Reason why KZ2 wasnt so popular, online:

Well after going on and playing the game today, i felt these are things that make this amazing shooter not much of a success online as it could have been:


1)i felt as if the controls were getting a bit hard to get used to.

2) Pros' or people who were playing and were used to the controls were amazing and made it hard to get kills.



So basically: i believe that due to it being a hard game to get used to (no run and gun), it makes it tough for it to compete with easy pick up and play shooters such as Halo 3 and Cod. I honestly feel that those games are so easy to get used to.

Does this mean that KZ2 is a bad FPS?, no, IMO it makes it a tougher game and one that kind of requires skill, well atleast more than COD MW. It might mean that its just a harder FPS.

well thats just my opinion.

Well after going on and playing the game today, i felt these are things that make this amazing shooter not much of a success online as it could have been:


1)i felt as if the controls were getting a bit hard to get used to.

2) Pros' or people who were playing and were used to the controls were amazing and made it hard to get kills.



So basically: i believe that due to it being a hard game to get used to (no run and gun), it makes it tough for it to compete with easy pick up and play shooters such as Halo 3 and Cod. I honestly feel that those games are so easy to get used to.

Does this mean that KZ2 is a bad FPS?, no, IMO it makes it a tougher game and one that kind of requires skill, well atleast more than COD MW. It might mean that its just a harder FPS.

well thats just my opinion.

Ribnarak

Well, of course it requires more skill than Modern Warfare.

But yah, GG should have taken notes from Bungie and made the game easy to pick up, and hard to master.

I kinda feel this way too TC. No Run and Gun was a dissapointment for a lot of people... I know it did for me lol

J/k, but I do feel that way.

People just want it easy nowadays.siLVURcross

thats why I love it because you have to be good to be good, same reason i love CS and UT. Skill trumps all.

In fact tomorrow after I get home I'll fit it in with MAG, DS, and U2 just because the MP is so much fun. Besides there are still plenty of people playing it.

[QUOTE="siLVURcross"]People just want it easy nowadays.SilverChimera

Oh and she's Alodia Gosiengfiao.

[QUOTE="SilverChimera"][QUOTE="siLVURcross"]People just want it easy nowadays.siLVURcross

Id say its more cause KZ2 on last check online was nothing but a TF2 clone.

Controls are too complicated in most new games these days. It creates a major disconnect between you and the game. That's why I prefer NES and SNES games. Mega Man is so easy to control.

I love it hands down my favorite FPS MP. The weight of the game took some time to get use to,but it felt good and different.I can see why people who like halo dont like KZ2 after all they both have different feels. KZ2 is more grounded while halo is more arcady gameplay. Both are great in thier own rights though.

I don't understand when people say they can't get used to the controls, they were easy to get used to for me.

Killzone 2's biggest problem online was communication, or rather the lack thereof. Team-based multiplayer that requires constant and precise co-ordination doesn't work so well when only half the players have mics and none of them talk. When the vast majority of players can't/won't use their most powerful tool (the squad system), you're going to have problems.

Well after going on and playing the game today, i felt these are things that make this amazing shooter not much of a success online as it could have been:


1)i felt as if the controls were getting a bit hard to get used to.

2) Pros' or people who were playing and were used to the controls were amazing and made it hard to get kills.



So basically: i believe that due to it being a hard game to get used to (no run and gun), it makes it tough for it to compete with easy pick up and play shooters such as Halo 3 and Cod. I honestly feel that those games are so easy to get used to.

Does this mean that KZ2 is a bad FPS?, no, IMO it makes it a tougher game and one that kind of requires skill, well atleast more than COD MW. It might mean that its just a harder FPS.

well thats just my opinion.

Ribnarak

[QUOTE="SilverChimera"][QUOTE="siLVURcross"]People just want it easy nowadays.siLVURcross

Oh and she's Alodia Gosiengfiao.

Wow, she has a nice collection and she isreally pretty, good sig. :D

Back on topic, i'm agree, Halo is really easy to pick and play, and to be honest, nowadays that is a very important thing, is like in SFIV, if you go online without some basic knowledge, your gonna be destroyed.

[QUOTE="SilverChimera"][QUOTE="siLVURcross"] Yea I got a ton of PMs wondering who it was, telling me that I was pretty. Only to disappoint when I told em I was a guy.siLVURcross

hi silvur :P

alodia says hi too! JK

nyahaha.

anyway, i wanted to ask the people, since i've only been online lately(last time i was online was june).

WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE IN KZ2? :|

Killzone 2's biggest problem online was communication, or rather the lack thereof. Team-based multiplayer that requires constant and precise co-ordination doesn't work so well when only half the players have mics and none of them talk. When the vast majority of players can't/won't use their most powerful tool (the squad system), you're going to have problems.

