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Killzone 2 has been surrounded by controversy for years since a trailer for the game was used to sell the graphical power of the PlayStation 3 to the masses at E3 2006. While Sony was screaming “ZOMG IN-GAME FOOTAGE,” gamers everywhere were yelling “STFU PRE-RENDERED CUTSCENE!” Ever since then, we all have been waiting to see if the real Killzone 2 could live up to the hype.

Well, if the above trailer from last week’s SCEE PlayStation Day in London is any indication, Killzone 2 may actually deliver. Yeah, it’s not as impressive as the more recent (partially in-game footage?) trailer from E3 2007, but I think it comes pretty close. Check it out for yourself and let us know what you think.

Impressed by the graphics? Bored because it looks like every other generic FPS out there? Annoyed by all the "in-game footage" talk surrounding this game? How do you think it stacks up to the E3 2007 trailer? Hit the jump for a comparison.

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bleep's Avatar
bleep at 05/08/2008 18:03
Wow that looks pretty incredible!
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GoS-CPT-Stewart at 05/08/2008 18:06
I thought the E3 '06 trailer was the pre-rendered one and E3 '07 was the first actual in-game footage.

Either way, if I had a PS3 I'd buy the game, but it's not going to make me want to buy a PS3. It's just not that impressive to me. I'll admit they've got some good looking models but when the textures are literally all gray, I have a problem.
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Jim Sterling at 05/08/2008 18:07
Graphics don't mean a thing unless the game is up to snuff. Killzone 2 is a game that has been sold entirely on graphical power alone. They never talk about any interesting gameplay elements, any gripping story, or how Killzone 2 will stand out as an FPS. All they ever talk about is "in-game footage," a term that has become nothing but vulgar to me.
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Takeshi at 05/08/2008 18:08
I told you guys, this game is going to be so damn amazing. Look in my most recent blog. There you can see some (long) in-game footage. Can't wait to play this game. C'mon Guerrilla, make us proud!! (The Dutch I mean)
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outrage at 05/08/2008 18:08
Sony, dont fuck with me... it damn well better look this good or better when done... in 2010 :D
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Dexter345 at 05/08/2008 18:12
Greyzone 2: The Fall of the Color Palette

Eh, at least they've added red into the mix with grey and brown. Now they've got three colors!
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Narishma at 05/08/2008 18:13
Here's some footage from the game without sound:
http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_7077_en.html
http://www.gamersyde.com/stream_7083_en.html
Chad Concelmo's Avatar
Chad Concelmo at 05/08/2008 18:14
@GoS-CPT-Stewart,
Shoot, you are totally right. Updated. Thanks! :)
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outrage at 05/08/2008 18:15
@Heretic:

We all can't be greedy... baby steps; baby steps.
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Trevor McGee at 05/08/2008 18:16
Killzone sucked complete ass, and unless they managed to improve the gameplay as much as they did the graphics it's still going to suck ass. Anyway, sure, it looks pretty impressive to a point, however it looks incredibly boring and mediocre. People should just forget about this game, PS3 owners already have Resistance 2 to look forward to and that was far better than Killzone was. I don't even know why anyone looks forward to this game, expect maybe graphics whores because we haven't see anything noteworthy other than that about it.
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Chad Concelmo at 05/08/2008 18:24
I totally agree with you guys. The trailer is impressive, but it doesn't matter unless the game plays well. Here's hoping, I guess. :)
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GaveUpTomorrow at 05/08/2008 18:26
@Trevor:

Killzone really wasn't that bad. It was a great game. The only problem was that the PS2 had a hard time handling the game and therefore had its share of lag problems. The core mechanics, story, etc was all great. I'd take Killzone over Halo anyday...which is the only reason people bought an XBox, right?
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Phntmbanana at 05/08/2008 18:27
The first one was mediocre this one should be a lot better... Don't care too too much about the graphics on these type of showings but when I get a release date and some interesting info I'll get a little more excited.
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ParaParaKing at 05/08/2008 18:31
Wait why is this in-game footage? All previous trailers were labeled in-game footage. I won't believe any of this until the game is out.
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flay at 05/08/2008 18:33
"Graphics don't mean a thing unless the game is up to snuff. Killzone 2 is a game that has been sold entirely on graphical power alone. They never talk about any interesting gameplay elements, any gripping story, or how Killzone 2 will stand out as an FPS. All they ever talk about is "in-game footage," a term that has become nothing but vulgar to me."


