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Killzone Shadow Fall is the New Killzone Game

It wouldn't be a next-generation announcement without a new Killzone game, would it?

Feb. 20 2013

Posted by: Patrick

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Killzone: Shadow Fall

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Love the aesthetic shift. KZ is one of my favourite FPS' and I certainly look forward to going back to it especially since it looks quite fresh.

That said I would still like to see Guerrilla games make a new title as well

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I think the other killzones have been fun enough to play, and it´s always nice to have something pretty to show off your new system to your friends. Will most likely get it.

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I want Killzone.

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@blue_cube said:

I guess it's pretty popular among the press and gamers alike to bash the sequelitis that's being going on in the games industry for quite some time now, but what's so wrong with it? Killzone is a good game and it's not like sony has a lot of alternatives, and from the look of things this promises to be another good game. I didn't hear them cry so much when COD black ops 783.356.121 was announced because they admitted it was still a good game.

Just wait until Halo 5 (the 7t Halo, btw) to get announced.

i love the hypocrisy people have when it comes to FPS'

A Killzone or Resistance game gets announced: "Ugh, another aim down the sights and shoot guys FPS. BOOORRRRIIIINNNNGGG.

A CoD or Halo gets announced: "OMG!!!!111!One GREATEST GAME EVER!!!! I CANT WAIT!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

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Looks great, although I kind of liked the darker atmosphere/aesthetic of the older games more.

Still, new settings, new visuals, so it should all be good. I for one really like the niche Killzone has carved out for itself in the console shooter arena and look forward to more.

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I think that flying through a city that big, with this level of detail and reflections coming off buildings and so on was every bit as impressive as that Deep Down tech demo, and this is actually a game. Now, I personally don't care about the actual game at all, but what you want to see is what would run on the system, and I think this is as great as anything else shown on stage. I really did not believe it was real time during the opening shots of this.

You'll start imagining this technology and an interesting IP like Mass Effect was for last generation.

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@big_jon said:

@supersonic1305 said:

@nals: millions of people yes. Killzone 2 is still the best multiplayer of this gen.

lol.

Is that a fact?

no...just...no

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So will this finally be the game where Earth steps in to curb stomp the Helghast? The ISA have proved to be incapable of containing the Helghast, when does Earth get tired of their failure and go all in on Helghast extinction?

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Wow. Space Berlin Wall with a comically stark dichotomy between east and west.

I don't think the imagery could possibly be any blunter, but there are worse time periods to crib from than the Cold War, I guess.

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I thought space nazis was the most unoriginal idea the first time I played Killzone 2, then I watched the live demo and saw a wall dividing the city.

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Why is that Helghast wearing Altair's robe?

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@meatsim said:

Killzone is more of graphical showcase then a game I actually want to play.

This. To quote Adam Jensen "I didn't ask for this". Sony so desperately wants this to be their Halo, but nobody really gives a fuck.

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Killzone 2 was one of the only multiplayer shooter experiences I've ever enjoyed. Could be fun if I end up getting one at launch.

I really don't understand everyone's negative reaction. Then again, every FPS seems the same to me.

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Killzone is more of graphical showcase then a game I actually want to play.

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COLOR!!!! yaaaay

But seriously though this looks great and is honestly the first time I can say i'm excited to play a Killzone game

Previous Killzone games were just so grey, brown and downright boring...the story, the characters, and the world were just awful IMO

BUT, i'm loving the look of this and the premise of it so I will stay optimistic...hopefully by the time this comes out I'll be ready to play an FPS again, because right now I have extreme FPS fatigue

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@nals said:

Does anyone even want a new Killzone game?

Yes, yes I do. We can have 8 Call of Dutys this generation but 2 Killzone games and now a 3rd on the Next Gen. Killzone 2 was a really great FPS campaign, the enemies are alot smarter than COD and the MP Maps were quite big and had great class based system.

Now that I have seen this game in HD, it looks freaking phenomenal I have a feeling this is the prequel to Killzone before everything got fucked up, why they have undercover Helgast probably starting the war.

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I guess it's pretty popular among the press and gamers alike to bash the sequelitis that's being going on in the games industry for quite some time now, but what's so wrong with it? Killzone is a good game and it's not like sony has a lot of alternatives, and from the look of things this promises to be another good game. I didn't hear them cry so much when COD black ops 783.356.121 was announced because they admitted it was still a good game.

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This looked really boring action-wise and the AI didn't look too great either, but maybe that's just because it was on a low difficulty. I only played the first Killzone and wasn't that impressed, I wanted to play as the Hellghast because of their distinctive look, it was just another spin on this rebels vs evil empire story.

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Not really a fan of the game series so i'm just commenting on it from a "this is a next gen game" perspective.

During the initial intro sequence, janky guy walking downstairs asside, i thought it look awesome. Lots of colour, great lighting, glass, real time waterfalls etc.

But there seemed to be a huge drop in fidelity during the actual gunplay sequence. It seemed more enclosed, not as detailed and not as jaw dropping as the intro felt. In a nutshell, it made me suspicious that the whole part leading up to the gun seciont was FMV which smoothly transitioned into real-time gameplay. I hope im wrong, because if that first part was real-time rendered then the next generation is going to look pretty sweet. But that's just CPU and GFX horsepower, and you'd be a fool to think that Microsoft don't have something equally as powerful.

