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PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese
The first in-game image for Sony's PS3 blockbuster Killzone 2 has appeared on the Internet.
The USA Today website hosts the image, which is apparently taken from the single-level demo being shown to press tonight at E3. Eurogamer's Tom Bramwell will be there, so expect our thoughts as soon as humanly possible.
Killzone 2 was one of the first titles shown alongside the PlayStation 3 two years ago at E3 2005. The lavish and eye-popping trailer had press salivating, but unfortunately concrete details were hard to come by.
However, Sony is still excited about its potential, and described it to USA Today as a "hardware mover" designed to show off exactly what the new machine can do.
It's a futuristic first-person shooter in development at Guerrilla Games that takes place on the alien planet of Helghan. Here you and your squad will be up against the mutated human Helghast race who have a few tricks up their sleeves - chiefly the ability to harness the power of the weather.
Killzone 2 will have multiplayer support and is expected sometime next year.
Keep your eyes peeled for our E3 coverage this week.
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Eighthours
10/07/07 @ 11:29
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The lavish and eye-popping trailer had press salivating, but unfortunately concrete details were hard to come by.
I'm trying to contain my laughter here. :) |
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Grey, grey, grey, drab, undetailed textures, poor character model with lots of visible jagging, apparent edge-aliasing, no outdoor environments, noise filter ...
There's not much to go by here. I'd love to be able to say it looks like shit, but it just wouldn't be fair. Even though this screenshot looks like shit. |
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Monkey_Puncher
10/07/07 @ 11:36
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Me thinks they should choose their screenshots better, if this really is the best they had to offer.....there's going to be a blood bath
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kangarootoo
10/07/07 @ 11:38
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Not a very good choice of screenshot at all. Could maybe be categorised as the still version of a teaser trailer I suppose.
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I'm probably jumping the gun based off one image:
I'm sorry, but that looks absolutely fucking nothing like that 'OMG THIS IS REAL GAMEPLAY' trailer from last years E3. It's too dark, and the texturing is shit, low detail rubbish. Surely this can't be the best they can do with the PS3? Games like Rainbow/Oblivion have already shown the machine can do way better than this, but if this really is as good as Killzone is going to look the developers should be shot. With any luck it will be Far Cry syndrome and will have excellent outdoor areas but rubbish indoor ones. The next images we see had better be a huge improvement :/
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kangarootoo
10/07/07 @ 11:47
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@Darren
Oh I agree. But then teaser trailers for films are often annoying pointless as well. I guess if stuff is going to be shown at E3 they don't want to jump the gun with anything posh looking. As it happens I've heard some very good things about this from reliable sources, so I don't think we shall be short of eyecandy when something worth seeing comes along. |
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kangarootoo
10/07/07 @ 11:48
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"They're the most important thing in gaming today, and that's a fact"
Thats is sarcasm right? Right. Good. |
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Maybe it's a trap?
(cue ackbar image) Some kind of image to make everyone think 'oh it's shit' then post a real image and everyone suddenly thinks 'ZOMG.' Hopefully. When's it coming out anyway? I presume there's plenty of dev time left for them to polish up the graphics. I remember the opening levels of Killzone on the PS2 being pretty good stuff, so if they keep that style then it'll be a decent game, but I hope this isn't any inclination of the final graphics.
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"If you increase the brightness of the image, you will see that the shadow on the back wall is actually a hole. Probably the destructible environment's they were talking about."
Are you sure? In the 'left arm' of the shadow you can clearly see the wall texture continues into the darker area of the shadow. |
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sanctusmortis
10/07/07 @ 12:01
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It's, um...
An image. That I'm sure of. I sense the sudden disappointment of a ton of hopeful people clutching PS3 pads. |
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The Bodybuilder
10/07/07 @ 12:04
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Shadows are meh, and the textture's on the wall seem heavily pixelated (a bit harhs, but hey, I'm not the one that made the E32005 trailer as representative of the game).
