First Killzone 2 image

Snoopers
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 | 2:14 PM
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"Yup guys, it's real. It [went out] a little bit early, but it's 100% ingame". The words are from Seb Downie, QA Manager at Guerilla, and it gives us the confirmation that the Killzone 2 screenshot flooding the web since a few hours is legit. Because I am a very polite person, I will only advise you to forget everything you saw of the game at last year's E3 before opening this news. This is becoming embarrassing.

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Freedomofspeach

Commented on 2007-07-11 01:18:07

In my honest opinion, the only thing impressive about this screen shot is how bad it is (especially when compared to that infamous pre-rendered trailer). It looks a lot like Call of Duty 2 for the PC when it was released in 2005. To bad this the year 2007.

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JediMasterMalik

Commented on 2007-07-11 01:18:38 In reply to insane_cobra

Posted by insane_cobra

The larger picture isn't scaled, it's been published on Sony backed Threespeech blog.

I think they just got the pic from where everyone else did, I don't think they're the source.

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Nietzsche

Commented on 2007-07-11 01:44:05

I never understood why anyone hyped Killzone 2 in the first place. It would be like EA releasing a CG trailer of a very "meh" FPS like Black 2 and everyone going crazy.

The first Killzone was so poor and flawed I don't understand why Sony didn't just go with a new IP? Did Killzone sell well at all?

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Knodi

Commented on 2007-07-11 01:44:33

Wii called it wants its game back.

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szaromir

Commented on 2007-07-11 01:51:01 In reply to Nietzsche

Posted by Nietzsche

I never understood why anyone hyped Killzone 2 in the first place. It would be like EA releasing a CG trailer of a very "meh" FPS like Black 2 and everyone going crazy.

My thoughts exactly. Although Black was actually worse than Killzone, both were below average.

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mkk316

Commented on 2007-07-11 02:01:00

The original didnt score that badly, the series has good art direction and an interesting universe. I think its worthwhile to make sequels as the series does have its fanbase. It wasnt perfect, but it wasnt nearly as bad as some of you make it out to be. The fact that the media dubbed it Halo-killer only compounded the flaws that were already there, and made it seem worse than it actually was IMO.

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Tarrell13

Commented on 2007-07-11 02:32:18

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This isn't the real pic. Well it is but it is actually a ingame poster. If you don't believe me here you are.

http://www.bitfood.com/?p=274

mkk316

Commented on 2007-07-11 02:40:19 In reply to Tarrell13

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Posted by Tarrell13

This isn't the real pic. Well it is but it is actually a ingame poster. If you don't believe me here you are.

http://www.bitfood.com/?p=274

LOL, that's actually kinda funny.

Ezekiel_Xz

Commented on 2007-07-11 02:40:46 In reply to szaromir

Posted by szaromir

My thoughts exactly. Although Black was actually worse than Killzone, both were below average.

lol my feelings aswell. Killzone 2 got so much hype because of the cg (ingame) ha video. All sony fans jumped on the bandwagon saying it was going to put the xbox 1.5 in its place and suddenly hype grew it too amazing heights.

Sony got caught out before e3 though, the 360 realtime videos where being slowly leaked before e3. Like pgr3 and stuff. And ps3 wasnt as far in the development cycle, they needed to show something. They just aimed way way to high.

I think killzone was hyped mainly because it was going to be showing the ps3s true power. But I dont think its possible in what is essentially a first generation game.

It aint an easy task, 360 has the directx library, free AA and essentially pc development environments. Making the process simpler. Unreal 3 for instance works like a charm.

The ps3 has no such luxuries. The SPEs are confusing, the compression is horrible, the AA hits the framerates hard and the development environments arnt very user friendly. So if you want a game to look good you have to put the hours in.

The ps3 needs a good few games out and some practice before you will see some jaw dropping stuff, it might be getting lots of stick at the moment but you no it isnt going away and despite losing a few games to the 360 camp its still got plenty of backing.

