I loved Killzone 2, even more then 3 and i think that Killzone Shadow Fall is just not as impressive as Killzone 2 was for its time. It was the game that made me buy a PS3 when i was only playing PC for 3 years and some PS2 it just amazed me when i saw the 5 min demo on screen in an Italian PCWorld... I will never forget that moment and the moment bought the Killzone 2 PS3 bundle xD
I miss this game's multiplayer. I got a platinum in this game and spent a week getting the few multiplayer trophies. There was actual skill involved with the "sluggish" controls.
The game looks impressive, has great lighting effects, great sound effects, so much going for it visually, and the quick, fluid gameplay we love, but as is often the case with sequels it is seems to be more of a commodity than the original. Sadly, that. Still, a top-shelf game.
You know that feeling in CoD WaW when you get the MG42 in Their Land Their Blood. That's what the back half of this game feels like and its as good as it sounds. The Helghast light machine gun is probably one of my favorite weapons of all time
i hate how he keeps saying he doesn't like the dialogue i lived near a military base for 3 years THATS HOW SOLDIERS TALK what the f*ck do you expect? you want them to have conversations about existentialism? you want them to talk about ponies and rainbows? seriously man this game is very true to how soldiers think and act.. this is the best mix of sci-fi and realism.. its not too much on either side
Honestly, I hate it when games try to have a realistic and authentic feel to them. Great games embrace the medium they're a part of. That's why I love Metal Gear. They're all so campy and over-the-top, and the gameplay is superb, complementing this tone greatly.
I love this game so much. The death animations were really good, not like scripted ones found in many games today. Top that with one of the most badass villian ever, Colonel Mael Radec, and its easy to understand why this game is still one of my favorite games of all time.
Yeah, you told me how you love resistance 2 and i bought it for that, hell you were right about how smooth that plays. If killzone 2 is just as smooth, i must get it too.
The bullet firing guns behave weird, for some reason they appear to deal more damage and have some sort of assisted aim when firing from the hip, but when aiming down the sights (if supported), adquiring a target is sluggish and innacurate, your aim is always off no matter what, the analog stick is not sensible enough for any marskmanship. They should have implemented the sixaxis function of the sniper rifle on the rest of the aimable guns so you can correct what the analog stick can't do.
Great game. Killzone3 is one of my favorite shooters, the sound quality blows me away! The guns sound awesome right down to the blank shells discharging from the guns. Brilliant!!
Great game. Just had to set the controller to 'alternative 2' and 'keep pressed for zooming' on to make the control like COD. Personally helped me a lot playing. Just a very nice game worth playing. Stunning graphics and fun gameplay.
True that, but I think the DualShock 3's 'triggers' were designed with driving games higher on the priority list, like foot pedals, but it needs to be used for actual driving games like Gran Turismo, L2 and R2 for Ridge Racer rip-offs like NFS is a chore.
This game is sick, especially the online.... Man, it's been 6 month since it released and the online is still addicting....!!!!! You'll love the online... :D
This game is soo freakin badass. I just wish everyone would play it and then taste it's rich multiplayer mode. It's just on a whole new level. Doesn't kill anything but opens a whole new world of greatness.
@Natiej85 is it a class based game? i love classed based sci fi mp shooters. Sadly i have a 360 and i just upgraded my gaming pc so i can't afford a ps3. Although i should have had 1 in the first place this would be the first game i would buy.
this title looks marvelous. i plan to get this game, COD 4: Modern Warfare, and Modern Warfare 2 also, what's the name of the song that starts up at 6:24 and re-enters again at 6:53?
Yeah! I think that every shooter game should give you the option to personalize the entire control combination, so that you could use the same controls scheme for all of your shooting games.
I see what you're saying. I don't want this series to sell out like CoD, but I want Killzone to do for the FPS genre what Gran Turismo 3 did for the racing simulation. Just a weird way of me saying that the Killzone series is very underrated (Understood that Killzone is PlayStation exclusive, but still)
@leftstanding I'm not gonna lie, I myself would like to see the controls refined and a little more responsive in KZ3, but I hate the generic left trigger, right trigger setup of those games, that's why imo Resistance 2 kinda bombed for trying to be too user-friendly and Fall of Man ironically lived on. But back on topic, I've never been an FPS guy, but the gritty realism of KZ2 (backed up by the control scheme) made it such a breath of fresh air and changed my entire outlook on the genre.
