Killzone 2

Good but still second rate!

One of the main reasons I bought the PS3 after the price drop was this game. While it was debunked as the "Halo Killer" I thought that it would at least measure up to Gears of War. I was mistaken! Even Marcus Fenix has more personality than that clown Sev. I won't even mention what I thought of that psycho Rico.

As for the game, the background graphics are great but the character models suck. The game's action level is really intense but that wears thin the longer you push ahead. There was no story to speak of, take down evil dictator and his fascist henchies (where have I heard this one before). I had to start asking myself halfway through, what the heck am I supposed to be fighting for.

Overall, the game is much like Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Modern Warfare, but at least those two games had something of a story to break up the firefight. Nothing memorable here. Dissapointment!

amazing

wow this game is amazing. as far as shooting game go this is the best shooter ive ever played. the main i look for in a shooter is its game play and how fun the game is. the graphics also count but i look forward to the gameplay. this game is far better than halo which is its big competitor, i would rather play this than call of duty 4 because its not a fast paced game and their aren't people run around at 25 miles per hour with 500 pounds of weapons on them. you know what i mean. but call of duty is a great game maybe modern warfare 2 might do it for me but for now killzone 2 tops any shooter ive ever played. graphic, game play wise, and all of the action it packs. sony and guerilla games, will we have another killzone title on the playstation 3, i cant wait to see what you got. but killzone 2 was worth the time i had to wait for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Gun Made of Lightning!

I'll admit, after a few levels of Killzone 2 I was pretty bored - not the first couple of levels, those are great, but the level after the fight on the bridge, where the bomb is stolen by the Helgast; the level that has you go to a desert in search of an electrical mineral source I believe. Its drab, and brown and has no real climax or remotely exciting moment, worst of all its the longest of all the games segment. When it finally ends you are thrown onto a moving train that isn't not as exciting as it sounds as the background is the same tunnel, crane, tunnel, crane, tunnel, etc. This is where I gave up and stopped playing for four months, it was just so boring - but the other day I decided to give it another go and it was a good decision. Right after you get off the train you enter what maybe the best level in the game: its a simple factory but you get what is quiet possibly the best gun in any game, ever - the lightning gun.

It has an official name, like arc canon or arc gun, but it really is a lightning gun; it fires lightning and has unlimited ammo (though a long reload time as it must recharge by, what appears to be, absorbing the electricity out of the air) it fries you're enemies and makes you pretty much invincible. This is also the level where the story picks back up after getting bogged down in the previous level and has some genuinely engaging scenes. After this the game moves quickly towards its somewhat disappointing ending (its just a set up for a third title so depending on your feelings on set ups you may really enjoy the finale). The journey to the ending though, it great with a mech segment that is a great amount of fun and a final level that is everything an action fan could hope for in a final battle (not the final boss fight, but the courtyard section, though the fight was fun).

The first few levels are also good but are plagued by some terrible dialog from your teammates, who are just obnoxious - again, after the desert and train levels this seems to just disappear. Its the reason why I put "annoying audio" in the cons and "awesome audio" in the pros, its somewhat contradictory I know, but the audio in the level and from the gun fire, and just the overall sound effects are fantastic but the voices from your squad are so distracting that it detracts from the overall feel of the game. Visually, obviously, KZ2 is stunning, great lighting and effects, but in game cutscenes aren't so good, the characters (except for Garza and Sev - the player) are all really, really, REALLY ugly and poorly animated resulting in some cringe worthy moments when they just look like total sh*t. It leads me to wonder why they chose to do it in-game and not alter it a little (a la RE5) in order to make it look more real, especially when in other scenes these things look perfect. Its a minor nitpick though, and arguably more personal than a real criticism, I'm sure many wouldn't even notice.

Finally the multiplayer, it was something I couldn't get into (more because of my ear destroying Sony Blue Tooth headset and lack of friends playing than anything else), what I did play however was solid and really entertaining. The on the fly mission structure and tactical but fast paced feel was something I really enjoyed but without any communication (seriously that headset that comes with Socom, and is the official Sony headset feels like its sodomizing my ear, sorry for the vulgarity) I felt lost and couldn't get backup when I was going to complete an objective or coordinate a proper defense during an assassination so I stopped playing. What I did play though was great, awesome level design and a real feeling of war, good stuff.

Overall a great FPS that slips up a little in the middle but picks back up for just a fantastic final act (though its ending feels like more of a tease than a real conclusion...) and has great multiplayer and a gun made of lighting! What more could you want?

One of the best games ever!!

This game has REALLY INCREDIBILE grafics, great gameplay, wonderful sound and multiplayer, and it's really infinite!! And Helghast's A.I. is really incredible!!

KILLZONE 2 IS THE BEST