Killzone 2 vs. Halo 3

Killzone 2 vs. Halo 3

KILLZONE 2 VS. HALO 3: We pit the two rival FPS powerhouses against each other in several categories to find out which is the superior sci-fi-themed shooter!

Six years ago, game pubs and the rest of video game playing world first heard about an ambitious new first-person shooter being developed for the PS2 by an Amsterdam-based studio no one had ever heard of. The game was called Killzone, and it was immediately hailed by numerous sources as having the potential to be a bona fide "Halo Killer."

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The reality was that Killzone was not a video game that could be accurately labeled as something capable of squashing the Halo franchise, and this is coming from someone who used to play the original Killzone religiously with all my buddies for a solid year after its release.

Now that the reviews are in for Killzone 2 (read GamePro's perfect 5 out of 5 star review of Killzone 2), it's clear that Guerilla Games has finally delivered a game they can be proud of. From its riveting campaign to its robust multiplayer support, Killzone 2 nails just about everything they didn't quite achieve with their first game. But how does it compare to the last installment in the Halo series, Halo 3, the franchise it was originally set out to kill? Read on to find out.

Killzone 2 versus Halo 3
Table of Contents

  • Round 1: Protagonists (This Page)
  • Round 2: Story
  • Round 3: Weapons
  • Round 4: Enemies
  • Round 5: Single-player
  • Round 6: Multiplayer
  • Final Round: Extras/Replayability/Overall
  • Bonus Round: ???
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    Round One: Protagonists

    Killzone 2 vs. Halo 3
    Halo 3

    Halo's iconic hero, John-117 AKA "Master Chief" returns in Halo 3 after appearing in both Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2. Chief is a man of few words and is devoid of much of a personality. But by making MC such a mysterious fella with few perceivable characteristics, this empowers the player to relate to him no matter what. Master Chief has become such a recognizable video game protagonist over the years, but what do we really know about the guy? The answer is, not a whole lot, and that's the point.

    Killzone 2 vs. Halo 3
    Killzone 2

    Though the first Killzone game's protagonist, ISA Captain Jan Templar, does make an appearance in the game, he's not a playable character in KZ2. In the sequel, he's replaced by a younger ISA sergeant, Tomas "Sev" Sevchenko, a faux-hawk sporting soldier who's as tough as nails, but not exactly charismatic or even memorable.

    THE WINNER: Halo 3

    Some games have protags you remember, others you don't. Killzone 2 fits into the later group. The outcome of this first round of Killzone 2 vs. Halo 3 leaves Chief as the victor.

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    Train_of_Thought

    good lord, people just bitch just to bitch. i bet people don't even read the comparisons, they just jump down to see who won, and why.

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    PatrickShaw

    Train_of_Thought wrote:

    good lord, people just bitch just to bitch. i bet people don't even read the comparisons, they just jump down to see who won, and why.

    Word Train of Thought. Thanks for bothering to read my article.

    ChitownShogun73

    Oh Damn. Bring the popcorn, the fanboys will show their true colors on this one. Both Sony and Microsoft fanboys.

    islandomonkeys

    I think this was a fair comparison. I like gamepro, people should stop being so critical.

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