New Killzone 2 shots show off amazing ground textures

Three new Killzone 2 screenshots have surfaced on the Internet this morning, one of which shows off the impressive work Guerilla Games has done to provide amazingly realistic ground textures.

[Adriana Lima]

PeeS3rd haves 256 ram.

[C_SoL]

But ya this game pretty much proves the PS3's potential in making hella sweet graphics.

[MaximusPrime]

you are probably referring to xbox 1. Xbox 360 is slightly better

[SullyDrake]

And that's not even pushing it.

[marinelife9]

Simply Beautimus!

4 SPE's FTW!

[shazam]

relief map shaders ftw

[himdeel]

...absolutely ridiculous!! They put any more elbow grease and shine on this game and I might have to get my eyes check then buy a new pair of glasses all just so I can fully take in an appreciate all the awesomeness assaulting my visual cortex.

[eagle21]

Haters be damned! :)

Only on PlayStation....

[SnprSlick]

C Sol

That isn't how you /facepalm.... /facepalm

[rosebowl23]

i dont care what anyone says. i have a top of the line gaming PC and this game looks better than crysis

[DaTruth]

Check off another complaint from the haters.

graphics:check
gameplay:check
AI:check
textures:check
ground textures:checkarooney

[INehalemEXI]

@ rosebowl23 Im feeling the same way after peeping those shots.

I lol @ -> ground textures:checkarooney

[MNicholas]

The best textures in a console game have been in Uncharted and some scenes of MGS4 and this blows those away. Is it technically possible? Yes, if they store textures in the high speed XDR memory, use Cell to compress textures and stream them directly RSX's oversized cache, but Guerrilla Games has such a complex and unusual engine already I doubt they would have been able to implement that technology so effectively this early in the life-cycle.

[Ateanboy]

This is the 3rd time that Killzone 2 screenshots leave me speechless. I really don't know what to say. It's like every few months it just CONTINUES to get better and better...

What they showed at E3 that first time they announced it, it blew me away. When they said that it was only a pre-alpha build, I didn't believe them... I just couldn't believe that what I had seen was pre-alpha... A year later, I realize how wrong wrong wrong I was.

And they still have plenty of months to polish.

February can't come soon enough.

[shazam]

wow your actually doubting that killzone 2 is real time thats pretty sad.

[ShinMaster]

PS3= 512MB XDR RAM (256x2)
CELL processor streams as much RAM as the RSX GPU needs, since the CELL B.E. is powerful enough on its own.

Total RAM used:
PS3 = 486MB XDR RAM
X360= 428MB RAM

[INehalemEXI]

ps3 ram
256 MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz -CPU
256 MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz-GPU

Only 1 chunk is XDR, The GPU/RSX can access both chunks the Cell is limited to the XDR.

xbox360
512 MB GDDR3 RAM @ 700 MHz DDR
Unified architecture

___

Both machines are capable of procedural Texturing as well. http://www.bit-tech.net/gam...

So I expect to eventually see some sweet textures despite not having 2-4GB of RAM in the consoles. http://www.allegorithmic.co...

[Dareaver1]

nice correction, don't know why 360 is being brought up in this post, especially in such false pretenses. I hate seeing people trying to drop information as being factual, when it's not.

Bubbles for the honesty and correction. Game does look awesome. Hope to see some more ingame vids from the developers or websites.

[MNicholas]

I said I doubt these screen-shots are from actual real-time game-play because the textures are of unprecedented quality, even exceeding games like Uncharted and MGS4, the previous high-points in console graphics.

I also said that the PS3 is perfectly capable of it.

However, the 360 has never displayed such high quality textures and due to limitations in available CPU cycles and CPU cache, the lack of CPU bandwidth and the fact that it has only 16 texture units in the GPU are reasons why it is probably impossible to achieve that quality in the 360.

[ash_divine]

wait... so you're saying just because the 360 can't do it and because PS3 games before it haven't done it, that these can't possibly be game-play? great logic, dude.

dude, it's gameplay, get over it. I mean, games get better over time right? it's progession and this no different.

PS: if you factor in the length of the development cycle and the budget, there should be no doubt that these are screens of gameplay.

[Dareaver1]

why do you constantly talk about the 360 in PS3 threads, only to try and downplay it's tech....

"The PS3 has 22.4 GB/s of GDDR3 bandwidth and 25.6 GB/s of RDRAM bandwidth for a total system bandwidth of 48 GB/s.

The Xbox 360 has 22.4 GB/s of GDDR3 bandwidth and a 256 GB/s of EDRAM bandwidth for a total of 278.4 GB/s total system bandwidth. (whether you like the edram or not, its there and has a presence, don't be like everyone else and try to count it out as a crutch, if the developer wants to use it in this aspect, they have the right to.)

Why does the Xbox 360 have such an extreme amount of bandwidth? Even the simplest calculations show that a large amount of bandwidth is consumed by the frame buffer. For example, with simple color rendering and Z testing at 550 MHz the frame buffer alone requires 52.8 GB/s at 8 pixels per clock. The PS3's memory bandwidth is insufficient to maintain its GPU's peak rendering speed, even without texture and vertex fetches.

The PS3 uses Z and color compression to try to compensate for the lack of memory bandwidth. The problem with Z and color compression is that the compression breaks down quickly when rendering complex next-generation 3D scenes.

HDR, alpha-blending, and anti-aliasing require even more memory bandwidth. This is why Xbox 360 has 256 GB/s bandwidth reserved just for the frame buffer. This allows the Xbox 360 GPU to do Z testing, HDR, and alpha blended color rendering with 4X MSAA at full rate and still have the entire main bus bandwidth of 22.4 GB/s left over for textures and vertices.

Given the Xbox 360 GPU's multithreading and balanced design, you really can't compare the two systems in terms of shading operations per clock. However, the Xbox 360's GPU can do 48 ALU operations (each can do a vector4 and scalar op per clock), 16 texture fetches, 32 control flow operations, and 16 programmable vertex fetch operations with tessellation per clock for a total of 48*2 + 16 + 32 + 16 = 160 operations per cycle or 160 * 500 = 80 GOps per second."

See i can do data and spec dumping too. I'm starting to wonder if you really know everything you are talking about. No matter what these spec sheets say, most of this is theoretical performance that only exist in an extremely controlled environment. Real world performance is a lot less. Stop with the random half informed 360 tech. We can see your preference in PS3, talk about the games.

The gameplay vids of late of KZ2 have been impressive. The graphics look awesome. No need to talk about or talk down the 360 in that regard. All it shows is some level of fanboyism. Be the bigger man then if someone flames and says either "the 360 can do it", or "the 360 is not capable of doing it". It doesn't matter, your not the dev so you won't know.

Enjoy the game details and come February, we all will see what the game can do.

[MNicholas]

"This is why Xbox 360 has 256 GB/s bandwidth reserved just for the frame buffer. This allows the Xbox 360 GPU to do Z testing, HDR, and alpha blended color rendering with 4X MSAA at full rate and still have the entire main bus bandwidth of 22.4 GB/s left over for textures and vertices."

1) The 256GB/s is essentially bandwidth that's internal to the GPU. It is not system bandwidth. It is purely for the one part of the GPU to have write-only access to another part of the GPU. On the other hand, all the bandwidth numbers for the PS3 are actual read/write bandwidth to system or video RAM.

2) The 360 cannot perform Z testing, HDR, and alpha blended color rendering with MSAA at HD resolutions or 60fps. For a good contrast with the PS3, check out GT5:Prologue.

