Probably because the menus and the map run without a framerate cap. Several games miss out on this.
Praying to higher powers I get my copy today.
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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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Probably because the menus and the map run without a framerate cap. Several games miss out on this.
Praying to higher powers I get my copy today.
Immortal Technique
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I'm like 3.5 hours in and.. beyond impressed. To the extent that anybody made any distinctions, I heard the first part of the game was not quite as good as the rest, but the first part is amazing! The story is so good already. It has me totally invested. Aloy, I'm already convinced is a franchise character. I don't think any game can stack up visually. What a freakin' game this is.
jmaine_ph
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Nope. No difficulty trophies.
KyleOnTheRun
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Technically the visual fidelity shouldn't make a difference in the stream quality, though I guess depending on a game's art style, any artefacting could be more or less noticeable against other colors.
I did a few hours of my trophy hunting on Remote Play and it was totally fine, so I think you're good.
GAD DAMN! This is some last scene of The Gladiator type of shit!
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
That haunting female hymn/vocal is so so fucking good
flipswitch
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Haven't played it yet but I like how Alooy has nice rounded ears, instead of the typical hexagon shaped video games ears we're used to. That includes her gameplay character.
Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
Best looking console game I've ever seen. Holyfuck! Got about 2 hours in so far. Absolutely loving what I'm playing. Aloy is awesome
She also has uneven teeth. Love these details too.
What is there to fix?
Baroquemantic
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I thought they ran at 60fps, not uncapped.
Played about five hours (which included a few side quests, so I probably could have blasted through the "prologue" a bit faster if I had so desired).
It's gorgeous, and plays well, and is in a genre that I'm historically in the pot for. My only major complaint, beyond a few stutters/cipping in the cutscenes, is the animation/framing of the conversations. They carry a lot of the worldbuilding weight early on, and so as a story-driven person I want to go through them, but they just seem so lifelessalways the same angles, always the same facial expressions, and little of the body language that one might engage in with actual conversation. It's gotten to the point where I don't really even want to go through all the different conversation threads, and that's been a bit of a bummer.
We'll see if I start to feel better about the characterization outside of the main characters/cutscenes once I move onto the next area, but it's my one nagging issue that I'll see resolved when I get back to this post-Zelda.
It's gorgeous, and plays well, and is in a genre that I'm historically in the pot for. My only major complaint, beyond a few stutters/cipping in the cutscenes, is the animation/framing of the conversations. They carry a lot of the worldbuilding weight early on, and so as a story-driven person I want to go through them, but they just seem so lifelessalways the same angles, always the same facial expressions, and little of the body language that one might engage in with actual conversation. It's gotten to the point where I don't really even want to go through all the different conversation threads, and that's been a bit of a bummer.
We'll see if I start to feel better about the characterization outside of the main characters/cutscenes once I move onto the next area, but it's my one nagging issue that I'll see resolved when I get back to this post-Zelda.
Thank you!
UC4 also has foliage that individually reacts and bends as the player character moves through it. HZD foliage does not have any player collision at all. Considering there is so much of it, it looks odd.
Brian_FETO
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Once the game opens up it is absolutely fantastic
I enjoyed the opening chunk but it is very much an "open world linear tutorial" chunk. Restrictive, taking its time, etc. Makes sense and there's some nice payoffs but I was a bit worried I wasn't going to love the game
Also love how the day/night cycle is implemented here where it's more of a stylistic choice. I love stuff like Dragon's Dogma and FFXV where nighttime is pitch black and dangerous but it's nice to be able to see and have everything just look cool
I enjoyed the opening chunk but it is very much an "open world linear tutorial" chunk. Restrictive, taking its time, etc. Makes sense and there's some nice payoffs but I was a bit worried I wasn't going to love the game
Also love how the day/night cycle is implemented here where it's more of a stylistic choice. I love stuff like Dragon's Dogma and FFXV where nighttime is pitch black and dangerous but it's nice to be able to see and have everything just look cool
TalentAlwaysWins
Banned
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texhnolyze
Banned
What are the differences?
I thought I read that difficulty level doesn't alter AI or enemies behaviors. Just less gathering and more HP and damage for enemies.
