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You spoke, we listened - here's our response to your top 15 suggestions for Killzone Shadow Fall

Bart Suichies:

''In last week’s Q&A with the devs we talked about some of the feedback we have received and are currently working on. To clarify what exactly we are doing with your feedback, here’s a list of the top 15 issues that the community has raised and their status''

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pedrof933795d ago

So far this game has been great for me.

And the multi-player is fantastic.

xHeavYx3795d ago

Hats off to GG for really listening to consumers

abzdine3795d ago

nice, ranking system is back i like it.

abzdine3795d ago

Hope they work on the sound cause the maps are so quiet it's not immersive at all

LiQuiZoN3795d ago

Hopefully the don't listen too closely, most of those are abominable suggestions. It's like a bunch if 10 year olds got together and came up with complete wastes of development time.

I'm extremely surprised at most of those most requested suggestions. I think the community needs college degrees. Lol.

creatchee3795d ago

I hope they make an in-game party system - actually, I'd like to see it on all next-gen games. I don't have KZ (or a PS4 yet, for that matter), but the whole "party system at an OS level" doesn't work very well for me on the Xbox One side of things. It's kind of annoying to be on different teams and have to switch or try to follow a party mate into a full room. Sad to say, the only game with a dedicated party that I have is COD.

Anyway, do it GG!

sobekflakmonkey3795d ago

@LiQuiZoN

I agree, the thing about the hip firing as well as the bots are just ridiculous, hip firing is great as is, and the bots are super easy to take down, ESPECIALLY if you're playing support, either empty a clip and they'll explode or use the grenade attachment to blow them up...basically BE SUPPORT FOR YOUR TEAM, the hip fire as I said is fine though, I haven't had any issues with it, I use it when I need it and it works, if I'm super close I melee, if I'm at a distance I use sights (holo, cause they're the best.) and I hip fire in situations where I'm caught off guard, which is how it should be.

Sono4213795d ago

i'm still waiting for private matches.. as of right now they are non existent..

Unless i'm doing something wrong? Anyone Care to help? Also just to be clear I want to be able to do a 1 v 1 lobby..

SanMarco3795d ago

game is boring for me. lack of content is incredible. got bored after 3 days. Id like the spoor to be automiatic. maybe some camos. better attacthments. and jesus, this is a sci fi game. be more creative. more lasers or something.
and lastly i hate turrets. totally make me rage quit after 5 deaths in row with those.

thekhurg3794d ago

This type of customer service is exactly why I gave them some extra money for a season pass.

WeedyOne3794d ago (Edited 3794d ago )

@LiQuiZoN

I hate it when someone bashes other peoples suggestions, then offers NO suggestions in return. Makes it look like your just out to insult someone without offering any real input on the matter. It's kinda funny actually because that's how a 10 year old would act...

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GW2123795d ago

I really like the multiplayer but am not a fan of the campaign.

That said, this is hands-down the best looking launch title of any next-gen console.

Section83795d ago

That's because it's the only next gen launch game.

Conzul3795d ago

IMO Resogun is the prettiest and most fun launch title. I find myself constantly dropping into it when I want to burn a few minutes.

Prime1573794d ago

Conzul, I really don't know if I should agree or disagree with you... No doubt that resogun uses all of the ram, but kz uses more of the cpu, and probably the same ram...

I think it's "how" they are displayed.

GW2123794d ago

@ Conzul and Prime - I don't agree with any of that. I don't agree that it's the prettiest nor do I agree that it uses "all" of the RAM.

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Cueil3795d ago

the lack of basic voice chat in the game is astounding to say the least and borderline negligent at most

joab7773795d ago

I think this was to force using the party chat...which is cool...and will be used a lot. But no other chat is crazy. I guess u could make friends but damn. Kinda like how Battlefield doesn't let you party up before entering a match. Its insane.

Back-to-Back3795d ago

why use in game voice chat when party chat is 1000x better.

Thatguy-3103795d ago

Other developers should take notes *cough* DICE *cough*

DestinyHeroDoomlord3794d ago (Edited 3794d ago )

Infinity Ward should also *cough*

frostypants3795d ago

Never been a huge Killzone fan, but I really like how they are dedicated to supporting and evolving this game.

culpepper5163795d ago

easily should become a standard for the industry

JackISbacK3794d ago

multiplayer is fun to play and i still play it but is still not very new and i personaly thinks cod and bf are better multiplayer games(yeah personaly my choise).
but i'am having may issues with campaign ,first it realy studip ai and no big challenge to players,pacing is realy bad ,yeah it was good at the start and for some hours ,but satisfieng multiplayer with amazing graphics is realy great but still not great like cod mp and bf mp,which are more deeper experience with cod(as fast pased shooter) and bf(with really distructable environment)

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Majin-vegeta3795d ago

Display K/D ratio for everyone [not at the moment]
We do not think worrying about your deaths is the way to play Shadow Fall, and a lot of the community members actually enjoy our renewed focus on objectives and team based gameplay. That being said, all players have the ability to create Warzones with Kills and Deaths as Primary and Secondary sorting on the leaderboards.

