Horizon Zero Dawn - Preview Thread [Up: All Previews Live]

1) You're 10 pages late, this clip has been discussed a lot, and annoyingly so as if it's represents the entire game
2) The voice acting is terrific in a bunch of other spots
3) Story is surprisingly a lot of the press who thought they had it figured out
4) Gameplay is excellent
5) Side-quest aren't representative of the main story quest
6) One snippet of bad dialog doesn't mean the whole game will be horrible, watch previews and judge for yourself

To add to this: The story, plot, and dialogue beats I saw in my limited time made me say the following to a bunch of non-gaming friends: "I won't be embarrassed to show this game off to the uninitiated, the way I am for quite a few so-called 'grown-up' games." It presents really well, without trying too hard. Really liked the opening bits in the story about multiple cultures clashing. Lots of heart on display in that small chunk of gameplay.
 
Saving at specific bonfire locations only? Thats a bit strange for modern day games. Please say theres an option to do it simply by pausing.

The PS4 has a suspend feature, so even if it is just at those locations to me its not that big of a deal. Just put it in rest mode and come back later
 
Yo!
These are essentially dungeons placed through the world of Horizon. They obviously serve a great purpose in the overall story and were easily the most intriguing and exciting part of the game. It’s not clear how many are placed within the world, but they were incredibly challenging. A mix of puzzle solving, intense platforming and incredibly challenging battles with robots, these areas are unforgiving. They were also incredibly intriguing visually. Think of them as lairs that look like they have a robotic life of their own.
http://press-start.com.au/previews/2017/01/31/horizon-zero-dawn-preview-best-ps4/
 
I'm not sure why people bother with this character.

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it's a preview thread, not a positivity only thread.

can't speak to that specific poster but if people watch the clips, read the previews, and then share their issues that's not shitposting.
Yeah, guys...Everyone posting some negative doesn't have an agenda.

There's many people thats excited purely for the gameplay loop, (like me) and wouldn't be critical of the story/dialog either way.

There's some that want to be told an amazing story, will put the game on easy, and hardly do the side-quest, they will likely want an impeccable story and the best voice acting

There's some that will spend 100 hours in photo mode.

Everyone's got taste.
 
it's a preview thread, not a positivity only thread.

can't speak to that specific poster but if people watch the clips, read the previews, and then share their issues that's not shitposting.

Except the guy like to talk shit in every sony thread. Thats not opinion, it's called shitposting.
 
Check the post history, move along.

Yeah. Get creeper status with it lol

I bet I can find AT LEAST ten posts from everyone person in this thread where they entered a thread that was clearly designed to praise a game only to say "Game is trash" "Played it. Traded it in after two hours because it's garbage" Fuck outta here lol

I'm just not sensitive enough about the opinions of others to check the post history. I can't allow myself to become so mind fucked because your opinion doesn't match my own.
 

Oh man, that sounds amazing

To add to this: The story, plot, and dialogue beats I saw in my limited time made me say the following to a bunch of non-gaming friends: "I won't be embarrassed to show this game off to the uninitiated, the way I am for quite a few so-called 'grown-up' games." It presents really well, without trying too hard. Really liked the opening bits in the story about multiple cultures clashing. Lots of heart on display in that small chunk of gameplay.

Good news on the narrative side then
 
Another over 10 million sales like UC4 is possible
This game's marketing is very good.
 
The more footage I see the more I do believe it actually looks better than U4 :O

Is it stupid if I want to buy the game just for the visuals even though I'm skeptic about its overall quality?

I just want to traverse this amazing looking world.

Nah .
I did that a few times my self lol .
Still the combat look really nice IMO .
Plus they seem to have a lot of environments which should be great to see.
 
We even seen it be fixed where she uses some kind of triangle to slide down. So yeah that is strange.

Oh wow, we have? That would be pretty nice if this was an older build.

Game should be going gold soon too so I wonder how old this particular build was, if much at all.

Edit: Oh, just saw the correction.

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Also, preview thread, review thread or OT, dissenting opinions are allowed. Why the hell are some of you folk jumping down others throats?

Yeah. Get creeper status with it lol

I bet I can find AT LEAST ten posts from everyone person in this thread where they entered a thread that was clearly designed to praise a game only to say "Game is trash" "Played it. Traded it in after two hours because it's garbage" Fuck outta here lol

I'm just not sensitive enough about the opinions of others to check the post history. I can't allow myself to become so mind fucked because your opinion doesn't match my own.

