Killzone 3 vs Bulletstorm - 2/22/11 Showdown

A head-to-head comparison of the February 22nd titles.

[NAGNEWS]

next will be Killzone 3 vs Super Mario Galaxy 2

[ksense]

this is the last time i am giving that site a hit.

[RSPproductionz]

read the comment on the site under the article lol

[Inside_out]

Other than the fact they are FPS's, these games are more different than they are the same.

It's a fair comparison because both games are releasing at the same time.

Killzone 3 story trailer...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Bulletstorm story and character trailer...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Graphics and Game play...Killzone 3...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Bulletstorm game play and graphics trailer...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

If you " only " have a PS3, you can play both. If you " only " have a 360 you get to play Bulletstorm and get a beta key to play Gears Of War 3 multi-player beta...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

@ksense...Bulletstorm multi-player....

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Don't forget that Crysis 2 is releasing soon after both these great games and will be a factor...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[deafwing]

this site ... sucks

[visualb]

I win because I can get both

*laughs in the face of those who quarrel*

[marinelife9]

I stopped reading when it gave graphics a tie.

[Tilian]

Did they seriously? Practically an insult to GG.

[socomnick]

then you are a retard, graphics are a bit better on bullet storm though.

Unreal 3 has truly evolved.

[Strange_Evil]

What about Multi-player... I haven't heard much about Bulletstorm multi-player at all, is the game even gonna have multi-player (judging it's an EPIC game, it will have), but I haven't heard anything for the game apart from some single player videos.

I just don't know how multi-player will work in such a game, are they gonna take the skill points and just make a normal death match mode?

My money's on KZ3 obviously cause the beta is awesome and the single player seems to be a huge step up from 2. But with that said, I will buy BS down the line when the price drops a little. Sad but too many games coming in 2011.

And cut the fanboy crap. If you own a PS3, you have a choice, if you own a 360 get BS as simple as that. No need for the whole 'Infamous vs Prototype', 'GOW3 vs Beyonetta' crap again we all know what happened there.

[iceman06]

They briefly talked about two modes for multi-player in Bulletstorm. The first being a co-op mode (I think 4 player online) where it is basically like a horde or survival mode where you can tag team for some extra kill points. The other is a single player mode where you attempt to score as many points as possible on a given level and then your score is compared to others on your friends list (kind of like the autolog on the new NFS). That's all that I heard and they mentioned that Bulletstorm doesn't really lend itself to competitive multi-player gaming.

[JoeIsMad]

This comparison is based on a simultaneous release date on the PS3 console of the same Genre.

[Godmars290]

And one is a serious shooter, the other tongue and cheek.

Don't fool yourself, this is about graphics. What a multiplatform can do against an exclusive. That a title on the 360 can look just as good on the PS3. That it can look better than something just on the PS3.

[ChineseDemocracy]

One of the points was "developer strength".

Don't know how that's relevant to the game itself, but whatever.

[Dylantalon1]

Killzone 3 vs bull...tstorm.
Have people seen killzone 3? Only comparison is both being a fps.

[Iamback]

i am PS3 only owner and i am more interested in Bulletstorm. It seems new, while KZ3 seems just like another FPS but with great graphics.

[nycredude]

And where is the other consoel FPS with great graphics? Don't tell me COD cause I'll die laughing...

Edit: I don't doubt it looks fun but it also looks like it will get old very fast with all that gimmicky gameplay.

[Iamback]

i don't play graphics i play gameplay. Any real gamer will take gameplay over graphics. That's answer to your ridiculous childish question.

Bulletstorm looks ridiculously insanely fun when looking at gameplay, i couldn't care less if it looks a bit worse then KZ3.

[thief]

Spot on. Cant see the fuss about KZ, its just like CoD/Halo, just with much better graphics, slower and more tactical shooting mechanics, cover, the coolest enemies in any FPS ever, much better AI, and a completely different team-based multiplayer setup. Hardly any difference.

[Highlife]

Oh get off your high horse. "I don't play graphics I play gameplay." I am so tired of that comment. Just because Killzone has great graphics doesn't mean it doesn't have great gameplay you know what IT HAS.... GAMEPLAY and GRAPHICS. I will take both of them.

