MagicWithEarvin
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Is it 1.03? All it says is "several crash fixes".
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Killzone: Shadow Fall |OT| Nothing Stops This Rain
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Is it 1.03? All it says is "several crash fixes".
Not sure you ever received an answer, buddy, so I'll try.
The answer is uncertain. I'm a good way through Mercenary and I like it. It's a very impressive game, especially on a handheld. I even stuck around for some multiplayer, which I hadn't done with the series since Killzone 2.
I did not enjoy Shadow Fall. I won't rehash the reasons; I've written several posts in this thread. But I did push through to the end last night and traded the game back to Amazon today.
I rarely trade in my games.
STA_DMAmul
Neo Member
Not awful at all!
They should add this - it's so hard to track progress on your challenges...
Still downloading, but thanks for the info will check. But I have plus and it was on stand by. Should have DL on its own
Will know once dl
MagicWithEarvin
Member
lol, seriously?
yep, and while I'm not too far in. I find the story to be pretty good actually, it's just some of the dialogue that fumbles a bit. Also it's so refreshing to play a game that isn't afraid to pace its self and allow time to build. So many shooters just have set pieces and explosions right off the bat, but here it feels much more methodical. I'm getting kind of tired of games being labeled "slow" and "boring" just because they don't have explosions and a 100+ killcount within the first 20 minutes. Someone actually criticized the game because there were sometimes a "couple of minutes between gunfights." Do 90% of people who play games just have ADD or something?
DoomGyver
Member
Yes, haha. Check it for yourself.
Robobandit
Member
I finished the game last night.
Things got better after that frustrating start of chapter 8 and I actually really enjoyed chapter 10.
I died a lot on chapter 10, but I was trying to do 100% stealth aside from the final objective. Felt very good when I succeeded. I found alternate ways to get to my objectives without having to sneak directly by cameras.
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Things got better after that frustrating start of chapter 8 and I actually really enjoyed chapter 10.
I died a lot on chapter 10, but I was trying to do 100% stealth aside from the final objective. Felt very good when I succeeded. I found alternate ways to get to my objectives without having to sneak directly by cameras.
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I'd love to play more levels as Echo with her cloaking ability.
Net_Wrecker
Member
I still haven't finished the game, but I feel like people are being incredibly hard on chapters 2 through 6 when they say the whole campaign was junk. I honestly believe parts of that stretch are the first time Guerrilla has come close to making a campaign that's more than just great looking/sounding war scenes. Seeing like 50% of the people who've played the game call those sections confusing or boring makes me weep for the future of linear FPS campaigns. The writing isn't anything special, but that mix of short, punchy encounters + stealth + a variety of traversal + dips into light environmental puzzles + mostly low key pacing is exactly where I want to see more shooters going. I don't get it, bruh.
RobbieNick
Junior Member
Is there a way to properly save your game in campaign mode? Because while there are a lot of checkpoints, every time I leave the game, when I come back i'm at the beginning of that section. It's getting really annoying.
Robobandit
Member
Pretty sure it's only chapters that save if you exit the game. That's been my experience.
What is up with people knowing that I'm close to them, and yelling out loud, how do I prevent that? Stay away from people when cloaked?
I agree. There are rough spots but the good outweighed the bad for me. It hit a lot of things I've wanted the genre to do and I think they're a good fit for Killzone. GG should take their time with the next one and use Chapters 2, 4-6, and 10 as a base for how the game should be. Don't rush it, make sure it's polished. KZ3 and Shadow Fall both suffered from obvious deadlines whereas they took all the time they needed for KZ2.
Walked while crouched and avoid water. It's sometimes easy to bump into people so keep your distance.
Finally jumped into the MP for the first time last night...it was great.
I've never been big into KZ. KZ3 was my first experience with the franchise (I've heard many people say they enjoyed 2 more, but I never got a chance to play it). I thought the MP in 3 was okay, but it didn't really pull me in.
However, I had a blast for the limited time I played last night. I loved playing support and switching between the spawn beacon ability and the turret depending on the situation. I feel like there is a nice balance between health and weapon power. You don't get dropped instantly like CoD, but the players feel less like bullet sponges than they did in KZ3.
I do hope they add more guns in the future. I don't feel like there is a big difference within the same categories (especially for the LMGs and assault rifles).
Having all the guns unlocked from the get go is nice. I like being able to try everything from the start, finding what I like, and then unlocking attachments for it. I got to choose how I wanted to eliminate the enemy at the end of the match. I thought that interactive spotlight (for lack of better words) was a cool touch.
I'm glad the new maps will be free. I plan to continue to play this game for quite a while.
