http://gamersyde.com/stream_7077_en.html


Killzone 2 gameplay video.

Color me impressed.

Edit:
Supposedly this is a link with better quality video...
http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_7078_en.html

and this appears to be part 2
http://www.gamersyde.com/leech_7084_1_en.html


Another persons playthrough of demo area.
-longer
-better quality
-shows rocket launcher
-shows tanks
-shows Army of two "buddy" style help

stream
http://www.jeuxvideo.tv/video/killzone-2.html#view:242742

download
http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/telecharger-killzone-2-255776.htm


Info gathered from neogaf...

damn; that looks awesome.

Wow, that does look good. Argh, I wish this was coming this year.

Wow that was really sweet looking. I just hope theres great AI to go along with it... the enemies seemed to sit there, but it was only a bit of combat.

This shyt looks like it is going to OWN!!!

The level of detail is already astonishing. It didn't seem to grab you though. Everything going on around you, but not as exciting as the COD4 footage was. I hope this turns out.

Wow that was really sweet looking. I just hope theres great AI to go along with it... the enemies seemed to sit there, but it was only a bit of combat.
+1

Great visuals but the AI was slow and stupid. If it's lacking by release I'm passing on this one

It's funny how everyone is comparing console FPS's to COD4 now... seems to have set the bar for quite a while.

Looks pretty damn good, and very close to THE trailer. Hope it lives up to it when it's released.

+1

Great visuals but the AI was slow and stupid. If it's lacking by release I'm passing on this one

It's funny how everyone is comparing console FPS's to COD4 now... seems to have set the bar for quite a while.

Yeah, I really do think COD4 set a new standard for FPS's. It did everything well and is hard to fault for any reason.

I hope Killzone has more variety in it's environments like COD4 does. So far, I've seen nothing but the ole, gray, post-apocalyptic setting.

This is going to be sweet, now having to wait even more is hurting my feelings after seeing this footage. Man the speed of game play is going to be awesome online, he almost moves as fast if not faster than cod4 when sprinting. Definitly going to own.

The level of detail is already astonishing. It didn't seem to grab you though. Everything going on around you, but not as exciting as the COD4 footage was. I hope this turns out.

cod4 footage? which one....i don't know man cod4 to me is overrated...the faking rain in cod4 looks like my grandmother tv with no reception...lol

Wow that was really sweet looking. I just hope theres great AI to go along with it... the enemies seemed to sit there, but it was only a bit of combat.
this is god mode man in case you don't know...

Am I the only one who thinks this looks beyond COD4?

Just looking at the particle effects, textures and lighting and draw distance I would say it surpasses COD4 easily. Granted I only played COD4 once, but I have only seen this gameplay footage and I think the hype of COD4 has clouded some judgment..IMO.


Dregun

Am I the only one who thinks this looks beyond COD4?

Just looking at the particle effects, textures and lighting and draw distance I would say it surpasses COD4 easily. Granted I only played COD4 once, but I have only seen this gameplay footage and I think the hype of COD4 has clouded some judgment..IMO.


Dregun

Graphically, yes on most things. The detail on that AR is great. Particle effects were hard to tell if it was better for me. It won't matter if it looks great, if it plays like garbage. COD grabbed you and held your attention with cinematics and gameplay.

Another persons playthrough of demo area.
-longer
-better quality
-shows rocket launcher
-shows tanks
-shows Army of two "buddy" style help

stream
http://www.jeuxvideo.tv/video/killzone-2.html#view:242742

download
http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/telecharger-killzone-2-255776.htm


Info gathered from neogaf...

Graphically, yes on most things. The detail on that AR is great. Particle effects were hard to tell if it was better for me. It won't matter if it looks great, if it plays like garbage. COD grabbed you and held your attention with cinematics and gameplay.Even if the gameplay turns out to be only average this is one of those games I'd buy just for the pure thill of the amazing and immersive visuals. I haven't played COD4 but was the single player really that good? Mostly I hear people rave about the MP but say that single player wasn't all that special.

Yes, the COD4 single player was really good but really short.

Yes, the COD4 single player was really good but really short.

really really really short.. i never played multiplayer.. too hooked on warhawk at the time.. game was ok i guess..

