Video Comparison: Killzone 2 Vs Gears Of War

A video comparison of Killzone 2 and Gears Of War. Check it out after the link.

[PS360PCROCKS]

I have never done this before so hopefully it doesn't suck to bad but ya'll asked for it so I did what I could. Learning experience I guess... :)

edit: oh and these are full HD videos I used so if you watch it full screen so it's a lil bigger the quality is still pretty good. Just a heads up.

EDIT:: lol oh yeah don't you guys love the song? lol I have been called out and told off oh I dunna like 5 times by 5 different people for wanting everyone to get along so I figured it fit...

Edit:: I see alot of complaining at me, you guys were asking for it I just took the time to make you happy...gimme a break, don't shoot the messenger! even Sjappie agrees some of you were asking for it...

edit:: @ Manny here is a halo3 vs killzone comparison... http://n4g.com/News-51797.a...

[Rythrine]

I got to get my fire blanket and fire extinguisher ready for this lolz.

@Xbox360rocks

I know, right. You better get your gear too to avoid meltdown lolz.

[MannyHarlem141]

uhh, i think Halo vs. Killzone would be more appropriate.. this is cool to see tho.. it's close but in motion with the physics, animations, lighting.. destructible environs and all the other good stuff.. KZ wins.. im no retarded fan boy neither.. i conceded that the resistance wasn't as pretty as gears

edit: u dudes, really need to stop swiping my bubbles man, can someone be so gracious as to help me get some back.. i have a 360 too! lolz

[nasim]

BTW it is not a fair comparison.

you are comparing something which uses a large chunk of ps3's power to something that barely uses Unreal engine 3.0 and nothing else.

KZ 2 blows away x360 and all its games

[ALI G]

THIS IS GODSEND
when the picture comparison was posted BS3 sandboys said"blablah blah Gears look better in pic but KS2 look better in motion" now take that haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa pre pre PS3, CELL POWER, KEN KATGARI , the next generation do not start until we say so, THE GANT ENEMY CARB, ps fanboys been served big meal of sony crab coast 600$ it seem it was not the best in The menu after all "JACK".hehehe
LONG LIVE BILL GATES, MICROSOFT and xbox360rocks

[ALI G]

the game been devolped for at least 2 years and coast todate $20M

it is not pre pre alpha

it is not pre pre alpha

it is not pre pre alpha

if this pre pre alpha than the game will come out

in 2510 and will coast over $100m

what they showed of gears of war in 2005 look like the final product why?????ask ur self people ?

GET OVER IT GEARS KICK THE HELL OF KILLZONE 2

both of them amazing but Gears uber amazing not only the graphic but also the A.I which TAKE COVER

[hazeblaze]

@Ali,
It's pretty obvious that the game is still in pre-alpha, it has at least 8 months until it goes gold. Second, Gears in 2005 was NOT the same as the final product. Lastly, KZ2 did look better. The bump mapping in Gears was the only thing which looked noticeably better. But the environment and lighting hardly had the same graphical flare as KZ2. There was also much more detail onscreen in KZ2, seems higher res also.

[Also Known As]

"gears still better?" <~~~remember that? The answer to that quote is a resounding YES!!!!! . "I TOLD YOU SO" Now here is another quote: "sony devotees have just realized that they payed $600 for an inferior platform"

[JsonHenry]

Gears hands down.

Just look at the walls and ground textures in Killzone. Flat and two dimensional. Gears is all bump mapped and textured for your viewing pleasure. : )

Seriously, just look at the wall textures and the proof is in them that Gears is better looking. (at this time anyway)

[InMyOpinion]

Should have used some close up footage from Gears, the small embedded screen don't show the details. And why not footage from the single player instead of multi?

Next up, COD 4 vs. Killzone? lol

[Machety]

What about we compare PS3's UT3 with Gears of War. The person who made this comparison is stupid and stupid again. First of all why compare different art style. If u want to compare GOW compare with UT3 because they are using the same engine. Killzone and GOW are different art style.
Anyway I cant wait until they start compare UT3 with GOW all the xbots are going to shutup.

[PS360PCROCKS]

I sir am not stupid...thank you and good day.

[Bordel_1900]

Give me a break, these comparisons are plain stupid for a lot of reasons. I couldn't be aresed to start giving you all the reasons why it's stupid, you should know yourself.

[TECHNOshamanism]

for the guy who liked the music if you liked that then youll love this

http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/...

[djcosta]

gears of war was made 1 year ago...you make a comparison with killzone2 which hasnt been yet made...even this big reason of unfair comparison gears rocks and think its much better from killzone2...just watch the enviroment of gears and its so easy to understand which is the best game ever made...

[Juevani]

how can u compare a pre-pre-alpha game to a finished game?? is it just to justify ur purches?? well flash news, nobody cares about this game since they saw KZ2, the media is nuts about it since they saw it running live and actually played it, fallow the news u cant go wrong ;) and get updated kid...

[cuco33]

how can u compare a game that's been out for MONTHS and a game that's still due out and has been in the works for as long, if not longer than the other

cuz ya can

both look good. gears is a great game. kz2 looks to be great too

[sloth4urluv]

fallow teh spellz chex

[sjappie]

the Gears footage is multiplayer for the most part. Remember, Killzone is still in its pre-pre-pre-pre-pre-pre-alpha. They have only been working on it for two years, it's probably gonna come out in a year or so and it's gonna blow everything away lol.

[Rythrine]

I'm a PS3 owner but for graphics I'll give it to gears right now because its a complete game but KZ2 is still in pre pre-alpha stage. Tbh, its really pointless to compare them right now. We should wait when KZ2 gets completed then we can compare them. For gameplay, I think they shouldn't be compared with each other because they are two different genres IMO.

