Killzone Mercenary looks “Gorgeous”: engine almost the same as KZ3, says report

My vita is starving for this game. Day 1 buy for me. These portal games are the reason I buy a portable powerhouse like the Vita over a 3DS. I want brilliant gorgeous graphics on my OLED screen.

@Tea,
+1

Day 1!

i just want awesome games. all that counts for me. after the ultrabad resistance BS, i am sceptical about this one. hope it will be good though, i loved killzone liberation.
hopefully sony wont continue to trash their awesome ip’s.

I remember some blind reviewers ranting on about Uncharted for the PS Vita looking almost the same as the PS3, so i will be waiting to for Digital Foundry to dissect this game before falling for the media hype like last time.

Nah… I’m kind of in the camp that thinks traditional FPS games are totally wasted on a handheld. That is unless they can substantially alter or enhance the experience somehow (no, not a few touchscreen death moves).
I just don’t see how this would be preferable over playing KZ on your big screen.

Great for those who love FPS but don’t HAVE a main console, but certainly not for me. I don’t see how those nubs would offer even HALF the sensitivity and accuracy of a standard controller.

It doesn’t take games like this to see how much better the Vita tech is than the 3DS, imo. In fact screw the tech – the 3DS is the more attractive console right now – period. I love my Vita, but if it weren’t for Persona 4 I wouldn’t have touched it these last few weeks. 3DS is where the games at. One handheld FPS isn’t going to swing the scales by any great deal, imo.

Admittedly, it does look great. Just not for me I guess.

Digital Foundry – the ultimate resource in missing the point imo.

Well said Brave. Jesus Christ you guys sound like viral marketing bots.

“I want brilliant gorgeous graphics on my OLED screen.”

Really? Did you even read that before you posted it? REALLY?

I honestly don’t see why so many are against handheld fps’s and make it seem like you have to choose between console or portable fps’s. Why can’t you have both?

@ Deacon you’ve never actually held a Vita in your hands have you? Doesn’t matter what kind of game you’re playing on the Vita. Its just the magic of that lovely 5″ OLED screen with those crisp eye popping graphics. From the moment you turn it on your eyes will be in an orgasmic trance.

When I see the Headline KZ Mercenary engine is the same as KZ3 on Vita all that I can imagine is the game in my in my hands and this song playing in my head as I press start past the loading screen… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVA6vcas1o

The Vita isn’t even 1 year old yet and already its matching the PS3? ….and they say Nintendo means gaming Heaven

Hey Lex I remember when people’s main excuse for not buying the PSP was because it didn’t have a second analog for FPS….Its SONY man Damned if you do…damned if you don’t.

THIS!… first day buy easy!

Why are you pretending that FPS on handhelds are new?

Theres a whole bunch on the original DS. Dementium, Moon and Metroid Hunters. They all work perfectly well.

Shhhh though this is all about console quality games on a handheld as evidenced by Resistance and CoD on the Vita being about the same quality as Turning Point on the PS3.

@8: that´s exactly what i don´t understand. the uber tech, cell processor, best graphics, best tech, we´re the best bs that many (not all!) sony “fans” don´t get tired off…all they do with that is giving their beloved company bad rep. many sony guys are an absolute turn off…just look at the ign ´beyond´ (sigh) comments section. hells gates opening right in front of you. the prototype of the narrow minded, style over substance “gamer”.
those people don´t love gaming.

SHHHHH Metoid hunters on DS does not work very well.lol I was originally in love with it till I bought it. just no

“Doesn’t matter what kind of game you’re playing on the Vita. Its just the magic of that lovely 5″ OLED screen with those crisp eye popping graphics. From the moment you turn it on your eyes will be in an orgasmic trance.”

i had one…i can assure you. it´s a great screen, the rest of this post is just a lie.

didn´t like hunters much either.

Its a better FPS than all of the supposed “Console Quality” titles released on the Vita thus far.

And the Nintendo fans that scream Vitas dead because a pokemon game is releaseing isn’t a turn of? Actually…. Why are you feeling turned on by the sweet lustrous words of the gaming eco system?

Hopefully they get the game structure right. Seems like the reveal trailer indicated they might have. A full blown cinematic story just won’t work on a handheld for me. Nice flexible little mission structure with co-op and I could be interested.