what was the name of the song that was playing during this review (in the begging and near the end) i wish to know because i like it and want to find out where i can get the cd it's on or place to download it. thanks! oh, and killzone 2 kicks ass.
i think the aiming system is just right for multi play it means reaction time is the same. In games where you can aim very fast the one who has the best refects can have an upper hand, but now its slower in this game i have a change getting some kills :)
This is easily one of if not the best shooter I've ever played the only thing it's missing is a gun modification system or perk system I've never played it online tho
@GamMan93 i'm just saying just because killzone 3 have jetbacks doesn't mean anything shouldn't be groundbreaking or anything like that cuz i seen shooters that had jetpacks before reach did
I liked this game alot but I thought the control scheme was poor. Didn't get used to it to much later in the game. Very fustrating at first but really worth it in the end. One of my favorites really.
@tredgkskate Were are you in the game by any chance? I just recently beat it, and holy crap!! That last mission was soooo impossibly difficult, I can't even imagine what its like on Elite.... "shivers"
first check the simple things, is the power cord plugged in correctly? Is the switch on the back turned on? If yes for both these things, is the red standby light coming on?
C`mon, the tank part is a load of fun, especially if you zoom in on the targets. The clarity stays crystal clear and you see the bad guys getting minced. Whats not to like?:)
This game almost resembles.. Gears of war1 and 2.. i have a 360 and just ordered a ps3 along with this game and i can see the same idea.. locust.. robots soilders.. then you have your squad which is like the gear squad looking forward to playing the game. I like both systems!
I would love to see from killzone's weapons to be more steady...they move way to much when you shoot or even when you aim but still its ok.....anyways an improvement like this will be good!
@CentsTwo Lets put it this way. I was just playing it today. you'll find more players in their 32 player rooms then in black ops. I respect what Killzone 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4 have done for their online community. I would say the same for Uncharted 2 but I don't own the game.
i'd say they are about even but it is hard to judge halo came out 2 years earlier and they are completely different types of fps it depends on your preference
i live in the netherlands back in july i read on newspaper they may making killzone 3 wow i also checked google i only found rumors but we see kilzone 2 engine looks crazy how will killzone 3 will be?
At release when I played it there was so many! But when MW2 came out it killed it and KZ2 never really recovered! Same as KZ3 but with MW3 but what are you gunna do?
@fagerbag I'll try to explain this. Back during the 70's,80's, and 90's games were mostly made for kids. As the game development companies aged their fans did as well. Since they development companies wanted to keep their customers they decided to make games that would appeal to their aging audiences, which started the development of more mature games. Since the aging customers were a faithful demographic the game development companies decided to produce games mostly for them.
everything now a days is similar it's the story line we love and the classic games that started it all. it's basically all about improving graphics so we play those old school games the way they where envisioned original but unrestricted by old technology. the farther we advance the harder it is to be original. but of coarse... what ever is mainstream and racks in the money.
There is a good saying: If a movie is not interesting to watch in 640x480 44 KHz or lower, it's not worth watching at all (Like a recent Avatar, for instance). Is this really worth playing, if you remove all the eye candies? :) Just a rhetorical question.
"Killzone 2" is beyond Stellar~Amazing game play,top notch graphics,and it never gets old ,"Killzone 2" & "Resistance~ Fall of Man" are reason enough to buy a "PS3",as always gr8 review man,but do not agree with you on a few subjects,first off,the "Tank driving sequence" is KILLER,and as far as the language ..well what do you expect? of course they curse every other word,you would too if you were on such a shitty planet fighting the "Helghast Bastards"! ~EPIC GAME 10/10;)
Killzone 2's native resolution is 720p and 1080i. Although your tv is 1080p (and even if your PS3 settings are in 1080p), the game should run in its native settings (unless you force it to upscale to 1080p, which is bad). Leave it as it is, since PS3 games are the best in its native resolution.
I loved Killzone 2, even more then 3 and i think that Killzone Shadow Fall is just not as impressive as Killzone 2 was for its time. It was the game that made me buy a PS3 when i was only playing PC for 3 years and some PS2 it just amazed me when i saw the 5 min demo on screen in an Italian PCWorld... I will never forget that moment and the moment bought the Killzone 2 PS3 bundle xD
Michele Giuseppe Iurlo stessa cosa, avevo 11 anni quando uscì, la grafica mi fece sanguinare gli occhi
Couldn't agree more. Killzone 2 is much better than 3. I wish Guerilla Games would remaster this game. I would love to play it again.
