Killzone 2 Multiplayer Beta starts on PlayStation Network this fall

videogamesblogger.com writes:

The Killzone 2 Multiplayer Beta will start on the PlayStation Network in early October 2008 and the first screenshot of the cloak suit from the game’s multiplayer has finally been released.

The cloak suit will be available for anyone who chooses the Scout class in the beta (and final game), which obviously makes them really difficult to spot in a shootout, appearing only as a visual glitch similar to the Predator’s cloaking in the classic 80’s movie. You can walk slowly through the shadows to remain almost completely undetectable, but if you move players will be able to notice you as the cloaking effect will lessen slightly.

The secondary ability of the Scout enables them to tag all the enemies on-screen with a hidden marker, which will broadcast the coordinates for those tagged players to his teammates.

Sony also revealed the other classes in the beta, they include:

* Rifleman: The default troop type. Starts wsith a variety of primary and secondary wepaons that include grenades. Bigger guns are unlockable as you progress up the ranks.
* Engineer: Allowed to set up automated turrets as primary ability. Can repair ammunition dumps, mounted guns and turrets damaged from weapons fire.
* Medic: Can revive teammates who have been shot down if they are reached in time. Can throw health packs which can be collected by other players.
* Assault Trooper: The Heavy Weapons class. Has thick armor thus they can take twice as much damage. Has a speedboost as their secondary ability.
* Tactician: The Captain of the group. Allowed to drop colored smoke grenades which serve as spawn points for his team. Can prove essential on the bigger Beta test maps as it can allow for a steady flow of friendly troops to the frontline. Can also call in air support (a sentry bot that flies low to tears into the enemy from above).
* Saboteur: Can assume the look of your opponents in order to infiltrate their camps. Can use sticky proximity-activated C4 charges. Making them lethal as they can throw these into enemy spawn-points once they’ve assumed their identity!

Unlike in other games, the classes in Killzone 2 are not rigid, meaning you aren’t necessarily limited to the skills of the class you picked. Instead you are able to mix and match, taking a classes primary ability and mixing it with another secondary ability!

-hOoDnErD

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Awesome news, Im so looking foward to Killzone 2

Any word on how to get into this beta?

I hope they have my fav game type: Free-for-all. I'm not big on team games. Even if you're good, your team can make you look bad.

That's very true..so get good teammates to play with=P  I'm naturally decent at FPS games, and if I play hard I can be pretty good.  Not many of my friends have PS3's, so I wouldn't mind getting with a few people on here that are serious about playing on a team (not necessarily to mean get a team of say 4 people and not play with anyone else, I'm just saying).  

I can't stand playing with random people in a team game just because of that reason.  At the same time, being good at a game and being good playing as a team are completely different..

this is like final fantasy 11 lol class and sub class. if this works out it will be super hot!!!

As of yet, no word on how to get into the beta. Im assuming if you preorder the game you can get into the beta, or maybe you have to buy Qore ( I hope not)

Also Saboteur sounds awesome

Won't bother me a whole lot because I have the annual subscription=P  But seeing as how you can register for the Resistance 2 Beta right now on top of Qore users getting it, I don't think you'll have a problem.  It probably will come with Qore, and for that will be easier to get into, but you should be able to get in another way would be my guess.

Also, Saboteur does sound very cool.  I'm still on the fence with this game though..the videos look great, the gameplay looks fun..I'm just not sure that by time it comes out I'll be ready for a new FPS - I certainly hope Resistance 2 online multiplayer lasts as long as Resistance: Fall of Mans' did for me, because I enjoyed playing that for a long time.

its really not that easy. You can have good players on a team that are not cohesive like you pointed out. you could get people on this site into some kind of clan but getting them online at the same time is a whole 'nother story. I just prefer being a one-man army or have simple objective like capture the flag once in a while. Things are just easier that way. The over emphasis ofn squad tactics and lack of FFA is also the reason I skipped battlefield. I hope I don't have to skip KZ2