Thanks for this! I was scratching my head as what to do when I couldn't select the version! Now it's downloading! What time does it unlock? I'm in the EU but bought from the US store.
The absurd waddle doesn't bother you? She walks like a pregnant woman that's in need of a bathroom after a Taco Bell visit. Not saying I want her to walk like Bayonetta though, don't get me wrong.
TheSkullPrince
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Finally an open world game that doesn't feel like a chore to play, you can learn a thing or two Ubisoft
KyleOnTheRun
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Enemies are pretty relentless in general so most people are going to get hit a lot. I've died in just two or three hits to some larger foes on Normal. Can't imagine the damage slider on Very Hard.
That's a good point, though I recall that not being universal in UC4 either. Horizon is kinda inconsistent -- the tall grass bends and moves with "tutorial Aloy" a great deal, but it's less pronounced later.
MegaSackman
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Played just the begining up until
, it's fantastic so far, really impressed by the story, the graphics and the atmosphere.
Going to sleep now, tomorrow will be a looong day playing.
Aloy is a teenager
Going to sleep now, tomorrow will be a looong day playing.
HoopzBarkley
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Im jealous, have to wait till tomorrow night to play.
Are you confusing Best Buy with Target? I can't find anything regarding BB having a B2G1 sale. With Target I decided to pass but BB with GCU, I'd walk out with Horizon, Neir and Nioh for 100 bucks. I have Yakuza 0 to pass the time for now.
Giolon
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Spent about 4 or 5 hours playing tonight. I got to the end of the newbie area and called it quits for the night. Pretty rough "boss" fight. Gameplay is a fun mix of FarCry and Shadows of Mordor. The techno-lithic styling of the game is just as rad as I hoped it'd be. I just hope it doesn't devolve into too much fighting humans. I'm also a little disappointed that the game seems to have static areas where types of mechs spawn, rather than having them be roaming packs driven by A.I. That you'd have to actively hunt down, or would stumble upon randomly. Maybe things will change in the larger world, but I doubt it.
No-brainer starter talents seem like the R1 stealth kill and the slow time while aiming the bow. I'm not really sure how you're supposed to get along in particular without the latter even.
Graphics are amazing running on a Pro on a 1080P TV. I'm currently favoring Resolution for supersampling. Performance is smoother, so I might swap over.
No-brainer starter talents seem like the R1 stealth kill and the slow time while aiming the bow. I'm not really sure how you're supposed to get along in particular without the latter even.
Graphics are amazing running on a Pro on a 1080P TV. I'm currently favoring Resolution for supersampling. Performance is smoother, so I might swap over.
You and me both (I'm sure there are others as well). Best Buy wouldn't let me pick it up tonight, so will have to pick it up tomorrow and play after work.
TheGameshark
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Oh wow this is quite a twist. Story is great so far.
level1
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Man, which taco bell do you visit?!
Spine_Ripper
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Heading to bed after playing for roughly 3 hours. Still feels like I'm in the "training" section of the game. I used my first two upgrades on slow down and R1 stealth kills. The stealth kill is a little too good as the stealth mechanics are a bit easy to abuse. The bow slow down is pretty damn important because these robot Dino's are FAST. I'm playing on hard and because I've stealth killed most and made good use of my slow down, I've hardly even been hit. But once I did get hit and was pounced by a group of 3...I almost died in 4 hits. I left off after a Sawtooth fight. Was pretty damn cool and impressive. Can't believe how smooth this game is on a launch PS4. Looking forward to more tomorrow.
PSA: Go to the settings, visual, and turn on dynamic UI. The game looks so much better this way.
PSA: Go to the settings, visual, and turn on dynamic UI. The game looks so much better this way.
Prithee Be Careful
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So now you're no longer arguing the comparison isn't unreasonable, just that these mechanics at play aren't particularly 'new'. I don't remember ever arguing that they were so I guess we agree...
they're just tough to kill, when i posted that i only had my hunter bow so my tools for dealing with them were limited, their weak points aren't aven that weak and take multiple hits and they will mess you up.
