Killzone: Liberation
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| Developer(s) | Guerrilla Games |
| Publisher(s) | SCE |
| Version | 1.2 |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable |
| Release date | NA October 31, 2006 EU November 3, 2006 AUS November 8, 2006 |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, 6 player ad-hoc multiplayer, 8-Player Infrastructure multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen OFLC: MA15+ OFLC: M |
| Media | UMD |
Killzone: Liberation is the sequel to the 2004 First-person shooter Killzone. Killzone: Liberation was released for Playstation Portable on October 31, 2006 in the US and on November 3, 2006 in Europe. The Platinum version of the game was made available for download on the EU Playstation Store on June 05, 2008. The download costs £14.99, and can only be downloaded from the PC Playstation Store and therefore is not compatible with the PS3.
The game is a direct sequel to Killzone and continues two months after where the first game ended. Killzone: Liberation should not be confused with Killzone 2 for the PlayStation 3, another addition to the Killzone series.
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[edit] Story
In Killzone: Liberation, two months after the events of Killzone, most of southern Vekta is still under Helghast control. The rules of war have been cast aside with the sadistic Helghast General, Armin Metrac, employed by the Helghast Emperor Scolar Visari to use brutal measures in order to seize the initiative and strengthen his position further. Returning as Jan Templar, players will be sent on a covert operation to save hostages captured by Metrac, while ISA troops continue the fight for liberty. There are 5 "chapters" with 4 levels in which players eliminate the Helghast resistance (The fifth and final chapter was made available to download).
[edit] Gameplay
This game features a top-down isometric view in contrast to the original Killzone game for the PS2, which was a first-person shooter. The resultant game can be seen as a mixture of a shooter and a dungeon crawler.
The player can only control Jan Templar, although he can board and control several vehicles: heavy machine gun turrets, a tank, a hovercraft and a jetpack. During some levels a 'buddy' can be ordered around (although some are unarmed). These 'buddies' are normally teammates (Rico and Luger) or people that have to be rescued (The three VIP's in the third mission, first chapter and Evelyn in the third and fourth mission, fourth chapter).
By collecting various pickups in the form of money cases, the player unlocks new weapons to use in the game. These weapons can be found in various weapons caches in certain levels. After enough money is amassed, the V2 upgraded weapons become available. The weapons in the caches are also converted into the V2 upgraded versions.The unlockable weapons are: The ISA Assault Rifle, Helghast Assault Rifle, a Helghast machine pistol, a Helghast sniper rifle, an ISA shotgun, an ISA revolver, an ISA crossbow and a Helghast chaingun (The ISA assault rifle is the default weapon). After downloading chapter five updates for the Helghast flamethrower and ISA rocket launcher are available to unlock.
The player can also unlock upgrades to Templar's abilities by completing challenge games within certain limits (Such as shooting X number of targets without shooting the 'civilian' targets). These are ranked in bronze, silver and gold. Upgrades come in the form of carrying more items, hitting harder in close quarters combat, performing actions faster, unlimited ammunition or upgraded health.
[edit] Downloadable Content
The game was originally intended to have downloadable content from Day 1, but due to technical difficulties, the Downloads promised were initially un-delivered. On May 30th, 2007 the downloadable upgrade was released. This release included two additions: online multi-player support including two new multi-player maps and a new multi-player game mode, and chapter 5 of the single player campaign all for free
[edit] Multiplayer
Players can play via both Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure. Players can choose a team (between ISA and Helghast) and also choose a character in the multiplayer menu. There are a variety of game modes, including Deathmatch (where player kill one another regardless of team), Team Deathmatch(where teams kill one another) , Deathmatch Duel (where a slightly smaller portion of the map is cut off by barbed wire so players have a smaller area to manouevre in) , Capture the Flag (where teams try to get the enemy flag and bring it back to their flag) and Assault ( Where the Helghast team has to plant 3 charges of C4 around an ISA beacon and the ISA have to try and stop them). (Note: Deathmatch Duel is available after chapter five download). Infrastructure was only made available for download, and is not initially available for "out of the box play." The game features headset compatibility for online play and works well.
[edit] Reception
Unlike its predecessor, which received mediocre reviews, Liberation was received with overall positive reviews. It was said to be extremely difficult even on the easiest level of difficulty but still very enjoyable, if frustrating at times.
- IGN - 9.0
- Gamespot - 8.3
- Game Informer - 7.5
- TGZ - 8.3
- Metacritic - 77
