Better than KZ2 ?
Let's start with what I didn't like or ... what I'm a little desapointed with. The big box of ammo. While a nice idea just render the game very very vey easy, you don't have to throw a weapon because you can't find any ammo for it. So if you like 2 or 3 weapons in the game, you can easily play through it without having to use anything else.
Now with what I really like. First the story is more in complexe and I enjoyed it way more than in KZ2. In KZ2 two caracters felt more like dead wiegt without anything interesting to give in the story, now ( I don't remember how the second dead weight died ) you are only with Rico. So their personality show more during the game. You also view more what the Helgast think.
The loading time are really a blessing in KZ3. In KZ2 you had a lot of mini loading during the game and a very long loading between chapter. Now, nothing !!! So every environnement just feel like the extention of what you just traveled through instead of ... ok you have gone through a city, now in a desert and then why not put the action on a train ? The pacing just feel more realistic, not just a bunch of cool ideas put togheter.
Another good point is the different gameplay element. Like the brutal kill, a stealth portion, being in a space battle ship, in a wierd snow mobile or destroy everything on a transport with a mini gun.
So in all, this is a very nice FPS. I'm not a fan of FPS, only KillZon 2/3, Halo and Unreal ever catch my attention.