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First online review of Killzone 2 awards game 4 out of 5 [Update]

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Swedish site GP has published what appears to be the first online review of Killzone 2, and has awarded the game 4 out of 5.

The reviewer sums things up thus:

[Translated from Swedish] The controls are good and the environments feel natural, raw and uncouth and that’s where Killzone 2 succeeds compared to many other shooters; it feels more personal, it’s easier to identify with your character and to feel connected with your teammates. Co-op is noticeably missing, which is odd, and Killzone 2 isn’t doing much new with the genre but it is great enough to succeed without launching for the Christmas Sales Period.

Killzone 2 is released exclusively on PlayStation 3 at the end of February.

Thanks, disc.

Update: The review has now been removed due to what is thought to be a breach of embargo.

By Mike Bowden

  1. theevilaires said:

    co-op online isn’t that important. show me another game on consoles with these specs and then complain about online co-op….though it still would have been nice :(

  2. Tonka said:

    OMG, the PS3 really is shit, isn’t it?

  3. Gekidami said:

    You’re a retard tonka, go troll some place else.

  4. Blerk said:

    Why is it the first online reviews of anything big always come from some unknown site within mainland Europe and always score the game lower than the internet wants it to? :-D

  5. DrDamn said:

    It’s an incredibly deep and thoughtful review too. All 3 paragraphs of it… It also looks like it’s a TV/Film website. So possibly about as trustworthy as a UK mainstream press review.

  6. that_happy_cat said:

    I think I just heard the sound of a Scandinavian PR manager getting bitch slapped. It was faint but…

  7. Kermit666 said:

    This is a local newspaper in Gothenburg, Sweden. It’s not exactly known for it’s gaming reviews.

  8. mykem said:

    Other review by Gothenborg Post (GP):

    GoW2- 4/5
    COD:Wow:-4/5
    GTAIV – 3/5
    Left 4 Dead – 3/5
    Call of Duty: World at War – 4/5
    Prof. Layton – 4/5
    LittleBigPlanet – 5/5

  9. SticKboy said:

    4/5? FLOP!

    Also, theevilaires smells of wee.

  10. Alakratt said:

    The videogaming247 staff must be celebrating since it isn’t a perfect score…Let’s see if they post the first perfect-score review. Please guys, hide your preferences at least for this game, please…

  11. Bleak Harvest said:

    Okay Alakratt, I’m a PS3 owner and find all your fanboyish comments extremely annoying. This is only news worthy in that it is the first scored review from ANYONE, to my knowledge. The credibility of that website has nothing to do with VG247, they’re just reporting. So, if you feel insecure because of your purchase, please keep it to yourself and stop making the rest of us look as moronic as you (or Tonka, for that matter).

    Thanks for the link, guys.

  12. Gamoc said:

    Well said, Bleak Harvest.

    Coming from a PS3-only owner. Who used to write for VG247. And may well do again.

  13. theevilaires said:

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    SticKboy said:

    January 12th, 2009 at 1:52 pm

    4/5? FLOP!

    Also, theevilaires smells of wee.

    poor sad kid he’s still playing the original xbox looking on from the side lines while sucking 360fagboys off. stickboy how did you ever come up with that screen name hummmm? :)

  14. SticKboy said:

    WEE-WEE HEAD! WEE-WEE HEAD!!

  15. theevilaires said:

    and you wonder why the school system is failing look up isuckms-stick-boy and find out

  16. g00nerz said:

    It’s gone now. Must have broken a review embargo or sumfink. Either that or their server couldn’t handle the entire internet having a goosy at their website at the same time.

  17. Soong said:

    theevilaires is a WEE-WEE HEAD! LOL

  18. theevilaires said:

    stickboy/soong…? hummmm?

  19. Soong said:

    WEE-WEE HEAD

  20. ashers2ashers said:

    The previous reviews given by the Gothenborg Post sound alright to me. Especially the 3/5 for GTA IV when most other critics gave severely overrated it as we all know

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