The Rise and Fall of Killzone

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The summer of 2003 abounded with talk of Ford’s supposed “Ferrari Killer,” the 2004 GT40. A faster, quicker-to-brake counterpart to the Ferrari 360 Modena, the Ford’s high-performance race car certainly dressed to impress. But a Ford was still a Ford matched against Ferrari. At the same time, another killer of a premiere brand lurked in the shadows, awaiting its chance to pounce on the competition. Sony’s Killzone played terminator in this scenario, its prey the game-changing Halo: Combat Evolved from Bungie and Microsoft.
Months of rumors about the so-called Halo killer generated enough hype to reach a fever pitch before Sony even formally unveiled its new first-person shooter. Premature reports described the game as the perfect cross between Halo and SOCOM; claims of advanced technology, spectacular graphics, and destructible environments heightened the anticipation tenfold. More importantly, PlayStation faithful were thrilled with the prospect of its purported online multiplayer capabilities.
Killzone’s official announcement amplified the anticipation, yet its eventual deployment fell short of the unrealistic expectations. This would ostensibly become the status quo for Killzone going forward-marketing cycles that promised generation-defining experiences but arguably amounted to shooters of the slightly above average variety. In this way, Sony’s flagship FPS series never competed with that of Microsoft’s in a traditional sense. It carved out its own niche, with six adventures launching across a nine-year period. But in the end, Killzone was still Killzone matched against Halo. And it hardly helped that the former battled false advertising claims on more than one occasion.
This is the rise and fall of Killzone.
0:00 Intro
2:16 Killzone
13:12 Killzone Liberation
18:24 Killzone 2
28:34 Killzone 3
35:25 Killzone Mercenary
39:40 Killzone Shadow Fall
45:32 Outro
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[@GVMERS]

Thanks for watching our documentary! What was your favorite Killzone entry and what are your hopes for a new one? :)

[@degion6387]

In my opinion Killzone 2 was the best.

[@SOHK7]

Killzone 3 is my favorite of the console entries. I have to mention Killzone mercenary on vita as it is also amazing. Unfortunately i dont think we will ever see another game in this series.

[@keepwatchingthat]

Thank you making these true works of art!

[@Eko_Kats]

Have spent most time with kz3. I hope for reboot, ideally on psvr2, they tested waters with horizon Vr game, now they could try to reboot killzone via VR

[@slipperyphil27281]

@@degion6387 man I miss the radec academy

[@arthurbulhoes6176]

With the way things are at this point, it's more likely Halo will kill itself instead of a rival franchise doing so

[@NivRel]

already shot itself in booth his feet with 4 and 5, tried to put a fork in a plug with the tv series Funnyest part is that any fan would be capable of doing a better job in direction

[@everythingsgonnabealright8888]

I think the aforementioned shot already happened, what we’re witnessing now is just bleeding out of the franchise. Slow death from blood loss.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

@@NivRel infinite is them scrambling to put a single bandaid over a huge bullet hole. truth be told, i thought the series was aging back in the Halo 3 days, it got stagnant once forge was added, very few new mechanics or styles used afterwards.

[@advocateforaimassist8217]

Halo been dead for years😂😂

[@SLRModShop]

You still live in 2009 or what?! Halo died a loooooong time ago mate...

[@phyla.]

Killzone 2 had multiplayer features which were pretty innovative at the time. When playing a map, the game mode shifted dynamically, while the game also offered a clan system, server browser, squads and voice chat. Good memories.

[@CommanderLongJohn]

Those first person melee animations were so satisfying and brutal its ridiculous, I vividly remember the animation where you literally grab a guy's helmet and plunge your thumbs in his eyes, oh mein gut zis was perfect 😖

[@SamuraiZero4]

I miss the weekly leaderboards the most. Strange no other shooter has it

[@soiralknarf]

@@CommanderLongJohn That was killzone 3 but yea it was great too.

[@soiralknarf]

I remember whenever someone would die everyone near from the team that killed started to melee them in a circle lol.

[@ImGonnaFudgeThatFish]

A server browser isn't really innovative, it was just falling out of fashion at the time for multiplayer games as they adopted matchmaking instead

[@PoyoPancakes]

Killzone 2 will always have a spot in my little gaming heart. It was so raw and visceral. And the multiplayer was so much fun.

[@RenEffect]

Agreed! Still one of my top FPS games of all time. It was insanely satisfying after finally beating Radec on Hard after literally 75 attempts lol!

[@mickael486]

wasn't a fan of the moving left to right like you were under water though.

[@IvorySoul696]

Yep! The best in the series for sure.

[@neonpop80]

I proudly platinumed that game. Still looks incredible today

[@aninfinitemindofmusicandreams]

​@neonpop80 Can confirm. I emulated it a while ago with RPCS3 at 4k. Ran nicely and when you're playing the game at that resolution it cleans up and brings out of a lot of the visuals nicely and they almost rival many PS4 gen games. KZ3 as well. Guerrilla Games made some serious magic with the PS3 hardware back then. Sony are sitting on a ton of money. All they'd need to do is a make a remaster of KZ2 and 3 and release em' for the PS5 and PC and they'd revive the franchise easily. KZ1 could do with a full remake.

