First Killzone 2 screen nabbed by USA Today [update]

I never suggested that YOU were a troll. I was taking a shot at people who bring up unrelated stuff because they get off on bashing Sony. Anyway, for what it's worth, there ARE people (including me) who think that Halo is hugely overrated (and to think I almost bought an Xbox just so I could play it!) And the last Metroid game was, if I'm not mistaken, basically the same game with some new textures (at least that's what the reviews implied). Now I'm not saying that KZ2 will be amazing, or even good, I'm just saying that it's REALLY damn stupid to start saying it's going to flat-out suck because of one screenshot and bad impressions of the first game. I made the argument that a sequel doesn't have to be held down by what made the first title suck, people shot it down, citing how Hollywood sequels of bad movies blow. Fair enough. But just to illustrate how a sequel can be different from the first title, look at Red Faction. The first game was good, the second game was too, but aside from Geo-mod, the games had next to nothing in common. How is that possible? A sequel is merely another game in the same franchise, so for all we know, KZ2 has nothing in common with KZ1 aside from premise and art style.

The excitement exists because of the 2005 E3 trailer - not because of the previous installment.

If Guerrilla Games manage to show a game that reflects the polish and feel that was shown in 2005, people have a reason to be exicted.

The excitement exists because of the 2005 E3 trailer - not because of the previous installment.

If Guerrilla Games manage to show a game that reflects the polish and feel that was shown in 2005, people have a reason to be excited.

There's confirmation in that very thread that that has nothing to do with the company that's developing the game. It's fake.

Also, it's weird seeing people claim the darkness is making it hard to judge. That only makes sense if all you can see is black, when every thing is just clearly visible.

I understand that this is from a "pre-alpha" build, but look at what we were first shown and told the game would look like. Then we were told it was actually looking better than that. Then we see this? How is that not going to disappoint any one?

The 2005 trailer was entirely pre-rendered CGI from a PC made by a dev house entirely different than the one making the actual gameplay.

Why would you be excited about that? It's like if you get excited for the pictures of girls in the ads for phone sex numbers. Those girls in no way reflect what's on the other end of the phone, just what they hope they represent. It looks too good to be true because it is, and if you think it's what you're actually getting then there's really no hope for you.

@Mosquito

"The 2005 trailer was entirely pre-rendered CGI from a PC made by a dev house entirely different than the one making the actual gameplay."

No shit, Einstein.

That's exactly why people are excited. They want to see how the ACTUAL game looks and plays in comparison to a completely pre rendered clip.

that would be so fucking funny. how does that humble pie taste????? lol

But it's probably not true. The "poster inside the game" is generally accepted to be a photoshop of the original screenshot.

This is the image the article you linked refers to: http://files.myopera.com/SappYoda/files/killzone.png

@faceless coward

The "brick wall" brick is fake, but that was made by someone to dispel the poster rumors. Others who have been researching this point-out there's facts pointing to this being a poster, and what's been really suspicious is that the motherH (killzone developer who frequents some forums) has avoided confirming or denying this rumor, despite debunking another fake picture that surfaced a few hours ago.

lol.

I think it's an excellent marketing ploy. I'm doubtful Killzone will be %100 as good as the trailer, and Sony knows some people won't be satisfied with anything less than %100. So instead, they release this poster picture showing sub-par graphics to get everyones expectations down. Then, they wow us with real Killzone 2 graphics that don't look quite as good as the trailer, but after the joke that's been played on us we'll be more than satisfied. Only time will tell.

Tom, your comment has led me thinking they actually gave this specific poor quality screenshot on purpose. As you said, bring everyone's hopes down, thus expectations then lower. Then they'll surprise everyone with the new E3 trailer, blowing everyone away.

Also, this screenshot looks worse than Uncharted, Haze, MGS4, Lair and Heavenly Sword.

Killzone 2 WILL NOT look worse than those games. If anything, you'd expect it to be better.

Can't wait until tomorrow to be honest. :)