WHAT? Can't you all stop sputtering out the same tired arguments? God dammit, all you fucking drama queens think if a game looks good then everybody involved must not be bright enough to be possibly thinking about gameplay. Those guys are smarter and more creative than any of the BLOGGERS on this site, and seeing you pompous failures think you know better is frankly hilarious.
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Cheeburga at 05/08/2008 18:34
It's pretty at least.
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Professor Pew at 05/08/2008 18:34
It looks cool, but then again, so did Killzone 1. And no, it was not great, it was an ok generic shooter. I'm sad that it's the pretty much the only big thing to come out of the Netherlands other than De Blob.
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Wedge at 05/08/2008 18:36
What was impressive about that? They barely showed anything at all, and what was there was a monochromatic jumble of quick cuts and explosions.

Wake me up when they have a gameplay video, coz' I remember the last one they showed made the game seem boring as hell.
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Clockwork at 05/08/2008 18:36
Looks cool, explosions suck though...but I'm sure they have plenty of time to fix that up.
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Jim Sterling at 05/08/2008 18:40
"WHAT? Can't you all stop sputtering out the same tired arguments? God dammit, all you fucking drama queens think if a game looks good then everybody involved must not be bright enough to be possibly thinking about gameplay. Those guys are smarter and more creative than any of the BLOGGERS on this site, and seeing you pompous failures think you know better is frankly hilarious."

Go fuck yourself. I never said anything like what you said. I said the developers are putting ALL their focus on visuals and have not said anything about how it looks. YOU are the little bitch being the drama queen here.
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Mikescool at 05/08/2008 18:45
i liked killzone liberation on psp, hope they make this just as good!
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Rockvillian at 05/08/2008 18:49
They still haven't given me a reason to care.

So until then, it's just another jumbo-hamburger for people to eat, digest, then shoot out into the toilet while reading about the next overhyped jumbo-hamburger.
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LordRegulus at 05/08/2008 18:49
Wow, is it that time of the month already?

You know, I think the visual content of this game - strictly on a polygons/textures/shaders level - is somewhat above average. But the animation is what's blowing me away here. There's a brief shot in first person of the hero helping another soldier up a wall by the arm, and it was more convincing than any screenshot I've seen of this game.

Animation > Imagery, as far as I'm concerned.

And would someone please hand out some Midol over here?
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Rockvillian at 05/08/2008 18:52
@regulus

Agreed, the animation does look pretty nice. However, I have a feeling that they waited this long in development just to snatch up the Euphoria engine.
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ReclusiveSpirit at 05/08/2008 18:54
Wow...so much hostility...not sure why, it's still just a game we're talking about after all. I'm still fairly psyched about the game. Sure, I like content to go along with a pretty picture. I'm still hoping for the best.
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ArrestedDeveloper at 05/08/2008 18:55
Why's Chad writing about a FPS? I could see if dolphins were somehow related but these just seems like a straight up dolphinless FPS.

P.S. Chad, when you have your first son, his middle name should be Dolphineous. Samus Dolphineous Concelmo.
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mabman at 05/08/2008 18:55
if that footage is not event-based then its somewhat impressive - otherwise jus the same linear bs
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LordRegulus at 05/08/2008 18:56
@rock

I hadn't considered that, actually. Though I imagine they'd have put out a press release or something by now.

At this point, I don't really care how it plays. I have a shelf in my study dedicated only to games with superb animation or visual development, and most of those games are a great deal worse than Killzone 2 could ever be.
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---AMARU--- at 05/08/2008 18:56
well, the crosshairs changed
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Unicorn at 05/08/2008 19:08
needs euphoria before i care.
Rockvillian's Avatar
Rockvillian at 05/08/2008 19:12
@unicorn

Thanks for the help in furthering my point!
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Novakaine at 05/08/2008 19:32
Somebody please explain to me the draw of this game, aside from the graphics. The original Killzone was one of the most overhyped, underwhelming, outright busts in video gaming (Halo-killer lolz!), and as Heretic earlier stated the propaganda for this game has hyped absolutely nothing in terms of gameplay or originality, and is gaining attention because of graphics alone.