[@adiduzz7881]

Resistance and Killzone are sorely missed 😢

[@lucascoval828]

I wish you could play those on PS4 or PS5 with 60 frames.

[@chaz__]

Still can’t believe KZ2 came out in 2009. What a stunning game that is, even by today’s standards.

[@lucignolo8333]

Yeah, the graphics is still relevant and ahead of some modern games 14 years later….can you imgine if in 1995 there was a game with graphics as good as 2009 games?

[@TheWow1323]

I remember being in High school back in 2009, being so hyped about Killzone 2 and FEAR 2, both looked very similar and played with visceral imagery. I only got to play FEAR 2 because the local arcade ditched all ps3s for xbox since halo and gears of war were all the rage back then, so i missed out on Killzone but i still hope it gets remastered or remade for current gen.

[@wiser3754]

I would’ve loved Killzone 2 if it weren’t for the god awful input lag. Played the game once and never came back as it was like trying to pilot a bipedal tank with a turret.

[@10secondsrule]

@@wiser3754t was an issue for sure but I was able to get used to it and even now I’m fine after few minutes. In a way it was quite realistic but hitting targets using ads was sometimes a pain.

[@chaz__]

@@wiser3754 True. Coming from CoD4 was a jarring experience but the game was so good looking that I stuck with it. Even the multiplayer had a really nice charm to it. Quite a remarkable game for the time.

[@Pewpewpew182]

Damn this one certainly hurts. The villains of this franchise were intimidating. Loved the games. :’)

[@magivkmeister6166]

Who were the REAL villains? One might argue it wasn't the Helghast.

[@DP12321]

@@PerryDaPlatapus Vektan propaganist begone! Helghan belongs to the Helghast!

[@DP12321]

@@PerryDaPlatapus Tragic how evil the "good guys" often are.

[@DP12321]

@@PerryDaPlatapus Pyrrhic "victory"

[@everythingsgonnabealright8888]

@@PerryDaPlatapus the story of Helghast is actually much more tragic and realistic then that. It’s about what happens when particular people are pushed far enough. It doesn’t excuse what they do, but it shows they are never in vacuum, never evil randomly, out of nowhere or suddenly.

[@000mjd]

I miss this series so much maybe wasn't the " Halo Killer" that Sony wanted but was a very solid and fun game

[@OpenedDiscussion]

In the end halo just killed itself

[@thedoomslayer108_YT]

​@@OpenedDiscussion They killed themselves because 343 Industries keep fucking up the Halo franchise for 10 years now but they haven't learned from their mistakes still. Joseph Staten was the only hope for Halo Infinite and its future but he left 343 recently to go back to his publishing job at Microsoft due to the layoffs there.

[@EmanAugust]

@@thedoomslayer108_YT yep Halo's new handlers killed it. 343 has been ass for 10 years now it's incredible

[@lutherheggs451]

Literally nobody but imbecile journalists and chuds called it a "Halo killer" never once did Sony or anything tied to Sony ever refer to it as a "Halo killer....Now there seems to be this weird revisionist history from alot of people to try and pretend that Sony was calling it that.

[@CommanderLongJohn]

IMO KZ2 is light-years better than any Halo, I personally never saw the appeal in Halo (mind you I played probably 250hrs of Halo 1 online back in the day on PC because my friends liked it)-not the world itself/the enemies/the lore/the aesthetic, personally it just felt too childish and 'cartoonish' (especially after playing COD 1-3/MoH/Return To Castle Wolfenstein and various other Golden Age shooters). The graphics hold up to this day but were mesmerizing back when it came out, the gunplay was super meaty and 'rough', the dark gritty aesthetic made it feel like a futurist-WW2, core gameplay/animations/ragdolls were beyond satisfying; obviously it never reached the level of Halo as you essentially said, but I personally believe KZ is *way* cooler.

[@GlazeonthewickeR]

Absolutely crazy how good Killzone 2 still looks and moves.

[@velzekt4598]

How the hell are GVMERS' documentaries not legendarily known yet for how amazingly well put together they are?

[@Reject101Personal]

Because if you put them along the lines of say the No Clip documentaries, they pale in comparison.

[@Pett230]

I can't take this narrator seriously, sorry.

[@sortout1]

@@Pett230 why

[@CopyCopyOriginal]

it's gotta be an aesthetic thing, bc i cant stand no clip's narrator, especially compared to this narrator. and i dont like seeing people talk at a camera during documentaries, i'd much rather see footage (like gvmers does)

[@everythingpony]

Because he skips 80% of the story

[@ShiftJay08]

I don't care what people say about the Killzone franchise. It always has a special place in my heart. I remember playing the multiplayer of the first one as a kid with bots so much I memorised where all the weapons and ammo were located on each of the maps lol. And of course Killzone 2 (and 3 somewhat) multiplayer was legendary. That high-pitched sound every time you killed someone was just 👌.

