[badcrumble]

I'm so so curious to see what the skill upgrade trees are like.

[Loudninja]

I'm so so curious to see what the skill upgrade trees are like.

Yeah they said there will be like 80 upgrades,of course between good and evil.

[BeeDog]

Graphically looks mediocre as hell, but I'm still eagerly anticipating the game like mad. Need some open-ended platforming.

[neorej]

Anyone get a State of Emergency vibe from the game? I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing. The character animations are comical. The graphic are really meh. Trademark Playstation washed out color palette and jaggies. Looks like a PS2 game :lol I wish you could zap and electrocute guys to a crisp etc... I don't like how guys just fall over. I'm sure there are scripted events but no destructable environments FTL. I think I'm going to definitely pass on this game. Prototype can't come soon enough. Thanks for posting the video!

Anyone get a bad attempt at trolling vibe from this?

[Gbeav]

Graphically looks mediocre as hell, but I'm still eagerly anticipating the game like mad. Need some open-ended platforming.

I don't think mediocre is the correct word.

[Loudninja]

By the way how can you get a State of Emergency vibe from this game?makes no sense :/

[Kabuki Waq]

The graphics looks surprisingly bad IMO. lots more pop in than i thought.

[Gantz]

By the way how can you get a State of Emergency vibe from this game?makes no sense :/

The way your character runs and the generic people running around aimlessly :lol

[lawblob]

Graphically looks mediocre as hell, but I'm still eagerly anticipating the game like mad. Need some open-ended platforming.

I think im' just reaching my breaking point with open worlds that are filled with brown, lifeless, bland cities. I wish I held the patent for rusty & currogated metal in open world video game design, I would be driving a solid gold Ferrari.

[Loudninja]

I think im' just reaching my breaking point with open worlds that are filled with brown, lifeless, bland cities. I wish I held the patent for rusty & currogated metal in open world video game design, I would be driving a solid gold Ferrari.

To be fair, the city did kinda blew up,and they are using metal to rebuild things.

[beelzebozo]

I think im' just reaching my breaking point with open worlds that are filled with brown, lifeless, bland cities. I wish I held the patent for rusty & currogated metal in open world video game design, I would be driving a solid gold Ferrari.

especially coming off this

[Arkham]

The way your character runs and the generic people running around aimlessly :lol

PacMan?

[Loudninja]

Damn 2 people promise impressions and none so far! cant really blame them though :(

[BeeDog]

Damn 2 people promise impressions and none so far! cant really blame them though :(

Maybe they don't want to upset us eagerly waiting for the game. :lol

[anddo0]

Maybe they don't want to upset us eagerly waiting for the game. :lol

upset?

[Dragnet]

The way your character runs and the generic people running around aimlessly :lol

They had an aim. They were all heading for the food drop.

[Blutonium]

I'm really eager to play this, that French video was good. I liked how the player missed when firing at a mannequin, and thus electrocuting the whole fence behind it; nice detail.
Graphics seem good, pop in is a bitch though. My only problem, which I've had for a while now judging from other videos:

the city seems so lifeless. Sure there's people running around and driving cars, but nobody says a word (up until a cutscene).


Still getting this day 1 though :D

[BeeDog]

I'm really eager to play this, that French video was good. I liked how the player missed when firing at a mannequin, and thus electrocuting the whole fence behind it; nice detail. Graphics seem good, pop in is a bitch though. My only problem, which I've had for a while now judging from other videos: the city seems so lifeless. Sure there's people running around and driving cars, but nobody says a word (up until a cutscene). Still getting this day 1 though :D

Off-topic: is your avatar from In Qontrol? Or Qlimax?

[mujun]

im still getting this for sure but the french vid was not very encouraging in terms of what the game world is like.

why were there ppl just lying on the ground sort of twitching near where he first went down to ground level?

why is every fifth car the same crushed police car?

why are ppl just running in the streets for no good reason despite the fact they arent screaming and there is no indication of a riot or mass panic beyond the cut scene?

the music when he fights the gang is awesommmmmeee!

[SolidSnakex]

why were there ppl just lying on the ground sort of twitching near where he first went down to ground level?

