Killzone Shadow Fall [PS4] review

[Brad]

And all wrapped up with one of the worst endings I can remember.

[saturn-gamer]

Yeah I put this on sale. I don't ever want to replay the campaign and the MP is really good but all my friends play BF and that game has become slightly more stable now.

[Colin]

Wow. I wish I had read this thread before buying a PS4 killzone pack.

[capcom_suicide]

Wow. I wish I had read this thread before buying a PS4 killzone pack.

The SP is truly awful, which is a great shame. The MP is average, but has lost some of the soul from previous games.

visually the art is superb, and you almost feel like the Ps4 is giving a preview of graphics techniques to come, but my goodness it really is badly designed on the gameplay front. Shame.

At the moment I score it 6, but that might be my bias for dropping 600 quid on a ps4 and the bits. I don't feel the reviews were harsh enough.

[saturn-gamer]

The SP is truly awful, which is a great shame. The MP is average, but has lost some of the soul from previous games.

visually the art is superb, and you almost feel like the Ps4 is giving a preview of graphics techniques to come, but my goodness it really is badly designed on the gameplay front. Shame.

At the moment I score it 6, but that might be my bias for dropping 600 quid on a ps4 and the bits. I don't feel the reviews were harsh enough.

I think Polygon was right after all. Much like they were right with Ascension also. They could be considered biased, but I can't disagree with these Sony reviews from them.

Thing is the review came out before the game was out and everyone was like 'wha... bubut E3 Forest demo and more freedom!'. No one besides the press had played it yet after all. Its in fact WORSE than Killzone 3.

[Colin]

Unbelievable that in this day and age they can get something like a FPS as wrong as you're saying, especially when they've developed a full series of games. Oh well, I'll see for myself when I get home in a few days and try it out. I would imagine I'll be even more annoyed than most as MP online holds no interest for me.

[nakamura]

I'm dying to play this to see if it really is that bad, or people are so used to having their arses wiped for them that they can't remember what an open game is like!

[goldsmith]

Saves make games too easy these days. So what if its a challenge its better for it.

[J0e Musashi]

How is it so bad exactly? Does it play totally differently to 2 and 3 or something? Are you Killzone fans, or you just find it hard because it's not COD? I'm thinking I'm going to get #Driveclub instead of this come February.

[capcom_suicide]

There are many challenging games that are fun. KZ is just not fun. I suppose if you still like the try and learn functionality of Manic Miner, then it might appeal. If you are after an open world shooter that empowers the player to make their own choices, like Crysis 1 or Far Cry 3, then you will be sorely disapointed.

[capcom_suicide]

PS: On the multiplayer, KZ2 had a unique identity. Open maps, highly tactical and well paced. KZ SF basically took COD and copied it with KZ visuals. I suppose this is good if you like COD, but I don't and really miss the KZ2 style.

[J0e Musashi]

That's enough for me then. I thought KZ3 sucked, so this is out. I'll stick with Mercenary.

[Brad]

I'm a killzone fan. Kz2 is better than every halo besides the first one. The campaign om this though is terrible.

[laruso]

i actually think mercenary plays more like killzone 2 than shadow fall does. there are a few strange things in the single player of SF, such as the non-saving of checkpoints (and random save points) which means that you need to commit to finishing a level in one sitting to know its definitely saved your progress (not easy when you are married...). also the levels a quite mazelike with not much discovery in there and lots of dead ends - i think id have preferred a more linear experience, as the waypoints are not clear enough. i can understand they wanted to try something different with the more open levels, but its not quite right somehow. the dead space rip off level was all a bit dull too. its frustrating because when it gets it right, it really gets it right and at times is stunning to look at.

[capcom_suicide]

Yeah, KZM is a superior SP game, for sure.

The lighting on the dead space level on KZ SF though.... I mean holy moly how damn cool was that!!