Killzone 2: Now With Female Helghast

Keane Ng

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Killzone 2: Now With Female Helghast



Guerilla Games recently held a live Q&A session [http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/02/18/killzonecom-live-qa-with-guerrilla-games/] online with its adoring public, and let slip a few intriguing tidbits about its upcoming mega-shooter, including the existence of a custom soundtrack option and the possibility of...female Helghast?

Though the chat mostly consisted of Killzone 2 fans drooling over their favorite developer (Q: How awesome are you? A: So awesome.) and going over old information, there were a few morsels of information revealed about the game that might interest those of us who aren't as rabid in their curiosity as the members of the more passionate breed of console fans.

For starters, the multiplayer will put to work a horde of info-gathering robots that will track a huge quantity of statistics that'll be compiled in-game but also go up on the official Killzone site for fans to digest and analyze, not unlike what Bungie has done for Halo 3. Speaking of the site, it will also serve as an official hub for clans in Killzone 2 - every clan will get their own clan page with player and team statistics, rosters, breakdowns of recent games and even a clan forum. So no need to start up a Geocities page for your Killzone 2 clan - Guerilla's already got you covered.

In terms of gameplay information, Guerilla spoke on the game's Call of Duty 4-esque "experience" system where you'll be moving up ranks as you play more, as well as the lack of a cover system in multiplayer, something that is very present in the campaign. "We found, through playtesting that it did not work in the 360 degree combat environment of online and people found it faster and easier to simply crouch and duck and were in fact working against the system, so we took it out," Guerilla's Seb Downie explained.

One thing multiplayer will have that single-player doesn't, though, is custom soundtracks. "In Single player the music is designed to match the action so it would be hard for us to mix up your favourite boyband," Downie said. Good to know that I'll be able to play some Phil Collins (Tarzan soundtrack, of course [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIVaUcE4kAM]) while blasting fools with my sniper rifle.

Finally, there was one pressing question that came up over the course of the conversation. "Are there any femal hleghast?" asked user Moebius, clearly so excited over the possibility he forgot how to type. "Will we ever get to see one?" To which Downie replied: "Good question. The Helghast are still somewhat human behind those masks, so there must be Helghast women. Would not want to wake up next to one though." Thanks Guerilla. You just gave justification to about a thousand fanfics with sexy female Helghast. Not that that's a, uh, bad thing.

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Keane Ng said:
Thanks Guerilla. You just gave justification to about a thousand fanfics with sexy female Helghast. Not that that's a, uh, bad thing.
EWEWEWEWEWEWQEWEWEWEWEWEWEW!!!

I did NOT need to imagine Rule 34 right then and there!
 

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Jumplion said:
Keane Ng said:
Thanks Guerilla. You just gave justification to about a thousand fanfics with sexy female Helghast. Not that that's a, uh, bad thing.
EWEWEWEWEWEWQEWEWEWEWEWEWEW!!!

I did NOT need to imagine Rule 34 right then and there!
Rule 34 should always be kept in mind at all times, it's the only way to live life without surprises on this internet.
 

the monopoly guy

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Keane Ng said:
Jumplion said:
Keane Ng said:
Thanks Guerilla. You just gave justification to about a thousand fanfics with sexy female Helghast. Not that that's a, uh, bad thing.
EWEWEWEWEWEWQEWEWEWEWEWEWEW!!!

I did NOT need to imagine Rule 34 right then and there!
Rule 34 should always be kept in mind at all times, it's the only way to live life without surprises on this internet.
All I pictured was a normal Helgast that makes efeminite noises whenever she gets kill (ala Halo 3).
 

Brotherofwill

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the monopoly guy said:
Keane Ng said:
Jumplion said:
Keane Ng said:
Thanks Guerilla. You just gave justification to about a thousand fanfics with sexy female Helghast. Not that that's a, uh, bad thing.
EWEWEWEWEWEWQEWEWEWEWEWEWEW!!!

I did NOT need to imagine Rule 34 right then and there!
Rule 34 should always be kept in mind at all times, it's the only way to live life without surprises on this internet.
All I pictured was a normal Helgast that makes efeminite noises whenever she gets kill (ala Halo 3).
Holy shit! I just tried to find out what rule 34 was supposed to be and what i found scarred me forever....
*shudders*

I just had the same idea as monopoly guy, you're never going to see their faces anyway
 

John Stalvern

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Wait till you see a good rule 58 (Nothing is sacred).
The slice of life Holocaust manga does it for me.
 

TsunamiWombat

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I dunno, I picture female Helghast as sexy leather clad dominatrix in Gasmasks in a She-wolf of the SS/Wolfenstein Elite Guard vein.

... Then again thats how I picture most women.
 

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I think this is one area of gaming chicks wouldn't want equal representation in...

TsunamiWombat said:
I dunno, I picture female Helghast as sexy leather clad dominatrix in Gasmasks in a She-wolf of the SS/Wolfenstein Elite Guard vein.

... Then again thats how I picture most women.
Just out of curiosity...
How's your love life going?
 

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Indigo_Dingo said:
Any questions anyone wants me to ask the developers on Saturday?
Inclusion of Co-op or any other extension of the Single Player and/or Multiplayer experience?
 

TsunamiWombat

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13lackfriday said:
I think this is one area of gaming chicks wouldn't want equal representation in...

TsunamiWombat said:
I dunno, I picture female Helghast as sexy leather clad dominatrix in Gasmasks in a She-wolf of the SS/Wolfenstein Elite Guard vein.

... Then again thats how I picture most women.
Just out of curiosity...
How's your love life going?
Me and Missus Palm have been happily married for years.
 

Slightly Live

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Hmm, the guy didn't even mention the possibility of having female Helghast in the game but merely responded to an obvious question of since there is one gender, there must be another.

I think the headline is a bit misleading in this case.

We're a long way off from seeing prominent, non-sexualised female soldiers in the context to which this article misleads one into thinking.
 

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Brotherofwill said:
the monopoly guy said:
Keane Ng said:
Jumplion said:
Keane Ng said:
Thanks Guerilla. You just gave justification to about a thousand fanfics with sexy female Helghast. Not that that's a, uh, bad thing.
EWEWEWEWEWEWQEWEWEWEWEWEWEW!!!

I did NOT need to imagine Rule 34 right then and there!
Rule 34 should always be kept in mind at all times, it's the only way to live life without surprises on this internet.
All I pictured was a normal Helgast that makes efeminite noises whenever she gets kill (ala Halo 3).
Holy shit! I just tried to find out what rule 34 was supposed to be and what i found scarred me forever....
*shudders*
Don't tempt me...
 

Slightly Live

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Indigo_Dingo said:
Plus, don't the FROGs really count for prominent, non-sexualised female (elite) soldiers? Actually, considering how the FROGs look, they might actually be the female Helghast.
Exceptions can exist. But I wouldn't expect to see any female Helghast any time soon no matter how much post release support the developers shows.