When the original Killzone hit the PS2 it was quickly labeled, by the men in black, as the Halo killer; having had a few years to reflect on that claim we can now say that while it wasn’t quite that, it still offered Sony’s console a much needed F.P.S. action franchise that worked well.
Guerilla Games, a Dutch studio, was quickly hailed as a pioneering outfit capable of producing top notch work and Sony was pretty quick to snap them up and integrate them into its games making machine. The technical excellence of the original title gave Sony owners a reason to consider pre-ordering the company’s upcoming PS3 console and exposed the huge PS2 installed base to Helghast devastation.
Offering memorable gaming moments, and bad guys with a unique look, KillZone brought Sony gamers something which they badly needed; promise. It was not simply an issue of the current game and its success but the potential players witnessed. This led to a common utterance; imagine what this game would have been like had it been created with a PC in mind. Well, those comments are about to be answered as KillZone 2 is preparing to take the war to the Helghast.
There has been a lot of talk about PS3 games but many have recognized that the console is still lacking a strong library with most of its big names still in development i.e. MGS4 and KZ2. What Guerilla’s new game offers is the possibility to see the, much advertised, PS3 hardware in full swing.
Causing controversy with its cinematic E3 2005 video, sold as in-game footage by an excited Sony exec, the title has been through a lot and you can now hear Guerilla developers calling that infamous clip an ambition video. Well if the E3 2007 footage is anything to go by, that ambition has now been realized and PS3 gamers have a blockbuster to look forward to.
Stay with MegaGames for the full presentation of the game that, Sony hopes, will launch the PS3 into the gaming mainstream.
