Games Like Killzone 2
Quick Answer
The closest games to Killzone 2 are Killzone 3, Resistance: Fall of Man, Gears of War, Halo 4 and Wolfenstein: The New Order. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Killzone 2, and what does not.
What Made Killzone 2 Work
Killzone 2 is the heaviest-feeling shooter on the PlayStation 3 — weapons with real recoil, a camera that lags behind your aim on purpose, and a colour palette of grey and orange that nobody has since dared repeat. The weight is either the appeal or the dealbreaker, and there is no middle position.
9 Games Like Killzone 2
2.Resistance: Fall of Man
The other PlayStation shooter of that generation, with a stranger arsenal.
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A campaign that still commits to being one, with far better pacing.
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The current heaviest third-person shooter, and built for this appetite.
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How These Picks Match Killzone 2
Killzone 2 is catalogued here as a first-person shooter on the PlayStation 3. All nine picks share at least one of its genre tags — nine shooters and nine action games among them.
Five of the picks have their own list on this site, catalogued under the PlayStation 3 (2), the Xbox 360 (2) and the PlayStation 4.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Killzone 2 | Where to play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killzone 3 | Shooter, Action | Shooter, Action | — |
| Resistance: Fall of Man | Shooter, Action | Shooter, Action | PlayStation 3 (catalogued) |
| Gears of War | Shooter, Action | Shooter, Action | Xbox 360 (catalogued) |
| Halo 4 | Shooter, Action | Shooter, Action | Xbox 360 (catalogued) |
| Wolfenstein: The New Order | Shooter, Action | Shooter, Action | PlayStation 4 (catalogued) |
| Metro Exodus | Shooter, Adventure, Action | Shooter, Action | — |
| Battlefield 1 | Shooter, Action | Shooter, Action | — |
| Space Marine 2 | Shooter, Action, Fighting | Shooter, Action | — |
| Max Payne 3 | Shooter, Action | Shooter, Action | PlayStation 3 (catalogued) |
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