[@Dar1usz]

haha did a same thing with bots, it was something new in 2005 lol

[@Maikeru305]

Did the same lmao good times

[@DEVILTAZ35]

Killzone Shadow Fall was a terrible piece of junk compared to Killzone 2 especially though. Great graphics but rubbish gameplay.

[@-valkyrie-00]

@@Dar1usz I did the same thing playing Killzone, I'd listen to Slayer and run around the metro fighting the bots when I didn't have internet. but there was Perfect Dark prior to this with Sims.

[@omgninja66]

For sure. Those days. Omg lol

[@emaheiwa8174]

Being in the Army, I really liked the dialogues between the characters in KZ 2 and 3. The way they spoke felt so real.. 👌

[@loubloom1941]

Roger, over and out!

[@garreswe]

It's such a mood killer when characters in movies or games that are supposed to be highly professional speak like teenagers from a Disney TV show.

[@arm7595]

Did you fight over other people's oil?

[@arm7595]

@@garreswe like Zack and Cody?

[@haydnp7144]

​@@arm7595 ​"dID u FiGht oVa othER peOpLe's oiL!!??" That's how you come across.

[@SourRobo8364]

My biggest problem was having the Helghast on the cover but not actually playing them in the game. I thought they looked way cooler than the actual characters you played as.

[@jass9571]

Yhhh and inwas hoping a sequel to shadow fall would have finally allowed us to

[@johnq4951]

It was a bit strange, like putting nazis on the cover of a WWII game.

[@CommanderLongJohn]

The Helghast did nothing wrong

[@GrippeeTV]

@@johnq4951 isn’t that what Wolfenstein did? lol

[@GrippeeTV]

I always liked the glowing blue lights on the people we play as, especially in the third one

[@conorcahill5422]

Killzone was one of those silent assassins. It was glorious, but without the attention. But perhaps it didn't need it. It made its own mark on the video game industry. It introduced us to the next level of gameplay in the future. Killzone 2 was a BEAST of a game. Hopefully, Sony and Guerilla Games will make another one in the future. I don't think it's dead yet.

[@freelancerdetroit102]

This is unlikely, I am afraid. About a year or two back, Sony announced that it has Canned the Killzone Franchise, holding no Interest in making a new game or giving the license rights away. So it will just be catching dust and rot in some basement.

[@aambriz51]

​@@freelancerdetroit102 sounds like it didn't live up to sonys expectations 🤔🤔

[@bloodysimile4893]

Unless someone else pick it up, killzone is dead. Guerilla is too foucs on their horizon games, and killzone doesn't fit with Sony wanting to make movie/ 3d platform games.

[@grizzlybearking1878]

​@@freelancerdetroit102 Sony never said anything remotely close to "canning" the entire franchise. Not saying killzone isn't or is dead but your statement is factually incorrect.

[@grizzlybearking1878]

​@@bloodysimile4893 How did Gravity Rush 1&2, Hell Divers, Knack 1&2, Alienation, Matterfall, Resogun, The Last Guardian Dreams, Concrete Genie, Astrobot Rescue Mission, Returnal and Demons Souls manage to exist within the only "movies" games? Btw, Sony is fully funding and publishing an FPS being developed by Deviation games.

[@madmyc6836]

All of the killzone games had their high points. Kz2, kz3 and shadow fall were simply amazing games in my view. I wish we got more of these games

[@ju5t1ce33]

I played Killzone 1 so many times I can still recite Scolar Visari‘s opening speech by heart. I loved Killzone as a franchise! I played every mainline game. Shadowfall was good, but it fell short. It’s the only franchise that you play as the (in lore) bad guys. The Helghast were so cool!

[@omgninja66]

My bothers and sisters of hellgen. Lol

[@J.Wolf90]

My people. Sons and daughters of Helghan.... For many years, we have been a broken nation... Shunned, oppressed, and conquered by those we sought to escape. ...Ten years ago, I asked for time, and that time was granted by you. You, the strength in my arm, the holders of my dreams.... Our forefathers embarked on the greatest exodus in the history of all mankind... An exodus for freedom. Helghan became that freedom... Our new world changed our bodies. At first, it weakened us, but in fact, we were growing... stronger. In the time you have given me, I have rebuilt our nation, I have rebuilt our strength, and I have rebuilt our pride!... Our enemies at home have been re-educated. We have given them new insights into our cause. On this day, we stand united once more. On this day, those driven to divide us will hear our voice! On this day, we shall act as one, and we shall be ignored NO MORE! Defenders of the Helghast dream, NOW IS OUR TIME

[@trevorbowen1747]

This is still one of my favorite game series. If I had the money, I'd love to buy the franchise and start a team to remake the old games for modern consoles

[@Nick930]

Fantastic work guys! Adding this to the watch list to finish this evening. Gonna have to replay all of these sometime in the near future :)

[@R0bertCc]

Love both channels but glad to see you here nick!

