Killzone 2 ( update)
Everything was born during the unforgettable experience E3 2005, That he saw for the first time the three giants of the sector approach to the subject of Next Gen. Xbox 2, Playstation 3 and Nintendo Revolution : Revolutionary wave new machines which promised a future completely different, more realistic , incredibly more interactive. The audience went into raptures , breathless to discover and touch the wonders of the new generation . Among the sparkling new, particularly noise caused the movie to one of the first games for the PlayStation 3, a sequel to Killzone not yet nomitato that favorably surprised critics for its graphic and very detailed for its high frame rate . The game in question was the sequel , to be precise, the first-person shooter released some time ago for the PlayStation 2. Not a masterpiece , mind you , little used for power limits of the black monolith : a good title, though, that was fun and captured thousands of gamers. Anyway, what we saw at E3 2005 was something completely different experience from next-generation graphics to scream. From feast his eyes, he said .
Needless to say, when it turned out that the movie was a simple experiment in computer graphics, People will feel cheated and did not hide his disappointment. Killzone 2 and disappeared into oblivion for a while ‘ time he never heard anything. Until Guerrilla not revealed the first official images of the real version of Killzone : few screenshots and the fans were quickly recaptured for so much power and splendor . So , over the months , the waiting became more feverish , so that today Killzone 2 is considered perhaps the first true great killer app Playstation 3 and its release promises to be a business event of 2009.
Killzone 2 will indeed an exclusive for the PlayStation 3, will see the light in Europe next February 25 and provide almost two games in one: a major campaign in a single frantic multiplayer up to 32 players. But Let’s find out in detail …
Set in an imaginary future , Killzone 2 puts players in the role of Sev , a soldier belonging to the Alpha Team Special Forces to respond to the invasion of cruel Helghast aliens , will have to venture with a handful of men in the dry planet Helgan , with the aim of destroying the enemy threat at its root. Needless to say that the task will not be easy : for reason of the invaders will be overcome complicated ten levels set in eight different areas the world, facing cold, harsh conditions and above tons of enemies.
To cope with the difficulties we can count on the support of a special team ( controlled by the IA in single player or other persons in multi-) on 15 different weapons (One of the most explosive ) and a wide range of futuristic vehicles . Even more interesting than the main campaign , should be the multiplayer mode , which will bring a new dimension to the fighting firsthand.
Killzone 2 does not distinguish it from the crowd just for its wonderful graphics : the idea of the developers there is also the hope of completely change the structure of the FPS genre, Giving great importance to the speed of moves , the training of fighter squadrons and timely and strategic exploitation of the surrounding space , and the characteristics of its pg. The operation will fail ? The fans are so convinced and criticism, for now, seems to look favorably on the project.
In short , the premises to be facing a new , great masterpiece (as well as the first really important title for the PlayStation 3 after Metal Gear Solid 4) are all. To find out if the words action will we have to wait until next Feb. 25 , while tasting these wonderful images.
UPDATE : Sony Europe has announced that the demo of Killzone 2 will be downloadable from PlayStation Network starting next Feb. 5 .
