 | The time has finally come for the Vita to get a truly crafted FPS suitable for the portable gamer. The question is, however, can the game measure up or will we be using FPS in another way (flipping pile of S#&t)? It's time for a first impressions look at the work of Guerilla Cambridge to see in which way we will be using the title FPS. |
First things first; I purchased this game as a download and what a download! The game, along with the day one patch, is over four and a half gigs (4.608 gigs to be exact). So if you are purchasing the game digitally make sure you have room on the memory card.
| Right off the bat there is a pretty big negative. I have only been able to play the occasional multiplayer match despite numerous attempts to connect. This is a huge concern as I play FPS titles for the online not the single payer. I keep getting disconnected from lobbies and am finding it frustrating. For the sake of balance I have just moved house with a new net provider but have been able to play multiplayer in other games without problems. Unfortunately this also occurred in the Beta and I was hoping the problem would have been rectified by now. |  |
Ok so the negative. At this point it is a big one but I hope this will be rectified ASAP. Now for the good side. The single player; as I said above I generally do not play FPS titles in single player mode but this game has me intrigued. The mission structure works really well for truncated play. I think Unit 13 had this down better with missions having variable length but Mercenary is doing a good job so far. Thanks to the skill levels and a myriad of weapons, I can see quite a bit of replay value in the game for those who enjoy the Killzone mechanics. Visually the game is pretty amazing for a Vita title; it seems a step above Killzone 2 in this department and that is a pretty high bar to reach. Unfortunately there are times you wish that instead of being able to view the surroundings you could actually have full control. A prime example of this is the skydiving scene where, instead of full control, you have to make do being a passenger.
So far I would say this game is a buy but I would hold on until the development team can make the multiplayer more stable. If it never gets fixed I would say around £10 to £15 would be a fair price for the single player
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