Friday my cuz got a code for the KZ2 beta so you know I was over there most of this weekend. The same day Guy C0cker, a writer for GS UK gave, his impressions of the beta but don't bother reading it. Ian, the leader of the "PS3 The Real Next Gen", posted this.
Guy said
but there are certainly no physics-based money shots such as deformable scenery or movable objects.Gamespot
He also put these images up to show that there is in fact deformable scenery.
I've played the beta, let me tell you first hand, almost everything is destructible, boxes, tables, items on the tables, pillars, books & bookcases (as you saw in the video) chairs, you can shoot the flags, tires, walls & there's interaction. There may not be as much as in other games such as Stranglehold or as I heard, Gears 2 but to say there's no deformable scerery is dead wrong. Since then, the quoted text has been removed from his review. If you've played the beta there are two things you HAVE TO notice. The first is how good this game looks. Seriously, it's so polished it looks better than R2. How he failed to mention this is beyond me. Even if he wasn't impressed with the graphics, the simple fact of the matter is in most reviews graphics are mentioned one way or another. IMO they look awesome. Even when I watch low res video online I think this game looks good. The second is how the pillars crumble in front of you when getting shot at, or when you shoot them, or when a grenade explodes next to it or how a table breaks when you shoot it (which I've done over & over again :D) You can not play this game & ignore those two facts unless you have the misfortune of playing on a SDTV & there for the game may look funny on your TV or you didn't play the beta. Which catagory do you fall under Guy?
So rather than correct his mistake & state that there's a considerable amount of destructible items in MP, he deletes the above quote. WTF??!!?? This leads me to believe he barely played it or didn't play the beta at all. Seriously everything he wrote in his review you can find on the KZ website (game modes, weapons, klassess, etc) For a long time people have questioned GS's credibility & this incident will only make people question it even more.
As I said in other forums & posts, when I buy a game it's not on the recommendation of a reviewer. I bought Lost even though every site said it was crap (which it is) I didn't jump on the LBP bandwagon even though every site said it's one of the best games they ever (which it is) I'm a fan of Lost & I bought it. I did my research on LBP, liked what I saw so I bought it. But there are people out there that read reviews to help with their game buying decisions. There's nothing wrong with that, especially with the amount of games coming out & with the way the economy is you want to make sure you get your money's worth. Don't flat out lie or misinform people about a game that you supposedly played.