3) 22.4 GB/s bandwidth is insufficient for truly high quality graphics since data for each frame has to go in and out multiple times between CPU and GPU through that narrow shared pipe. It's these kinds of bottlenecks that have resulted in the plateauing of 360 graphics. Let's be clear, laptop memory architecture is not suitable to high performance computing/gaming. High performance machines like the PS3 and top of the line gaming rigs use discrete memory pools.

[MNicholas]

I am simply saying that I don't expect this quality so early in the PS3's life-cycle. I expected something like this to come later.

[andyo13]

those arent simple textures

[Dareaver1]

your lucky i had to go to work. You come on here as if you are a 360 or PS3 dev, when you are not. All you can do is make assumptions and read peoples posts on Beyond3d when they are not always right.

I'll trust MS's stats and specs before yours any day. Same as for the PS3, what ever Sony says, goes. None of the information i gave was incorrect. So that means you are wrong.

If what Sony says is true, then what MS says is also true. Stop being such a fanboy hypocrite. It really shows your true colors and lack of rational and objective thinking. And then you throw in information to twist the argument to your side. Did i say at what frames per second the 360 can do Z testing, HDR, and alpha blended color rendering with MSAA . Here's the answer to that, and it's NO. And last time i checked 720p was HD, so i don't know what you are talking about.

If you can't understand that none of these consoles can perform up to the specs stated on their respective spec sheets, then you are delusional and i have overestimated your competency. Those specs were generated in an ideal simulated environment. The 360 is capable of producing 500 million triangles per second, but they would be devoid of color and pixels. Pretty useless don't you think. No real world application for that, right? They are both stripped down In Order Execute chips of their counterparts.

Stop with the nonsense, last time you had the audacity to come on N4G and say the 360 can't do FP16, when that was in fact a lie. Now you want to spread more drivel.

Here's a hint, get out of the spec sheets and start appreciating the games for the art that they are. The fact that you keep bumbling on with inaccurate information is dangerous, if it's not sourced from a developer or MS/Sony's sites then you probably shouldn't come on here regurgitating that information.

Game on....

Less spec sheet talk, more game talk

Again, KZ2 looks awesome, come February (Hopefully i have a PS3 by then) we all will be able to play this game.

[Dareaver1]

"In order for this to be possible developers would need to setup their rendering engine to take advantage of both the EDRAM and the available onboard 3D logic. If anyone is confused why the 32GB/s is being multiplied by 8 its because once data travels over the 32GB/s bus it is able to be processed 8 times by the EDRAM logic to the EDRAM memory at a rate of 256GB/s so for every 32GB/s you send over 256GB/s gets processed. This results in RSX being at a bandwidth disadvantage in comparison to Xenos. Needless to say the 360 not only has an overabundance of video memory bandwidth, but it also has amazing memory saving features. For example to get 720P with 4XFSAA on traditional architecture would require 28MB worth of memory. On the 360 only 16MB is required. There are also features in the 360's Direct3D API where developers are able to fit 2 128x128 textures into the same space required for one, for example. So even with all the memory and all the memory bandwidth, they are still very mindful of how it’s used."

See that, the edram still contributes to the overall bandwidth, so if you are talking about total system bandwidth, CPU and GPU, then you have to include the Edram. You keep trying to downgrade the 360 tech by trying to separate it's parts, when the whole premise behind it is that it's a unified architecture. You really can't compare it to the PS3 because they clearly have gone different routes in architectural design.

And then you try to throw in the whole unified memory and laptop argument. Console are specialized hardware. Is In-Order Execution CPU's great? The answer is no, you will never see that in a regular computer. But it's utilized in consoles. So your whole point is? Save your similarities with computers and gaming rigs for someone else. You won't win me over with that lame excuse.

I do apologize to the true KZ2 and PS3 fans. It's just that i can't stand when people try to mislead others. Especially, when it's not even needed. This post is about KZ2.

I really do apologize

[thor]

Shame the game takes place in the same setting the whole way through. You know it does, because otherwise they would have shown something else to counteract the "it's too grey" arguments. It IS too grey. The environments will not change significantly. We can see this by the "variety" of MP maps and what they've decided to show us.

Multiplayer, from what I've heard, is apparently really fun. Single player has been called "average" by many sites, and though I put this mostly down to PS3 hate and wanting to say something other than "OMG teh grafix", I believe there must be some truth to what they are saying. Unless there is more depth and innovation to the game other than running around the same environments shooting the same enemies (I don't have much hope for the script or storytelling either), I can see the SP campaign as a mediocre affair.

[Aclay]

Guerrilla has said that there will be some areas in Killzone 2 that will show off Helghan's "Natural Beauty", so I wouldn't say that the game will have the same color tone throughout, but even if it does have the same color scheme throughout, I don't care because that's the way Guerrilla wanted to make the game and that's the way Helghan is... Helghan is like a Hostile Wasteland and adding too much color would ruin that feel for the game.

The Grey tone in the game gives it a much more "grittier" feel in my opinion and I think the color tone works perfectly with pulling off the correct mood/tone in the game that Guerrilla was going for..

I'm a Killzone fan and have been since the first Killzone on the PS2 and could care less what the critics have say because Killzone 2 just looks freakin' amazing and both the Single Player and Multiplayer look like loads of fun. February 2009 couldn't come soon enough.

I only wish more 3rd party developers working on Multiplatform games would push the PS3 like this because if so there wouldn't be any need for PS3 v.s. Xbox 360 comparison videos.

[Violater]

Yes they should show the whole game months before release.

facepalm/.

[juuken]

Well said Aclay, well said.

[Harry190]

Thor is an insider.He already completed the game. Quick Thor, enlighten us with your knowledge. Tell us more about the 'same' environment you went through. Sometimes, it's good to not say anything.

[Homicide]

ROFL! GG only showed us like 2 different levels.

[nanometric]

One word dude- MGS4

I remember fanboys calling MGS4 gfx as all piss green or something like that, that all the game would look like this, never realizing the fact that all Kojima shoved was just the first act. And guess what, MGS4 had ton of different environments- Eastern urban, Jungle, Snow, City urban... I bet Killzone2 is the same way, so let's not jump to conclusions, shall we Mr.Fanboy ;)

[rbanke]

Isnt that complaint kind of like complaining that Toy Story was too colorful? 300 was too grainy and gritty, or Pleasantville was too black and white for most of it. Just like movies, games are also subject to artistic styling. The style of Killzone suggest a rugged wartorn, wasteland of a planet. So, seeing a bunch of pretty roses and green trees probably wouldnt fit.

[Yipee Bog]

what about gears, o wait you got to fight on a train.... my bad

[Time_Is_On_My_Side]

With the "too grey" comments by the critics I think was due to the fact it is a PlayStation 3 exclusive. Gears of War, Alone in the Dark, and Silent Hill: Homecoming all have a lot of greys. Especially with Silent Hill with that orange colour that is always displayed in the game.

The popular game Dead Space will be another game that will have a lot of greys. To me it makes no sense why it only comes up with Killzone 2 when Killzone 1 a lot of the similar colour schemes?

[thor]

I am basing my opinions on previews I have read. Now, the way to spot a bad preview, that's not really showing the author's true impressions, is to see whether they
1) List the things that happen in the game
2) List what they thought of the game
If it's more of the former, with possible descriptive words like "then there was an awesome explosion", the preview is deliberately putting the game in a positive light for whatever reason. So I don't trust it. Most of the positive previews (regarding the SP campaign) have been this way. Most other previews have said the game is "solid", or words to that effect. So that's what I expect. But I've played "solid" FPSs before. I've played better than "solid".

