Killzone 2

Overview

Killzone 2 is a 2009 first-person shooter developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It is the second main game in the Killzone series, following the original Killzone from 2004. It takes place in the 24th century and tells of a war between two human factions, the Vektans and the Helghast. The game is set two years after the first Killzone, and follows Tomas "Sev" Sevchenko as he and his unit fight the Helghast while the Vektans invade the Helghast homeworld. Jan Templar, the hero of Killzone and Killzone: Liberation, returns in a supporting role along with Rico Velasquez.

The game is played almost entirely from a first person view, apart from short stretches of vehicle combat. It has a lean and peek cover system, and the player drives a tank and an exoskeleton at two points in the campaign. Motion control from the Sixaxis is used for actions such as turning a valve, arming a charge and sniping. The online mode is called Warzone. It is class based, with seven classes, 15 weapons and ranks that unlock new gear. Matches flow through several game types in a single round, and the team that wins the most of them takes the match.

In the story, the Vektan ISA bombards the Helghast capital Pyrrhus and then lands a ground assault toward the Imperial Palace. Colonel Mael Radec, commander of the Second Army, switches on a network of arc towers hidden under the city and halts the advance. Alpha Squad then learns that the towers run on Petrusite, a mineral that can generate and channel electricity. The campaign ends at the palace, where Radec and his guard are beaten and Emperor Visari is killed.

Sony announced the game at E3 2005 with a trailer that was later admitted to be a target render, a pre-rendered video showing what the team hoped to reach. A real-time trailer followed at E3 2007. The engine uses deferred shading, which gives close control of lighting. The score was written by Joris de Man, with about 30 minutes of live orchestra recorded at Abbey Road Studios, and it won the first Ivor Novello Award given to a game soundtrack.

A private beta ran for some North American and European PlayStation Network subscribers, and a single player demo reached the European store on 5 February 2009. The game came out in Europe on 25 February 2009, in Australia on 26 February and in North America on 27 February. Three multiplayer map packs followed, Steel and Titanium, Flash and Thunder, and Napalm and Cordite. Each pack added two maps and a set of its own trophies, and a bundle later sold all six maps together. The servers for Killzone 2 and Killzone 3 were shut down on 29 March 2018.

Reviews were very strong, with a Metacritic score of 91 on PS3. Critics praised the graphics, presentation, action and multiplayer, and criticised the story and characters. In the United States the game sold 323,000 copies in its first 48 hours, and Sony said it passed one million worldwide by 16 April 2009. It led to Killzone 3, released in February 2011.

Official trailer

Killzone 2 E3 2007 Teaser Trailer, Killzone. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

KILLZONE 2 Gameplay Walkthrough FULL GAME [4K ULTRA HD PS3] - No Commentary, MKIceAndFire. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

First-person shooter

Developer

Guerrilla Games

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment

Series

Killzone

Engine

In-house (Guerrilla Games), deferred shading

Composers

Joris de Man

Designers

Neil Alphonso

Directors

Mathijs de Jonge

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

32

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Disc IDs

The serial printed on the disc and the case. It tells you which region a copy is from.

Trophies

Trophies84

Platinum possibleNo

Platinum

1

Gold

3

Silver

8

Bronze

72

Total

84

Points

1890

Playthroughs for platinum

2

Online trophies

10

Online note

52 trophies listed: 41 campaign, 10 multiplayer. Career Ribbon needs online rank General; Valor Cross and Valor Grand Cross need weekly honor ranks. Server status today not confirmed.

