Update, according to the UGO Gameblog, one of the control settings is very simmilar to Call of Duty 4, however the couch button has remained R2, which seems weird.

So I just finished the Killzone 2 Demo. The following was my though process as I played the game.
1. Starting the demo – “Holy shit the graphics are lovely”
2. Taking my first step, and killing my first Helgan – “Holy shit these controls are terrible, how am I not dead”
3. Trying to change the controller setup – “Why do none of these control methods make sense”
4. Trying to find the button mapping for the controller – “wait, I can’t change each button to something else?”
5. Finishing the demo – “This looks so good but if only I could actually play”
6. Opening up Call of Duty 5 – “Thank god you have a intuitive control system.”

Seriously, I don’t know what the developers were thinking when they decided it would take holding L2 to lock onto some cover, the left stick upwards to peek over the cover, Holding R3 in to aim (whilst moving to actually move your sight) and R1 to fire.
That’s 4 buttons to preform a simple action.
As opposed to pushing X to duck behind something, pushing X again to stand, Holding L1 to aim, and Pushing R1 to fire.

Picture from UGO’s gameblog

Don’t get me wrong, this game looks beautiful but there is no way I’m going to shell out money for something that is a chore to play.

ps. I regret playing World of Warcraft.

This is pure amazing.
Honestly, go here and watch for hours.

I recently got a IBM T23 Thinkpad, and I decided to try my hand at the ubuntu distro of linux.
Everything was working out quite well, until I realised I had no sound, and no matter what I did to fix it – Nothing would work.
Being the complete retard that I am, I failed to notice that the laptop had an external mute button – not that that should do anything if I’ve un-muted all the sound channels manually.
So I turn on, push the mute button, and my ears get demolished by the loudest extreme start up sound.

I think I’ve damaged myself. Perhaps mentally.

For those of you that don’t know, Dawn of War is an ongoing video game series by THQ and Relic, based on the pile of fluff provided by the Games Workshop Warhammer 40,000 franchise.

“The Warhammer 40,000 game world is most readily characterized as a gothic science-fantasy setting. The central and most popular elements of the Warhammer 40k universe are the Space Marines, futuristic versions of fantasy knights and the finest warriors of the Imperium of Mankind, a dystopian and degenerate galaxy-spanning civilization” – Lexicanum

If you follow the link to Lexicanum you’ll arrive on the page for the background and story of the W40K Universe.

The beta is downloadable for those of you with steam installed here

If you want to play feel free to add me on steam (charlietizard) or live (PR1ZEFIGHTER).