Killzone composer calls for a remaster, but worries Guerrilla's old FPS is too bleak for today's players
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Summary
Joris de Man, composer for the video game Horizon: Zero Dawn, has commented that there may be interest in a Killzone remaster, but suggests that people don’t want to play a “bleak” game like Killzone today.
The original Killzone series was a first-person shooter (FPS) that ran on Sony PlayStation platforms and was their answer to titles such as Halo and Call of Duty.
It featured a futuristic World War II aesthetic, and players battled against the Helghast, the game’s antagonists.
De Man feels that tastes are moving away from dystopian war fables and towards more light-hearted, “casual” gaming experiences.
However, he also highlights that a new Killzone game could attract players who are fans of the fascist iconography and “bleak” narrative.
Rock Paper Shotgun’s experience is that while theKillzone games were serviceable, their main issue was that they were squeezed out by the dominant Call of Duty franchise.