[Cupid-Stunt]

better when finished, i still surport my 360 more, but killzone will have the upper hand when it comes to graphics, i will be buying it :p

[CAPS LOCK]

to compare the best x-box 360 game to this pre-alpha is amazing! I mean if killzone 2 is even comparable to GOW at this pre-alpha stage then imagine how good the finished game will look...good job sony.

ps. can you spare me some bubbles?

[Lyberator]

Perfect music. Oh and wait. It was okay for everyone to compare multiplayer beta footage from halo 3. Hippocrates. What ever I won't even get into it.

[Cook1eMan]

You know what they already announced these were the final graphics for Killzone 2 and they were jut getting everything else ready. When you see something that says beta on it, you dont compare it to anything cause beta entails that the textures are not final and everything else in the game is set to change in some way, also to fix bugs if needed. The graphics have changed alot since the beta so I could say you can compare it now, but the final will be when it comes out.

[techie]

Sounds like you have no idea what Beta or Alpha mean...I suggest you don't gain your knowledge by way of Chinese whispers.

[paracardium]

yes this will be superb for ps3.Didn't someone say lvls were like 2gig a piece.A must have.

[Cook1eMan]

Just cause one fanboy decides to post some picks doenst mean we really need a video now to show which game know is already supperior. Gears of War!

No offense(xbox360rocks) for posting the story your just reporting news and theres nothing wrong with that.

[PS360PCROCKS]

haha well people were asking to see it so I decided to do it...I have never done that before so I figured it would be fun :) anything else people want compared, lol I can compare mario to Killzone...:) I kid I kid

[Cook1eMan]

No I dont have anything against you for posting it as news as thats what this site is for news. BTW killzone 2 and mariocart would be a good comparison. I'm just kidding it was funny when I read it though.

[ALI G]

when the picture comparison was posted BS3 sandboys said"blablah blah Gears look better in pic but KS2 look better in motion" now take that haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa pre pre PS3, CELL POWER, KEN KATGARI , the next generation do not start until we say so, THE GANT ENEMY CARB, ps fanboys been served big meal of sony crab coast 600$ it seem was not the best in he menu after all.hehehe
LONG LIVE BILL GATES AND MICROSOFT

[geachy]

here comes another flame war

[Itachi]

Is the only news on N4G comparisons videos now didn't we already have a Gears Vs killzone video geez whats happening to N4G

[MannyHarlem141]

In motion... Killzone takes the cake, Gears has the textures though.. probably because everything is bump-mapped.. just highly detailed skins, not to say it doesnt look pretty though.. Killzone just looks more technical, the wall textures need a little help.. sure that will improve if claims of "pre-alphaness" are true.. maybe things just look better from afar (like in 3rd person)..

btw, gears is notorious for Popping textures ( u know what im talkin about on the Theron Guards when the skin dissapears and they look like N64 models) i got the game so i know! .. theres tearing too and nasty collisions when u play.. don't get me talkin about all it's multiplayer idiosyncracies.. the game is good tho, one of the best i've ever played like resistance and hopefully Killzone plays as good if not better

[vickers500]

Imo, killzone looks better than the finished version of gears, and I do have gears of war. Who cares about which is better, gears is a spectacular game and I would bet that killzone 2 has some badass gameplay with all the money thats being put into it. Lol, nice choice of song by the way.

[sjappie]

who, prior to E3, were saying; "Wait till E3, KZ will blow Gears away!"
They were sure that although the game wouldn't be finished, it would still be much better. I even saw some Sony fans asking for a video comparison instead of screenshots in the previous story. You asked for this yourselves!

[hotshot1237]

gears is more animated. bcuz im pretty sure blood dosnt look like that. so killzone 4 me

[ngoniko]

why are they comparing a finish game to a unfinish and unrelease game?

[timmyp53]

.

[MoonDust]

:|

[DiLeCtioN]

i was just about to post that until i read yours tim

[Bloodmask]

Gears has a lot more overall detail on everything. Colors also look a lot nicer.

Everything in Killzone 2 seems to be grey. Things also appear too blurry up close.

Textures go to Gears also.

I think Sony put together a nice trailer for KZ2 and I was really impressed when I saw it.

Now I am not so impressed. Game looks good but am not impressed when compared side by side with Gears.

[DJ]

Normal maps with color maps. Gears uses normal maps with their depth jacked all the way up, which is why all the characters ( and most of the environment) has such unnaturally dark surface detail. It was used to hide the low polygon counts in Gears, which is pretty obvious from this video. Normal maps are actually meant for subtle detail, such as the light wrinkles and folds in your skin. But the trend has been to substitute real geometry with normal maps, and this is evident in countless games like Gears, Doom 3, Call of Duty, etc.

Even though this is essentially an industry standard, polygons win out in the end. Luckily, the PS3 is powerful enough that it can pump out geometry better than any system on the market, including high-end PCs. Just watch the new trailer for MGS4, and you can see why high-polygon counts are necessary in order to assist normal maps.

[IBLEEDBLU]

dont u see thats what they do lol and the funny part is that xbots always get ruined by their own words.

first it was how the solds are low - but yet the 360 has been out a year headstart and PS3 did better then the 360..heck even better then the PS2.

then it was ported games - how they always say PS3 looks crappy - well for a game that was designed on the 360 then copied to the more complex system the PS3 what do u expect lol and the funny thing is - its not far off..

and now this..a pre-alpha game compared to a finished game.

IMO textures on gears look better - not much better - they look sharper but then again its a finished game. KZ2 looks STUNNING! where its at rite now. the final version will blow us away the same way GT5 is doing with the cars.

and ppl say KZ2 is dark lol gears is even darker lol with nothing happening in the background and once again 4-5 ppl max on screen..KZ2 death animation are the best ive ever seen - i honestly cant wait for this game..i hope they add co-op

[PS360PCROCKS]

Um alot of sony fans were the ones asking for the comparison you jackass...it's for fun don't take it so seriously...

