Essentially, Killzone 2 is what Guerrilla tried to promise with Killzone -- it's just now finally realized. What I commend most is how complete the game feels already. Released right now, it's a solid effort with some annoying glitches that could garner a B. But since Guerrilla has a couple of months left of pure polish, I'm hoping it's time used wisely -- and I'm looking forward to the end result come February.
Killzone 2 is cinematic by virtue of its astonishing visual presentation -- perhaps the best-looking console game ever, at least on a technical level -- and engaging by virtue of being so cinematic.
大意:KZ2如同一步宏大的电影,凭借其另人惊异的——有可能是家用机史上最好的画面表现。
Tina Sanchez, community manager:
Right away, I feel that the Helghast are plentiful, yet somewhat unsatisfying to fight against. For one, their lack of aesthetic diversity hinders my enjoyment of defeating them. On top of that, the overall character design also seems questionable -- red eyes contrasting dark uniforms make them unnecessarily stand out. In turn, from a player's perspective, the Helghast eyes become the only feature to watch out for on the battlefield -- which distracts from their overall visual design and makes them all blur together into a sea of red eyes that feel one and the same. Despite all that, they're not completely void of offering gratification -- it's funny when you shoot off their helmets and briefly catch them off guard.
While I'm only a casual connoisseur of the first-person shooting genre, over the years, I've played a few shooters that have truly impressed me (Half-Life, Halo), along with a slew of abysmal duds that made me question the behind-the-gun art form (Turok: Evolution, RoboCop). But I know what I like, and Killzone 2's one of the first shooters to grab me in a very long time.
And perhaps it's because I'm not closely tied to any one specific gameplay "feel" like the die-hard Call of Duty or Gears fans around here, but I find Killzone 2's controls to be entirely to my liking. Sure, you'll need a few minutes to acclimate to its surprisingly realistic simulation of weight, physics, and character movement, but once you do, it's a rewarding, engrossing experience.