Killzone Shadow Fall [PS4] review

[MrKirov]

Just to balance the argument, I'm not a fan of KZ. I played this ones single player and enjoyed it, some clever ideas but ultimately a big standard shooter- nothing wrong with that though. A solid 7/10, and certainly much better than 3 which I finished a few weeks ago and was pap.

[Neon Ignition]

On Chapter 7 now and same here, taking my time and there's nothing wrong with it at all. It's no classic but it's enjoyable and fairly issue free

[darkangel]

I've nearly finished it, and it has been enjoyable... until the last few hours where the game just decides to chuck an endless stream of enemies at you until you tick off objectives which are neigh on impossible to do because of said endless stream of enemies and terrible sign posting to give the player any idea on what to actually do.

Just because you have nearly finished a game, does not give Devs the right to just suddenly make it neigh on impossible to finish, the difficulty spike quite literally comes out of no where and with no real sign posting on how to get past certain points it can all become very frustrating. Which is a shame as I was actually quite enjoying it in places.

There are moments where you can see that KZ: SF could become a really decent shooter, but it spoils it all by the endless array of cheap tactics by the end of the game, it's almost like the devs just gave up on ideas and decided to be lazy by making it mega super hard.

Now I hear the argument that too many people who are used to games like COD are just struggling with not being held by the hand, but there is a real difference between an actual enjoyable challenge and unfair mechanics.

However the graphics are quite incredible and I quite enjoy the MP. Certainly not the best FPS game I've ever played, but not a terrible one either. Worth a bargain bin pick up but I wouldn't have spent ?50.00 on it knowing it was going to turn out like this. Just my 2 cents on the subject really.

[Neon Ignition]

And there we go lol, soon as you get near Ch8 I see what people mean. The quality drops right off. Tried mp too which is okay but no reason to play over the alternatives. Time to trade in

[25.05.2005]

What is the Platinum trophy like on this game? Achievable or impossible to the mere mortal?

[J0e Musashi]

So, do we think it was rushed or they've just lost it in regards to KZ? I'm definitely going to skip it, which seems a shame as I have played every other game in the series.

[Brad]

I'd say rushed

[Darwock]

KZ3 was also rushed though. Are they ever not going to be rushed?

I haven't played any of the games since number 3, I'm curious how they got around the ending of that particular game as it pretty much ruined most possibilities for continuing the story.

[J0e Musashi]

Mercenary is set before 2, and is the second best one I've played after 2. Once it gets to TV, it might even surpass 2. 3 was all over the place I thought.

[Brad]

This we're agreed on. 2 was fantastic. 3 was ok and the Move controls probably made me enjoy it more than I would have otherwise. SF is a disaster. I liked Liberation on PSP too.

[MrKirov]

Probably gonna sell this now.

[H-Man]

I'm enjoying KZ. It's a poor man's Halo, but stunning to look at and has some nice ideas. Multiplayer is fairly decent. Single player has some neat moments, then back to rinse and repeat simplistic shooting. I'm finding it hard to put my finger on what's missing - it's like someone took Perfect Dark and stripped out all the gadgets, meaty combat and challenge.

[saturn-gamer]

Sony just needs to boot these talentless hacks. These guys suck. Insomniac created something MUCH better on a tight schedule and low budget (the great and underrated Resistance 3). I actually start to think I'd rather had Resistance 4 instead of this ****. SF is not even Halo at all, the levels are broken up and all over the place. So here you are in a city being hurt... and BAM you're here infiltrating a space vessel. The shooting isn't good, I thought it was but there is absolutely ZERO recoil.

I am just annoyed by Guerrilla. They AGAIN failed to tell a decent storyline, and again the pacing is way off. Killzone 2 was a fluke, and that wasn't perfect either. They just can't create something that sticks with the gamer. Without Sony they created Shellshock which was dog ****, they're average.

I've put SF up for sale but most of those sites don't even have a PS4 section yet, FAIL.

[SUMIRE]

Nice graphics and artwork in places, the lighting is superb, music Is pretty good as well. The gameplay and level design is rubbish though. The game is so soulless and mundane, I couldn't wait to get it out the way.

[25.05.2005]

Nice graphics and artwork in places, the lighting is superb, music Is pretty good as well. The gameplay and level design is rubbish though. The game is so soulless and mundane, I couldn't wait to get it out the way.

Agree. Was going to write near enough exactly the same thing.

I was wondering whether it was just me, I'm jumping into the series fresh, having never played any Killzone before. I'm just not invested int he story. But yeah, pretty game, yet ultimately soulless and void of any life. Generic to the extreme.