AstroNut325
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I live in Los Angeles, and my street is darker than that!
Horizon Zero Dawn - Preview Thread [Up: All Previews Live]
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I live in Los Angeles, and my street is darker than that!
Almost every game is unrealistic at night. You probably wouldn't be able to play if it was realistic.
EDIT:
The same as I said before, you are confusing open world games with open world Action RPG and RPG.
It's not the fact that it has resource gathering, it's the fact that it's heavy on resource gathering. I mostly ignored gathering and crafting on the Witcher 3.
EDIT:
The same as I said before, you are confusing open world games with open world Action RPG and RPG.
It's not the fact that it has resource gathering, it's the fact that it's heavy on resource gathering. I mostly ignored gathering and crafting on the Witcher 3.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Busted!
Peterthumpa
Member
Please tell me Aloy has some night vision googles or eye enhancers on... this not how nightfall looks in a jungle:
Edit:
WTF... this is even worse...
Yeah, I mean, look at those giant robot dogs, they look completely wrong, missing tail, missing teeth, too thin... absurd. Fix this shit Guerrilla.
Jawbreaker
Member
I guess they prioritized visibility over realism. Pretty standard in games outside of something like Dragon's Dogma.
Callibretto
Member
well I assume GG made the gameplay decision to have the night section still be playable with just some slight visibility penalty compared to game like Dragon Dogma where night gameplay is pitch dark and generally are to be avoided.
Horizon night gameplay is more along the line of Zelda Breath of The Wild night gameplay. (there goes Zelda comparison again)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF8I47pRi6s
supernormal
Member
I'm gonna end up buying a pro for this...sigh
VanCityGamer
Member
Certainly possible but I'm not getting quite that sense from the previews. Not glowing enough for 90 (+) IMO. I'll predict 87.
Mediocre story/writing and mundane side missions will drag it down from total greatness I suspect.
GravityInsanity
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Please tell me Aloy has some night vision googles or eye enhancers on... this not how nightfall looks in a jungle:
Edit:
WTF... this is even worse...
Not much of a big deal.
You don't want to make games look too dark at night in a open-world RPG.
DriftingSpirit
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I think it'll land in the 86-89 range.
It will get at least one very low score that ruins 90+ anyway.
Jawbreaker
Member
Gah, Zelda's combat and world look really basic after watching so much footage of Horizon. Don't get me wrong, I'm going to love it to death, but it's rather stark.
I know I won't care when I'm playing the game, but It's hard to watch Zelda after watching Horizon.
Holy crap, I've been staring at Horizon too long today, LOL. That was quite the startle to go from the visual quality of Horizon to that.
The Pro footage of Arreks Gaming looks unbelievably good. Here, feast your eyes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H33M3OJ_4yI
One thing though: He claims it is actually runnin in native 4K. Is that right...?
He just stood out in that one thread to me, because he basically highjacked the whole discussion for many pages by claiming Horizon looked so bland and boring while Breath of the Wild looked graphically superior.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H33M3OJ_4yI
One thing though: He claims it is actually runnin in native 4K. Is that right...?
He just stood out in that one thread to me, because he basically highjacked the whole discussion for many pages by claiming Horizon looked so bland and boring while Breath of the Wild looked graphically superior.
gundamkyoukai
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From since 2015 we knew that she had to kill things to make the different arrows \items .
I guess you could try and melee everything but i don't see that working.
It's all about her range weapons\items and you need to kill stuff to get them .
VanCityGamer
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I believe Uncharted 4 had a really low score and still managed 92 or 93. I just don't think the scores across the board will be quite high enough for 90 (+) for Horizon. Not that an 87 would be bad. That would be excellent, in fact. I'm not into Zelda at all, but I bet that game will get 90 or above.
Its worth remembering in nature your eyes adjust to the environment much easier then in cities. Yellow light sources stop your eyes from adjusting and make it harder to see in cities
texhnolyze
Banned
Still just can't get over how good it looks ya'll.
Loving the distant LOD.
DriftingSpirit
Member
Fair enough.
I think it will get close but yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if it does get 90+ though.
gundamkyoukai
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Baroquemantic
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The majority of the preview footage is from the regular PS4.