I miss this game's multiplayer. I got a platinum in this game and spent a week getting the few multiplayer trophies. There was actual skill involved with the "sluggish" controls.
The game looks impressive, has great lighting effects, great sound effects, so much going for it visually, and the quick, fluid gameplay we love, but as is often the case with sequels it is seems to be more of a commodity than the original. Sadly, that. Still, a top-shelf game.
You know that feeling in CoD WaW when you get the MG42 in Their Land Their Blood. That's what the back half of this game feels like and its as good as it sounds. The Helghast light machine gun is probably one of my favorite weapons of all time
Still better than any HALO
+Rohod well no , its more of an opinion but in terms of gameplay and story halo stands ahead of killzone
Pu3r 360 but I feel the AI is superior in killzone
Killzone 2's single player was the best one I have played in a while. It doesn't get boring like most FPS games in the last couple of years have.
i hate how he keeps saying he doesn't like the dialogue
i lived near a military base for 3 years
THATS HOW SOLDIERS TALK
what the f*ck do you expect? you want them to have conversations about existentialism? you want them to talk about ponies and rainbows?
seriously man this game is very true to how soldiers think and act.. this is the best mix of sci-fi and realism.. its not too much on either side
Honestly, I hate it when games try to have a realistic and authentic feel to them.
Great games embrace the medium they're a part of.
That's why I love Metal Gear. They're all so campy and over-the-top, and the gameplay is superb, complementing this tone greatly.
kiLzon je najboji
I love this game so much. The death animations were really good, not like scripted ones found in many games today. Top that with one of the most badass villian ever, Colonel Mael Radec, and its easy to understand why this game is still one of my favorite games of all time.
This game never gets boring.
the salsa music fit in so well to the game tht when i bought it, i expected to hear it again
Yeah, you told me how you love resistance 2 and i bought it for that, hell you were right about how smooth that plays. If killzone 2 is just as smooth, i must get it too.
i love the music at the beginning. i never would have thought to choose that.
The bullet firing guns behave weird, for some reason they appear to deal more damage and have some sort of assisted aim when firing from the hip, but when aiming down the sights (if supported), adquiring a target is sluggish and innacurate, your aim is always off no matter what, the analog stick is not sensible enough for any marskmanship. They should have implemented the sixaxis function of the sniper rifle on the rest of the aimable guns so you can correct what the analog stick can't do.
Nice! I've been playing a lot of Killzone 3 recently and that game still has lots of players!
Great game.
Killzone3 is one of my favorite shooters, the sound quality blows me away! The guns sound awesome right down to the blank shells discharging from the guns. Brilliant!!
nice music selection 0:18- 0:40
really sets the mood-
Love the music in the beginning, takes away the seriousness but in a good way.
That was a brilliant review .. I like this dude's style. Colecovision .. lol :)
Always coming up with good reviews!!
Woah, I didn't even think of comparing Visari to William Kurst from Apocalypse Now Mark. Good on ya for thinking of that.
i love that the guns sound like they actually have some punch to them, as opposed to the pea shooter sound effects, used in most games...
good selection. let me know how little big planet is. it seems so childish to me but its insane popularity has me intrigued
Great game. Just had to set the controller to 'alternative 2' and 'keep pressed for zooming' on to make the control like COD. Personally helped me a lot playing.
Just a very nice game worth playing. Stunning graphics and fun gameplay.
you gotta love a review HELL even a game where the first ten seconds consist mainly of flamethowers in action
You are correct. The heavy gravity has made them stronger and the harsh air means they had to adapt to suit their surroundings.
I have just ordered Killzone 2. I think it looks amzing! Can`t wait until I get it.......
I's a 360 owner and I'm here to tell you that this game kicks serious ass, wish I had a PS3 also for this game.
True that, but I think the DualShock 3's 'triggers' were designed with driving games higher on the priority list, like foot pedals, but it needs to be used for actual driving games like Gran Turismo, L2 and R2 for Ridge Racer rip-offs like NFS is a chore.
They added the flamethrower to online multiplayer! Gotta love that!
dude you make the best reviews ever.
This game is sick, especially the online.... Man, it's been 6 month since it released and the online is still addicting....!!!!!
