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Killzone: Who is Alpha Team?

Killzone writes: "When the dust had settled after the Helghast invasion of Vekta was beaten back, most of the ISA Armed Forces lay in shattered ruins. Caught by surprise and subjected to months of high intensity combat, few ISA units were organized by the book when the fighting stopped. Losses were particularly high amongst Captain Templar's old unit - the Rapid Reaction Force - which had to be disbanded.

As the senior surviving RRF officer, and hero of the defense of Vekta, Captain Templar was promoted to colonel and given the task of rebuilding ISA Vekta's Special Forces. He was told to place special attention on the reliability of the men he picked - Vekta had suffered enough from traitors in her ranks. Fortunately the invasion had created a ready supply of young combat veterans with revenge against the Helghast as their primary motivation."

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Wildarmsjecht6434d ago

Hah, getting more pumped for this game and the story.

flambeau6434d ago

That's pretty cool of Guerrilla to include a back story, helps me out cause I didn't play the first one.

pp6434d ago

Who gives a rats ass the games giong to suck

Carbide76434d ago

This game is going to be amazing,I know the gameplay isn't anything innovative,but that doesn't mean it's going to be bad,and we've all seen the visuals,yum =D

RadientFlux6434d ago

Story sounds pretty generic, hopefully the Killzone2 has something more storywise than Helghast are evil.

vlazed6434d ago

The first two games were interesting and subtly nuanced and I don't see Killzone 2 being that different.

Baka-akaB6434d ago

well it already did on ps2 and psp from what i saw .

RadientFlux6434d ago (Edited 6434d ago )

I never did play the psp killzone game (or own a psp).

Though from my one play though of Killzone (ps2) I found the storyline to be really lacking. While they did get some great voice actors for the roles I was disappointed in the end.

Edit for beavis4play : Well I did play the original Killzone a few years back and was really unimpressed with both the storyline and game. So that might be the reason for my negative thoughts towards the storytelling of series in general. Though I do have high hopes for the sequel.

Edit Edit : Sorry but if you play as many games as I do. It's hard to be remember every storyline detail from a game that I found mediocre back in 2003.

beavis4play6434d ago (Edited 6434d ago )

for anyone who is following it, i'm sure they are looking forward to part 2.

and radiantflux, the story isn't "helghast are evil". that's too simple. they helghast believe they are the rightful owners of veckta. nobody knows yet the real truth. it could end up that the ISA are actually in the wrong.
you really should play the past games before making vague statements.

edit: at above, no offense but for someone who says you played KZ1, you sure are vague on details of story and why you didn't like it. plus, why in post 3 did you sum it up as "helghast are evil"? there is clearly more to it. if you did play you'd have to see that?

Time_Is_On_My_Side6434d ago (Edited 6434d ago )

It was actually said in Killzone 1 from Stuart Adams that the Helghast believe the humans are the invaders. Even though the Helghast were once human until a group of them landed on Helgan that morphed their bodies (to a point they're not called human anymore) the way you see them today.

Anything can happen here and I also heard that there might be a third faction.

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Helldivers 2 sparked renewed interest in Killzone. Do we deserve it?

Now, with most games these days, live service included, comes the inclusion of microtransactions. In Helldiver 2's case, these come in the form of Warbonds and the superstore. Some of them were a hit, others were a miss. But one of the superstore items that have sparked interest is the Killzone set. While this is nice, this would have much better served as a warbond. Putting it in the superstore comes off as greedy, but that's an issue for another video. More to the point, the Killzone franchise fanbase had taken note, and it sparked renewed interest in wanting the series to be revived.

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lodossrage340d ago

lol well, as fans we'd naturally say that (yes myself included).

But given some of the complaints the series garnered over the years when it was available is why we asked it it was deserved

RaiderNation340d ago

I think it does. A complete reboot would be ideal with a better story and main protagonist. I love the asthetic of the Killzone universe, along with the premise of Earth warring with another planet of humanoid beings, and Earth possibly being the antagonists. They just need to develop a good main protagonist and have better writing. A Killzone reboot in the latest version of the Decima engine would be incredible.

