For those of you who are not tuned into the daily video game blogging chatter (i.e. gaming dorks like me), there's been a huge bruhaha over a little PS3 game known as Killzone 2. Killzone has been hyped by Sony as the next must have Halo-killing game and has driven many PS3 fanboys into a crazed, mouth-frothing frenzy. The PS3 is banking big time on Kill Zone 2 to make a huge splash and these high expectations have led to elevated emotions, drama, and some nasty name calling. Unfortunately, what hasn't been elevated at all during this whole situation is the level of discourse. Most of the comments on the professional review pages boil down to hyperbolic rants rather than well thought out arguments. What will it take for the fanboy zelots to become drowned out by more rational minds? Will discussions over videogames ever reach the level of cinema or perhaps even art?
Almost across the board, KZ2 has received glowing reviews. Destructiod called the multiplayer "hectic, tense and full of destruction", while ING wrote that KZ2 is "an outstanding evolution of the franchise, a bullet and adrenaline-fueled rampage against an implacable enemy and a fantastic shooter for the PS3." The graphics were universally praised as arguably the best on any current system. Kotaku.com wrote that "Every scene, every moment of Killzone 2 is teeming with detail and nuance, from the drift of smoke, to discarded shells, to the flecks of concrete that pop off when you shoot a wall."
As one after another stellar review was filed, PS3 owners mouths began salivating and their chests puffed up at the thought of having another game to pla. . .er, be proud of after Little Big Planet. Then the unthinkable happened. Several website posted good reviews rather than great reviews and oh my, many PS3 owners did not like that one bit. Totalvideogames.com game KZ2 an 8/10, which sent many a fanboy into a manical rage. Some of the comments regarding the PS3 review:
Regardless of the fact that I don't quite see how referring to an Xbox as a sexbot could be construded as a criticism (a sexbot sounds awesome if you ask me), these comments make me sick (regardless again of the blatent homophobia). It's amazing to me the ire living in all of these fanboys. The most hilarious part is all these comments were posted before the game even came out. Alot of these commentors acted as if the review was a personal attack on their honor rather than the opinon of one games journalist. See that word? Opinon. That's all reviews are. But these fanboys are too immature to understand that and somehow feel compelled to spill their hate and zealotry all over the internet.Look at this! What have i see?! yeah.. a S.HIT sexbot fan make a review of a PS3 game... Stupid as.shole
learn how to review a game and maybe wouldnt be a microsh*ting fagtart
what is that smell of Bill gates semen? Oh Chris leyton farted. (Chris Leyton was the reviewer)
the reviewer obviously loves to buttfuck his 360 to death
So will gaming discourse ever be elevated above the level of fanboy rants? Well there are glimmers of hope out there. Edge magazine seems has a shockingly mature reader base and although they gave KZ 2 a mediocre 7/10, the reader comments, while impassioned, have stayed relatively civil and well thought out. Hopefully more publications can strive for this more mature reader base to help improve the quality of discussions in the gaming community as I feel there is a market for this. I'm not saying were ready for The Paris Review for videogames, but a boy can dream. Because I really can't deal with many more fanboys. Unless they have sexbots.
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