The MP maps are usually based upon the SP campaign. There are 8 maps in MP, this has been confirmed. I have seen at least a thumbnail for each one, and a video in some cases. ALL take place in an area that looks like the ones we have seen. ALL of them. This leads me to believe that the SP campaign will also lack variety of environments.

The MP is apparently really fun, I've not played it, so I don't know. I like the idea of multiple game types within a round, I like the idea of primary and secondary classes. I dislike the lack of maps (even socom maps come in 2 versions, resistance 2 is slated to have >70 map layouts yet killzone 2 comes with only 8 maps) and the lack of variety that brings, and I dislike the fact that there aren't any destrutible environments or cover system in MP.

[Ju]

We just saw one level. KZ1 had all kind of environments. Jungle, battlefield, even a space station. Not much has been seen about KZ2 yet.

[Grahammad]

The cover system was taken out of the MP because it didn't work well. Destructible environments are still in MP by the way.

I talk to the devs a lot too, trust me when I say there will be more then just the dark urban settings. ;)

[devilhunterx]

youre lucky that I am bound by the NDA

[beavis4play]

because you are wrong on everything you've stated.
want an example? GG said there would be 8 multiplayer maps AT LAUNCH, with more to follow after launch. also, KZ1 had lots of variety to its levels and i expect the same from KZ2. GG has even said to expect it and cited showing the beauty of helgan.
i also have no clue as to where you're coming up with the previews you are refering to. i've seen glowing previews on most sites. and this theory of yours on judging previews is from the twilight zone. yea, you've got it all figured out......sure you do....keep telling yourself that.
look, i'm not going to go back and forth on this. i just hope you show up in the threads after the game launches.

[mfwahwah]

"Judge us on the final build."

Guess who said that originally.

SPOILER: Killzone 2 dev.

It's a general rule in my life, actually.

[MiloGarret]

Lol Thor, isn't it funny how people start calling you fanboy as soon as you state your opinion? I remember another thread where they were calling you ps3 fanboy for saying warhawk and wipeout hd were aaa titles... Just another day n4g!

[Ric Flair]

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[Veryangry_bot]

Noone can deny the power of the PS3.

Xbots are green with ENVY right now as they are totally lost for words.

Its like "WE TOLD YOU FKING SO!".
As the positive PS3 news continue to poor in by the dozens every day. R2 pwned last week. And now KZ2 owned!

[dukadork]

lol at the doubters

[B-Rein]

Now that is one of the best grpahic game i have seen in my whole life 0.0 holy f**k too good, shame i dont like that type of games for shooter fans i dont think you should miss out on a game with graphics like that

btw only a retard will disagree or say thers a problem with the graphics of this game or is seriousley jelouse cus i jus seen the hd game play 0.0....

[Veryangry_bot]

Dont be fooled my friends. Even though most of the xbots have not posted yet, does not mean they havent seen the pictures or read the comments here.

They havent posted yet because they are at a loss for words right now.

Thats all. Once they catch their breath, prepare for an xbot invasion of how "gameplay sucks", or "it doesnt look that good" or "PS3 cant do colorz!" type of shiat comments again.

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

The Disagrees mean they are JEALOUS!!! ;-D

'KillZone 2' CAN'T be done on the xBox 360!!! POOR POOR xBot Lemmings!

Edit - 2 Minutes for me to get a Disagree??? I'm getting good at this!!! ;-D Poor N00B must be Crying his little eyes out!!! ;-D

+ I think 'LBP' will Kill them off tho;)

The YEAR 2008 - The S.A.S Kills the xBox 360...
S.A.S = SNAKE AND SACK-BOY!!! ;-D

[nonAsianDroid]

just shut up if anyone is jealous its sony slaves always invading 360 articles and they say gears 2 will be crap that makes me sh!t my shorts laughing.

well i'm in this one because this game does look decent none the less.
could be just hype though like littlebigplanet I mean that game will most definlty be on xbox live arcade within months lol

[Veryangry_bot]

3rd60 has got nothing but shiat games and inferior franchises!

In 2008, the 3rd60 is so pathetic, it really is just Gays at war 1.1 for the whole year.

Yes, from January 2008 up till December 2008, you bots had no real quality game to play other than same old same old Gays at war 1.1

And we are supposed to be jealous of that? Hahaha, delusional xbot. Your console has been outsold the whole 8 months in 2008 WORLDWIDE.
Your console has peaked last year, its nothing but down from there.

[rebirthofcaos]

AND AS PREDICTED...... the xbox will come to bash the horrible true about how the rrod 180 is maxed in graphics with gay on war 1.2.

and how the ps3 will have better graphics every game released.

[Mr PS3]

New Killzone 2 shots show off amazing Everything textures !!

Suck on that BoTs
You aint ever getting a game that looks this Damm Good on that piece of Crap you call a Games Console

[LarVanian]

I'm being serious here, but I actually thought that picture of the Helghan crouching was an actual model!
Just comes to show how real this game looks.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

That looks amazing!

[nonAsianDroid]

people will still be playing cod4 instead of this. Lmao

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Only on 360 :)

[Dacapn]

People who have a 360 lol.

[steck67]

Hay Asiandroid, you fail at trolling. You remind me of PP.

[theEnemy]

Yes, but only Xbox3FixMe gamers will cause they got nothing ground-breaking incoming.

Gears 2 ? Enjoy your 5v5 game.

[Narutone66]

just got his tenth Xbox 360 died on him. Ten!!
Link: http://kotaku.com/5056066/t...

[RAY017]

i just wet my pants :s

[INehalemEXI]

Thats a relief, thought I was the only one that blew a hole in his pants.

[Yipee Bog]

make it three

[ONYX737]

Your avatar makes me wish that my Ipod touch and my ps3 would mate and have some kind of sexy psp ipod touch baby!

[Fishy Fingers]

The first screen is knocking on Cryteks door. Last screen, character model is excellent, going by the blood packs on his waist Id say medic.

[INehalemEXI]

Indeed, Crysis textures are sweet im starting to wonder if KZ2 has met that bar after seeing those shots.

[Exorgasm]

For being on PS3 the textures in the close-up ground shot with the barrel are unbelievable. The other ones aren't anything special as far as textures go. Everything is a bit too smoothed in first of the last two since the focal point is in the distance to get a good enough look at the textures to judge properly(the tiny photos don't help much either) and the third is very pretty but a little too smooth also given the distance. It's a beautiful game though and I don't think anyone could argue that.

At least a game has finally proven it's possible to show decent textures on the ps3 though. The game is looking amazing as far as the overall art style and look/feel of the filthy ruined city. I think comparing it to crysis texture-wise is jumping the gun a little but we'll see for ourselves in 4 months.

[DaTruth]

The hundred videos of little big planet didn't show you that good textures can be done on PS3?

Sackboy is a walking good texture!!

[GameDev]

I been telling fanboys from day one, once yo understand what the SIMD processing in the SPE's is for you can say with utmost certainty that the PS3 is a TEXTURE MONSTER. I know it pisses fanboys off cause they want wholeheartedly to believe that they are on equal footing with the PS3 when nothing can be farther from the truth. NOT even PC's can do the kind of texturing the PS3 is acheiving. I should know I have a

P4 quad core
EVGA 8800GTX 768 mb ram
EVGA 760SLI PCIxpress 16 motherboard
500gb RAID 0 array
4GB DDR ram
5.1 digital audio system

its no slouch by any means and yet the PS3 still produces better textures than my high end pc.