Missable trophies

0

Grind

• Heroic Survivor (gold): finish the campaign on Elite
• Online honor rank trophies

• War Hero Collect all Killzone 2 trophies Platinum Needs online 1.76% of players
• Corinth Ribbon Complete Corinth River on any difficulty level Bronze 79.69% of players
• Blood Ribbon Complete Blood Meridian on any difficulty level Bronze 73.2% of players
• Visari Ribbon Complete Visari Square on any difficulty level Bronze 67.38% of players
• Salamun Ribbon Complete Salamun District on any difficulty level Bronze 61.89% of players
• Bridge Ribbon Complete Salamun Bridge on any difficulty level Bronze 57.15% of players
• Suljeva Ribbon Complete Suljeva Village on any difficulty level Bronze 54.56% of players
• Tharsis Ribbon Complete Tharsis Refinery on any difficulty level Bronze 52.01% of players
• Cruiser Ribbon Complete The Cruiser on any difficulty level Bronze 50.77% of players
• Maelstra Ribbon Complete Maelstra Barrens on any difficulty level Silver 50.27% of players
• Survivor Complete all missions on any difficulty level Silver 42.22% of players
• Heroic Survivor Complete all missions on Elite difficulty level Gold 3.22% of players
• Pallbearer - Kill 500 Helghast Kill 500 Helghast Soldiers Bronze 52.47% of players
• Undertaker - Kill 1000 Helghast Kill 1000 Helghast soldiers Bronze 16.8% of players
• Reaper - Kill 1500 Helghast Kill 1500 Helghast soldiers Bronze 9.68% of players
• Field Agent - Collect all intel Collect all intel within the game Bronze 5.74% of players
• Iconoclast - Destroy all symbols Destroy all Helghast symbols within the game Bronze 5.44% of players
• Untouchable Complete all missions on any difficulty level without dying Silver 5.01% of players
• Babysitter - Revive 25 Buddies Revive your buddies a total of 25 times Bronze 24.93% of players
• Elementalslayer - Kill the ArcTrooper within 1 minute 30 seconds Kill the Tharsis Refinery ArcTrooper in under 1 minute 30 seconds Bronze 43.58% of players
• Giantslayer - Kill the Heavy within 1 minute Kill the Blood Meridian heavy in under 1 minute Bronze 46.88% of players
• Dragonslayer - Destroy the ATAC within 1 minute 30 seconds Destroy the Salamun Bridge ATAC in under 1 minute 30 seconds Bronze 32.1% of players
• Demonslayer - Kill Radec within 20 minutes Kill Radec at Visari Palace within 20 minutes Bronze 35.39% of players
• Safari Hunter - Kill each enemy infantry type with a melee attack Kill one of each enemy infantry type with a melee attack Bronze 7.73% of players
• Killing Spree - Kill 5 Helghast in 15 seconds Kill 5 Helghast in 15 seconds whilst on foot and maintaining at least 85% health Bronze 54.36% of players
• Bullet Counter - Manually reload 150 times Manually reload your weapon 150 times Bronze 51.16% of players
• Safety First - Shoot off 100 helmets Shoot off 100 Helghast helmets during battle Bronze 50.28% of players
• Berserker - Kill 25 Helghast with melee attacks Kill 25 Helghast using melee attacks Bronze 42.16% of players
• Barrel of Death - Kill 3 Helghast using your environment Kill 3 Helghast at once using the surrounding environment Bronze 35.66% of players
• Professional - 3 revolver headshots in a row Get 3 headshots in a row using the same clip of M4 Revolver ammunition Bronze 8.99% of players
• Fragmerchant - Kill 5 Helghast using a single grenade Kill 5 Helghast at once using a single frag grenade Bronze 13.39% of players
• Fragmartyr - Kill 2 Helghast whilst taking your own life Kill 2 Helghast at once and take your own life using a single frag grenade Bronze 16.13% of players
• Melonpopper - 15 headshots using the sniper rifle Get 15 headshots using the VC32 Sniper Rifle Bronze 23.37% of players
• Blade Runner - 75 kills with the knife Kill 75 Helghast using the knife Bronze 12.9% of players
• Stick Around - Nail 20 Helghast to the wall Nail 20 Helghast to a wall using the Boltgun VC-21 Bronze 9.64% of players
• Master Conductor - Electrocute 3 Helghast Electrocute 3 Helghast with a single burst from the VC5 Electricity Gun Bronze 34.05% of players
• Run and Gunner - Kill 3 Helghast with one burst of assault rifle fire Kill 3 Helghast using an M82 or StA52 assault rifle without releasing the trigger Bronze 21.97% of players
• Defensive Fighter - Kill 30 Helghast with an emplaced weapon Kill 30 Helghast using the StA3 fixed gun emplacement Bronze 59.21% of players
• Can Opener - Destroy a Helghast APC Destroy any Helghast APC during battle Bronze 43.34% of players
• Spare Parts - Destroy all Leech Pods Destroy all Leech Pods in The Cruiser Bronze 12.32% of players
• Treadhead - Kill 30 Helghast whilst in the tank Take 30 Helghast lives whilst using the ISA tank Bronze 15.09% of players