[MoonDust]

You shouldn't be talking.

[San anto]

@ guy with crazy rtarded child avatar, we never flamed halo 3 in pre-alpha we flamed its beta :D

[felidae]

both games look good. can we keep it like that?

[Tabasco]

Did you make that? If look looks awesome dude keep it up.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Yeah I did...thanks. I just taught myself for the first time today...haha

edit:: someone disagreed because I said I made it? or because it's my first ever one? either way why the hell would you disagree, lol I put "your welcome N4G" at the end so lol obviously someone had to make it from this website, and I posted the story...sooo...yeah I bet you get it now, I did make it.

edit:: @moondust lol yours was cool too man...lol I just had alot of free time today and I wanted to try something new...

[MoonDust]

:'(

[7ero H3LL]

That's not right either, since Halo3 comes out this year, it doesn't tred on KZ2's success later when it relases. And Gears isn't any good either, since that took on Resistance (and won!) back last year.

By the way, didn't you Sony fanboys complain that all the 360 is gonna get are FPSs? Well, what do think Kill.Zone 2 is? Flippin hipocrits! And ya know what...Gears isn't even an FPS!

[7ero H3LL]

both games LOOK HELA GREAT! this is gonna be one gaming phenom when the real games out

[Itachi]

Since where comparing pre alpha Killzone to Gears

kilzone all the way

[SIX]

Dude! You picked the worst part of Killzone. The part that Sony never wanted anyone to see. Gears looks to have better textures because of that cheesy over used normal mapping technique. Not knocking on Gears ( I actually like the way it's used in Gears) But this comparison is pretty biased and eveyone who knows better knows it.

[PS360PCROCKS]

did I? I honestly just grabbed the first HD video off Ign's website, im not being biased...

edit:: thank you DJ...I did what I could and I used the HD versions from IGN's website so they were of the highest quality I could find...

[DJ]

This is a fair video comparison that doesn't take any trailer footage; instead, it was taken from uninterrupted gameplay footage. While we would prefer to see these comparisons in HD in order to get a more accurate comparison, it's impossible to do so without setting up a personal site with high bandwidth.

I do recommend watching the full gameplay video for Killzone up at Gametrailers.com There's a lot of cool stuff shown there that's not in this comparison, just in case a few people haven't caught up.

[XxZxX]

i think it's boiled down to personal taste, if you like shining skins and color depth go for Geow. If you like better closer realistic human skins texture go for KillZone 2.

[XENOCIDE]

I've seen the KZ2 trailer n' it was nice, graphically. Honestly, n' I'm just bein' real here, I wouldn't have released that video without doing more work on the physics. The whole time there zoomin' around on that aircraft n' it's like they're sitting in their bedrooms. No one's bouncin' around or anything. Back to the topic at hand (I meant to mention that earlier in another thread), everyone's talkin' 'bout pre pre pre alpha n' what not, OKay, that's true but I'm pretty confident that what they showed...is NOT where the game currently stands, it's probably not up to par with what they showed. Now when the game DOES ship, I'm sure it will be on par with what was demonstrated. Everyone's speakin' on KZ2 bein' unfinished but I guess everyone's also assumin' that KZ2 actually looks that well. That's why they're (sorta) comparable, IMO.

If you disagree with me that's fine, so long as we can agree to disagree. I'll be the first to tell you it's nothing more or less than my opinion. I use my brain with all of my replies n' responses n' I hope you do the same.

EDIT: Ah, well after actually watching the comparison I see it's gameplay footage for both, not the trailer that was shown vs. GoW, I assumed wrong, and that pretty much means everything I've just typed out is irrelevant. I've seen this, of course GoW looks better, KZ2 aint done n' what they show is exactly where they're at with the game n' with another year to go in development I have to say it's lookin' great.

[bluebrad1974]

OMG, KZ2 lol. I have seen oodles of games that plow KZ2 in the past year. Pay attention fools. Condemned: Criminal Origins (a launch 360 game) does more than KZ2 in it's "pre-pre alplha" (lol yeah WTF eva sony) stage. Get a clue noobs, then realize you've been shafted. I've got screens and unlimited bandwidth to show you the truth.

[Hectic_Kris]

it does the ai looks like idiots ReT@rd$ 'r' Us.. a 3 month old monkey could complete that game

[Kaneda]

Wow! 360 fanboys campaign against KZ2...:) a lot of articles about it since E3...

Before the trailers released...they said KZ2 will not match the 05 trailer... then KZ2 trailer 07 came close to being match with 05 trailer... Now comparing w/ GOW... If your system is 2 years old..and it is the only game you use to compare with... You should be worry... becoz there is no other games beside GOW... Your library is only GOW...

Edit: all the media was impress with KZ2...except for Xbots.... why?

[bluebrad1974]

A developer farted and then Phil Harrison gave him a few bucks, now Killzone gets a sequel. I am straight up questioning everyones ability to identify and tell the difference between crisp and fuzz.

[chelcho]

There is a lot discussions on xbox forums about KZ2 and many xbox owners are impressed.
Really don't know why they made this comparison. Art style of KZ2 and GeOW are completely different.
BTW animation in KZ2 is first class IMHO.

[joevfx]

after all the cool lighting effects and texture they cant even animate right, it look so bad. hahah when that dude is getting shot in the face he just stands there and shakes like he has MS, sooooooo bad.

[CrazzyMan]

1) YOU LIKE MORE WHAT YOU SEE IN KILLZONE 2 PRE_ALPHA - AGREE WITH ME.
2) YOU LIKE MORE WHAT YOU SEE IN FINISHED GEOW - DISAGREE WIT ME.

it`s not about textures only, it`s about everything: Textures, Animation, Atmosphere, Blood, Impressions, Level of Details, War feeling and etc.

