I went through a mall the other day and "Speced" a kid playing Killzone 3 for a bit. This week's ZP reminded me that there was something I wanted to ask of Killzone 3 owners: Is it REALLY that fucking easy?
Ok, ok, allow me to elaborate:
First thing you need to know, the kid that was playing the game was, eyeballing it, around 7 to 9 years old. Unless I missed something, he just picked up the controller and started playing... He didn't change difficulty settings or anything (if any exist). He was also functionally retarded for a gamer. No, I'm not saying the kid was stupid. He was very young and, obviously, inexperienced. I'm not picking on the kid.
I'm saying that, as a player, he was downright criminally incompetent. If he was playing any other shooter I've played, he would not go through a single room before having his teeth scattered all over the landscape. He really was terrible. I mean, think of the absolutely WORST gaming performance you've ever seen... Not even close. He was in line with someone's grandmother picking up a controller for the first time in her life, except he instinctively knew where all the buttons where (he never looked at the controller), so I'm forced to consider he was just terrible. He'd spend several seconds in the middle of open terrain, looking around. He never took less than 10 seconds aiming his gun, and often dispensed entire clips at walls before hitting ONE bullet. He got lost several times WHILE WALKING DOWN TIGHT LINEAR CORRIDORS. He really was that bad.
Bottom line, he was easily the worse player I've ever seen.
That's not the problem though... The problem is: HE WAS PLOWING THROUGH THE GAME NONETHELESS! In the 30 minutes or so I spent watching him, he died twice! Both times required him to, LITERALLY, run up in the middle of 5+ enemies and just sit there for several seconds while shooting at WALLS! I actually spent those ~30 minutes watching him because I couldn't honestly believe that someone that bad managed to advance through the game.
Based on this performance, I have to say the Hellghast have got to be the worst armed force ever even thought of... They made Stormtroopers look like elite troopers by comparison. They made Saturday morning cartoon villains seem flawless by comparison!
First, they couldn't aim worth dick! Standing no more than 10 ft away, they'd miss more than 70% of their shots. At near point blank range, I saw Hellghast miss almost every shot WITH A FUCKING AUTOMATIC! You need to actually TRY to be that fucking bad! I don't think I could miss that much if I tried.
On top of that their guns seem to do fuck all damage, requiring the concentrated fire of 5+ soldiers for almost half a minute before a non-moving player was taken down. Even their fucking grenades did little more than dust the player's armor off. Off course, they die to 2 or 3 bullets from the character... or if you just sneeze in their general direction. They also seem to think cover is for pussies and randomly walk out and stand there, because fuck staying alive!
I was absolutely baffled... Here was a player that should be getting completely and decisively mauled everytime, even on the easiest setting, and he was marching right through the game almost unchallenged. He died twice through what I can only describe as the thickest of suicidal tendencies... The only thing actively halting his advancement was the fact that he, somehow, kept getting lost while walking down linear corridors (HOW IN THE FUCK DO YOU EVEN DO THAT!?!? JUST HOLD DOWN FORWARD FFS!!).
Thus my question: Is that really it? Is there some "made for the brain damaged" difficulty setting I didn't know, and that was most definitely on it? Was this an "undercover" tutorial or something?
I was never actually sold on the Killzone series, but nonetheless, this has got to be the most disappointing and pathetic enemy force I've ever witnessed hands down... The ducks in Duck Hunt were more dangerous than this... I can't see any half decent player actually ever dying in this game like this.
Ok, ok, allow me to elaborate:
First thing you need to know, the kid that was playing the game was, eyeballing it, around 7 to 9 years old. Unless I missed something, he just picked up the controller and started playing... He didn't change difficulty settings or anything (if any exist). He was also functionally retarded for a gamer. No, I'm not saying the kid was stupid. He was very young and, obviously, inexperienced. I'm not picking on the kid.
I'm saying that, as a player, he was downright criminally incompetent. If he was playing any other shooter I've played, he would not go through a single room before having his teeth scattered all over the landscape. He really was terrible. I mean, think of the absolutely WORST gaming performance you've ever seen... Not even close. He was in line with someone's grandmother picking up a controller for the first time in her life, except he instinctively knew where all the buttons where (he never looked at the controller), so I'm forced to consider he was just terrible. He'd spend several seconds in the middle of open terrain, looking around. He never took less than 10 seconds aiming his gun, and often dispensed entire clips at walls before hitting ONE bullet. He got lost several times WHILE WALKING DOWN TIGHT LINEAR CORRIDORS. He really was that bad.
Bottom line, he was easily the worse player I've ever seen.
That's not the problem though... The problem is: HE WAS PLOWING THROUGH THE GAME NONETHELESS! In the 30 minutes or so I spent watching him, he died twice! Both times required him to, LITERALLY, run up in the middle of 5+ enemies and just sit there for several seconds while shooting at WALLS! I actually spent those ~30 minutes watching him because I couldn't honestly believe that someone that bad managed to advance through the game.
Based on this performance, I have to say the Hellghast have got to be the worst armed force ever even thought of... They made Stormtroopers look like elite troopers by comparison. They made Saturday morning cartoon villains seem flawless by comparison!
First, they couldn't aim worth dick! Standing no more than 10 ft away, they'd miss more than 70% of their shots. At near point blank range, I saw Hellghast miss almost every shot WITH A FUCKING AUTOMATIC! You need to actually TRY to be that fucking bad! I don't think I could miss that much if I tried.
On top of that their guns seem to do fuck all damage, requiring the concentrated fire of 5+ soldiers for almost half a minute before a non-moving player was taken down. Even their fucking grenades did little more than dust the player's armor off. Off course, they die to 2 or 3 bullets from the character... or if you just sneeze in their general direction. They also seem to think cover is for pussies and randomly walk out and stand there, because fuck staying alive!
I was absolutely baffled... Here was a player that should be getting completely and decisively mauled everytime, even on the easiest setting, and he was marching right through the game almost unchallenged. He died twice through what I can only describe as the thickest of suicidal tendencies... The only thing actively halting his advancement was the fact that he, somehow, kept getting lost while walking down linear corridors (HOW IN THE FUCK DO YOU EVEN DO THAT!?!? JUST HOLD DOWN FORWARD FFS!!).
Thus my question: Is that really it? Is there some "made for the brain damaged" difficulty setting I didn't know, and that was most definitely on it? Was this an "undercover" tutorial or something?
I was never actually sold on the Killzone series, but nonetheless, this has got to be the most disappointing and pathetic enemy force I've ever witnessed hands down... The ducks in Duck Hunt were more dangerous than this... I can't see any half decent player actually ever dying in this game like this.
