| eFKac said: Fuck people are really overreacting about this whole metacritic "debacle" first ps3-sales, Aldro, now you. If Sony are still thinking that it will be the halo-killer then yes, they should drop it. If we are going only by review scores on metacritic then lol. After one game gets a 73 average we should drop the franchise? That's fucking crazy talk :D Overall no, they should not, it's a franchise that averages around 2,5 million in sales, that's pretty big for Sony IPs. Shadow Fall looks like it will be the best selling entry, of course inflated by being a launch title but still doesn't change the fact. Plus Guerrilla is already working on another IP, they have 2 teams now, one should work on KZ the other on a new IP. I haven't played SF yet, but for me personally I hope they won't. I like the setting, design, conflict and gameplay mechanics are easily my favourite for FPS shooter judging by KZ3 & and slightly lesser extent KZ2. Hope they didn't change it much for SF. I don't like the fact the they have gone for a more open mission structure, I would like it to stay linear. If they would drop KZ, no big deal for me, just be sure to keep the shooting mechanics in your next game and I'll be there. If they would do a WW2 shooter though (empty market now, since CoD is not going back to WW2 anytime soon, and MoH being dead) drop KZ in a heartbeat. |
That's the thing. Imagine if you LOVED Killzone 2 and felt KZ3 was a step down because they went away from what made KZ2 so special.
Now Shadow Fall seems to continue this but with a new fresh paint of coat which atleast leads one to expect they might actually nail the story part and have a well designed game. According to reviews, this seems to be a bit 50/50. Obviously I have to play it before I can speak about it. But it is a bit disappointing that they were not able to create something that was more universally.. great if that makes sense.
For instance, nearly everyone is talking about how the last chapters are terribly designed and the ending is somehow lackluster. Hearing this makes me just facepalm so hard because they totally set up Shadow Fall as a *REBOOT* of SORTS, but they still SEEM to be unable to deliver on a game that has such a rich backstory and lore. Quite frankly, even with a new IP: I'm a bit worried. KZ3 ended pretty poorly but now with SF: I felt like they had a reason for doing it because that allowed them to make SF. Now they ended that one weak too? Oh come on!
Luckily gameplay wise: Even if its far from what I feel is a masterpiece (KZ2) its still nothing short of great. So the MP should keep me busy and shooting higgers is always fun. Like the guy below me says: They need a competent writer probably.
^I havent played it yet, so I could be full of shit. But its just my impressions by reading around.