Ofcourse, we are not comparing full games, only what we have today(1 full_game and 1 pre_alpha), but if people started to compare, why not make a poll, so vote! =))

EDIT:
p.s. yeah, i wouldn`t mind to get some positive feedbacks. =)) thnx. =]

[MoonDust]

Leave me good feedback! :D

[MoonDust]

Is there a alternative? Can i save it?

[7ero H3LL]

pre-alpha means it hasn't even left your head! (its still concept)
alpha means its a tech demo (usually saved in a media format for better performance)
beta means bending to consumer demand for a tidbit sized playable compilation of nearly finalized code (like a playable e3 demo)

BOTH halo and killzone are betas, ones just further down the pipe than the other. in other words, halo is almost final (think beta at 90%) and killzone is in production (beta at maybe 45-65%). Again, they're BOTH betas, at diferent percentages.

[joevfx]

didnt any of you people read the Dev interview before the morning of the E3 showing. he already said it wasnt even in alpha stage yet. most of the textures and animation in teh vieo are not final there will be a ton more detail for the final version, go read the interview.

[Badhabit007]

I have read a dev comment last week, and it was clearly stated that KZ2 was in pre-pre alpha. According to WIKIPEDIA, pre-alpha is not what you are saying. I agree that pre-pre could be far fetch, but it's still possible. By the way, for the fun factor it's OK, but it is a un-necessary comparison video from my point of view. This is just fuel for the fanboys from both side.

Here is the link @ wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Ciao!

Mart

[JokesOnYou]

ha ha sony kids are so funny Gears kicks the sh!t out of kz, and stop with all the pre-pre-pre Alpha crap, thats just the developers making more excuses while trying to make it seem like its going to be so much better, how the hell is a game that been in dev for 2+ yrs still pre-pre-pre alpha? hell well I guess it won't be out until 2009 gimme a f-kn break, just chill everybody knows its not finished but dont start the same BS sony devs always do, then later on they have excuses. kz is dark, and its hiding all the bad textures every time theres a little light you can see how flat it is. This game doesn't match cod4, lets see that comparison next, cause Gears eats this game for lunch, I do like the atmosphere of this game, really violent like gears and it probably would have turned out alot better but the poo-ray3 gpu is holding it back. sorry sony kids once again=

JOY

[fenderputty]

you get all giddy about this. KZ2 isn't even out yet. This is as lame as the Resistance/Halo3 beta comparison. You can't do this until killzone has been released and finished. Seriously ... any 360 fanboy taking this to heart clearly isn't thinking straight. You're obviously grasping for something, hoping, praying, that KZ doesn't beat out your precious game. It's sad really.

Not to mention the fact that you completely ignore the destructible environments, better animations, enemies that react to wear they're being shot and that there's more going on in Killzone.

you guys make me lol

[7ero H3LL]

nice attatchment itachi! but even i, a 360 gamer feel affended by the middle! dude, let's tone it down:)

still very funny...can't stop laughing

[timmyp53]

http://www.n4g.com/M/8/Imag...
http://www.n4g.com/M/8/Imag...

[MoonDust]

Doesn't make sense.

[timmyp53]

look at the first batch of screens
http://www.n4g.com/M/8/Imag...

[MoonDust]

They were so close together i must've clicked on the same one twice.

[Says you]

Are you kidding there is no game on the XBox 360 that can compare to Killzone 2 you are a joke you shouldnt even come in here if you compare a game that is obviously not even close to Killzone 2 well you really need to get an eye transplant seriously and you think you've seen other games on the XBox 360 that plow Killzone 2 thats a laugh there is no XBox 360 game that plows Killzone 2 and further more etownone you dont know how wrong you are I've played Gears of War and Gears of War doesnt even come close to being CG like Killzone 2 your the one that is blind.

[etownone]

you right in regards to condemned not looking as good as KS, Killzone looks awesome......but your obviously are another blind sonyfan that hasn't played gears. Gears looks better.

[AllroundGamer]

comparing pre-pre-alpha with a final product, now that is intelligent :)

[fopums]

well I dont want to involve myself with comparisions anymore, but I did want to give props to the music choice! well played :D

[PS360PCROCKS]

Thank you I figured it would give a select few here a giggle or two...

[etownone]

a game thats been in development for over 2 years with a budget of 20 mil..... is not pre-alpha. That term was used to fool everybody into thinking that the game is going to look a hellava lot better, which it probably wont.

if anything, you better hope when it comes out that it looks the same as the video we saw and that this isn't another one of sonys tricks.

oh...and Gears look s better.

[Skynetone]

Id give the edge to gears because kz2 is two grey

id pick kz2 due to me not liking third person view

[tony]

killzone2 vs gears of war? thats easy! call of duty 4! just kidding. of course killzone2. i don't even own a ps3, but i'm not blind.

[assasshin]

im not blind and i can clearly see that gears of war owned killzone 2 in this comparison. i dont even like gears of war but killzone 2 is too gray and the blacks don't look deep at all. look at the beginning when the guy throws a bomb in KZ the hand looks terrible. i hope its just beta or w/e the hell that other kid is saying cuz right now it looks good but doesn't even touch gears.

[RonDeMuerte]

Ha! the animations, blood effects, and the enemy's reaction to getting hit already make Killzone 2 better than Gears (although I have to hand it to Gears with it's comic relief....at the beginning of the video when you chainsaw the enemy, and then go over to take a few shots at the other one and he starts doing the robot..haha...that was funny.)....anyways...Gears might be shiny and darn pretty...but we're talking about games that are somewhat supposed to set the tone for a war type environment, they're not supposed to be shiny and pretty!!!...and that's why the color, environment, and overall mood is best in Killzone 2..(plus the final version of the game is gonna be so much better)....and if you disagree with that you probably don't know much about video games, common sense, and public demand or expectation.....you...fanboy.. .

