AgentOtaku
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Killzone: Mercenary |OT| No allegiance, no honour, only money
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I quite like both but I haven't had the chance to hop into MP with SF to see how it functions there. If the mission structure in Mercenary was a bit better I'd like it a whole lot more. Missions get a little too straight forward (not enough Goldeneye esque detours or disabling of alarms) and getting spotted by one enemy immediately agros every enemy.
If they improve those two things for a sequel (please please please!) it will be spectacular.
Also, if soultron is reading this I just wanted to say that your posts on balance has really helped me appreciate the game. Even though I'm still sticking to Team Deathmatch, it got me thinking about counters, and in general really opened the game up for me.
If they improve those two things for a sequel (please please please!) it will be spectacular.
Also, if soultron is reading this I just wanted to say that your posts on balance has really helped me appreciate the game. Even though I'm still sticking to Team Deathmatch, it got me thinking about counters, and in general really opened the game up for me.
I agree with this 100%. Mercenary is one of my favorite games this year but I could not get into Shadowfall SP or MP at all. I ended up selling a few days after I got it.
mickcenary
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Haven't played SF yet, but I've put nearly 48 hours into Mercenary and my guess as to you asserting that would be because it maintains more of the weight that KZ2 had... Is that fair enough to say?
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Well, I don't really know. Mercenary just feels better.
And the campain in Mercenary is pretty engaging, while the Shadowfall campaign is pretty terrible and boring in some parts.
Multiplayer just doesn't fit my personal preferences. In SF you have basically two sides of a map and one spawns on the one side and the other team on the other side. You then run pretty much the same way everytime to a certain spot where you meet your enemys. I don't enjoy that as much as the random spawns in Mercenary, where people are all over the map.
The characters got old for me in Mercenary really quickly, the only remotely interesting guy gets killed off early and you're left with 'MONEY MONEY MONEY' guy for the rest of the game. Shadow fall jumps around a lot, but Sinclair is more interesting than every cast member in Mercenary combined I swear and he's not even as the star of the cast. Danner isn't even a character! Ugh.
If we do get more DLC maps, I want Wasteland Bullet to make a return, a lot of people didn't like it because they were dumb, but the two lane segmented railcar approach gave the map a lot of strategical value and made suppression and clearing very important for defending and achieving objectives.
http://youtu.be/fvOHNECIEE4
But there might also be size to consider, since most Mercenary maps are pretty small, and there's a reduced player count. It might also be why we're getting two of the (relatively) smaller maps.
With that in mind... Radec Academy? Though I've like to see Corrinth Crossing/Salamun Market make a come back, they might be too big for 4v4, Vekta Cruiser could be possible.
Were there even any KZ3 maps worth adding?
If we do get more DLC maps, I want Wasteland Bullet to make a return, a lot of people didn't like it because they were dumb, but the two lane segmented railcar approach gave the map a lot of strategical value and made suppression and clearing very important for defending and achieving objectives.
http://youtu.be/fvOHNECIEE4
But there might also be size to consider, since most Mercenary maps are pretty small, and there's a reduced player count. It might also be why we're getting two of the (relatively) smaller maps.
With that in mind... Radec Academy? Though I've like to see Corrinth Crossing/Salamun Market make a come back, they might be too big for 4v4, Vekta Cruiser could be possible.
Were there even any KZ3 maps worth adding?
They should be updating once a day. Maybe you haven't exited the game, or try turning your vita on then off.
I've been exiting the game after each play session just incase that effects it but i have been stuck on king all week.
I know its midnight to midnight they tally up the scores but maybe they issue new cards at a different time?
Guess ill keep checking throughout the day
Waylon Drums
Member
My copy is waiting for me on my porch! I've been dying to try this out, I kind of enjoyed KZ3 MP with the Move so I'm looking forward to trying this one...but dual analog is going to be a whore to get used to!
Anyways, if you want someone new to kill repeatedly in MP, add me: CartmanPat
Anyways, if you want someone new to kill repeatedly in MP, add me: CartmanPat
This is pissing me off now.
Played a lot of multiplayer last night i came 1st and second constantly in warzone with like 42 kills and 16 deaths on occasions.
still in top 5 in career leaderboard for the week.
Still no ace
everyone around me has an ace yet im stuck with a king.
So annoying. on plus side i got my spangled trophy last night finally after someone tranqed me and i fell behind some geometry.
just aces high, 100 mp matches and another 3000 enemy kills to go.
Love this game but hate that fucking aces high trophy
Played a lot of multiplayer last night i came 1st and second constantly in warzone with like 42 kills and 16 deaths on occasions.
still in top 5 in career leaderboard for the week.
Still no ace
everyone around me has an ace yet im stuck with a king.
So annoying. on plus side i got my spangled trophy last night finally after someone tranqed me and i fell behind some geometry.
just aces high, 100 mp matches and another 3000 enemy kills to go.
