E3 2015: Horizon: Zero Dawns Incredible Balance of Action and RPG
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StrongBlackVine
Banned
All of that is in. Well not sure about stats, but you do level and everything else is in.
Yeah, you're right. I probably read too much into it.
The more i read impressions of the more, the more pumped i become. The fact they've brought in so many peeps with a background in open world titles (and good ones at that) means GG mean serious business with this. W3 proved you don't need huge towers to climb to unlock parts of the world, or similar things of that ilk. And given GG's technical prowess i'm fully expecting them to blow the socks off anything open world related next year...and by quite a margin. So good, so very good so far.
Hydrargyrus
Member
This game looks fantastic in every way: graphics, gameplay, concept, art...
I agree. Only thing that annoyed me in that trailer. Commenting on almost everything was a bit much. This is a minor gripe and could end up being a non-issue.
I'm more afraid how the story will turn out. After The Last of Us and Bioshock: Infinite no story has been able to grip me like they did. Even the story in Witcher 3 feels just ok after those.
Candeldandel
Member
I'm ridiculously hyped for this game.
Mr. Mister
Member
As long as it has meters I need to grind out to fill and things I need to spend time collecting and crafting I'm in.
I whole heartedly disagree. Part of the reason Horizon resonated with me so much is that the story is very reminiscent of one of my all time favorite short stories: "By The Waters of Babylon" by Stephen Vincent Benet. The idea that there is a people who live long after the fall of contemporary civilization where current technology (both basic and advanced) is mysterious and magical coupled with former cradles of civilization being regarded as taboo holy sites to be revered and not violated is basically straight out of the short story. But they added in this concept of perpetual autonomous machines which take the form of individual living organisms. Such a concept has a lot of promise both lore and story wise in this sort of universe. To make things even cooler some of them take the form of dinosaurs sooooo I am beyond sold. (I fucking love dinosaurs.) It certainly doesn't hurt that it is jaw droppingly gorgeous either. This is definitely (and admittedly surprisingly) my game of the show for Sony.
On a side note if any of you are science fiction fans and haven't read "By The Waters of Babylon" please do. It's relatively short and I promise you won't regret it.
On the subject of energy, the cave paintings at the start of the trailer could be depicting various forms of power.
Fire and wind. Maybe even a little nuclear symbol on the left.
Water and geothermal.
Detective GAF!
Actually there's no doubt more to these drawings than anything else in the demo. I think we should focus all out attention on these to see what we can garner.
oh come on lol
thats player decision
in gameplay video she didnt kill the the dear robot tho
DangerMouse
Member
Yeah. They hit so many amazing notes with the reveal.
Can't believe how well they brought that concept art to ingame. Plus they hit practically most of the theories being dreamed about in that Leaked Concept Art thread after we learned "open-world RPG, robodinos, red haired female main character". And then they went one further and the story sequence (which had a good narration setting up some of the world and awesome music) went straight into gameplay in those same insane graphics playing it live with that amazing looking gameplay.
Incredibly hyped for this.
Speculation time:
With her name being Aloy which looks like Eloi (the race from the Time Machine) and the way the trailer showed the city fully modeled before the apocalypse perhaps this is a time travel story. It has also been mentioned that she has a deeper connection with these machines and is quite crafty. What if she was a scientist, created these first machines as a way to sustain the planet and use the resources. Stumbles on a way to make Time Travel (atleast to the future) possible and designs it and uses it but this event causes the blackout, her machines evolve over these 1000 years and she lands in the future with no or just fragments of her memory.
Ah well probably looking way to much into things but just so incredibly hyped for this.
Speculation time:
With her name being Aloy which looks like Eloi (the race from the Time Machine) and the way the trailer showed the city fully modeled before the apocalypse perhaps this is a time travel story. It has also been mentioned that she has a deeper connection with these machines and is quite crafty. What if she was a scientist, created these first machines as a way to sustain the planet and use the resources. Stumbles on a way to make Time Travel (atleast to the future) possible and designs it and uses it but this event causes the blackout, her machines evolve over these 1000 years and she lands in the future with no or just fragments of her memory.
Ah well probably looking way to much into things but just so incredibly hyped for this.
guerrila should give us the option
uncharted mode:talkative
zelda mode: silent
done
everybody wins
It sounds like a open World Last of us in RPG form.[/QUOTE
Think about that. My game of the show, my peoples
John Bender
Banned
This is fast becoming my most anticipated new IP.
I do hope they hold back on the audio prompts though, sound lake a lot of hand holding in that trailer. Hoping it's a tutorial, or (even better) optional.
Shh, you fool, they'll hear you!
I do hope they hold back on the audio prompts though, sound lake a lot of hand holding in that trailer. Hoping it's a tutorial, or (even better) optional.
Mother of god.... I would pay $1000 for this.
Shh, you fool, they'll hear you!
DangerMouse
Member
Yeah, I said this back in the old thread too.
John Bender
Banned
Stargate style? Maybe we (humans) opened a gate and an alien-form invaded us, or (a la Pacific Rim) they sent these robot creatures to fight the residents of the planet.
They fight for them -> all are dead on the planet -> they invade the planet without any resistance.
kojirosasaki
Banned
This game can be the biggest surprise for 2016. The ingame trailer blew my mind
"A darkness came."
Could be anything, a nuke, a disease, some kind of entity.
Probably to do with technology. Maybe the human race died out completely and the only survivors were biological AI that evolved into the "humans" we see today and somehow lost their awareness of that fact?
There's a lot of potential for some wonderfully ridiculous sci-fi here.
Could be anything, a nuke, a disease, some kind of entity.
Probably to do with technology. Maybe the human race died out completely and the only survivors were biological AI that evolved into the "humans" we see today and somehow lost their awareness of that fact?
There's a lot of potential for some wonderfully ridiculous sci-fi here.
GG riffing on Bungie confirmed.
plasmawave
Banned
I want the soundtrack played in the trailer.
The only reason I haven't said anything about this game yet is because E3 was bursting at the seams with other announcements/updates that blew me away. That's just a testament to how ridiculously amazing E3 was this year, is all. Horizon is absolutely on my hori... uh, I won't do that to you.
But yes, best-looking new IP by far. The sci-fi fan in me perked up. The fan of strong female leads in me perked up. The wtf-mecha-dinosaurs fan in me perked up. To say that I perked up would be an apt descriptor.
But yes, best-looking new IP by far. The sci-fi fan in me perked up. The fan of strong female leads in me perked up. The wtf-mecha-dinosaurs fan in me perked up. To say that I perked up would be an apt descriptor.
Opus Angelorum
Member
Most exiting PS4 game to have been announced, very impressed.
Oh man, what if you can spot robotic creatures in the dark because of their glowing eyes and lights etc? That would be a cool and logical/immersive way to help the player find and see robots at night from a distance.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Can we eventually hack a robo dino, maybe a raptor, and use it as a companion?
I hope they've given that some thought.
I hope they've given that some thought.
0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
Banned
I know those feels.
Hmm I bet you can reprogram them or something.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Full day/night cycle? GREAT!
crazygambit
Member
I read somewhere that there was no auto healing and you need to gather herbs and stuff to heal a la MonHun. Good in my book.
They didn't mention that before, but that sounds awesome.
Someone mentioned they're glad there's leveling on this. I haven't read anything mentioning that, but I hope it's not true. Leveling should be MonHun or Souls way. You get better by getting better equipment and by actually getting better at the game. Your character remains largely the same.
they're not considering robot domestication according to some impressions
biglittleps
Member
I agree option is ok who want silent but should not remove that talk which is nice for me and allows to better know the character and find what she is thinking contextually.
