I don't know what they mean either but that auto-tracking to register one or two heavy strikes is my jam. Dodge flailing enemy, heavy strike knockdown, critical strike, rope/run.
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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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I don't know what they mean either but that auto-tracking to register one or two heavy strikes is my jam. Dodge flailing enemy, heavy strike knockdown, critical strike, rope/run.
Sword Of Doom
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Hard has been just right for me. I have thought about bumping it up in difficulty if I end up way too over leveled but so far it's good.
If you have issues with multiple machines, especially large ones, you should try overriding and having them fight for you
PLASTICA-MAN
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Lys Skygge
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I watched a hunter run as he was chased by a Longleg. I was going to help when I realized the hunter was leading the Longleg into a trap! The Longleg set off an exploding trap, and other hunters came from the bushes and finished it off!
Goddamn that was incredible.
Goddamn that was incredible.
gundamkyoukai
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Yep i love her .
Also don't know why but i just love her red hair maybe it's the game gfx .
Super cool!
All I've seen are hunters that were getting killed, or the guards that have done the killing.
One Banuk wanderer was killed right in front of my eyes by bandits which was sad as I was too late.
PLASTICA-MAN
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i wonder how many polygons is Aloy. The Polycount of Delsin in Infamous: Second Son was 120k polys which is tremendous for an open world game (you can see his individual teeth in close ups), The Order 1886 Galahad around 200K polys, Quantic Dream Dark Sorcerer was around 1 million polys.
The Thunderjaw is 550K polys which is unbelievable for open world (more than CGI Final Fantasy Aki Ross which was 500K at that time) and you get many thunderjaws tallnecks,watchers, animals trees etc ine one scene.
I bet Aloy has a huge polycount too.
Primethius
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Damn that's pretty awesome. My coolest hunter encounter was:
I saw a
Stormbird
I will never help hunters again.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Lmao!! Saw them fighting a thunder jaw you think I helped..hell naw
Always-honest
Banned
Game keeps on getting better, doesn't it?
I feel like this game is finally clicking after 10 hours or so. After struggling with some of the bigger robo-dinos, Im finally realizing you really have to utilize multiple weapons to take them down easier (playing on Hard).
It's true that the game is gorgeous as well, but I wish the fog wouldn't roll in so much. I know fog is realistic but it always reminds me of those old 3D games where it was used to hide LOD issues and keep performance solid.
It's true that the game is gorgeous as well, but I wish the fog wouldn't roll in so much. I know fog is realistic but it always reminds me of those old 3D games where it was used to hide LOD issues and keep performance solid.
Drillary Clinton
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Enjoying the game so far. I really love how gorgeous the loaded areas of the world are. The animations for just about everything are slick and sexy. Combat is typically really enjoyable but sometimes I feel like it's extremely unbalanced. It's kinda outrageous to have to plan around taking down this one really big bad ass enemy that can 2 shot you and then all of a sudden a flock of fucking eagles plop down into the fight and it wasn't really something that was avoidable. Also man the hit boxes that some of the enemies have are flat out broken. Namely the rock breaker/crusher or w/e it's called. Taking down my first thunderjaw was pure elation. I really wish it was easier to isolate these larger enemies.
The world design is outstanding, specifically meridian and the Carja areas. Bro the moon at night? Gorgeous.
The world design is outstanding, specifically meridian and the Carja areas. Bro the moon at night? Gorgeous.
The area around Meridian is amazing. I swear no part of this game looks copied from another, every valley canyon and cliff reveals new cool shit to look at and explore.
I'm continually blown away by this game.
The fact that we live in a world where this and Zelda Breath of the Wild came out in the same week is a god damn testament to gaming.
I'm continually blown away by this game.
The fact that we live in a world where this and Zelda Breath of the Wild came out in the same week is a god damn testament to gaming.
It's kind of funny. At first you think the Thunderjaw is the most dangerous robot in the game, then you knock off its disc launcher and you soon realize just how easy it is to destroy them.
