Killzone, And Why A Great Series Is One That Ends

Bagogames: It's not how you start but how you finish that truly matters. Evidenced by the fact that the Mass Effect 3 ending, in many people's opinion, could have potentially undermined the overall standard of the trilogy. But hey, at least it finished unlike some franchises...

[Akuma-]

Killzone games on ps3 proves how amazing and powerful the ps3 is. The killzone story-line is amazing and can use some more explaining in campaign for the games but the games are well done and above most games of its genre.

[Joegrine20]

nah i didnt like the story. buh d gameplay experience was excellent. and thats why i finished it bout 3 times.

[sinncross]

What could be interesting is a game from the Helghan perspective... and if they want to rpice it up make it a 3rd person with the same sort of weight the characters have in the normal KZ series.

Either way I like the series, but that does not stop me from saying that while KZ2 is one of the best FPS I have ever played, KZ3 is really mediocre.

[shammgod]

I like the idea of doing this from a helghast perspective.

[Tdmd]

And I like the idea of doing this from a third-person perspective. :D

[pumpkinlord45]

I feel as if the series needs to rest in peace. The problem is that they keep on working on more games and the series will sooner or later will loose it's charm. All games follow this same path. Most of the time.

[ginsunuva]

Actually, Killzone is a series that that wouldn't fit a trilogy format. I think it needs 5 games to cover all it has to offer.

Resistance, even though it has a better story, is a series that would've been a perfect 3-game saga (with one psp game). But Insomniac screwed up the third game and made it about rednecks in the USA. The third game should've been Jame Grayson uncovering the truth about the Chimera in Russia, as hinted in the after-credits scene of Resistance Retribution.
Same with Halo. Should've stayed a trilogy. Maybe Reach added for backstory. ODST and 4,5,6 need to disappear somehow.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

You're kidding me, right? Resistance 3 was, by far, the best game in the series...

[opoikl]

Gameplay-wise, R3 is probably the most well-achieved and certainly most fun FPS I ever experienced on Playstation. Taking headshots with the Marksman for example is an incredible feeling that is unparalleled in the world of console shooters. It's like the Timesplitters of this gen. And I haven't even mentioned all the brilliantly designed weapons, the engrossing particle effects and gore. I would even dare to state that while there are lots of good FPS'ers this gen, R3's gameplay will prolly suffer the least from aging.

[Kalowest]

The story-line for the KZ series is terrible, but KZ2 is the best out of the 3 so far. KZ3 was too fast pace, and it lost the weighty feel.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

It lost the weighty feel because everyone hated it...including myself. It didn't make it "unique". It just made it sluggish.

[Hicken]

Everyone DID NOT hate it. I, for one, loved it. It gave the game an identity that STILL separates it from all the other shooters out there, among other things(like spawn grenades and the class setup).

As for the story, it was nothing special, but nor was it horrible. It was really just an excuse to engage in amazing battles with an amazing enemy on an amazing planet.

[Denethor_II]

I used a sharpshooter with move which changed the game for me. Great game.

[miyamoto]

Don't forget Uncharted series shares that accolade too.

[smashcrashbash]

Strange how sequels on the PlayStation always seem to trigger the 'enough is enough' conversations and everything else just seems to go unnoticed.

[metsgaming]

yea really, its not surprising though. There is no way the killzone series is over based off of the end of three.

[Bagogames]

I'm of the opinion that if your franchise is over ten years old you have to have an 'end' in sight. Killzone doesn't need to die just yet, but the end of Killzone 3 might as well have ended with 'to be continued.'

The point is that in order to really mean something there has to be a beginning and an end. In terms of Killzone that means peace; no more war, no more talking and no more Rico.

If they were to just fight constantly for another five games the validity of the franchise will be for naught, because no matter how hard your characters fought the good fight there would be no end in sight. See my point?

[Outside_ofthe_Box]

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We need a TRUE sequel to Killzone 2(Multiplayer-wise). I really don't care about the SP all that much, but there is not way in hell should KZ3 be the last title with that horrible multiplayer.

I have no problem with the next Killzone game being the last as long as the MP is as good or better than KZ2's MP.

[Bagogames]

Yeah that's what I'm saying. I'm happy for there to be another two or three games so long as Guerilla plan to end it somewhere.