[BADBOYEK4]

IS in BETA the game runs to good to be PRE ALPHA and there is no such thing as PRE PRE ALPHA.Gears Of War,Halo 3,and Call of Duty 4 are Graphicly Better than Killzone.I am not trying to dog Killzone but the weapons dont even have a shine to them. The weapons look plastic they dont even reflect light like metal should.By the way that part of the video where they showed the BARB WIRE FENCE that was PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE PRE ALPHA.

[etownone]

there is no pre pre alpha. people hear that and think "whoa if this is pre pre alpha, just imagine the final release!!"

bunch of tools!!

[joevfx]

Gears looks great for beign hyper-real,the unreal engine has alwasy been about that. So yes it looks great for beign hyper-real. but it does not look as realistc as killzone. the lightign and shadows behave much more realistically in Killzone then in gears. you will never see a highlight in real life glow liek it is in some lord of the rings movie. it just doesnt do that unless your eye are drenched in water or tears. so yeah, Gears great looking hyper-real game. Killzone, very realistic looking game.

[JokesOnYou]

look at all the sony kids making excuses, even that iblueyou, I mean that ibleedblue kid couldn't deny Gears looks better, the same ones that flamed Halo3 Beta, funny thing is the latest trailer and screens of Halo3 is showing alot of great detail, vibrant colors, plenting of lighting and great texture work, not hiding anything all in the shadows, even gears which is dark has color to it and you can see the details where the light shines on their armor, kz on the other hand is flat, I mean the e3 trailer was good, just a beat behind cod4 but its funny how the stuff they shown after that e3 trailer looks worse.

JOY

vvvvv No you can believe them, just like you believed Insomniac, it sounds all too familiar, with the whole 2gigs just for this scene stuff, and the game will be so huge you can't fit on DVD9, yet it just looks avg, damm I wonder how Crysis fits on DVD9 and looks better than anything else I ever seen, oh maybe it will start with you killing one bad guy, then one cut scene and its over, what a shame, huh? stop with all the damm excuses sony kids

[fenderputty]

Dude .... seriously .... quit popping your load all over the place. It's premature. Killzone isn't even in BETA yet and still has things in it that gears doesn't.

[joevfx]

..im suppossed to believe you over the maker of the game, ok sure.

[ChanDangle]

I like how in Gears you have to consistently shoot someone in the face for 5secs for him to die. Killzone 2 hands down.

[bluebrad1974]

If KZ2 is the benchmark for people ready to spend $500-$600 for a game console, then we console gamers are doomed to a life of mediocrity.

[BADBOYEK4]

is the most realistic FPS ever made. The graphics in Call Of Duty 4 is as real as real can get in a video game.Go back and look at the video when it get to Killzone look at the weapons or anythig that should be metal in the game, none of the weapons or the BARB WIRE FENCE have a shine it all looks plastic.

[fenderputty]

you 360 fanboys are having some majorly premature load blowings here. KZ2 isn't even in the BETA and yet it still had things in it that Gears doesn't. IE: Destructible maps, enemies that react to where they are being shot, better animations, more going on at one time etc etc.

Let's see what happens when they release newer and better footage. Ooo that's right. You're all jerking yourselves off to the idea that it can't be ALPHA. IT JUST CAN'T BE! WHAAAHHHHHHH WHAHHHHHH

EDIT @ people below: ... if you look at all my posts, you'll notice I never once trash gears. It's hands down the BEST looking game out so far. I just think all these comparisons are lame. They're as lame as the resitance/halo3 beta comparison. This game has got a lot going for it and plenty of room to improve. You should all quit jumping to your conclusions.

[JokesOnYou]

seriously I was just having a laugh, but kz looks good, I never said it was terrible, it just doesnt look better than Gears, but hey Gears is f-kn sweet and yeah this game isn't finished but I'm not stupid enough to believe the pre pre pre pre alpha bs either, I will never ever, ever believe a sony only dev ever again, hell that even sounds dumb, I've never heard that term used before, so trust me that comment gets nothing but laughs from me, but really kz isn't bad although it does need alot of work, the only reason Im pointing out its flaws is cause sony kids did the same thing with the Halo3 beta, so yes its a good laugh when they act like hypocrits with all the excuses, with the amount of money and time spent Im sure kz will be a good game, just not what sony promised, reality hurts thats all I'll say.

JOY

[BADBOYEK4]

Im not a fanboy i am a OLD SCHOOL GAMER I own a PS3 and a 360.Some of you sony fans defend the PS3 with your life and dont even own the PS3 yet still saving money trying to get one.I play Gears of War almost everyday i knew once they showed the Killzone video that Gears looked better.

[razer]

What happened? Everytime you make a new comment you sound dumber and dumber..

I understand you need to defend yourself, but at least be logical. I know it's hard being in last place but please spare us.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

Damn Flame Wars. What a fu(king useless comparison?

Killzone looks great and will be much more polished when its released. But Gears of War is almost a year old now. How can they even be compared? And the logic used by Killzone fans is the complete opposite to what it should be. Sheesh. A fair comparison will be between Killzone 2 and best exclusive shooter then released on 360. Get over it already. Nobody here excited about Lair???

[whoomsla]

ps3 price dropped to 500 bluebrad. JOKESONYOU is blind haha, halo looks like a disney game for the Wii it's embarrassing that every halo looks the same, no matter which Xbox, original or 360. Gears of War needs serious touching up, when you shoot they don't react, it's like the enemy stands still despite the bullets hitting them haha. It's simple. if you like fantasy comic book style games, go for gears or halo. if you want a quality FPS go for killzone. by the time it hits the shelves half of you xbox girls are gonna be sneaking over to your friend's house to watch them play it.HD DVD doesn't compare to Bluray, Microsoft fans should be disappointed.