With Resistance 2 coming in November, this game really needs to do something amazing if it wants to hold it's own.

With Resistance 2 coming in November, this game really needs to do something amazing if it wants to hold it's own.Killzone 2 isn't out until Feb. 2009 now.

I really don't think they would release this game in the dead zone that is February.

Expect a release in the April - November 2009 window.

I haven't played COD4 but was the single player really that good?

No.

Wouldn't the "Dead Zone" be a good time to release a game? Or it it too close to Christmas?

It's not a bad time (DMC4 and Burnout Paradise did well this year), but it still seems like most companies are reluctant. Plus, I don't think Sony will want Killzone and Resistance to eat each other and releasing KZ2 3 months after R2 definitely makes that a possibility.

KZ2 could be reference material in the video game format!

Killzone 2 isn't out until Feb. 2009 now.

I know, they need to use that extra time to really polish this game and make it good. (I have zero expectations for this game, nobody should after playing the first one)

Did you guys notice some blurring effect when panning? Is that done on purpose? My vision doesn't blur when I look around? Maybe when I'm drunk.

:p

http://gamersyde.com/stream_7077_en.html


Killzone 2 gameplay video.

Color me impressed.

Edit:
Supposedly this is a link with better quality video...
http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_7078_en.html

and this appears to be part 2
http://www.gamersyde.com/leech_7084_1_en.html




Check out the subtitles:

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1612/72322212qh0.jpg

Such colorful language. :)

It looks amazing to me. I'm going to watch this one as it gets closer. They were talking about MP during the video, but I couldn't make out everything they were saying. I used this link.
http://www.jeuxvideo.tv/video/killzo...ml#view:242742


Oh, and SP COD4 was short but great! The MP is going to be the game I compare all other games to. Let's hope we get some games that out shine it soon. I'd prefer exclusives.

Wow, that looks good. Real good. Can't wait.

Looks really good, but does anyone else feel a little bit less impressed now than you did the last time a video came out? With the fabulous character animations & lighting effects we've seen in COD4, this just doesn't look as "special" as it did before.

The real test will be if this ends up looking any better than Gears 2. My bet is that overall they'll be close, any differences on way or the other will be marginal. We'll have a video of that tomorrow.

jeff

Don't know but after seeing this video I would have to say the game gets better looking each time. And blows cod4 out of the water, in the warehouse in that one section the sun light coming through the roof is awesome and just the solid look of the soldiers around much less the dirt flying when the grenades going off. I would have to say they delayed kz2 so that it wouldn't over shadow the other great games coming this year for the ps3. Definititly can't wait for this one.

Oh and the frame rate looked great aswell even with all the action going on.

^^^Agreed, 110%...Killzone 2 is looking fantastic, we may actually have a COD4 de-throner here!

I hope the delay allows GG to get this one "right" - rarely does a development video peak my interest as much as this one has, man I can't wait for this tile either.

That was one impressive gameplay footage review.

It looks like, based on the fact that we are seeing camcorder images of a LCD or Plasma screen, that they appear to have the game at least looking REALLY good and running at 30fps or so. I can't tell if the blurring is due to the display being captured with the camcorder, or if its post-processing to hide the 30fps framerate (which can look fugly when panning).

The gameplay seems identical to the first KZ, which means slow and methodical, which is nice..but the CoD4 speed-freak deathmatchers are going to pan it big-time.

But this is very impressive looking footage.....although like all games we gotta see it up close and on our own screens before we spot the faults, the low-rez textures and the dithered shadows and so on. Still.....the 30,000 foot view looks damn good.

This game will pawn gears of war 2 too me. I played gears of war 1 on my brothers 360. yea the graphics were good (like a 9.5/10). but the gameplay was only like a 7-8/10 too me. this looks like its got elements every great shooter needs. plus any1 notice that they'd shoot at your teammates too? not like cod4 single player, where there'd be a squad of your guys and it seems like they'd single you out? I'm sure they'll make it harder for the user. but never really liked how cod4's single player. you'd die in like a second on hard.

I said it on another forum. but I'll say it here too. killzone 2 > mgs4 > resistance 2 > cod4... In My Opinion

am I missing any big name shooters for the ps3 that people always talk about?