Hell no keep this crap off.

Like ND said.

“We’re not showing K/DR on any of our online stats – it encourages breaking the spirit of the game. So we’re taking a hard line on this to see if it has any effect. A graph or spread should give you all the info you would want. If you really want your ratio, take the time to break out the calculator. There is too much focus on padding this stat to the detriment of the rest of the community and our experience with U2 has been that some players will abuse anything to bump up their KDR. I would have figured that kill-farming would be universally abhorred.”

Nitrowolf23795d ago

I agree KDR is an absolutely terrible idea to display while in-game. It encourages people to go only for kills and nothing else.

esemce3795d ago

I do commend them for this K/D should only really matter in team deathmatch.

KingKelloggTheWH3795d ago

I just want to see how many kills and how many deaths I have :/

mt3794d ago

best freaking thing they have done in KZ. *thumbs up* if they show it it will be only " slaughter the enemy, and leave no one alive." not objective shall be done that day.

Prime1573794d ago

I concur, doctor.

Seriously, k:d has its place, but it's only in modes with "deathmatch" in it.

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kratos_TheGoat3795d ago

Kz 2 online is better but kzsf is better then kz3 & ghost

SIRHC133795d ago

Could never get past KZ2's controller latency, however, I really enjoyed the map design and general balancing of multiplayer.

JackISbacK3794d ago

which ghost are you saying cod ghost.just go away man ,yeah kzsf is having best mp so far in the franchise but compaering it with ghost is realy foolish .i know cod ghost is again an copy paste but there formula is still the best that is fast pased shooting but addition of portal and better weopens and new load out stystem is realy great,yeah i enjoyed th mp of kzsf but kz is more campaign focused game where it lys most and is having satifieng mp with great looking graphics,but best thing is we are enjoying it but dont compare it with some of best mp shooter of all time.

GDDR6_20143795d ago

How does a mp game not have support for voice chat?

memots3795d ago

agree, it does and it doesnt. Party chat works great, And regarless i would rather be only able to hear my own team/squad.

I think what they need to do ( not just for Kz for all game out there ) They need a chat system were only the commander can talk and give order and people can only reply to that commander.

Or make it so that its like real voice coming out of the character if he is too far you won't hear him and the enemy can hear you if they are near and your are talking.

Outside_ofthe_Box3795d ago (Edited 3795d ago )

***"Or make it so that its like real voice coming out of the character if he is too far you won't hear him and the enemy can hear you if they are near and your are talking."***

That is called proximity chat, which honestly should be in every single multiplayer game in existence. This was in Killzone 2. All players, regardless if they were friend or foe, could hear you if they were near you and couldn't if they were far. Only squad-mates could hear you at all times. BUT because BIG DOG Call of Duty doesn't have proimity chat GG removed it and refuses to add it. Other FPS games don't have it either because they don't think it's a "current multiplayer trend" to have proximity chat in their games. This is the world we currently live in.

modesign3795d ago

the real question is will this be implemented through patches, or a $9.99 DLC. maybe mix in a couple guns, a map, and the improvements people asked for.

-Foxtrot3795d ago

All DLC will be free so I don't think we'll pay for these requests if it was going to be DLC

Nitrowolf23795d ago

No, all MAPS will be free

Alexious3795d ago

Maps will be free. But I don't really think they will let people pay for chat and even clan support; they'll charge for additional modes for multiplayer and co-op, when they are released.

HammadTheBeast3795d ago

Updates and maps are free.

Additional modes, such as an upcoming co-op one, are DLC.

Prime1573794d ago

Which is how it should be, no thanks to COD.

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Killzone After a Decade in Hibernation

It's been 10 years since Killzone: Shadow Fall arrived for PlayStation 4 early adopters, and there's no sign of another sequel.

Obscure_Observer162d ago

Sadly it was dumped by Guerrilla to focus on Horizon games only. Mainline, VR and Multiplayer.

Vengeance1138162d ago

lmao sadly? Are you pretending to have actually played the series lol Sorry bud, no Killzone on Xbox.

