Since alot of posts regarding this topic that's been going on for months just boil down to "i hate the controls, anyone who loves them is blind " and "i love them, you're just a cod fanboy" Neither side is right or wrong as it boils down to preference but assuming you know best means no one will take you seriously and you look arrogant making demands instead of suggestions.
I thought i'd try to give insight into my own experience, some of which i've mentioned before months ago.
I played alot of Killzone 2 and even though it was alot of fun i personally thought the controls were a little sloppy in some areas, The weighted feel was great, i didn't feel like a camera with legs but the aiming just felt a little laggy and unresponsive, the melee system was like a drunk man trying to swat a bumblebee and trying to sprint around tight parts of the map always left me hugging door frames or rails. A one on one fight at medium range was a little tricky with hipfire but i found it even more difficult with the sights. I pretty much ignored sniping, pistols and shotguns. The unpredictabily of all these elements always kept me on my toes and in a wierd way made it more intense but eventually my frustration of not feeling fully in control of my characters actions stopped me playing and coming back to it later in the year.
It seemed like when i played the closed beta for Killzone 3 alot of things i had issue with were still present however after playing for a good 10+ hours now on the open beta is seems GG has fixed all the problems i had with KZ2, the weighty feel for the character is still there but i can be alot more precise when turning, running through the tighter sections in levels with ease. The new brutal melee system is fantastic, like night and day from the old. It's fluid, very responsive and now goes hand in hand with the intensity of firefights, plus i love how if quick enough the attacker can be killed by another leaving the victim alive and not just having him fall down dead (AVP, looking at you). Aiming both hipfire and down the sights feel alot more accurate, if i get the jump on a group at medium range i can take them all down without a problem where as the last game i felt lucky if i took down one and still had rounds in the clip. The tiny visual tweaks to the sights, better bullet damage and less sway means long distance fights aren't frustrating but fun, i feel i only have myself to blame when i'm killed now and not my characters delayed reactions. Best of all i feel comfortable using the sniper, single shot or burst fire rifles along with pistols and shotguns...and don't forget that beastly shotgun pistol, that's fast becoming a favourite backup weapon of mine.
I still have a few nitpicks, i'd like some first person animations similar to the campaign to come into multiplayer, mainly planting charges, sprint sliding and vaulting over low obstacles just to make things a little more dramatic but that's all i have now...nitpicks. I love the improvements to the controls how they stand now, some may not but again it's their preference, i don't see any technical errors with them just differences to other play styles. A friend of mine came round to check it out and while he didn't do too well bless him, he still thought it was fun after previously thinking Killzone 2 was unplayable.
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