Killzone 2 Held Back Until 2009
We have been talking about Killzone 2 having to go up against Resistance 2 on the podcast, wondering why Sony would have both of these FPS games go up against each other this fall. Well, we have to wonder no longer as it seems that Killzone 2 has been delayed for a 2009 launch. The announcement was made at the Sony Playstation Day, so it only applies to Europe at this point, but it will most likely become a worldwide date.
Several podcasts back, I said that if this game had to be pushed back to 2009, it would be disastrous. I still stand by this, because the game has been uner developemnt now for some time, and more delays just make gamers more jaded and skeptical for a release. One only has to look at Daikatana or Duke Nukem Forever to see what happens when a title gets consistently delayed.
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It needs a really great hook to stand out in the shooter field. Resistance 2 has a strong pedigree following from Resistance 1, and the high quality of Insomniac’s games.
Killzone doesn’t have this going for it. It’s not so bad from a marketing perspective to hold it back, but again it’s going to be one of those situations where we will pay very close attention to it when it comes to to ask “was this delay worth it”?
Yeah, this genre is so competitive now – everyone is doing FPS, not to mention War-themed.
Maybe they’re trying to polish it to look like the FMV they showed at E3 3 years ago