Ask PSU: Killzone

Welcome to the next edition of Ask PSU. This time our journalists were posed questions about the highly anticipated Killzone for PlayStation 3. The title was originally shown off at E3 2005, but nothing has been revealed since. Of course, this meant we were able to be especially creative with our answers, as you'll see.

[jwatt]

I don't think the game will live up to the trailer because that would be craziness but I do think Killzone will come out nice. I think most will be impressed with the game.

[SmokeyMcBear]

yeah, i seriously doubt the trailer, that was just too much. I more worried about gameplay, destructible environments, enemy AI, as well as enemy numbers, online ( i hope they find a way to hook up home with the online games), Graphics are gonna be there, but the more and more I think about games. The more I think about gameplay rather than graphics, too much emphasis on graphics these days. The nintendo has the worst graphics, but awesome gameplay. I mean i remember as a kid I'd play some horrible graphic games (looking back) but they were fun as hell. Meh, anyways, I hope this game lives up to the hype.

[Violater]

What if it does live up to the trailer?
I don't even know by what measure people will compare the 2,
Graphically I honestly don't believe its a problem to do, (what i can have an opinion if PSU can so can I, anyway back to my rant.
I will agree we have not seen much from the PS3 so far but promises by way of games, but look very closely at the Tech Demo's we have seen.
In the end I believe it is left up to the developers to find a way.
I think where the PS3 games started with Resistance and progressed to the end of this year will set the tone.

All else fails we will have MGS4 :)

[Keyser]

I think Sony can do it but I don't think they will. Not with this version of Killzone. Maybe Killzone 3. I don't think Sony really has to put all their eggs in the Killzone basket or that they will. Every game is getting hyped now a days. This is living off of hype 2 years old.

This will be a very good game. It will be compared to Halo. It's different then Halo (as it should be). Both games will have areas where they excell and where they can improve. They both will have things that people love and hate about them. Neither game will spark a new revolution in the France or peace in the middle east. They will both simply be fun. It doesn't have to live up the the trailer to be fun. If they get the gameplay down they'll be set. People forget graphics about 4 hours into a game (probably less).

All this you already know. I'll change my name to Captain Obvious.

[D3acon]

I think this is going to be hit or miss for Sony. Sony can't afford to have this AAA title fail. They have all the available know how and the support and talent to pull it off. I don't doubt this will be a great game, I do wonder if it will be a Halo 3 killer. Killzone 2 is going to have to offer some depth and not just be another FPS.

I personally think that graphics should be the last thing implemented in a game. Work on the story, the AI, Game play, then the graphics should be somewhere at the end. Look at Counter Strike. It wasn't the most graphically intense game but it was fun and memorable.

[Robotz Rule]

Sony,please deliver or be doubted for the rest of your lives!
I just hope Killzone 2 is worth the wait.

[Bhai]

...how amazing and insanely spellbindingly beautiful Heavenly Sword is coming up, and the technical unprecedence of Lair, I think Killzone 2 will definitely deliver. Being developed by around 120 devs with 20+ mill budget, I think that will be the killer-app for all time. I've read somewhere I don't remember that the game will have 64 player online, that is 24+ than Resistance, and far ahead of anything out there, its going to be spanking hot with all those vehicle variations and multi-themed environments(First Killzone already had City, Desert, Swamp, Sub-urban, Military Installation, Space stations and chilly Glaciers...an even enhanced variety would be awesome), so I seriously hopethis game will deliver.

[lilwingman]

So much hype for this game. I don't play FPS's, but I think if KZ2 has, most importantly, stellar gameplay, and looks decent - not necessarily identical to the trailer - it will be a success for Sony.

[BubblesDAVERAGE]

This game is gonna be great..the hype will be well recived..

[Says you]

That Halo 3 wont have destructable enviroments and same thing with Mass Effect Too Human BioShock and plus people are doubting the game when they havent even seen the pics of Killzone 2. and of course theres those vehicles that there going to have a flame thrower and new weapons and you would be able to fly that Helghast aircraft in Killzone 2.

[Rasulis]

personally I think the article is a little ridiculous considering there has been almost no info on it at all. Well we're at it why don't we talk about how the economy will be effected when it rains monkeys.

That said hopefully it will deliver as Sony has promised. If it doesn't it's going to be a cold and harsh day and probably year for the PS3.

Maybe I'm a pessimist but the complete lack of info makes me a little suspicious and weary.

[TheExecutive]

This is... after all.... Sony's poster child. Being pessimistic is good... Most should be. I think they will deliver a good product in the end. No news is neither bad news nor is it good news; it is NO news. Sony (I hope) wont fail...

[TheExecutive]

I highly doubt sony will let their poster child slip and fall... Highly doubt it...

[Marriot VP]

poster child???

Their previous one was like the retarded cousin.

[TheExecutive]

I have read about 30 of your previous posts!! Thanks for considering mine so special... anyway, I think this will be a good game.. I am surprised that you didnt have a long winded post for my comment like you usually do for everyone elses... anyway...

[Marriot VP]

long winded?? My posts are only a few sentences at most, only a few exceptions.

The first killzone did nothing but disappoint but since sony tells you this "roxzor" it automatically is. There's NO PROOF, but still most sony fanboys insist on this being amazing because they have a lot of resources behind this game. Yet no one has ever seen anything in-game, screenshots or video. And about you being "lucky," it's my pleasure. Some people need help in bouncing back to reality.

[CrazzyMan]

Killzone 2 trailer was amazing because of awesome animation and amazing visuals..
awesome animation is posiible -- that has shown in Uncharted..
on GDC EDGE+killzone2 alreaduy lookes like nextgen black.
So in worst case, graphics will be good, in best awesome. =)

Looking forward E3, 3 month left. :)

[Figboy]

there's always a chance at redemption.

look at DMC2. that game sucked. people thought it was the end of the franchise. DMC3 fixed that.

a lot of people hated MGS2. MGS3 was stellar.

RE had gotten rather stale. RE4 reinvigorated the franchise.

Killzone was not one of my favorite games, but i could see the potential in the franchise. the problem with the first game was that the technology just couldn't handle the developer's ambitions.

now i think it can.

i'm expecting a game that is much better than it's predecessor.

why this game is touted above all else Sony has going for it is beyond me.

well, if Killzone fails, at least Sony has

Heavenly Sword
Warhawk
Little Big Planet
White Knight Story
Heavy Rain
Folk Souls
Motorstorm
Resistance
Home
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Whatever Sucker Punch (Sly Cooper) is cooking up
Whatever Team Ico (Shadow of the Colossus and Ico) is cooking up
and
Ratchet and Clank Future

to fall back on. i mean, from what i hear, at least one of these games might be fun (that was sarcasm, by the way. i know most of the games on that list, if not all, will be tons o' fun).

people put too much credence in one title to rule them all (mostly from X Box fanboys; note i said "fanboys," not "fans," that only have Halo to hold up as a banner).

Sony has proven they have a good mix of quality games from various genres, so if this one falls flat, another will take it's place.

in either case, i'm reserving judgement on Killzone until someone actually gets their hands on it and plays it.

after seeing videos of the games i mentioned above, i know the PS3 is capable of some amazing visuals. the Killzone CG trailer isn't out of the realm of real-time possibility. just a few details and particles will be scaled back, but the overall ambiance of the trailer should be more than possible. just look at MGS4.

[Marriot VP]

of course there is "redemption"

but I said there is NO PROOF that this game will be good. But you guys just keep lifting up your hopes.