E3: Killzone 2 demo conclusion video

Posted Jul 14, 2007 at 2:37PM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3 Tags: CGI, Framerate, Killzone, Sony
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For those of us who didn't get to see Sony's demonstration of Killzone 2 in E3, here's a special treat - the conclusion of the demo itself, captured in all its next-gen glory. Let's sit back, relax, and savor the awesomeness that radiates from what looks to be this generation's killer app for the PlayStation 3.

You've probably read these words already, but they bear repeating: the graphics look absolutely amazing. Everything's smooth and detailed and sharp, so much that we can't tell if it's CGI or actual gameplay. Little details we noticed - your gun shakes convincingly with every step you make while firing, blood that pools out of every fresh kill, the slick framerate that's frighteningly realistic. If there's a title to look out for that sports the absolute pinnacle of this generation's graphics, Killzone 2 is it.

Updates as we get them - enjoy the video!



 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by Monolithic - 2007-07-14 10:11
» Improvements...

The fire explosions could use some work. Other than that Awesome.

by dMcNabb92 - 2007-07-14 10:28
» really nice, but...

i think that the game looks really great and fun, but i just hope they improve the textures and stuff like fire for this game. Probably because this game is most likely in alpha right now, but overall this game looks intense and addicting.

by zeromatrix - 2007-07-14 10:39
» ...

Dont worry this is in pre-alpha right now

by Mic2000 - 2007-07-14 11:50
» Yeah the fire, use 3d textures!

Why does nobody use 3d textures like they used in the techdemo for the PS3 with the wicked explosion! (I mean that one at the gasstation ;)). But the rest looks great!

by lala - 2007-07-14 12:38
» this game

looks amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow look at the quality looks like modernwarfare meets gaylo meets rainbowsix meets super awsome graphics just need work on the explosions in the end and bam this game is killa dilla APPAAAA

by wow - 2007-07-14 13:39
» hmm

defenitly looks better then halo 3, if the game is actually better then halo 3 then maby they can makeup for what they said about killzone being the halo killer

by jmartin - 2007-07-14 13:51
» ...

looks like resistance v1.1 to me. not even bette than gears. textures up close are crap. the barbwire shows it. character models and death animations look great though, definitely better than gears in that respect. and you can't compare halo 3, it's an entirely different art style. both games look more than good enough.

by jsfga - 2007-07-14 14:48
» sns

The most impressive part is how the characters move. It's so realistic compared to any game on the market. The graphics look great as well, but the movement really compliments the graphics.

by Morbidly - 2007-07-14 15:48
» ya

you guys are right about the explosions, pre alpha or not thats probably all were gonna get. that kinda really disappoints me...and yeah the textures lose there quality up close..wtf guys? unreal looks amazing i was literally jaw dropped watching the whole video, then this looks like...meh...





man...

by Boby Brown - 2007-07-14 16:51
» Nice!

This is incredible! The graphics are great and the environment feels so real!



This is definitly a excellent competitor of Halo 3! Personnaly, I don't like the style of the Halo serie... doesn't look good enough... So my vote goes to Killzone 2 !!!

by Dre - 2007-07-14 18:16
» KZ

alpha alpha alpha. Plus the game comes out next year come on now DAMN

by Straight Up Hatin - 2007-07-14 18:19
» Old school

People crack me up, complaining about how fire looks or about the quality of the barb wire. Why does it matter? Are you going to pay 60+ dollars to look at fire and barb wire? Hell no! You pay to play the game, have fun. That is what you should be looking forward to, whether game is good or not, not worried about the quality of something you're probably going to see for a few seconds.



Enjoy yourself b*tches! It's a celebration!

by dam - 2007-07-14 18:54
» repetition

how many times did he have to press that freakin button?!

by MaxX - 2007-07-14 20:29
» Awesomeness 2 Da MaxX

WAO!!(except the fire)

by nastradamus - 2007-07-14 21:36
» ya i was thinking the same thing

it also did something weird after each time he pressed the button, but obviously problems like that won't be carried over to the game from the demo

by nastradamus - 2007-07-14 21:37
» how many of you

that are complaining about the fire watched the trailer in HD? it really doesn't look that bad, just no spectacular like everything else.

by GamerZ - 2007-07-14 22:46
» Hmmm

Just seen this for the first time and too be honest, this just looks OK. If it wasn't Killzone, I doubt many would get excited over that footage, or the gameplay footage seen in the trailer. Realtime cutscenes look great though.