Noooooo it wasn’t have you played that thing online? Atleast the others are stable.lol

Yes because the stability of the netcode is entirely indicative of the quality of the gameplay.

Resistence might have a constant stable connection but when the game itself is fucking terrible, who the fuck cares?

Also I guess you never had friends to play locally with. I figured as much.

@TEA – nah man I freaking love my Vita! I’ve never seen such a lovely screen on a device. Sine Mora blew my tits right off. But let’s not all start sucking each others dicks just yet though eh?

I simply don’t see the appeal in a handheld FPS – perhaps because it’s a genre I don’t particularly invest in these days.

Do you guys think this’ll impact Vita sales considerably? It seems to have a few of you reaching for your wallets already, but do you think it’ll sell consoles/bundles?

Is this (one of) the killer app(s) Vita’s been waiting for??

@20
Played Unit 13? Its awesome.

Vita Owners, wait for goodness this week, Tearaway will also have a reveal this week on blog.

AGAIN NO! The Gameplay wasn’t solid either. The game is a hot mess, where people knock the Resistance and CoD game I know they never played MPH at all. I tried to dedicate myself to that game and it’s one of the delusional moments in my life thinking it was even remotely good

@23
Vita needs a price cut much more than it needs a killer app. It’s actually got a reasonable select of games and different price points imo. Needs to price cut to shift the volumes and get support.

I think so far the games i do own on my vita didnt achive the ps3 level graphics wise, and i dont mind it really, at the end of the day the games look great nontheless, having said that i more concern with the console experience on a handheld, right now i will say i have a great time with dokuro, escape plan and persona 4, but with uncharted not so much, i find it really difficult to controll the game without a controller like a gamepad, is not the same experience for me, i mean playing the console titles, and the vita one, i think in some cases can work, but in shooters not so much, being third or first person, is really tricky and a hard thing to do, and lets not talk about multiplaer FPS on handhelds, even nintendo have mixed results in this area, with metroid hunters and kid icarus, hunters being really good and kid icarus being a nightmare for hand cramps and not that good imho.

As for the 3DS vs Vita graphics, i find both pretty equal, the 3D effect really gives something to the graphics on the 3DS, adding to the nice colour palete nintendo is known for, i cannot explain but for me the 3D effect is so pleasing to the eyes it gives an extra value to the grapchis, that i found it on the same level as the vita, which is a powerhouse on its own, uncharted looked great, but not as the ps3 counterparts, though.

also, please don’t interpret my social life off of one example I give you. It makes you seem desperate for an insult without validity.

@24
Yeah, Unit 13 didn’t get enough credit for the overall design which really suited a hand held platform.

@Deacon,
I play all the genres except fighting. Vita is awesome, the best handheld for fighting games, but I just cant get myself to learn to combos.
In fact, I generally like shooters more on handhelds, so its right up my alley.
P4G, SS,Tearaway, KX, man vita has awesome games coming up, whatever non-owners say.

@DrDamn,
I agree, only price cut can increase vita sales. Vita has more than enough awesome games in 1 year, now it needs a price cut asap.

You “dedicated” yourself to a handheld spin-off title?

ok. So lets say I agree that Hunters was flawed. That still does not take away from the fact that both Dimentium games and Moon are FPS titles running on a handheld.

Also saying “Its bad because I say its bad” does not in fact make something bad.

Pleas do not interpret my insult as being desperate when it was quite obviously a slight dig in the ribs and not at all an over-arching damnation on your social skills.

I am an owner, I’ve had one since launch. The last Vita game I bought was Virtue’s Last Reward because I played 999 on my DS. I also own a DS and a 3DS and regularly play on those aswell. I can see faults and I can see strengths. Its amazing.

@ Deacon I was just joking with you I know you have a Vita. Also to answer your question about impacting Vita sales…I don’t care if it does or not. All I care about is enjoying “my Vita” and that this game will be worth every penny I pay for on day 1. I could care less how many units it moves. SONY made the Vita for guys like me and guys like me will buy it. How they sell the Vita to guys like you are up to them and yours.