[GVON]

Yeah man, the graphics on LBP are stunning,it looks like proper CGI at times especially when you create your own levels.

[juuken]

Oh...my...God...o.o

I want this game so freaking badly. Just add solid gameplay and I'm there.

[nonAsianDroid]

wow really?! You really even like shooters I would guessed you would mainly play crappy platform games that are for korean kids.

Anyways I WILL GIVE ALOT OF CREDIT to killzone 2 it does look very cool and should be a awesome game, way better than resistance 2, that game looks sh!t... seriously.

[juuken]

...-__-;

I would have you know that I'm a beast when it comes to FPS. I love FPS and I'm pretty good at them.

I also love action/adventure, puzzles, fighting, rpgs, and puzzle games.

[na2ru1]

and play halo. Its 10/10 so whats wrong?

[nonAsianDroid]

yeah. I bet you are a beast juuken

[juuken]

Keep it up dear, keep it up.

That's all I have to say.

I won't stoop to your level. I'm done stooping to levels.

[Skyreno]

wow look what ps3 can do ^^

[Fishy Fingers]

Look what Guerilla can do.

[OgTheClever]

Let's just wait to see what Team ICO can do.

[bouncybullet]

wow.

I can't wait for someone to do something!

Owning a PS3 is great!

pay $400, then wait.

[Grooski]

Only thing I've waited for is in the line to get one.

[u got owned]

If this screen are real (not bullshots), this game is looking amazing. WOW. This game is definitely setting the bar in the graphics department.

[zimbo007]

this is just the BETA and also MP mode

can you believe what this game would be like during release

[SIX]

That ground is mighty impressive!

[Cartesian3D]

in killzone nothing is COPY-PASTE , every texture is different...
best Graphics on the consoles yet..
Btw Uncharted had ultra high res textures too,but not like this :D

[DaTruth]

I was just watching the Tomb Raider vid in HD. Shows you how incredible Uncharted really is. Especially the character models and animation; Uncharted is miles beyond, but environments in Tomb Raider are pretty good.

[Sena Kobayashi]

The first picture when he's aiming at the ground is GROUNDBRAKING! lmao that's some good textures right there indeed.

Im of to another thread with my MAX SPEED!!!

[nbsmatambo]

Random Developer: Y man?, Y does Guerrilla have to be soo good!

Random Developer 2: dude its ok

Random Developer: no its not, their ground textures make our face textures look like SNES! Im gonna work harder and put more effort into this game..

Thats wat i wanna hear from devs after they take a look at this game!

[DaTruth]

I heard a similar thing happened to the Prototype devs. That game looked like spiderman 3 game. Then they saw GTA4 and decided to go back to the drawing board. That's why they pushed it back and we haven't heard of it since. It was suppose to come out last november.

[MaximusPrime]

its amazing because.... it is AMAZING

[moses]

Sort of look like the wet texture effect when it's raining in Stalker: Clear Sky!

[natwitgudvib]

there is water on the ground!!!

[she00win99]

looks great and it's not even a direct feed screen shot..

[ape007]

amazing looks too good to be true

ps3 power unleashed

[bouncybullet]

In another 5 months.

[BWS1982]

making no sense 8.1, but then again, fanboys rarely do. Move on.

[i_like_ff7]

uncharted had better but that looked great.

[GVON]

Not on my TV, they didn't come close.

imagine if the rest of the game get's a texture update of a similar quality.

[OmarJA]

OMG! best console graphics ever!

[borgome]

I wish I had a PS3, do you think this series will ever make it to the 360?

[DarthTigra]

Uh its developed by one of sonys studios.

[she00win99]

no

[Veryangry_bot]

And the 360 cant handle such graphics and "total package" (lighting, physics, animation etc) all at once.

@xi
ROFL Please tell me you are joking, right. Hahaha.

[Xi]

why did you decide to attack the 360. We all know it'dbe capable of this, just go look at the new Alan wake screen that was released. Both cansoles are about equal in visual quality, until fanboys realize this, the fights will never end.

[ape007]

with all respect to microsoft

but 360 cannot do this game

ps3 is more powerful

blu-ray advantage

no fanboyism intended just facts

[INehalemEXI]

They really are not so even if you look at the specs. The PS3 is so expensive for a reason.

KZ2 continues to show that reason. Game recognize game, thats some serious game main.

[tetsuhana]

Even or not, the media and storage issue will always put the PS3 ahead. Assuming the 360 can produce graphics like this, with only 7GB and no standard HDD making a FULL GAME of this quality seems unlikely.

[Xi]

built in wifi, hard drive included, blu ray. Not to mention they're try to recoup losses for RnD for the cell, etc. You also have to realize that the xbox was able to make profits on it's sku's because of the arcade, the arcade almost always sold for a profit, and so the price of the elites and pro's could be sold at a loss.

Stop being so one minded, Both consoles are amazing peices of tech, but neither are going to drastically out prefrom one another, if it hapens, feel free to quote me on this and take away every one of my bubbles.

On the side note, by insulting fanboy's of the 360 you're just going to bring them into this thread and get a lot of useless responses, then everyone's feelings will get hurt. I own both a ps3 and 360, it's true I prefer my 360 more, but don't make baseless claims that either console is more powerful or you're just asking for trouble.

[INehalemEXI]

@ Xi where in my comment did I insult anyone? Your hyper sensitive or sunting...

One minded? Im a dude I only got 1 track. I still play/own all consoles though.

This is about KZ2 why we even talking about 360?

The fact is procederal textures work on both consoles as such 4mb per second Xenon/360; 6mb per second Cell/PS3. Blu rays capacity is also a benefit to PS3 games having the ability to produce higher quality textures due to higher capacity. Faster memory, HDD in every unit Manditory installs they may suck but they are actually good for a games performance, Load times, and quality. Thats what the specs say if you do the math they are not even.

I Lol cause I just noticed you said baseless claims. You must have really never compared the specs of the 2 machines or either have not a clue what they mean.

Im not going to lie to please fanboys , they are in the same league but they are not really even IMO. I don't give a sh1t about anyones bubbles homes im here for games. Specifically KZ2 in this circumstance.

[Veryangry_bot]

Look to your right, you see that Open Zone area?

ANYTIME, ANYWHERE!

BRING IT!

Or keep your baseless claims to yourself. The PS3 is simply more powerful. Youre not an expert so dont talk about stuff you have no clue about. Even developers, and I mean 97% of all developers around the world, are now saying PS3 is more powerful.

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN! You cant because thats simply the truth.
Saying 360 is on par with PS3 is sooo 2006. Its 2008 now, not 2006.

[bunbun777]

In my never ending quest to figure out the mystery of the fan boy, i've come to another logical conclusion.... Some 360 Owners really do believe that the systems are equal in graphical prowess- no wonder PS3 users are morons! They spent more for the same system with less games!

PS: *whispers* they are not the same *end whisper*

[DevastationEve]

You know, it's enough to just say this game IN TRUTH won't be released on x360. To claim that x360 isn't capable of such graphics is just fanboy opinion. But I'm glad Guerrilla is doing such a good job with PS3 that it would indeed be questionable. So KillZone2 earns my stamp of approval. Oh, but it's the $60 that they want:)

Oh alright...

[DaTruth]

When abouts do you think the 360 will get around to that, 4th or 5th year. I think it's about time 360 delivers if it can. Killzone has 2GB levels, the engine alone would take up half a DVD on every disk plus multiplayer that looks as good as single player and those graphics are the best console graphics ever!!

[ScottEFresh]

Killzone 2 is the most anticipated upcoming FPS. IT's THAT good.

