Killzone 2 is coming out in a couple of weeks, and I am very excited for it. Lets get the obvious out of the way. I remember the E3 2005 cut scenes, I remember watching those cut scenes and saying to myself "There's no way this is real". I was proved right and was forced to be banished to the corner, waiting till the day when we see the real "in game" footage of Killzone 2.



So far, it looks great. Whether its on the various podcasts or "The 1up Show", I keep hearing about the great graphics of Killzone 2 and I gotta say, I am hyped to the max for this game. I would probably go to the 12 o'clock midnight launch if I could but, I am trying to stay grounded. Guerrilla Games doesn't exactly have the best legacy. I believe "cautiously optimistic" is the word I am looking for.



I don't expect Killzone 2 to reinvent the FPS genre. I don't expect it to have a broad and engaging story or revolutionize online multiplayer experience. I expect it to be fun, I expect to put it on and have a blast whether I'm playing the Single Player campaign, or "PWNING N00BS" online. If Killzone 2 can keep me happy in those areas, my $60 would not have been spent in vain.

People expect it to be a "Halo Killer", giving it a label and try to make it something its not. Perhaps it wont sell as much as Halo 3 did, would that make it a bad game? It probably wont sell millions of Playstation consoles, would that make it a bad console? I boggles me how people judge a quality of a game, or of a future game, by the number of units they sell. But thats going off topic, I dont expect Killzone 2 to be the "killer app" and I dont expect it to sell 2-3 million units in the first month. That is a feat best achieved by Wii Fit and Halo 3 and Gears of War.

So, lets stay a little grounded, and if this is a good game, I hope people buy a Playstation 3 to enjoy it. A good game deserves to be shared with as much people as possible. If it is a bad game though, I would be one of the first guy to write angry letter to Guerrilla and start an internet petition. We all know how effective those are.