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Turok: Enemies Look Alot Like Killzone's Helghast

Turok: Enemies Look Alot Like Killzone's Helghast

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RadientFlux5990d ago

To be fair it's not like the Helghast character is a unique take on a bad guy, through out the history of FPS there has always been heavily armored (faces covered) bad guys.

It allows the developer to reuse the same character model and also a great way to make them appear more evil due to the lack of facial features.

Kholinar5990d ago

there was an anime years ago that really used this to good effect... man, my mind just won't bring it up.

Anyway, since then it's been game after game that uses this precise look, like you said, to portray a faceless, cold, stormtrooper-type evil.

fopums5990d ago

dont worry you'll be at one bubble soon enough :D

Bolts5990d ago

And you like gays right?

Relientk775990d ago

Dinosaurs dont look like Helghasts

jk :)

gamesblow5990d ago

No, Helghast are actually pretty cool... That whole game seems very generic to me.

BloodySinner5990d ago

There's a huge influence there...

fopums5990d ago (Edited 5990d ago )

Now your completly right, they are total knock offs of the jin roh guy's apperance wise, but the Helghast have a great backstory which makes up for there not completly original apperance, and the different ranks of helghast start looking like somthing more there own and less like carbon copies of the jin roh guys.

They Helghast have a good reason to hate everyone else, not just another "oh hi where aliens were going to kill you now lol" which seems like every first person shooter today.

edit: Well the covenant and the Flood were implemented very well with the First Halo, and the Chimera from resistance were not in any way bland from a story telling point of view, its just a bit tiresome for Aliens to always be the antagonist's. and the Helghast were human and "inhuman" at the same, they are made out to be sadistic killers which they of course are, but there grudge agianst vetkans is valid.

of course thats just my opnion and preference. I still think the flood attack in Halo:CE was the best "oh sh!t" moment I have had playing an FPS title.

Xi5990d ago (Edited 5990d ago )

the helghast are just The proles from "1984" except swept away into a more harmful polluted environment, and they started to rebel.

not as unique as say, aliens that wish to preform a religious cleansing on the universe while going through a civil war, or wish to make a sustainable feeding ground for the nihilith and enforce a totalitarian rule on eath.

and the character designs are very close to a rip off, but everything is now and days. So i'm not saying it's a bad thing.

edit:
The prophets were more or less abandoned by the forerunners as they[forerunners] chose to assimilate themselves into humans instead. Then there's the whole religious pursuit as they tried to rectify their power in the name of the forerunners. Sort of like one brother is favored over another but instead of being humble about the situation the covenant attempt to prove their dominance. I wouldn't call their lust for the destruction of humanity as invalid, but very justified.

Honestly though, the helghast are really a carbon copy of the proles, just taken to the step that Winston Smith had hoped.

Kholinar5990d ago

great catch. I was struggling to think of Jin-roh.

Bubble.

Kholinar5989d ago

errr... not exactly. Jin-roh and Red Spectacles are both parts of the Kerberos saga. Yes, Red Spectacles was released earlier, but the manga was the inspiration for both.

So, if you're going to get that technical, all of these are rip-offs of the Kerberos Saga manga...

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PlayStation 3 Games That Desperately Need a PS5 Remaster

The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.

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OtterX51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!

Rude-ro51d ago

I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.

darthv7251d ago

Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.

_SilverHawk_51d ago

resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword

Cacabunga51d ago

Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2

Profchaos51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.

There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.

Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence

seanpitt2351d ago

The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!

Iceball200051d ago

YEAAASSSSS! I miss this franchise and wanna play it so bad again.

Father__Merrin51d ago

The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer

InUrFoxHole51d ago

The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.

