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Killzone 2 Beta Is Unbelievable, But We Have Something Better…

Okay, here’s the deal- we are in the Killzone 2 beta and our conclusion thus far is relatively simple and straightforward.

It’s this beta that is quickly proving to gamers that Guerilla isn’t fooling around. They’re not spending a truckload of money to develop and hype a project that will ultimately disappoint. We have determined that in recent interviews, the developers appear to be supremely confident in the quality of their forthcoming FPS…and we now know why. It didn’t take long for us to understand exactly why Guerilla was so confident, and why every last PlayStation 3 owner on the planet should be pumped. Hell, we won’t discriminate; every video game everywhere should be pumped; the PS3 is a worthy purchase for this one game. Our full beta impressions are forthcoming, but we want more time with this bad boy before we start to gush. Let’s just say that if you’re not in the beta, you’re seriously missing out, and if you are, than you fully comprehend the previous words in this update. We’ve heard nothing but great things so far, and pretty soon, we’ll tell you why it’s impossible to find a lot of negative feedback on this beta test.

And one last thing: we currently have something better than the Killzone 2 beta. It’s still Killzone 2, but we’re not allowed to talk about it until December 4…so we won’t. In the meantime, we suggest you keep it here, ‘cuz you won’t want to miss what we have to say next month. Oh no…no, you won’t want to miss that.
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BFN,

fp.

If you download the “Killzone® 2 Multiplayer Theme” Version 1.1 (Updated “8/10/2008 11:19″) from the (UK) PlayStation Store (included in the ‘Store Update of 16 October 2008) you stand a chance of inclusion in Phase 3 of Multiplayer Beta Trial of “Killzone® 2″.
[ http://community.eu.playstation.com/playstationeu/board/message?board.id=138&thread.id=13690 ]
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Killzone 2 - Beta Trial Information

Are you a die-hard Killzone fanatic? Have you ever destroyed a squad of Helghast with a single M194 percussion grenade? Can you take out an ISA platoon armed with nothing but an StA-52 assault rifle? Prove it! Download the new Killzone 2 Multiplayer theme and you may be selected for the next phase of the beta trial.

Its true folks, by downloading the Killzone 2 Multiplayer Theme from the PlayStation Store between 16th October and 23rd October - you will be in with a chance of joining Phase 3 of the Killzone 2 Multiplayer Beta Trial.

Remember though kiddies - Beta Trialists must be over 18, and this trial is not available to US, German or Luxemburg account holders.
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Phase 2 has just come to an end.

Expect Phase 3 to start after 27 October 2008.

BFN,

fp.

it’s not going to be everyones cup of tea i’ll admit that but it ticks the right boxes for me.

But yes, warning bells are ringing… all titles over-hyped, and over-delayed, so far have been overly-poor too.

Maybe we’ll get a demo throughout the latter weeks of December to give us some seasonal festive cheer.

Or maybe we’ll get a demo a few weeks after the Blu-ray edition is available.

The lack of a playable demo is also a good indicator of a title that is trying to gain as many commercial sales as possible before word gets out & the only outlook is the bargain bin at Woolies or the next “under £20″ sale at Play.com.

I take the point made above that war isn’t colo[u]rful, but a game awash with greens, gr[e|a]ys, and browns, will make it difficult for colo[u]r-blind gamers to play.

(PS. Locali[s|z]ation only took an additional 6 seconds here)

Talking of differing viewpoints, here is an interesting article on gaming reviews written by a developer:

[ play.tm/story/21001 ]

And news today that “Gears of War 2” may be the last great Xbox 360 title as Epic are ‘approaching the upper end’ of the potential available upon the current generation of the Microsoft console:

[ videogamer.com/news/02-09-2008-9197.html ]

The (sales chart) battle between “Resistance 2” [PS3] & “Gears of War 2” [Xbox 360] in November should be a good one in any respect.

BFN,

fp.

I had the same confusion over the recent video and the playthrough vid, were the dev is proud of the fact that you can see where he just fired a missile, right before a cut scene. The only thing I thought odd was the missile comes from 300 ft below you as you are getting in a dropship. Either you switch characters mid game, or there is some serious teleportation going on.

After the original pre rendered footage debacle on this game, I’m holding off any judgement until I get my mitts on the real thing