Abear21340d ago

If it makes dollars it makes sense, that’s how these decisions are made.

Clearly Sony or whoever makes this decision isn’t convinced Killzone would sell enough to support the cost of development. They also have a hit with Horizon that isn’t going anywhere anytime soon and prints money.

JunonZanon340d ago

A trilogy remaster with KZ2 MP would be a good start

Cacabunga339d ago

With Move and sharpshooter support? I can dream!

lodossrage339d ago

considering the time we live in, it would more than likely get a VR option to replace the move support

Jingsing340d ago

Not unless they come up with some amazing marketing campaign otherwise it will just perform as bad as Halo these days.

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Killzone composer would love a remaster trilogy, “don’t know if a new game” would be successful

Killzone and Horizon Zero Dawn composer Joris de Man would like PlayStation to make a remaster trilogy, but not a new game.

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_SilverHawk_346d ago

Id like a remaster trilogy and the ps vita version remastered as well. It should also have killzone 2 multiplayer

Cacabunga345d ago

Yes make them start with KZ2 multiplayer remake as standalone!! I would play the carp out of it.

INMATEofARKHAM345d ago

Knowing Sony and how the Uncharted remasters shipped without their MP components they'll likely do the same with Killzone.

Outside_ofthe_Box345d ago

Then there's no point in remastering it imo. KZ2's MP was the best thing about Killzone.

Knightofelemia345d ago

I'd day one a remaster trilogy I'd even day one a remaster trilogy or Resistance as well.

GamingManiac343d ago

Same! But with KZ2 and R2 multiplayer!

JEECE345d ago

I'm glad they stopped making Killzone before people started saying "mid," so I am spared seeing all the braindead "Killzone is actually mid" takes that people inevitably would have offered up in lieu of legitimate analysis.

INMATEofARKHAM345d ago

They were mid, tbh. Just the best Sony put out in the 1st person/exclusive department.

RedDeadLB345d ago

I don't know about that. They weren't the greatest shooters out there, sure, but nothing even came close to the atmosphere of 2 and 3. The feeling of weight, the animations, the style, the multiplayer and the trophies made it one hell of a game. All shooters are in essence point and shoot, but few make you feel the way Killzone made you feel while doing it.

senorfartcushion345d ago

They will cast a woman on one of the lead roles, just like how they did it in the past, but toda's nerds will find an excuse to be angry about it.

ibrake4naps345d ago

It should be a crime that they didn't put out a version of part 2 that supports their VR headset. A no-brainer...

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Killzone Deserves More Than A Helldivers 2 Crossover

Arrowhead is now giving away its second load of crossover cosmetics for free.

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_SilverHawk_440d ago

I would really like a remastered killzone trilogy on ps5. I wouldn't mind even just a killzone 2 remake or remastered with multiplayer but I think it's time for sony to revisit the franchise and do something big.

isarai440d ago

Id love that, with 120fos modes Augh😩

Cacabunga440d ago

KZ2 was and still is masterclass.
KZ3 was great too but KZ2 had a better multi.
SF was not as great but solid game still.

We just want KZ2 remake!

Becuzisaid440d ago

@cacabunga
Don't leave out that Vita game (Mercenaries?). That game was phenomenal. I rank it between KZ2 and 3.

Army_of_Darkness440d ago

Acknowledging the current trends of Sony, I would say if they were to make a new Killzone, they would probably remake it into WokeZone😂

Knushwood Butt439d ago

The isometric game on PSP was a blast too. Had a really solid feel to it. Hope that gets a release on PS Plus Premium.

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TheEroica439d ago (Edited 439d ago )

Begging for remastered games is just so lame... Killzone was mid. Nothing more. Make new stuff.

TriniOutsider439d ago

They're making new stuff...

FPS_D3TH439d ago

lol yeah about all that new stuff….

chicken_in_the_corn440d ago

It needs a new game. Better yet, a new stand alone trilogy.

robtion440d ago

Killzone 2 was INSANE when it came out. The look/graphics were so far ahead of everything else at the time and the story and gameplay were top tier. It still looks better than a lot of games that release now.

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