Marcus Fenix51d ago

A Resistance reboot will be awesome

Michiel198951d ago

That's what Bungie should make, Ill keep saying it until it happens

1Victor51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱

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Michiel198951d ago

Resistance was the best co-op fps I ever played after L4D2

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Turok: A Game Series in Need of a Reboot

The Turok series has been languishing without a new title for more than a decade. It's about time we got a reboot.

closed_account345d ago

I'm all for it, I loved the originals... I just don't think, just like w the original Prey, that the main character can survive in this current political climate. Native characters seem untouchable at the moment. I think it can be shown the right respect, but there's always someone getting upset about something these days, they would find a way to cancel it.

BriBri345d ago

I can't think of a game that's been cancelled because of the race of the main character.

Vits345d ago

Honestly, I would prefer if they just ported/remastered Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion to modern platforms. So we could have access to the "original 3 games". Because I don't see how to really reboot Turok. It's a product of its time being a mixture of platforming/fps and puzzle.

And I really don't see all those elements being preserved on a Reboot.

potatoseal345d ago

I would prefer Dino Crisis remake from Capcom. Still, a remade Turok would get my attention.

FreeckyCake345d ago (Edited 345d ago )

Forgets about the 2008 reboot*
I'd rather have a sequel to Turok 3, tbh.

GoodGuy09345d ago (Edited 345d ago )

We unfortunately do not have enough quality dino games. Theres Horizon but they're robots, and Monster Hunter that I can only think of. I'd like to see Turok make a comeback some day.

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20 Years of Guerrilla: The Story of a PlayStation Studio

The Amsterdam-based studio reflects on its humble beginnings, beloved franchises, and growth through the years.

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SullysCigar355d ago

Up there with the top tier in the industry. Love Guerrilla Games - Horizon Burning Shores is simply STUNNING.

1Victor355d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar355d ago

Same. They nailed it with Horizon. The trouble is I also want a new Killzone! Can't I just have it all?!

jznrpg355d ago

I’m with you I want Horizon 3 , Killzone and new IPs

badz149355d ago

I have yet to play Burning Shores as I just started Forbidden West (bought at launch, just unwrapped last weekend LOL) and playing on PS5.

man...I still can't believe the graphics especially now I'm playing it on my LG OLED. that graphics and with stable performance backing it up, GG really is the master of their craft!

Vengeance1138355d ago

32.7M sales in the Horizon franchise! With 8.4M coming from Forbidden West alone! Truly a hugely successful game and franchise as a whole. Looking forward to Horizon III

Shane Kim355d ago

That's kind of a huge drop though. It's only been two games.

VersusDMC355d ago

One year after realease HZD sold 7.6 million.

https://www.noobfeed.com/ne...

So not a drop off.

Unless you're saying a HFW should have sold as much now as HZD sold in 5 years?

Vengeance1138355d ago

It's been 3 games, this includes Call of the Mountain. Also no, its a great improvement over HZD.

solideagle355d ago

lol you are comparing:

HZD: 28 February 2017 - May 2023 (6 years+)

HFW: 18 February 2022 - May 2023 (1 year+)

We will see if it surpass original number.

Phoenix76355d ago

@shane, 2 full main games, 2 DLC add ons, 1 VR spin off game, oh and a an official LEGO set.
Not too bad for an ip that's only been on market for 6 years

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REDGUM355d ago

Wow, very impressive. I didn't know the numbers were so high for Forbidden West. Still playing through it myself

thesoftware730355d ago (Edited 355d ago )

Yooo, when I first saw that Killzone 1 footage at E3, my friends my brothers and I were like, Holy shit! When it came out, it didn't look exactly like it, but we sunk so many hours into 1 & 2.

I even liked Killzone: SF, it was a spectacle to look at, and even today it looks good. I hope they make a new one. Can you imagine how that will look, and they can get some modern FPS pointers from Bungie.

blacktiger355d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca355d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

The Decima Engine is absolute 🔥 I'm just mad they have abandoned Killzone.

OzzY-waZZy355d ago (Edited 355d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

potatoseal355d ago

They are probably working on mutiple projects. One of them is Horizon 3, but another is a multiplaer game and probably somehting else.

Imalwaysright355d ago

There were rumours that they were working on a Socom reboot.

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