You'll love the online... :D
This game is soo freakin badass. I just wish everyone would play it and then taste it's rich multiplayer mode. It's just on a whole new level. Doesn't kill anything but opens a whole new world of greatness.
The Nail gun is genius in this game.
Killzone 3 sounds great, can't wait for that.
@Natiej85 is it a class based game? i love classed based sci fi mp shooters. Sadly i have a 360 and i just upgraded my gaming pc so i can't afford a ps3. Although i should have had 1 in the first place this would be the first game i would buy.
the best review of this game
this title looks marvelous. i plan to get this game, COD 4: Modern Warfare, and Modern Warfare 2
also, what's the name of the song that starts up at 6:24 and re-enters again at 6:53?
Hello is there any chance you can tell me what setup u used to record this? did you use a dvr? a capture card? if so which? Thanks in advance
From what i could remember you could only have one primary weapon with a side arm. was a bit of a buzz kill
Yeah! I think that every shooter game should give you the option to personalize the entire control combination, so that you could use the same controls scheme for all of your shooting games.
You can just go to the option/settings part of the menu to adjust the controls the way you like.
I see what you're saying. I don't want this series to sell out like CoD, but I want Killzone to do for the FPS genre what Gran Turismo 3 did for the racing simulation. Just a weird way of me saying that the Killzone series is very underrated (Understood that Killzone is PlayStation exclusive, but still)
@leftstanding I'm not gonna lie, I myself would like to see the controls refined and a little more responsive in KZ3, but I hate the generic left trigger, right trigger setup of those games, that's why imo Resistance 2 kinda bombed for trying to be too user-friendly and Fall of Man ironically lived on.
But back on topic, I've never been an FPS guy, but the gritty realism of KZ2 (backed up by the control scheme) made it such a breath of fresh air and changed my entire outlook on the genre.
I like what you said about the grenades, I like the potato masher ones for myself.
This game is the best FPS for the PS3 in my opinion. I was really impressed in how it turned out and can't wait for KZ3.
I am close to the end now.Everything about this game is awesome.Only one thing bothers me.Controls.They are a bit....slow?
what was the name of the song that was playing during this review (in the begging and near the end) i wish to know because i like it and want to find out where i can get the cd it's on or place to download it. thanks! oh, and killzone 2 kicks ass.
i think the aiming system is just right for multi play it means reaction time is the same. In games where you can aim very fast the one who has the best refects can have an upper hand, but now its slower in this game i have a change getting some kills :)
this was my second game, and so far the best one i bought alongside with uncharted 2. already pre-ordered kz3 and uncharted 3
personally just got one myself, get killzone 2, uncharted 2 and metal gear solid 4 can't go wrong
This is easily one of if not the best shooter I've ever played the only thing it's missing is a gun modification system or perk system I've never played it online tho
I can't wait to get this game,does it have trophies?
@GamMan93 i'm just saying just because killzone 3 have jetbacks doesn't mean anything shouldn't be groundbreaking or anything like that cuz i seen shooters that had jetpacks before reach did
i remember watching this review when this game was coming out
im getting the ps3 slim and wat should i get as my first game killzone 2 or metal gear solid 4? they both look beastly
You could change it in the options. To have CoD control scheme and a couple other alternative ones.
@jamesvolunteer that controll issue was fixed with a patch some time ago, called 'High Precision controls' somewhere in the options
I liked this game alot but I thought the control scheme was poor. Didn't get used to it to much later in the game. Very fustrating at first but really worth it in the end. One of my favorites really.
man i love your vids u always know wat your talking about
This franchise makes me proud to be Dutch, the game was made by Guerillia in Amsterdam!
About 2 more weeks till my b-day.
I'll be getting this game for sure. :)
it has mutiplayer , but can you play it with 2 players ? like in killzone1
the game that made me buy a PS3!
What's the hd series? sorry, I've never played killzone or a ps3 but I am planing on getting both soon :).
@tredgkskate Were are you in the game by any chance? I just recently beat it, and holy crap!! That last mission was soooo impossibly difficult, I can't even imagine what its like on Elite.... "shivers"
oh man, killzone 2 is still one of the best looking games out there. its gorgeous. not to mention epic.
first check the simple things, is the power cord plugged in correctly? Is the switch on the back turned on? If yes for both these things, is the red standby light coming on?