Edit: beaten like me after fighting a thunderjaw
I bought a PS4 for Bloodborne and kept it for 1.5 years (also played Uncharted 4, Last of Us, Nathan Drake trilogy) before selling it once the PS4 Pro was announced...now Horizon: Zero Dawn is tempting me to buy a PS4 Pro...I didn't think anything but Bloodborne 2 (or another From Software exclusive) would get me to buy another console
Cow Goes Moo
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game looks gorgeous expected
a little disappointed that there's only 25 machines
i suppose that's an okay number but i'm just greedy and want to play against more robots
a little disappointed that there's only 25 machines
i suppose that's an okay number but i'm just greedy and want to play against more robots
Jawbreaker
Member
Check out Nioh if you haven't.
If you like Bloodborne then you can definitely do Nioh as a bonus with Horizon.
yup, I've had my eye on that for awhile now...I'm expecting that to be great but Zero Dawn is taking full advantage of the Pro with it's native 4k support and not some upscaled patch so it should look more spectacular from a visual standpoint then Nioh
travisbickle
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But then you purchase things off merchants instead? (I'm not that far into W3 so am I missing something else about progressing without crafting?) And it looks as though Horizon has merchants too.
She does have a device which modifies her vision, so could explain it with that, but as others have said probably just them going with fun over realism. I do wish more games made it get real dark at night though, It can make for some incredibly tense moments, and I think it'd look incredible in Horizon with all the massive glowing machines roamimg around.
Wow, GG are truly amazing. Thanks for the info.
Neoleo2143
Member
You need to gather things in order to craft traps, potions and ammo upgrades (huh, if that isn't more like Far Cry, dunno what is).
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
See there's an extra option to drill down into with the Custom HUD.
KZSF HUD was minimal and low opacity.
This makes me realize W3 is another FC's clone. You can craft potions, dedocation, bombs, oils, and even the ingredients to make armor/weapon. Lesson learned today, FC= the grandfather of these type of gathering and crafting.
This is like talking to a wall.
Go ask Brandon Jones why he named Far Cry Primal instead of The Witcher 3. I doubt he'll say they are interchangeable.
Good day everyone, see you on launch day.
PS: I have my estimation at 86 metacritic.
Stark is a good way of describing the difference in visuals.
How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?
and this
LightOfTruth
Member
Not to get too off topic here, but Far Cry Primal's crafting was...extremely brief wasn't it? Maybe my memory is terrible though lol. But I don't remember doing it all that often, or at least I remember it being a very quick and painless process. I wonder if Brandon chose the right game for comparison there.
That game had terrific bases though. I can't even complain about them.
That game had terrific bases though. I can't even complain about them.
Still just can't get over how good it looks ya'll.
Grass looks so good you want to roll in it
Jawbreaker
Member
Fucking Sony. They have to add zombies into every game, don't they?
Calavera520
Member
you can just pause and put system in rest mode if you absolutely need to walk away for some parental emergency.
Neoleo2143
Member
It's more like it's the face of having this nebulous and rigid menu based crafting system that you use for upgrades. It removes some physicality from the playing space.
I feel open world games should strive towards open ended crafting systems rather than the rigid ones they have currently. I think that's the real issue in why most crafting systems feel so rote these days. There's no mystery or surprise to them. I guess this is just a spiel where I am basically saying "yay Zelda" but it's something I genuinely felt has been a issue in most games with this rigid crafting system and how they make me feel to use them.
Combat wise, well yeah a game not entirely focused on combat is generally not going to measure up to a game focused on combat. That's why Zelda needs those other systems like Durability and stamina management and the fire propagation systems to make up for that gap. There's also a bit we don't really know about the combat in Zelda though like the ability options that were recently discovered and how other tools will end up being used like rope stuff in the trailer. A weapon in Zelda isn't just for killing, it's a multipurpose tool more like Minecraft.
Visually yeah, no contest. Zelda has Extremely strong art direction and very solid cutscene direction that might give a chance in the movies. But in the game world, no chance.
Vault Dweller 111
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I haven't played a single player game in so long. I really hope this delivers.
Calavera520
Member
Please tell me Aloy has some night vision googles or eye enhancers on... this not how nightfall looks in a jungle:
Edit:
WTF... this is even worse...
haha what? yeah let's play in pitch black jungle... smh
I think this looks great, guerilla making good choices.
AgentOtaku
Member
Man, the wait for this is gonna be tough
Currently deployed at won't be able to play until I get back
Oh well... ordered the CE from BestBuy just now anyways and it will just be waiting for me.
The statue DOES look very nice if you do a google image search
Currently deployed at won't be able to play until I get back
Oh well... ordered the CE from BestBuy just now anyways and it will just be waiting for me.
The statue DOES look very nice if you do a google image search
n0razi
Member
Yup people complaining also need to realize an HDR game played on an HDR HDTV is not going to look right on our non HDR PC monitors.