I've never been big into KZ. KZ3 was my first experience with the franchise (I've heard many people say they enjoyed 2 more, but I never got a chance to play it). I thought the MP in 3 was okay, but it didn't really pull me in.
However, I had a blast for the limited time I played last night. I loved playing support and switching between the spawn beacon ability and the turret depending on the situation. I feel like there is a nice balance between health and weapon power. You don't get dropped instantly like CoD, but the players feel less like bullet sponges than they did in KZ3.
I do hope they add more guns in the future. I don't feel like there is a big difference within the same categories (especially for the LMGs and assault rifles).
Having all the guns unlocked from the get go is nice. I like being able to try everything from the start, finding what I like, and then unlocking attachments for it. I got to choose how I wanted to eliminate the enemy at the end of the match. I thought that interactive spotlight (for lack of better words) was a cool touch.
I'm glad the new maps will be free. I plan to continue to play this game for quite a while.
BattleMonkey
Member
I really liked it, of course they bungled parts of it. There is alot of awkward encounter design in the game.
I like what they attempted here, and would like to see them try to continue in this style, they just need to put a bit more work into aspects of the game and polish it up. Much better than the wannabe COD that they did with KZ2 and KZ3
graywolf323
Member
I'm really really hating chapter 8
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
I'm on the 3rd
and I think the game looks gorgeous with the IQ being exceptional but it also feels sterile. The presentation and overall character acting seems low even for a KZ title and the gunplay so far is boring and feels nothing like KZ. So outside of the visuals so far not impressed.
Mission(no gravity space station)
Having finished the campaign I gotta say it was not very good at all. Too much boring downtime. And when there was combat, the level design just got in the way half the time. I respect their attempt at trying something different, but it falls flat. I would have been more than happy with a 'simple' campaign on par with KZ2 or KZ3.
Multiplayer is excellent as expected though. Good maps, good feel.
Multiplayer is excellent as expected though. Good maps, good feel.
CaptainZombie
Member
I'm on Chapter 4 right now and having been a real long time Killzone fan, this new world loses what made all the previous Kilzone's so great with that gritty/war torn world. So far, it amazes me that they left things with a cliffhanger in KZ3 unanswered here in SF. Now granted this takes place 30 years later, it still would of been cool to tie up those loose ends.
Another issue that I have with this game is that the open world structure just doesn't work. I wish they would of kept with the linear world that they had from the previous games. There are 6 more chapters to go and we will see how I feel by the end.
Another issue that I have with this game is that the open world structure just doesn't work. I wish they would of kept with the linear world that they had from the previous games. There are 6 more chapters to go and we will see how I feel by the end.
Killing_Joke
Member
Quick question..does this game not save during checkpoints? I came back to play and realized i had to do a whole chunk all over again. Is this design or what?
Neuromancer
Member
Help!
I'm on what I believe is the final mission.
Edit: ah I figured it out
I'm on what I believe is the final mission.
How do I get to this overlook where I'm supposed to snipe from? I've just deactivated the cameras and picked up the rifle.
Edit: ah I figured it out
Are you talking about the mission after the credits, if so read ahead.
The sniping position is not on that circular balcony, it's beneath it. Access it through the tunnels.
graywolf323
Member
it does save during checkpoints
edit: hmm though just loaded up my save to respond to SomewhatGroovy and I'm at a much earlier checkpoint than where I actually quit out from so maybe not at all checkpoints?
that's kinda sucky
NullPointer
Member
I ran into some sound issues too, but only while the game was installing. Once I gave it more time to load and retried the same chapter everything played and synced up fine.
graywolf323
Member
the 7 end battle was pretty bad too
I'm at checkpoint We've Got Company where's there is a corridor of sorts with a spider mine pod along with a walking attack drone and just past it another one of those mobile scan units
edit: oooh I did just find a missile launcher though, that should help
edit 2: or maybe not, holy crap that thing just won't die
edit 3: sheesh it took all 9 shots to take it out
I did the exact same thing, except I had already used all of my ammo by the time I found it.
Finish that chapter. Game picks up right after that.
Yep, this happens to me as well. I clearly see a "checkpoint reached" on my screen, and then if I quit, it sends me back to another checkpoint before. It's strange.
Killing_Joke
Member
Do you have stock HDD? the same thing was happened to me with knack. I hope its not a HDD issue.
Elginer
Member
add me to this list. Does this game just have the worst checkpoint system or am I doing something wrong?
