draughn101
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Same.
I love it. It's a 10 for me and my favorite SP game since TLOU. My wife, who only plays Lego Harry Potter on 3DS and Diablo, just told me that she wants me to teach her how to play this.
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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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Same.
I love it. It's a 10 for me and my favorite SP game since TLOU. My wife, who only plays Lego Harry Potter on 3DS and Diablo, just told me that she wants me to teach her how to play this.
Unknown?
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Okay I honestly have always had a disdain for open world games. Loved them when Driver2/GTA3 came around but grew stale shortly after for me. Never had close to as much fun in newer GTAs, Far Cry, Skyrim, etc as I have in linear games. But this game... this game is so fricking addicting! I can't stop playing it and it's rare when I sit down and play for hours.
Glass Shark
Banned
Is there a complete story synopsis anywhere? Not going to play this but just curious what the plot is.
Darryl M R
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I read not that much better than the shadow versions.
breakfuss
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Tripwire is OP!
Holy shiiiiit. I'm only now realizing that's probably how I should be approaching the fight in cauldron sigma! I have been stuck for nearly a day trying to defeat that thing.
FalsettoVibe
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Tripwire is OP!
Wow.
draughn101
Member
If you're at the end of that and want tips.
I walled one section of the area off with tip wires, and then climbed the closest tower to start the fight. You should then be surrounded by your trip wires. This should help you kill off the main guys' support and then use traps to kill him. I place the trap, dance around his fire shots, left and right, but I try to stay centered on the trap. He'll eventually charge into the trap and you can R1 for CH. I did this on Hard difficulty.
Sounds great guys. Looking forward to play this soon!
xviper
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any one knows ?
I didn't even know you could do critical hits until I just saw that gif. I've been doing it so wrong.
That USGamer 50% score did apparently mess up the score completely and irreparably.
I'm actually loving it.
I feel the sense of wonder, excitement and immersion that I had with games like The Witcher 3 and that I missed for a long time afterwards, for example in FFXV sadly.I am especially loving the world and its tribes and lore. It is imo astounding what Guerilla Games have created here. It's all so beautiful, intriguing and polished. Wait till you see Meridian...just wow.
Plague Doctor
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Tripwire is OP!
Tripwire was the only way I could beat that thing.
I can't wait for the work day to be over and to get back to this game
So far my favorite thing about the game is how exploration is its own reward. There's usually some bit of lore or mod or loot that provides the practical reason for exploring but I find that the world is so beautiful and brilliantly designed that I like to set off on foot for some far-off locale just cuz.
Vault Dweller 111
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I made two 20 foot tall robot dinosaurs fight eachother while a 200 foot tall one walked around in the background. Every new enemy and encounter feels like something I've never seen in a game before. To top it off the story is intriguing, the protagonist is awesome, and it's the best graphics I've ever seen.That USGamer 50% score did apparently mess it up completely.
I'm actually loving it.
I am especially loving the world and its tribes and lore. It is imo astounding what Guerilla Games have created here. It's all so beautiful, intriguing and polished. Wait till you see Meridian...just wow.
No way that game is getting less than a 9 from me. And a 5/10... huh. To each their own I suppose.
Equanimity
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Two terrible low scoring reviews have dragged the Meta down.
I spend way too much time just running around
Reckless Onion
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That USGamer 50% score did apparently mess up the score completely and irreparably.
I'm actually loving it.
I am especially loving the world and its tribes and lore. It is imo astounding what Guerilla Games have created here. It's all so beautiful, intriguing and polished. Wait till you see Meridian...just wow.
Just what I needed to hear! W3 was pure magic so if its near that good.. shit I need to finish Nioh!!
Dave_6
Member
Yep, tripwires and the explosive trap worked for me. Especially since I was way under leveled.
I've only just got to Meridian so I'm not very far in, but so far I've been highly impressed with how well paced this game is. It's a huge open world game that rattles along with the pace of a linear action-adventure. Even when you wander off to explore and mess around in the environment you still feel that there's purpose and direction to it. Nothing so far has been at all slow, or boring, it never seems to drag at all.
I've seen some criticisms that it borrows too much from other open world games, and while those mechanics are in there, they feel streamlined and minor - just supporting structures to what the game is really about: combat and story (including the fantastic setting). This is just a really fun game to play. So much so that I don't even mind dying, or redoing things. Each combat situation can pan out in all sorts of ways, it's all beautifully dynamic and satisfying. I hope there's an NG+, and if not, then I hope they add one.
I've seen some criticisms that it borrows too much from other open world games, and while those mechanics are in there, they feel streamlined and minor - just supporting structures to what the game is really about: combat and story (including the fantastic setting). This is just a really fun game to play. So much so that I don't even mind dying, or redoing things. Each combat situation can pan out in all sorts of ways, it's all beautifully dynamic and satisfying. I hope there's an NG+, and if not, then I hope they add one.
