I just finished playing the KZ3 multiplayer beta again and I don't know what it is but something just doesn't feel right with KZ3. This game just reminds me why graphics alone cannot save a game. It reminds me why Bungie is so great and how they handled their baby (Halo) with such care that the gameplay, mulitiplayer and controls just click together to feel oh so polished!! There is definitely some fun here to be had with KZ3 but just not enough for me to stay with it for very long.
You cows can keep touting the term "graphics king" until you're blue in the face but if the game is shaky in the fun department or doesn't feel right does the term graphics king even matter? No because the graphics will be long forgotten along with the thousands of players who will soon leave the game after discovering it just doesn't have that same "magic" as Halo to hold a player to want to keep coming back.
This is where the KZ series fails. Nevermind that it failed to keep up with Halo. It's barely trying to pass the grade with its own fans evident from the fact that its online numbers have been quite weak. Also once the Fall hits KZ3 will be dead. All you have to do is look at games like Gears 3, BF3 and UC3 to know why. Funny thing is that Reach (and even Halo 3!) will still be alive and kickin'.
What about the campaign? You want to compare it to Halo? Halo craps all over the KZ series strory-wise and in the single and co-op campaign. But in all honesty folks if you make believe that Halo never existed then what you have with the KZ series is just your average generic shooter that is all flash and no substance. The flash being the overhyped graphics which I have already stated cannot by itself make a great game.
...and lets talk about those graphics. From what I have seen in the MP beta they are looking very average. Lots of jaggies, poor textures and looking quite grainy. So now what's so special about this game? Oh yeah once the flash is gone it's average just like the series itself.
T-razor1
Wow.
You went very overboard.
What does generic mean anyways? What do we compare shooters to for it to be generic.
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