[bluebrad1974]

How many lo-res textures, simple lighting,... forget it, your not observant enough to notice anyhow. You Sony fans are f***in morons (maybe not all of you, but the !00% loyalists are f***in stupid MF'ers) I've seen graphics in the way of Crysis,R6V,Kameo,Condemned,COD ,GoW...forget it, your blind dogs in the meat house and you'll never see. I can assure you that KZ2 has been done time and time again in the past year. I think 90% of you simply got keyed in on the dialogue(noobs).

[chelcho]

You've been reported. You offended other people with no reason

[Shaka2K6]

gears of short barely moves 2 enemies on screen and it has some pretty weak framework still best on PC though.

KillZonE3 > Crysis.

[SDS Gamerfiend]

Killzone isn`t pre alpha damn! No game is in development for over 2 years and it`s only pre-alpha! First they told you that it was real time at E3 05 and you all ran with that! Why would you believe them again anyways?! It`s common since that it`s beta! How could it even be pre-alpha and not even alpha DUH! Pre alpha means it isn`t even playable at E3 DUH! Gears was alpha at E3 05 and as you saw it wasn`t playable until E3 06! Use your common since. If this game is only at pre-alpha then that means you won`t be playing this game until 2009!

[Kleptic]

I still want to know who said "pre pre alpha" or w/e...I have not seen that confirmed at all or anything...

its very unlikely...alpha...maybe...sim ply because it has comparible issues to exactly what Lair had at its alpha stage...Murky textures...and extremely terrible fire...but Lair worked those issues out perfectly (the fire really has come a long way)...there is no doubt that KZ2 will look better by the time its released...

best looking game ever? who cares?...why is this always the basis for console gaming...the way the game looks will be good or bad entirely based on opinion...It is my opinion that I would take one of the worst looking games ever, Twisted Metal 2 for the ps1, and have more fun with its co-op mode than any other game released since ...Gears...no...R6 Vegas...no...Resistance...no.. .you people are arguing about how a game that hasn't been released yet looks like...

it looks great to me so far...Does it look as good as Gears?...I don't care at all...Gears looked great when I played it last year...and that was it for me...i thought R6 Vegas had a better cover system and was more fun at the time, and still now...and R6 Vegas did not look better than Gears...KZ2 looks to be a lot of fun too...but I won't know how much until, you know, the game is released...

[Raptors]

Based strictly on this video Gears looks better.

[crippler666]

Looking at both games they are indeed impressive and yes right now I do give the graphical edge to Gears, but for amount of on screen action Killzone 2 has its pants down.

Should be interesting to see the final product, think graphically it should excede Gears by then.

[assasshin]

well i think itd be retarded if the zombies/monsters/idk die like humans in gears of war. their not HUMANS so dey don't die like HUMANS !!!!

[PS360PCROCKS]

I think I'll give my opinion now and actually apologize as I realized now that I used some really crappy KZ footage...I think Gears has better textures and Killzone has more going on but they both look amazing...and lol I had so much fun making this...I'm going to be posting a KZ2 vs COD4 comparison within the hour since their both alpha and both a w.i.p. Oh and I also believe KZ is in very early stages, but I think this is a demo worked on just for the show to show they could achieve this...I don't think the finished will be remarkably better but I expect much better texturing

[WIIIS1]

Xbox gamers knew from the start that KZ2, while it exceeded our low expectations, was still nowhere near Gears. And we silently laughed as the Sonyfans excreted excitement over the graphics of KZ2 - hell its perfectly understandable why they would 'cos they only have RFOM as their benchmark.

NOw some cruel bloke decided to run a video comparison and the truth is out in the open staring at everyone's faces - sorry to burst the KZ2 hype bubble, but graphics like that, we've already seen better. We're looking forward to gameplay now.

But its ok girls, there's still Ratchet and Clank which I sincerely, and earnestly believe will be the biggest winner for Sony. And maybe LittleBigPlanet. It'll very likely be better than Viva Pinata, so you can all go off now telling Nintendo fans that Sony has better games in that genre.

[ApocalypseShadow]

would look better in textures than an "unfinished",releasi ng next year killzone game.and that's not comparing what we know killzone oudoes gears with in everything else.

since you said we asked for the comparison xbox360rocks,could you be so inclined,since now you have "experience",to make a forza 2 vs GT5 prologue comparison.that would delight me greatly to see which game looks better.

a "finished" racing game or an "unfinished",releasi ng next year game.

how about that?thanks

also,you can't use pgr4 being that this is "finished" against "unfinished."plus, pgr4 doesn't look better than GT5 anyway.

i expect killzone to improve just like motorstorm did from E3 06 to final american/euro release.

[TheExecutive]

this is dumb. comparing a finished game like gears to a game that is still 7 months from release... STUPID. if anything its a testament to how good KZ looks. textures are better on gears, for now, oh yeah and NOTHING goes on in gears, i like the art direction in KZ. they really need to do something with those textures though.

[PS3Rebel]

AHHHHHHHHHHH! last time i checked i never compared HALO3 to another game - i just stated it sucked. what you ppl are doing are comapring KZ2 to a finished game lol which is hilarious and the funny and truth part KZ2 even in pre-alpha looks better

not texture wise because thatll come at the end but everything else...