Cacabunga161d ago

With the downfall of COD and BF, Killzone def. has a chance to make a groundbreaking comeback

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Notellin161d ago (Edited 161d ago )

What a low-functioning reply here typical of the fanboy N4G community.

Rimeskeem162d ago

“Dumped”

I think it’s called moving on.

Barlos161d ago (Edited 161d ago )

They brought out 4 main games and 2 spin offs: one on PSP and one on Vita. That's a decent run for any series. I also understand that Shadow Fall wasn't a success commercially despite it coming out at PS4 launch, and as a big Killzone fan even I couldn't get into it, so I think Sony/Guerrilla could see it was time to move on.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love another Killzone game in the vein of KZ2 but it's just not happening. Hell, I'd even take a remake or remaster of the first 3 games.

I'd hardly say it was "dumped" though, it spanned 3 console generations and 2 handheld generations.

1Victor161d ago

@obscured:”Sadly it was dumped by Guerrilla to focus on Horizon games only. Mainline, VR and Multiplayer”

Happily it was dumped by Guerrilla to focus on Horizon games only. Mainline, VR and Multiplayer( edited to reflect the writer true feelings and allegiance)
Kill zone was a FPS far ahead of its glitched competitors with nauseating bad camera angles, 10 years old screaming curses like a drunk sailor and bot aiming assist.

ChasterMies161d ago

“Sadly”?

The Horizon games were among the best games of all time. Killzone Shadowfail wasn’t.

Shane Kim161d ago

True, but damn the memories of KZ2 multiplayer. Still no MP as fun as that to this date.

Mr_cheese161d ago

Dumped and shelved are two different things

Tacoboto161d ago

And Sony as a whole dumped the FPS genre so they wouldn't have products competing with COD and (until purchase) Destiny.

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GoodGuy09162d ago

I loved the KZ2+3 campaigns and MP in 2. There could be so much more done with the franchise. Horizon although good, I wish they'd go back to this wonderful IP. Take a break from Horizon please.

Flawlessmic161d ago

Agreed dude, I would absolutely love a reboot of the series, one can only hope that either resistance or killzone makes a return.

Have nothing but great memories, especially of the first 3 games, but all 4 were show stoppers graphically.

blackbeld161d ago

To making it a successful reboot they have to change that buttons layout! Make it playable like the cod button layout. Otherwise I’ll skipping it again.

Rynxie161d ago

And that's the reason why many fps games failed. Instead of being original and catering to it's fans, they tried to make it like cod. No, kz doesn't need cod button layout. It needs to be like it was on kz2 or balanced liked kz3.

Lightning77162d ago

I think Kill Zone would do great in Sony's LS push. As well as MAG reboot and bring back Resistance into LS.

Sharky231161d ago

@Lightning77

I think WarHawk would have been a great Live service game.

thorstein162d ago

Killzone games were so polished. The gameplay was just simple joy. MP was one of the best experiences.

I remember KZ3, just staring at how awesome they animated the water and then getting wasted because of it.

P_Bomb162d ago

It’s been a decade? Now I’m sad.

LiViNgLeGaCY160d ago

I hear ya bud. We're due for a revival.

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20 Years of Guerrilla: The Story of a PlayStation Studio

The Amsterdam-based studio reflects on its humble beginnings, beloved franchises, and growth through the years.

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SullysCigar352d ago

Up there with the top tier in the industry. Love Guerrilla Games - Horizon Burning Shores is simply STUNNING.

1Victor352d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar352d ago

Same. They nailed it with Horizon. The trouble is I also want a new Killzone! Can't I just have it all?!

jznrpg352d ago

I’m with you I want Horizon 3 , Killzone and new IPs

badz149351d ago

I have yet to play Burning Shores as I just started Forbidden West (bought at launch, just unwrapped last weekend LOL) and playing on PS5.

man...I still can't believe the graphics especially now I'm playing it on my LG OLED. that graphics and with stable performance backing it up, GG really is the master of their craft!

Vengeance1138352d ago

32.7M sales in the Horizon franchise! With 8.4M coming from Forbidden West alone! Truly a hugely successful game and franchise as a whole. Looking forward to Horizon III

Shane Kim352d ago

That's kind of a huge drop though. It's only been two games.

VersusDMC352d ago

One year after realease HZD sold 7.6 million.

https://www.noobfeed.com/ne...

So not a drop off.

Unless you're saying a HFW should have sold as much now as HZD sold in 5 years?

Vengeance1138352d ago

It's been 3 games, this includes Call of the Mountain. Also no, its a great improvement over HZD.

solideagle352d ago

lol you are comparing:

HZD: 28 February 2017 - May 2023 (6 years+)

HFW: 18 February 2022 - May 2023 (1 year+)

We will see if it surpass original number.