I do think for now though im happy with my 360 and wii, once sony get some games out and add rumble im there. But I wont be buying killzone unless they have completely changed the gameplay.

edit: oh and a huge price drop. In uk its £425 with a controller, id buy it for £300 with a game and hdmi cable.

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[quote=szaromir]
My thoughts exactly. Although Black was actually worse than Killzone, both were below average.[/quote]

Sony got caught out before e3 though, the 360 realtime videos where being slowly leaked before e3. Like pgr3 and stuff. And ps3 wasnt as far in the development cycle, they needed to show something. They just aimed way way to high.

I think killzone was hyped mainly because it was going to be showing the ps3s true power. But I dont think its possible in what is essentially a first generation game.

It aint an easy task, 360 has the directx library, free AA and essentially pc development environments. Making the process simpler. Unreal 3 for instance works like a charm.

The ps3 has no such luxuries. The SPEs are confusing, the compression is horrible, the AA hits the framerates hard and the development environments arnt very user friendly. So if you want a game to look good you have to put the hours in.

The ps3 needs a good few games out and some practice before you will see some jaw dropping stuff, it might be getting lots of stick at the moment but you no it isnt going away and despite losing a few games to the 360 camp its still got plenty of backing.

I do think for now though im happy with my 360 and wii, once sony get some games out and add rumble im there. But I wont be buying killzone unless they have completely changed the gameplay.

edit: oh and a huge price drop. In uk its £425 with a controller, id buy it for £300 with a game and hdmi cable.

Wii60_FTW

Commented on 2007-07-11 02:45:09 In reply to GriftGFX

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Posted by GriftGFX

Oh please.. get that crap out of here.

why such hostility??? he makes a good point

kadixon

Commented on 2007-07-11 04:56:11

They need to show live game play....

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BigJerm

Commented on 2007-07-11 07:10:25

Well, the screenshot doesn't look all that impressive; however, screenshots are somewhat a inaccurate medium to judge the game. Personally, I think one has to the see the game in action, in order to make assumptions. Screenshots, usually expose jagged edges and such, and make the visual presentation look much worse, then it actually does when playing.

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catfish

Commented on 2007-07-11 07:27:54

ehh I think the judgement is a bit harsh from this one screen...I wasnt impressed by that halo screen they released but the trailer looked good

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mooseknuckle

Commented on 2007-07-11 08:50:25 In reply to Snoopers

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This site is extremely 360 biased!!! This screenshot has been edited and doesnt show the full pic. Yes it is an ingame shot BUT its looking at a poster on a brick wall in the game. Geez u guys are losing me..

GriftGFX

Commented on 2007-07-11 08:55:20 In reply to mooseknuckle

Posted by mooseknuckle

No one here edited this screenshot -- and chances are the "screenshot" you're talking about is the real edit. The staff isn't biased at all, but keep in mind that a lot of the viewership comes from being an xbox fansite for years. This multiplatform thing is new and I think they're doing a great job.

Sony's own sponsored blog (Threespeech) posted this version of this picture.. so unless there's some actual evidence that the "poster" screenshot is actually real -- DROP IT.

Enough with the fanboy baiting crap. There's too much going on this week for people to get into this.. just hold off until Sony shows the goods for real later this week. For the record though, Guerrilla has said themselves that this is indeed a screenshot of single player.

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[quote=mooseknuckle]This site is extremely 360 biased!!! This screenshot has been edited and doesnt show the full pic. Yes it is an ingame shot BUT its looking at a poster on a brick wall in the game. Geez u guys are losing me..[/quote]

Sony's own sponsored blog (Threespeech) posted this version of this picture.. so unless there's some actual evidence that the "poster" screenshot is actually real -- [b]DROP IT[/b].

Enough with the fanboy baiting crap.  There's too much going on this week for people to get into this.. just hold off until Sony shows the goods for real later this week.  For the record though, Guerrilla has said themselves that this is indeed a screenshot of single player.

mooseknuckle

Commented on 2007-07-11 09:01:02 In reply to GriftGFX

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whatever

GriftGFX

Commented on 2007-07-11 11:13:11

Redemptions not far off for this one. :O

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