One of the main reasons I bought the PS3 after the price drop was this game. While it was debunked as the "Halo Killer" I thought that it would at least measure up to Gears of War. I was mistaken! Even Marcus Fenix has more personality than that clown Sev. I won't even mention what I thought of that psycho Rico.

As for the game, the background graphics are great but the character models suck. The game's action level is really intense but that wears thin the longer you push ahead. There was no story to speak of, take down evil dictator and his fascist henchies (where have I heard this one before). I had to start asking myself halfway through, what the heck am I supposed to be fighting for.

Overall, the game is much like Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Modern Warfare, but at least those two games had something of a story to break up the firefight. Nothing memorable here. Dissapointment!

wow this game is amazing. as far as shooting game go this is the best shooter ive ever played. the main i look for in a shooter is its game play and how fun the game is. the graphics also count but i look forward to the gameplay. this game is far better than halo which is its big competitor, i would rather play this than call of duty 4 because its not a fast paced game and their aren't people run around at 25 miles per hour with 500 pounds of weapons on them. you know what i mean. but call of duty is a great game maybe modern warfare 2 might do it for me but for now killzone 2 tops any shooter ive ever played. graphic, game play wise, and all of the action it packs. sony and guerilla games, will we have another killzone title on the playstation 3, i cant wait to see what you got. but killzone 2 was worth the time i had to wait for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll admit, after a few levels of Killzone 2 I was pretty bored - not the first couple of levels, those are great, but the level after the fight on the bridge, where the bomb is stolen by the Helgast; the level that has you go to a desert in search of an electrical mineral source I believe. Its drab, and brown and has no real climax or remotely exciting moment, worst of all its the longest of all the games segment. When it finally ends you are thrown onto a moving train that isn't not as exciting as it sounds as the background is the same tunnel, crane, tunnel, crane, tunnel, etc. This is where I gave up and stopped playing for four months, it was just so boring - but the other day I decided to give it another go and it was a good decision. Right after you get off the train you enter what maybe the best level in the game: its a simple factory but you get what is quiet possibly the best gun in any game, ever - the lightning gun.

It has an official name, like arc canon or arc gun, but it really is a lightning gun; it fires lightning and has unlimited ammo (though a long reload time as it must recharge by, what appears to be, absorbing the electricity out of the air) it fries you're enemies and makes you pretty much invincible. This is also the level where the story picks back up after getting bogged down in the previous level and has some genuinely engaging scenes. After this the game moves quickly towards its somewhat disappointing ending (its just a set up for a third title so depending on your feelings on set ups you may really enjoy the finale). The journey to the ending though, it great with a mech segment that is a great amount of fun and a final level that is everything an action fan could hope for in a final battle (not the final boss fight, but the courtyard section, though the fight was fun).

The first few levels are also good but are plagued by some terrible dialog from your teammates, who are just obnoxious - again, after the desert and train levels this seems to just disappear. Its the reason why I put "annoying audio" in the cons and "awesome audio" in the pros, its somewhat contradictory I know, but the audio in the level and from the gun fire, and just the overall sound effects are fantastic but the voices from your squad are so distracting that it detracts from the overall feel of the game. Visually, obviously, KZ2 is stunning, great lighting and effects, but in game cutscenes aren't so good, the characters (except for Garza and Sev - the player) are all really, really, REALLY ugly and poorly animated resulting in some cringe worthy moments when they just look like total sh*t. It leads me to wonder why they chose to do it in-game and not alter it a little (a la RE5) in order to make it look more real, especially when in other scenes these things look perfect. Its a minor nitpick though, and arguably more personal than a real criticism, I'm sure many wouldn't even notice.

Finally the multiplayer, it was something I couldn't get into (more because of my ear destroying Sony Blue Tooth headset and lack of friends playing than anything else), what I did play however was solid and really entertaining. The on the fly mission structure and tactical but fast paced feel was something I really enjoyed but without any communication (seriously that headset that comes with Socom, and is the official Sony headset feels like its sodomizing my ear, sorry for the vulgarity) I felt lost and couldn't get backup when I was going to complete an objective or coordinate a proper defense during an assassination so I stopped playing. What I did play though was great, awesome level design and a real feeling of war, good stuff.

Overall a great FPS that slips up a little in the middle but picks back up for just a fantastic final act (though its ending feels like more of a tease than a real conclusion...) and has great multiplayer and a gun made of lighting! What more could you want?

This game has REALLY INCREDIBILE grafics, great gameplay, wonderful sound and multiplayer, and it's really infinite!! And Helghast's A.I. is really incredible!!

Halo 3 outselling Killzone 2
184 OXM UK reports that Halo 3 is currently outselling Killzone 2
, some 20 months after Bungie's landmark FPS was released.

Sales data shows that in the battle of the console FPS exclusives, Killzone 2 sold 58,000 units last month while Halo 3 sold "between 57,000 and 74,000 units."

http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-331274.aspx

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!! More like SuckZone Too

One of the best games of the year. The weapons the characters are all put into the perfect story. i love killzone 2 i had the first one when i had a PS2 now i have a PS3 i think they should come out with KillZone 3 that would be awsome.

I love killzone it was mouch beter then the first witch was a total flunk. I say the online play is fun and easy unlike the controls I say if they ever make a new one beter controls. And when you do the campain give some tips on how to do what you need to do the last boss lvl is hard. But yet online is still worth it if you like online play. I love the lvl up it's mouch easyer then the Call Of Duty lvl up but the last three lvls are harder. But the things you unlook are beter and makes it more fun.

One thing that I don't think can be said enough about this game is that it's multiplayer is where it truly shines. With that said, on with the show.

The campaign in KZ2 started off pretty sluggish. It got repetitive, and I found myself forcing my way through the game in an embarrassingly slow pace, stopping after twenty minutes of play to kick some tail online. However, after a certain point in the game (NO I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT POINT!) the game totally picked up. It got Bad Ass on me quicker than a drunken, over zealous Red Sox fan right after the team faces a defeat to the Yankees. I'm not one to care much for a story, but I needed to shoot some Helghast scum in the face in time to save my buddies. (damn, I told you.) From that point on I didn't put the game down. Luckily the length of the game wasn't to long, and the ass-kicking parts did a good job in picking up the slack from earlier on, it redeemed it's self. One thing I liked was the final boss. It's been a while since I can recall the final boss being the most daunting task in a game. Having one hard objective is fine, but I like that you had to annihilate one tough cookie. Now back to the online.

Online is real fun. How fun? Well, I don't have any knowledge of a game I can compare it to, so I'll say it's bitchen. One thing that must be noted, this isn't really a game you can just jump in and play with ease. First off, the default controls are a bit wacky, but that can be fixed to a number of preset configurations, one of which you're sure to like. Also, the camera view is a bit slow (also can be changed), and there's usually a kill lag, which can be a nuisance, but it seems to be the only time where you noticeably experience lag. I know that it sounds like a pretty crucial time for the game to lag, but it's really not that bad.
There's many different objectives in KZ2's MP (like many other games) but I like that in one single game, you can have multiple objectives, and the team with the most completed objectives, wins. Nothing new in the objectives though, standard modes. It's a good thing, but in a way, it can become somewhat tiring since many games last quit a while. I find myself taking a quick break or doing some chore around the house before I start a new game. The games can be customized with friendly fire, restricted classes/weapons/rank. It's easy to join a game with friends, and while I haven't made use of it, there's a clan system that a lot of people seem to be enjoying. The weapons list is somewhat lacking, but they each have their own advantages and disadvantages that I think was executed in a very balanced manner. The use of bots, and abilities adds to the games strategy and the overall depth of the game.