think it will succeed on this level with ps2 casuals?

 

[Forsete]

Does the PAL version have a built in 60/50hz selector so it makes it easier for the people who have NTSC televisions?

Official PS2 UK stated it will have a 50/60 switch, yes.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

My thinking is this sounds a lot like another Sony shooter (SOCOM 1 & 2). A horrible single player, but good/solid multi. Does anyone think it will succeed on this level with ps2 casuals?

Not to that level no, but it is genuinely fun so I would expect it to grow. There were only 600 people on late last night. It's actually more arcade like than SOCOM and somewhat easier to pick up, but that hasn't hurt SOCOM. It doesn't have clan support, though people seem to be working around that by using different names. It has really good maps and game modes, though there aren't as many maps as Socom. I have to admit though, there was a lot of good teamwork and good cheer in the few games I played...definitely a lot of Socom veterans checking it out

 

[TTP]

Official PS2 UK stated it will have a 50/60 switch, yes.

Yeah, I can confirm that it does have a "PAL/NTSC" selection option.

 

[duderon]

Here's some facts because I actually talked to parties involved in the game. The review of 1up.com's is based on the European-version, which has been worked on more than the US version since the PAL version ships on December 3rd, which is about four weeks later than the US version.

:lol

That's polish for ya.

 

[ScientificNinja]

"The cool thing is that if you wish to risk it, you can run up to an enemy and kill him with one hit via the context-sensitive action button."

It took him 30 words to say 'melee attack'

 

[Prine]

1up has always had weird reviews. I remember their score of ToS which was 7.0

Agreed. Too high