DISSESHOWEDO
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My collector's edition arrived in the morning at 9am, now it is 22:00 and i can't stop playing! From gameplay to story, sound, quest design Horizon is a near perfect game imo! Loved all KZ games and with Horizon, GG has cemented themselves in my top 3 all favorite developers.
PS
USGamer is now a site i do not trust!
PS
USGamer is now a site i do not trust!
MastaKilla
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This game is so fucking good. I had to go back and read how somebody gave this game a 50% ( F-)... I came away convinced the person who wrote that review doesn't actually enjoy playing video games. I understand we all have opinions and they are different and varying. But questioning things like, "i don't understand Aloy would want to do any side quests" is just odd.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Not sure if people know this, but you can slide under a charging dino and use the spear light attack to damage the blaze cans.
Works great if you're wearing the melee protection armor.
Works great if you're wearing the melee protection armor.
MegaSackman
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It was funny that when I was in
the first Cauldron
renegade_dewitt
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Why not just watch a full cut scene "movie" of the game instead? Granted it's 6 hours just from a preliminary youtube search, but the cinematics are great and the storytelling from these cut scenes are great too.
MegaSackman
Member
I know it but I have yet to try it.
Also killing non-machine animals feels bad mang. Dat blood splatter is kind of fked up
Primethius
Banned
Yep, first tallneck area I spent a good hour just wandering around looking for the vantage point with absolutely no complaints. It was fantastic.
Give it to me! I need it to upgrade my backpack.
Oh, that's why I have a ton of it. Already upgraded.
Thank you! I'm gonna go back in tomorrow and try again after I get the healing skills I wanted, and practice with tripwires more (lol). I watched some videos but this is the most specific tip I've seen so far so I appreciate it.
piccio_ssl
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dat level 18 corrupted zone
Inf3cted_b3ast
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I swear. I'll never pre-order a game on Amazon ever again..... This is ridiculous!!
Zvonimir Boban
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Is there any reason to hold on to the reward boxes or should I just open them right away?
I LOVE the time of day slider in photomode, such a small addition that makes a huge difference. I would have spent so much time taking photos if that had been in Forza Horizon 3.
I LOVE the time of day slider in photomode, such a small addition that makes a huge difference. I would have spent so much time taking photos if that had been in Forza Horizon 3.
TheWorthyEdge
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What counts as the "opening" area? I'm still
am I still in this area?
taking down bandit camps with Valley and Sana
That USGamer 50% score did apparently mess up the score completely and irreparably.
I'm actually loving it.
I am especially loving the world and its tribes and lore. It is imo astounding what Guerilla Games have created here. It's all so beautiful, intriguing and polished. Wait till you see Meridian...just wow.
To be fair, without that score it would just get closer to 89
No need, but the the more the merrier.
MegaSackman
Member
Yeah, least favourite thing about this game, I'll save it for post game. I don't like time trials and stuff.
Chasing that herd of grazers in the first trial was absolutely exhilarating, though. And the times you have to hit are generous.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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They are super easy once you get the hang of it. I got all blazing suns first or second try, not hard at all.
For the logs, you can shoot them down with normal arrows from a distance. Just throw a bomb at the herd and they will run to the passage between the logs, shoot arrows at the 4 log stacks and you're done in under a minute.
MegaSackman
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Yeah it's pretty simple in that regard. But again, I don't like doing things against the clock. :/
I'll probably do it though, I can see myself getting everything out of this game.
There's a bit of animation delay I think. Use a lob or anything to scare them from behind and funnel them to the ravine. My time was like 20 secs or something. Easy peasy.
DISSESHOWEDO
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I was reffering to how the reviewer did the review. Most of her cons were comming from her not liking the game in general. For me a game should be reviewed based on what it does good and what it does not. Her review seemed like she did not liked the game before even playing it and giving the game 2.5 from 5 max is just ridiculous imo, given how many things the game does right.
Equanimity
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It would have been at 90 or above without the two reviews from USGamer and GameCritics, afaik.
GameCritics didn't even bother to finish the game.
I just did the second trials and it's even much harder.
MegaSackman
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I find harder to understand how MGS V is at 9.3, a game with more obvious problems and conflicting decisions that should divide more people... it had a better overall appeal on reviewers. I don't know...
Edit: GameCritics gave it a 6.0 so they are pretty consistent on their open world reviews post The Witcher III: MGS V 6.0, FFXV 6.0, Horizon 6.5. Damn, The Witcher ruined gaming for them.
Hmm i tried shooting them with normal arrows too and nothing happened, strange.
The one where you have to
shoot off 10 canisters in under 1.30
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