[Official] Killzone 2


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I've played through to the 3rd level and here are my thoughts so far:

Good

1. Excellent graphics

2. Some of the best AI I've ever witnessed in a game.

3. Cover system is good.

4. Sound is great - very martial. Reminds me of Enemy At The Gates-style music - all marching beating drums.

5. It's brilliantly frenetic and half the time you're unsure where you're meant to be going - thank the lord for the UP button to point the right direction!

6. Amazing intro - really sets the game up well.

7. LOVE the weightiness of the movement.

I'm sure there's more but those are what have stood out for me.

Now for the bad...and they're pretty big deals, at least for me.

Bad

1. It's the controls, I'm afraid. They have to have been consciously designed to be completely different to COD, surely? If so, great, there's nothing wrong with standing on your own two feet but surely you can at least give us the ability to custom map our buttons for our own preferences? This is a really big deal for me and, although I'm only 3 levels in and the controls are somewhat easier on the fingers than initially, I have a really big issue with games that do not allow completely custom mapping.

2. Level loading - wish they'd let us install to HD instead of CD.

All in all, it's an 8/10 for me. It's be a 9 if they allowed custom mapping for buttons.

Killzone 2 Ribbons

# 23 ribbons available

# Perform specific tasks to earn ribbons

# Collect ribbons to earn medals

# Differ from trophies that are also called Ribbons

The ribbons in Killzone 2 are earned by performing various tasks or accomplishing different goals. Players will earn medals for collecting a specific number of ribbons. For example, the Natural Born Killer Medal requires that players earn eight Kill Count ribbons, and the reward is being able to hold more grenades.

General

1. Good Conduct - Score at least 20 points while making 0 team kills or suicides

2. Kill Count - Make 10 kills

Badge Specific

1. Air Support Specialist - 5 kills caused by called air support

2. Boost Specialist - Perform 5 boosts

3. C4 Specialist - 5 kills caused by placed C4 explosives

4. Cloak Specialist - Kill 5 enemies while cloaked

5. Disguise Specialist - Kill 5 enemies while disguised

6. Healing Specialist - Heal 5 players

7. Repair Specialist - Repair 5 objects

8. Revival Specialist - Successfully revive 5 players

9. Spawn Point Specialist - 5 players spawned on placed spawn point

10. Spot and Mark Specialist - Spot and mark 5 players

11. Turret Specialist - 5 kills caused by placed sentry turrets

Combat Specific

1. Close Combat Specialist - 10 kills by close-combat melee

2. Headshot Specialist - 10 kills by headshots

3. Sidearm Specialist - 10 kills by pistol

4. Sniper Specialist - 10 kills by sniper rifle

Mission Specific

1. Assassination Defend Specialist - Stayed alived when assassination target

2. Assassination Kill Specialist - 1 assassination target killed

3. Body Count Specialist - 10 kills made during a mission

4. Capture and Hold Defend Specialist - 10 mission points earned by capturing a point

5. Search and Destroy Specialist - 2 objectives placed or disarmed

6. Search and Retrieve Specialist - 2 objectives returned

Killzone 2 Medals

# 26 medals available

# Earning medals gives perks for multiplayer

# Collect ribbons to earn medals

# 4 availabletrophies for earning medals

Note: To unlock most Medals, players must earn a certain number of Ribbons.