You need to recalibrate for current gen, fog the way it's used in Horizon is computationally expensive. It's not a draw distance hack like on N64 up to PS2.
RedlineRonin
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Well, just finished the last cauldron, have all the shadow weapons and the Nora protector heavy armor. Suppose it's time to go to meridian.....
Really hope I didn't ruin the game for myself
Really hope I didn't ruin the game for myself
Can't wait for it to be over?
gundamkyoukai
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LMAO rest of the game going to be cake for you .
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Even with max gear and the ability to override everything, you'll still find some challenge because the game is mostly about strategy and skill, not about what level you are.
Yes, yes it does.
SkylineRKR
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Dialogue and cutscenes are CG or ingame? I mean they look fucking flawless, lol.
DriftingSpirit
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RedlineRonin
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I'm level 40 and just started with the Meridian stuff
Yeah, I'm 30. The game is just soooooo much fun to go out and explore. I would legit play an MMO that was just this, with friends, and they add some new areas and robots every couple months. It's really good.
Good deal. I realized that early on. I struggled with some of the enemies but I wasn't using all the tools available. Trip/ropecaster for life
For life.
There's something so satisfying about taking down the machines piece by piece, sparks flying.
Baroquemantic
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When is Guerrilla's GDC presentation?
That's the one thing that this game does well that I liked about. You can still be caught slipping in some of these fights. Reminds me of Souls at times with how you can get an ego check easily.
RedlineRonin
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100% agree. I'm playing on hard and it feels just right. You leverage poor strategy or mess up a dodge, it's one or two hits and you're done.
Are the hunting challenges worth doing? Do you get anything unique or worthwhile?
Sword Of Doom
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Lol you might want to bump up the difficulty
I still haven't quite worked out how to be good at combat. Do you use the ropecaster to tie down all the enemies then pick them off one by one? How many ropes does it take to immobilize an enemy? Which bows should I equip?
I think they are fun to learn about the different machines.
If you do them all you also get something unique
a weapon in its own class
GravityInsanity
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AudioEppa
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I'll give this as a early review. The game has a similarity to the last of us for me. For the last few days all my focus has been on Horizon. Putting in long hours trying to beat the story along with doing a few side quest. My mind is on horizon overload, but I can't stop playing. Last couple of nights when I turn off the PS4 I think I'm hearing one of those masters from the game, when it's really just some random noise outside lol
I remember two weeks of after completing last of us I felt like I was still hearing clickers.. When I'm enjoying a game's story, I totally get wrapped up into it.
Primethius
Banned
It's all enemy based so you need to adjust strategies accordingly. For example, Scrappers overload if you shoot the battery in the back so I always try to start off with that and chain multiple explosions using shock arrows.
I use ropecaster if there are multiple large enemies and I need to focus on just one or two.
On very hard, most of my combat is based around positioning. For damage, I fire the appropriate elemental arrow on the enemy cannisters to trigger explosions. If they are armored enemies or the cannisters is well hidden, I switch up to shock arrows and traps and rely on critical hits.
Lots of different ways to tackle combat so be sure to experiment until you find your rythym.
gundamkyoukai
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You get loads of exp and 3 weapons if you get all 15 blazing suns .
all of my hate
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You've got to be kidding me... and I JUST bought all the ones I thought would get me through the rest of the game...
EDIT: Did you not just say they were better than vendors?
Sanctuary
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Why would you ever get caught in a situation like that? Running away and then picking them off is faster and safer too. The hell are the Grazers going to do anyway? They almost never attack unless you've attacked one of them first. They typically all just run away. Bellowbacks don't do much other than spit easy to dodge projectiles, and Sawtooths go down in under 10s. On Very Hard.
Fire Arrows completely own them.
They are, but not by so much that it will obviously be better than the vendor versions at all. The weapons you get, I barely used to begin with anyway.
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