[PirateThom]

"Bubububu the PS3 can't handle textures"

[GameDev]

that's what cracks me up when I see the tripe these retarded fanboys type up. Im a programmer, I can explain to anyone of you how a 3D engine works from top to bottom. I have called this generation for PS3 from day one. I KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT, alot of fanboys of the other console don't. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. Does it make me look arrogant? probably.
Did I pay crazy dues to get to where I am and know what I know?

you bet your lilly ass I did. So when you see me lose my temper and patience with an intentionally obtuse 360 fanboy. You know where I am coming from because I KNOW where they are coming from, and that's right outta their ass.

YES I MEAN YOU MART,Xi,POG,FUtoturo(or whatever ur name is).

[PS3Freak]

That's some damn nice ground. :D

[zimbo007]

hahaaaaaa

the ingame MP BETA shots own the CGI shot of Alan Wait

hahaaaaaaaaaaaa

[crazy25000]

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[eagle21]

As a BAT!!! This game looks freakin' gorgeous! :)

[Mcrmarcher]

Those textures are quite impressive, makes me wonder whats in store for ps3 in the future.

[eagle21]

God of War 3

Uncharted 2

Gran Turismo 5

Team ICO Project

Versus XIII

Only on PlayStation :P

[King Kaz]

Killzone is coming for you, you DIRTY SWINE!

MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!

[nonAsianDroid]

Just like how you said MGS4 was going to kill the 360 and look mgs has already died out. (sigh..)

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi]

I'll never forget when you once said -
xBox 360 RIP = Rest In P*SS!!! ;-D
CLASSIC!!!;)

Keep up the good work at SONY Towers;)

[Narutone66]

according to Brian Crecente of Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/5056066/t...

[dkgshiz]

You cant deny it.

[G1L]

If all the ground textures look this good, I'll get plenty of headshots :P, awarding me sum kind of prize like the sloth one of metal gear online :P.
*Sits and waits for sky textures :D*
Cheers

[dkgshiz]

The full released version is going to look insane.

[SRuN4]

Cant wait to see what this engine can do with second and third generation titles being made with it. Ground textures look amazing, usually the weakest part in other games but here they look really, really good.

[pcz]

'amazing ground textures' .. just think about that for a second... its sad that its come to the point when the best thing you can say about a game is the 'amazing ground textures,' even making a story about it.

[LinuxGuru]

Um, the ground textures are not the "best things" we can say about killzone 2.

Check your statement pal.

[beavis4play]

but it's sad because this story only happened because a few months ago it was 360 fanboys putting up stories about how textures in KZ2 were bad....and they cited the ground textures.

[bouncybullet]

Unless it looks as good as Crysis textures please don't try to boast about it.

[user858621]

wicked awesome!! the game that will rape all 360 games!!!

[nonAsianDroid]

it's so easy for you fanboys to say that but in reality you nerds fail when the facts show.

[SmokingMonkey]

fact is your 360 has RRoD at least once!

am i right droid?

oh wait you can't answer you have no bubbles, go troll somewhere else buddy. It's obvious you are afraid of this game, why else would you be here?

COD4 is 9 0n 9 KZ2 is 16 on 16 so no it's not COD4

YOU"VE BEEN KILLZOWNED

[heyheyhey]

truly stunning.... and it's STILL fairly early days yet.. the visuals will be even more over-whelming by February

[REPLOID24]

need to work with other ps3 devs, yo.

[Grahammad]

They do. They've been sharing tech with a lot of the 1st party Sony studios. Santa Monica, Naughty Dog, they even have with Insomniac. ;)

[Silogon]

Games Blow has a slew of pics from a forest area of Killzone 2 on his new website. They look amazing. The detail in them are through the roof. The bark and leaves and folage is incredible crazy.

[Whoooop]

website???

[G1L]

Can U give us the links to the screenshots U mencioned plz? Thanks in advance

[SRuN4]

care to give us a link?

[Silogon]

I'd be glad to do that but I don't have access to his site. And I don't know anyone who does at this point. All I can tell you guys is what I saw and that they were real pics. The guy is a pretty well known blogger and always had good info, so you can take my word for it or you don't take my word for it but many people know.

His website was the best in town.

For proof whenever it may rear its head.

"The pics were set in a forest area with a muted tone, but not dull. Very realisitic lighting coming from the/A sun. The trees had orange, yellowish, and brown leaves and the bark was white with greyish tones running through it. The grass was a yellow color and they had a rapid river flowing next to it and helghast standing in it firing at you I assume. There was obscure, but subtle wild life in some of the pics too. The level of detail was insaine and I haven't seen anything better to date. Not heavy Rain or Gears of War 2 or anything.

Trust me, when the game comes out or the pics come out you'll know I was telling the truth. This is exactly how the level looked.

[Grahammad]

... those pictures don't exist. Trust me, the fact that he is apparently the ONLY one with these pics and that no one else has em is odd no? Or that anyone has even heard of em outside of his source. Besides, I remember gamesblow coming to the PS3 forums and running his mouth off to the Devs, unless it was an impersonator. I hope no one takes these pics seriously. Not to say there wont be a forest level in Killzone 2, but Helghan doesn't strike me as a place form trees to grow naturally anyway. Dead trees maybe, who knows.

There will be more then just the urban environments though, that I know.

[Jake the Muss]

Agreed, Grahammad. Wasn't gamesblow the guy who MotherH banned from the Killzone 2 forums because he kept saying he was an "insider" and making stuff up that the Dev's themselves then discredited?

I seem to remember the same guy (gamesblow) getting banned from the official PS Blog for the same reason. I never visited his website, but reading the comments after him said it was just a Myspace page... I think someone discovered he was just a Gamestop manager in the UK.

I'm not saying Killzone won't have a good array of different locations (I have no doubt it will), but just warning you...

[lowcarb]

This really isn't that impressive and the more I look at the more I want to say this game is going to suck. You guys praising this crap are really going to be in for a let down. Just look at the pictures with your fanboy goggles off and you will see exactly what I see....CRAP with nice lighting and some type of blurr flim effect!

Edit below: Yeah maybe better then anything already released on 360 to a degree but I wouldn't go as far to say that will remain after the holiday and especially next year when Alan Wake and Ninja Blade drop. I do give GG credit for there amazing lighting but everything else just doesn't fit and looks average. I'm not even trying to argue with you guy's and really think this title is going to turn out bad and end up being the biggest slap in the face this gen. hHype it all you want but Sorry not impressed.

[Whoooop]

*Fanboy goggles off*

hmmm Still looks better than anything on the 360.

*Fanboy goggles on*

Yep.... This game craps on everyhitng the 360 offers visually.
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EDIT: ^^^^ Alan Wake was seriously downgraded from the PC version, thanks to the 360 limitations.
I doubt it will look better than KZ2 or Heavy Rain for that matter.

[lowcarb]

Well keep doubting because next year you will be eating your words like you've been doing every other. It's pointless talking to you anyway because you truly believe that KZ2 and even Heavenly rain are impressive when next year they will be on the bottom of the best graphics list.

[Whoooop]

lol

You're right mate... The outdated console with storage and capability limitations will harvest the best visuals.

oK ....

:)

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

He's really lost touch with reality.

At least we aren't afraid to admit Gears of War looks good.

You are just blatantly hating on this game because it's on PS3.

