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Chapter 2: Evacuation Orders

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Feature by Eurogamer staff Contributor
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PHEW! After the gruelling trials of the tutorial level, where only the bravest, boldest and least inverted survive, it's onto the game proper, and it picks up pretty much where Killzone 2 left off – Visari is dead, and you've got to get the hell out of his palace. Don't bother cleaning up – they'll probably figure out you did it.

Then in classic Killzone fashion it's time for a rooftop showdown (no wonder the Helghast invented spaceships – it's a natural extension of their obsession with being on roofs), before your unit is blocked off. Ruh-roh. Never mind – nothing a good wheel won't solve.

You want to rendezvous with your dudes though, so you keep pressing on through a museum and then over a broken highway as the game really gets going. Sev's hair remains immaculate throughout. And his designer stubble. Would.

Chapter 2: Evacuation Orders

Escaping Visari's Palace

The first real mission, fighting your way through the building's ruins.

Rooftop Showdown

Sev and Rico head into a building, clear a few troops and find a good position in the main room to repel an impending attack.

Dead End

Your unit is blocked off. You need to open the gate to pass through, but there's a large cluster of Higs in the area. Clear them and use the wheel to open the gate.

Bilgarsk Museum

After losing a tank, you and Rico split off to find a way through. After a hectic battle involving a mini-gun, Rico opens the museum with an explosive charge, you enter and prepare for some heavy resistance as you clear the building. You head up to the roof and clear the troops, but have to avoid gunfire from a dropship...

Broken Highway

Your unit travels down a broken highway, encountering a few troops you can easily take out from cover. Watch out for rockets and bullets as you come to the end of the highway...

Check out the index for our complete Killzone 3 video walkthrough.

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