KZ2 looks more impressive even though technically it's inferior. The motionblur effects etc. just make it look more like CG. Also the game's drab color palette was beautiful in a brutal way. I think it's the only game after the first medal of honors etc. to really make you feel like you're in this brutal as fuck warzone, in the shit.
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Which is the better-looking game: Killzone 2 or Killzone 3?
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nhlducks35
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pixelation
Member
If remasters were to be made, i hope you're correct. Also... am i nuts or do Killzone 2 & 3 look better than Shadow Fall?
JigglesBunny
Banned
KZ3 looked better, KZ2 was better in every other regard.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
I still can't get over just how good Killzone 2 is. I remember shitting on Sony thinking they were lying about the graphics, oh boy was I wrong..
boredofcanada
Member
Sony needs to get on the hd remaster of 2/3.
Crankshaft
Member
I was disappointed in how 3 looked compared to 2 but I liked 3 more as a game overall.
SunhiLegend
Member
While I still really liked KZ3 I absolutely loved KZ2. The atmosphere, the setting, level design, loved that game, one of my favorite shooters of all time.
Finky Spunky
Banned
Wouldn't they likely push a Horizon 2 and a Killzone 5 before an 2/3 HD Remaster?
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Definitely KZ2. They just missed some notes with KZ3, and the game was IMO rather ugly actually.
Absolutely not. Shadowfall has some freaking amazing looking levels/scenes.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Depends how much you like a shit tonne of post processing effects and Vaseline smeared all over your screen.
I think 3 looks better.
I think 3 looks better.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
2 had better atmosphere/art direction
3 is technically better though.
3 is technically better though.
mavericktopgun
Member
KZ3. It also has a 3D Mode.
AbandonedTrolley
Member
Was about to mention this, and it was stunning too!
Net_Wrecker
Member
KZ3 controlled better, but KZ2 looks better. It's such a consistently bleak, dark, gritty looking game. The rare splashes of red, orange, blue, and green pop so much, and the otherwise monochrome palette on top of contrast heavy lighting and ALL the post-processing on earth gives the game a soft, messy, "war is hell" CG look. Amazing art style.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Love the concept art look Killzone and Rage were going for last gen, even if materials were more flat and painterly than realistic. It boggles my mind when I read people saying that these games (and other sci-fi shooters) go for realism and don't have a strong art direction. Like where in the world do you find anything that looks like this?
NathanDiego
Member
My jaw dropped the first time I played Killzone 3,nothing really impressed me in Killzone 2,I never finished both,but watched my brother beat both.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
KZ2 by far, the art direction puts it over KZ3 IMO. There was some technical stuff better in 3 but I defiantly enjoyed looking at 2 more that 3. Even some of the other environments, especially the desert and Visari's hammer.
While I still really liked KZ3 I absolutely loved KZ2. The atmosphere, the setting, level design, loved that game, one of my favorite shooters of all time.
Got any more KZ2 gifs, Sunhi?
Mr.Deadshot
Member
Yup. Killzone 2 is still the best overall product in the franchise. 3 has best multiplayer though.
WeAreStarStuff
Member
This is blasphemy. KZ2's MP is unrivaled. Great FPS of all time.
Mr.Deadshot
Member
It was already great but Killzone 3 improved on a lot of things and I really liked those modes with the cutscenes where the best players were the shown. Good stuff.
brickarts295
Member
Come on Sony, where's the trilogy remastered on PS4?
Give the GOW3 Remaster team something to do.
Give the GOW3 Remaster team something to do.
pixelation
Member
Well i have yet to finish Shadow Fall, but so far nothing has wowed me like KZ 2&3 once did.
stupid boring mission where i have to tell the chick what/who to shoot... i stopped playing and haven't touched it since.
Broadbandito
Member
Man I'd kill for a remastered 2
Oublieux
Member
I've played both Killzone 2 and Killzone 3, but for the life of me, I don't recall much about the third game. I do remember it being an impressive showcase graphically but the second one was much more thematically memorable and visceral to me. The environment being absolutely war torn and the chaotic feeling of being in the midst of battle was just so cohesively executed.
Always-honest
Banned
Atmosphere in Killzone 2 was amazing.
The use of colour was minimal and very well done imo.
Wouldn't mind a new Killzone game with that kind of atmosphere.
And with amazing Ai and reactions to being hit.
The use of colour was minimal and very well done imo.
Wouldn't mind a new Killzone game with that kind of atmosphere.
And with amazing Ai and reactions to being hit.
Yep. I wouldn't mind them going back to Killzone if they did it with similar artstyle and atmosphere as KZ2, but with godlike fidelity and everything they have learned with Horizon, as they clearly stepped up their game as game developers with that title.
Always-honest
Banned
Hell yeah. With what they know and are able to do now... brrrrr.
Killzone 3 both looks and plays better.
Killzone 2 is one of the few games that has managed to give me a headache. From the brown, blurry, colorless mess of the pissfilter to the underwater input lag of the controls. Jesus christ what a horrible way to undermine your own product.
And yes, I "get it", it's supposed to be that way. That doesn't excuse the horrible experience that is going through it.
Killzone 3's bright and varied setting and tight controls were so incredibly refreshing and enjoyable.
Best of the saga by a mile. It was so much fun outside of the shitty snow vehicle level.
Killzone 2 is one of the few games that has managed to give me a headache. From the brown, blurry, colorless mess of the pissfilter to the underwater input lag of the controls. Jesus christ what a horrible way to undermine your own product.
And yes, I "get it", it's supposed to be that way. That doesn't excuse the horrible experience that is going through it.
Killzone 3's bright and varied setting and tight controls were so incredibly refreshing and enjoyable.
Best of the saga by a mile. It was so much fun outside of the shitty snow vehicle level.
My man.
Yeah, Shadow Fall is still jaw-droppingly stunning from a graphical standpoint. Its art style might not be as distinct and cohesive as that of KZ2, but I don't think anyone can deny how great it looks overall. It's a launch game and still looks better than the majority of PS4 games out there.
It was the game design of Shadow Fall that really disappointed, however. That launch window must've really put a pinch on development. It's a shame because Horizon showed us what Guerilla is capable of when given ample time with the PS4 hardware.
This needs to happen!
I thought Killzone 2 was really good. I remember people getting upset about... how the analog sticks work in the game for some reason, I can't remember. Maybe it was a big dead zone? It took me a while but I was able to get used to it. I never played 3 despite owning the helmet version (it was like 40 dollars new on amazon at the time I bought it).
Oh, I guess it was lag.
The funny part was that some people were DEFENDING the stick delay in 2. They said that the weapons were sluggish to make them and the experience feel even more realistic. I shit you not.
Yeah, I was able to get used to it, but it still felt like shit. Kinda like Rise of the Tomb Raider on Xbox One. Felt like shit, but I still liked the game enough to finish it. It's clear, in both cases though, that something's wrong here.
"More realistic" lol, maybe if you were trying to shoulder fire a 30 lb machine gun.
You are nuts, Shadowfall is very much the looker and is still up there as one the best looking games of the gen.
Would love remastered Resistance trilogy also.