[lowcarb]

I don't care if you think I'm hating or whatever but the fact is I'm not impressed and that should have nothing to do with the way you or anyone else feels. It's called an opinion (yes honest opinion) and if you guys can't except that from others then I suggest you stop reading other peoples comments. Just because I see things you might not doesn't mean I'm hating but luckily for you we see different things. KZ2 will eventually show it's true colors and when that happens then we will be on the same page. Hopefully for you I'm all wrong but from what I'm seeing now I couldn't feel more right. TGS should be good though and this is where I believe Sony will announce and shows it's true monster looking games.

[Homicide]

Not impressive? Are you serious? The screens look great. Some of the best I've seen. I'm not calling KZ2 a great game or anything. I don't have any expectations for it especially since GG has yet to deliver a AAA game. I would really like to see what you think is impressive.

[DaTruth]

Having an opinion doesn't give people the right to tell outright and obvious lies. An opinion and an outright lie are two different things.

Please don't bring games to the table that were announced years ago and completely disappeared for a year and was probably bullshots.

[GameDev]

however silly and biased it may be, by the same token we have the right to laugh our asses off at your ignorance. Believe me we are.

[GVON]

in regards to heavy rain, I hope that gets the now customary sony published game super polish at the end of development.

If they put textures like this into heavy and it being not as action orientated it will look outrageous.

[JBaby343]

I don't know how you can call it "crap". Complete fanboy trolling.

[she00win99]

"Heavenly rain?" did you just combined heavenly sword and heavy rain? you are such a moron..

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Opinions are great...everyone should have one.

How can you say that looks bad though?

Then again, I know some really old people that "can't tell the difference" between DVD and Blu-ray.

[himdeel]

...is there anyone out there that has seen screen shots of Crysis tuned up to max levels that would care to comment?

[snoopgg]

on the pc, but they should make crysis for the ps3, seeing what kind of graphics the ps3 has been able to pump out for Killzone 2.

[Tacki]

http://i33.tinypic.com/2ljg...
http://i33.tinypic.com/5fm5...
http://i35.tinypic.com/xbi8...
http://i36.tinypic.com/2hg9...
http://screenshot.xfire.com...

But I don't even think that's max or with the mods that improve the graphics further.

[kittoo]

Ya those are not on maximum, but still look awesome.

[natwitgudvib]

The ground looks wet because it is wet. Read before you comment!

[moses]

I said wet textures because that's the name of one of the features you have to enable in the game to see it, no durr.

[eagle21]

And you better believe it!! :P

[eagle21]

Only on PlayStation.... :)

[kittoo]

The breakfast club is an awesome movie.
Did I stutter?

[DeZimatoR]

Maybe YOU should take off those green tainted glasses. Just an advice ;)

Whats that gamesblow website btw, Silogon?

[lowcarb]

Don't try and pass my opinion off as one that's tainted pal. Just because I can see beyond this crap of a game you silly people are praising doesn't mean I have to praise it as well. When this junk releases just remember I told you so. Anyways I'm out of this thread because obviously I'm dealing with a bunch of fanboys that can't see through this sh!t. KZ2 will shine in Multiplayer not in single which is ashame.

[Karum]

What do you actually know about this game lol?

Visually it's stunning, even more so than Resistence 2 which from the recent gameplay videos looks incredible.

Only a blind man or an ignorant fanboy could actually look at screenshots of this game and the gameplay videos out there and think it is unimpressive. As for the gameplay, can't know about the SP campaign until more is known on it.

Basically you're a non psychic ignorant clown talking an insane amount of nonsense.

[INehalemEXI]

"KZ2 will shine in Multiplayer not in single which is ashame."
-lowcarb

......Now thats an example of a baseless claim.

[HairyBrownSack]

not bad, but can't tell if they are using a parallax shader or not. why the low rez??? jesus.

[Karum]

Looks pretty amazing

[DeZimatoR]

Its Heavy Rain you idiot, not Heavenly Rain.

Moron.

[pain777pas]

The game will kick all sorts of ass. NOW this is what a next gen game should look like this is what I expected out of the next gen of consoles. GOW3 may be the only game announced that can compete with the graphics in this game.

[divideby0]

just think how the PS3 games will look in another 3 years....FF next year is also going to turn heads...

[James Vanderbeek]

This game looks freaking unreal.. I think it might have crysis beat..

[bouncybullet]

How do I give retard points..?

[PiTCHBLaCK]

Insulting one is smart I Guess?
Quit trolling, Game on!.

[cmrbe]

Dam this looks great. Now imagine a few other Sony devs will refine and use this engine for a few other PS3 exclusives.

You know guys. This really makes me more excited about the mysterious PS3 game people been talking about. I read that game is being made by a couple of top Sony devs.

With less than 2 years into the PS3 life cycle. I am definately looking forward to what SOny has in store for us PS fans.

[Charlie2688]

The Game is looking pretty sweet :)

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Here's the thing...

Even on the best computer, Crysis has screen-tearing and some frame-rate issues. I love the game, but PC games will always have screen-tearing, no matter what the specs of that PC are.

Killzone 2 should be nice, especially with all this extra time to polish it.

[DevastationEve]

That's usually due to Vsync. If you have an nVidia chip, go to nVidia Control Panel (right click desktop in windows). Go to Manage 3d Settings and then look for Vertical Sync (last option usually). I forgot where to go in ATI Catalyst Control (shouldn't be too hard to find).

Also, increase refresh rate of your monitor. Older CRTs usually need to be AT LEAST 85hz, LCDs can get by with 60-75. Change your monitor resolution and see which one looks best to you. Most of the time the highest resolution gets you the lowest refresh rate. Try one setting lower, or until it doesn't bother your eyes.

Games can usually have their own options IN GAME, but using your graphics chips control panel might be able to get it permanent across all of your games. And try turning down settings both in the game and in your graphics control panel. It's a sad truth, but many of us can't get this game running decently on our particular setups. I think I can get ~30 fps if I tear down a lot of the options:(

[DevastationEve]

disagree for trying to help someone get a better gaming experience? otay...

[poopsack]

that ground better be motorstorm style.

[Atomic]

i can see the Xboxticides crying tears of agony.

[THC CELL]

wow my 4907th xbox has just blew up

Ps3 is the god of consoles

[FantasyStar]

Who could resist?

[dale1]

blu ray is not needed ? i think sony as answered that already but just to prove it meet killzone 2, resistance 2,final fantasy xiii.

[DJ]

And solid proof that Sony definitely delivered on the PS3 specs.

[JBaby343]

Cell+RSX proving their worth.

[Doctor Strange]

With so much time to polish can't wait to see the finished product.

[TheFutureProof]

I feel a little light headed...somewhat woozy...ahhhggggg...That was just plain sick.

The first Digital medium to have a warning label from the CDC "too sick for most HD display may be highly extremely contagious"

[Bill Gates]

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[BLuKhaos]

Baboocide confirmed.

[Tykis]

Wow thats a damn nice floor! lol

[HairyBrownSack]

u should see PDZ, kameo, gears, or condemned 1 and 2. much better pixel shaders.

[redsnake]

wow everything i said about gears 2 probably being better than this is now taken back.

[arakouftaian]

I got kick out the game play is amazing the multiplayer is fun ( not to many people testing it they need to send more invites) the grafics r amazing n yeah they can polish it more in some pleaces only. But I guess its only a early beta n the game has a lil more than 4 mounths to be polish becuz the multiplayer game play is virtualy perfect same ass for the grafics but they can fix those lil things n the best thing is that they have the time the money n the team helps from GOW3 guys n few other teams I can say the game is ready now n in 4 mounths this game is going to be polished n is going to look much better. The KZ2 fx gameplay n dinamic of the game r real next gen when u shoot or get shoot u can feel it when u r playing u fell u r in the KZ universe n not just a game its something diferent n I'm sad they kick me out from the beta but I got in n play it for few days n enjoy every second of it n I hope the betta for US test come next I'm ready to play more of this is one day n I miss it :(

[Veryangry_bot]

Should have known you would get kicked out if you record and post it.

