Thursday, March 10, 2011

Presenting: Killzone 3


Killzone 3 is a 2011 first-person shooter for the PlayStation 3, developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the fourth installment in the Killzone series, the first game in the series to be presented in 3D and the first to include motion controls using the PlayStation Move. It was released worldwide in February 2011.

The game begins in medias res from the point of view of (presumably) two Helghast soldiers who have arrived at Stahl Arms Corporation, Jorhan Stahl's weapons factory. The two are taken to an execution room where a captured Jason Narville's execution is about to be broadcast by Stahl across Helghan. As the two soldiers are about to execute Narville, they reveal themselves as Tomas "Sev" Sevchenko and Rico Velasquez and the scene cuts back six months earlier, immediately following the events of Killzone 2.

Sev and Rico regroup with Captain Jason Narville outside Scolar Visari's palace and they begin their evacuation towards the remaining ISA ships on Helghan, facing heavy resistance from organised Helghan troops led by Admiral Orlock, whose plan is well-received by most of the senate except for Chairman Jorhan Stahl, the lead weapons manufacturer of Helghan. From the outset, the animosity between the two parties are made apparent. Rico separates from the group to rescue a squad who have encountered heavy resistance and the ISA ships depart or are destroyed by the Helghast, leaving the rest of the ISA marooned on Helghan.

The gameplay strongly resembles that of Killzone 2 albeit with several tweaks and changes. Similar to the first Killzone, the game takes place in various harsh environments such as Arctic landscapes, a lethal alien jungle, nuclear wastelands as well as space battles rather than only the city-scape environments which were present in Killzone 2. Another notable new feature is the ability to use jet packs in the game, which were also used in Killzone: Liberation, however, these new jet packs will be used in a different manner than that of those in Killzone: Liberation.

The game also features a revamped close combat melee system (called Brutal Melee) which includes new brutal melee attacks as well as the ability to string together multiple attacks in a combo. A new weapon called the WASPS has also been added, which acts as a multi-firing rocket launcher.




Enjoy

8 comments:

  1. The graphics on this game are phenomenal

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  2. Looks good, I'd like to play

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  3. I think I'd last three and a half seconds at this game. :)

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  4. Makes me wish I had a ps3 :(

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  5. I was actually really sad with Killzone 3, it didn't do much for me. Graphically it was gorgeous, but everything else it just kind of met expectations for a shooter. Didn't do much past that. :/

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  6. awesome...im gonna go get it now!

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  7. Fun game a lil longer then I thought.

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