14 DAY TRIAL // Killzone 2 is one of the PlayStation 3's biggest titles for the beginning of this year and, at least until now, has achieved good sales but hasn't reached the level that Sony was hoping for. Because of a lot of glitches, alongside the rather awkward lag between the controls and the action on the screen, a lot of people were put off from buying this title.
But things will change, says the team at Guerrilla Games, which is responsible for the title, as a new patch has been confirmed to arrive at the beginning of next week, which will solve some of those problems. Alongside the patch details and the promise of features that will be implemented in the update after this patch, a rather interesting statement was made on the Guerrilla Games Twitter account, referring to the people who cheat in the multiplayer mode of the game: “Glitchers risk losing their PSN ID altogether. We've been quite lenient so far but that's going to change.”
So it seems that people who have been taking advantage of various glitches or problems will now be in for some very big trouble if Guerrilla takes measures against them. The team also hopes that, through this next patch, some of these glitches will be a thing of the past. Here are the update notes:
Increase of the standard points settings for Bodycount. Should ensure longer mode on heavily populated games. The return of Online Bots. Adding bots to an online game renders it ‘unranked.’ The option to create unranked games. Players will be made aware that a game is unranked upon joining. Fix to Game Search functionality so correct maps are displayed. Standardization of the Y-Axis controls on the HGH Scout when zoomed with the Sniper Rifle. Fix to Sensitivity setting where the weapon animation did not follow the reticule correctly. Fix for auto-aim exploit when rapidly tapping zoom/fire. Fix to infrequent collision issues with C4 Proximity mines. Fix to list of games displayed on search. Stability fix relating to disconnect. Fix to ‘Clan’ button functionality in custom game creation settings.
Also, here are the things that the team says will be addressed in future updates:
Controls. Seeing about giving more options. Expanding on Join Game searches and options. Improving game and network stability. Collision exploits on maps. Improvements to help play with friends. More game creation options. More game options for clans. Fixes to Clans unexpectedly losing tournament rounds. Other minor fixes.
All in all, it seems that Killzone 2 will certainly become more stable and, in the future, the development team will see almost all of its issues resolved.