Killzone 2 could have been one of the best FPS games in 2009, but some problems avert it.

User Rating: 7 | Killzone 2 PS3
By BigCat2K20 | Review Date:
Well, I'm back with another review & this time is "Killzone 2" exclusively for Playstation 3. It came out on February 27 of last year & it's fanbase were waiting for anticipation KZ2. The first one (boring single player mode, story was mixed bag, graphics was horrible) was nothing more an mediocre game that was trying too hard to be an "Halo Killer" & it fail miserably. I rented at Blockbuster, beat it last night & played 7 online matches. So, what do I think about it? Stick around & here's my review of "Killzone 2".

Pros

Story is good for it's heroes vs evil doers (ISA vs Helgast) type of thing. KZ2 didn't go "Gears Of War" & make it all about the main protagonist instead of focusing on the entire story. This time, the fight is on Helgasts' home planet Helghan & capture their leader Scolar Visari.

Graphics is excellent & KZ2's designer did an great job on it.

Online Multiplayer is just pure chaos & fun. There are five different game types of it such as assassination, search & retrieve, search & destroy, bodycount and capture & hold. One more thing, 32 players online!

Gameplay is good for Guerrilla Games put in an cover system in a first person shooter, that's different & fresh. I wish some game developers would do it. Helgast are tough to kill & that makes this game fun (sort of).

Cons

Characters in story/single player mode are nothing more than stereotypical meat balls who can't put together an sentence without insulting each other's moms. Killzone 1 had interesting characters (can't stand Rico for he's annoying & meathead to the core!) that you can play. On KZ2, you're stuck with one main character

Ally A.I. ISA are useless 85 percent of the time for this game forces you to go Rambo on enemy A.I. for they get shot so many times. As for enemy A.I., wave after wave in the second half of KZ2 (Chapter 10 was horrendous) & it's ridiculous.

Controls is very sluggish & slow to the point that if an enemy gets the jump on you, it's game over. Oh there's an minigame that you do in order to open doors on PS3's Sixaxis Wireless Controller, is weak & tacky!

Loading times are ridiculously long to the point that gamers are thinking, "hmm, the game just froze & have to restart the console".

I know Killzone 2/PS3 fanboys will crush me for this review. Listen, Killzone 2 isn't an bad game at all. The online multiplayer is tremendously fun, single player mode is challenging for enemy A.I. will make it so & interesting trophies to unlock (Safari Hunter trophy to achieve is downright stupid). But it isn't all that great for the cons I just said. Overall, KZ2 is overrated (good, but not mind blowing like gamers say it is).

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