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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
But triple firing and setting an enemy on fire lets you watch their health drain rapidly, you don't even have to do anything after that.
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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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But triple firing and setting an enemy on fire lets you watch their health drain rapidly, you don't even have to do anything after that.
Twilight Gap
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i just rope everything and set them on fire now.
texhnolyze
Banned
Yeah, it's my favorite machine. Very well balanced and tough with barely any weakness.
Thunderjaw in comparison is such a pushover. GG really need to buff them, give them more resilience or resistance.
texhnolyze
Banned
Have you learned the arrow stacking skill? If so, just use the freeze arrows.
Or hit the canister, I think it's prone to freeze and will freeze the machine when hit.
Yep, I can stack up to three arrows! Thanks, will try that.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
A few days ago GG on their twitter posted a link to a "fan kit" that has a bunch of stuff in it, including some random .wav files, a few of which are the Focus activating and deactivating, which I just set earlier today as my text notifications. In 2017.
kobe(beast)
Member
But... the purple mats..
fastford58
Member
I think I've played about 20 hours of the game so far.
It is really one of the best games I have played.
Quick thoughts:
I Like:
I feel like a bad ass when I play, but know I can die easily if I fuck up. Right from the get go I felt like a capable hunter. Feeling of power is awesome; respecting the power of the machine enemies is awesome.
Controls are tight as hell. Fighting multiple enemies is great. This game does a great job of allowing you to avoid attacks and manage fights even if enemies are off screen. Ratchet and Clank on PS4 also does a great job of this and I felt it was one of the strongest points of that game.
I LOVE the juxtaposition of the tribal culture and the extinct "modern" culture. GG did a great job of phrasing the game. I love that items are listed and talked about as the tribe understands them. I love that as a player, I feel like I have inside information that the tribes don't have about the modern aspects of the game. It's fun.
I am ENGAGED in the world. I keep thinking how awesome it is that the modern culture has been wiped out by the machines despite having modern weaponry available and that here I am with sticks and stones taking them out. They weren't built for those tactics and I love it.
Crafting is fast and resources available. QOL stuff. It's great. Considering crafting on the fly is a thing, they did a good job of it.
Things that I don't like (that are far from game breaking) and may be specific to me being tarded:
Some of the quest dialogue is disjointed. I'm not going to type out a long example here, but there are some awkward things about the dialogue system.
Items and power rating is vague. I used the carja bow I pretty much started with up until I was level 20s or so....just switching out upgrades. Maybe speaks to skill in combat focus rather than itemization focus, which is fine, but the game is not clear on some of this stuff.
Some pretty dumb AI that you can cheese if you're patient. This isn't necessarily a problem for me, but some people might find it annoying. I play largely stealth, so I'm not sure sometime is I am cheesing the game or using a legit strategy. Example is in the couldrons. The big enemies are easily cheesable if you find the little triangular wall thing in there.
AI attack zones. You can easily kite ai to the edge of an attack zone and lure them back and forth and whittle them down. Helpful if you are low level and want to tak out bigger enemies for resources.
Human AI is fucking balls straight up. Even though I love sneaking through entire bandit camps and canoing enemies with arrows, it gets a bit easy.
That is it. One of the best games this gen and ranks up there with games like The Last Of Us as far as games that feel really fresh to me (been gaming for the better part of 30 years, so I'm not easily impressed anymore).
I fucking love it/10
It is really one of the best games I have played.
Quick thoughts:
I Like:
I feel like a bad ass when I play, but know I can die easily if I fuck up. Right from the get go I felt like a capable hunter. Feeling of power is awesome; respecting the power of the machine enemies is awesome.
Controls are tight as hell. Fighting multiple enemies is great. This game does a great job of allowing you to avoid attacks and manage fights even if enemies are off screen. Ratchet and Clank on PS4 also does a great job of this and I felt it was one of the strongest points of that game.
I LOVE the juxtaposition of the tribal culture and the extinct "modern" culture. GG did a great job of phrasing the game. I love that items are listed and talked about as the tribe understands them. I love that as a player, I feel like I have inside information that the tribes don't have about the modern aspects of the game. It's fun.
I am ENGAGED in the world. I keep thinking how awesome it is that the modern culture has been wiped out by the machines despite having modern weaponry available and that here I am with sticks and stones taking them out. They weren't built for those tactics and I love it.
Crafting is fast and resources available. QOL stuff. It's great. Considering crafting on the fly is a thing, they did a good job of it.
Things that I don't like (that are far from game breaking) and may be specific to me being tarded:
Some of the quest dialogue is disjointed. I'm not going to type out a long example here, but there are some awkward things about the dialogue system.
Items and power rating is vague. I used the carja bow I pretty much started with up until I was level 20s or so....just switching out upgrades. Maybe speaks to skill in combat focus rather than itemization focus, which is fine, but the game is not clear on some of this stuff.
