Oooh, okay. Still haven't done any of that Lodge stuff. Thanks guys.
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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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Oooh, okay. Still haven't done any of that Lodge stuff. Thanks guys.
PodcastFips
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I reached level 25 today and the story really starts to pick up the pace now. I'm curious how all this is coming together in the end.
1.21Gigawatts
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I just cleared the corrupted zone with the two corrupted rockbreakers.
Goddamn, I can tell, without the shield-weaver, this would have been a real pain in the ass.
One of the rockbreakers ended up dying on top of a rock:
Goddamn, I can tell, without the shield-weaver, this would have been a real pain in the ass.
One of the rockbreakers ended up dying on top of a rock:
JadedWriter
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Anybody do the area with 3 corrupted Behemoths? I tried it once, got roflstomped, died and never did it again.
Thebeardofknowledge
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Is the shield weaver the best outfit in the game ?
To an extent, yes. As long as the shield is kept up by not taking enough damage before it has time to recharge, it's the best.
When the shield is off it's actually the worst outfit, because it has no stats or mod slots.
The shield is very durable though (on normal)
MWS Natural
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Horizon went from my favorite PS4 game this gen to Epic Top 20 all time status as soon as I heard
voice in my focus. Can't wait to see how the story finishes, I've completed most of the game (LVL 41) and left it for last.
Lieutenant Daniels
Yes. How about outfits? You have all you need there too?
Once I realised I can just buy any of the bits I need from other merchants, I sold everything* so I'd never run into a full inventory again.
* except ammo components ;-)
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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Yo wtf. I got stuck on a lantern/torch thing and no matter how many times i jump or roll i cant get unstuck
JadedWriter
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So...Nil wants to
fight to the death...
forgeforsaken
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Fasttravel.
Yes it was the last one I did. I stealth killed the small ones and then went ham on the big 3.
Thornton Reed
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Yo just had my first quest bug in the game and what a shitty time to experience it. I was doing this side quest and one of the tasks was to kill a storm bird. After a couple attempts I realised I massively under prepared so I got out of the area by jumping down a rope. Next thing I know the kill the storm bird task was complete. I only shot one arrow at it as well 
1.21Gigawatts
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I'm playing on hard and even against two corrupted rockbreakers at once it rarely came to the point where I lost my shield.
Its a complete game changer, because once you got it you can be way more aggressive with these large enemies. You can just rush a Thunderjaw duo, the shield-weaver will manage.
The challenge is somewhat gone, but is still insanely fun to just wreck machines. I think thats the purpose of this thing. Just something that lets you not worry about things so much so you can wreck machines however you like
Falchion
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I've got the shadow stealth, melee, and fire ones (which I wear most of the time since it's the best looking to me).
Thornton Reed
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How do I get this shield weaver outfit it sounds great
I'm playing on hard and even against two corrupted rockbreakers at once it rarely came to the point where I lost my shield.
Its a complete game changer, because once you got it you can be way more aggressive with these large enemies. You can just rush a Thunderjaw duo, the shield-weaver will manage.
The challenge is somewhat gone, but is still insanely fun just wreck machines. I think that the purpose of this thing. Just something that lets you not worry about things so much so you can wreck machines however you like
Good to know
I've only played on normal for first playthrough, so could not speak of the higher difficulties.
A quest for it opens up when you collect your first power cell. You need to collect
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1.21Gigawatts
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Ancient Armory questline.
You can't get the armor before almost the end of the game.
The last power cell is hidden in
the 20th main quest.
Thebeardofknowledge
Banned
I found one with only 2 corrupted Behemoths. Took care of one with a ravager cannon from a site nearby, and tearblast and fire arrows made short work of the second.
FalsettoVibe
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Where do you get it?
Anything totally safe for selling? I don't want to sell anthing I might need for upgrades.
BakedTanooki
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Is there a shop selling animal materials?
Dundar
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Mark down which robot hearts needed for shadow weapon/armor.
Mark down which animal bones and skin for the pouches.
Keep materials for crafting ammo.
Sell all the rest.
Well you can get anything later on again by hunting.
Or buy most of the machine parts later
at the dude in meridian.
Belive me... Later on you will drown in money and just buy everything.
Belive me... Later on you will drown in money and just buy everything.
Just keep really rare stuff and parts that you will need for upgrades that will come soon
NEVER SELL ANIMAL SKINS!
Is it fully upgraded?
- Crafting materials: no more than 4 slots each
- Herbs, machine and animal parts: 1 slot each
- everything else: sellable
BakedTanooki
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there's a street urchin in Meridian that sells animal bits. I can't tell you precisely where, since I don't have the game open at the moment, sorry.
How do you mark items? Or do you just mean manually take note
Dundar
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Yup, I meant to go to a vendor and write down on paper which parts are needed. You can also create an errand for it, so that you have an in-game reminder.
No.
