SCEA: Killzone 2 fact sheet

A Killzone 2 fact sheet has been released. The release details the story line and the features list talks mainly about the graphics. Experience a beautifully lit world brought to life by deferred rendering technology. Multiple shadows casting light sources bring out the highly detailed environments and character animations.

[JoelR]

"Studio grade special effects will provide unprecedented visual fidelity. With full screen anti-aliasing, motion blur, internal lens reflections, and depth-based color grading, players will experience a picture that is sharp, smooth, and full of detail"

gah - Lens flare (internal lens reflections).... Doesn't anyone realize that is a sign of flawed optics and not a cool feature at all...

And I still argue against motion blur .... how do they say the image sharp and smooth if they are using it?

[Fishy Fingers]

motion blur. Right focus on an object, now move your head side to side, the object becomes blurry, but that doesnt mean your vision isn't sharp does it?

Admittdly it can be used to help hide flaws in some cases, but I don't think KZ is one of these, motion blur is realistic and personally I think adds a lot to creating the right "feel" within an FPS games.

[JoelR]

It's called bad peripheral vision....

[BeaArthur]

Not when you turn your head quickly. Did it bother you in Uncharted? I thought they hit it right on the head in that game.

[Fishy Fingers]

Good example, motion blur done correctly can add a lot to a game. The best I have seen so far is Crysis and console wise, MGO, the motion blur used when in FPS mode is brilliant.

They also use it to "dramatize" your movements, especially on consoles, turning 180 degrees in reality is much quicker than that in games when you have to wait for the character to turn at their set speed, the motion blur helps to give the illusion of a quicker movement.

[christina aguilera]

With true next-gen audio the player is further immersed in the world, supporting 7.1 surround and location-specific audio with wave tracing. Players will not only notice the difference between indoor and outdoor but also experience sound and music that are dynamic and contextual.

XXX XTINA

[clintos59]

when can i come over? lol jk. :)
Well as for killzone 2, I know it is going to be an awesome game, cant wait to play it, but ill have games to hold me off till this game is on shelves. :)

[T_O87]

i am totally going to buy a 7.1 surround sound system but man i am such a noob at it ,
i need to do some searching to find a good 7.1 surround sound system
good thing GG delayed KZ2 to 2009 , gives me more time :D

[solidt12]

I also heard that in one of the levels an actual Helghast comes out of the television and Melee attacks you. Smack!!!

[Bebedora]

I _think_ you are a liar...

[bootsielon]

I don't see any gameplay elements or something about AI in that fact sheet.

Is Guerrilla focusing on what really matters?

[somelikeithot]

I think if this game does not live up to expectation then Sony would have failed, not that it's going to happen though, i feel the best feature is the sound of the machine guns, big and meaty.

[Hellsvacancy]

oh and it better b 1080p i would expect it the way they keep hyping up the visuals

[spectyre]

The devs from Guerilla on the Playstation board confirmed that it will be 720p, 30fps.

Does it really make a difference if it is 720 or 1080? To me I would rather have them spend the resources on gameplay and story rather than spend so much time and resources on better resoloution. But then again, I don't have a HDTV. I am working on having one by the time this game comes out.

[Hellsvacancy]

in games do sound really quite in army of 2 they sounded like potato guns, in this they do sound "meaty" ad i like it (my neighbors wont lol)

[xboxlj]

I hope this game lives up to the hype. After being disappointed by the Haze demo, I am a little worried about this title.

[pwnsause]

well Haze is not done by sony, KZ2 is, and it has a 40 Million Dollar+ Funding already, so its not going to happen.

[meepmoopmeep]

With the power of the PLAYSTATION© 3 hardware, a standard HDD, The Cell processor and the capacity of the Blu-ray disc, Killzone 2 will be the epitome of the FPS genre.

This game can only be done using the hardware of the PLAYSTATION© 3 because all other platforms are insufficient and prone to overheat and display Christmas lights if attempting to produce such raw power that Killzone 2 will demonstrate to the world, which can only be accomplished with a true next-generation platform that is the PLAYSTATION© 3.

Killzone 2 will be the next FPS to set the bar for the genre leaving a shooter platform envious and in denial.

Guerrilla Games will redeem itself as a AAA FPS developer following the same road as CoD, with their first iterations being mediocre and having their 4th installment of the franchise become the best FPS to date obliterating the over-hyped, over-sponsored generic story of a faceless, lifeless character in a green tin suit who fights purple aliens.

;D

[liquidsnake]

"become the best FPS to date obliterating the over-hyped, over-sponsored generic story of a faceless, lifeless character in a green tin suit who fights purple aliens."

hahaah, this was the best part :)

[remanutd55]

xboxlj you dont need to worry about killzone2, it has more than 100 people working on it besides the game has sonys full support and INSONMIAC is helping them and you know what that means dont you? multiplayer will be excellent

[jinn]

Killzone 1 lied to us

[LenHart]

KZ1 was built by 5 devs

KZ2 is being built by a dev team of 150 and looks even better than Crysis .

Jealousy is a bad disease

[pow3r of t3h c3ll]

But killzone2 is going to killzOWN the flopbox!!!

[LenHart]

thats for sure

[tk]

Hope the game lives up to the hype.
I liked the first KZ. Still play it on the PS3. Actually like it more than COD4, Army of Two. More or less on par with R:FOM for me. 1st day buy for me.