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Is it just me #1
Dnky666 | 9:15 AM on 05.14.2009 8 comments


It may just be me, certainly no-one else seems to have made the parallel but doesn't Killzone 2 just smack of Quake 2.

It's as if Guerilla have taken Quake and updated it for the next generation. Far more so than any of the other big FPS series.

Let us consider the facts.

1. It looks like Quake 2 in tone and colour. Primarily orange. Or burnt sienna for you interior decorator types. Just much prettier.

2. The Helghast are pretty much The Strogg. They even have the same taste in flags.

3. The planet could be Mars. It certainly seems to look like it. More Orange/Reddy tones. Dusty. Hot.

Now don't get me wrong. Killzone 2 does lots of stuff pretty well. But running about the general localities it just keeps reminding me of Quake 2. A very very lovely next gen update. But Quake 2 nonetheless.

But then, it could just be me.



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SilverDragon1979's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 09:32
SilverDragon1979
You know, I always thought there was something very familiar about Killzone 2. As I was playing it I always had this feeling that I had played it before, but I couldn't figure out why I felt that way. Luckily you came along and figured it all out for me. You're a life saver. Some one give this man a medal. Actually, give him one of those shiny medals from Killzone 2. He deserves it!
Zippyduda's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 10:09
Zippyduda
As I haven't played Quake in donkeys years, its hard to remember, but I can see where you're coming from. If someone made it so The Strogg had deep British accents, I would piss myself laughing.
Bonfire Dog's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 10:21
Bonfire Dog
Sean Pertwee played a Helghast in the first game. He has Britain coming out of his cockney earholes.
Dnky666's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 10:44
Dnky666
Cheers (how's that for a traditional British greeting) Silverdragon. It was initially those flags and then when you hit the outdoor sections later on it was patently obvious. I'm slightly taken aback that nobody else has noticed and/or commented.
Blasto's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 12:06
Blasto
SCANDAL!!
Rucksack's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 12:12
Rucksack
See this whole time I thought it was more like Jin-Roh...

Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 13:16
Chris Carter
@Rucksack!
DUDE YES! Hahahahaha. I remember watching that anime in high school, and going "what the fuck? Copyright!" when Killzone 1 came out. You win the damn thread, case closed!
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