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Horizon: Forbidden West | Gameplay Reveal Trailer

fermcr said:
Nice graphics... but in all honesty, it looks similar to Horizon Zero Dawn.
I don't see much of a difference in relation to the first Horizon, besides a few updates (played it on PC).
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And? The first one was the best action game I've ever played. When you nail something you don't throw it away and start from scratch.
 
Combat looks way more fun now, it has some strong Uncharted 4 influences from the move set to the Arena design. Pretty cool.

Edit: There is also some weird "hero" light on every character that makes them look backlighted, never seen that used like that before. Looks kinda weird at first but certainly a interesting choice to have a distinctive aesthetic on the game.
 
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Surprised how obviously this looks like HZD 1.5, I was expecting more based on that initial trailer. Sadly there's too many obvious cross-gen tell-tale signs like low-res volumetrics, CBR, low accuracy DOF and heavy use of motion blur, close-to-PC shadow map fade, constant LOD switching and of course the real bummer - that was 30 fps footage, on PS5.

I like how colorful it is though, and I think it's going to be a great HDR showcase for testing displays. As for gameplay, eh, the writing & dinos annoy me as much as in HZD, so it's whatever. Once they bring it to PC I might give it a go. They probably don't have a FOV slider again (for shame!).
 
RNK said:
And literally nothing about this looks cross gen. People would be just as impressed if this were a PS5 only game.
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I would like to see the PS4 version first before saying that. But it does look extremely good and I'm sure PS5 owners will be happy with the results.
 
The engine definitely looks rooted in the PS4 to me, which is inevitable given it's a cross gen game.

They need to fix that awkward jump animation from the first game.
 
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NeonGhost said:
I'm sorry I offended you by noticing all the hair clipping through everywhere
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We enjoy games cause they are fun to play. Not nitpick every technical detail that's wrong. It's not like it takes away from the enjoyment of the game.

Who tf isn't going to love this just because the hair clips through everything?

That being said. I love you bro.
 
PandemiaPorcina said:
PC players can enjoy last gen game version on their shiny systems lol

looks sweet
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What is with people and their childish animosity towards people who play on other consoles or pcs? You think you're taking a jab at people who play exclusively on PC but all you really do is reveal your own insecurities and resentment that you can't play on PC. Otherwise why not just discuss the game and your personal excitement and move on without having to make juvenile comments? Grow the fuck up.
 
TonyK said:
Vegetation, apart from the ones to hide, not properly reacting (again) to player is the most disappointing for me. I continue not understanding how Zelda BOTW on Switch has better physics than Horizon 2 in PS5.
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Yeah I noticed that as well but there's a lot of foliage in this game so they can be forgiven. I'm just not seeing the wow factor here that I was expecting to be honest. It looked really good but not incredible and the game looked very Assassin's Creed like.
 
I loved everything about the first game but found it so incredibly boring and repetitive. I ha e up after like 7.hours
 
Bitmap Frogs said:
I don't see you making jokes on people that have nothing for praise for the game (if you did, you'd have hundreds of posts in this thread). You clearly targetted someone who had something to say that wasn't just praise. That's console warring and your facade is wearing thing.

It's not about being realistic about walking on sand, is about creating the illusion that these entities do. You can see on the trailer that alloy does leave footprints on sand, but the robots don't. If you watch the segment where the raptor does the attack where it lifts up and "shouts" for lack of a better word, he's interacting with the shallow water but not with the sand.

This lack of fidelity will only be more and more noticeable moving forward as graphics get better. It's the nature of the beast, there's no more weirdly low-rex textures, no more noticeable polygons on sight to remind it's just a videogame, so every single thing that doesn't fit becomes more noticeable.
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Why would I make jokes out of people heaping praise on something that obviously looks good and looks much better than 99% of all the games we've seen. How much of a sad sap do you need to be to attempt to play something like this down? I actually hadn't even read every post in the thread when I came across yours but I actually just found it amusing.

Like I said, we have robo dinos, aloy talking underwater, waterproof robo dinos, ridiculous combat set pieces that aren't in the slightest realistic and the one thing you notice amongst all the chaos is "oh the sand physics aren't realistic". Give it a rest. I actually thought it was funny at first but now it's just sad. It's especially sad that you got upset by my post that was just making light of what you said.

Those who shout the loudest always have the most to hide. It's always the same, the people crying about other people being "warriors" after they've been caught with their pants down.
 
Clover904 said:
Welp, that's all she wrote... R.I.P. Xbox.

I truly wanted your success, Xbox. I wanted to believe that all the game developer acquisitions and Microsoft money would put Xbox in a competitive position.

But Sony just laid down the the gauntlet, and let everyone know that they are not letting up on the gas. There's no chance in hell Xbox will be able to catch up to what Sony has been doing in the exclusive games department.
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Please don't do this. It's really not needed in any thread.
 
Clover904 said:
Welp, that's all she wrote... R.I.P. Xbox.

I truly wanted your success, Xbox. I wanted to believe that all the game developer acquisitions and Microsoft money would put Xbox in a competitive position.

But Sony just laid down the the gauntlet, and let everyone know that they are not letting up on the gas. There's no chance in hell Xbox will be able to catch up to what Sony has been doing in the exclusive games department.
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We tryna celebrate this dope ass new game, fuck outta here with this concern trolling bullshit lmao.