Phoenix76352d ago

@shane, 2 full main games, 2 DLC add ons, 1 VR spin off game, oh and a an official LEGO set.
Not too bad for an ip that's only been on market for 6 years

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REDGUM352d ago

Wow, very impressive. I didn't know the numbers were so high for Forbidden West. Still playing through it myself

thesoftware730352d ago (Edited 352d ago )

Yooo, when I first saw that Killzone 1 footage at E3, my friends my brothers and I were like, Holy shit! When it came out, it didn't look exactly like it, but we sunk so many hours into 1 & 2.

I even liked Killzone: SF, it was a spectacle to look at, and even today it looks good. I hope they make a new one. Can you imagine how that will look, and they can get some modern FPS pointers from Bungie.

blacktiger352d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca352d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

The Decima Engine is absolute 🔥 I'm just mad they have abandoned Killzone.

OzzY-waZZy352d ago (Edited 352d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

potatoseal352d ago

They are probably working on mutiple projects. One of them is Horizon 3, but another is a multiplaer game and probably somehting else.

Imalwaysright352d ago

There were rumours that they were working on a Socom reboot.

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Guerrilla Announces Shutdown of Servers for Killzone: Shadow Fall and More

In August, online servers for several PlayStation games will shut down, leaving their multiplayer functions unplayable.

purple101643d ago

whrere on earth is the next killzone, im soooOOO thirsty for some proper weighted, (but still fast when running/sprinting) fps gamplay, it felt sooso so good on ps3, with that, lets be honest, very small, quite uncomfortable sixaxis dualshock controller, that was just too small for western sized hands, ok for japanese kids i suppose was the point>??

now with PS5 controller, it would be totally masterfull.

ClayRules2012643d ago

I hear you. I want some NEW Killzone, especially on PS5, with the PS5 DualSense controller with that ever so impressive DualSense of an experience Haptic feedback!

Knowing how far Guerrilla has come since Horizon: Zero Dawn, Killzone can only benefit greatly from their ever growing talent!!

Bobertt642d ago

I think Sony has given up on their exclusive shooters. They haven't released a remaster for the Resistance series or a new SOCOM game either. I don't think Guerilla is in a rush to make Killzone since they have Horizon now too :(.

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Outside_ofthe_Box643d ago

All I want is for them to build Killzone 2 with multiplayer included from the ground up, keep the gameplay the same, and I'll be happy.

GG with KZ3 and Shafowfall haven't been able to match KZ2 so I don't really have faith in another sequel.

Unfortunate that KZ2 came out during COD era where every game that didn't pay like Modern Warfare was deemed garbage. KZ2's multiplayer is definitely an all time great.

Michiel1989643d ago

since when was kz2 deemed garbage?

MizHDTV643d ago

Right on dude
KZ2 was just a special game to me

sinspirit642d ago

I'd love KZ2 multiplayer again. I also think they could easily incorporate a mode to compete with Battlefield style game modes

Seraphim642d ago

KZ2 was one of maybe a handful of games I actually put time into online. What a blast!! And the campaign was excellent as well. I certainly miss that dark world. Still ashamed I never buttoned up that Platinum.

Storm23642d ago

A remake of Killzone 2 with the same grittiness and feel on PS5 would be f*cking incredible. The SP and MP were just perfect. I played the sh*t out of that game. Would happily pay a lot of money for that.

DarXyde642d ago

Honestly, I don't like FPS games. They're not for me, but I do agree that there was something about KZ2 multiplayer that even someone like me enjoyed.

Sony really needs to get better about tearing down servers. I don't like that they shut them down.

shadowT642d ago

agree, KZ2 was a masterpiece

Muigi642d ago

KZ3 multiplayer was better imo.

Outside_ofthe_Box642d ago (Edited 642d ago )

@Michiel1989
"since when was kz2 deemed garbage?"

As with anything, things don't get the appreciation it deserves until way after it's release.

KZ2 got a lot of flak for it's weighty controls that many mistook for input lag. People didn't like that it wasn't a twitch shooter like CoD. You also had people saying things like "it feels like you're controlling a midget", "enemies take too long to die" (you can't pray and spray in kz2. You have to shoot in bursts for your shots to be more accurate), people complained about the sniping, etc.

This led to a lot of changes in KZ3 that turned the vets off like reducing the amount of variables for bullet damage, getting rid of spawn grenades, etc.