Technically the visual fidelity shouldn't make a difference in the stream quality, though I guess depending on a game's art style, any artefacting could be more or less noticeable against other colors.
I did a few hours of my trophy hunting on Remote Play and it was totally fine, so I think you're good.
Cool, thanks!
Wind's Howling
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Perhaps because the menu and map doesn't have a fixed framerate? I know this happened in other games as well. The game itself is a locked 30FPS, but the menu is unlocked.
texhnolyze
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Sounds good enough for me.
I'm worse than a Hanzo player. Hate aiming with analog
Yeah, after playing for several hours, I wish I could play with a mouse and keyboard for this. There's so much precision required especially to hit the weak spots. And these machines are crazy fast. It would be impossible without the slow-motion aiming skill.
TheSkullPrince
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Ahhh man a glitch, I could only run-in-place right after I
, but luckily I crafted a Travel Pack and Fast Travelled to Campfire, that did the trick.
examined a blood trail right after I examined a knife in the Brom side mission
So the craziest thing just happened.
I went to Best Buy earlier today in the afternoon to pick up the game after receiving an email notifying me that the game is ready to be picked up. I was very excited and was looking forward to picking it up, but to my demise, the associate could not process the transaction because it has a limitation date (could only be sold/released on the specific date). I figured, maybe I should come back at 9 to pick it up and maybe the system will let it go through. It didn't. I was completely disappointed.
Got off work and was reading through this thread until I came across Foxxsoxx's post about redbox. Searched redbox and my local 24 hours Wal-Mart has one in stock. Checked out and the game was ready to be picked (this is after midnight). I was excited again and was really looking forward to playing the game tonight. Got to Wal-Mart, and the Redbox kiosk has a "temporarily out of order" message on the screen. OMG! I was completely devastated! I then went shopping in Wal-Mart for some household products since I was there. Walked out by the kiosk again and boom, the machine works! Swiped my credit card and I got the game! Holy Son of a Gun! I am so happy right now. Just waiting for it to finish installing and will be pulling an all nighter! What a day!
Going to be picking up my collector's edition tomorrow.
I went to Best Buy earlier today in the afternoon to pick up the game after receiving an email notifying me that the game is ready to be picked up. I was very excited and was looking forward to picking it up, but to my demise, the associate could not process the transaction because it has a limitation date (could only be sold/released on the specific date). I figured, maybe I should come back at 9 to pick it up and maybe the system will let it go through. It didn't. I was completely disappointed.
Got off work and was reading through this thread until I came across Foxxsoxx's post about redbox. Searched redbox and my local 24 hours Wal-Mart has one in stock. Checked out and the game was ready to be picked (this is after midnight). I was excited again and was really looking forward to playing the game tonight. Got to Wal-Mart, and the Redbox kiosk has a "temporarily out of order" message on the screen. OMG! I was completely devastated! I then went shopping in Wal-Mart for some household products since I was there. Walked out by the kiosk again and boom, the machine works! Swiped my credit card and I got the game! Holy Son of a Gun! I am so happy right now. Just waiting for it to finish installing and will be pulling an all nighter! What a day!
Going to be picking up my collector's edition tomorrow.
Just got to say that these graphics on the OGPS4 are just mint.
Some minor blemishes here and there but the first time I saw it turn from dusk to night I couldn't help but say holy shit to myself. This has definitely surpassed Uncharted 4 when it comes to the environment and lighting and I don't say that lightly.
High five man! I didn't even know it was coming out on Redbox and just randomly tried it out since one is about 5 minutes from me. Can't believe it worked!
Some minor blemishes here and there but the first time I saw it turn from dusk to night I couldn't help but say holy shit to myself. This has definitely surpassed Uncharted 4 when it comes to the environment and lighting and I don't say that lightly.
High five man! I didn't even know it was coming out on Redbox and just randomly tried it out since one is about 5 minutes from me. Can't believe it worked!
One of the many things I love about Horizon so far is that you can really tell that passion went into it. It could have easily been a shitty cash in idea, but it wasn't. The world has an identity, the characters are worth a damn, the writings good, the story is good, and the combat is fun. Let developers work on new IP instead of ENDLESS sequels.
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