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[360Sheep]

Killzone kicks this game hands down.. what you have with gears.. ohhhhh shiny textures with detaill ...wow... gameplay sucks ass.. wow a chainsaw.. thats all you have. KZ even has better cover style, the blood, the death animations, the gameplay.. all better. Ah man, and this being the first time we see the game, i can't imagine what its gonna look like when its released.. its good to have a ps3

[airforcex]

Yep,
This is not a fair comparison. KZ looks better than Halo. But a week ago some of you were saying KZ looked better than GoW; simply and clearly not the case. Now you say: wait 8 mo. In 8 months, what will you say???? This is not even fair to you guys. But then again, GoW was released in 06. Wait a minute, an 06 games looks better than your showcase? Wait a minute; GoW2 is in the works? Wait a minute, UT3 is coming in 08 (for the 360). Maybe that would be a better comparison. But until proven otherwise; GoW looks better. And I hope you apply the "enemies on the screen" or action on the screen argument when MGS4 ships. That series is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!

[airforcex]

Wow, you played Killzone! You must be really important. What are you in highschool? You don't know how the game plays.

[crippler666]

Whilst the charactors may look clearer on Gears, the background looks a little dodgy in places.

Aswell not so many charactors on screen. That is not to take anything away from Gears, but it is an explanation to why most people view Killzone as better, as sometimes you have as many people on your team in Killzone as there is on screen in Gears.

I like the way that people are setting the bar higher for Killzone hoping it will fall flat. The last 3-4 months of programming are for graphics and bug fixing. To think that there will be little or no improvement in the game is very narrow minded, because by your way of thinking Halo 3 will look exactly the same as the demo.

[sjappie]

Sofar we haven't seen more than 3 enemies on screen at a time in the Killzone gameplay videos, so don't use it as an argument.

[TECHNOshamanism]

for the guy who liked the music if you liked that then youll love this

http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/...

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Grayzone 2 will come out next year "if your lucky" and Droids talk as if they all played it. You guys do realize this is made from the same guys who made the dumb as a rock AI, buggy as hell, no lighting Killzone don't you? At least the Grayzone team is keeping with tradition and going with a game that has no lighing and muted colors throughout. I kid, you guys take this sh!t to hard somtimes.

Sushifx welcome to depleting bubbles, Sorry your game isn't all that Droid and infact I do know about game design hmm... how about that?

[Ghoul]

seein as your a ignorant fanboy without any knowledge about gamedevelopment nor engine technology your welcome to ignorelist.

[Nervsys]

All these comments about how wonderful KZ looks, and I just can't see it.

It reminds me a bit of F.E.A.R. but instead of being grey, it's brown.
Also seems blury compared to gears and quite "boxy" in its layout.

I know its an "unfinished product" but they had better put a lot of hours in if this is going to get anywhere close to the hype.

[Nicosia]

Its like comparing apples and oranges.

[EDF 2017]

Gears looks better, alot better. SHarper, better effects, better textures, high use of maps which as you know can make game look really good. Killzone 2 has a long way to go to match gears quality. Killzone looks like it is rendered at 800 X 600 then upscaled.

[MyNameIsNotRick]

Do you realize that by saying that KZ looks better than GOW may as well just say back is white and up is down. I realize that the 5 or 6 hundred dollars you waisted may have inadvertently given you rose colored glasses in regards to sony games but, trust me, everyone can see that gears looks better. And gears looked better than KZ one year before it's release (biggest difference was frame rate).

So by the time KZ is released, it's production costs will have been more than double of GOW and graphics quality will not likely match GOW. That being said, how many more games do you think you will get that even match KZ?

[Dr Pepper]

I don't know what's stranger: comparing something with another product that's almost a year older or comparing something with another product that's not finished yet. Oh well, interesting comparison.

[vettle1]

i agree pepper that is what i was thinking, people need to stop this, killzone will be an awesome game (i hope, nobobys played it yet)it is algha build and we all know gears was awesome (it is almost a year old now and those shots were from multiplayer and dont look as good as single player) so just shut up everyone. cant we all just get along :)

[AngryTypingGuy]

On graphics alone, GOW wins, hands down. But you can say that about almost any game. We won't know if it has better gameplay until it is released and the public can form an opinion. It will be tough to beat GOW though. Everywhere you looked last year, there were two games that seemed to be winning the Game of the Year honors, depending on which magazine, website, or awards show it was. One was Oblivion, the other was Gears of War. Will Killzone 2 be able to live up to that? Probably not.

[Boon Tarkas]

Without a doubt the PS3 will eventually provide some jaw-dropping material -it is after all a monster of a machine- this wasn't it though.

I enjoy my 360, but I am not so biased- believe it or not- that I dont want someone that dropped a serious bundle on another systme to have as much as I am having.

Gears was still superior, despite KillZone being on a newer system and a newer game.

If anything it did not look that much different from what is provided in Call of Duty 3.

The PS3 will deliver, and vanquish I am sure on the graphics front, but ,unless your incredibly biased, that time is not just yet.

[boodybandit]

First off I am no fanboy. I own both the 360 and the PS3 but the 360 gets most of my play time because they have the games I want at this time. It would be nice to actually have a conversation comparing games like this on both platforms without all the nonsense for "once".

With that said I really don't see what some are seeing while looking at Killzone 2. From the colors, textures, resolution and lighting effects, the game looks bland to me. I realize it's way off from being released and it might likely (hopefully) will look and play a lot better then it currently looks to me.

When I compare games like GOW, Halo 3 and COD4 (on either system), I feel K2 has a long way to go. If it wasn't for that stupid hyped CGI demo E3 06 we wouldn't even be talking about this game. Killzone on the PS2 was just an ok shooter at best. I don't think it will be among the top shooters (speculation on my part / MHO) on the PS3 when all is said and done.

Then again I don't think GOW is that great a game either. Online is so unbalanced and the game takes little skill (other then long range weapons minus the active reload) and it has so many glitches and cheats, horrible host advantage, that it isn't even fun to play for a diehard hardcore FPS or TPS gamer. Rainbow Six Vegas, GR2, COD3 and Halo 3 (from the beta I played) is so much more fun and accurate a game it's not even funny.

