Well I'll be damned...

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This game is going to feature heavily in my autobiography. Finished yet another preview yesterday - detailed breakdown of the beta maps, general multiplayer hints - which will be going live next week...

Are those stills from the HD version of the trailer ? Because as far as I remember the trailer was much better than those stills , but KZ2 does look like the best looking VG so far this gen ..

Thanks for the 320x240 screen shots taken with a camera.... NFL2k1 on the dreamcast looks like real football at that resolution..

this may be  my gayest post ever but...

bring back the boy band haircuts, bald space marines are in every game! why cant the soliders in this game be flamboyant and fabulous!!

"Boy band's haircuts"? That dude in the third left image down has widow's peaks a foot long. Urrrgh.

Killzone 2 definitely isn't as Caucasian now as it was in 2005...

Thanks for the 320x240 screen shots taken with a camera.... NFL2k1 on the dreamcast looks like real football at that resolution..

Don't thank me, thank GAF.

They're not a bad size to take an at-a-glance look at the game's progression.

You let me know how the screenies looks on your 10 1920x1200 rigs, smartass. ;P

Killzone 2's textures look like ass. Watch the trailers on PSN, on a big screen, not these tiny vids on the net.

immortaldanmx


Killzone 2's textures look like ass. Watch the trailers on PSN, on a big screen, not these tiny vids on the net.

Some of them are great, others not so much. They're certainly not as crisp as those in the Gears games. Regardless though, the games user of shaders and post processing effects make it look amazing. It's the best looking FPS on consoles and it looks better than 99% of PC shooters too. An argument can be made for graphical superiority over Gears 2, but they're both really fucking impressive and it's a little pointless.

I think it's safe to say that they've created a far nicer looking game than we'd all expected. I played the beta and really enjoyed myself. It wasn't quite as satisfying as CoD4 but it was still badass. Stylistically the game reminds me of Quake II more than anything else. Killzone is what Quake IV should have been instead of the trash we were handed by Raven.

Oh and Edwin, it's it a little late to be previewing the beta maps now?

It's not really a preview - title (assuming Adam doesn't doctor it) is "Killzone 2: 10 Ways Not To Get Your Butt Kicked". Hints and tips, in other words, including a painted overview of one of the maps.

Ah gotcha...

In that case i'll be looking forward to reading said article.

Does Kikizo have it's review code yet? I'm going to be playing the games campaign mode sometime next week. I can't wait to get my hands on the bolt gun.

Yeah, we gots da review code :D

Though I'm having a hard time getting it away from Adam, the grasping bastard. Can't blame him, really - whatever you might think of the game itself, the box is sexy as hell.

Nice box huh?

a review copy has a box?

Silentbomber


a review copy has a box?

And how! Fucking thing could pass for a spaceship, with the amount of gloss they've dumped on it.

I've got hold of the actual disc but Adam's going to scan in the other press materials for you to goggle at. Bear in mind that this is the same press kit that went on Ebay to the tune of $589...

i'll give you a tenner.

Wasn't the pack that was sold on eBay was just a press kit with a preview build of the game?

This is the one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Killzone-2-Press-Kit-for-Playstation-3-VERY-RARE_W0QQitemZ150321593482QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS?hash=item150321593482&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1297|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318#ebayphotohosting

I think that it did surpass things in the target render but still there are things that are still better in the 2005 video. The overall view is that its better which is logical since technology advanced in those 4 years but still there are things that the ps3 is not capable of like the textures detail level.

but still there are things that are still better in the 2005 video.

Well of course... but it's CG. It's not like anybody held it to that standard, and in every way short of texture resolution, it's surpassed it.

By and large though, proper lighting and filtering make or break a game's looks, over textural fidelity, especially in games with a darker palette.