PS4
7
Overview of game
This game has certainly revolutionised gameplay on the PS4, with this completing a quartet of games released at the launch of the console. It has contributed to gamers around the world by intoducing new gripping features, presenting gamers with a new way to explore the game and provide them with alternatives if they cannot succeed. With the PS4 controller also having a new feel, gamers can experience Killzone in a whole different way.
The different difficulties within the game have been altered from previous games, with the medium and hard difficulties being changed, making the game more challenging when needed if gamers feel the default difficulty isn’t enough to please their experiences. There were previous complaints from gamers for the mere fact that the AI in the game wasn’t good enough and didn’t provide the sort of resistance that players had become accustomed to in other games they may have played related to this, forcing the manufacturers to re-think the difficulties and change it. The added features of the dossiers and newspaper reads that can keep the players up to date with current affairs at Dekta adds a sense of unrealism to the game, as soldiers would not read dossiers on missions. However, this only helps the experience of the gamers, as these games are mostly used to escape realism of the real world, and being able to play through unrealistic, yet heart-throbbing and suspenseful situations. Along with the dossiers, the ability to change difficulty through each chapter even when past the menu can allow gamers to test themselves through each level again.
Overall, this game has many features that make it a smash hit amongst gamers across the world and keep them engaged with the storyline throughout. The twist and turns throughout involving both armies make sure that the gamer is never switched off from the game and is constantly involved, trying to complete mission and wonder about how the storyline will climax and finish. The new in-game features, such as the OWL allow special assistance for players to complete levels faster and allow them the chance to have a special companion that can do jobs the player cannot do. This game will be a real treat to the purists who love shooting games, and who also love the chance to have team-mate alongside them during missions, which comes in the shape of the OWL robot.