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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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If you hit the weak points, they blast off those parts. I usually hit a bot with one first to blow off as many weapons as I can before they charge.
The game gives you options to deal with situations like that. I'm assuming you're talking about the RHO cauldron with the snapmaw and the ravager (sawtooth with guns).
I was getting my ass handed to me until I realized i could use the ravager's gun. The very first thing I did was used a tearblast arrow to take out the gun. Then tied down the snapmaw with more ropes than I needed just so I could get to the gun. Once I got the gun, it was easy work. Took down the ravager first. Poor snapmaw was still tied down and didn't have a shot. Felt like a boss destroying the two machines in under two minutes.
The only precise hit I needed to make was the tear arrow to get the gun.
Strangelove77
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Well I just finished all the cauldrons. it was worth it.
ajanke
Member
Oh man if they add a better loot system, customizable gear, etc... It will be even more great.
HellforLeather
Member
Im level 19 and still have the starter bow/long bow/fire arrows.
Unrelated: does anybody elses PS4 pro fan start working pretty hard while playing this? This game probably makes my pro the loudest out of any game.
Base kojima.
Hopefully his game isn't all showy cutscenes.
Lol that's what I wanted the most in mgsv.
I think the rest is a spoiler, please be considerate.
RedlineRonin
Member
Awesome. Audio is one of those things where it gets to be so subjective, you wonder if you're kind of crazy. I spent ~4 yrs in high end audio, so i wire all my stuff myself, and it's been hooked up since April last year.
Still, when something like this happens, you immediately get that "is something in my receiver set wrong? Is something in the playstation set wrong?", despite it being fine for every other game.
StriKeVillain
Banned
Yes. It's the only game to really crank my Pro's fans.
Agreed.
Kremzeek
Member
You're going to miss a lot of XP, money and rewards if you skip side missions.
Nope, it's not really a loot based game. I'm level 27 and I only replaced my main bow once.
No. They need to make a Monster Hunter-style co-op DLC. I shall demand nothing less!
Granted I haven't beaten the game so I have no idea if this would work but I want it. So badly.
Strangelove77
Member
My bad. I edited it.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Only if it is just as good to play on your own, adds more story and monsters and even areas to explore. Cause I just want more story/monsters/area to explore and I could not care less about co op honestly. Personally I prefer they don't so they focus on a good single player experience. Enough games already insist on having an MP experience, be nice to have some that still try to focus on SP (and usually if they add an MP they start focusing on that cause they can make more money on stuff like microtransactions).
Why not both? They could first do 2 expansions that add new zones and monsters and the kind and then as the 'final' DLC they do the Co-op mode to take advantage of the new content given in the first 2 expansions and go from there. Best of both worlds.
Strangelove77
Member
Anyone find a 20% plus stealth mod? Highest one I've found is 19%.
I like the stealth outfit, but I'm tired of wearing it.
I like the stealth outfit, but I'm tired of wearing it.
FlutterPuffs
Member
Man, some parts later on in the game is concept art quality. Find myself taking pictures of places thrice, each in a different time of the day.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think I have one right now.
Just started playing the game yesterday and damn, it's really good! Having so much fun playing the side quests and lvling up, also stealth killing the machines are weirdly satisfying. Graphics and OST are pretty damn good as well.
Didn't expect it to be so much fun, easily one of my GOTY contender for 2017 and it's only March now.
Didn't expect it to be so much fun, easily one of my GOTY contender for 2017 and it's only March now.
FlutterPuffs
Member
Yup, crazy how the beginning area is the LEAST graphically impressive area. The
jungles around Meridian
Fakeknowledge
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Early on and im starting to feel my starter bow is underpowered, where can i get an upgrade?
FF Seraphim
Member
God damn NPCs stole my first
kill!!! Gah!! Makes me so angry. I laid out traps and planned it only to not get credit or xp since a NPC killed it.
Thunderjaw
I'm talking about a different bow. Tearblast arrows have a purple icon and are used to tear off anything that can be torn off a machine. They're insanely useful because they have an AOE effect, but they're also expensive because they require Echo Shells to make. Those are fired from the Sharpshot bow. They're actually incredibly useful, because you can use them to disable a machine's special attacks with a single arrow.