This is the beginning of the game and at the start an explosion goes off. So, they're on the ground because they're injured.

why are ppl just running in the streets for no good reason despite the fact they arent screaming and there is no indication of a riot or mass panic beyond the cut scene?

See above.

[Kazuma Kiryu]

why are ppl just running in the streets for no good reason despite the fact they arent screaming and there is no indication of a riot or mass panic beyond the cut scene? the music when he fights the gang is awesommmmmeee!

i don't really understand much french, but from what i understood, there's some kind of announcement on tv, some bad guy perhaps, and everyone's started running toward that food drop.
pretty sure they're not gonna run around like crazy the whole game. seems to be that specific part in the beginning.
as for the music, infamous will rock!

[Zeliard]

Is there a direct .wmv (or whatever) link to that video from the french site?

[Psychotext]

Graphics are bad... but the game seems fairly interesting from what I saw in the vid.

[Erebus]

Is there a direct .wmv (or whatever) link to that video from the french site?

http://media1.playscope.com/medias/P...m_ps3_720p.mp4

[lawblob]

Graphics are bad... but the game seems fairly interesting from what I saw in the vid.

Pretty much. Too bad, I was hoping the system exclusivity would make for a nice graphical whore-fest. But as long as the gameplay is fun, I can forgive the mediocre visuals.

[AltogetherAndrews]

The graphic are really meh. Trademark Playstation washed out color palette and jaggies. Looks like a PS2 game :lol

And then...

Prototype can't come soon enough.

What a fucking clown. :lol

[Y2Kev]

That was a master troll from Gantz. Golf clap. Looks like State of Emergency and has bad graphics, is a trademark Playstation game, and you can't wait for Prototype. That is seriously impressive.

edit: AA beat me by like 4 seconds :lol

[fatigues_gasolini]

Am I the only one that thinks the game looks great?

[AltogetherAndrews]

Am I the only one that thinks the game looks great?

For what it is, I think it looks great, if a bit desaturated and dusty. There are definitely blatant sacrifices to the visuals due to the scale, but there is also a very high level of detail t the world. But I guess they should have gone with flat high rises instead, much more impressive that way.

[Loudninja]

Am I the only one that thinks the game looks great?

Nope,I think it looks great as well,considering its and open world game which every thing is climbable.

[Forsete]

And then... What a fucking clown. :lol

Hey, its multiplat, we're allowed to like dat!

[Gantz]

And then... What a fucking clown. :lol

Have you played Prototype? Obviously not. I have. It's miles more impressive than Infamous. Sony defense force out in full effect gawd damn! :lol

[fistfulofmetal]

They should have made the graphics stylized like the comic book scenes. Maybe like Sky Cooper but less kiddy cartoony and more dark and gritty.

[AltogetherAndrews]

Have you played Prototype? Obviously not. I have. It's miles more impressive than Infamous.

Have I seen it? Yes I have. Thankfully I'm looking forward to it for its Hulk Alex smash! appeal and despite its incredible bland looking city environments and even blander characters, otherwise it would be the recipient of some crazy trolling. So, what's your deal? Can't handle two games that are superficially similar without finding yourself needing to rip on one to elevate the other?

[mintylurb]

Is there a direct .wmv (or whatever) link to that video from the french site?

Yea. I'm not going to install qt on my work computer..and can't watch mp4 files..dang you frenchies!!

[Loudninja]

Have you played Prototype? Obviously not. I have. It's miles more impressive than Infamous. Sony defense force out in full effect gawd damn! :lol

You were talking about graphics though, and you don't need to play it to see how it looks.

[Cheech]

Have I seen it? Yes I have. Thankfully I'm looking forward to it for its Hulk Alex smash! appeal and despite its incredible bland looking city environments and even blander characters, otherwise it would be the recipient of some crazy trolling. So, what's your deal? Can't handle two games that are superficially similar without finding yourself needing to rip on one to elevate the other?

Trolling aside, I find it suspect that Sony bumped this one ahead of Prototype. Generally you don't do that if you have the stronger of the two games.

