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.
Finally, with this being Killzone 2, we would be remiss if we didn't mention the graphics--or more specifically, how awesome they are. It wouldn't be much of a stretch to say Killzone 2 is the best-looking console game we've seen(说Killzone2是我们在家用游戏机上看到过最好画面的游戏一点都不过分). The use of lighting is probably the most impressive of the game's technical feats: with so much of the game taking place in demolished urban centers with gray steel, concrete, and asphalt, those moments when you're flushed with color are extremely striking. This might include an orange street lamp, the blue glow of a faulty electrical tower, or the green haze in a sewer tunnel, but the way it all reflects off nearby objects like your gun and character models looks terrific. Add in sharp textures, great smoke and explosion effects, terrific depth of field, and an ominous sky that looks like the world might cave in at any moment and you've got a combination of technical and artistic brilliance that's hard to understate. Best of all: the framerate does a good job of keeping up, with the only noticeable hitches arriving during an autosave between checkpoints. (最好一点:贞数很稳定,唯一能感觉到慢下来的地方只有当在checkpoint保存的时候) 作者: ddaaii 时间: 2009-1-14 20:49