Pretty much this. The randomized loot for robots can be explained as the part you needed was damaged in battle, but randomized loot for animals is just plain dumb.
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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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Pretty much this. The randomized loot for robots can be explained as the part you needed was damaged in battle, but randomized loot for animals is just plain dumb.
Norwegian_Imposter
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Anyone else found some of the fighting music at bandit camps sounds like music you would hear on a Jason Bourne film?
Freezasaurus
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I never even really paid attention to the music there as I'm busy headshotting everyone.
kriskrosbbk
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I want to know the same thing. I guess I will try with a green coin.
MoonsaultSlayer
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So whenTF can I expect figures from this game? McFarlane or Neca please!
kobe(beast)
Member
Try raccoon, there are no where to be found.
RedlineRonin
Member
Oh shit. Just went to Sunfall wandering around and heard some Keith David. Awesome.
Parmadillo Marshmallow
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My internal rationale is that you damaged the skin/bones too much while killing those animals. Thus the random chance that you get one that's useful.
Edit: fun tip. If you add 3 40%+ corruption mods to the warbow, you can corrupt monsters in 1 shot. No need for double or triple shots.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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I want to fight 3 or 4 of them at the same time.
Pop a shock potion. Wear the Osram sparkworker heavy armor with + resist shock mods and basically take no damage from their AoE and shock attacks.
Corrupt them and as they fight each other, use the rope caster on one and override it, then sit back and let them finish each other off....
The Stormbird can be a fun fight, but I hate it when it disappears into a foggy night and starts dragging everything out. Trying to use your Focus to find it can be even more annoying because of how slow the camera is.
Imaging a real RPG squad with Janeva, Nil, Vanasha, Uthid at my side.
Or playable DLC where I can play as those characters.
Imaging a real RPG squad with Janeva, Nil, Vanasha, Uthid at my side.
Or playable DLC where I can play as those characters.
That's not Keith David. It's Lance Reddick.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Thanks to all the Gaffers who suggested taking out the energy disc on a Thunder Jaw and using it, things are piss easy now.
The Storm Bird was a bit more difficult because I kept missing with the Tear Arrows on the wings, but once I took out the big center laser ray thing, it was pretty easy there after.
God bless Tear arrows.
The Storm Bird was a bit more difficult because I kept missing with the Tear Arrows on the wings, but once I took out the big center laser ray thing, it was pretty easy there after.
God bless Tear arrows.
SonicAaron
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With tearblast arrows do you have to hit the weak area to make a part fall off? Or can you literally hit the beast anywhere and a part will fall off
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Music everywhere in the game is amazing. Tense during fights and serene during exploration...
Targeting the parts is more efficient but shooting anywhere will still rip armor off.
RedlineRonin
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That talks to you through the focus? Really?
Sounds exactly like Keith David
Damn. I stand corrected.
Freezasaurus
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I actually just found some earlier up in the mountains on the East side of the map. A bit toward the North.
I'm at level 24 and finally decided to drop everything else and just go to Meridian. It's a poor design choice for the second main quest to send the player across the whole map.
The great thing is that you really can't be overlevelled in this kind of game. There are no intrinsic stats apart from health (which isn't nearly as important as your ability to dodge), and every encounter requires you to expose weak points and exploit weaknesses. You can't just faceroll through content because the way the combat is designed. More like an action adventure game rather than an RPG.
How did you finish in 34 hours with all the side quests?
I'm 35 hours in and i have got a bunch of side quests remaining, plus tallnecks and cauldrons to finish. And I just completed the
US Robotics place
Norwegian_Imposter
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This song. Someone should overlay it to a Bourne chase.
https://open.spotify.com/track/5s3gDJEI94sWpLH78QY3i1
https://open.spotify.com/track/5s3gDJEI94sWpLH78QY3i1
Norwegian_Imposter
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I'm still giggly about it.
We were gathered together (my sisters, cousins, nephews, uncles and aunts etc etc) so I decided to play Horizon Zero Dawn to show the little ones how good looking and awesome the game is.
My father sees us playing and decides to check a little bit, if only to entertain the kids but I didn't notice him at first. He had been watching me play for minutes and at some point - as I was playing in the forest at night - he legit asked "is this a real life forest and you're walking in it or did "they" make it?"
He says "they" for the developpers I guess, it's still an unknown world for my father, he's 58 and has a hard time understanding how it works. When I played games like Uncharted he would often ask "why did he - the character - fall?" And I had to explain him it was me who fucked up because I control whatever Nate does.
But to get back to my point, he was really amazed by the graphics. He used to cut trees for a living, and he was in awe at how lifelike it all looked like, the leafs, the colors, the trees. And it just made me smile cause I didn't even tell him anything about the game or about how it's one of the - if not the - best looking game ever created.
He stayed with us for like 30 more minutes and was also amazed by the rocks, and the textures, and the lighting and everything.
This game owns!
We were gathered together (my sisters, cousins, nephews, uncles and aunts etc etc) so I decided to play Horizon Zero Dawn to show the little ones how good looking and awesome the game is.
My father sees us playing and decides to check a little bit, if only to entertain the kids but I didn't notice him at first. He had been watching me play for minutes and at some point - as I was playing in the forest at night - he legit asked "is this a real life forest and you're walking in it or did "they" make it?"
