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Watched the EUROGAMER review and my complaints about the first game (which are fresh as I'm finishing the game now) look to be addressed (at least a few). The animation work in particular is leagues beyond what was in the first game. Hopefully this applies to Aloy and her normal traversal in the world (which is fucking abysmal in Zero Dawn).
Fair enough. I've not found ALL the mysteries of HZD, but once you get to "Zero Dawn" the mystery in the world does kind of lessen and you're left with the world building itself (which, while good, isn't as good as I think it could be).
. . .though I will say I enjoyed the main story of THE WITCHER much more than any of the sidequests (and those were good). One of the few "epic and long" RPG's I've actually finished.
Fair enough. I've not found ALL the mysteries of HZD, but once you get to "Zero Dawn" the mystery in the world does kind of lessen and you're left with the world building itself (which, while good, isn't as good as I think it could be).
. . .though I will say I enjoyed the main story of THE WITCHER much more than any of the sidequests (and those were good). One of the few "epic and long" RPG's I've actually finished.
kingfey
Banned
smoke some pipe, until then. It will make time go fast.
Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
...thats because those game modes were in the original halo from the beginning and then so on for the sequels and it got dinged because what was common for the franchise wasnt there, did the first horizon have coop? No? NO SHIT!
kingfey
Banned
The game has robot dinosaurs. Nothing can surprise people at all, at this moment.
John Wick
Member
Yes his tastes seem to align with MS/Xbox games.
kingfey
Banned
Now you are understanding we people dont like reviewers.
Every reviewer has a taste of gamers. Certain games would get lower score, because it doesnt meet their taste. Hence the Metacritic score is shit.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
This is why you need focus less on the score and more to actual review, because you have your own taste, maybe the positive points for reviewer might not be postive for you.
Swift_Star
Banned
Dat you?
kingfey
Banned
i like the blind mode. Much better experience, than using the reviewer opinion. There are certain experiences, which are hard to understand, unless you experience it.
Swift_Star
Banned
I’m amazed how you’re incapable of reasoning and logic. The game will sell 20 million and what are you going to say then?
kingfey
Banned
Diversifying your genre, without any backup is a suicide option. They need more studios for that option.
Not every new project is a hit.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
If you played games long enough you know what you like and dont like, I never needed review tell me if SMTV was worth playing and I dont need one for Elden Ring and doesn't matter how high score Horizon 2 gets it never going get me buy the game because I know I wont like it same way I didn't liked the first game.
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GooseMan69
Member
So 80% of reviewers rated it a 9 or 10...pretty unanimous praise. And only 5% rated it below an 8.
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HZD to HFW comparison.
"Horizon Forbidden West expands, improves and deepens all aspects of Horizon Zero Dawn."
"Horizon Forbidden West is superior to its predecessor in almost every way"
"Horizon 2 : Forbidden West outperforms its predecessor at all levels"
"Horizon Forbidden West is everything you could hope for in a sequel"
"Better and more refined, Horizon Forbidden West keeps the best parts of its predecessor, improves upon them and adds new gameplay elements."
"Bigger and better than its predecessor in every single way, Horizon Forbidden West is a game that’s ever so easy to get lost in"
"It’s not just that Horizon Forbidden West is bigger, it’s better"
"Horizon Forbidden West improves on Zero Dawn in so many different ways."
"Horizon Forbidden West expands, improves and deepens all aspects of Horizon Zero Dawn."
"Horizon Forbidden West is superior to its predecessor in almost every way"
"Horizon 2 : Forbidden West outperforms its predecessor at all levels"
"Horizon Forbidden West is everything you could hope for in a sequel"
"Better and more refined, Horizon Forbidden West keeps the best parts of its predecessor, improves upon them and adds new gameplay elements."
"Bigger and better than its predecessor in every single way, Horizon Forbidden West is a game that’s ever so easy to get lost in"
"It’s not just that Horizon Forbidden West is bigger, it’s better"
"Horizon Forbidden West improves on Zero Dawn in so many different ways."
zkorejo
Member
Hmm. I wonder what's that supposed to mean by "weird" territory. I'm more interested in sci Fi story aspects than tribe wars.
GHG
Member
Hilarious that the outlet are already seemingly blacklisted but yet they still moved heaven and earth to get a copy. Wonder why.
That so called "freelancer" is about to find himself blacklisted as well.
Bo_Hazem
Banned
Good luck fighting for survival vs mecha dinos in those leaf dresses instead of an actual armor. How could GG a.k.a. the masters of design came up with something ridiculous as this, like c'mon...
