Killzone Mercenary (PS Vita) review

[Lebowski]

did a playthrough of the first mission of single player last night and I'm enjoying what I've played of it so far, very cool set pieces, tight shooting really nice feeling weapons and lots of re-playability, i left the patch downloading last night so haven't had a chance to try out the multiplayer yet but if they have fixed the drop outs i had on the private beta then I'm sure it will be all good.

[jim g]

I went Digital with my copy of the game, I do like Digital saves me going to the shop, spending ?6 on fuel going there and back plus ?2 parking. Simplygames are my other source when I really want the disc/box.

Anyway back to the game, it is smooth and great sound. Yes it is a FPS but that is why I bought it, stupid reviewers. It is exaclty want I want on the go, quick blast good guns and multiplayer when in WiFi areas. Top stuff.

Jeff Gertsman of GiantBomb has the best view of reviews these days, I trust that man!

[Lebowski]

Took this online tonight but not before I had to mess about assigning a static ip to the ps vita so I could put it in the DMZ. I thought I was done with all this crap it's 2013?

WTF are these devs playing at. I hoped that they had fixed the network issues with this game, it's shocking that this made it through into the retail version, it's only going to harm its community at the end of the day, which is a shame as I have sore thumbs form playing this online tonight, it's fan ****in tastic

[Colin]

It's here and the update is downloading, FINALLY I get to try it today!

[Team Andromeda]

This is just amazing its looks and plays better than a hell of a lot of 360 and PS3 FPS's and all in all a stunning achievement .

[Brad]

This is great. Still not finished the first mission mind! Seems to be no save points so I had to start again this morning.

[Colin]

Just had time for a quick twenty minute play before I can get settled in to it tonight but first impression is I'm very, very impressed. No issues with the controls for me, pulling off head shots left, right and centre. Oh and by god is it stunning looking. Best portable graphics ever?

[teddymeow]

I'm up to the start of the 6th mission and it just keeps getting better.

I'm really impressed with the audio. I'm using some Sony MDR-1R over the ear headphones and the sound is just incredible.

Drained my battery twice yesterday and ended up playing with my Vita plugged into the wall in the end.

Did a couple of hours on MP yesterday and it's pretty cool. You seem to die quite quickly but I've managed to get some decent killstreaks going which is weird as I suck at things like CoD.

[BIG EDD]

I'll have to get on this soon came back home yesterday and downloaded the patch and my DLC from shopto...then fell asleep
well I was driving for over 8 hours yesterday
All the feedback off this forum sounds excellent will watch Grand Prix qualifying then boot this up

[Colin]

Trying to save this for later but I keep sneaking little blasts in. Part way through the second mission now and it seems to be all I hoped it would be. How anyone could rate this 5/10 as a handheld game is beyond me to be honest. The awful review it got that CS posted up, I only read a bit of it before I gave in but it's almost as if the guy was playing a completely different game from me?

EDIT: Just finished mission three. This.....is......brilliant. Plays like an absolute dream as far as my personal gameplay style is concerned. Without a doubt the most impressive thing I've ever seen or played on a handheld console. The negative reviews are a joke. I also can't see me clocking the 9 levels in 4 hours?

[dvdx2]

It's here and the update is downloading, FINALLY I get to try it today!

Bit of closet COD fan, ikobo? ;-)

[EDDIE M0NS00N]

Just got back into playing my Vita again after a short break. Man!!, you guys are tempting me to buy this now

[Colin]

Bit of closet COD fan, ikobo? ;-)

Eh? What's COD got to do with killzone?

[capcom_suicide]

Great to see the impressions! Can't wait to get back on it.

[Colin]

Just completed campaign mode, loved it. Definitely short (my play through was 4h 24m) but there's a ton of replayability there. Thanks to it not having much of a plot you can just enjoy the action over again, plus obviously there's all the medals, valour cards and higher level run throughs. Normally that stuff wouldn't interest me but I just enjoyed playing the game so much I'll definitely keep coming back for more.