The best part is when you get a new game that has an (18 mb) title update on it, which takes an hour to download, before you even get to install it. That is standard operating procedure for PSN. But remember guys: the PSN is so much better than Xbox Live because it is free!


Ok, this post assumes that you actually get any games for the console, because that is, quite frankly, not a given.

I started the download yesterday during my lunch break and went back to work, so luckily by the time I got home all I had to do was install it.

YEA

Pssst, that was the full game.

Just tried out the demo.

Amazing graphics. I like how somebody from my squad yells 'Nice headshot!' when I snipe somebody from across the field with my pistol. Little details like that go a long way.

As much fun as it was, I did have a couple gripes (most probably having to do with my TV) -

- I want to map my buttons. I'm using Alternate 2, but I cannot stand holding down the L1 + L2 buttons at the same fucking time, and it makes me never want to use the cover system. I also hope there is at least the option to toggle/lock the crouch/cover buttons.

- Is the menu supposed to be floating/moving...? Whenever I scroll up and down, I get this weird blurry feedback that goes in a horizontal line across my screen, slowly moving down. Probably my TV, but just weird...

- Controls seemed a little unresponsive, but I think it could again just be the terrible delay with my TV

- I've read this from some reviews, but your character really is kind of short

- Opening dialogue of the demo is just...cheesy. "WHOA." "THIS IS FUCKED UP." It wasn't just the dialogue, either. The voice actors seemed a little too unenthusiastic for being in the middle of a war zone. I hope it isn't filled with that shit.

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Still, it looks like a solid title, and is definitely a day one purchase for me. Can't wait.

The menu did have an effect on it that made it sort of come in an out of focus, it's like an unstable transmission or something like that. I actually really liked the effect they put on the menus, I thought it was quite neat.

As for the controls, they did feel a little sluggish at first, but then I went into the menu and turned up the sensitivity a little, and it felt fine.

Did you sit in front of your TV and watch the percentage bar or what?

The demo was okay, it was meant to show you the gameplay, the graphics, the controls and so on. Seriously, what's up with you guys expecting hours of gameplay from a demo?

Well, it's good to hear that it wasn't just my TV.

Is that blurry moving horizontal line supposed to be there as well...? It only appears when I move through the menu. If I am still, it disappears.

Your TV is fine man, don't worry about it.

I played the demo and damn it was nice. The graphics are nice, and I like how the bodies don't fade away when you kill someone. Is it just me or do some of the walls break off when you keep shooting at it? Like actually breaks off and not just particles flying around. I tried it the second time and it didn't work, so either I was imagining it (doubt it) or it was a bug. No matter what, it was cool.

Well, while visiting Guerilla, they did show a video of someone blasting a kitchen to hell, with tiles and stuff coming of pillars, so I don't think you imagined it. They seem to have packed in a ridiculous amount of effects.

It's superficial terrain deformation. The actual structure doesn't change, but bits and pieces fly about to give the illusion of totally destructible environments. Usually it's an additional layer on some of the geometry that's breakable.

It's a common thing these days, actually. Lots of games do it. Although no where near as pretty or with as much visual variety.

I love the demo so much I made this!!! :D
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I am thinking of buy a ps3. The only game i really want to play is killzone2, is it worth it?

I won't only play that one game I'll use it for blue ray but just wanted to know if it's worth it to buy a ps3 rather than just a blue ray player based on killzone 2.

The demo looks pretty promising and there is a lot of hype about this game.

I already have a PS3, but if I were in your position, I'd probably think that now is a good time to get one - not only because of Killzone 2, but because there are a lot of good games comin' out in the next few weeks (like RE5 or SF4).

Well yeah I mean if you're offering, then I'd be more than glad to take you up on your offer. Send me one. Right now. Otherwise you've broken my heart.


I actually played through the demo again a few days ago, this time with the control scheme closer to that of the recent Call of Duty games, and the HUD turned off - seriously, I was impressed by how much more I enjoyed it. I noticed things like the screen leaning while I was behind cover, and shit rocking like crazy whenever EXPLOSIONS happened. Also, things like the little bits of destructible scenery were all the more apparent without anything cluttering the screen.

This may well be the most immersive console FPS I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing.

I purchased the 160gb ps3 and looked for the demo on the market place but can't seem to find it. Is there a code or something you have to put it? Sorry if this is already covered.

The euro demo is out.

Also I think you can access the demo when you preorder the game. There's nothing on the PSN regarding a KZ2 demo otherwise.

Make a Euro account, and boom you have the demo.


Nice demo btw, beautiful graphics...just short. I like the physics of the bullets as well.

Thanks, waited the whole hour to play it and was well worth the wait (and the 600 bucks). Can't wait for this game to come out, it's going to be an epic win. Blows gow2 and cod5 and halo3 out of the water, and I'm what you can consider a xbl fanboy.

You're what I'd consider to be an idiot. There's fuck all reason to come out with a statement like that, especially when you have chuff all in the way of evidence to back it up. The demo is incredibly short, and gives you only the faintest taste of what you might get in the full games. So please, do us a favour and bottle the bullshit.

I basically went through the demo testing out different control settings so it wouldn't feel slow and heavy and you pretty much have to put the sensitivity settings all the way up in order to get rid of the sluggish controls. I was going more of cod4 type feel in this case.

Okay, maybe there was a little to excitement from purchasing a ps3, playing kz2 demo, and wanting it to be great for the 600 bucks I spent yesterday. I apologize for the rash remark of a demo being better than full fledged games. If it's not to late to restate; I would like to say it was a wonderful demo that gave me the sense this game will be an amazing first person shooter. I also think the three main shooters are going to have tough competition when kz2 comes out.

Btw whats with all the swearing? Couldn't you have said the same thing in a better tone or is there some overwhelming anger for someone who thought this demo was great?

First of all you're wrong, it's not a wonderful demo, it's an incredibly meager demo that just about gives you a taste for Killzone. That's not to say it isn't enjoyable, I too played it and I too liked what I played, but I'm more than happy to admit that it was an incredibly small sample that you really can't form many opinions from one way or the other (outside of it looks damn pretty and the dialogue is pretty cliché).

More than anything I hate the idiotic assertion that these games have to be in competition with each other. I own Call of Duty 4 (fuck CoD5, WWII CoD4 rip-off from Treyarch that it is), Gears of War 2 and Halo 3, and I'm picking up Killzone 2. Why they hell do we have to try and put them in opposition to one another? Answer: we don't. That kind of bullshit is something a fanboy comes out with, and frankly we don't need more of those, and certainly not more of those moronic statements.

If you want to partake in sensible discussion, cool, let's do that. If all you want to do is indulge in spouting hyperbole and nonsense to justify your own purchasing decisions then take it elsewhere.

As for the swearing, it has nothing to do with anger, and everything to do with contempt.

Omag...calm down though, its his opinion. No matter how ignorant his opinion is to you, just let him be. There's no need to your titties twisted over it. Seriously.

I also have CoD4, and in terms of graphics KZ2 does blow CoD4 out of the water. However when it comes to multiplayer and single player, I can't judge yet.

That's the thing. It's ONLY visually appealing. Otherwise it is just generic.