[Raoh]

i have to disagree about kz3 being just another fps.

it is in now way anything like gears, halo, socom, cod..

it may take a few things from each but as a game title it does sort of stand alone. graphics was just the thing to debate during the announcement at E3 when people were upset about not showing in game graphics (something other titles dont get slammed for, forza 4 trailer during vga's anyone, not a stitch of in game graphics)

[Pixel_Enemy]

I don't care what anyone says, Killzone is my all time favorite shooter. The graphics have spoiled me and the gameplay is on the same level. The in game clan system, the warzone mode that changes between 5 different game types in one match, the class system, strategy involved and not run and gun every man for himself. There's nothing else that compares in my eyes.

[creatchee]

@Highlife
True, gameplay + graphics together are what all of us gamers want, the fact is that there are plenty of beautiful looking games that play like crap. I won't say that about Killzone, but it is a polarizing game - some people just don't like it compared to other FPS options.

But in reality, Iamback is completely justified in his comment. Awesome graphics draw us in and amaze us for a time, but without gameplay to match, games become just another pretty face. I take gameplay over graphics any day. He's not on a high horse - he's speaking logically and as a gamer who knows that there is more to a game than just pretty visuals.

[Ju]

There are a ton of games that don't look like KZ but still play like crap. What's the point?

[DigitalAnalog]

I'm sorry, if KZ was really like 'another' FPS, then why are there so many people out there saying that Killzone is too different for their tastes?

-End of Line

[Highlife]

A game is what it is. It is really that simple. A game could have bad graphics and suck at gameplay or any other combination. The problem is when ever there is a game that is a cut above graphically and some one doesn't like it the argument is always the same "I take gameplay." Well you should take gameplay in any game. That is basically what a game boils down to gameplay. Graphics is just the icing on the cake. And I like icing too.

Anyway I was just reacting to Lamback's comment he seems to call out Killzone's gameplay. That game has no problems there. It sounds more of a personal preference issue than anything else.

I have such a headache. ahhh

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Also, Killzone 3 have a better Story and campaign.

[Raoh]

well said DigitalAnalog

[nycredude]

Iamback

You remind me of my friend who has a hot ass wife with a nice ass. However she has no tits. So he goes on and on about how he isn't a tits person anyway but loves ass. Funny thing is every time we hang out all he does is stare at every pair of nice tits he sees!

Go figure. Point is if you can't have something you rationalize it. It's a human condition.

I am a realist, and i agree gameplay is really really important in games, but how does it hurt to have both?

[vickers500]

I played the KZ3 beta and honestly, I found it to be even more boring then KZ2 (which I did like). It just felt too similar to every other FPS. If I had to choose, I'd choose Bulletstorm, mainly because it's fresh, different, and doesn't take itself too seriously. And it actually has color.

I don't know what these people who say Killzone is tactical are going on about, there's nothing really that tactical about it. Every KZ2 match I've been in, it just went the same way almost every other fps goes: shoot, die, respawn, rinse, repeat, with the added and extremely unbalanced and annoying spawn grenades which made the game even more chaotic than MW2.

I'm still getting KZ3 on day one, but if it's anything like the beta, I'm going to be disappointed with it.

[trounbyfire]

this is a joke right...right

KZ3 is in a league of its own a top console shooters and since no one cares about gaming on the PC its GOD of FPS

funny how every one says epic is making BS but its people can fly.

(yeah PC fanboys took one bubble from me but I don't care we all know console FPS sell a lot more than Pc version)

[guigsy]

Why have you played Killzone 3 and Bulletstorm?

[trounbyfire]

what do you mean. I want KZ3 not BS.

[guigsy]

Well you call this comparison a joke and that Killzone 3 is in a league of its own based on... what? Neither game has been released, so how are you able to formulate a valid opinion of which is better?

[ksense]

lol BS never occurred to me for some reason. that was funny

[JoeIsMad]

People Can Fly is a subsidiary of Epic Games.

[The-Tentacle]

Stopped reading after Killzone / Bulletstorm graphics = TIE.

lol.

[nycredude]

yeah I call BS.

[Ju]

Yeah, like comedy club.

[BeaArthur]

Jesus Christ, stop with all the pointless comparisons. They are both FPS' that's all they have in common.

[SoapShoes]

I don't see why anyone would buy Bulletstorm over KZ3 unless they simply did not have the console to run it on.