Personally, I'm going to wait until reviews are out for BOTH games. From the short amount of gameplay I've seen for both games, Prototype does look the better of the two, but I'm fine waiting.

[Nightz]

Ok, first of all, thanks to the people who tried to defend me. Fact of the matter is that I screwed up and said something I shouldn't have, so I deserved to be chewed out by GAF. That's fine, I'll just leave it at that.

Now onto impressions:

Graphics Like many of you have already noted, they're not "OMG MY EYES ARE BLEEDING FROM THE AWESOME!" There's pop in, I've experienced some frame drops when things got hectic, aliasing on shadows, facial animations could be better...pretty much everything you guys said already. BUT the graphics are definitely NOT PS2 graphics, and they are not bad by any means. They're actually pretty good for an open world game, and the effects for Cole's powers look awesome. So in short, if you're looking for Killzone 2 graphics, you're gonna be disappointed. If not, you should be satisfied.

Gameplay The gameplay takes the cake for me. It's so fun climbing any and everything, jumping off buildings, shooting stuff with lightning, all that good stuff. I spent a good 30 minutes just screwing around when I first had the chance to. You just feel awesome moving around like that...it's like a mix between Altair and Nathan Drake. The missions aren't bad either. I spent most of the day yesterday just doing side quests instead of moving the actual story. There's a good variety of side quests in the game, not the same 3 or 4 missions like in Assassin's Creed. I found out later on that doing the story missions are important too, since they usually unlock more awesome powers that'll make the side quests easier.

As for the world, it's not as lifeless as some of you may think. I haven't seen the video that was posted, but I'm guessing it's from the beginning of the game where you're like "What in the world are these people doing?" It all makes sense as the game progresses. The way the crowd reacts to you is based on your Karma. I'm playing the good side for my first run, so as I run by people they cheer me on, take pictures of me, yell out that I'm awesome, and ask for help. Don't know how they'll react when you're evil yet.

Story Like I said, I'm not very far into the story yet. I'm not really expecting much story-wise, but I like what I've seen so far. I'm only on the first island so things are pretty slow right now. I'm hoping it'll pick up soon.

Other Stuff
There is an install at the beginning of the game - it takes about a minute.
Sound effects and music are awesome.
Controls work well. There are a lot of powers at your disposal, so I imagine it was difficult making a control scheme for them, but once you learn them it'll come naturally.
The comic book presentation is great.

So yeah, those are initial impressions after about 3-4 hours of play. I'll try to get some more time in tonight and post again if I have any additional impressions. If you have any questions, feel free to ask and I'll try to answer them. I'm at work though, so I might not have the answers right away.

[DMPrince]

Good enough for me. Thanks for the impression ;D

[Y2Kev]

Trolling aside, I find it suspect that Sony bumped this one ahead of Prototype. Generally you don't do that if you have the stronger of the two games. Personally, I'm going to wait until reviews are out for BOTH games. From the short amount of gameplay I've seen for both games, Prototype does look the better of the two, but I'm fine waiting.

Yes, trolling aside. :lol

[antiloop]

The guy on the gamespot forum preferred Infamous over Prototype after playing both. So yea. Trolling force out in full force without merit or playing either game.

Wonder why. ;D

[BenjaminBirdie]

I think one of the reasons inFamous looks like a much better recapturing of that kind of Crackdown platform experience is that it's a new city built from the ground up. As impressive as Prototype's Manhattan might end up looking, it wasn't built for climbing. I think that's why they've gone with a much less engaging mechanic of superleaping and gliding to get around the city, as opposed to inFamous' buildings that were expressly made for climbing. It could be that there is more of that in Prototype that hasn't been shown, but it seems much more focused on broadbased flying (wings, helicopters, etc) than dizzying climbing scenarios (like that sick-ass tower inFamous has).

