RoyalLaFlame
Banned
Ok, since I only have a PS4 Pro, I've been enjoying some cheap games lately. I decided to pick up KZ: Shadow Fall for 10 Euros and actually had a good time with it.
Starting with the overall pace of the game - it could be better. People criticised this game a lot and if I were to do so I would choose its pacing. It's really really bad, everything happens so fast, cutscenes end without letting the player process what the hell is happening on screen, music abruptly cuts, it doesn't follow what's happening, a total mess. But I've seen this problem on other GG games before, Horizon suffers a bit from it (but still way better). Everything feels so damn rushed.
The story has some interesting points to it, with the war between Helghast and Vektans, living under the same roof, with the constant attacks from each side and leading to the death of the main protagonist for trying to do what's better for both. I think it could have been developed a bit better and, once again, I think the overall pace of the game ruined everything. Echo was a cool character with good motives, but once again, GG ruined her.
Gameplay is pretty good, I have always loved how Killzone games control, the shooting, the weapons. It has some weight to it, and I would consider it one of the best shooters in terms of gameplay. But that's subjective, as I've seen people hating on the gameplay as well.
Visuals - sometimes you can see that this is a launch title but other times, it fucking blows my mind on how beautiful it looks. Looks better than some games released way after, and in this regard GG have always been really good.
Overall, I liked the game. It's not very good, but I really liked and made me want a new KZ even more. They could reboot it, with each iteration being a game focused on one side. Create parallel stories, don't force the Helgast to be the villains for the sake of it (as clearly they have suffered more hardships than the Vektans), create a Horde vs Alliance in WoW kind of thing.
All in all, I think that Killzone still has a lot of potential. I really want Sony to reboot this franchise, they could have an amazing IP here, an FPS, with the story telling that PS Studios games are known to have. It's either KZ or Resistance, please Sony do something with them.
Starting with the overall pace of the game - it could be better. People criticised this game a lot and if I were to do so I would choose its pacing. It's really really bad, everything happens so fast, cutscenes end without letting the player process what the hell is happening on screen, music abruptly cuts, it doesn't follow what's happening, a total mess. But I've seen this problem on other GG games before, Horizon suffers a bit from it (but still way better). Everything feels so damn rushed.
The story has some interesting points to it, with the war between Helghast and Vektans, living under the same roof, with the constant attacks from each side and leading to the death of the main protagonist for trying to do what's better for both. I think it could have been developed a bit better and, once again, I think the overall pace of the game ruined everything. Echo was a cool character with good motives, but once again, GG ruined her.
Gameplay is pretty good, I have always loved how Killzone games control, the shooting, the weapons. It has some weight to it, and I would consider it one of the best shooters in terms of gameplay. But that's subjective, as I've seen people hating on the gameplay as well.
Visuals - sometimes you can see that this is a launch title but other times, it fucking blows my mind on how beautiful it looks. Looks better than some games released way after, and in this regard GG have always been really good.
Overall, I liked the game. It's not very good, but I really liked and made me want a new KZ even more. They could reboot it, with each iteration being a game focused on one side. Create parallel stories, don't force the Helgast to be the villains for the sake of it (as clearly they have suffered more hardships than the Vektans), create a Horde vs Alliance in WoW kind of thing.
All in all, I think that Killzone still has a lot of potential. I really want Sony to reboot this franchise, they could have an amazing IP here, an FPS, with the story telling that PS Studios games are known to have. It's either KZ or Resistance, please Sony do something with them.