[@warfighter3128]

KillZone always sparked my interest due to just how cool it’s villains looked. Thank you for covering this! Sidenote, wicked intro!

[@AshPrimeDCFC]

Loved these games. The enemies, the setting and story. A real sluggish and gritty shooter. I hope we get another entry at some point, but since we're coming up to a decade since the last release, it's not going to happen.

[@aambriz51]

U never know look. At Duke nukeum 🤣

[@everythingsgonnabealright8888]

@@aambriz51 you wanna try writing that again, bud?

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

A decades having passed doesn't mean it won't happen. More than a couple games have come back after a decade.

[@everythingsgonnabealright8888]

@@randomlyentertaining8287 sadly, Sony are showing absolutely zero interest. As was reiterated a number of times even in this comment section, a few years back Sony even confirmed that themselves. Sad, because they’re actually struggling in shooter department on their platform, hence recent Bungie purchase.

[@mrpopo5097]

@@everythingsgonnabealright8888 “struggling” 😂 you’re acting like they need a shooter. Sony never had a first party fps shooter other than killzone shadow fall on the ps4 yet sold over 100 million consoles

[@KZ3fps]

Killzone is underrated. As the comments show, the 2nd game is beloved and a lot of the popular modes in multiplayer games have their foundational roots in the Killzone series

[@pabloruiz821]

Man second one was peak, The start of that game still is some of the most spectacular moments on any campaign I've played.

[@threatlevel_TACO]

Loved KZ2 and 3 but Killzone 2 will always carry a special place in my heart. The characters, story, and setting are phenomenal, with clear influence from WW2, Aliens, and Statship Troopers.

[@jasonsullivan2029]

This game left its mark on me. I remember playing this with my buddies running at about 15-20fps on the ps2 but I didn't care back then, I didn't even know what frames were. Such a visceral setting. The green scope lenses and helghasts red eyes are imbedded in my brain

[@lucascoval828]

Same. Overlooked the crappy framerate for the compelling setting, characters, weapons, and art direction. Good times. 😌

[@shogenx]

I remember playing KZ2 so much online I eventually got a letter from gorrila congratulating me on being in the top 2 % of players it was quite mindblowing to receive a letter like that at the time, to this day I still feel kz2 had some awesome multiplayer maps even if the game itself wasnt perfect it just felt good, despite how easy the maps were to lock a team into spawn I think the other issue with KZ3 was also sony got hit with that hack that made the dam game unplayable online for nearly 3 months which really fecking sucked

[@Abujoudofkush3178]

That's exactly why it failed. it was a spawn killing fest with long respawn times. Whereas COD felt fun regardless of how your team was doing.

[@ArzePoetic]

I loved Killzone 2 so much. I had a blast with the campaign, and spent hundreds of hours in the multiplayer. I loved the classes; favorites being the Saboteur and the Scout. As a person who uses gyro aiming now, I thought it was awesome they had that for the Scout class. Sniping while invisible and trying to fight other invisible snipers was intense, and being disguised as the enemy as a saboteur was awesome. At the time the PS3 had the ability to play your own uploaded music library, which was new to me since I didn't have an Xbox. I had such an amazing time playing to a massive soundtrack of Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, and Classical music. I really do want them to bring this franchise back, perhaps even into VR!

[@PreDawnManna]

I am out of gaming now, but if they remastered KZ2 multiplayer that might bring me back.

[@titancheat]

Kill zone 2 🐐

[@OYABUNxix]

☝

[@YorunekoShio]

Killzone's OSTs are still, as of today, among the best and most epic soundtracks in the videogame industry. Joris de Mans' work is simply phenomenal, no wonder Gerilla kept him on board on the Horizon franchise.

[@RyanxDunn]

Yeah the music was insanely good in my opinion. Killzone 2s main soundtrack sounded like the impending doom of war, while Killzone 3s violin-led soundtrack in the menu gave off a hopeless feeling to the situation of the Vektans.

[@Sweezzie]

This franchise has so much potential and i hope that we can have one day another game.

[@danielwhite1670]

Fantastic series, Killzone 2 blew my mind when it released.

[@metalmonster34]

My friends and I would come home afterschool and play Killzone nonstop when it came out. It certainly brought us joy and good times in high school.

[@s3dghost]

KillZone 2 is my favorite game of all time... The gritty, "in your face" nature of the game.. the boss fights.... Just 👌

[@redohealer2]

It wasn't all that long ago I was watching someone's retrospective on the series. Now comes GVMERS.

[@Dr._Nope]

I really miss this series. I hope Sony gives it another chance someday

[@lutherheggs451]

What does Sony have to do with anything? I have no clue why people seem to think a series "failed" if they don't make 621,000 yearly sequels and its pretty clear that Guerilla Games was kinda tired of making the same game over and over again....Im sure eventually Guerilla will make another Killzone, they just obviously don't feel the need to sequel the hell out of it.....Games don't need to have 25,000 sequels, its OK to put a series down until you come up with a good idea down the road..

