Killzone 3 contains over an hour of cutscenes

by Randy Nelson on Jan 13th 2011 5:00PM

The "3" in "Killzone 3" might as well stand for the quantity of cinematics in Guerilla's latest shooter -- three times the amount employed by Killzone 2. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) said in its bestowing of an "18" (mature) rating on the game that its cutscenes total 70 minutes. Its predecesor, by comparison, contained 25 minutes worth of story sequences, according to the BBFC.

Let's see: We know that characters voiced by Malcolm McDowell and Ray Winstone will be chewing up the scenery for a good chunk of that hour and 10 minutes; the rest will therefore be composed of shouting space marines and other guys who are also shouting but have red "eyes." Someone get Michael Bay on the phone!

Via: Total Video Games
Source: BBFC
More coverage: McDowell, Winstone sound off in new Killzone 3 trailer

Tags: bbfc, cinematics, cutscenes, fps, guerilla-games, killzone, Killzone-3, playstation, ps3, sony

Reader Comments (56)

I wonder how much other games had.

@geniuswithagun

In comparison, Grand Theft Auto IV had almost 8 hours.

@TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2

It was also like 8 times longer

@TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2

There's a huge difference between cinematics made with the game engine and cinematics made with external cg tools, in both quality and thousands of dollars (for 70 minutes at least).

@rezhoner
Hehe, thousands of dollars . . . that's like a week of pay for a good programmer.
Think bigger.

@kgoo867
I make $600 a week as a first year comp eng student doing, you guessed it, programming.
$1000 a week is far from ridiculous for a skilled professional. CG trailers require large teams of people and months to make. "thousands of dollars" is pocket change in relation to modern game development budgets.

wow another movie just like MGS!

@rainhell

I wouldn't exactly say that... There is one cutscene in MGS4 that is well over an hour. That's all these cutscenes throughout this whole game.

@rainhell

Obvious troll is obvious.

@rainhell

Terrible troll is terrible.

@rainhell

Really, nothing else better to do? Isn't there some people you need to harass crossing your bridge?

@rainhell

Killzone has 1 hour's worth of cutscenes. MGS has hour long cutscenes. Multiple.

Just...no to that first sentence.

Story emphasis....in an FPS game.....BLASPHEMY!!!

@TheRepublic
Works well if it's a good story.. but to be honest I think it's pretty hard to turn gruff space marines into likeable characters with natural and interesting dialogue.

@TheRepublic
If you weren't being ironic:

*cough*Half-Life*cough*

@Haggard

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ces-11-killzone-3/709020

@Haggard
Now now, i liked Garza in Killzone 2, up until...
*SPOILARZ PEEPLEZ*

Rico f*cking shot him.
Goddamnit Rico, you used to be cool...

@Helghast102

Rico didn't shoot him, he might as well have done it himself though.

@TheRepublic

Every single FPS game (short of Bulletstorm) claims a story emphasis. It's just words to use in interviews though.

Remember, according to all the interviews and announcements Gears 2 was going to be emotional tale of love, heartache, and a fight to survive at all costs.

@TheRepublic

Even though I've played both Killzones I still couldn't tell you what the story was about. It has an extremely weak and forgettable fiction.

By the middle of the second game I wasn't even sure why they were fighting or whose planet they were supposed to be on. All the missions just translated as "Go here and blow this shit up. Because that's your orders."

@arkweld yeah unfortunately Guerilla didn't do a particularly great job explaining the backstory in the game. But there is quite a rich background once you read through everything on their webpage. Plus it's kind of interesting. I like hard sci fi so it's kind of nice to take a break from aliens and religious space muppets.

@vicsvenge

The only thing I do remember is Helghast because their cool glowing eyes helmet suits are everywhere and the only thing that stands out.

I can't remember the name of the other side without helmets or if they are the good guys. Who are the invaders? Who started the whole thing? Etc.

Yes!

This pleases me greatly.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

That's what she said!

@That Burning Sensation

Sorry, couldn't resist. . .

@That Burning Sensation
I applaud you.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

why would this please you? isn't this what most people don't want from their games? i thought the point of games was to be the one who interacts instead of simply observing interactions.

70 minutes of CG, that's almost the length of a pixar movie, though i doubt any of it will be nearly as good.

@Liquidfingers I guess if you have a shiny new 3D tv then this will be good to show of to (supposedly). For me, I couldn't be bothered.

@Liquidfingers

There is no single point to all games. I like CG too, I don't see why others should be bothered by that fact.

Killzone 2 had 25 minutes worth of story?

@Uberdave
Killzone has a story?

Gotta show off that 3-d somehow

niceeee. i like shooting games with good stories. too bad i dont have a ps3 to play this game lol

Think they mis interpreted the review notes:

Production Notes: Metal Gear Solid this game up.

Please God, let this be one of the greatest games ever and allow the online play to destroy my weekends....... :)

@bwiancohen *Grants Wish*

Well, 70 minutes of cutscenes in a 7 hour game...the story better be damn good for that. Going off the first two games, m hopes aren't that high.

We don't play shooters for their stories...come on now.

@iceveiled

I guess you're a COD player, the only interest is mindless killing from beginning to end.

@jocaju
So true... thus why I REALLY dislike COD...

Cowabunga!!! Cant wait for this game!!

Haters will be haters

The more I hear about Killzone 3 and Uncharted 3, the more it becomes obvious that I need to own a PS3 by the end of this year...

Skippable? Interactive?

Thats the only two things I care about :)

Wow, it sure is a brave new world here in 1995.

I don't get it. Is this supposed to be a good thing? Because in 2011, the less cut scenes the better IMHO

What?! Man, this just dropped my interest in this game a considerable amount. I love a good story in games and all, but 70+ minutes of FMV in a FPS, especially Killzone, just seems a tad bit out of place to me... I hope this stuff uses the in-game engine rather than actual FMV. And I hope that it is so amazingly awesome that my apprehensions towards this end up being completely wrong. That is going to have to be some major overhauls in the story department of this series for that to happen...

Based on the initial story trailer for KZ3, I would love to see an hour of Helghast embarrassing Earthlings.

@Lerkero Vektans... no earthlings here

Its better to be able to play big moments (or watch without leaving the current perspective) than to have to watch them without any interactivity in a GAME.

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