When acknowledging a good game is not good enough

In about 2 weeks Killzone 2 will be coming out for the PS3. Judging by the amazingly positive reception it is garnering from reviews it should be an awesome payoff for those who have waited patiently. I do not have a PS3 but I did play the first iteration on the Playstation 2 I thought it was pretty solid, multi-player FPS games are not really my thing anymore. One primary praise I have seen for Killzone 2 so far has been the amazingly stellar level design in it's multi-player levels. This would be a huge incentive for me personally when picking up something like this. So what is the point of this post? I love video games, evidently another really good game has been made and one would think the world would rejoice in it's impending release to the public. No, that isn't the case because inhabitants of the interwebs can't allow it to have a peaceful reception.

Jim Sterling from Destructoid wrote an awesome overview of this phenomena which is apparently happening. Overzealous fans always seem to want to ruin it for everyone. Not only has there been a volatile response to the lowest review for Killzone 2 on Gamerankings from Total Video Games but fans of the game in question have been quick to post on most anything related to the game. This is causing me to recall months ago on Gametrailers how multiple times a week people were making a thread on their forums about Killzone 2 and how they were looking forward to it. As opposed to listening to most of the comment responses and making a Killzone 2 permanent post in the PS3 section the fans had to keep starting threads in general discussion every week. That is either an unfortunate group of fans which the game is ashamed to be associated with or an incredibly genius marketing scheme. On top of it all these crazed fans (I sympathize with rational fans who are unfortunately tied to these people just because they appreciate a good game) are attacking reviews that give Killzone 2 a perfect score. Adam Sessler makes a great response to his critics that described G4's review with "Sure it's a 5/5 but it killed you guys a little on the inside, didn't it?".

If anything this news has put a smile on my face at how ridiculous it is. Honestly though it's rather depressing when the controversy caused by this game is made more by it's most loyal fans in being not satisfied enough with it's high review scores. Evidently if someone gives a game an 8/10, which is still a great score, because it is not perfect and differs from other ratings the person should lose their job? Fanboys disgust me and just need to get out. I personally like playing games. I don't care what console it is on, when a game is done well I am happy.