I wanted to write how, as a devout fan of the Killzone series, I felt Killzone: Shadow Fall was a disappointment and a mis-step for Guerrilla. To a lesser extent its single player, but after investing 1000 hours into Killzone 2 and 3, its multiplayer simply does not feel like a Killzone game, and it has left a void in my gaming life.

What I intend to do, is state how it makes sense for Guerrilla Games to at least remaster their Killzone 3 multiplayer package and release it for the PS4.

Drawing inspiration from 343 industries, and producing a Halo: Master Chief Collection style package with the full games of Killzone 2 and 3 would be amazing for the fans – but that is probably wishing for too much, because Guerrilla are heavily invested in the development of their new IP at the moment.

But even a multiplayer package that included the MP from Killzone’s 2 and 3 would unite ALL the fans and make everyone happy. Now, wouldn’t this solve a problem for Guerrilla? Because you just have to read various forums down the years, and it’s evident the studio is always trying to please the fans, yet there are always those people who end up disgruntled. Problem solved!

The multiplayer package Guerrilla released on PS3 via PSN was a brilliant idea and reinvigorated the player base. Now imagine if they got it running at 1080p and 60fps on the PS4. Bearing in mind it’s still a handsome game on the PS3…

Access to the Killzone 3 Multiplayer was initially free on PS3; you could play it until you reached a level cap, and then if you wanted to continue playing, you had to buy it for £14.99. That was a model that would actually suit the PS4 right now. And factoring in the healthy install base that the PS4 is enjoying, what I’m basically saying to Guerrilla Games is that here is an opportunity to make money…

Killzone 3 houses some stunning multiplayer maps that have yet to be bettered, and it has a terrific mode called Operations, which was a charming innovation by Guerrilla. It was a mode that was incredibly popular with players, and led us to believe it would be expanded upon in Shadow Fall. It wasn’t.

Killzone 3 still possesses so much that is great. Whether it’s the terrific audio, or the fact you can set up a party of up to 8 friends and head into matchmaking, the fact many of its maps have ‘events’ which increase the spectacle of the game mid-match, the fact that the best of 7 rounds ‘warzone’ game mode in Killzone 2 and 3 remains unique and unrivalled, or the fact that Killzone 3 remains one of the greatest class-based multiplayer shooters in existence…

What I am saying is; it would be a joy to see a new audience of PS4 users get to experience a great game they may have missed out on. At a time when the PS4 is lacking a truly great exclusive multiplayer shooter (that exclusive Destiny content *does not* count).

I know at least 20 people on my PSN friends list who used to play Killzone 3 multiplayer on a regular basis for the best part of 3 years. Genuinely. Killzone 3 is now 4 years old. Those people are now PS4 owners, like myself, but are nowhere to be seen when it comes to playing Shadow Fall. Shouldn’t Guerrilla be asking themselves (or us) why?

I know what my friends want. They want the same thing I do. We are in the process of seeing other games getting the remastered/definitive edition treatment – games you wouldn’t really consider classics. Killzone 2 and 3 were landmark titles for the PS3, and they remain two of the finest shooters to grace PlayStation over the past 20 years.

If the head honchos in Amsterdam could get a little team together and mess around with a few PS4 dev kits… If Naughty Dog can get The Last of Us running on PS4, and 343 industries can get Halo 4 running on Xbox One… I’m sure with your Dutch programming prowess you could get KZ3 running on PS4…

So come on Guerrilla, please… #4ThePlayers?