I see many fans on here trying to compare Killzone to Halo and vice versa. This is my feelings on some areas of the games and almost every area Halo is just plain and simple the better game.I am only to the part where I just beat the Helicopter boss in Killzone 2 but at this point I do not think I can play the single player part anymore.
(Well lets start off with game scores)-Halo wins here. Halo scored better here and on Gamerankings.
(The look of the game)--Graphics-Killzone it is clear Killzone looks graphicly better.
(Art style)-Halo wins and should be clear to anyone with eyes. Halo has a certain look. They make sure to have areas to have the Halo feel. Killzone though is just factories basicly the whole game and the look never changes.
(This leads me to level areas)- Halo wins hands down. I find it crazy that Gears was made fun of its dark look to the point of called Gears of Gray and it still was far more varied then Killzone.Every single area of Killzone looks the same. Halo has areas that have a clear alien feel or for example forest feels but killzone always feels the same.
(Story)- Halo wins. It is clear what the story is in Halo games. In Killzone 2 there is not a bad story but no story at all. Like I said in another post I dare anyone that has not played KZ1 or read the KZ website to even know why they are invading the planet! I am not saying a FPS game has to have a story on the level of a Tale of two cities but Killzone 2 does not even let you know anything at all.
(The main person..who you play)-Master Chief is leaps and bounds ahead of Sev.As you play Killzone you will feel like some basic soldier just being told what to do. That is all you are also just some soldier. Master Chief they have always made out to be a super soldier. His name is Spartan John 117. Sev looks like a big dork with with a bad hair cut. It is just impossible that Sev being who he is will ever be a game icon like Master chief is.
To further go on with Sev you are being told what to do to the point it is beyond annoying.For example I am look around a couiple rooms I just cleared and Garza will say over and over and over again the same thing for me to do. I never felt with Killzone I myself can change the war but was just the average grunt given orders and then I fill them out. As Master Chief they make sure you feel like you are a super soldier.
(weapons)- Halo wins again. So many guns in Killzone 2 feel so very human and considering you are on a alien world that is crap. In Halo there is so many alien type weapons. Bungie understand you are fighting aliens and they will notbe using the same type of guns with bullets and all. I will say the flamethrower in KZ2 is pretty cool but not very pratical most times.
(buddies)- Halo wins. Cortana has far more impact then Rico or Garza ever could for example they just make a bunch of bad jokes and most times come off as jerks.
(enimes)- Halo wins. I mean really do I even need to explain? Halo has so many different looking bad guys from brutes, elites, a few different flood models, and so on. Killzone 2 is just the same guy over and over and over. In Killzone 2 it is basicly just a different weapon.
(music)- Halo has some so win by defult. Kinda like story.
I could go on but it is clear Killzone does not hold a candle to Halo. There is so many other areas I could go into. Killzone is SO VERY overrated and only talked about because it is a exclusive. I wish I never fell into the hype and bought it but sadly I did.
I would like to hear other comparisons also. In what ways do you think KZ2 is better then Halo or vice versa.
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rybe1025
Well, IMO, you like Halo so much, that you can't appreciate the great things that KZ2 does...
Every single area of Killzone looks the same?? WTF? what game have you been playing? plz show me your copy of the game, because the KZ2 that i played change dramatically from area to area, and not only the infrastructure, but the color palette and the lighting tone.
Art style? well this is a matter of personal preference, again, but you cannot deny that the KZ2 universe has a great art style, from the different costumes of the helghast soldiers, to the weird looking ISA ships, the electric defense weapons, Helghan is wonderfully done. Halo is great fo this too, its has another tone to it. Colorful little aliens attacking with laser pistols, don't known, its not my definition of mature, maybe that's because i don't dig halo that much, the brutes are great though.
Killzone has a story, the problems is, you're never informed what is this about, more than, hey some weird mutated weirdos are invading our world, lets kick their ****es. Its a narration problem.
The main character, well there not much for competition here, Master Chief vs some random sargent. It does not help the fact that KZ and KZ2 has different main characters either.
Weapons, this another personal choice, IMO, in a much more realistic aproach, guns need bullets. And i loved what Guerrilla have done with the weapons in the game, is more realistic, is more visceral, its more mature.
"So many guns in Killzone 2 feel so very human and considering you are on a alien world that is crap" Who has says anything about ALIENS, the helghast are mutated humans, helghan is a human world.
Buddies, mmm personal preference, and an ARTISTIC DIRECTION CHOICE, some computer AI vs 3 guys that can bleed (And curse) right besides you, what have more impact in a bloody battlefield? Rico is annoying thought.
Enemies. "Killzone 2 is just the same guy over and over and over". Seriously, are you sure you were playing the FULL game?
Music, personal preference again, i don't think i would put neither of the OST in my winamp player. Also, the music dynamics changing with the mood of the game, is nothing sort of new, and both Halo and KZ2 do it right, bu bu but, the 7.1 mix in KZ2 kicks serious **** with the right Home theater.
So you see, opinions are like **** holes, everybody's got one.
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