Some pretty dumb AI that you can cheese if you're patient. This isn't necessarily a problem for me, but some people might find it annoying. I play largely stealth, so I'm not sure sometime is I am cheesing the game or using a legit strategy. Example is in the couldrons. The big enemies are easily cheesable if you find the little triangular wall thing in there.
AI attack zones. You can easily kite ai to the edge of an attack zone and lure them back and forth and whittle them down. Helpful if you are low level and want to tak out bigger enemies for resources.
Human AI is fucking balls straight up. Even though I love sneaking through entire bandit camps and canoing enemies with arrows, it gets a bit easy.
That is it. One of the best games this gen and ranks up there with games like The Last Of Us as far as games that feel really fresh to me (been gaming for the better part of 30 years, so I'm not easily impressed anymore).
I fucking love it/10
You should see her facetious interaction with the stealth hunting ground keeper XD
2017 is the greatest
cyber_ninja
Member
Could you link us to it please?
I had a quest force me to fight my first snapmaw...and it was really easy. They look scary so I was expecting a tough fight.
I set up an explosion trap and started shooting at the canisters from a distance. I took em out and they exploded and took out most of its health. Then it hit my trap and that did the job. Didn't even hit me. I felt like a badass though.
I set up an explosion trap and started shooting at the canisters from a distance. I took em out and they exploded and took out most of its health. Then it hit my trap and that did the job. Didn't even hit me. I felt like a badass though.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
bit.ly/hzdfankit
concept art, high res wallpapers, sounds, screenshots, avatars, even a thank you note.
kobe(beast)
Member
U are so sexy.
cyber_ninja
Member
Primethius
Banned
I'm starting to use hardpoint arrows more than precision ones. I put on some damage mods and I feel as if my overall DPS output as increased significantly. Precision is just too slow to notch and fire. Triple notch hardpoint arrows with extended focus and damage mods just do crazy work.
SunhiLegend
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kobe(beast)
Member
Man i just want to ride a thunderjaw to fight with the stormrider.
It jettisons those pods so she's gonna get one to the jaw
kobe(beast)
Member
Can you post another one? I am almost there...
USC Trojan
Banned
Will this experience a price drop soon?
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Anyone know where to find Ravagers? I need a piece to purchase one of the bows at Meridian.
Primethius
Banned
Doubt it. The game seems to be selling extremely well and is having stock issues on sites like Amazon.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Been using them extensively since I got access to them. Speed, damage and tear: all in one.
Sharpshot bow was useful early on but I only use it for tearblast arrows now.
Primethius
Banned
Freeze, and then destroy the sac.
RespectThySole
Member
"Deep Secrets of the Earth"
Wish there was less or preferably no human combat In it though. There is just too much human combat in the main quest. It's so bad.
Take out the arms and legs then it can no longer bury in the ground. Then it's a battle of attrition.
So I figured out how to cheese the Stalker Hunting Grounds trial. If you clear the area out before you take the quest up and take note of where the two two Stalkers are hanging out you can drop a lot of traps there. The traps will remain after you climb up and start the trial and the enemies respawn. You can do a ton of damage or if you're lucky and you drop enough in the right spots you can sometimes kill one outright.
yup... can't see much reason to drop the price when they can't keep it in stock as is.
it makes me sort of tempted to complete my copy and sell it... but then I don't have a case for the game as I wouldn't want to get rid of my steelbook, and I would eventually want it back.
sweet baby jesus
texhnolyze
Banned
Why would you want to turn them off?
Playing on hard, I found myself constantly picking them up. I haven't even use a mount since ages ago solely due to this reason.
I think there's a ravager site just a bit north from Meridian.
But if you're looking for its heart, don't bother. Just buy it from one of the merchants in the city.
FF Seraphim
Member
This is awesome, thanks.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
What did you use to unzip the files?
iamsirjoshua
Member
I'd love to use the one that plays whenever you pick up a blue or purple item. It's so satisfying.
Zantetsuken
Member
I cannot finish the quest
. A quick Google search shows I'm not alone at least, so hopefully a fix can happen.
Robbing the Rich
Where does it break? There definitely isn't just something you have to scan or person to talk to?
DriftingSpirit
Member
Gorgeous.
Twilight Gap
Member
I actually dislike the "green = night time" thing. There are some areas in the desert where it's not green, but green seems to be the default night time. It's apparently a trend in open world games to do this and I'm not really sure why. Maybe it's supposed to be an Aurora Borealis?
I went back and reverse-searched the thread for your posts, all of them in the last like 3 days - you covered everything I'd have given a damn shit about, I love all of it. This guy's on his game with what makes sense.
dood posts right above me in the same moment
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