In Todd We Trust
 
I absolutely loved everything I saw in this gameplay reveal. I really enjoyed Horizon Zero Dawn and this looks even better. The graphics are insane. I don't have a PS5 yet but hopefully I'll be able to grab one by the time this comes out.
 
RNK said:
And literally nothing about this looks cross gen. People would be just as impressed if this were a PS5 only game.
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yup can fool me if they say this is PS5 only...my ps4 will probably explode trying to run this game in HDR.
 
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Few things that really stood out.
- The sound and music. Jesus Christ, that soundtrack is simply crazy.
- Water effects in this game might be the best I've seen ever in a game.
- Animations are noticeably better than last game.

No one can deny how great this game looks, if you do then you are probably lying to yourself.

Having said all this, I haven't finished the first game. The pacing was really off in my opinion. The side quests and characters also aren't memorable.
The biggest strengths of the first game are the visuals and the combat. And although the combat was good, it did become repetitive after a bit.

This game seems to be exactly like the first game. The best points of the last game are improved drastically, but the weak points of the game seems to remain weak. The weak points are the pacing, story and characters, side quests, interactivity with the world and fun factor.

This is just the first snippet that we've seen. But this is my first impression. I hope Guerilla proves me wrong.
 
I hope it will turn out as the first one for me.
I wasn't eager to play it because of the awful character and enemy design.

i played it because I wanted something with good graphics to play on PS4 pro.
I enjoyed my time with, I didn't care about the story though.

same stuff here, pretty game , ugly characters and enemies, awkward cutscenes but certainly pleasant to play and that's the only thing that will matter in the end.
 
DeaDPooL_jlp said:
What is with people and their childish animosity towards people who play on other consoles or pcs? You think you're taking a jab at people who play exclusively on PC but all you really do is reveal your own insecurities and resentment that you can't play on PC. Otherwise why not just discuss the game and your personal excitement and move on without having to make juvenile comments? Grow the fuck up.
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It should be compulsory to masturbate or have sex before venturing on to this forum, to reduce macho behavior. To much toxic masculinity.

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I can't put my finger on it but I just wanna give the main character a slap, it's like they tried to design the least offensive character of all time, but failed miserably.
 
RNK said:
I guess what I mean is that if you showed this trailer to anybody, they would never guess it was a PS4 game.
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If it were at 60fps, Id be more inclined to agree with you.

At the moment, the foliage interaction and animation stand out for me as being very similar to the first game.
 
I just rewatched the trailer in 4K and the underwater section towards the beginning is probably the most impressive graphics ever seen in a game, it was that good. Some bits needed polish, as this is still quite early footage (like the hair looking too bouncy and light) but part of it were setting a new bar.
 
Breathtakingly gorgeous, but somehow they made Aloy even more homely. Still, that underwater section, I couldn't believe how good that looked.
 
Loved the gameplay can't wait to play it but she seems to be narrating every single thing. Now it's been a while since I played the first one but did she do that as much as in this?
 
It looks extremely impressive, but the more I look at how she is lit at all times and looks composited (like green screened) on top of the view it bothers me more. Need to see how they are handling the dynamic lighting in the game and how her model looks in those lighting conditions. Because right now the rim lighting on the hair and the lack of any sort of shadowing is very distracting and pulls me out.
 
The stream video was ok, but the 4k one is amazing.
If this is a cross gen game I can't fathom how will GoW look.
And when can I pre order Sony?
 
Guerrilla games, you did not disappoint, that looked jaw droopingly good, watching again 4k, how is this even cross gen? How the fuck did they raise the visual bar with a cross gen game.
 
Well I was wrong, it looked awesome!

I didn't really enjoy the original, so it's fine if I didn't think the gameplay itself was that great, but visually it looks amazing.

Plus, if this how cross-gen games look, and looking at R&C as an early PS5 exclusive, it makes me super excited for later PS5-only games.
 
Klayzer said:
For real. Him and dvd dude are trying their best to downplay. Just ignore.
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Yep. He's made a right tit of himself once again in this thread.

When has a gameplay reveal by any 1st party console developer ever showed off the full extent of gameplay features that will make it to the final game half a year out from launch.

It's a clown show and It's entertaining to read the hot takes.
 
GHG said:
Why would I make jokes out of people heaping praise on something that obviously looks good and looks much better than 99% of all the games we've seen. How much of a sad sap do you need to be to attempt to play something like this down? I actually hadn't even read every post in the thread when I came across yours but I actually just found it amusing.

Like I said, we have robo dinos, aloy talking underwater, waterproof robo dinos, ridiculous combat set pieces that aren't in the slightest realistic and the one thing you notice amongst all the chaos is "oh the sand physics aren't realistic". Give it a rest. I actually thought it was funny at first but now it's just sad. It's especially sad that you got upset by my post that was just making light of what you said.

Those who shout the loudest always have the most to hide. It's always the same, the people crying about other people being "warriors" after they've been caught with their pants down.
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Why do you get so hot and bothered about someone pointing at inconsistencies of the game's presentation? If you thinnk im warrioring report it to the mods. your blatant attempt at counter warrioring is hostile as fuck, you are not a mod.

Fucking hell you accusing me of hiding something? i havent played on an xbox since 2012 for fucks sake. Meanwhile youre targetting posters that raise points on some blemishes of the game.

Right now the only thing youre accomplishing is derailing the hype thread for this game.
 
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