Anyway was nice vid of yours but you were noob. No offense but you sucked.

Anyway, what does xbots have in 2009? Seriously is Halo suck wars and alan wait supposed to be a competitor against this beast of a shooter?

Dude Ensembles probably not even giving their all for Halo suck wars now and Alan wait is on the same level as Too Human.

Seriously, what does the 3rd60 have in 2009 that can compete against the BEHEMOTH KZ2. Hahaha. IT SUCKS TO BE AN XBOT PEOPLE!

[arakouftaian]

no i was not the guy who post the video n i dont like xbox360 im a fan of killzone1 n i love killzone2 is better than any other game in everyting from grafics to physics is the best n guess what i got in againg i can play it!!!!!!! i fell happy one more time :)

n i hope to see you in it soon i will own you on this game :)

[THC CELL]

PP get down and kiss it

[PLASTICA-MAN]

It really exceeds the E3 2005 trailer! Look at the blurry textures at that time! I wonder how Killzone 3 or any upcoming title would look like! "Loosing hope is an utter sin"!

Edit: I couldn't attach the images! grrrrr! What's going on?
Anyway here is my own link: http://img78.imageshack.us/...

[The Tour Man]

It's so fukn funny, all the crybaby microcock suckers are bashing a game which will become another strong contender for GOTY 2009 only on PS3.

[na2ru1]

make bots choke

[1Shot1Kill]

Amazing! Killzone 2 just keeps impressing me every time I see a new screenshot. No doubt in my mind they are setting the bar for console graphix with this one. GG will be vindicated after the unfair shake they got with KZ1 and I will be purchasing day one.

[acdata]

riddick on xbox1 had better texture than these shots

[PLASTICA-MAN]

You mean those: http://xbox.ign.com/dor/obj...
and http://xbox.ign.com/dor/obj...
I am worried about what is going on with people those days!

[Sergeant Osiris]

/facepalm

and then people wonder why we FLAME these kids with no mercy. Grow up

[xg-ei8ht]

Acdata you are sad.

Say to yourself, ps3 owns,ps3 owns,ps3 owns, and mum and dad might just buy you one.

You got seriously owned by PLASTICA-MAN. Riddick was running on a very similar engine to doom3. Not as good, but still decent for those days, it's not even close to killzone 2, infact nothing is.

And incase your wondering, Gears of war 2 doesn't have great textures, it's all bumpmapped, and has lots of shaders going on, shows you know nothing about tech.

[LinuxGuru]

Whoa pal, lay off the shrooms

[Laughing Buddha]

I have to say, those are some pretty impressive screen shots. I just hope its frame rate is equally impressive. It looks like the PS3 is finally getting the exclusives that (for me) might warrant its purchase...

LBP looks like a creative masterpiece - very impressive.

Resistance 2 seems a little overambitious - but that's what drives innovation.

&

KZ2 appears to be a graphics powerhouse - lets hope it plays as well as it looks. (60fps please)

Its going to be a good holiday for gamers this year!

LB

[poeo]

i think KZ2 is confirmed to be 720p and 30fps.

which is certainly good enough, and from the vids i've seen it looks incredibly smooth. not very many games are 60fps anyway.. (gears 2 wont be, for example)

[na2ru1]

"Thats terribly sexy"

a tribute to chris hansen vent

[j-seb]

check out the lighting and self shadowing in the third shot. Even the bars cast shadows!!

[Dareaver1]

before i was really impressed, now not so much....

on the last pick the muzzle flash does not affect the shadow before it. Well, it's still a work in progress. Will have to wait for final code.

Graphics are still impressive none-the-less.

[Dareaver1]

can you explain to me why the muzzle flash is not affecting the shadow before it....?

Their should have been a lighting flash or something to disturb the shadow.

Am i wrong, if so enlighten me....

[JBaby343]

I didn't disagree with you but nice nitpicking. I can't pretend to know because I've seen the playing footage with muzzle flashes affecting everything around them so your guess is as good as mine. I can say that from what I've seen in other pics and vids that they do cast realistic lighting into the environment more so than any other game does.

[j-seb]

Didn't disagree with you, but it might just be that picture. When playing in first person its pretty obvious that the muzzle flash does affect what's in front and around the player as well.

Just look at this video check out the muzzle flash lighting at 3:00, 3:18(where the light from the helghast's goggles shines on his own arm as he performs a melee attack), 3:22, and 3:26. These are all good examples of the excellent lighting and muzzle flash in this game.

http://www.gametrailers.com...

[Dareaver1]

very dark and gritty. This game has a lot of promise. can't wait to see the final product in action.

[SonySoldierEternaL]

looks pretty good

[Sanhlami]

Super impressive. Best looking graphics ever conceived on a gaming console. HDTV's that can fully utilize the graphics will look superb. I'm getting a new HDTV just for this game.

[swiftshot93]

HA HA santa monica, team ico, polyphony, naughty, QD...

They're all gonna own this game!

[Sergeant Osiris]

The cell, "it's not optimized for gaming" -The Mart

"Sony really screwed up this gen" - every xbot on this site

seeing them end up looking like retards with these screenshots- priceless.

[poeo]

i wont believe this game exists before i see it running on my tv.

all this is just an extension of the E32005 trailer to me, too good to be true.

[xg-ei8ht]

Pleasantville was possibly the most cinematic film ever made.

[Rhezin]

but resistance 2 will STILL have nothing on Gears of War 2. Killzone 2 probably will.

[Itrguy001]

dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmm those ground textures are just perfect can i also see some rain effects?

[supremacy]

@thor
2.10 -

dude if that's the case than why don't we throw gears into that mix, may i remind you that all gears level were all mirrored to the other, oh i didn't even notice this until a good friend of mines who by the way is an xbox nut pointed it out.

not to mention it was also a short game and there weren't many foes on screen to shoot at either so you tell me.

also gears also lacked color and verity my friend and that's a fact.

while killzone may look good in Grey gears does so in brown for the most part, yeah there is some light blue on Marcus armor but the helghas eyes are bright orange and some red so.. that's how far the colors goes.

now im not trying to diss gears im just simply pointing out some facts, and still gears got a good as score and even goty. so you tell me. to me killzone 2 doesn't look any different in comparison really.

but of course that doesn't mean these games suck or will suck now does it?

look at this irony, uncharted was very colorful game and yet many of you here criticize it bcuz it supposedly looked cartoony? wft is that? so now killzone is too grey? man please make up your minds please.

and while you may be right about the maps, all i can say is that killzone 2 is a very expensive project and so do you think the game will remain just with those 8 maps? when DLC is easily expected to hit it?

and the funny thing is that most fps lose polish with split screens and co ops this game is said to remain the same in all options what else is there to ask for? with an impending 4player co-op as well, this game is set to give many gamers a frag fix come this cold feb that's for sure.

in all honesty we just have to play the game when it comes out first, cuz if your basing your decision on some colors and comments made by some review than gears 2 isn't going to be much different im sorry my friend.

even clifb didn't know what to really say when they asked him what he thought about people calling his game 1.5 so am i suppose assume the is going to suck cuz of that?

besides if you do really know anything about this killzone project and who are the people working on it, than you would know that the guy directing this game was once cliffb's partner at epic games a few years ago and even clifb was quoted saying "what can i say im charles his magneto" before than saying quote fck and laughing with a smile and a smirk in his face lol.

this was of course after he had reveal that the two shared the same vision in game design, so yeah killzone 2 is meant to be gory and dark just like gears. so go ahead search for him if you want to know who this guy is, and you'll see what im talking about.

just know games now a days are design to have a more cinematic feel to them, so its only natural that they have a certain design that is needed to properly portray the vision.

killzone 2 is meant to be a wasteland, a war zone, ground zero in where there aren't any climate changes due the the helghas controlling the weather in their home planet, which if you ask me makes perfect sense why the game for the most part looks the same through out.

so in other words killzone 2 is only what the developers want the game to be.

