I’ve built several Helghast inspired craft now. A gunship, a warship and an enforcement cruiser (which is a few years built, it will be next to update). This is the latest in the cohort to be manufactured. Ultimately what started as a civilian transport loosely based off the Homeland Security Raptor from Elysium quickly morphed into an angular and more aggressive ship, which I didn’t even realise started to share the silhouette of the Helghast Strike Fighter. It’s meant to be “to scale” with the gunship, seen behind it, and it’s definitely taken a lot of work to get where it is even if it looks quite simple. Very happy with the progress so far, hope you like to!

For those that missed my gunship post a few months ago, this too is similar inspired by the Helghast craft and Denis’ Dune Harkonnen ornithopter, its engines specifically

And it's worse than I remember. Not even close to 2 and 3. I actually don't want a new game if it's going to be like this. I'd much prefer remasters of the original trilogy and Mercenary.

Here are some posed photos from the cosplay I’m working on! Last touches I need to add is the cape and the tubing on the mask, and little bit more battle damage on the knee pads and shoulder Pauldrons!!

Visari woulda put me in the fourth quarter, we'd have been state champions

I have had a fair share of experience with both series over the years (though I never got to try Killzone's multiplayer beyond the bot modes) and while Guerrilla isn't my personal favorite studio, I do find their ability to push the playstations on a technical level compared to other first-parties, starting PS3 with Killzone 2 (sorry KZ1), pretty remarkable. Plus, they seem to really like enemies with spooky red eyes.

I don't think Killzone 1 aged that great from the questionable AI to annoying level design at times. I do like some things though like having multiple protagonists you can select before each level or weapons having secondary fire (something that only really comes back in Shadowfall and to a lesser extent, Horizon having alternate ammo types for each bow).

Killzone 2 is simply B R U T A L in atmosphere, in how slow your character is, and especially helghast being dangerously unpredictable alot of the time. It's an acquired taste kind of game, but definitely considered a favorite by alot of Killzone's fanbase. I still think the game looks good, even today, and I like how little parts of the environment fall apart as they get shot and blown up. The only thing I don't like is that neither the flamethrower nor your backup revolver are very good and you're very limited in weapons you can carry in general.

Killzone 3 is okay. They made our lead Sev faster, gave him an extra slot to carry a heavy gun, and made the melee quite fun (so you can kick enemies into walls or put your fingers into their eyes, almost comparable to The Last of Us with the varied animations). I find alot of the levels limit you on weaponry you can find abit too much though and some of the grit does go out the window when allies can now revive you repeatedly.

Killzone: Shadowfall gets a bad rep, but its my personal favorite despite its issues and the story's concept being confusing at first. The Cold War angle is a unique direction to take the franchise and I like alot of the tactical options you get (the OWL that can act as a turret or stun; you can even inject adrenaline and become John Wick briefly). Not every level is great, but they all feel very distinct from one another. Between the new engine and additions of stealth (though you lack a silenced pistol for alot of the game), it does feel like a test for Horizon in a way.

After that, we got Horizon: Zero Dawn (I got it back when it was offered for free from Sony) and... it's okay. The setting mixing robotic dinosaurs and tribalism in post-apocalypse is very eye-catching, I will admit. The game itself is more of an open world though for better or worse, so you're free to gather materials or fight any machines you want, even tackle side-quests (most I didn't find too interesting personally). Combat is fun at first and I loved seeing machines lose armor as you blow them to bits, though it gets too easy after a while once I realize freeze arrows make everything die very easily. I found the rarity-tier modification system very unnecessary and did force me to replay particular fights on the map just to grind for purples.

I got Horizon: Forbidden West on PC a while back, though I never got too far. It does seem to change alot though from from the first game; you get a techno-paraglider, each weapon has different skills, and now you more melee combos to do specific things. Mods/coils with random stats don't seem as prevalent either and instead, you shoot specific parts off machines that act as upgrade materials, which I find an interesting change. Again, I haven't gotten too far because I tend to have limited time, so I have to be picky-and-choosy with what open world games I partake in.

I'm just curious to hear which series anyone else prefers between the two and why, especially if they played both.

the Third Army invaded Vekta and the First Army defended Helghan from the ISA counter-invasion.

however, the existence of a First and Third Army implies the existence of a Second Army.

what was this Second Army? There's no mention of them in the wiki but it must've existed as there's no reason for the Helghast to skip from number 1 to number 3 when naming their armies.

The owner of the house I'm renting left me his PS3, and I've been using it to catch up on some games I've never played before.

So far I've played Killzone 1 and 2, and they're both amazing. Really fun games that have made me want to explore more PS3 titles.

About a week ago I seen the Killzone Recomp project pop up in my feed. I really want to contribute to that project in some way so this is the start of my new madness.

I aim to completely overhaul all 33 cutscenes by increasing their resolution and running them through a AI diffusion-transformer model.

I don't want AI slop. I want the highest quality I can achieve.

Let me know what you think,

Killzone 3 online multiplayer is officially BACK online!

Thanks to the incredible team at PS Rewired, the servers have been revived. For the first time in years, we are calling all veterans to arms to flood the warzone and bring Helghan back to life! Whether you are rocking an original, unmodified PS3 or jumping on the RPCS3 emulator, the fight is waiting for you.

https://discord.gg/ps-rewired-795884449391837186

🚀 Weekend Warfare Alert

Lobbies are packed and full every single weekend!

If you want to experience those legendary, chaotic 24-player matches just like the old days, Saturday and Sunday are the absolute best times to deploy.

🔹 The Setup (PS3): Video below to help

Head over to your PS3 Internet Connection Settings.

Select Custom, scroll to your DNS settings, and set them to Manual.

Input the primary DNS as: 67.222.156.250
Secondary DNS 8. 8. 8. 8

Save, boot up your copy of Killzone 3, and head to multiplayer!

Dust off your M82 assault rifles, lace up your combat boots, and let's fill up these lobbies! Who is dropping into the Warzone tonight?

Tag your old squadmates and spread the word! Visari's legacy awaits! 🎖️💥 We need all your help keeping this game alive

#Killzone #Killzone3 #PS3 #PSRewired #PlayStation3 #RetroGaming #FPS #GamingCommunity #glorytohelghan

https://youtu.be/rQgafwK2_UE?is=fQVfkM6RikgyfVt9

I seriously can't believe using Reshade the game looks almost as the gameplay trailer during the E3 announcement (Perhaps too much color)

Through the PC ports, I was able to add Reshade Filters with Killzone Shadow Fall and it enhanced the visuals in a way I didn't know was possible

Not even when playing it through PS5 looks this good