This game will pawn gears of war 2 too me. I played gears of war 1 on my brothers 360. yea the graphics were good (like a 9.5/10). but the gameplay was only like a 7-8/10 too me. this looks like its got elements every great shooter needs. plus any1 notice that they'd shoot at your teammates too? not like cod4 single player, where there'd be a squad of your guys and it seems like they'd single you out? I'm sure they'll make it harder for the user. but never really liked how cod4's single player. you'd die in like a second on hard.

I said it on another forum. but I'll say it here too. killzone 2 > mgs4 > resistance 2 > cod4... In My Opinion

am I missing any big name shooters for the ps3 that people always talk about?:confused:

"pawn" gears 2? Oiy. This isnt the gamespot message board, leave the fanboyism out.

Anyways, yes, this gameplay looked fantastic. They certainly have the graphics down and for that alone a lot of people will buy the game, however Im still not impressed with any gameplay footage Ive seen. The levels look downright boring and it doesnt seem like there is a real battle going on other than shoot 1 guy, move 5 feet ahead, shoot another guy, move another 5 feet ahead, etc......I'm sure it will be better its just hard telling from what we've seen, so yeah 0 expectations.

COD4 single player was a ton of fun in my opinion.

fanboyism? I listed ps3 games it will pawn too. so yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuo gotta chill

I was joking

Soooo, you're going to pawn a game to buy another game? I don't get it...

fanboyism? I listed ps3 games it will pawn too. so yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuo gotta chill

I was joking
:confused:Still.

:confused:Still.

Doesn't it look like someone who is too old or out of their league to use slang words :D

http://www.the-magicbox.com/0805/kz22.jpg
http://www.the-magicbox.com/0805/kz23.jpg

By the way I get the whole "pawn" thing but what does "powned" mean and where'd it come from? Since we are talking about people being too old or out of ther league (me).

fanboyism? I listed ps3 games it will pawn too. so yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuo gotta chill

I was joking

get it right, son.

it's pwn..

Doesn't it look like someone who is too old or out of their league to use slang words :D

That's exactly what I was thinking. Weird.

Ahh, it's pwn'd which means pawned right? So, there is no "powned"? Either I'm an idiot and not hearing it correctly or my kid is making a fool out of himself saying it wrong. There's probably truth in both those statements.

HD Trailer up. Wow, that is gorgous :D
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/33690.html

And FYI, it is Prawn you dirty little slut rag ;)

http://static.flickr.com/29/60815881_9edeb349fb_o.jpg

HD Trailer up. Wow, that is gorgous :D
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/33690.html





OMG !!!!
This is freaking awesome !!
I really did not think that they could pull it off, but for what is a alpha build of the game it looks damn close to the CG that they showed in 2006.

Forget Crysis or farcry2 I want this !!

I just left a wet spot.

HD Trailer up. Wow, that is gorgous :D
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/33690.html

And FYI, it is Prawn you dirty little slut rag ;)

Killzone's immersiveness is unmatched for a FPS, the way your viewpoint and weapon moves. The first game was very good
in that respect too but the framerate sometimes killed the effect.

Not to mention the attention to detail on the weapons. :eek:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/oddbodyAS2/killzone/killzonegun.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e359/oddbodyAS2/killzone/killzonegun2.jpg

Pictures grabbed by The Chef from NeoGAF. (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=291759&page=37) He's got a lot of great animated GIFs there too.

Great pics!

http://i28.tinypic.com/dvonir.gif

Love the weight the characters have, seems like more advanced than the normal rag doll physics where limbs typically just flop everywhere.

And This Is Pre-alpha !!!

The one criticism i have is the explosions, they need to be improved, and while the grey adds to the psychology of a dust filled (ominous) battle field on a heavily industrial race, i think they need more colour in the game (not much).... now i sound like the guy in Amadeus "It was good mozart, but just cut a few notes.."

Either way no other game (on any other console) has impressed me so much, but COD4 comes close(r).

I like the physics, explosions and intense lighting effects.

But other than that it I dont see any special I havent seen already in Call of Duty 4.

Question 1: Those god-rays are cool, but does your character cut a shadow when you walk in front of one?