[@stephenzinda]

​@Luther Heggs how many angry replies are you gonna leave in this comment section? Lol

[@everythingsgonnabealright8888]

@@lutherheggs451 you good? You seem a bit… overly agitated. Some call that “impotent nerd rage”.

[@Soyboy10]

@@lutherheggs451 you need to chill man

[@ako_gare]

@@lutherheggs451 Because it did fail in the eyes of Sony, they're the ones bringing the checks to Guerrilla, while Shadow Fall looked fantastic the game fell flat on it's face because it was pretty boring, for a launch title it was a failure. Yes, Guerrilla has said it could revisit Killzone later on, doesn't mean that it's gonna get green lit right away by Sony since they got their head up their ass focusing on the Activision acquisition by Microsoft/Xbox. I read a comment in another video last year, Sony can just chill about "losing" COD (even though it's pretty clear that Microsoft has no intentions of losing it's major COD sales numbers in PS) because you know what they have? Killzone, they can just bring back Killzone, which is a very good franchise, and it would be a problem solved. Sure it's not as established as COD but it could bring up a good fight.

[@patriot459]

Killzone 2 was an underrated gem back on ps3. The multiplayer was so much fun and had great gunplay with actual class systems and perks. Then killzone 3 came out and it wasn’t bad but it didn’t have the same depth that two had. However I will say the multiplayer for 3 was so cinematic with the take down animations and then also seeing the players in cutscenes as you progressed through multiple maps that was all awesome. It’s a shame shadowfall was really just a tech demo for ps4 instead of being a full flushed out project.

[@KaminoKatie]

Shadowfall was probably rushed out for an early PS4 release

[@marsmugio]

18:29 the duck demo will always be my favorite tech demo ever. He just seems so innocent and happy like a child showing off a drawing they made to their parents. Its just so pure and wholesome. I wish we got fun little demos like this still that just go "how can we show off the power of our console? How about we put a bunch of dumb stuff in one place"

[@shmookins]

"Sons and daughters of Helghan..." That speech still gives me goosebumps, and is the reason why I am Helghan for life!

[@blackflame4506]

Killzone games hold a special place in my little gaming heart. Killzone 2 and 3 was peak in terms of the visuals and raw and crunchy gunplay and fighting the Helghast was a blast.

[@k.t.1641]

The Taunting helghast when they kill u is still etched in my memory lol. Got me so damn mad . Always wanted to play for the helghast as well!

[@markfuckerberg9859]

Killzone 2 is my favorite. There's no other game like it. The heavy movement, the dark and gritty environments, the impact of the weapons, the way the enemies stagger and fall when you shoot them, the dude-bro interactions between the player and squadmates, all of it was perfect!!!

[@ToCHawk]

Killzone 1 and 2’s online servers have been revived by PS Rewired. Private servers with good admins. Hope to get more people to play especially old veterans of Killzone 1.

[@SyamDaRos-EndoManno]

Great work! I've played Killzone 2 and 3 demos a lot of times, and your video has increased even more my interest in this series

[@Gruntvc]

I miss games like Killzone, Resistance, Socom, and Syphon Filter today. Sony's got no exclusives like those awesome games now. I was a fan of both Halo and Killzone btw. Miss both being actual gritty military FPS games.

[@howue1221]

Crazy how fun Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 were then the devs decided to break away from the formula especially with Resistance 3. Don’t even get me started on what Somy did to Socom 😂

[@L0vac]

indeed. Not that I don't like them, but I'm fed with everything being open world with more or less optional grind.

[@tsunyinli908]

I have always find myself gravitating towards the dark and weighty shooters around this era, this and the first Gears trilogy being the prime example. So much fond memories with the campaign and multiplayer experience of KZ 2 & 3. Till this day the Helghast is still one of the most enjoyable grunts to kill in any games. Really hope Sony will release a PC port sometime in the future as like a PlayStation classic or something 🤞

[@mrpopo5097]

Why would they port a over decade old game franchise to pc ?

[@jgunner280]

That bit about Killzone 1's texture rendering is interesting to me. Its one of the odd things that kind of makes the game a little weird. I remember going back to play it, and noticing shapes and things seem to warp as you approached, as if the game was actively reloading them, but dismissed it as a sort of glitchy pop-in issue or even an old disc. Though really I should have known better, as sometimes I would find the exact line to cross as it would reshape the texture or detail. A nice attempted trick, but PS2 can only do so much. That, and the framerate feels like what happens when you are pushing your computer with a game that's just barely acceptable until you're just used to a constant mildly chugging FPS range as your default vision. Which I also in part say... because that must have been my experience with it at first grasp. Young then, I only remember it running fine enough as it was and enjoying it a ton, getting used to whatever faltering its performance actually had. It was amazing in some respects, between the little details of grenade timers, actual dead bodies left in the wartorn streets (its weird to say it now, but remember this was a time everything just faded or barely had scene dressing), the weight felt behind the gunplay, multiple character paths, and fully implemented bot system that let me play the game past its linear campaign. As an FPS fan early on, it was one of my favorite games among the PS2 generation.

