We all read hundreds of Killzone 2 reviews back when it came out but now it's time for a retrospective.
Killzone 2, one of PS3's "Killer Apps". When I first got my PS3 over the summer in 2008 I had only vaguely heard of Killzone 2. But never gave it much thought since I did not really care about FPS's in general at the time since i had only been exposed to crappy ones on Wii and Gamecube (Not Metroid Prime though) After hearing a lot of the hype i decided to try the demo, I got the demo when It was released just to see what the hype was about. I was amazed by the game's graphics, sound and gameplay. The demo's controls were a little laggy but I did not care. (It was fixed in the real game) I bought the game a week after the release. By some miracle there was one copy left in Game Stop when I went to buy it. I played it, was amazed. The cover system worked great since the enemies had such great AI. Hiding and peaking out over ledges really give you the advantage and makes it seem more like i'm actually there in combat. The gun selection is solid, there almost all machine guns but a few rifles, flamethrowers, bolt guns, electricity shooting guns and stuff like that. The story was great. Right after I tried the demo but before I bought the game I got Killzone 1 used and play through that. After doing so the storyline of Killzone 2 made a lot more sense. The story moves along well. The ending leaves two thoughts in your head: (Mini Spoiler, nothing big) "God I hate Rico" and "Are the ISA really as good as there made out to be?" The story is rapped up well but it leaves open ends for Killzone 3 and/or Liberation 2.
The online play is really fun, games are fast pace the maps are sized well. There is a lot of different game modes including "Search and Destroy" "Assassination" and "Body Count". I enjoyed online but after I decided to buy the 'Steel and Titanium' map pack I and soon after, the Flash and Thunder pack I got hooked on Killzone 2 I was never able to put it down for months. In Steel and Titanium the two maps you get are 'Wasteland Bullet which i think is one of the best maps in the game and Vekta Cruiser which is nice but not my favorite. 'Flash and Thunder gives you Beach Head which I think is the game's best map and Southern Hills which is a solid map but the nuke seems to piss me off all the time. The DLC is definitely worth the 5$ you pay for it.
If you own a PS3 it's a must buy.
Hugely disappointingly, it seems that Guerrilla Games, developers of the Killzone and Horizon series, may be done with Killzone for good.
1 was fine, overhyped as a " halo" killer
2 was a graphical beast at the time, and felt heavy
3 was good a refinement of 2 but not much else. weird audio issues environment were to quiet
shadow fall was pretty but bland
Shadowfall had great Multiplayer though. Too bad the campaign was meh at best. It did have the occasional great moment sprinkled in.
I played through 2/3 multiple times. I played through the original once, but it felt pretty lukewarm for me. I couldn't be bothered to beat Shadow Fall. I got a couple hours in and just went "I'm done". Never touched it again. It was awesome on the tech side, being a launch title, but it didn't even match up to the first game when it came to actually having fun playing it.
3 in 3d was an amazing experience to be had.
Although not many experienced it as intended for good reasons.
You forgot the ai advancements on the playstation 2 killzone one you could have a full team of bots doing everything even playing the objective that was a big thing.
In killzone 2 they always flanked you and when available used the high ground.
Playing killzone 2 no hud 5.1 audio was/is awesome
I dont mind if someone else takes up the mantle for the KZ franchise. We are several years removed from the first game. It certainly could use a remake to gauge interest in the rest of the series. I know it has its fans... Im thinking of how a proper reboot can rekindle that old dormant flame and bring in a new generation of fans in the process.
You forgot killzone mercenaries on the ps vita but it was the worst selling sony game for awhile there.
Would like a new IP before Horizon 3. Just because games take so long to make these days.
The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.
Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!
I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.
Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.
resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword
Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2
Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.
There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.
Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence
The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!
The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer
The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.
Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱
The Amsterdam-based studio reflects on its humble beginnings, beloved franchises, and growth through the years.
Up there with the top tier in the industry. Love Guerrilla Games - Horizon Burning Shores is simply STUNNING.
Same. They nailed it with Horizon. The trouble is I also want a new Killzone! Can't I just have it all?!
I have yet to play Burning Shores as I just started Forbidden West (bought at launch, just unwrapped last weekend LOL) and playing on PS5.
man...I still can't believe the graphics especially now I'm playing it on my LG OLED. that graphics and with stable performance backing it up, GG really is the master of their craft!
32.7M sales in the Horizon franchise! With 8.4M coming from Forbidden West alone! Truly a hugely successful game and franchise as a whole. Looking forward to Horizon III
One year after realease HZD sold 7.6 million.
https://www.noobfeed.com/ne...
So not a drop off.
Unless you're saying a HFW should have sold as much now as HZD sold in 5 years?
It's been 3 games, this includes Call of the Mountain. Also no, its a great improvement over HZD.
lol you are comparing:
HZD: 28 February 2017 - May 2023 (6 years+)
HFW: 18 February 2022 - May 2023 (1 year+)
We will see if it surpass original number.
@shane, 2 full main games, 2 DLC add ons, 1 VR spin off game, oh and a an official LEGO set.
Not too bad for an ip that's only been on market for 6 years
Wow, very impressive. I didn't know the numbers were so high for Forbidden West. Still playing through it myself
Yooo, when I first saw that Killzone 1 footage at E3, my friends my brothers and I were like, Holy shit! When it came out, it didn't look exactly like it, but we sunk so many hours into 1 & 2.
I even liked Killzone: SF, it was a spectacle to look at, and even today it looks good. I hope they make a new one. Can you imagine how that will look, and they can get some modern FPS pointers from Bungie.
Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.
The Decima Engine is absolute 🔥 I'm just mad they have abandoned Killzone.
They are probably working on mutiple projects. One of them is Horizon 3, but another is a multiplaer game and probably somehting else.
Love me some killzone2 :3
When I tried out Killzone 2 at my friends house (played two levels), I was impressed, but was not enjoying myself. I guess the main thing that turned me down was the aiming. For a console shooter, it was as much aim assist as a PC game. I'm no newcomer to console games. I own an xbox 360, and played the hell out of Halo 3, Battlefield Bad Company (my favorite), and Gears of War 2. Instead of getting the feeling that I was progressing, I was struggling to keep my sights on the enemy. Plus that controller latency.
And I really enjoy open ended battlefields - something I think Halo and Battlefield Bad Company does right. Killzone 2's environments came out somewhat feeling like COD...
The things I did enjoy were: The brilliant AI, graphics (duh), animations, and the sound. I just wish the controls felt more normal.
And just for the record, I know how playing a console shooter with no auto aim feels like. I tried playing Bad Company with aim-assist off (a crazy option to have in a shooter, but okay...). It was honestly nowhere as difficult as in Killzone 2, probably because the turning doesn't speed up or slow down.