ya I also found the cover system a bit overwhelming because of all the buttons that have to be pressed simultaneously. Although the demo was amazing and I will also be purchasing this game for sure.

hmm i changed the controls to alternate 2 and i found that it was very very easy to control, even in the cover mode, because when you zoom in it automatically takes you out of the cover anyways to there is no need to hold l1 and l2 at the same time ever. definitely recommend using alt 2 controls, just like cod4 except l2 is crouch and cover. 

I liked it. I was using Standard 2 and I found the Cover a bit fiddly too. It's like the controls for cover are too abstract from the rest of the controls and it makes it hard to rationalise what you're doing with the controller with what you're trying to or are achieving onscreen.

I really enjoyed the demo. From what I hear from various podcasts, the single player picks up (in quality) considerably near the halfway mark. And multiplayer sounds good too. This game definitely has the potential to become the best FPS on current-gen consoles.

But the servers will be fucked up for several weeks.

My thoughts :
Not blown away.  Demo was disappointingly short (I would have really liked at least single MP/skirmish with bots level).  Controls seem different but I don't have any problem with them.  I wish they hadn't included the option for a crosshair at all, but I suppose the lack of accuracy without using sights means you're not at much of a disadvantage with them disabled.  Personally I think the Resident Evil 5 demo on 360 had better graphics :X  A much better game than KZ1 on PS2.

KZ2 remains a must buy for me though.

"hmm i changed the controls to alternate 2 and i found that it was very very easy to control, even in the cover mode, because when you zoom in it automatically takes you out of the cover anyways to there is no need to hold l1 and l2 at the same time ever. definitely recommend using alt 2 controls, just like cod4 except l2 is crouch and cover. 

the demo was spectacular. 

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if you decide to use alternative 2 controls, you have to keep your middle finger on the L2 button and your index finger to fire, its a bit of a hassle, but you use this only if you want to peak out from cover and shoot at the same time. OR, if you just want to take cover and just pop up and shoot without peaking out, then you can just use one finger (your index finger) to press L2 to take cover, and then if you want to shoot, release the L2 button and press L1 to aim and shoot. (hope this makes sense)

Yeh I got to play and it my feelings were right that this is another overrated Halo. My problem with the game are that I'm a PC guy who hasn't played on a Playstation since the first one so the control not only doesn't feel right to me but it is so cumbersome to use for an FPS and feels like I'm fighting the controller. What happens to me is like all console FPS games where the turning in it is so slow that I spend most my time with my face in the wall.

Not other that though but the graphics are really dull and boring and the only reason they look good is the dark colours hide the poor detail at a glance. However there is some really ugly textures and when you compare it with say Crysis then you see how really far ahead the PC is because the PS3 only has 256mb ram for GPU which for texture memory is very small. Also I hate the voice acting in the game and it reminds me of Haze where it is badly written but they try to do the whole Army butch swearing thing. The story just doesn't interest me and nore do the characters.

Finally the game feels very your standard FPS with Exploding Barrels and a series of kill rooms to remind you of that. I've just played better FPS games recently that have done alot more for the genre and even Half-Life 2 took the genre further with new elements of play and Killzone just stuck to run and gunning. I like downtime in the game like with HL2 where I'm sneaking about or working out physics puzzles or having a nice drive.


I'm afraid this is going to be the PS3's Halo where everyone seems to love it and I just don't get it. I didn't like Halo de to it's horrible repetitive level design.

"Yeh I got to play and it my feelings were right that this is another overrated Halo. My problem with the game are that I'm a PC guy who hasn't played on a Playstation since the first one so the control not only doesn't feel right to me but it is so cumbersome to use for an FPS and feels like I'm fighting the controller. What happens to me is like all console FPS games where the turning in it is so slow that I spend most my time with my face in the wall.

Not other that though but the graphics are really dull and boring and the only reason they look good is the dark colours hide the poor detail at a glance. However there is some really ugly textures and when you compare it with say Crysis then you see how really far ahead the PC is because the PS3 only has 256mb ram for GPU which for texture memory is very small. Also I hate the voice acting in the game and it reminds me of Haze where it is badly written but they try to do the whole Army butch swearing thing. The story just doesn't interest me and nore do the characters.

Finally the game feels very your standard FPS with Exploding Barrels and a series of kill rooms to remind you of that. I've just played better FPS games recently that have done alot more for the genre and even Half-Life 2 took the genre further with new elements of play and Killzone just stuck to run and gunning. I like downtime in the game like with HL2 where I'm sneaking about or working out physics puzzles or having a nice drive.


I'm afraid this is going to be the PS3's Halo where everyone seems to love it and I just don't get it. I didn't like Halo de to it's horrible repetitive level design."

I haven't really found a "bad" texture yet. Some of the textures on the floor are a little bit lo-res but nothing REALLY stands out. It's not at Uncharted level of detail mind. I think what makes the game good looking is the sheer amount of stuff being thrown about the screen almost effortlessly and constantly.

As a demo is there a chance some of the textures might not be of the "retail" version quality or is that unlikely?

I'm afraid this is going to be the PS3's Halo where everyone seems to love it and I just don't get it. I didn't like Halo de to it's horrible repetitive level design."

Please let me change your terrible controls.
Please let me change your terrible controls.
Please let me change your terrible controls.
Please let me change your terrible controls.
Please let me change your terrible controls.
Please let me change your terrible controls.
Please let me change your terrible controls.
Please let me change your terrible controls.
Please let me change your terrible controls.
Please let me change your terrible controls.

I´ve played through the demo again now and control type B do feel better even if the controls are faar from smooth still. The game still feels very clunky to control no matter the control type. I dont know about first person cover.. Maybe I rather have it zoom out to third person when you stick to cover or just skip the cover mechanic all together.