Does anyone remember when they were young, around christmastime, when you would get one of those huge catalogs from Toys R Us with every fucking toy ever in it. They called it a wishbook or something? Thats exactly what E3 is like. A slew of trailers and footage come out of that show that drive half of us crazy with yearning.
Killzone 2. Holy Shit. Seriously. When I saw the in-game footage from E3, I nearly wet myself. And Crapped my pants. And if I had, I wouldn't have cared. I wouldn't have even used my ass-wiping knowledge to clean myself up. I would have just sat in my own filth and watched the video another 20 times. This is exactly what the PS3 has been lacking since its failure of a launch. Those cocky bastards at Sony should have pulled their heads out of their asses for a few moments before the shipped the first consoles so they could see that their supposedly superior system (hold on a second I just tied my tongue in a knot.....ok all better) was lacking the one thing any gaming unit needs: a great launch title. The N64 had Super Mario 64. Xbox had Halo. Ps3? Balls. They had nothing. And especially with a $600 price tag, you need something to get people to want to spend that much money at launch. And I'm not talking about those shitheads who buy systems when they first come out so they can resell them on ebay for 300 time more than what they paid.
So anyways, Killzone 2 looks incredible. The video is only a few minutes long, and the latter portion of it is just the same thing over and over, but I must say, my mind was blown. Up until the moment I saw that footage, i had not even considered buying a Ps3, even with what I had saw of Lair, which also looks spectacular. But what can I say, I'm a sucker for a great looking first-person shooter. Thats the reason I wanted an Xbox after I saw a commercial for Halo, and its the same reason (I can't believe I'm actually saying this) I will probably cave and get a PS3. The graphics in that footage are FUCKING RIDICULOUS. When you shoot them, the Hellghast hold their wounds! Wherever you shoot them! Thats more realistic then some actual shootings I've seen on video!
However, there is a downside, as there is to most good things in life. Undoubtedly, the Sony fanboys (who I would like to find and make sure they are never able to have children) will be crawling out of the woodwork with their haughty attitudes, boasting "I told you so!" in their whiny voices to everyone who argued with them that the PS3 was not the best next gen console, at least not so far. God I can already see the damn message boards flooding with their shittyness. Maybe we will be lucky enough to get a few Youtube videos like there have been in the past.
The thing that sucks is...well it doesn't really suck so to speak, but its an inconvenience. An inconvenience that makes me spend more money then I have. The thing that sucks is if I do spend the dough to get a Ps3, I will have to get an HDTV as well, which is just not in my budget at this current juncture. I do not see a point in owning one but not the other. They go together like Friday night and drunk.