[trounbyfire]

i see what you did there, very clever

[sleepy3]

Maybe the same people that didn't like the controls in KZ2 and just find it not the game for them?

may surprise you but not everyone's brain works exactly like yours, even though yours is so superior to all other mankind.
People actually have individual likes and dislikes that vary from person to person, even if they both own a PS3.

Who would have thought huh? God and that pesky free will. he should have made us all killzone fans, lol. I bet God is a 360 fanboy.

Not all PS3 owners like KZ
Not all 360 owners like Halo

There is more to owning a console than one game. Or else halo or KZ would have been 40 million sellers

[SoapShoes]

Oh yeah like KZ3 is going to have the same controls as KZ2? The problem was slightly fixed in KZ2 with a patch and everyone's reporting KZ3 is definitely fixed. It has nothing to do with the childish "console war". One is high production with great polish and the other one is eh... a decent looking game.

I agree with you though, some people would prefer Superman 64 to Mario 64.

Edit: Wow, you are taking things way out of context and twisting them. lol, not worth my time.

[sleepy3]

Or it could be people just rather a more fast paced game. Not everyone wants a tactical game. Not everyone wants GT, some just want burnout. Some just want over the top fun.

As superior in every way your tastes are, and as perfect as God made you, in a way that even Jesus himself is jealous of, some people just refuse to have the same perfect tastes as you.

And you are right to look down on them. they are indeed not worthy of the air you breathe cause they don't like the things that you do. I agree with your logic.

Obama should get to work on that. Anyone who doesn't like what you like should be gassed.

[Ju]

You understand that KZ3 is much faster than KZ2, do you? Looking at what we know it bowed down to CoD somewhat. If people like it or not. Actually, I think that's OK. The mass of twitchy shooters made this necessary. Don't be surprised when KZ3 plays as fast as BS (nice analogy, lol) but won't have any frame hick ups but will look like on a different platform.

[DelbertGrady]

Lol @ people taking these comparisons seriously.

[finbars75]

I think Bulletstorm will do better only because its multiplatform but overall Killzone3 is a beast of a game and beats Bulletstorm in everyway possible.The one thing that Bulletstorm does have is creativity with the type of kills you can perform thats it.Killzone3 looks like the game to beat this year.I even think Uncharted3 might have troubles dethroning this bohemith of a game.I mean look at the trailers and gameplay that have been shown I just dont see any games competing with it period.Only a PC game could top Killzone3 and thats saying alot for a console game.

[Ju]

Doubt it. Its a new IP. The 360 version will again outsell the PS3 3:1 (well, no competition there - and GeoW3 beta). While I am pretty sure KZ3 will destroy it on the PS3. I agree with KZ3 is the game to beat, and I also think it will be a run up between this and UC3.

[DontShoot-Me-Bro]

Dont bother clicking

This guy obviously has a mental retarded problem, he puts down its a tie.

They could both be great games, but it is obvious which one looks better. They both look great, but its so clear, this guy is either a fanboy of some type or is retarded.

[Ju]

He says the winner is BS, and BS wins in graphics and the decisive factor is the "power of the studio" making it. LOL.

[Foxhound922]

I'll be getting both. But Epic games aren't as "epic" and their developer leads us to believe. Bulletstorm looks promising, but just not as much as KZ3 does.

[Acquiescence]

Besides, I'll still be too busy playing LittleBigPlanet 2 anyways. And then in March, there will be Yakuza 4 to get addicted to.

[nycredude]

Ahhh Yakuza 4. I have a soft spot in my heart for that series, If I had to choose between Killzone 3, Little Big Planet or Yakuza 4 it would be Yakuza4. however I don't have to choose so I'll buy all of them! muah hahahah!

[Burning_Finger]

I guess this is the Only "FPS game" that is on the 360 you can compare the PS3. Desperation hits new low.

[ksense]

well there is crysis 2 but we have seen many of those so they wanted to change it up....

[thekidq909]

Good article.

[teedogg80]

I will be playing both of these excellent games.

[El-Fenemeno1213]

What are we trying to prove here lmao.

[Little_BombA]

Killzone 3 >> Bulletstorm

[ReclusE]

I own both consoles and will buy both games. However, I will be buying Bulletstorm for my 360 simply because I get the Gears of War 3 beta key on pre-order. Just sayin'.

[StrikerZ3ro112]

So Killzone 3 vs Bulletstorm, even though i disagree with some of the things that the article pointed out, i have to agree with its end result.

