Killzone Mercenary (VITA)Trooper Mode Unedited Playthrough (Missing Footage Of One Mission)
2Around 4 hours 53 minutes to beat (Not including additional hours spent replaying stages I already completed due to the auto save crashing several times). This game crashed alot and stages had alot of visual glitches. The visual glitches didnt affect gameplay moment to moment but usually seemed to mean that the auto save would crash when the stage was completed. This meant I could not use the item box to refill ammo or purchase gear after a certain point (This crashed the game too) and even pausing the game could crash the game. It was alot of bullshit to sift through to complete the game. Very unstable. The crashes would always happen after a stage was completed, an item box was opened or the game was paused. I had to restore the PS TV console several times just to get the actual game to boot several times. So I spent alot of time not only replaying missions on easy to get the save to work but fucking around with menus and system restores. Great game otherwise.
I lost the footage of the Lightning Strike mission but included that in the completion time. I was already having to replay several missions so I just wanted to see if I could even get through the game and get it to save. For the final boss I took a risk and used the item box. It didnt crash the game luckily. I needed ammo at that point. One exploit I found is that using the item box creates new checkpoints. Atleast for the final boss. Im assuming this can be used to make checkpoints anywhere and refill ammo at any time, switch out gear mid checkpoint, etc. That could be useful for the higher difficulty. The game is easy at default settings but the final boss can be tricky without being able to refill ammo. With that trick it makes the final boss very easy. You can most likely use it just about anywhere to keep saving progress. Kill a few guys, save, etc. God Hand for PS2 had a similiar exploit with the bonus rooms. Im reluctant to play the hardest mode due to all the crashing but its still a consideration. It seems like it would be too easy with the item box checkpoints.
Stay tuned !!