Killzone 2 is the most impressive first person shooter I have ever played to date on any console or PC. Its a game which wraps the player up completely in the first person perspective. It gives you the look, feel, sight, sound of war. If there was only one issue I could raise with the games environment, its that I don't smell it. Its strange, but my other senses are so satisfied by the game that the lack of smell feels strange in its absense.
Im not going to pull punches in any way. I believe this game defines the first person perspective, its a game which can only currently be produced exclusively on a console because only a console game could have this much production value thrown at it. It wraps the weight of 100 pounds of body armour and slaps another 20 pound rifle in your hands and you feel it. Rather that try and force a round peg through a square hole, Guerilla Games has taken the tacticle advantages of the console controller and built an excellent game around them. Two analogue sticks can't do a balarina as accurately as a keyboard and mouse and a keyboard and mouse can't give you the tactile feel of this game.
Visually this game has already been covered so i'll skip it, and move onto wrapping this up. Why will this game be successful? This game will not succeed due to a million different bullet points, it simply works because it brings the whole package together and gives something to everyone. The game is fair to noobs, and experts alike, it gives variety to people with the badges and mission system. It has an excellent and long single-player game (So I hear) so people who hardly venture online will get great value. So in all its both a top tier experience which defines what a FPS is about, but its also an accessible one which will be loved by a wide variety of people for a wide variety of reasons. I think the best part about this game is the fact that so many people will be able to enjoy this game so those 4 years Guerilla Games spent working tirelessly, polishing this game will pay off because it will mean so much to so many different people for a multitude of different reasons.
My impressions...
Tease.