[JBaby343]

You waste your breath. Just be happy that you can see the quality even if others can't.

[Raoh]

looks freakin sweet to me

cant wait..

[Cure]

loking at the thread picture i honestly thought it was one of those statue figures - i cant believe that is from ingame - whoa...

KZ2 will blow everything out of the water

[avacadosnorkel]

I never played the first game.

I heard it wasn't very good.

But I could care less how it plays after all the screens I've seen.

99.9% of the sci-fi movies I watch don't look as good.

[JBaby343]

Not perfect (had a couple glitches) or ground-breaking but a fun game none-the-less. This looks to be even better on so many levels. We will all enjoy.

[djtek184]

but but but we got Queers of war...now thats a "Real mans game"

[juuken]

360brats, 360brats...watcha gonna do, watcha gonna do when this game kills your lineup...

[Narutone66]

Nothing. Lookey here: http://kotaku.com/5056066/t...

[juuken]

I don't know *why* people keep buying these things. I swear, if any system crapped out on me like that twice, that's when I'd throw in the damn towel. >:|

[CertifiedGamer]

Killzone will show ps3 online comunity is strong in the darkside

[DARKTRINITYxxx]

LOL Killzone 2 the GOW2 killer. Make the most of GOW2 and your bragging about it. Because when Killzone 2 releases GOTW2 is dead. Another fine PS3 XBOX360 killer title with many more up and comming. Make the most of it because XBOX360 is becomming and will be old news starting from the 24th off this month when LBP arrives.

[Grooski]

One thing you must remember - look at the improvement in visual quality of the PS3 games since launch (yes Haze I'm looking at you). We are now looking at 3rd revision titles to be released in the next 4-5 months. The Xboxers will scream that the systems right now are similar visually, and they may very well be right in some cases, but I believe this will be blown away in the next revision. The amount of scalable improvement in graphic quality for the next year will start to show to be far greater than the Xbox. Don't get me wrong, the Xbox will have titles that will push the boundaries - Alan Wake does look promising, iDs next project etc - just these will be fewer and further between.

[PS360PCROCKS]

lol @ ground textures, looking good though.

[omodis420]

This game is going to do for PS3 what Halo did for Xbox. The Playstation brand and Killzone will become synonymous with each other.
It's the birds and bee's my friends. And that is straight talk.

[animalia85]

i cant help but wonder if this is what we have this gen imagine the next round of consoles. sux we have to wait til feb but it's gonna rock. ps i care more about death animations than what color the environment is, i want to see blood gush out of the wounds.

[cyclindk]

One disagree, I'm glad it's coming in Feb; there's just so many great games from now to then, Dead Space, Silent Hill V, maybe CoD 5, Star Wars, Little Big Planet !!!, Resistance 2 and the in March Resident Evil 5 !!! NO MONEY!!!

[Zulwarn]

even the DOCTORED SCREENSHOT's looks WASHED OUT hahaha

@juuken
we will be playing tons of AAA on THE 360 while we will laugh at you droids when kz2 gets reviewed and flops like its predecessor and ends up being a bs3 killer rather than a halo killer ha!

[arakouftaian]

or what is more retarded that picture or you!!!

[Narutone66]

jealous of all the games coming to the ps3. Do yourself a favor and buy a ps3 so you won't have to be jealous.

[Mclovin96]

viva pinata has better textures than KZ2

[Adamalicious]

This game looks so amazing. It's almost like a generational leap from what we've seen in something like Gears or MGS4. I can't think of anything on par with this - not even Crysis.

[arakouftaian]

i was out whit no playing it for a day n i miss it i got in back but yeah nobody was in online n i took my time to look around the lithging n grafics n took soem pictures n teh game look soo good sooooooo god i wil update few pictures only two so u guy can see it!!! add em on my psn, so i cna send it to u n maybe videos if i can psn, arakouftaian , :).

[ReeBlock]

They aren't 'leaked'. As with KZ1, film grain works wonders.

[FAQS]

Q:...
A: Bye bye xbots! The End is here!....

[media73]

Not that impressive compared to other screenies we have seen, the water looks like it is made of plastic in the first shot.

[DevastationEve]

You know, it's great how I got six disagrees for a comment that was SO pro KillZone. And the way you guys insult x360 gamers is supposed to make me WANT a PS3 more? And this is the GAMERZONE?? Screw this site and all of your fanboy bullsh*t. Won't be seeing me for a while.

[Karum]

Stay away from the razors bro

lol

[THWIP]

...too bad the rest looks like BLACK on the original XBOX/PS2. :o

[jay3]

Still looking great. Can't wait.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, even if the games mediocre I'm gonna get it just for the hell of the animations.

[LTC]

TEH CELLZZZZ

[slapsta72]

i just love how the topic of ground textures = 700+ degrees and over over 200 comments lol

[Gamer luv]

And it only took hmm... 4 years?

[Karum]

Could be worse, could have taken 10 years and sucked.

[PotNoodle]

I think i'd rather have this on my pc than my ps3, it'd look and play much better :)

[FFXI101]

It looks amazing, can't wait! It's good thing that we have strong line up this year and next year. Just thinking of it makes me excited.(It's always good on the dark side)

[Halochampian]

But I am still more exited about resistance 2 than Killzone 2 mainly because Resistance proved to have good gameplay.

Graphics dont make buy games. Crysis had amazing graphics but not top notch gameplay.

[LTC]

Very true but the gameplay of KZ2 from the videos and previews i've seen does seem excellent.

[arakouftaian]

im in the beta n the way the online is set is amazing its verry fun n fast n amazing!!! is the best!!

[snipermk0]

Those shots are CGI. Or rendered frame by frame like those ultra high res crysis videos

[NickIni]

Some awesome textures there. I may just have to buy this game.

[supremacy]

@JBaby343
16.1 - While What You Say Is True,
You waste your breath. Just be happy that you can see the quality even if others can't.

true i suppose.

however i don't feel like im wasting my breath if anything this to me fun, to me this is like some kinda sport, only i like to think of it more like an educational sport, you see.

sometimes people hate what the don't fully understand or agree with or better yet accept, therefore try to make others see their way through small flaws.

that ironically always contradict their very own statements, i just happen to turn whatever they say against themselves lol.

now im not here to make a statement. i just like pointing out the facts and thus leveling the playing field. if you get what im saying.

its not about loyalty its about..... sending a message. again if you get what im saying.

nothing personal against you or anyone here my friend, after all this is just a forum and the name of the game here is... gamers vs fanboys.

[Deadlyhifi]

I only have an xbox 360.... but if game proves to look like this in real time and gameplay is good then i would actually buy a PS3 for this game alone.

It honestly is far and away some of the best graphics I have ever seen...

[arakouftaian]

you better have ur money ready well you have time a lil more than 4 mounts hahahhaa, n imagine they have all the time to polish the game!!! everbody will enjoy this game n special if u like fps!!!