[@jamesabernethy7896]

Great documentary as always. During this game's lifespan, I was an Xbox loyalist. I have never played the Killzone games but the visual style was so distinctive that it was instantly recognizable.

[@ncrtransport5993]

Another amazing video! There's so much to unpack u have to re-watch all your videos so I can truly take it all in

[@ericrodriguez2464]

I remember playing killzone 1 in my barracks when I was still in the military. KZ1 and KZ2 will always have a special place in my heart because it serves as a reminder as the best part of my life.

[@nunothedude]

Man i remember Killzone Mercenary, it was a game i played quite allot in my teen years and to this day its still one of the best MP games i have ever played, too bad it lacked content

[@enzogamesbrasil3714]

My personal favorite of the bunch. The way GC managed to get all those heavy res textures, maps missions, guns and an awesome multiplayer on a 4GB tiny cartridge with good performance is simply out of this world.

[@nunothedude]

@@enzogamesbrasil3714 ikr and it had allot of depth too in the multiplayer too bad it was umbalanced as hell

[@enzogamesbrasil3714]

@@nunothedude It was. Especially the Vultures and Ballistic armors. Addictive multiplayer nonetheless.

[@enzogamesbrasil3714]

@@nunothedude I got into your channel and saw some KZM stuff there. Pretty good! I also recorded some KZM online matches during 2020-2022, but I started way back in 2015.

[@nunothedude]

@@enzogamesbrasil3714 omg im getting vulture ptsd lol, the most spammed and op vanguard

[@irismartyn4088]

Killzone will always hold a special place in my heart, countless hours as a kid playing through the campaign and local bot play. The art was just incredible too!

[@BiIlDipperIy]

This channel always finds its way into the deepest parts of my childhood lol. So many games I've forgotten over the years. I never actually owned killzone cause I didn't have a Playstation. But I'd go over to my best friends house at the time and we'd play this, along with other games. I really miss these days, where it seemed like every game was fun and unique. And also had a strong player base.. I really wish we could go back to that 😔

[@ALL_that_ENDS]

There is two channels I watch for gaming docs, this one and Nick930. So many others just don't quite go into the deep history as you two, so keep up the great work.

[@Alex-ip1dn]

I remember when the first game came out I was at Blockbuster with my Mom and she wouldn't let me rent the game because of the title. Well look at me now Ma, I'm in all the Killzones! Fantastic journalism as always. Thank you.

[@Serandi]

It's a very bad thing that the Killzone games never came to PC!!!

[@smathews731]

I think you would have seen the series full potential if it did.

[@killerkram1337]

The bad guys in Killzone remind me a lot of the guys in the anime Jin-Roh. Awesome design

[@thomasjefferson1111]

My first one was Shadowfall, but I really enjoyed that one. Multiplayer was awesome and had weight and the greater world and lore inspired me to look into it more. I pray we get a new entry someday.

[@torezgermy2]

Mine was Kz3 then I went back and played 2s story before shadow fall.

[@markfuckerberg9859]

Y'all missed out the best one: Killzone 2

[@snapcount321]

Killzone 2 was peak single player FPS action - gun feel was incredible and the setting fit the gameplay, just like Gears of War. A Killzone 2/3/SF remaster on PS5 would not be such a bad idea.

[@apathetic11b44]

A lot of these similar retrospective videos into Killzone have came out in the last 2ish years, really hoping that these garner some attention for at least some future plans to bring Killzone back. It's a franchise in such a weird limbo without anything said about its permanent shelving or just in hibernation. Gritty/Grim settings seem to be making a comeback which seems perfect for Killzone to stake back into.

[@KaminoKatie]

Gurellia Games wanted to do other things in order to avoid creative burnout with Killzone

[@artate92]

killzone 2s multiplayer at launch was absolutely insane. everybody was grinding to try and get that sniper class that was rumored to have invisibility as an ability.

[@Eko_Kats]

In KZ3 I hl learned hard way to check every corner with my cursor, if there is nothing and it turns red, just shoot invisible player, also aim at every friendly unit, as it might reveal enemy saboteur. Deamn I miss thous classes

[@MannyGrey]

Just yesterday I was thinking you guys should make a video for this series. Hyped to watch this!

[@djp1234]

Now is the time to bring it back on PSVR 2. Take my money, Sony.

[@ianray8823]

This voice These games The thoroughness Hot damn i love this channel

[@calebk8518]

dude could’ve done radio or announcing with this voice

[@Soyboy10]

I wish they had more views and more patreon supporters

[@GhettoPCbuilds]

Gay

[@zafranpro12]

man, killzone was my childhood. I was actually hoping to see a new Killzone title for the PS5 :(. But damn, I literally watched through the entire 50 min documentary. Very informative and well executed sir!