I only have one complaint about the game. Maybe a slight tweek to the controllers and make them a bit more refined, then it would be the perfect game.
xD on 7:23 is like a helgast killing you and like some peppy music starts :) "This has been Jay Leno................Goodnight!" xD EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!
The lighting is amazing
Well, I can't wait to get them, but first I want to start as I should, by playing KZ on PS2, thanks dude.
C`mon, the tank part is a load of fun, especially if you zoom in on the targets. The clarity stays crystal clear and you see the bad guys getting minced. Whats not to like?:)
This game almost resembles.. Gears of war1 and 2.. i have a 360 and just ordered a ps3 along with this game and i can see the same idea.. locust.. robots soilders.. then you have your squad which is like the gear squad looking forward to playing the game. I like both systems!
I would love to see from killzone's weapons to be more steady...they move way to much when you shoot or even when you aim but still its ok.....anyways an improvement like this will be good!
@CentsTwo
Lets put it this way. I was just playing it today. you'll find more players in their 32 player rooms then in black ops. I respect what Killzone 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4 have done for their online community. I would say the same for Uncharted 2 but I don't own the game.
@leftstanding you can always change the controls in the options
The evil Hellgast emperor has defiantly got my vote!
@DiNoZs1 I wholeheartedly agree. Fully comprehensive reviews in simply just a few minutes!
excellent review!
i'd say they are about even but it is hard to judge
halo came out 2 years earlier
and they are completely different types of fps
it depends on your preference
so killzone 1,2, and 3? and I heard uncharted is a fun game. In your opinion what is a good first game for the ps3?
i live in the netherlands back in july i read on newspaper they may making killzone 3 wow i also checked google i only found rumors but we see kilzone 2 engine looks crazy how will killzone 3 will be?
At release when I played it there was so many! But when MW2 came out it killed it and KZ2 never really recovered! Same as KZ3 but with MW3 but what are you gunna do?
great review by the way
@fagerbag
I'll try to explain this. Back during the 70's,80's, and 90's games were mostly made for kids. As the game development companies aged their fans did as well. Since they development companies wanted to keep their customers they decided to make games that would appeal to their aging audiences, which started the development of more mature games. Since the aging customers were a faithful demographic the game development companies decided to produce games mostly for them.
im getting a ps3 soon and only have enough money left for 1 game so should i buy killzone 2 or modern warfare 2?
everything now a days is similar it's the story line we love and the classic games that started it all. it's basically all about improving graphics so we play those old school games the way they where envisioned original but unrestricted by old technology. the farther we advance the harder it is to be original. but of coarse... what ever is mainstream and racks in the money.
Man, I miss this show.
I remember watching this when I was 14 in 2009, crazy how time goes by.
There is a good saying: If a movie is not interesting to watch in 640x480 44 KHz or lower, it's not worth watching at all (Like a recent Avatar, for instance).
Is this really worth playing, if you remove all the eye candies? :)
Just a rhetorical question.
Damn... This game was way ahead of its time. I wish these guys would try to directly compete with the damn Call of Duty series.
How happy i am to play both consoles! Yeap im a victim of marketting and i couldn't afford not playing all the exclusives!
Where does Mark get those amazing songs from!
this is a great game but the controls take a few hours to get used to if you are a timesplitters enthusiast like me
"Killzone 2" is beyond Stellar~Amazing game play,top notch graphics,and it never gets old ,"Killzone 2" & "Resistance~ Fall of Man" are reason enough to buy a "PS3",as always gr8 review man,but do not agree with you on a few subjects,first off,the "Tank driving sequence" is KILLER,and as far as the language ..well what do you expect? of course they curse every other word,you would too if you were on such a shitty planet fighting the "Helghast Bastards"! ~EPIC GAME 10/10;)
I'll be getting this game in about half an hour, for my bday present.
;_; Oh no.....
But, what about the map packs? Aren't they used for multiplayer at home?
@BigBlastBoom ok thanx for the help
oh btw...do you have a ps3
what's your psn?
Killzone 2's native resolution is 720p and 1080i.
Although your tv is 1080p (and even if your PS3 settings are in 1080p), the game should run in its native settings (unless you force it to upscale to 1080p, which is bad).
Leave it as it is, since PS3 games are the best in its native resolution.
Do alot of people still play this online? I'm wondering if I should pick this up or Socom..
definetly mark loves flamethrowers.
YEAAAAH!!!!!!
they need to make every exclusive look this good!