BISHOP-BRASIL642d ago

@DarXyde

I don't think there's much Sony or any other company in that position can do much different about it... Keeping servers running simply cost money, these gomes don't generate none anymore, so eventually they need to pull the plug.

Astrokis642d ago

KZ2 was definitely better then KZ3, but the third one still had strong suits. It’s been many years but I remember something about Shadow Fall being made by a team at GG that did NOT do KZ2 and KZ3 multiplayer which is why it felt different. I remember when I found that out it made a lot of sense about Shadow Falls multiplayer feeling so off.

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elazz643d ago

Horizon zero dawn sold more copies than all of the killzone franchise combined including spin offs on handheld. I guess that's the reason why won't see killzone from guerilla soon. There is at least one more mainline horizon coming out and their second team is working on horizon VR I believe. So it's gonna be a while unless another studio takes over.

Profchaos643d ago

I've been playing a lot of Killzone 2 on rpcs3 with a duelsense combined with the ability to remap controls to a modern standard and bump the game to 60fps it shows that we really need a remaster to probably the best killzone game to date although shadowfall technically beats it in the graphics department art style was so different that they are incomparable

MizHDTV643d ago

I’d be happy with a release of KZ2

John_McClane642d ago

Killzone went to the same place as Socom and Mag, more money in 25 hour single player games with no servers to maintain. Socom was literally the reason I bought a PS2, Resistance FOM the reason I bought a PS3, all gone now.

senorfartcushion642d ago (Edited 642d ago )

Killzone has never been weighted correctly, the jumping never worked.

A new properly-weighted shooter in the Killzone series would be great. More like Killzone 1 and 2 than SF.

I think the issue comes from the fact that the Helghast side is sympathetic while looking like Nazi stormtroopers. The Trump age has led artists to avoid this look entirely.

ironmonkey642d ago

I feel something may be announced soon

ManMarmalade642d ago (Edited 642d ago )

The sixaxis felt fine in my hands since they're small, but the ps5 really made me feel the difference. So ergonomic.

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Gardenia642d ago

Killzone 2 was/is so good and it still looks good today. The multiplayer was fun as well. If they make a new Killzone I hope it is the style of Killzone 2.

Hauntedasylum8643d ago

I wish Sony didn’t abandon Resistance and Killzone. Those are some of my favorite series on PlayStation. If they’re not gonna make anymore, then maybe a remastered collection of each could be negotiated.

DefenderOfDoom2643d ago

KILLZONE 2 was my reason for buying a PS3. If a new KILLZONE or RESISTANCE was coming out in 22 I would try to buy a PS5 immediately.

Lightning77643d ago

SSOD2 would be big for Sony. The only reason they would be interested in it is if they can turn it into a live service game.

In which I can see that happening.

Hauntedasylum8643d ago

Hell yeah, brother. You and me both.

VanDamme642d ago

For anyone trying to understand @Lightning77’s comment, they had a typo, this should clarify:

SOD2
Superoxide dismutase 2, mitochondrial, also known as manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase, is an enzyme which in humans is encoded by the SOD2 gene on chromosome 6.

Profchaos643d ago

After 5 killzone games including portable Sony felt it needed a break I wouldn't say its abandoned however I believe we may randomly get a ps5 remaster with improved lighting to test the waters and eventually a full blown new game after all you can't just leave shadowfall on that ending

SeTTriP642d ago

Horizon is priority now its a mega franchise for them maybe after Horizon they might revisit.

Imalwaysright642d ago

I refuse to play for online play but there is one game that would make pay for it and that's Resistance Fall of Man. That's the only game that would make me throw my principles out of the window without feeling ashamed of myself.

jBlakeeper642d ago

Remember in the mid 2000’s when nearly every developer started to do FPS or linear third person? Now nearly every developer wants to do open world exclusively because it’s the easiest type of game to leave things out and then expand upon the world with DLC.

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deleted643d ago

So many fond memories of both Shadowfall and Mercenaries Vita online! Shadowfall's SP may have been weak, but the MP was still a ton of fun. I had a lot of time in both, and it's especially tough seeing the Vita's best mp experience get shut down.

RIP my old friends.

LoveSpuds642d ago (Edited 642d ago )

In my opinion, I thought the single player games was really decent too and was treated quite harshly by the critics, but then, I think the Killzone franchise as a whole was kinda under rated by the critics. I always enjoyed the story in these games and I liked the slower, more deliberate gunplay too.

I remember getting my PS4 on day 1 and the first game I installed was Killzone Shadowfall, my workmates and I would play it for hours on end, the mode whish switched between game modes was brilliant.

P_Bomb643d ago

A world without Killzone Online. That it’s come to this…

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