The only title I see doing this well is God of War. Because they have their 'end' but there is still more fun to be had with the 'beginning' of the franchise. Where as you have Halo, which 'ended' with 3 and is now on 4. Where will that end? When will the Chief have his end and when will the war truly end?

[Joegrine20]

anybody realise the mario party picture? lol so bright O_O

[Bagogames]

That's how they lure you in O.O

[ It's how we lured you in too... ]

[StayStatic]

Exactly what I was thinking

[TheModernKamikaze]

What's up with the Mario party?

[Fylus]

Bagogames pretty much answered that question lol.

[Ajoyshop]

I'm wondering the same thing...

[Neoprime]

They maybe sneak dissing for more color?

[pumpkinlord45]

Very interesting article. I completely agree.

[Pintheshadows]

I really want to play as the Helghast launching an all out assualt on Earth in the 4th game. They are some well disciplined, ashen skinned, orange eyed badmen and I always felt like I should be on their side.

[Bagogames]

Visari has that effect on you, doesn't he?

Say what you want about the campaign, but you can't knock the voice work.

[Pintheshadows]

The Helghast have all the best characters. Visari the adored emperor, Radec the brutal military leader, Jorhan Stahl the intelligent schemer and Admiral Orlock the Helghan traditionalist.

And with the likes of Sean Pertwee (Radec), Brian Cox (Visari), Ray Winstone (Orlock- tidbit, he shouts very loudly at West Ham games, Winstone, not Orlock, he's fictional) and Malcolm McDowell lending their talents it's no surprise the Helghast are far more charismatic than the ISA.

Dress sense is better as well.

I will say that I had huge issues with the audio being out of sync during cutscenes in KZ3 which soured the game somewhat as it's a pet peeve of mine. Don't know if anyone else had that issue.

[srcBFMVBMTH]

No, Killzone will not end yet!!!! Not until I find out what the hell happened to Hakha and Luger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bagogames]

I agree with this man. Give us Hakha!

[liberator23]

I think that 343 promising Microsoft a new halo trilogy starting with Halo 4 is too much. I personally love the Halo franchise, but I honestly don't see how they're going to drag on the story for three more games. Is Master Chief going to spend Halo 6 in a wheelchair? Living out the rest of his life by a fire on the farthest moon of Endo...I mean, on a moon.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

It should end with the next one. You can argue that it should end after 3 games. But really most people don't even remember the first one so Killzone 3 is actually the 2nd in the series in their minds. Which is fine seeing as how it is the second game on ps3, the second game to star Sev, and the first game's mechanics were so drastically different from kz2 and kz3. The first game has alt fire for all the weapons and you could play as rico and the other members of your team. Killzone 2 was the start of the Sev trilogy which should end with Kz4.

[Y_5150]

In the end of KZ3, we seen a big hint that there will be a sequel. The Devs started bring up ideas shortely after the release of KZ3 for the sequel. Now Killzone 4 is on the horizon and then we all wonder on how is the singleplayer(or co-op) campaign or the multiplayer is going to play out! I just love speculation!

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

Killzone 3 was one of the best games this generation. That campaign was incredible! People hated it because there was too much action...which makes absolutely no sense to me. :/ I thought it gave us just as much action as Modern Warfare 1/2, but with a LOT more interactivity during that action. That is, after all, what we want!

Killzone 2 was a great game, but there was practically no story whatsoever. KZ3 had an ever-changing story that worked very well and actually made me like the ISA.

[Tommy334]

Killzone 3 is why we don't need a PS4 anytime soon. The 360 has been holding the PS3 back this gen. Next gen will be terrible I guarantee you.

[Chapulin]

Can't wait for Killzone 4. I would love it if the game came out with the PS4, but I don't want to wait too long.

[leemo19]

I wanted Kz to end at three, to me the Kz franchise is a three kind of franchise with maybe one or two games that are prequel or so. If four comes out ill be fine with it as long as the story gets more improved from three. Kz3 seems like GG was getting better with the story. I hope GG can get some better voice acting for ISA cause Helghast have great voice acting why not ISA. I do hope though GG goes back to what made kz2 mp great and put back everything in there in four. Kz3 mp was such a letdown it was completely water-down and stripped just to please the whiners who don't like unique and change in kz2.