[@Rheinguard]

Another sublime essay. Y'all are one of the best!

[@igodreamer7096]

I really hope that someday, eventually a new Killzone shows up. Great video, guys! Keep up! =)

[@GH0STZERO]

Killzone was excellent! The First and Shadow Fall were the best. The first one had an Adult Swim adult-oriented anime vibe from the 90s' and earlier 2000s kind of like the first Ghost in the Shell film. Shadow Fall had a hard Sci-fi sophisticated, laid-back cyberpunk vibe, unlike Cyberpunk 2077's GTA-like influence. Plus Lorn made the music for Shadow Fall! Very ambient, very stylish game. I hope it comes back in some form. I suggested it before but if Sony wants to revisit their old shooter franchises they could do single player only games, yet release PS exclusive cosmetics for multiplayer Call of Duty, or even The Last of Us Factions 2. Excellent franchise.

[@Barbaroossa]

IMHO Killzone 3's multiplayer was my favorite of the series. It pretty much built upon everything that worked on KZ2 and brought some much needed additions that we had been asking for.

[@amalek.92]

Killzone 2 still looks unbelievable. The trilogy needs a remastered collection ASAP. Killzone 1 was my first game on PS2 and has introduced me to a wonderful world of gaming that the PlayStation brand provides. Just crazy library of games. KZ was my favorite, naturally. Replayed it countless times.

[@wetteryan]

The killzone for the PS Vita was so good. Despite having a super lackluster library the killzone game and the uncharted game that came out on Vita were amazing. They really show what could have been possible if Sony had supported the Vita properly.

[@KillerZxAce]

Ow how times have changed. Halo is but a shadow of it’s former self due to the ongoing incompetence of 343 Industries and Microsofts mismanagement and Guerilla Games turned their energy towards the fantastic Horizon franchise!

[@sjors91]

These ps 2 & 3 games are still legendary i had tons of people join me to play it people who never played them before 2 & 3 shadowfall was the issue also 3 was not sold well wenn 2 was sold a ton.... to bad but our proud game company made horizon games now those sell records so proud of our tiny countries game company! Had so much funn with killzone as a kidd happy i still have my disc & ps3 download also all other discs. Killzone 2 especially online was a blast so many people bought it you can still play it by setting up a costom port on ps3 the revived the server.

[@slaterock4612]

Longtime waiting for this. The first game was ACE, a buddy of mine and I used to play this game a ton from the campaign to the versus back on PS2, loved playing Helghast. I played 2 on the collection for PS3, it was fun, but didn't have the flair of the first game. The concept art for the games though... phenomenal!

[@OYABUNxix]

Kz 2 had a great multiplayer. Loved playing that game back in the day. Story and gameplay for the single player campaign was similarly awesome. 🙂

[@ExeErdna]

I love the hell out of this series. Even if I dislike the changes from 1 to 2. I would have liked to have seen them expand upon the co-op classes having different routes and perspectives. It sucks you weren't able to play as the Helghast except in MP. Overall this game series was a box of innovation that many a company took pieces of over the years.

[@Eko_Kats]

Sadly the best lart(Warzone mode) was not picked by other games, dynamically changing game mode gave reason to play whole map, while when losing 1 objective doesn't meant lose the game as you had 3 more chances. When you look at today's "Warzone" by cod, it's like spit in face

[@ExeErdna]

@@Eko_Kats That's true.

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

This is the best gaming documentary channel bar *none* Absolutely superb 🙏🏻❤

[@colzbroeffectboss4619]

I was waiting for one on Killzone. Had some good memories with Killzone 2

[@eastonalecsandreephiccza6975]

The map design in Killzone Mercenary was on another level - so much so that I find it hard to enjoy multiplayer maps in modern FPS games. It's so sad that Mercenary (or even Killzone as a whole) never got to unleash it's full potential.

[@NLPhantom97]

Killzone is such a unique formula and its a shame it is discontinued for the foreseeable future. If I were Sony right now I'd shift focus from the Microsoft Activision acquisition to developing their own AAA FPS game for the Playstation 5 and beyond.

[@Alexanderofthe9th]

I'm happy I only played the first Killzone on the early Playstation. Perfect tone and setting ambience. You really felt the desperation of the situation even as a young grade aged boy like I was then. All the Killzones afterwards including the next gen titles all looked over the top to keep the name going..

[@DP12321]

Killzone 2 is by far the best in the series. Still looks great today.

[@l0rdfr3nchy7]

Interesting video, great work as always, may i suggest a video on : Kill Switch (2003) - first game to have cover and blindfire as main gameplay mechanic . The father of Gears of War and Uncharted. Psi Ops : the Mindgate Conspiracy (2004) first game to have fun telekinesis. Father of Control.