[AltogetherAndrews]

Gameplay The gameplay takes the cake for me. It's so fun climbing any and everything, jumping off buildings, shooting stuff with lightning, all that good stuff. I spent a good 30 minutes just screwing around when I first had the chance to. You just feel awesome moving around like that...it's like a mix between Altair and Nathan Drake. The missions aren't bad either. I spent most of the day yesterday just doing side quests instead of moving the actual story. There's a good variety of side quests in the game, not the same 3 or 4 missions like in Assassin's Creed. I found out later on that doing the story missions are important too, since they usually unlock more awesome powers that'll make the side quests easier.

That's hot

[StrikerObi]

When is the demo for this game out?

[Cheech]

Yes, trolling aside. :lol

I wasn't trolling. See, I like discussing ALL games, not just ones exclusive to the PS3. :P

[Gantz]

You were talking about graphics though, and you don't need to play it to see how it looks.

:lol go play it in person. You'll change your mind.

[Kittonwy]

Ok, first of all, thanks to the people who tried to defend me. Fact of the matter is that I screwed up and said something I shouldn't have, so I deserved to be chewed out by GAF. That's fine, I'll just leave it at that. Now onto impressions: Graphics Like many of you have already noted, they're not "OMG MY EYES ARE BLEEDING FROM THE AWESOME!" There's pop in, I've experienced some frame drops when things got hectic, aliasing on shadows, facial animations could be better...pretty much everything you guys said already. BUT the graphics are definitely NOT PS2 graphics, and they are not bad by any means. They're actually pretty good for an open world game, and the effects for Cole's powers look awesome. So in short, if you're looking for Killzone 2 graphics, you're gonna be disappointed. If not, you should be satisfied. Gameplay The gameplay takes the cake for me. It's so fun climbing any and everything, jumping off buildings, shooting stuff with lightning, all that good stuff. I spent a good 30 minutes just screwing around when I first had the chance to. You just feel awesome moving around like that...it's like a mix between Altair and Nathan Drake. The missions aren't bad either. I spent most of the day yesterday just doing side quests instead of moving the actual story. There's a good variety of side quests in the game, not the same 3 or 4 missions like in Assassin's Creed. I found out later on that doing the story missions are important too, since they usually unlock more awesome powers that'll make the side quests easier. As for the world, it's not as lifeless as some of you may think. I haven't seen the video that was posted, but I'm guessing it's from the beginning of the game where you're like "What in the world are these people doing?" It all makes sense as the game progresses. The way the crowd reacts to you is based on your Karma. I'm playing the good side for my first run, so as I run by people they cheer me on, take pictures of me, yell out that I'm awesome, and ask for help. Don't know how they'll react when you're evil yet. Story Like I said, I'm not very far into the story yet. I'm not really expecting much story-wise, but I like what I've seen so far. I'm only on the first island so things are pretty slow right now. I'm hoping it'll pick up soon. Other Stuff There is an install at the beginning of the game - it takes about a minute. Sound effects and music are awesome. Controls work well. There are a lot of powers at your disposal, so I imagine it was difficult making a control scheme for them, but once you learn them it'll come naturally. The comic book presentation is great. So yeah, those are initial impressions after about 3-4 hours of play. I'll try to get some more time in tonight and post again if I have any additional impressions. If you have any questions, feel free to ask and I'll try to answer them. I'm at work though, so I might not have the answers right away.

Do u rike it?

[B-Ri]

how do you get into the early demo? I preorded at gamespot and was never given a code voucher like killzone demo.

[thaOwner]

Have you played Prototype? Obviously not. I have. It's miles more impressive than Infamous. Sony defense force out in full effect gawd damn! :lol

Have you played inFamous ?

Gameplay The gameplay takes the cake for me. It's so fun climbing any and everything, jumping off buildings, shooting stuff with lightning, all that good stuff. I spent a good 30 minutes just screwing around when I first had the chance to. You just feel awesome moving around like that...it's like a mix between Altair and Nathan Drake. The missions aren't bad either. I spent most of the day yesterday just doing side quests instead of moving the actual story. There's a good variety of side quests in the game, not the same 3 or 4 missions like in Assassin's Creed. I found out later on that doing the story missions are important too, since they usually unlock more awesome powers that'll make the side quests easier.

Purchase redeemed.

[GeoramA]

Thanks for the impressions Nightz, sounds fantastic.

hate you