PBSnipes

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as far as fps go on consoles (hint: not far), killzone 2 was really good, but the online multiplayer sucked because people didnt communicate and didnt use the squad thingie way too often. it was so frustrating. i know online commwith console users is new, but cmon, kz2 was begging for yall to be using it!

also lol @ video gaming as taking skill in general, who cares.

No, I own both HD consoles and true reason is that theres so much good stuff coming out, especially for the PS3, to give enough time to KZ2.

I was on it last night, ot my ass owned!!! too much uncharted beta time made me sloppy in kz2.

Very tough mp that one, not for the COD/halo demographic thats for sure

KZ 2 better than COD4 by a mile. Nuff'said.

Not surprised its unpopular- most of the unpopular games are the best. ESPECIALLY around where I live.

I played it for a while and I just couldn't get into it. The game seemed a lot less quality when played online.

Although I didn't really want to trade it in... I ended up trading in Killzone 2 today along with 4 other good games for Uncharted 2. I really wanted UC2 and was broke, but I didn't want to trade in Killzone 2 if possible... but I ended up having to in order to get UC2. They ended up giving me like $25 for it, after the special deals that added like 35-50% to each item or something like that. Now you may be asking yourself why I'd trade in a game I didn't really want to trade in... It's because of the online. I don't play it anymore. I played it out the first month or so the game was out. After unlocking everything, the game just lost it's appeal. People ruined Killzone 2's online IMO w/Sentry Turrets and air support. It's so obnoxious going up against a team that does nothing but spam sentry turrets and air support... and so many teams started doing that. Not only that, but there was NO matchmaking or party system, which pretty much killed the online automatically. It made it so hard to just get in a match with your friends or get on the same team as them, not to mention communicate with them when trying to join a different match. I was in a clan and we never played one match together as a team, not even a practice match... all thanks to the lack of party system, communication, and matchmaking.Messiahbolical-

honestly, i feel the sameway.

i hope the next KZ takes away the sentry bots, its justa pain to be worrying about another robot auto aiming you. And whats even worse ist hat they they can do headshots.

but yea, like i said, it takes a couple games to get used to, but its not tooo difficult.

Still a great game, something that has a different feel to it.

Noobs thought they could jump around gunning people at will, then they realized there was more to it, and got afraid of taking the time to learn how to play and get good, I almost did it, but diligence and tenacity paid off

[QUOTE="PBSnipes"]

Killzone 2's biggest problem online was communication, or rather the lack thereof. Team-based multiplayer that requires constant and precise co-ordination doesn't work so well when only half the players have mics and none of them talk. When the vast majority of players can't/won't use their most powerful tool (the squad system), you're going to have problems.

CaptainHarley

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as far as fps go on consoles (hint: not far), killzone 2 was really good, but the online multiplayer sucked because people didnt communicate and didnt use the squad thingie way too often. it was so frustrating. i know online commwith console users is new, but cmon, kz2 was begging for yall to be using it!

also lol @ video gaming as taking skill in general, who cares.

KZ2 isn't popular?

Could have fooled me.

If i can ever justify a PS3, this will be the first game i get...i like slower MP in shooters, run n gun isnt always good.

If i can ever justify a PS3, this will be the first game i get...i like slower MP in shooters, run n gun isnt always good.

2scoopsofempty

[QUOTE="SilverChimera"] ah. I remember reading your blog where you said ppl kept asking if that was you :PsiLVURcross

you are still pretty, even after i found out you was a guy!

as for op killzone 2 online is fairly popular you can always get games, but it certainly isn't a halo or modern warfare in terms of online success, but then again what is? i actually liked killzone overall and thought it was fun both online and off.

There are a few reasons why KZ2 is not so popular. The top 2 reasons are

1) Its another FPS that doesn't feel fresh enough to pull people away from other games in the genre.

2) Why go for a 2nd tier game when you can play this: http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/852871/bungie-project-2/videos/halokills_mnt_101209.html

Love KZ2 but I got used to 60 frame rates, the 30 FPS killed it for me.

There are a few reasons why KZ2 is not so popular. The top 2 reasons are

1) Its another FPS that doesn't feel fresh enough to pull people away from other games in the genre.

2) Why go for a 2nd tier game when you can play this: http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/852871/bungie-project-2/videos/halokills_mnt_101209.html

EG101

I like play Unreal 3 tournment on PS3. It's still alive online.

KillZone 2is okay and more seriousdeep skill. like asMetal Gear Solid 4

People just want it easy nowadays.siLVURcross

Being Subjected to the cesspool of ignorance on Cod,GeoW,and Halo servers,KZ2's multiplayer not being as popular isnt exactly a bad thing.