On launch day I will be one of the proud owners of Vita to support this game company by purchasing this game they made for guys like me. Thats all that matters. Enjoy catching your pokemon sir

OLED isn’t even close to the highest quality display of its type. Its a nice screen no doubt, but its far from state of the art. Countless smart devices and tablets have display with higher resolutions and deeper colour levels than the Vita is capable of.

The Vita isn’t even close to being capable of PS3 level graphics, and any claim as such is pure hyperbole. Not that good graphics make a good game anyway, so it’s entirely irrelevant. It wouldn’t be so bad if the Killzone franchise wasn’t utterly dreadful to begin with. It’s about as inspired as Resistance is.

@Manu – I’m with you there mate. Uncharted Vita failed for me (and it CERTAINLY didn’t look anywhere NEAR as nice as it’s console siblings). Didn’t feel right, and I too found it hard to control. I’m sure I could get used to it, and FPS too over time. Considering however that most people will be wanting to play these FPS games online, how many are actually going to be sitting in their bedroom / lounge where they could be using a TV and full controller? (which I’m sure we can all agree provides a better experience?)

I don’t know anyone who bought a 3G Vita, so I’m assuming they’re the minority. FPS games don’t seem like a great game-type for playing on the bus or outside in the park (providing your 3G or phone tethering can take the strain) due to lighting, jerking around, and the competitive nature of it all.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t bother with handheld FPS when we’ve got consoles, I just don’t think they play to the devices strengths.

#34 deacon “I just don’t think they play to the devices strengths”.
that line exactly reflects my feelings in this matter, and i agree with the rest of your post man.

#33 please erthazus leave that body, give michel back

This article is full of pure awesomeness but notice the ones who have to come in and (try to) shit on this glorious news. Its sad when one poster shows his excitement for a game with so much potential others have to come in and (try to) knock the ladder over.

When I’m doing a brutal melee kill I’ll think of some of you in here

Lol@Manu… good one

@Michael – uninspired, sure. We’re not exactly drowning in originality these days are we. I think ‘utterly dreadful’ is waaaay too harsh.

Wooow! Look at that! Sony is making a game for the Vita and it’s a first person shooter that is based on one of the crappiest franchises ever with shitty graphics in which PS3 fanboys thought it looked amazing back then (which in reality not. A shitty looking game with a lot of post processing and HDR lightning.)

Good job Sony on spending money on something that no one will buy anyway, except for Sony fanboys.

Will this thing sell more then Resistance: Burning POS?

@31 Hey I didn’t interrupt you were finished. And, It’s not just because “I say it’s bad it’s bad” The game was just bad. And, yes I did because at the time I thought it was a great concept spin-off or not.

I also didn’t comment on those 2 games because I didn’t play them. I don’t ridicule games I never played. That’s just apart of my ethical practices. So, yeah I didn’t say anything on them. They could have been fantastic just, they could’ve been like that FPS on psp that was mediocre.

I also have a 3DS and I just can’t say the device is amazing like others, my taste is just far to different. The 3DS games I would buy I won’t do at full retail because they are remakes of classics. and the full on 3DS library that are original is bare boned. MK7 didn’t feel like a complete package on handheld or even console. I don’t play Mario Games but even if I did I would’ve bought a DS one and felt the same satisfaction as the 3DS one.

This year is a much better year for 3DS with me and that only warrants 3 games FE:A, CoS:MoF, and Project X zone.

I also can’t advertise for a system that the most must have games are on the actually on the cheaper predecessor.

@Micheal I think they always say console/ps3 like because they can’t compare it to the competitors without advertising them. Honestly, I feel like the Vita is a 360 on the go with PS exclusives.

Publishers will say what they have to say. We just have to interpret it to what maybe what they really want to say.

@Manu, Deacon,
What kind of games would you like on vita? I would kill for the Ys and ff type-0 localisation and ff10 on vita. Vita is just perfect for lengthy jrpgs like p4g, disgaea and others. A unit 13 style game is also perfect for a handheld imo.

@Michael,
You have to remember those phones cost more than double of vita without sub and games on them look like apeshit with horrendous controls.

Also, Dokuro coming to eu!!!

