Killzone 2 is by far one the best looking first-person shooters I’ve played in a long time. It is similar to Gears of War in story and gameplay (in fact since the first Killzone came out two years before Gears of War, I wonder if Gears or War was meant to be an Xbox 360-only clone of a popular PS2 game), but Killzone 2 isn’t nearly as frustrating to play as Gears of War, playing much more like your typical first-person shooter.

The single player campaign story is intriguing, the cut-scenes are some of the best I’ve seen, the in-game graphics are unreal and the gameplay mechanics are smooth and familiar. My only complaint has been some dropped frames when you are loading a new section. It never happens during any action, but it does break up the immersion into the game and what is happening.

I haven’t dived into multi-player mode yet, since I don’t know anyone else with the game. I expect the game lobby and matchmaking to be about as poor as every other online-PS3 game, but hopefully I’m wrong.

For now, certainly worth a rent just for the single-player.