Killzone 2 Demo - First impressions

AWPC and Tom84 are out of their minds :eek:

Crysis' water, models, textures, light and smoke effects, draw distance, physics etc are all better than KZ2, COD4 and Far Cry Predator Instincts. I actually thought Far Cry looked **** even in 2004 so I don't think Crysis is just a prettied up Far Cry either. There is also one level in Crysis that is very KZ2/CODish where there are loads of guns firing, explosions etc and the frame rate held very steady still.

"When you actually get up close to the objects in Crysis you can see the lack of texture detail its really bad and the draw distance is shocking unless you use a custom config to increase it."
The lack of texture detail is far, far more apparent in COD4 and KZ2.
And you say the draw distance is poor? I can drive through levels and aside from some small rocks/shrubs, nothing suddenly pops in.


And lastly, sorry for ruining the thread but I had to make an argument..
 
Yeah, Crysis is still king of the hill where graphics are concerned, but this does not in anyway denigrate the technical achievement of Killzone 2. It has set an impossibly high bar for all other console games to reach. In terms of both gameplay and graphics, other developers will now feel the pressure to try and match Guerilla's effort.
 
played it a few times now, it does look very nice, but it doesnt have the wow factor GOW2 had for me. maybe its just a carp level. Gamplay is pretty tight although not up to the dizzy heights of COD4. I found it a tad tricky getting used to the controls, but ive never got on with the PS3 controllers. but pratice makes perfect.

all in all a damn fine looking game, iv had it pre order for months annd wont be cancelling it before launch.
 
Just played this on my mate's Sony KDL40W3000U!! OMG! I need a new telly!!! The game look even better - something which I didn't think would be possible! I think I have finally got my head around the controls, so much so that I may not even feel the need to change them once the full retail game arrives!! Roll on release day! :D
 
This is quality! Im failing to understand peoples logic when they criticise! Its like COD, Vegas and Gears rolled into one! Awesom-o!
 
Just played it and wow cant wait for release never played the first so didn't know what to expect only had ps3 for 4ish months. This game is just brilliant don't normally like FPS on consoles but this will be one i will get just for its awsomeness.
 
Tom84 said:
Seriously COD4 on my PC I think looks better than this, might not be much in it and I may be thinking COD4 looked better than it actually did (I haven't played it in around a year) but from memory COD4 was stunning

I'm one that thought it was better looking that Crysis also fyi
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You need a better pc then
 
COD4 maxed out pc screens vs killzone 2 console screens. I tried getting pictures that looked similar.

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I love it, love the graphics(I also love CoD4 graphics, who cares if it's better or worse than PC graphics) :rolleyes: , only slight niggle is getting used to the controls.

Cannot wait to get the full game, and play MP.
 
I played through a shed load of times last night. First time through I was thinking maybe it was a mistake pre-ordering due to the controls and my crap aiming but after a few more games it was better and better. Kept doing different things in the warehouse section and every play through it was a different challenge, which I like. Stuck with Alt2 for controls which seemed to be the easiest for me. Graphically I wasn't over-awed but they're great for a console. First next gen console fps game I bothered with was Resistance2 and this my 2nd so despite being a die hard PC only fps'er previously this is the first console fps I think is actually comparably good.

Some problems I had were with running, pressing into the trigger and pressing forward wasn't great for me but it's the first time I've seen that control method. Can you use the iron sights from cover? Every time I tried it wasn't happening but it is a little quirky.

Definitely sticking with the pre-order.
 
What is up with the FOV :confused:

I have a 40" LCD and I still find it hard or annoying to play, a FPS on my PC with 24" TFT just feels better
 
Sol said:
Some problems I had were with running, pressing into the trigger and pressing forward wasn't great for me but it's the first time I've seen that control method. Can you use the iron sights from cover? Every time I tried it wasn't happening but it is a little quirky.
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You can but you need to 'pop up'. So for example, lets say you were crouched in the middle of a low wall, if you hold the joystick forward while still holding the crouch button your character will pop up, you can then use iron sights, if you let go of forward the character will duck down behind cover again.

The same applies to peeking around the side of walls but obviously you have to hold the direction of the edge of the wall to 'peek'
 
Hate the controls, not the layout of the buttons, they are fine, but the weight of the gun is too much, it makes the game feel laggy and you end up continually over or under shooting when aiming, good game and my pre-order is staying on, just wish the aiming was more responsive, if this was a PC game that would be considered as 'severe mouse lag', that's essentially what they've simulated, lag.
 
Sol said:
Some problems I had were with running, pressing into the trigger and pressing forward wasn't great for me but it's the first time I've seen that control method.
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I don't think you have to hold down L3, it's just to toggle running, as soon as you stop it goes back to normal speed. Might be wrong, but that's how it seemed to me.

Btw, the loading screen is super-funky!
 
Dutch Guy said:
What is up with the FOV :confused:

I have a 40" LCD and I still find it hard or annoying to play, a FPS on my PC with 24" TFT just feels better
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Yea, the FOV really ticked me off. I guess you just have to looked past these type of things in games. It annoyed me a lot in COD4 aswell.
 
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