• Mechspert - Stomp 10 Helghast Stomp 10 Helghast with your Exoskeleton in Maelstra Barrens Bronze 7.69% of players
• Career Ribbon Achieve an online rank of General Gold Needs online 15.38% of players
• Valor Grand Cross Achieve weekly online honor rank #4 Gold Needs online 3.3% of players
• Valor Cross Achieve weekly online honor rank #3 Silver Needs online 5.18% of players
• Valor Medal Achieve weekly online honor rank #2 Bronze Needs online 7.95% of players
• Valor Citation Achieve weekly online honor rank #1 Bronze Needs online 11.35% of players
• Cross-Training Ribbon Acquire all badge specific medals Bronze Needs online 4.01% of players
• Veteran Ribbon Acquire all mission specific medals Bronze Needs online 3.46% of players
• Expert Ribbon Acquire all combat specific medals Bronze Needs online 3.49% of players
• Wargod Ribbon Acquire all remaining medals Bronze Needs online 23.07% of players
• Blitzkrieg Ribbon Win 50 online matches Bronze Needs online 12.53% of players
• Wasteland Medic Revive 5 allies in Wasteland Bullet during one round Bronze Needs online 14.19% of players
• Wasteland Engineer Repair 5 objects in Wasteland Bullet during one round Bronze Needs online 12.01% of players
• Wasteland Tactician 5 allies spawn on your spawn grenade in Wasteland Bullet during one round Bronze Needs online 16.24% of players
• Wasteland Saboteur Kill 5 enemies while disguised in Wasteland Bullet during one round Bronze Needs online 12.18% of players
• Wasteland Scout Kill 5 enemies while cloaked in Wasteland Bullet during one round Bronze Needs online 12.43% of players
• Wasteland Assault Boost 5 times in Wasteland Bullet during one round Bronze Needs online 15.05% of players
• Cruiser Medic Revive 5 allies in Vekta Cruiser during one round Bronze Needs online 14.72% of players
• Cruiser Engineer Repair 5 objects in Vekta Cruiser during one round Bronze Needs online 12.02% of players
• Cruiser Tactician 5 allies spawn on your spawn grenade in Vekta Cruiser during one round Bronze Needs online 15.91% of players
• Cruiser Saboteur Kill 5 enemies while disguised in Vekta Cruiser during one round Bronze Needs online 13.45% of players
• Cruiser Scout Kill 5 enemies while cloaked in Vekta Cruiser during one round Bronze Needs online 11.27% of players
• Cruiser Assault Boost 5 times in Vekta Cruiser during one round Bronze Needs online 15.31% of players
• Beach Head Medic Revive 5 allies in Beach Head during one round Bronze Needs online 13.72% of players
• Beach Head Engineer Repair 5 objects in Beach Head during one round Bronze Needs online 10.2% of players
• Beach Head Tactician 5 allies spawn on your spawn grenade in Beach Head during one round Bronze Needs online 15.48% of players
• Beach Head Saboteur Kill 5 enemies while disguised in Beach Head during one round Bronze Needs online 11.64% of players
• Beach Head Scout Kill 5 enemies while cloaked in Beach Head during one round Bronze Needs online 13% of players
• Beach Head Assault Boost 5 times in Beach Head during one round Bronze Needs online 14.2% of players
• Southern Hills Medic Revive 5 allies in Southern Hills during one round Bronze Needs online 13.18% of players
• Southern Hills Engineer Repair 5 objects in Southern Hills during one round Bronze Needs online 11.29% of players
• Southern Hills Tactician 5 allies spawn on your spawn grenade in Southern Hills during one round Bronze Needs online 15.11% of players
• Southern Hills Saboteur Kill 5 enemies while disguised in Southern Hills during one round Bronze Needs online 11.51% of players
• Southern Hills Scout Kill 5 enemies while cloaked in Southern Hills during one round Bronze Needs online 11.67% of players
• Southern Hills Assault Boost 5 times in Southern Hills during one round Bronze Needs online 13.76% of players
• Flamethrower Monkey Kill 10 enemies in one round using the Flamethrower in Suljeva Cliffside Bronze Needs online 9.69% of players
• Flamethrower Junkie Kill 20 enemies in one round using the Flamethrower in Suljeva Cliffside Silver Needs online 8.63% of players
• Suljeva Conqueror Win a round with a minimum of 5 mission wins in Suljeva Cliffside Bronze Needs online 13.11% of players
• Suljeva Killer Kill 50 enemies in one round in Suljeva Cliffside Silver Needs online 11.91% of players
• Boltgun Monkey Kill 10 enemies in one round using the Boltgun in Arctower Landing Bronze Needs online 9.56% of players
• Boltgun Junkie Kill 20 enemies in one round using the Boltgun in Arctower Landing Silver Needs online 8.49% of players
• Arctower Conqueror Win a round with a minimum of 5 mission wins in Arctower Landing Bronze Needs online 13.53% of players
• Arctower Killer Kill 50 enemies in one round in Arctower Landing Silver Needs online 11.85% of players

