"Sony's upcoming possible Halo-killer: Killzone 2"......why do this?, you've instantly turned me off reading the rest... you know to FPS can exist togther in the universe at once?....

Fair point. There isn't any reason blockbuster shooters can't co-exist peacefully. Well... not peacefully, exactly... but co-exist, in any case.

Writing that didn't come from any particular pre-disposition one way or the other, that was just the scuttlebut making its way around Leipzig: Sony sees this as their flagship shooter in the same way Halo 3 is for Microsoft.

Very well written preview. I especially appreciated the last line, which expressed my thoughts exactly.

Just a question: how was the frame rate as you were shown? The last time I saw this game in motion it sure looked good (albeit rather bland and monotone in it's art style- much like the original), but the frame rate appeared to be something around 10 to 15 fps during moments containing actual action (which there were plenty shown). This also brought the impression to me that this game was looking to be much as the original was...

I have to agree that the "Halo-killer" comment is not only patently ridiculous, but pretty obviously flame-bait. I can appreciate efforts to stimulate a lively debate, but gimmie a break....

The original Killzone was a "possible Halo-killer", until Schroedinger opened the box and found out the cat was, in fact, dead. Sure it was serviceable enough, but it didn't have a prayer of approaching Halo as actually released. Now, Halo 3 is pretty much more of the same, but I can't see how anyone (outside of Sony's PR department), though any stretch of the imagination could suggest that any descendant of Killzone could "kill" any spawn of Halo...especially now that Halo 3 has been released to the expected success. Its far too late, and I don't think Killzone has the chops anyway. NO ONE is going to hold off on getting a 360 and Halo 3 becasue they're waiting for Killzone 2.

Killzone 2 might end up being a better single player experience...and I'm giving it tremendous benefit of the doubt there, but it can't be that much better, and the multiplayer element of Halo 3...cannot possibly be approached by Killzone 2.

Killzone is Sony's answer to Halo, but its no 'killer', it might have made the folks at MS/Bungie sweat the first time around, until it was actually released, but I don't think anyone over there is losing any sleep this time.