He says "they" for the developpers I guess, it's still an unknown world for my father, he's 58 and has a hard time understanding how it works. When I played games like Uncharted he would often ask "why did he - the character - fall?" And I had to explain him it was me who fucked up because I control whatever Nate does.
But to get back to my point, he was really amazed by the graphics. He used to cut trees for a living, and he was in awe at how lifelike it all looked like, the leafs, the colors, the trees. And it just made me smile cause I didn't even tell him anything about the game or about how it's one of the - if not the - best looking game ever created.
He stayed with us for like 30 more minutes and was also amazed by the rocks, and the textures, and the lighting and everything.
This game owns!
Is this why my damn Pro sounds like my old launch PS4 with no thermal paste? Like the fans have been on full blast at times and I didn't know why. But, my Pro fans have kicked on and been loud in certain games since day 1 to the point I might need to contact Sony before my warranty expires...
facetheslayer92
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This game is so fun to play its not even funny. I never want it to end.
backbreaker65
Banned
Lured a Sawtooth into my trap house and he hit a lick.
I hacked 3 watchers and a strider
Laid down 2 explosive trip wires
When the sawtooth got to his spot, I whistled, come here big boy. He ran like crazy explosion and me with the melee.
He got up I ran towards the watchers and Strider and they commenced to whipping his ass. And I was shooting fire to his belly as well. Such a great team win.
I hacked 3 watchers and a strider
Laid down 2 explosive trip wires
When the sawtooth got to his spot, I whistled, come here big boy. He ran like crazy explosion and me with the melee.
He got up I ran towards the watchers and Strider and they commenced to whipping his ass. And I was shooting fire to his belly as well. Such a great team win.
FF Seraphim
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This game needs DLC expansions. God damn its so good. I want more machines to fight.
TheChewyWaffles
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What's the 1.03 patch do?
Sword Of Doom
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And it usually cues up perfectly to what you're doing. Like running around in the world and you come across something and the music cues in
Theslammer
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Those dirty baskets you can buy at Meridian... what are they for? Because honestly, I need to clear out my inventory anyway, so if buying them is worth it for something down the line -- and I have to assume they are -- then gonna buy buy buy!
I just got this in the mail
Mine was supposed to show up today but didn't. Not cracking it until I beat the story is gonna' be torture!
JadedWriter
Member
Hacked a Watcher and had it fight a Snapmaw...Watcher got rekt.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Are stuff like hearts random drops? I am pretty sure I shot everything off.
Theslammer
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Darryl M R
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I'm so conflicted with Nil's last side quest. Did you guys
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kill him
boujeejamboree
Member
Did the Limited Edition of The Art of Horizon Zero Dawn already go on sale?
I've cleared 2 camps without him. Hope that didn't screw up the quest...
I've done a lot of side quests and stuff because there was a point where I thought the game was ending, but it didn't, so I've got about 37-ish hours put in, and I'm level 36.
That art book cover is clean as hell thoI just got this in the mail
RespectThySole
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I remember the Waypoint guys and a couple of other reviewers mentioning exposition dumps in this game. I'm actually in the middle of my first real one and I've definitely been thinking that this is not the way to go. The stuff that's there is interesting, but it should've been paced in a better fashion.
The lore should be a reward for exploration just as it is in other RPGs. Not "Hey, it's lore time! Let's walk slowly and listen to/read stuff in a building for 30 minutes."
The same thing can be said for the gear/weapons.(reward idea) You have access to purple gear very early in the game and once you buy them, there's pretty much no reason to use green/blue stuff ever again.
Exploration just wasn't as well thought out as it should've been. I've already seen every machine in the game(bar one), already have mostly purple gear and I don't think I'm anywhere near the end of the game so my exploration is mostly just going to be rewarded with more crafting items for the most part...
The lore should be a reward for exploration just as it is in other RPGs. Not "Hey, it's lore time! Let's walk slowly and listen to/read stuff in a building for 30 minutes."
The same thing can be said for the gear/weapons.(reward idea) You have access to purple gear very early in the game and once you buy them, there's pretty much no reason to use green/blue stuff ever again.
Exploration just wasn't as well thought out as it should've been. I've already seen every machine in the game(bar one), already have mostly purple gear and I don't think I'm anywhere near the end of the game so my exploration is mostly just going to be rewarded with more crafting items for the most part...
Darryl M R
Member
Yea I
did not kill him. Hoping to see him in a sequel.
I think there is a character that is a transgender or transsexual at the Sun Rock. Her dialogue was purposefully vague.
SlimySnake
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Lol you guys made stormbird out to be the Nameless King or something fierce. It's an awesome enemy but i froze the shit out of it and then used my precision arrows to take it down in seconds.
I had three damage mods on my precision bow but replaced them with handling mods and fired like ten shots in one slow mo. The elemental hunter outfit helped when i realized he was only using shock attacks.
Great fight.
I had three damage mods on my precision bow but replaced them with handling mods and fired like ten shots in one slow mo. The elemental hunter outfit helped when i realized he was only using shock attacks.
Great fight.
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