Hardpoint arrows are fired from the Shadow Hunter Bow, and they're basically precision arrows that do slightly less damage but don't require any Wire. So they're cheap, spammable, and hit hard.
FallenGrace
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keep it for hunting wildlife but buy a sharpshooter bow, the precision arrows with that do huge damage, also the tearblast arrows are amazing.
I use a hunter bow and sharpshooter for the mixture of fire and above mentioned then also use a tripcaster and a sling. Been upgrading them to better versions as I go but the mods for damage and elemental damage are the bigger deal.
Wow that's excellent news
FusedAtoms
Member
I need a Blood & Wine type expansion for this game
Moon Presence
Member
So, the first hour is pretty strong. Surprised by the cutscenes and the voice acting, the story seems quite intriguing as well. Can't talk about gameplay yet because I've just learned the basics.
But god, I love Aloy already.
But god, I love Aloy already.
Squall ASF
Member
The way I play the game would probably driver others nuts, I don't even use the bow at all haha I'm basically playing it like an older MGS game, stealth killing all the things though I get my share of open conflict melee battles. If the game allows this stealth element to continue all game long, I'm sure I'll love this game as proper stealth mechanics are pretty much my favorite in gaming. The game hasn't given me a reason to use the bow though, it's so much quicker and more effective to just run up to an enemy and knock them down with the heavy swing. I even did the first saw tooth and the "demon" machine enemy solely with melee. the spear is too good and the dodge works well so at this point I feel like I'll be able to melee my way through damn near everything. With the skill tree offering buffs to the spear and the ability to stealth kill/deal high strike damage to the large machines and elite level humans, I don't see why I shouldn't be able to
Anyone else playing without really using the bow at all?
Anyone else playing without really using the bow at all?
Tal Shiar Agent
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I haven't been able to play very far past the intro due to having two newborns, but what I've played is amazing. I love the combat.
The way I play the game would probably driver others nuts, I don't even use the bow at all haha I'm basically playing it like an older MGS game, stealth killing all the things though I get my share of open conflict melee battles. If the game allows this stealth element to continue all game long, I'm sure I'll love this game as proper stealth mechanics are pretty much my favorite in gaming. The game hasn't given me a reason to use the bow though, it's so much quicker and more effective to just run up to an enemy and knock them down with the heavy swing. I even did the first saw tooth and the "demon" machine enemy solely with melee. the spear is too good and the dodge works well so at this point I feel like I'll be able to melee my way through damn near everything. With the skill tree offering buffs to the spear and the ability to stealth kill/deal high strike damage to the large machines and elite level humans, I don't see why I shouldn't be able to
Anyone else playing without really using the bow at all?
lol that is one way to play it, I guess that is the essence of a good open world game, many ways to tackle a problem
Would be cool though one thing does worry me about future content...
I heard some say that the CDProjekt Red devs that came over to Guerilla games to work on Horizon are no longer there? Does make me a tiny bit worried.
Sanctuary
Member
I don't really unsderstand the quest levels. Most of the new ones I get are ten levels lower (often fifteen) than my current level, and I haven't been grinding anything. Are they just so low because it's assumed most will just ignore everything but the main quests or something?
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
I'm like an elemental god. Fire, precision and tera on one bow,ice and lightning on another, lightning and ice bombs and the ropecaster.
Soooo good
Soooo good
Lvls are sorta not a big deal. I find skill points more important, and so side quest offers them.
But who knows im only 11hours in.
Fakeknowledge
Member
How do you get tear arrows?
backbreaker65
Banned
I for the life of me do not understand how this game was delayed and went gold very early. How in the hell does this first party studio did not have a "Headset Companion App", is beyond me. The sounds of the machines and weapons are phenomenal and is worthy of such an app. Hell, it should have had 3D audio as well, what an odd omission.
MaKTaiL
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Leveling only affects the amount of health you have. What determines your damage is the weapons you use and what mods you have installed on them.
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