Killzone 2
Killzone 2 is the third game in the Killzone franchise and continues the story two years after the events of the first two games. The gameplay consists of what the developers describe as Hollywood Realism…
Killzone 2 is a shooter developed by Guerrilla Games, released 25 February 2009 on PlayStation 3.
What Killzone 2 is
Killzone 2 is a shooter game developed by Guerrilla Games and released in 2009. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Two years after the Helghast assault on Vekta, the ISA is taking the fight to the enemy's home world of Helghan. The ISA goal is direct: capture the Helghast leader, Emperor Visari, and bring the Helghast war machine to a halt. Assuming the role of Sev, a battle-hardened veteran and a member of the Special Forces unit Alpha Team, the player must lead a group of highly trained soldiers on a mission to take out the Helghast threat.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It supports multiplayer for up to 32 players online. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Killzone series
Killzone 2 is the fifth of 15 entries we hold in the Killzone series. It arrived 2 years after Killzone: Liberation. The next entry was Killzone 3 in 2011. Its critic score of 90 is 17 points above the series average of 73. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Killzone 2 holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 94% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 23 points above the year average. Players rate it 84, 6 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
What it launched against
Killzone 2 launched on 25 February 2009, within three weeks of Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Resident Evil 5 and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Demon's Souls, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Killzone 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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