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I have a fundamental problem with Killzone, specifically, the fact that the bad guys look way cooler than the good guys.

I've never played a Killzone game, but I agree. Let me play as the Helghast! The ISA seem like your typical space muh-reens. Boring. I'd rather be a space Nazi! Either way, this was the most underwhelming trailer of the evening. It looks pretty, but ifit's your standard FPS affair, then no thank you. Fives years ago (when I didn't have shooter fatigue) I would have been stoked for a trailer like this, but not anymore. I hope it's more than a pretty face.

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Killzone 2 artistically looked better than the fake target render.

However, technically it was a mess, they sacrificed a lot of gameplay to achieve those graphics.

Anyone noticed they upped the tech level for this newest Killzone? The protagonist has powered armor partly covering him. He's also got what is basically a mass effect gun that fires tiny shards of metal through mass accelerators.

I'm okay with this change so long as it doesn't go overboard. I mean, the Helghast invented energy shielding by the end of 3. No word on when Shadow Fall takes place, and what really happened to Helghan after the terrible ending of 3 either.

To be honest, I hope they get a better writer and actually better resolve characters from the past games, without randomly killing them, or making them disappear.

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This doesn't look much better than the ps3 killzones to be honest

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@oasisbeyond: Killzone 2 looked better than the target render.

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shooters do nothing for me. but it sure looks pretty!

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If you folks like the colour in this, give Syndicate a shot. It's even more colourful than the original 1993 title

(That said, my reaction to this was basically "Yep this is a decently powerful machine but eh")

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The graphics were pretty impressive but then when the "game play" started it looked like every other fps game ever made.

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Guerrilla Games presents... Another Killzone game no one cares about.

Why didn't they Sony give Killzone to another smaller company and make a new IP with Guerrilla?

It would have made them more exclusives... What's funny is that fake Killzone 2 E3 footage looks better then this. Silly Sony never learns. This game will be poop after a few weeks. People gagging over the graphics... This is what games in 2010 should have looked like but no one uses the max pc hardware anymore other then Crytec.

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Anyone else think the gameplay in this just doesn't even look as good as Killzone 2/3? It doesn't have that really tactile feel.

Talking about the way a game feels without having touched it. Truly, you are a savant.

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One thing that really stood out to me, color. My god do I miss color, and it's great to see that developers are finally starting to listen to the complaints of de-saturating everything down to bland greys and browns. You need contrast in order for the deep and dark moments to have any impact; seeing the pretty blue skyline reduced to dirt and rubble wouldn't have had any meaning if the city already looked like dirt and rubble.

I have never cared about a Killzone before, but seeing those bright blues at the start really grabbed my attention.

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oh look...., haters.

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I have a fundamental problem with Killzone, specifically, the fact that the bad guys look way cooler than the good guys.

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The art style and design of the city environment were pretty impressive, but DAMN was I bummed when the guy lifted up a machine gun and started left-trigger-right-triggering dudes.

Side note: anyone else leading with this demo is going to get all the wrong sorts of media attention for Sony, given the recent resurgence of "video games are too violent" drivel?

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I was completely unenthusiastic the moment the speaker mentioned this was a Killzone game, but once I saw that trailer I was stoked. Glad colour is finally returning to games.

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Yes. Oh yes.

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The Neko-Helghast is adorable~! =^.^=

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@nals: Yes, on PS4, I'd love a new Killzone game.

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The Neko-Helghast is adorable~! =^.^=

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Anyone else think the gameplay in this just doesn't even look as good as Killzone 2/3? It doesn't have that really tactile feel.

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@nals said:

Does anyone even want a new Killzone game?

I'll take one. They consistently look and play great.

Excluding that first game, right?

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I shouldn't have watched this so soon after watching the Destiny video. "We lost our homeworld" is the new post-apocalyptic setting, which was the new WW2 setting. (I know, I know... post-apoc & lost homeworld are pretty similar.)

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A new Killzone isn't necessarily what I wanted from the PS4 announcement, but I think this looks solid. More interested in Sucker Punch and Evolution's new games.

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Super excited for new Killzone. Replaying them via the HD collection right now.

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@nals said:

Does anyone even want a new Killzone game?

I'll take one. They consistently look and play great.

Yeah me too. I love how people can be interested in something like Halo, something that comes out every other year, but be excited for another FPS with a similar release schedule and it's labeled as "same old stuff".

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its too bad Shadows Fall didn't trademark their name.

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How this series managed to make it past the first game is a fucking mystery.

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@nals said:

Does anyone even want a new Killzone game?

I'll take one. They consistently look and play great.

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@nals: Yeah I never thought it was much of a system seller either. It looks neat and I think I own the first 2 but I barely played them.

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It was all pretty cool until the dude pulled out a gun and started saying "sitrep" a bunch.

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Am I a strange guy for not being impressed by this, it's Killzone, no more, no less, and I hate the previous chunky controlled games in the series.