by Xman - 2007-07-14 23:26
» sony fans

do yoi think that the ps3 could really do this?!! this can only be done on the 370!! wial you fantards are wandering why didnt killzone come out for the ps3, ill be on the last level of the game!!

by Enjoy the silence - 2007-07-15 00:20
» well...

if you mean the PC UT3 that was shown then thats looks great...ofcourse it was probably running on a dual Geforce 8800 machine



many are making the mistake thinking that the UT3 trailer is the console version....thats the PC version its obvious from the game speed



and try watching the trailer in HD....this game is running at 1080P

by dssucks - 2007-07-15 00:26
» of course

ps3 is already doing this

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=osstats

ps3's cell processor is 10 times faster than a core2duo,not to mention 360's cpu

by The_Regulator - 2007-07-15 00:26
» watch the HD trailer...

apparently the game is running at 1080P....and the framerate is very smooth even for an alpha build



however this section of the game is very slow and the guy keep pressing the button.....hopefully a more intense one will be available

by Player97 - 2007-07-15 00:43
» I don't think they've mentioned the resolution ...

... or have they? Maybe I've missed it, was it is an interview? Or is this yet another rumour which people spread around as if it's fact?



Just asking btw, cause it's suprising how much false information people spread around on forums.

by Player97 - 2007-07-15 00:45
» Er hem

Cell is twice as powerful as the 360's CPU for arithmetic, whereas the 360's CPU is about twice as powerful for running main code.

by LastGenGamer - 2007-07-15 01:19
» "Woops my finger slipped"

Stunning! Though I gather the 'X' button is also for close-quarter attacks too huh? Hitting that button at the end looked like a challenge in itself.

Bit of work needs to be done on fire and other textures too, yet even in pre-beta the rest looks pretty awesome. I can't wait to waste some pseudo space-Nazis!

by Dude - 2007-07-15 05:06
» Dude

This game looks nothing like Resistance......and in Gears its totally different..you can only compare this game with FPS!!! games...this game has more movement,AWESOM E game but there still alot of another great games.

by Tru gamer - 2007-07-15 05:10
» Two things

As the xbot i am its hard for me to say this its better than gears of war but slightly worse than crysis and u other xbots just shut up and admit its better than gow bcuz if GAMESPOT can damn it u can

by Tru gamer - 2007-07-15 05:14
» Two things

As the xbot i am its hard for me to say this its better than gears of war but slightly worse than crysis and u other xbots just shut up and admit its better than gow bcuz if GAMESPOT can damn it u can

by Xtreme - 2007-07-15 06:10
» Why can't you accept other people opinions?

Many people feel that the realtime cinematics is on par with what we've seen in games like GeOW, but the gameplay graphics whilst great, are nothing beyond what we've seen in other games.



I mean come on, are you really saying the gameplay graphics in the Killzone movie shown here are the best you've ever seen?

by Xtreme - 2007-07-15 06:21
» Here's Gamespot's preview

http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/action/killzone2/index.html



Go to "E3 07: Killzone 2 Update".



Like many other websites, they are impressed, but of the graphics overall they say "The visuals are extremely impressive and rank among the best we've seen on the hardware to date."



AMONG the best, i.e. as good as the best seen elsewhere on the PS3, also, no mention of Gears of War in that preview btw.

by Who wants to know? - 2007-07-15 08:11
» More cinematic

I don't think it has the best graphics I've seen, GeOW is a little more detailed. But the things that impressed me the most in this trailer was the believability of the animations and the environment, which I think simulates lighting and depth of field a lot better (I found Gears to be a little 'flat' on screen). We'll see how it turns out.

by Timmy A - 2007-07-15 08:16
» ...

Can't wait to see this at next year's E3





***cough*** vapourware ***cough***

by sucks! - 2007-07-15 08:33
» it does

this looks crap! i dont care what u say bu this does not look good at all, if this is all the xbox has to worry about then microsoft are laughing

by datnizzle - 2007-07-15 09:33
» funny thing is

Noone is talking about how Master Chief lost some resolution since last year. In the MOVIE we saw last year Master Chief looked great. In the gameplay trailer from E3 he looks very average. But all the xbots want to down killzone 2. 1st GeoW only looks good if you look at nothing but the main character, the backgrounds are hazy, the textures are nothing special. 2nd everyone talks about killzone but MGS4 and Uncharted look better right now than anything on the 360 or anything they announced for the 360.

by asdf - 2007-07-15 10:01
» asdf

SOny *****ed up should have gone for 2 Gigs of GDDR3 memory

by na2rul - 2007-07-15 10:53
» er

u wish

by Player97 - 2007-07-15 10:56
» ^^^

No-one is talking about it datnizzle because it's not true, and every hands-on preview of Halo 3 single player being played have been VERY impressed with the game.