[@WSB1469]

Killzone 2 & 3 were loads of fun

[@ramonosuke]

I wish sequels, to both Killzone and Resistance would happen. Sony can ease up on the third person view “story-rich” games at this point. I will take a remake/remaster of these series at this point

[@kevinsleppek6058]

How is it possible this channel only has 500k subs this is great content

[@Hollowdude15]

Killzone will always be remembered and awesome video man :]

[@phaeton01]

I still remember the ops2 magazine preview special where they sent some students to the guerilla studio and when asked what they thought of the game one of them said ‘like FFVII with guns’ The hype was real

[@del46_60]

was that for kz2 or the original?

[@Makoto03]

Thank you for doing a documentary on Killzone. The only one i played was the one fore PS4. It felt like it was marketing itself as a CoD competitor but the game was so boring. Even more joyless than CoD Ghosts, which released around that time i think.

[@MrLemmanz]

it was shit, but the ps3 games were awesome, specially kz2

[@Hyperion9700]

Killzone came with my PS2 when I was 8 and my mom hid it from me for good reason. When I found it at 12 in her cupboard I felt like I had won the jackpot. The character select and the PSP game clips brought back a lot of memories. I was also shit scared when seeing those red lasers from the hellgast on PSP.

[@Sadboy-dp2kh]

Another great one as always. But one question was this a reupload? I swear I have seen this video at some point

[@sethmoyer]

I don't think anyone today would ever take a Ferrari 360 over a 2005 Ford GT nowadays.

[@EEVOL]

I love your videos. Very well researched, written and narrated.

[@michaelmonstar4276]

-narrated

[@adawg3032]

Killzone 1 was the first game i played online multiplayer. It was also the game that motivated me to talk my mom into buying me a mic and i made some really good friends through that game that i ended up gaming with for years. We moved on to KZ2 after so much hype from the launch trailer and when it launched we played the hell out of it. It was good times and KZ franchise was really something that i loved growing up on playstation hardware

[@don2nd650]

That’s dope

[@g_geezer3277]

ITS TIME! Killzone 1,2,3 remake please! Followed by a new game. 💪🏼 Killzone wasn’t a game you played, it’s something you survived 💪🏼

[@rometherevenant8749]

Man I loved this series. I played them all and enjoyed the hell out of every title. Its a shame that Guerilla Games has moved on but it would be amazing to see this come back for the ps5. I think that this series still has more life left in it and would love to see some kind of animated or live action series too.

[@Eko_Kats]

I hope they take part of money earned from horizon and slowly develop reboot of series according to their initial vision. They often suffered from deadlines when creating Killzone but as they have selling products they could release reboot without pressure from Sony

[@mrpopo5097]

@@Eko_Kats why would they do that ? When they can make more horizon and a new IP. Shit that’s actually successful

[@Eko_Kats]

@@mrpopo5097 because if you watched interviews with developers, you might realise how much they liked killzone universe. The studio tryed new ideas and find out, that horizon is successful IP, but that does not mean, they would not want to return to the old IP when they feel like it. It's the same like in car industry, you have some economy or practical car that sell well, then you use some of the profit to make car that represent your vision. Ford have 40gt, Lexus have LFA, Mercedes have amg gtr, Nissan have r35gtr, audi have r8... I think you might understand better now my point of view

[@rometherevenant8749]

​@@Eko_Kats very true, plus to me, I personally think the world and conflict is just much more interesting in the Killzone universe. I also really like how "heavy" and "weighty" Killzone as a shooter feels versus Halo which has a great universe all on its own, but feels floaty to me in my opinion. I never got too attatched to Killzones protags but I feel like the world around us as a player and the Helghast were always the star of the show.

[@vauxaholic]

Loved this online, remember when people used to set up the auto turret’s outside the spawn area for cheap kills 😂

[@PoyoPancakes]

Now thats a memory I seem to have blocked out haha

[@VoiceOfTheEmperor]

Been waiting for this! I love the Killzone Universe's Lore!

[@Camilothegodfather]

Killzone 2 is my favorite multiplayer FPS of all time. Would love to see a modern remake done right, for KZ2 or a sequel would also be great. I really miss the multiplayer of this game.

[@bradley163]

I wasn't a huge fan of the first Killzone, mainly due to the fact that I was neck deep in Halo (and I didn't have a PS2 lol). However, I was completely sold as soon as I played the demo for Killzone 2 on my PS3. It's a shame they haven't embraced the vast potential this franchise/world clearly contains. Although, I am glad that they haven't pumped one out every year, like other fps franchises, and the inevitable implementation of the dreaded "live service" model.

[@alholic]

Killzone 2 was a masterpiece. They really don't make them like they used to.

[@MZONE3D]

Nice to see this video, pretty accurate. I worked on Killzone 2 and loved every minute of it.

[@RageUnchained]

KZ2 was possibly one of the best games of its console generation. Loved 3 but 2 was sooooooo good

[@SmoothOperaturr]

Sure you did pal, sure you did

[@alexou857]

I miss Killzone, I loved the second and third one so much. Bring back this game series