Why all the arguing and moaning over a game that is nearly past it's prime against a game that wont be out for another year anyway?

Do we really have to relive the same tired debate for this whole next gen? Will there ever be a Halo (or now a GOW) killer on the PS3? Who cares? Will there ever be a GT, MGS, Final Fantasy killer on the 360?

Don't you guys ever get bored with this?

[PS360PCROCKS]

woo my story is at the top of the website! That's never happened although I hardly post, but woo cool.

edit:: boo it's only in the ps3 section lol not the whole website! but hey I got two of the top 6 stories :) makes me happy haha

edit:: daenforcer, man I can understand if you think KZ2 looks better, but gimme a break don't knock GOW, the game looks amazing, especially in HD

[DaEnforcer]

Gears has static environments, too extreme lighting, inferior animations and plastic written all over it. Blink, blink is all I got to say about Gears.

[Anything but Cute]

They are different types of games. Gears if War is third person and Killzone 2 is first person.

Are they comparing the fun factor? Killzone 2 isn't out yet, but I certainly liked How you can ready grenades and stay covered. I heard someone talk about how cool the covering system is on Killzone 2, it's all from first person view.

[kevin]

when since has regular graphics looked better than cg ingame, man the world really is changing

[Anything but Cute]

They try to knock Killzone 2 down, but most people aren't buying it. Gears of War is an awesome game where the characters and textures really shine but the gameplay is a bit overrated. The games enviroment is more pre rendered than XBOTS care to admit. But Gears of War is in the past already and the game did wonders for XBOX 360 during last holiday.

Killzone looks very good also, the character animations and enviroments look almost cutscene like. The atmosphere is suppose to be drak, grey, and depressing like. I heard it has a lot of detail and so much of the enviroment takes damage and is destructable. I heard it's got innovation with the covering system. We saw from the video that you can pull out a grenade and stay covered and decide where to throw it. But all this about Killzone 2 is just potential because the game is far from finished, it's probably getting a Fall 08 release. Right now we're in summer 07.

[DaEnforcer]

With static environments I meant that you can't really interact with the environments. It's like some prerendered sh1t ala Resident Evil 1, you can shoot at it or whatever, but it always stays the same.

[popup]

Gears.

I ignored the graphics on the main char (main character textures etc cannot be included for comparison as KZ is 1st person!) and looked the environment and was surprised how different it seems now I am looking closer.

- The running 'Wobble/Blur' (tm) effect still makes my brain shout Wow!
- When things ground to a halt for shooting, I was surprised to see alot of flat-line scenery, basic environments and nothing that special.

- The lightning effect was very atmospheric and really added to the realism.

Killzone 2
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Despite a couple of the most cringing moments of the 'showcase video' used for comparison (the bloody awful push button scene just for starters) it really stood up very well for the most part.

- During blur sequences (not as good makeup as the run-blur effect) it still had that wow factor.

- Shot enemies reacted in a more realistic physical manner.

- Atmosphere was noticeably more claustrophobic and lighting effects were easily on par.

Conclusion
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A really bad example video of both games that seems engineered in the choices of scene to be enough for the easily led to be a fair comparison but in reality only seems to fuel one persons point of view/fantasy.

Having said that, based on these two, Gears is way better that KZ2 when KZ is at its worst and KZ2 is way better than Gears when Gears is at its worst.

Next up:- Best console decided by owner in bed competition judged by Paris Hilton?

[THAMMER1]

But as for right now today GEARS OF WAR wins this run.

[Bill Gates]

Guys come on let them "believe" GOW looks better.
The XBOTS have taking enough of a beating.
Sad souls....HAHHAHHAHHHA

[AngryTypingGuy]

You are so biased that KZ2 could have N64 graphics and you would still say it beats GOW. In the video presented at the top of the page, it's like night at day. It's not even close. GOW blows KZ2 away. KZ2 looks unpolished in that video. If you want something on PS3 to compete with GOW in the graphics department, you'll have to wait for UT3.

[supnub5]

Unreal Tournament 3 ps3 vs. Gears of War 360 is coming right up after 12 minutes from supnub5.

[mike316]

Well i'm a proud PS3 owner but I will have to concede and give the edge to Gears of War over Killzone 2.

BUT if i'm not mistaken Gears of Wars uses texture streaming and Killzone doesn't PLUS gamers will actually get value for money with Killzone 2; Gears of War is pathetically short because of the amount of space texture streaming requires coupled with them crappy DVD9s that the 360 uses.

So I do agree that Gears looks slightly better graphically but I reckon Killzone will be a better game overall even though they're quite different.

[rowdy 1]

It really seems that there are some fanboys that can't take KZ2. What was shown is not even complete so why compare.

[Groo]

LOL, the song is perfect for this

[True Gamer King]

There is a lot more texuring in gears but the clearness in KZ2 is better its almost as if it's in a higher resoulution.

[True Gamer King]

Also is most of whats being shown on gears multiplayer an whats being shown in KZ2 is story mode

[no_more_heroes]

I give the nod to Gears. There's something about the colors in ps3 games that just look flat and pale. I think its just that Killzone has better lighting. The colors in Gears just pop out at me. I was playing Gears on my friend's 360 and I was stunned. It scares me to see what that game looks like in HD. Didn't reach that far, only played through what I think is the first chapter (the one with the Hammer of dawn that only works outside and had this thing that chases after you later on, I think its called a Berserker or something) but it was fun and beautiful. They needed to do something about that part with the big tank though. That could have been a little better.

Anyway, its about time the ps3 starts showing its worth. Killzone 2 looks pretty and pretty good. I hear the first one was crap, but with how 2 is looking it will probably make you forget about the first one. Still not buying a ps3 until its $300 or less though.

p.s. please may I have my bubble back. I miss that bubble. :(