It saddens me to see how many graphics whores there are in gaming. I remember a time when cutting-edge graphics were a luxury and side-dish to gameplay... not the draw to a game all by itself.
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vrplumber at 05/08/2008 19:34
needs more ingame adverts
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hood_954 at 05/08/2008 19:37
@dexter345
I see what you did there

killzone liberation on the psp was about ten times better than the original, and that's saying something. the fucking helghast are so uninspiring. ad yeah, all i saw was a bunch of detailed rubble flying about everywhere, and lots of grey. even the fucking explosions were grey, WTF
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GoS-CPT-Stewart at 05/08/2008 19:46
@Chad

You're very welcome!
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Y0j1mb0 at 05/08/2008 19:46
RAWR RAWR RAWR I HATE KILLZONE 2 & DON\'T EVEN HAVE A PS3 RAWR RAWR RAWR!!NEEDS MORE STICKY GRENADES & BLOOD THE COLOR PURPLE WITH ALIENS THAT CARRY HAMMERS!!RAWR RAWR RAWR!!
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Darkknight37 at 05/08/2008 19:50
It needs to handle good, or this game will be worthless with its pretty graphics and coupons for free handies from the SCEA Pres.
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mix at 05/08/2008 19:53
Well KZ2 looks good and hopefully it plays well and I didn't think the 1st one sucked THAT bad, I had more fun with it than I did with Crysis (blows).

Y0j1mb0 pretty much summed it all up, people bitch about dark colors. Last time I checked war was dark and ugly, not colorful and fucking Spring like.
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ElfShotTheFood at 05/08/2008 20:14
It's not gray, it's GRITTY!
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vexed alex at 05/08/2008 20:28
"RAWR RAWR RAWR I HATE KILLZONE 2 & DON\'T EVEN HAVE A PS3 RAWR RAWR RAWR!!NEEDS MORE STICKY GRENADES & BLOOD THE COLOR PURPLE WITH ALIENS THAT CARRY HAMMERS!!RAWR RAWR RAWR!!"

RAWR RAWR RAWR I LOVE KILLZONE 2 & HAVE A PS3 & AND NEED SOMETHING TO JUSTIFY MY PURCHASE RAWR RAWR RAWR I PLAYED KILLZONE ONE AND DON'T CARE THAT IT WAS HORRIBLE RAWR RAWR RAWR I SOMEHOW HAVE TRUST IN THIS DEVELOPER RAWR RAWR RAWR PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE OPINIONS ON GAMES IN WHICH THEY DON'T HAVE CONSOLES FOR EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE WATCHING THE SAME FOOTAGE AS THE REST OF THE WORLD RAWR RAWR RAWR FANBOY.

Also, I'm with Dexter on this one. Enough with the gray games. E-fucking-nough.
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Dan CiTi at 05/08/2008 20:35
Awesome trailer. Looks like they're going for that intene battlefield feel, kinda like CoD4. This could be awesome.
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flaming burrito at 05/08/2008 20:39
i dont know what all you guys are talking about, but the world is pretty gray in real life... /wrists
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monosylabik at 05/08/2008 20:44
'insert bitchy whiny comment here about how graphics arent everything or how gameplay might suck"
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brainderailment at 05/08/2008 20:45
Killzone was fun. How many -stellar- fps' were on the ps2?
Just because it wasn't a "Halo killer" like the press would've liked you to think, doesn't mean it was bad. I get a little tired of seeing the comments and criticisms on games like this just because it's a PS3 exclusive.
I don't go trolling around on Fable2 posts talking about the ridiculous over promising, under-delivering of that game.

Assassin's Creed anyone? 'Tis sexy, but boring. But I'd bet you'd love to defend that game to your death.
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Def JM at 05/08/2008 20:45
For the gray games whats a post apocalyptic world supposed to look like?
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Samit Sarkar at 05/08/2008 20:48
I’m going to assume that Sony isn’t lying through their teeth this time, and that this really is in-game footage (not a hard assumption to make, since you can see crosshairs in the video). Of course, the game looks great graphics- and animation-wise. But will the gameplay be anything special? And will we see any colors other than gray, brown, blood red, and bright yellow (muzzle flash)?
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Roryzilla at 05/08/2008 20:54
LOL @ FLAYlure
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ohhai at 05/08/2008 21:32
What are you so excited about? It does'nt even look that impressive.
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Seventh Rectory at 05/08/2008 21:41
I can haz jump?
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Chad Concelmo at 05/08/2008 21:41
Heavens to Murgatroid, everyone is getting so worked up about this! :)

I agree that nothing else is really known about this game besides the graphics, but that isn't really the point. Killzone 2 caused all that controversy back in the day for what people claimed were "in-game" graphics. I was just impressed that this new trailer looked pretty good. I am not saying it's the greatest thing ever -- actually, I think it looks a little bland overall -- but I think the developers should get a little credit for producing something that wasn't horrendously awful like most people were expecting.
It's okay to get a little excited over the visuals in a trailer and then form a more intelligent opinion once more info on the game comes out. It's no big deal.

That's all. :)

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