Killzone 2 is still the best the best online FPS experience that you can find on the PS3, bar none. It also probably ranks somewhere up in the top five FPS experiences so far this generation. To keep the game fresh and exciting, the developers at Guerilla Games have pumped up the online game with map packs that beef up the game that much more. In the past, the upgrades have been welcome and the maps integrate more of the Killzone universe with interesting yet familiar locations to extend the theater of war. The latest map pack is called "Napalm and Cordite" and is the best map pack yet.

For starters, the maps are well built for the game modes that Killzone 2 features. Suljeva Cliffs and Arctower Landing are visually opposites. Cliffs is more of an outdoor map where you can fight battles in the open, dusty air and try and take cover behind a few rusted husks of a base.



Landing is more of the urban, close quarters anxiety fest where you don't know if someone or thing is hiding behind the next sharp corner to plug you in the face with a hailstorm of bullets. What makes this stand out aren't the predictably fine tuned maps but what it included in the maps that make this pack stand out. Napalm and Cordite features two of the coolest weapons found in Killzone 2: the Flamethrower and the Boltgun.

The flamethrower is the most devastating when used as an area of effect weapon. Spraying the flames all over the ground creates a physical barrier that forces the opposite team to drastically change maneuvers and open up the possibility for some of them to freak out. The Boltgun is a great humiliation weapons because when you pin a foe against the wall, it's like the equivalent of having your cake and eating it too while you point and laugh at all the non-cake-eating noobs.

Map packs like Napalm and Cordite are worthy additions to Killzone 2. The maps are well thought out and the weapons are what make the package stand out.