Japanese gamers eager for Resident Evil: Long Line

Oh crap

If you've never played RE4 you're in for a treat. If you've played RE4 then prepare to walk away feeling as though you've been viciously violated with a serving spoon.

I was gonna buy it until I played the demo and ran into those god awful controls. Now, I'll finally have a reason to use my $.99 game rental coupon at movie gallery.

Which game are you talking about? Resident Evil has nonstandard controls but they work and Killzone 2 has a 4-6 frame shot lag and 4 fram stick lag in game (not just multiplayer) which is simply unforgivable.

I still fail to see this "lag" in killzone, when i press X he jumps when i press R1 he shoots, what lag you talking about? and there are about 6 diferent control layouts you can choose from some also.

Anyways.....

RE5 is gonna be awsome, again i dont see the problem with controls, I hope RE5 is as good as RE4 was i completed that about 4 time on teh gamecube.

Some people feel Killzone has lag and some people don't feel that it has any lag whatsoever. I haven't experienced any control issues or lag within the SP or MP modes at all. I think some people have mistaken an intentional design choice to make the game feel more weighty for laggy and/or clunky controls. How someone could come up with "4-6 frame shot lag and 4 fram stick lag in game" and expect to be taken seriously is beyond me.

Yeah I'm not having any lag issues in KZ2 at all.

Alt 2, Zoom/Hold on, tweak the X and Y sensitivity to your liking.

That is all.

There are plenty of videos showing that at least some of us are having this problem. It is not the weighty movement or aiming, but literally all controller response, in-game, even in the menu, that has a quarter second delay before the action appears on screen. It's a technical issue that dome of us are realizing, and I wish the "anti-complainers" would not write it off as everyone mistaking a design decision with a flaw. Many people complain about the wrong thing, while a few of is have a genuine problem.

Levi,

I have looked at the videos in normal and 1/2 speed and I still don't see the controller lag. However, there was a patch that went live today that has allegedly made tweaks to the controller input among other things. Users are reporting that this newest patch has fixed the mysterious controller lag issue some were affected with. I'm not sure if it's live in all regions yet but I can confirm from the official Killzone forums (via a moderator) that the patch has gone live today.

UPDATE; The patch (1.20) has been released, it is 16MB, full list of changes below;

* Stability issue regarding randomly named games resolved.
* Stability fix when rapidly tapping (X) can cause crash on spawn-select.
* Stability issue regarding Saboteur’s disguise ability resolved.
* Stability fix on ‘Creating game’ with a blank name.
* Stability fix for repeatedly entering exiting game.
* The Ignore list functionality corrected.
* Unlock of “Frontrunner” Medal now functioning correctly.
* Fix for incorrect award of win to clan not showing for game resolved.
* Battle Replay for Corinth Crossing not appearing correctly on www.killzone.com.
* Issue with not being able to defuse the Search and Destroy objective resolved.
* HUD issue correction during Assassination mode when playing as a Medic.
* Controller input tweaks and modifications.
* Fix for auto-lock on of shotgun exploit.
* Fix for D-Charge issues in Campaign mode.

http://www.gamersdigest.net/1865/killzone-2-server-and-game-updates/
via EU forums

Follow this link to see people who have updated and have said it fixed the alleged controller response issue.
http://www.killzone.com/kz/_ns:YVByb3h5LTF8YzB8ZDB8ZXByb3h5VGFyZ2V0PTE9TDNOalpXVXZZbTloY21RdmJXVnpjMkZuWlQ5aWIyRnlaQzVwWkQwNUpuUm9jbVZoWkM1cFpEMDJPVEkwTmc9PT09/forums.psml

As I said earlier I haven't had any issues but I'm glad those of you that have had them will get a patch to fix whatever issue you were having.

Cheers!

I was talking about RE 5 controls. I switched the killzone controls to alternate 2 so it was more like COD, and I haven't had any problems since. Haven't had any lag either.

well, it was joystiq's idea to put us all in the same melting pot

in the words of a great man, "THIS IS FOLLY!"

fanboys will be fanboys, what can you do.

rawful :P

I meant Biohazard.

That is moronic.

It really is.

its exactly the same as RE4, and RE4 was critically acclimated. I've played through 3/4 of the game already - its awesome!

I would personally feel pretty good about myself for buying the better version (SEE: comparison screenshots). Capcom themselves said they invested in the 360 more.

Anticrawl, don't tell me you are turning into sprinkles now dude! I used to respect your comments.

above even = about even

Well, if you do end up picking up RE 5, they certainly won't expect you to re-learn the genre...since they haven't managed to yet.

Why do people always find it necessary to stamp on anyone who has the slightest problem with Killzone 2, I have nothing against the game, but its was not for me although I do like various other FPS.
It just annoys me when reading comments like "you would probably get owned" or "stick to playing kiddy games" etc, etc.
Its a game, nothing else, and NOT EVERYONE is going to like it, get used to it. Just because you think its the best doesn't mean everyone else will.
Back on topic, in my OPINION RE5 looks stunning from all the video clips I've seen.

It's lag. There are multiple YouTube videos that show the main menu in Killzone is far less responsive than the cross media bar, and it is the same for every button in the game. I've seen one video where it is much less pronounced, which leads me to believe some of us are having the issue and others aren't. Please don't downplay a technical issue just because you may not have it.

See my above reply. There is a live patch that fixes the controller lag some were affected with.

Same here. I was really interested in the graphics, the story, and the fact that it has zombies. The controls got in the way and just turned me off. It's a shame because I don't usually pay full price for a game and I was going to pre-order RE5. The designer behind RE5 said RE6 is going to reinvent the series so I might just wait till then.