Although I'm sure Killzone 3 will be an awesome game it seems almost identical to the second one, with of course minor changes. I have to choose Bulletstorm mostly because it looks insanely awesome and it seems like something I have never played before.

[SoapShoes]

Are you kidding? KZ3 blows KZ2 out of the water in story, gameplay, settings, etc from what we have seen so far...

[telekineticmantis]

While both of these games look good in their own way. Bulletstorm is just a little too silly for me. I would of considered maybe checking it out, but they made the mistake of releasing it the same day as Killzone 3...oh well!

[theIMP]

Man that is a level headed comment. Thank you man. I like the idea that BS is going to try something new. I wish more developers would try new things. Who knows how it will turn out, but I think it looks like fun.

[blackburn5]

I my opinion Bulletstorm LOOKS generic (notice the word I used). I watched the preview of it on G4TV and it doesn't look right. It almost seemed clumsy in a sense. It reminds me of how people keep going on about Bayonetta is over the top and therefore the better game. But despite GOW and DMC not being as over the top as Bayonetta, I enjoyed them more. They were soild and they worked very well in combat. I found myself fighting to keep Bayonetta from throwing herself into danger then fighting the enemy. All her flashy moves seemed more like a distraction then an advantage and started to get to me. I feel the same way abot Bulletstorm and KZ3 but if I am wrong I will probably give Bulletstorm a whirl too.@ telekeneticmantis. Exactly what I mean.

[theIMP]

Really man, Name one game that takes the same approach BS is taking. KZ is generic, Halo is generic, BS is trying something fresh. I don't think you know what generic mean.

[Condemnedman]

I'll wait and see what both games are like when they are released
Instead of force feeding my opinion on others .

I'm sure there's room for both, well as long as Killzone3 has cleared up those syrup like controls ;D

[IPUMPMYGUN]

Resistance vs killzone is probably the best comparison. Isn't Bulletstorm a post-apocalyptic 1st person shooter?

[RevXM]

Wow, well thats one bad comparison.
How the fuck does graphics tie?
And they are saying that kz3 gameplay is boring? wtf?

Well I stopped reading after a while but thing is... Im glad I stopped reading.

Personally I prefer Kz.

Bulletstorm seem gimmicky and Im not getting the "memorable story" vibe either, a swearing douche bag for a main character who seem to have like 15 in Iq.
And. Not that RICO in kilzone isnt one, but BS is pushing it... all their characters are like that.
The trailers had horible dialouge between characters too.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...
That over there is supposed to be a Character and Story DEV DIARY.
It is 90 % KABLUaOAOAOAM! BOOM! splatr! FUckdicksonwhoreasssbitchlicke rsatanbug!+ 5% "WE are awesome BUY OUR GAEM!"

And they are so confident that their character is so cool, LMAO he is the ultimate dickhead.

Gears > BS.

[CGI-Quality]

Graphically, while I don't think Bullestorm holds the same visual fidelity as Killzone 3, it's certainly able to hold it's own. I plan to pick them both up on the day of release and expect to have a nicer visual treat from KZ3, while having just crazy, mindless fun with Bullestorm.

Can't lose either way.

[Masterchef2007]

I think that Killzone 3 will be better than BulletStorm. However bullet storm seems pretty cool just not as cool as Killzone 3

[DeathMetal1474]

In other words competitive Death match and such. From what I have read Bulletstorm does not so Kz3 wins on that alone for me.

[vickers500]

Bulletstorm has co-op though, which I prefer these days over competitive mp.

[Z3R0_2KX]

Killzone 3 all the way theres no competition.

[IHateYouFanboys]

im buying both day 1 (bulletstorm on 360 and Killzone 3 on PS3 (obviously), but im more excited about Bulletstorm. it just looks more fun to me, whereas Killzone 3 just looks like the game Killzone 2 shouldve been.

[49erguy]

Graphics......TIE?! Thats all I had to see to know its bullshit.

[Daz]

I agree its a tie they both look really good:)

[49erguy]

bulletstorm's blood spattering trumps killzone's, but the character models and fire look like shit.

[NeoTribe]

From what ive seen of bulletstorm i wasnt very impressed. Graphics were good but the levatating enemys to shoot the wierd weak spots on the enemies bodies part just seemed blah. Guess well find out soon.