"but MGS4 and Uncharted look better right now than anything on the 360 or anything they announced for the 360."



Remind me of the MGS4 gameplay you saw. Oh that's right, none. As for Uncharted, it looks good, but again, it's not above the best seen on the PS3 and 360 at E3.



Stop being a fanboy for once in your life.

by Player97 - 2007-07-15 11:00
» Idiot

"this looks crap!..."



I can stop reading your post right there, since it's yet another mindless fanboy post.

by lol - 2007-07-15 11:52
» i love fanboys

u fanboy's are so funny so the ps3 has some light, and when it does you flush it with "oh the fire's not right" wtf? wow! so you will say this game is bad, becuz of fire? right, so ill make sure the next FPS game i have has the "right" fire........



and yet the halo 3 trailer gets nothing but



OMG KILLZONE HAS NOTHING ON THIS YEA 3 Red LIGHTS OF RED OMG SCRATCHED DISCS OMG HD-DVD IS INDEED OUTSELLING BLURAY F************** *************** ** PS3!



yeah...

by E - 2007-07-15 14:16
» better than gears

i played gears of war last nite n with people on here saying its better than killzone (graphically) i was expecting it to be, however i was left dissapointed because all the kilzone video from e3 ive seen is simply better than gears. the blood in gears pissed me off too, i guess they couldnt try to make it look real so they purposely made it look fake.

p.s. hopefully we as consumers can get the best out of this halo v kilzone competition!

by asdf - 2007-07-15 14:17
» asdf

I love PS3 and hate Microsoft gods honest truth andi only said this becasue it would have made a big diffrence in graphics. They saw XBOXS specs first and still did worse . I dont get it, Still PS3 is better to me

by LickyMieBalsac - 2007-07-15 14:48
» hmmm

Well whose leading in sales? MS! So why should I care about what u said? I don't!

And finally a game that ill like thats coming out! Just wish it was this year

by Player97 - 2007-07-15 18:46
» Because it's not easy...

The console was already $599, 2GB would have added to the cost, where Sony would have had no choice but to pass most of that cost to the consumer. Imagine how much the PS3 would have cost with an extra 512MB of XDR or DDR3 memory (which is not cheap). Then there's the extra space it would have taken inside and therefore requiring alterations to the system board design, and then there's the extra heat generated.

by Player97 - 2007-07-15 19:01
» Ok

But what are you comparing E, the cinematics or the gameplay shown in the video above?



IMO, the gameplay graphics of Killzone look more comparible to COD4 in terms of style and detail. And just as you criticise the blood in GeOW, other gamers can criticise the low res textures seen in Killzone 2. We can find faults in the graphics in every game ever made, so it seems you're nit picking at GeOW to suggest it's not as impressive as some say (I do respect your opinion, but that's the way it looks to me).



The fact is, there are plus and minuses for both games, but in the end, it's all down to personal preference. Even last gen, despite all the flaws, there were gamers who preferred the 'grittier' graphics of Killzone over the brighter graphics of Halo.



"hopefully we as consumers can get the best out of this halo v kilzone competition!"



Agreed. :)

by dssucks - 2007-07-15 21:00
» eat it

listen, 360 fanboys,PS3 will dominate, like it or not

psp is f****** ds every day, i dont give a s*** if ds is outselling the psp,only the strong survives...

by Player97 - 2007-07-15 21:19
» Another day...

...another fanBOY post.



Ho hum.

by Player97 - 2007-07-15 21:25
» ^^^

...I should have said image how much the PS3 would have cost with an extra 1.5GB of XDR or DDR3 memory!

by Lurker - 2007-07-16 04:27
» @player97

Well you will think im a fanboy aswell.



The animations look good, ill give it that. But seriously, this looks very lack luster, and IMO not even close to the E32K7 (New) trailer. Very disapointed.

by Player97 - 2007-07-16 06:43
» No Lurker.

I called him a fanboy because it's one thing to say you're unimpressed and to give valid reasons why, but when someone simply says a game looks crap when it clearly doesn't, then yes he is a fanboy.



As I think you can see from my posts, I'm not blown away by Killzone as some gamers are here, because for me it's on par with what I've seen elsewhere (except the ingame textures which are much lower than I would like), but at the same time, credit where it's due, Killzone looks great overall, just not as great as some here are making out and certainly not beyond the 360.

by dssucks - 2007-07-16 08:46
» you have no basis for argument

i am not a fanBOY. im a GAMER, real gamer.

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