Following up a successful sci-fi horror first person shooter game is never an easy task, especially when that game happens to have shifted several multi-million units in the process and and has built up a sizeable audience in the meantime. Luckily, Tripwire Interactive appears to be listening to community feedback and has assured fans that Killing Floor 2 will live up to expectations. As part of this, and so as to ensure transparency, I spoke to David Hensley (Game Director) and got to ask him as to how Killing Floor 2 will be able to justify itself as a fully fledged sequel. Enjoy!
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Killing Floor 2 is an online survival horror shooter and is the second in the series. What advancements have you made since the original Killing Floor 1? How does Killing Floor 2 justify itself as a sequel in comparison to what came beforehand?
There are a lot of enhancements over Killing Floor 1. One of the big things we focused on, apart from the gameplay, is the gore system. This game has probably the most advanced gore system ever to be in a game. You can dismember the Zeds in 22 different pieces. You can blow chunks off their head. There’s also a persistent blood system where the blood that gets on the g...