Question 2: High Rez texures on the weapon are very nice, but hopefully not at the expense of high rez textures in the environment. THe video, even the HD one, is too small to really see how the texture look...although the processing effects ON those textures look damn awesome (the GIF above with the way the rock is lighting up from the gun blasts is just too cool).

I like the physics, explosions and intense lighting effects.

But other than that it I dont see any special I havent seen already in Call of Duty 4.

Smack Yourself :)

What else do you want?

Smack Yourself :)

What else do you want?

Such an easy question..To be on the 360 ;)



FYI, a few people played it and gave their impressions in that neogaf thread as well as answered follow up questions. This guy apparantly ragged on GT5:P yet was very impressed with KZ2:



R1 - Shoot
R2 - Toss grenade (IIRC)
R3 - Ironsight

L1 - Crunch/Cover
L2 - Dont recall
L3 - Sprint

Square - Reload
X - Jump
Triangle (or Circle) - Switch weapon (u can carry only two weapons, one handgun and a rifle. You cannot carry two rifles. One has to be a handgun)

Ok, just got back from London and I guess it's time for me to share some Killzone 2 impressions with you.

First of all, in order to actually play the game I had to wait in line for around a ****ing hour. Just three kiosks + dozens of people all playing the demo from start to finish = me spending half of the even watching others playing.

By the time I got the DS3 in my hands, I already knew the demo in and out. Could almost do it all blindly.

Demo starts with a bang. Kinda like the E3 demo, you are flying with your comrades towards the war zone. The scale of the scene is amazing. No fog whatsoever hides the busy battleground 200 meters ahead of you. The amount of detail is so high I can barely discern the single elements. As u get close one of the allied flying vehicles ahead of you explodes into a cloud of flaming debris and corpses. You end up flying into it (one of the corpses actually crashes on you vehicles), resulting in a crash landing. Mr ****ing Convoy is first to jump out of the vehicle. You follow and game starts. Before going ahead I looked above me, behind me, towards the other side of the river (I guess it was a river) just to check if there was any less detail around me than there was on the path I was supposed to traverse. There were no such compromises. I could see the buildings standing tall and 3D on the other side of the river. In the sky, there was traffic: vehicles, anti air missiles and stuff.

First thing I noticed graphics wise is the CGI quality of the lighting. It was so non-gamey and realistic it felt real. It's usually easier to impress with dark settings these days, while bright ones look washed out or whatever. Not in this case.

The post-processing muscle of the engine was put to good use with subtle motion blur and the most impressive lens flare effects I've ever seen in a videogame. And when I blowed that bridge with the rocket launcher... WOW. I could see it crumble piece by piece and the dust filling the area, with sun rays raining diagonally through it. It was so realistic in its volumetric authenticity I almost coughed. But apparently that was not enough spectacle for Guerrilla. While the dust was still settling, a flying vehicle came from behind me and went right through it leaving spiralling whirlpools of dust in its trail. That was seriously awesome and a pity most players didn't notice as they where looking in a different direction when that happened. (Note for Guerrilla: add a Gears of War-like press-button X-to-see-cool-stuff-going-on-around-you functionality).

Anyway, I go ahead, graphics keep impressing. Soldiers leave footprints. Animations are smooth and realistic. Detail abound. At one point I was shooting at this Helghast hiding behind a low concrete wall. I could barely see his left shoulder from a corner. I kept shooting trying to hit every bit of Helghast I could spot until it kinda looked like he moved. Is he still alive dammit? I wonder. I look closer and I see a pool of blood expanding on the ground from behind that cover. Yeah, he's dead.

Another detail. Real time shadows. Impressive. Not pixellated anymore and are EVERYWHERE. You see an Helghast shooting from 100 meters ahead? Look closer and u'll notice the muzzle flash sending blinks of his very shadow on the wall behind him. This happens both in dark sections and in light ones. Obviously shadows look more or less dark accordingly.

Fastforward and I'm at the "Sixaxis moment" where I have to rotate a wheel in order to open a steel door. That's a pretty nice implementation of the tilt functionality. You "grab" the wheel by holding both R1 and L1, rotate the controller 45° anticlockwise, release R1 and L1 in order to center your hands on the wheel and grab it again for another 45° anticlockwise spin and you keep doing this until the door is opened. Very nice.