Love this game but hate that fucking aces high trophy
HassanJamal
Member
Yo killzone vita peeps, new update is out. As far as patch notes thats important, it reduces the last patch and frees up 800MB off your mem card. So anyone with an 8Gb mem card, be happy
yay
Yo killzone vita peeps, new update is out. As far as patch notes thats important, it reduces the last patch and frees up 800MB off your mem card. So anyone with an 8Gb mem card, be happyyay
Anything about valour updates?
1.03
Following Features are added.
* Reduced patch footprint (by 800 megs)
* Adds "quit" functionality to mplayer end-game summary screens.
* Start-up valor Screen now presented on daily basis.
As someone with a 16 gig card that is almost all digital, having the extra space is very nice.
Following Features are added.
* Reduced patch footprint (by 800 megs)
* Adds "quit" functionality to mplayer end-game summary screens.
* Start-up valor Screen now presented on daily basis.
As someone with a 16 gig card that is almost all digital, having the extra space is very nice.
I had to move the sticks to notice I was at the first gameplay section when starting up. I thought it was a fancy pre-rendered cinematic. Nope, that's what the game looks like in engine.
This is pissing me off now.
Played a lot of multiplayer last night i came 1st and second constantly in warzone with like 42 kills and 16 deaths on occasions.
still in top 5 in career leaderboard for the week.
Still no ace
everyone around me has an ace yet im stuck with a king.
So annoying. on plus side i got my spangled trophy last night finally after someone tranqed me and i fell behind some geometry.
just aces high, 100 mp matches and another 3000 enemy kills to go.
Love this game but hate that fucking aces high trophy
Do we know what valour is based on? Score per minute?
AgentOtaku
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No. But I've been an Ace for about a month and it reset me to Joker this morning after the update. ~800th best player worldwide this week and I'm a joker. Doh!
I was first for 4 days and went to a joker. Fuck my life.
Updates daily now apparently instead of weekly. Week of grinding my ads off for nothing. In top 10 now hope I stay around there by midnight
Graphics Horse
Member
Wait is joker the lowest rank? I'd been assuming it was a secret one above ace for some reason!
Anyone had any slowdown since the update? I tried a quick game on shoreline and it was like a sideshow. Hopefully some one off glitch.
AgentOtaku
Member
Definitely a glitch. Game is smooth as ever for me.
Still blows my mind how many people STILL dont do the objectives in Warzone.
Graphics Horse
Member
Thanks. Just me then.
worst part is when they kill people you're trying to interrogate :/
worst part is when they kill people you're trying to interrogate :/
D
Deleted member 17706
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Holy shit, this game is a lot of fun. Picked it up from Amazon when it went on sale for $19.99 and I'm certainly glad I did. Really amazed at the visuals it's pulling off on the Vita and the shooting feels great. I usually suck complete ass at first person shooters with analog stick controls, but I'm doing quite well in this. Maybe it's because I'm so close to the screen.
I'm still not far into it, but I think I like this better than Shadowfall.
I'm still not far into it, but I think I like this better than Shadowfall.
tokyopunchout
Member
Forgive the repost - I just thought this would be more appropriate in the Mercs OT rather than a SF one...
KZSF is a screensaver for your PS4 - bought it day1 and sold it a few days later. What's nutso insano is that KZMercs for Vita is fantastic - both singleplayer and multiplayer. There are so many smart things going on in that game - like when in multiplayer a player tries to melee you from the front you have the opportunity to counter (as real life would logically allow), also the load-out you build in single player transfers to multiplayer and vice versa. That's just to list a few.
It might sound crazy, but I've been having way more fun playing KZMercs than all of the PS4 franchise monsters like CODogs & BF4.
And I know this sounds batshit insaneo - but being an old school FPSer - I'll tell you something that a lot of peeps may take for granted....
Some people would see the x8 maximum players on KZMercs as a limitation, but on the contrary - it brings back the intimacy and competitiveness to the FPS. There was something happening in Doom II or even in dem Quake salad days when the levels were small enough (think Level 7 or DM3) & there were only so many players - it bred rivalry. Knowing you can go find somebody that just gave you the business was way more fun then let's say being a faceless nameless statistic on a "Battlefield".
I, like anybody, appreciate the technology & understand growth is exponential - thus we'll soon be seeing 50v50 matches even on consoles, but I think we're forgetting what playing with your friends means in FPSers. (Finding them and killing them, respawn, repeat)
KZSF is a screensaver for your PS4 - bought it day1 and sold it a few days later. What's nutso insano is that KZMercs for Vita is fantastic - both singleplayer and multiplayer. There are so many smart things going on in that game - like when in multiplayer a player tries to melee you from the front you have the opportunity to counter (as real life would logically allow), also the load-out you build in single player transfers to multiplayer and vice versa. That's just to list a few.