“Killzone franchise wasn’t utterly dreadful to begin with. It’s about as inspired as Resistance is”

i think both franchises are solid fps games. BUT i love resistance for it´s gameplay. it´s ultrasmooth and slick. resistance 2, to me, is almost flawless, one of the few games this gen that have been almost flawless in the gameplay department- it´s all smooth, a joy to play through the game. every weapon is just fun to shoot.

golden abyss: same here. was an ok but boring game with clumsy controls. was very disappointed by it. forced myself to finish it.

unit 13 : good game, hated the setting. deeply.

@37 Okay… mostly dreadful? It’s not as bad as Resistance.

It certainly isn’t up there with Sony’s best stuff – LBP, Uncharted, Motorstorm, etc.

@41 The first Resistance was the worst. What a horrendous slug of a game. They were kinda starting to get somewhere with the third one, but it was still dull and uninspired mediocrity.

That seems to be Sony’s thing. They always end up with something either really amazing or utterly terrible. It’s never just “really good”.

@40 retards have no understanding of value…..which is why they prefer 360 over PS3 basically

“The first Resistance was the worst. What a horrendous slug of a game”.

^ All the proof you need
No lag, huge 20vs20 maps, fresh new weapons not seen in a FPS on a new born gaming (supposedly) inferior network.

Actually Killzone as a franchise back then had huge potential, but Sony and Guerrilla or whateverThatStudioIsThatNoOneCaresAbout failed to make it a good game.

I remember their Shellshock Num game. It was the worst POS.

then they made:

Killzone 1 was a shitty PS2 shooter
Killzone 2 had huge PR that failed and in the end game was linear shooter with shitty post processing effects, without decent storyline. Multiplayer although was nice.
Killzone 3 – Call Of Duty in Space

Basically, Sony failed with that “Dreadful franchise” and I see no reason to fund more on this POS.

@Poly
RE: Unit 13
Yeah they could have done a lot more going outside the boundaries of modern military shooter.

#40 dragon, i like dokuro a lot, also escape plan and persona 4, especially persona 4 golden is tha boom, alongside with mario sticker stars are my favorites handhelds games this year, i will get sound shapes and gravity rush too, those are on my ally, i mean those created for vita with a handheld mindset, although persona is a console game, i know that, but is an RPG, which in my eyes is more suited to handheld rather than shooters in general, for the reasons stated above.
p.s also i want to try unit 13, but iam on the fence since is a shooter.

@Michael. Better

@Dragon – Absolutely all of those games you mention! RPG’s work beautifully. I’d love to see more action adventure like God Eater 2 / Soul Sacrifice (just not Uncharted with it’s shooting and platforming that does everything for you).
More 2D games like Rayman / SoundShapes / Mutant Blob. More games using the gyroscopics like Gravity Rush – such a brilliant use of the tech in that game.

A twin-stick shooter like Dead Nation wouldn’t go amiss. Especially with some cool MP modes and network features.

@Manu – I think I love P4G more than my own mother right now.

ni no kuni would be great on the vita. combat just screams touch screen…

@45: yep. the gameplay design and shooting mechanics worked great. i am sure we´ll see a great game with similar mechanics on the vita at some point.

“@40 retards have no understanding of value…..which is why they prefer 360 over PS3 basically ”

not so sure who you´re talking about, but i prefer the ps3 when there will be ascension on it, the wiiu when there´s rayman legends, the 3ds when there´s castlevania and the vita……well that thing is sold and wont come back, it just makes no sense to me. sorry.

@polygem
“many sony guys are an absolute turn off…just look at the ign ´beyond´ (sigh) comments section. hells gates opening right in front of you. the prototype of the narrow minded, style over substance “gamer”.
those people don´t love gaming.”
maybe you should look at a mirror. the guy that comes in almost every nintendo game article and posts i am buying this day one. wii u is the best console and the game pad is so damn good. 3ds is the best handheld out there and list every game coming out and saying i am buying them all day one….

now it may very well be true and you do love Nintendo and their games so damn much but lets not turn around and call people that are doing the same with PlayStation related games calling them narrow minded and pick style over substance. people have different tastes?

huh…did you read this thread even. what i said about resistance? man i love what i love and hate what i hate…nothing to do with platforms. how often do i have to repeat that? can´t you guys read?