This Is Why Sony Hasn't Shot the Killzone Franchise in the Orange Eyes

Good, I hope the Killzone franchise continues in a way, because I can only stand following ONE shooter franchise, and Killzone it is for me (might sidetrack a bit into Planetside 2 though) and yes at the end of the day its a shooter. Like any shooter, but I do like the latest editions (SF and Mercenary), the settings and the Story - which I hope we will SOME TIME get properly realized in one of the games!

Helghast prevail!

I think its a pretty decent franchise. I actually prefer resistance just because its more fun but no, I don't understand the whining either.

Nice =).

Can't understand negative reviews of this and Knack. Single player was good also.

@adf86 And that will be good =).

Um it should be Killzone 2 receiving this sort of success that was the pinnacle of series in terms of everything: quality, story etc. Killzone SF doesn't even do anything for me when i watch the whole story and multiplayer modes. And yes i get there is a difference between playing/watching but thats the vibe i have.

@adf86
And that would be * Mr Burns voice: Excellent.

Would much rather play killzone than cod

@Gemuarto

Still haven't played Knack so I can't say for that one, but I definitely agree that the negativity surrounding Killzone was puzzling. It also exposes most game journalists for the fools they are by simply following the crowd. How a broken piece of sh*t like Battlefield 4 gets a high 80s rating and a solid one like Killzone Shadow Fall can't even average an 80 is beyond me. Much like the PS3 version of Skyrim had no business scoring above a 5, the same is true of BF 4. Maybe the core gameplay is good but that doesn't matter if you can't actually play the full $60 game even after 9 million patches have been released since launch. It's a joke.

I hate to say this though, but I think Killzone is average. Just average. Nothing spectacular about it. I'm glad Shadowfall sold well, I am. Good for them. But I know I only bought it due to the lack of anything else on the menu. It was literally THE only choice if I wanted to play my shiny new console (had already bought CoD Ghosts and AC4 on Wii U). It's not a bad game, it's just that there's nothing about it that's great. It's a well designed game, it's just not that interesting to me. Had I bought my PS4 a year down the line, I wouldn't have even considered buying Shadowfall.

So Idk, maybe the author is right. Maybe it's got a bright future ahead of it. All I know is why I ended up buying it, and considering the spread at launch, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case for quite a few others as well. But what do I know, I'm just thinking out loud here...

Shadow Fall is easily the best game in the series so far. It's vastly superior to the overrated Killzone 2, and even better than the much-improved Killzone 3. I'm not a big fan of FPS games that are just constant over-the-top action. I really prefer a shooter that takes its time and allows you to approach situations in different ways. For example, I'd take Half-Life 2 or GoldenEye over Call of Duty or Battlefield any day. I also really like the added focus on the high-tech, futuristic, sci-fi feel of the game (the OWL was a brilliant addition, as were the space levels) and thought it had a much better story than the previous entries.

@JaxonH

I'd say probably half the sales came from that exact reason but I still stand by that it's a good game. Killzone, as Sammy pointed out, has always been a series though that you either love or hate.

The best thing for me is that the company really listens to the players feedback through the forum and tries to fix all what is possible. If they can continue to do this, then they will only get better in the future..

@Gamer83 Sadly I agree with the BF4 part as many times I gave too many chances for DICE to change back to their roots of the BF1942/BF2 days but it seems that isn't going happen and with them bringing the piece of sh** game that was rushed right out of the gate i'm done with them even with Star Wars Battlefront comes out (oh the horror lol). EA gotten too greedy trying to compete with the COD series which burned me out of the BF series I love because it's nothing but a another COD with tanks nowadays sigh........Now I moved on playing Killzone and now getting ready for Planetside 2 which will be my "new voice for me of an BF teamwork game" so I agree with your opinion BF4 shouldn't had good scores over Killzone SF but because BF4 look flashy and has destruction yeah you can say the reviewers can "easily" ignore the horrible problems the game has am i'm right.

It was genius for Sony to have this as a launch title. If it came years after PS4 launched, it would have gotten trampled by other FPS