Space and patches

Update patch16 MB

Version 01.29, the latest Sony hosts.

These are the patches Sony still hosts for this disc ID. The game's real history can be longer.

DLC

Three multiplayer map packs were sold on PlayStation Network in 2009, two maps in each, and a bundle with all six. Each pack came with its own trophy list.

Items

Name	Date	Adds
Steel & Titanium	2009-04-30	Maps Wasteland Bullet and Vekta Cruiser, 12 trophies
Flash & Thunder	2009-06-11	Maps Beach Head and Southern Hills, 12 trophies
Napalm & Cordite	2009-07-23	Maps Suljeva Cliffside and Arctower Landing, plus the Flamethrower and Boltgun in multiplayer, 8 trophies

Playable today

Playable offline todayPartly

The campaign still plays; online Warzone and the map packs ended in 2018.

Online

Online servers runningNo

Plays offlinePartly

The Warzone servers were shut down on 29 March 2018 and the online modes can no longer be played on Sony's servers.

Services

Service	Status	Shutdown date
Warzone online multiplayer	closed	2018-03-29

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale	Reviews
Metacritic	PS3	91	100	94

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
Destructoid	9.5	10
Edge	7	10
Eurogamer	9	10
Famitsu	32	40
Game Informer	8.75	10
GamePro	5	5
GameSpot	9	10
GameTrailers	9.2	10
GameZone	9.4	10
IGN	9.4	10
PlayStation: The Official Magazine	5	5
The Daily Telegraph	9	10
Wired	9	10

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Mathijs de Jonge
Designer	Neil Alphonso
Composer	Joris de Man
Art	Jan-Bart van Beek
Art	Bas Uterwijk
Programmer	Michiel van der Leeuw

Notes for collectors

• The 2005 reveal trailer was a target render, not real gameplay, which started a long argument at the time about whether the PS3 could look like that.
• A pre-order from a US retailer came with a demo card, and the single player demo went up on the US store on 26 February 2009.
• The online trophies, including the weekly honor rank ones and the Platinum, relied on Sony's servers, which closed in March 2018.
• Steel & Titanium and Flash & Thunder have 12 trophies each and Napalm & Cordite has 8, so the full list with DLC is 84 trophies.
• The Flamethrower and Boltgun only appear in multiplayer on the two Napalm & Cordite maps.
• The Japanese release came about two months after the PAL and North American ones, on 23 April 2009.

Credits

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment

Developer

Guerrilla Games

Director

Mathijs de Jonge

Released

2009-02-27

Age rating

ESRB M

Disc ID

BCUS98116

Region

US

Time to beat

about 7.5 hours

Copies in the shop

• Killzone 2 (PS3) CA$14.99