Comments on: Official Killzone 2 box art unveiled

By: KraZe_47

KraZe_47 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:51:38 +0000

all they really need to put on the box is KILLZONE 2 anything else is a +

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:50:41 +0000

Yep, KZ2′s official site has had this up for ages, both the PAL and US ones.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:31:13 +0000

Press Releases don’t keep up with official blogs clearly xD

Anyway, I noticed a huge likeness between the Helghast and the Combine, so really it’s not liek they are stolen from anywhere.

And the design for them, is some of the best charcter design I have ever seen.

The ISA scout, and virtually all the Helghast looks so damn cool. People who say they are generic literally have hidden agendas. Becuase it’s so cool.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:26:28 +0000

Strange. Press release was issued today.

By: Alakratt

Alakratt — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:22:53 +0000

Wasn’t this already revealed in other sites back in December?

EDIT: Found it, revealed in Dec. 24, here it is: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/12/24/killzone-2-cover-revealed/ from the PSblog.

Anyway, the cover isn’t bad, nor good, just ok to me. I don’t care, I just wanna play the damn thing!

By: SticKboy

SticKboy — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:54:56 +0000

They fucking *wish* they looked like Norts!

[hugs stack of 2000 AD]

By: Whizzo

Whizzo — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:53:07 +0000

They look nothing like Norts.

By: GordonR

GordonR — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:39:40 +0000

Helghast look = copied from the Norts in the old Rogue Trooper strip in 2000AD. Fact.

By: ecu

ecu — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:20:57 +0000

@Retroid

That actually sounds really good, wouldn’t mind reading that. A quick Google suggests that it’s never actually been translated in to English.

By: ecu

ecu — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:15:20 +0000

They could have been influenced by the Brotherhood of Steel from the Fallout series.

By: Retroid

Retroid — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:15:13 +0000

Ah, here we are: Wiki entry

By: SticKboy

SticKboy — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:13:45 +0000

Tonka in for an early nomination for site jester ’09.

By: Retroid

Retroid — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:06:57 +0000

They’re also stolen from an oldish manga.

By: phatb0y

phatb0y — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:03:14 +0000

Not exactly the best camouflage either.

Oh badguys, will you never learn!?

I always liked the look of the Helghast. They’re borderline generic, which is what you want for cannon fodder, but they’ve got the whole space-Nazi thing going for them.

By: Retroid

Retroid — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:39:51 +0000

I know they’re supposed to have to wear masks because they had to alter themselves / were altered because of the atmosphere of the planet they colonised, but I always thought it looked… a bit cheap.

Like trying to find a way to differentiate similar-looking military ‘sides’ and giving one set glowing eyes was the best they could come up with.

By: Tonka

Tonka — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:38:27 +0000

/Cancels pre-order

By: Blerk

Blerk — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:30:23 +0000

What exactly do those guys have behind those masks that make their eyes glow like that? I’m imagining them having pumpkin lanterns for heads or something.

By: phatb0y

phatb0y — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:27:59 +0000

A bit of an obvious choice.

Still, I won’t be buying it for the box.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:15:12 +0000

Is the PAL box art the same, though?

By: Retroid

Retroid — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:15:12 +0000

Wow.

That’s so imaginative.

/Sound of crickets