General

1. Example Soldier - 8x Good Conduct - Increased Start Ammo Amount

2. Natural Born Killer - 8x Kill Count - Increased Grenade Amount

Badge Specific

1. Aerial Supportive - 8x Air Support Specialist - Combine Tactician 2nd Ability

2. Defensive Specialist - 8x Turret Specialist - 2nd Engineer Ability

3. Explosives Expert - 8x C4 Specialist - Combine Saboteur 2nd Ability

4. Field Mechanic - 8x Repair Specialist - Combine Engineer 2nd Ability

5. Field Medic - 8x Healing Specialist - Combine Medic 2nd Ability

6. Forward Observer - 8x Spot and Mark Specialist - Combine Scout 2nd Ability

7. Front Runner 8x Boost Specialist - Combine Assault 2nd Ability

8. Master of Disguise - 8x Disguise Specialist - 2nd Saboteur Ability

9. Shadow Marshall - 8x Cloak Specialist - 2nd Scout Ability

10. Spawn Authority - 8x Spawn Point Specialist - 2nd Tactician Ability

11. Trauma Surgeon - 8x Revival Specialist - 2nd Medic Ability

Clan Specific

1. Meritorious Unit Award - 10x Clan Matches Won with Clan - 1000 Valor

2. Meritorious Unit Award - 25x Clan Matches Won with Clan - 10,000 Valor

3. Army Superior Unit Award - 50x Clan Matches Won with Clan - 100,000 Valor

Combat Specific

1. Black Belt - 5x Close Combat Specialist - Increased Points/Melee Kill

2. Hawk's Eye - 5x Sniper Specialist - Second Sniper Zoom

3. Head Fetish - 5x Headshot Specialist - Increased Points/Headshot

4. Quick Draw - 5x Sidearm Specialist - M4 Revolver 2nd Weapon

Mission Specific

1. Assassins League - 5x Assassination Kill Specialist - Increased Points/Assassination Kills

2. Bodyguard Aliance - 5x Assassination Defend Specialist - Increased Points per Survival

3. Bomb Squad - 5x Search and Destroy Specialist - Increased Points/Returns/Disarms

4. Corpse Counters - 5x Body Count Specialist - Increased Points/Kills (Body Count only)

5. Defense Initiative - 5x Capture and Hold Defend Specialist - Increased Points/Defensive Kills

6. Retrieval Corpse - 5x Search and Retrieve Specialist - Increased Points/Return

Killzone 2 Medals Trophies

1. Cross-Training Ribbon - Acquire all badge specific medals

2. Veteran Ribbon - Acquire all mission specific medals

3. Expert Ribbon - Acquire all combat specific medals

4. Wargod Ribbon - Acquire all remaining medals

Can I pic up a mic instore in a super markter for that price, or best bet is online?

Last I checked instore you are probably talking ?25, that is if they are even instock!

Erm online I think Play.com and Gameplay are both ?17.99, I would go with gameplay for delivery time, but play.com due to the fact that it'll probably take an extra day and Quidco + the 5% off voucher that is on hotukdeals now.

just out of interest, what sensitivity settings do you guys use?

I've turned it down and I still think its high, I'll need to go lower later.

It might just be because I'm still getting used to the DS3 and controls, so I may even end up putting it back to the middle / right.

Anyone tried some custom soundtracks when online yet?

Can you just go to the XMB and select a song, or do you need to waste time creating a stupid playlist first?

(MP only for custom music)

You play online with music? :laugh:

Actually yeah, sometimes when playing TF2 I put some chill out tunes on and go sniper. Calms me down and I play awesomely :p I turn it down in comparison to the sound effects though, so it's just background music.

Lots of people say play with rock or something heavy, but I find that just makes me go even more frantic than I probably already am.

I'll check it out myself later, im just downstairs on the laptop just now eating some food.

I <3 Amazon. Just got my package in the mail today (was free shipping) and didn't expect it till Tuesday. Good thing my mom caught the mailman when he was delivering the mail, or else I would have to wait till 5:00PM to pick it up at the general store. I have to go to my dads office now to fix some computer stuff, but hopefully some of you will be online when I get back :D

I somehow need to get into the INS clan... my PSN ID is xKeito - no time right now to read the entire topic for details, so forgive me if the necessary steps are posted somewhere :p

oh and been nice seeing some of you out there :) Audio, DrunknMunky, Vortex, Remy (whom I know IRL :p - kinda unfair)

now just wondering; am I the only one with a headset of those guys or didn't you just feel like talking?

I have a headset but no one else talks :p Really has to change or there is no point even thinking of clan matches. I'm not even letting us get slaughtered by a team who communicates while we flounder around with no strategy or communication.

I think we were on different teams the last match when I decided I'll just talk to myself lol.

I'll add you to the clan.

Ah, yeah - you joined a bit later on... I actually was talking quite a lot, but it could very well be that I figured no one'd talk back and that I just was quiet after that...

I normally talk a lot :p I'm used to it - play all my FPS games on PC with friends exclusively and we always talk during the game...

edit; thanks for the clan invite thingy :) I appreciate it

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