I do feel for Guerilla though, having to (unfailry, might I add) carry the weight and pressure of the (heavy ps3), simply because sony tried to do pull the wool over our eyes again (like what they did to the dreamcast). |
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The Bodybuilder
10/07/07 @ 12:05
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Still, to be fair, it doesn't look THAT bad.
If only that E3 05 "demo" never existed...... |
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To be fair this isn't a horrible image yes the textures aren't detailed enough and the shadow doesn't quite work but graphically it can slot quite happily next to current PS3 and 360 games without fuss.
Of course if you compare it to their trailer or even Gears of War it falls short but this is one image from the demo of an unfinished game so we should all relax. Of course if Sony hadn't hyped this game beyond all proportians people wouldn't need to relax. |
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The Bodybuilder
10/07/07 @ 12:11
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@ Steroyd.
I think I must've forgotten how good the 20005 trailer looked. I didn't think this in-game pic wasn't so bad, but compared to the image you provided, that's a good difference. Let's not even forget that the game won't have the same animation, smooth 60fps framerate, and massive detailed war like the original trailer, and guerilla have got themselves a problem. |
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captainrentboy
10/07/07 @ 12:11
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I'm not going to diss Killzone 2, sure this photo is rather underwhelming, but so was Halo 3's first Campaign shot released a few days back, and I still really want that game.
Maybe, like Bungie, they don't want to give too much away too soon. And the thing is months and months away anyway, so it's not like they haven't got a lot of time to work on it. This is one of Sony's biggest titles for next year, they really can't afford to fook it up. If there's an ingame trailer at E3, I'm sure it'll be good enough to make us forget this average pic. Edit- My God, I just defended Sony for once, I now feel all dirty inside :)
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groovychainsaw
10/07/07 @ 12:11
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Looks like a reversion of killzone 1 - which was a crap shooter. SO - crap shooter with better graphics? Prove me wrong sony...
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JediMasterMalik
10/07/07 @ 12:15
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I'll wait to see it in motion, but it's not that impressive to be frank. Then again COD4 looks a bit wank in screens and excellent in motion. Guess we'll see.
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The Bodybuilder
10/07/07 @ 12:16
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What's even worse is that the backlash will mean that they will put all thier efforts into the graphics, and probably forget the gameplay (ala the first one).
And if this is the official release, then this gives a bad indication of the rest of it. I mean, think about it, this must be THE BEST pic they could release.... a dark image with one character in a corridor with bad texturing and shadowing. |
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The Bodybuilder
10/07/07 @ 12:20
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>"I'll wait to see it in motion"
Don't expect smooth framerate, or nice animation. It's still alpha. |
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penguin_overlord
10/07/07 @ 12:21
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Why are people getting so worked up over this image? How do we know this isn't an old shot of the game that the newspaper got hold of. Killzone is being hyped so much by Sony I can't see them releasing a game that looks the biz. Motorstorm turned out very close to the original video remember.
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And if this is the official release, then this gives a bad indication of the rest of it. I mean, think about it, this must be THE BEST pic they could release.... a dark image with one character in a corridor with bad texturing and shadowing.
actually it was a small 500x300 shot Newsweek picked for an article (presumably from a bunch of shots), which GG then released at full-res. |
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GamesConnoisseur
10/07/07 @ 12:25
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I really dont think they will mishandle this title which is obviously quite important to Sony.
I enjoyed Killzone but it was quite obvious that it was no Halo killer due to the hardware limitation of PS2, this is Sony/Guerllia chance to put two fingers up at Halo franchise by being at least as good as or better. But bemused by the single photo, they would do far better releasing a dozen or so to give better impression, still looking forward to find out more about Killzone 2. |
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"Why are people getting so worked up over this image? How do we know this isn't an old shot of the game that the newspaper got hold of. Killzone is being hyped so much by Sony I can't see them releasing a game that looks the biz. Motorstorm turned out very close to the original video remember."
Because GG said on the sony boards that this is from the level that they will show at E3. |
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