Uh... what? Doubt it.
 
Yeah. Get creeper status with it lol

I bet I can find AT LEAST ten posts from everyone person in this thread where they entered a thread that was clearly designed to praise a game only to say "Game is trash" "Played it. Traded it in after two hours because it's garbage" Fuck outta here lol

I'm just not sensitive enough about the opinions of others to check the post history. I can't allow myself to become so mind fucked because your opinion doesn't match my own.

Try it.

Why would it be? That's not how Neogaf works as far as I know.

Where's the fun in circlejerking over negative opinions? I'm more happy when I'm positive, personally.

Mind you, I'm not bagging the discussion surrounding criticism. But where's the fun, or what's the use in just come here saying "Man, that part of the game looks like garbage. Ain't buying it."? What's the point?
 
To add to this: The story, plot, and dialogue beats I saw in my limited time made me say the following to a bunch of non-gaming friends: "I won't be embarrassed to show this game off to the uninitiated, the way I am for quite a few so-called 'grown-up' games." It presents really well, without trying too hard. Really liked the opening bits in the story about multiple cultures clashing. Lots of heart on display in that small chunk of gameplay.
Tks for this snippet man. I'm sure TLOU and Witcher inspired many devs to up their game in storytelling. I think this will turn out good and will judge the final game for myself. Really does sound overwhelming positive though so that's always a good sign.
 
Yeah. Get creeper status with it lol

I bet I can find AT LEAST ten posts from everyone person in this thread where they entered a thread that was clearly designed to praise a game only to say "Game is trash" "Played it. Traded it in after two hours because it's garbage" Fuck outta here lol

I'm just not sensitive enough about the opinions of others to check the post history. I can't allow myself to become so mind fucked because your opinion doesn't match my own.

I mean you are still trying hard in this thread, you are welcome to look at my post history. If a game doesnt interest me, I dont go into that thread to troll and derail it.
 
Puzzles? Dungeons?

I'm still super skeptical on the story/writing aspect but man, everything gameplay wise sounds and looks right up my alley.
 

Mind you, I'm not bagging the discussion surrounding criticism. But where's the fun, or what's the use in just come here saying "Man, that part of the game looks like garbage. Ain't buying it."? What's the point?
what's the use in just saying "man that looks awesome, day one!"

it's a discussion thread. we should probably stop with this issue though as it's derailing things.
 
Try it.



Where's the fun in circlejerking over negative opinions? I'm more happy when I'm positive, personally.

Mind you, I'm not bagging the discussion surrounding criticism. But where's the fun, or what's the use in just come here saying "Man, that part of the game looks like garbage. Ain't buying it."? What's the point?

It's a preview thread for reaction to the preview both negatively and positively. If you have a problem contact a mod I'm sure.
 
You don't need a 4K TV to enjoy the benefits of the PS4 Pro

I know. I just don't know if I'm ready to invest $400 without the extra benefit of 4K. Maybe I'll start seeking out base ps4 trade-ins or selling it on craigslist.


HYPE

Yeah. Get creeper status with it lol

I bet I can find AT LEAST ten posts from everyone person in this thread where they entered a thread that was clearly designed to praise a game only to say "Game is trash" "Played it. Traded it in after two hours because it's garbage" Fuck outta here lol

I'm just not sensitive enough about the opinions of others to check the post history. I can't allow myself to become so mind fucked because your opinion doesn't match my own.

lol sure thing bud.
 

Interesting. I wonder what they could do with the platforming and puzzle solving since those mechanics because they don't seem like much of a focus as the combat.

Combat seems to play out as expected overall which is great since I had high expectations and I was assuaged of my fears that they wouldn't play with the groups of enemies.

It's pretty easy to appreciate the density of the game overall I think.

I do feel that they could have stripped out leveling entirely and just let it be a perfectly balanced action adventure game.
 
Nah, it will sell like Bloodborne, or around 4.5 and that's good. Very good for a new IP.
I think it'll be a little bit higher. they have huge marketing on this, and bundles. not uc4 or destiny levels but pretty much every other ad I get on YouTube is either breath of the wild or horizon.

it's mostly gorgeous, it's open world, it's got robot dinosaurs, it looks accessible, and it's got a big marketing push. it'll probably do better than bloodborne (which was incredible imo but obviously niche).
 
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