This said, I have a complain to make. While aiming and shooting was spot on, both responsive and with a very good feeling, the controls layout was kinda odd to me. It probably just needs getting used to it, but having the ironsight view on R3 rather than L1 (which is used for cover/crunch) gave me troubles. The good thing is you dont have to keep R3 pressed to stay in ironsight mode. It's on/off stuff. The bad thing is, while pressed behind cover (holding L1), you cannot go straight into ironsight mode by pressing R3. You have to first lean on the top or the side of the cover (meaning having to keep the L stick in the respective direction) and then press R3. This makes sense, and I'm sure I'll get used to it, but I'd have loved to be able to stick to the cover with the press of a button (a la Uncharted/Gears of War) and then pop up in ironsight view with L1. Anyway, controls are still worked on and the option screen seems to allow u to change the layout (default one was "Type A", didn't try Type B or whataver was there to choose from).

Another thing is your companions. When they get hit too much they lay on the ground unable to help you out in the firefight. You can ignore them and keep going or "revive" them by pressing Circle. At times you need them to progress (like you saw at some point in the vids) so revive is not an option but rather mandatory. The thing is reviving them is too fast and easy. You can litterally run by them and press Circle "on the fly". There is no "reviving animation" going on. Hence there is very little risk involved in reviving them. Grated, if they are out in the open it is risky to just reach them, but when they go down they usually do so behind their covers so it's very easy to just run, cure and hide again. They should at least add a brief animation
showing you injecting something in them, so that you are forced to stay exposed for a couple of seconds.

Anyway, other than these very minimal complains, I had a blast. Oh, almost forgot. Frame rate is perfect 99% of the time. Solid 30fps. There are small pauses here and there like you saw in the E3 demo, but they are going to be fixed for sure and they only happen whne game loads next section, never during action. Also noticed some LOD pop-ups on the characters. Not too bad tho. Hopefully they fix this as well. Textures where MUCH better than at E3. Very crisp and detailed.

Any questions?

Edit: Added real time shadowing impressions.

I take back what i said about the explosions/lighting. saw a better stream and stills and they are much better than i thought.
THIS GAME ROCKS, much more than any i have seem, a must own !

I'm tired of videos and screenshots. This game is taking forever to make! I hope it lives up to all this hype. This may be the 1st game I buy for my PS3:eek:

This may be the 1st game I buy for my PS3:eek:
You already have a PS3 and don't plan to buy any games for almost a year??

What about MGS4? What about LBP? What about R2?

:confused:

Very impressive visuals. I have really never seen anything like it. Has a style all its own even though that type of thing has been before (futuristic destruction in shades of gray).

Lots of detail. Lots of little effects that add up and just make your jaw drop. Even if the gameplay sucks, I will still want to play the game just to watch it. But, I have my fingers crossed for the gameplay and I am very glad that they are giving it some more time in the cooker.

Graphics looks amazing, but the AI looks soo, soo, soo bad

Graphics looks amazing, but the AI looks soo, soo, soo bad

Pre-Alpha many months left to go, so i am sure they will fix that and other issues.:cool:
I hope a demo comes out in December. I also cannot wait for LBP and buzz.

Why are people complaining about the AI? I have seen players in COD4 online that are even dumber. :o

I hope they plan on keeping mouse & keyboard support like they did with Killzone 1.

These videos look beautiful !! The UK store has videos of Playstation Day and the new new Killzone trailer is included in one of them.

Also, I think its great there's sprinting but damn! my L3 is already wore out from COD4.

I'm tired of videos and screenshots. This game is taking forever to make! I hope it lives up to all this hype. This may be the 1st game I buy for my PS3:eek:

You already have a PS3 and don't plan to buy any games for almost a year??

What about MGS4? What about LBP? What about R2?

:confused:

Yep, got it for a Blu-ray player. I'm so deep into Halo 3 and C.O.D. 4 on my 360, I really don't have time for any other games right now.

I don't think this one has been posted yet. Shows some revolver action, etc.

WOW! Simply jawdropping the lighting, animations and particle effects :D



http://www.psu.com/New-Killzone-2-Gameplay-Footage-News--a0003609-p0.php

Wow, the KZ2 footage is beautiful.