Horizon Zero Dawn - Preview Thread [Up: All Previews Live]
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This is a slightly better comparison than that. Horizon is getting compared to a wide array of games anyways.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Hnnng. I'm trying to be on blackout, but I really want to watch some of that footage!
Those are my impressions based on the quite lenghty gameplay video.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
And blood trails and hunts and collectables and wait a minute.W3 is considered the new standard open world game judged by Gaf here and it has waypoints and markers
Equanimity
Member
It doesn't have 'awful' writing. Voice acting ranges from good to bad (main character has been consistently good) and lip syncing animation is better than any other RPG.
You haven't played an actual RPG, have you?
Yes they do. Killzone 2 is one of the highest rated shooters ever, and 3 was a tittle that was scored in the high 80s. They slipped a little with Shadowfalls, but why do people constantly keep making this same remark? It's weird. They make solid games.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
I went into these videos thinking 'Gamelay is brilliant' and came out of them thinking 'Gorilla can't write or direct'. That's the worse acting and the worse writing I've seen in a very long time. A good place to start would be to match the voice with the character models. Then when you've done that learn what facial expressions go with what emotions.
I think that side quest where that guy is thinking about killing himself is actual awful writing.
I'm not doing it. Staying dark so I can experience it all the first time. Hoping this is a solid 30fps on PS4.
Callibretto
Member
The initial premise of the story seems like a good setup. Aloy is special kid with unknown origin. Something happened one day to the tribe and the elder now told Aloy/give permission for Aloy to leave the tribe and look for answer.
Along the way you'll visit various tribe and will probably get hints/clues to get you closer to the answer, you'll also meet various npc that will probably help or hinder your journey.
That seems like a very solid premise for a story. What's so bad about those.
Theslammer
Member
Man, that reminds me of PS1/PS2 voice acting! Like Resident Evil 1-ish or Dynasty Warriors 3.
Main character's fine, but that guy? Haha.
That said, game has looked sooooo good.
What would they know? They've only actually played the game.
Fake previews!
Equanimity
Member
That's bad voice acting.
W3 is considered the new standard open world game judged by Gaf here and it has waypoints and markers
Yeah well I was critical of that with W3, but it still was excellent overall.
It's poor game design, but that's a discussion for another thread I think.
I'm gonna stop you there, you can't claim that no RPG has better lip-syncing than this. That would be horrible if that's the case because the lip syncing here looks bugged.
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Deleted member 325805
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Holy shit that's awful, a complete immersion killer when a CS is that bad.
geordiemp
Member
So what are you expecting from open world RPG ?
Most look empty and boring, even Zelda has 5 enemies pop up every few miles from all vids I have seen, what exactly are we expecting here ?
I have yet to see a screenshot full of life in a console open world RPG.
Show me an example !
But how could she not pick apart THAT cutscene?
Twilight Gap
Member
Only reason i've kept my paperweight4. First video has me way more sold than I was last year, but I think I'm going to avoid watching the second one now...
Omnistalgic
Member
So of the three characters in the 33 minute trailer, Brom, Varl, and Cren, 2 out of 3 sounds great. Honestly thought I would come here and not see almost a youtube-like comment reaction. I'm sure the main quest and storyline characters will all be of Varl, & Cren caliber, if there's hundreds of hours of dialog, I'm sure it'll take forever to manually animate everything so each one looks incredible.
Anyway, hope the game turns out amazing. Combat looks quite good, and I like that the pinwheel dialog options are basically letting you go as deep as you want into the lore.
Anyway, hope the game turns out amazing. Combat looks quite good, and I like that the pinwheel dialog options are basically letting you go as deep as you want into the lore.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
We're on the same side here..I think? Mines was sarcasm.
She play 4 hours of the game
It absolutely is as well, but that dialogue is bad.
Primethius
Banned
It's pretty good. Only a couple of minor issues but overall pretty solid.
geordiemp
Member
Mine was confusion, I dont know what people are thinking is better so show me
it's bad voice acting and bad writing
Equanimity
Member
Do you have an open world RPG in mind that has better lip-syncing?
No. Writing is your standard RPG side quest material.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Dialogue is just a part of writing, that's why people don't get it seems. In 2017.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Ugh, she still talks way too much for my liking. But God damn the game looks gorgeous.
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Deleted member 325805
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Because it's a preview, not a review.
wapplew
Member
Don't worry guys, Japanese VO will fix all the bad acting.
https://youtu.be/tQFTO1k6rSw
https://youtu.be/tQFTO1k6rSw
Likes/dislikes aren't indicative of much
MegaSackman
Member
I think it was a minor side quest, do you think The Witcher III has top writing in every side quest? I've played the game twice and it has as many terrible quests as good ones.
Samurai G0SU
Member
After watching a little bit ...
I didn't know the people are actually part robot like the animals in the previous videos. So it kind of spoils it a lil for me knowing that we are not 100% human and just part of an evolution from whatever the ancestors created. i then can assume we will meet 100% humans that fear the non 100% human due to whatever history lessons they had.
TangoAlphaLima
Member
It just looked a little, I don't know, almost hokey to me. But if people who have played it say it has a good story, then that sounds good to me, because my impression was based off very little information.
i wouldn't mind if it wasn't fucking chloe from life is strange. i thought i was finally rid of her. lol
Yeah that must be it. Lol
Twilight Gap
Member
i'm in it for the world and hopefully the combat keeps me there. a good story would be a bonus on top of that personally.
Baroquemantic
Member
Holy shit this game looks amazing.
I think it has something to do with the fact that the video is called "Review" instead of "Preview."