It might sound crazy, but I've been having way more fun playing KZMercs than all of the PS4 franchise monsters like COD
ogs & BF4.And I know this sounds batshit insaneo - but being an old school FPSer - I'll tell you something that a lot of peeps may take for granted....
Some people would see the x8 maximum players on KZMercs as a limitation, but on the contrary - it brings back the intimacy and competitiveness to the FPS. There was something happening in Doom II or even in dem Quake salad days when the levels were small enough (think Level 7 or DM3) & there were only so many players - it bred rivalry. Knowing you can go find somebody that just gave you the business was way more fun then let's say being a faceless nameless statistic on a "Battlefield".
I, like anybody, appreciate the technology & understand growth is exponential - thus we'll soon be seeing 50v50 matches even on consoles, but I think we're forgetting what playing with your friends means in FPSers. (Finding them and killing them, respawn, repeat)
AgentOtaku
Member
Thats awesome man. Feel like a plat may be in the cards for me as well, especially with the upcoming maps.
Forgive the repost - I just thought this would be more appropriate in the Mercs OT rather than a SF one...
KZSF is a screensaver for your PS4 - bought it day1 and sold it a few days later. What's nutso insano is that KZMercs for Vita is fantastic - both singleplayer and multiplayer. There are so many smart things going on in that game - like when in multiplayer a player tries to melee you from the front you have the opportunity to counter (as real life would logically allow), also the load-out you build in single player transfers to multiplayer and vice versa. That's just to list a few.
It might sound crazy, but I've been having way more fun playing KZMercs than all of the PS4 franchise monsters like COD
And I know this sounds batshit insaneo - but being an old school FPSer - I'll tell you something that a lot of peeps may take for granted....
Some people would see the x8 maximum players on KZMercs as a limitation, but on the contrary - it brings back the intimacy and competitiveness to the FPS. There was something happening in Doom II or even in dem Quake salad days when the levels were small enough (think Level 7 or DM3) & there were only so many players - it bred rivalry. Knowing you can go find somebody that just gave you the business was way more fun then let's say being a faceless nameless statistic on a "Battlefield".
I, like anybody, appreciate the technology & understand growth is exponential - thus we'll soon be seeing 50v50 matches even on consoles, but I think we're forgetting what playing with your friends means in FPSers. (Finding them and killing them, respawn, repeat)
Admittedly I don't have much experience with this series (briefly played KZ2 and KZ3, have played a little of Shadowfall), but yeah- Mercenary just shits all over the other games IMO. Plays much better. Guerilla Cambridge should take over development for the console versions. Would love to see a PS3 or PS4 "HD port" with cross-play.
AgentOtaku
Member
KZM is just the game that keeps on giving
Yeah, since finishing it and playing the MP for a while, I sort of put it down as other games came out, but my playtime of the MP is pretty consistent these days. I think I'll be playing it for a long time just like PSABR. It's just such a good MP shooter.
Also I finally got around to trying the game on hard (doing the demolition variation of the first mission) and I came away impressed that it seems the AI is amped up more so than any health reduction or Damage buffs. The AI will take a few more hits (I think) but they'll flank and take cover much more logically.
The game actually feels better!
Also I finally got around to trying the game on hard (doing the demolition variation of the first mission) and I came away impressed that it seems the AI is amped up more so than any health reduction or Damage buffs. The AI will take a few more hits (I think) but they'll flank and take cover much more logically.
The game actually feels better!
mickcenary
Member
Do we know how KZ:M has done/is doing commercially? This is one game/developer that deserves commercial success.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=86689711&postcount=1119
Mercenary opened up at 41k in the US, not including digital. I wouldn't be surprised if it hit 50k! : D
Let's you dispair, that's probably pretty good for a Vita title right now.
Mercenary opened up at 41k in the US, not including digital. I wouldn't be surprised if it hit 50k! : D
Let's you dispair, that's probably pretty good for a Vita title right now.
AgentOtaku
Member
So how active has the online been lately?
Today I played some matches but none of them were ever full, and many were like 3v1 and such
I still always find a match
the_korben
Member
So how active has the online been lately?
Today I played some matches but none of them were ever full, and many were like 3v1 and such
Just wanted to try the "Quit Match" functionality of the new patch and immediately ended up in a 4v4 game (in Europe). Seems alright!
So how active has the online been lately?
Today I played some matches but none of them were ever full, and many were like 3v1 and such
I'm still finding full matches too. The new "quit match" option between maps in the lobby is a godsend.
Still working towards the contracts challenges. Almost there... 6 more!
D
Deleted member 22576
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Howdy everyone, just got this game and really want to get into the MP
my psn name is velocialume add me!
my psn name is velocialume add me!
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Can't start online matches right now. Always get kicked due to inactivity right after joining.
AgentOtaku
Member
Same for me sucks.