It only saves progress at section breaks which aren't clearly marked in game. They're usually after major plot events or location changes.
graywolf323
Member
ugh now I'm at
I really want chapter 8 to be over with already
edit: this minigun is helping ease the pain
where we just saw Tyran is alive and he was flown out and there are what appears to be two mobile scan units
I really want chapter 8 to be over with already
edit: this minigun is helping ease the pain
Same here. I hope it's a weird bug that can be patched.
graywolf323
Member
finally finished Chapter 8
have to say Echo is already one of my favorite characters of the PS4 era (admittedly I've only played Contrast, Killzone and Knack so far)
have to say Echo is already one of my favorite characters of the PS4 era (admittedly I've only played Contrast, Killzone and Knack so far)
BadAss2961
Member
Holy shit... Chapter 4 is the greatest thing i've ever seen in my life. Absolutely ridiculous.
Played up to what I think is chapter 7.
I don't know what some of these reviewers were smoking, but this title is no where near being a 5/10 game. That's a score you reserve for a broken game. A title that suffers from serious compromises to both technical as well as game play mechanics. This game looks beautiful, runs at a smooth framerate, the gun play is solid, and the story isn't at all as shitty as they make it sound like. Are there issues in the SP? Yes there are. For example, I don't like the way NPC's mouths sometimes move before they utter a word, making for an awkward lip syncing. Or how some of the missions are structured. But they don't ruin the game.
I keep asking myself as I play the game, what on Earth did these reviews hate so much in this game to low ball the scores like that? The only answer I come up with is the fact that the game is called Killzone, and not something else. This is going to become the first Killzone game I actually end up finishing, and I'm really satisfied with it. Score 8.5/10
I'm at the mission where you have to infiltrate the mining thing over Helghan.
I keep asking myself as I play the game, what on Earth did these reviews hate so much in this game to low ball the scores like that? The only answer I come up with is the fact that the game is called Killzone, and not something else. This is going to become the first Killzone game I actually end up finishing, and I'm really satisfied with it. Score 8.5/10
It's cool and hip to hate on AAA shooters these days, and yea it's killzone. Which for whatever reason has its own burden to carry. Meanwhile no body gives a fuck about the 10+ lego game or the yearly need for speed titles that are little more than updates on what came before, but a shooter has to "be something more" and "advance the genre" for it to not be trash to people.
Also this is a horrible game to play if you're rushing through it. Given the fact reviewers had like a day or two to play it, it's not surprising many were frustrated.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Yeah, so I'm on Chapter 9 and this is easily my favorite Killzone single player title, and the best FPS campaign I've played in years.
I understand the game suffers from story pacing, and some polish issues when it comes to gameplay transitions...perhaps some poorly thought out sections that aren't quite fun, but overall there are plenty of areas that are just a blast to play with everything at your disposal.
And when the game teams you with Echo, I found that the story was actually very good, and much better than the companions/story of the previous games. It's a shame the writing is a bit poor, and Sinclair just seems so cliche and forced, but Echo makes up for it.
I think with a few more months of polish, this game could have knocked it out of the park, single player wise. For a launch title, it's amazing we have something like this.
Hopefully Guerrilla Games releases their next game when it's ready, and not to meet some arbitrary deadline. KZ:SF was an important launch title, but it's out now. Time to give Guerrilla the time they need to truly step their game up to the next level. They're too talented of a studio and deserve to be up there with Naughty Dog and crew.
They still have a huge amount of improvement to do when it comes to storyline presentation, so I hope they take are able to get similar talent to what exists at Naughty Dog. I'm starting to wonder if there's something lost in the translation since they're a Dutch studio...need some native English people directing the story side of things.
I understand the game suffers from story pacing, and some polish issues when it comes to gameplay transitions...perhaps some poorly thought out sections that aren't quite fun, but overall there are plenty of areas that are just a blast to play with everything at your disposal.
And when the game teams you with Echo, I found that the story was actually very good, and much better than the companions/story of the previous games. It's a shame the writing is a bit poor, and Sinclair just seems so cliche and forced, but Echo makes up for it.
I think with a few more months of polish, this game could have knocked it out of the park, single player wise. For a launch title, it's amazing we have something like this.
Hopefully Guerrilla Games releases their next game when it's ready, and not to meet some arbitrary deadline. KZ:SF was an important launch title, but it's out now. Time to give Guerrilla the time they need to truly step their game up to the next level. They're too talented of a studio and deserve to be up there with Naughty Dog and crew.
They still have a huge amount of improvement to do when it comes to storyline presentation, so I hope they take are able to get similar talent to what exists at Naughty Dog. I'm starting to wonder if there's something lost in the translation since they're a Dutch studio...need some native English people directing the story side of things.