To be honest, fighting those machines means one hit, one kill whether you're in a juggernaut armor or naked.
GHG
Member
To be honest if they were to ever become a thing everyone would be running away like a little bitch.
Last time I checked iframes don't exist in real life so I'm not sure rolling around on the floor will do much.
jonnyp
Member
Nice selfie.
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Bo_Hazem
Banned
John Wick
Member
What a weak and shite argument. My mate came round and played Forza Horizon 5 at my house for a good amount of hours. Now he's not a racing fan so it wasn't a game he'd really be interested in. But after playing it he still managed to give me a fair opinion of the game. Saying that even though he personally didn't like this type of game but he still rated FH5 for it's quality. He said it had great graphics and presentation. It was fun to play and the music was really good. Just because we might personally have different tastes doesn't stop a game from being good. Stevivor clearly seemed to align his tastes with a certain brand.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
So 72/100 are 90 or more and the meta is 89? Who’s weighting this down, game spot?
It’s a very weird algo to be sure.
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Vaelka
Member
What the fucking hell is that?
Why does his arms look so weird?
It's like his forearms are swole but his biceps and triceps are skeleton thin.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
I don’t see why you guys care so about the score. Based on the reviews I watched/read so far, if you liked the first game then chances are you gonna enjoy the 2nd game as well.
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Venom Snake
Member
So Stevivor sucked a fat one once again.
I don't blame him, times are hard, you're either sucking or dead.
I don't blame him, times are hard, you're either sucking or dead.
sncvsrtoip
Member
Even better as watched review of person that didnt like first (I also wasnt a fan) and 2 is improved in so many aspects (especialy npc dialog/narration and side missions) that he loves forbidden west.
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Danjin44
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Based all the reviews I watched, Horizon 2 is definitely not for me and Elden Ring is coming out soon, which is a game I much rather play instead of Horizon 2.
TrueLegend
Member
Well your actions and writings speak otherwise. Now squirm.
tommib
Member
Fuck, the guy's hot. I'm a fan now. I'm so easy...
Next-level "reviewers" moneyhatting.
UPDATE: AND HE'S GAY! FFS!
Existential question: could I date a green rat? Maybe for the angry sex.
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Dick Jones
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John Wick
Member
I watched Skillup's review and it was very indepth. When he first started I hated him. But over time he has become a very good reviewer.
I posted that just to mention the breakdown of 100 critic have scored it.
Personally I dont care about reviews. I played Days Gone which was scrutinized heavily and I absolutely loved it. On the hand, I didnt like Deathloop even though it was highly rated.
I loved the first one and it seems like they have improved it, so i will most probably love this one as well.
Danjin44
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To me it’s feels like people in general put too much weight in scores, which to me doesn’t tell you much about the actual game. Both God Hand and NieR got pretty poor “scores” but they were my favourite games, but because those score people were not willing to give those a chance.
Thankfully NieR got second chance with Replicant 1.22, but God Hand is forever lost.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
For all those that said there would be no flying mounts and the ps4 would hold it back.
4:28 minutes in.
Those look to me like they are scripted "platforms" that move around in a set pattern over a specific area, rather than an actual mount that you can freely pilot wherever you want. That makes a huge difference.
(Would be cool if I'm wrong though.)
Thirty7ven
Banned
I agree that scores are worthless, and these critics act like professors in class grading their students, which begs the question…. What exactly are they teaching?
elcapitano
Member
A much better way to view the scores
Thirty7ven
Banned
72% of the critics think it’s at least a 9/10.
Pretty amazing if you ask me.
Pretty amazing if you ask me.
Tiago Rodrigues
Member
Ah yeah poor Sony they are only lucky their games sell over 20M copies because the others fail and not because their games are good lmao.
Also "this gen" has barely started and we will see probably way more new iPs than the last one
GymWolf
Gold Member
The first title was massively scifi in his plot, so reviews saying "too much scifi" sound completely moronic.
Same for the rpg part with min\max builds, equips etc...
The game is a fucking action RPG in a scifi world you cunts, next time we are gonna hear that tomb raider has too much tombs and raiding ffs.
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azertydu91
Hard to Kill
I think they've said in interviews that the climbing is not scripted, just that the game detects what surfaces can be horizontal enough to be used while climbing and that the neon highlight is just to help you see where thoses edges are.So we'll see once it is out but I don't understand why they would lie about that.
Bo_Hazem
Banned
Fuck, the guy's hot. I'm a fan now. I'm so easy...
UPDATE: AND HE'S GAY! FFS!
Existential question: could I date a green rat? Maybe for the angry sex.
Do it! And use no lubricants, please.
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