Killzone HOLY CRAP

DeathsHand · 05-18-2005, 01:11 AM

An interesting tidbit from the editor of 1up...

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I ran into an old friend from the UK when we were leaving, and it turns out he's now working on Killzone at SCEE. When I asked him how "real" the video we'd just seen was, his response was "just about all of it."

http://1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5345401

Just an employee doing his part to add to the hype, or a sincere exchange of info from one 'old friend' to the other? *strokes beard*

GameMaster · 05-18-2005, 01:19 AM

The words, "Too good to be true," come to mind when I watch this cinematic striptease.

Can anyone say, "Photoshop special effects"?

Perfect Stu · 05-18-2005, 01:49 AM

the guy from Epic Games...the man who demoed the Unreal 3.0 engine at the conference (in real time...he stopped the video and manipulated the camera)...he said that they've been using unfinished PS3 hardware for only 2 months and therefore can guaruntee games are going to look a HELL of a lot better than the video he showed in even a year.

I think Sony, Toshiba, IBM and nVidia really put together some amazing hardware. Started back in 2000 or 2001...such an ambitious project. I think it's really going to pay off...

MuGen · 05-18-2005, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Perfect Stu

the guy from Epic Games...the man who demoed the Unreal 3.0 engine at the conference (in real time...he stopped the video and manipulated the camera)...he said that they've been using unfinished PS3 hardware for only 2 months and therefore can guaruntee games are going to look a HELL of a lot better than the video he showed in even a year.

I think Sony, Toshiba, IBM and nVidia really put together some amazing hardware. Started back in 2000 or 2001...such an ambitious project. I think it's really going to pay off...

You got that right... this kinda technology is insane, especially running on unfinished PS3 hardware.

I think the STI group w/ NVidia coming this Spring 2006 will finally eradicate the phrase "Too good to be true."

Dylflon · 05-19-2005, 02:49 AM

That was so hot.

I want a PS3.

bobcat · 05-19-2005, 08:12 AM

After this video, the Ps3 had me sold..............until I found out that it's most likely not real time (I shoulda listened to my guy)

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/614/614924p1.html

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Originally Posted by PS2IGN

We're inclined to mistrust Killzone 2's gameplay legitimacy even further because of the way the video plays out. No shooter in existence features characters that do exactly the right thing at exactly the right time all the time. It seems as if the entire Killzone 2 showing was like a wish that did not waver, not even once. Then there's the way the control seems suspiciously fast to be done on analog sticks. The circumstantial evidence is just too much to ignore, you know?

All that being said, I cannot in good faith tout Killzone 2 as the best looking game ever because I really don't think it's a real game yet. But it sure is one hell of a CG sequence that, if in anyway happens to be representative of the final product, shows us what next-generation shooting should be like.

Ah well......it's not 100%, but I would say this video is not realtime.

Null · 05-19-2005, 10:28 AM

for every argument against it, theres another argument towards it, so finding arguments like that is pointless. i kinda think its a mix myself.

However the biggest argument to me is from Epic games with thier unreal engine, who say the e3 videos are achievable. one cant say it will look exactly like that because thats not how a human would be controlling in game. but out of all the arguments epic right now is the word i trust the most, video real or not. (its not so much the graphics anyway, what makes that video good is everything going on at once.)