It's too loud!
For the best that you can't really. Super easy mode.
Ah I forgot about errands. Good point.
JadedWriter
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The audio logs in
are fucked up
Deep secrets of the earth
old manatee
Banned
I got it in 1 attempt by using lure call. Also, I think I roped the same one more than once and it counted.
Rock And Roll
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Finished Horizon last night and I had a great time with this game. All my criticisms are basically nitpicks as the whole package is pretty solid.
Randomly Getting Stuck
Happens frequently and is a general nuisance. There were a lot of times where I was mid battle, rolling around to dodge enemies only to get stuck on a rock or something similar. It's pretty annoying when you are walking throughout the world and get stuck, but mid battle is incredibly frustrating.
Colours
This game is incredibly gorgeous as we all know. Sometimes though I found myself being unable to see things, mainly in the mountains with snow, or fire areas. I get it's kind of the point, but again, it can be really frustrating to be attacked by things you are having a hard time seeing.
Cauldrons
For the most part, I really enjoyed the Cauldrons. They could be a lot better though. I know everyone is tired of talking about this game and Zelda in the same discussion, but the Cauldrons could really benefit from having different themes like in Zelda. After the first two the awe went away, they looked too similar and they barely differentiated from each other.
Human AI
As we all know, the Human combat in this game leaves a lot to be desired. Battles were incredibly easy and lacking when compared to everything else you do in the game. The bandit camps were easy and didn't require much thought, it just kind of felt like a grind to complete them all. I understand machines losing interest in you quickly, but I think the human enemies shouldn't give up on looking around for you. They find one of their dead buddies, look around a bit, then go back to their original position. I feel like they should be able to do more damage to you as well, I never really felt threatened while battling humans.
Story
The story in general was kind of bland to me. Aloy was fantastic as a character but everything else left a lot to be desired. Someone mentioned it a few pages ago but having all the data points and journals in the same area really hurt my interest too. I wasn't going to stand around reading and listening to entries all at the same time. If they were spaced out throughout the game it would have helped a lot. I understand why they kept the journals so close together for continuity purposes but come on, the game has robot dinosaurs. Scatter them throughout the world, no one would mind.
Collectibles
I've never been a big fan of collecting stuff in open world games as there never seems to be much of a point. However, I got all the Banuk figures. Having the visual clue showing there was one in the area plus the climbing/platforming actually made finding them fun and engaging. Maybe if they had less vantage/flowers and created more interesting ways of collecting them I would be more willing to collect them. They built an awesome world, why not show it off a bit more by placing things in challenging places?
That's pretty much everything. Nothing was really wrong with this game, there's just some minor tweaks GG can do to make the next game incredible. I feel like it could be an Uncharted 1 -> Uncharted 2 jump in quality.
Congratulations to GG on creating such a wonderful game and I am happy to see it has been successful. It is well deserved and I can't wait for the sequel with cowboys, Horizon 2: High Noon.
Randomly Getting Stuck
Happens frequently and is a general nuisance. There were a lot of times where I was mid battle, rolling around to dodge enemies only to get stuck on a rock or something similar. It's pretty annoying when you are walking throughout the world and get stuck, but mid battle is incredibly frustrating.
Colours
This game is incredibly gorgeous as we all know. Sometimes though I found myself being unable to see things, mainly in the mountains with snow, or fire areas. I get it's kind of the point, but again, it can be really frustrating to be attacked by things you are having a hard time seeing.
Cauldrons
For the most part, I really enjoyed the Cauldrons. They could be a lot better though. I know everyone is tired of talking about this game and Zelda in the same discussion, but the Cauldrons could really benefit from having different themes like in Zelda. After the first two the awe went away, they looked too similar and they barely differentiated from each other.
Human AI
As we all know, the Human combat in this game leaves a lot to be desired. Battles were incredibly easy and lacking when compared to everything else you do in the game. The bandit camps were easy and didn't require much thought, it just kind of felt like a grind to complete them all. I understand machines losing interest in you quickly, but I think the human enemies shouldn't give up on looking around for you. They find one of their dead buddies, look around a bit, then go back to their original position. I feel like they should be able to do more damage to you as well, I never really felt threatened while battling humans.
Story
The story in general was kind of bland to me. Aloy was fantastic as a character but everything else left a lot to be desired. Someone mentioned it a few pages ago but having all the data points and journals in the same area really hurt my interest too. I wasn't going to stand around reading and listening to entries all at the same time. If they were spaced out throughout the game it would have helped a lot. I understand why they kept the journals so close together for continuity purposes but come on, the game has robot dinosaurs. Scatter them throughout the world, no one would mind.
Collectibles
I've never been a big fan of collecting stuff in open world games as there never seems to be much of a point. However, I got all the Banuk figures. Having the visual clue showing there was one in the area plus the climbing/platforming actually made finding them fun and engaging. Maybe if they had less vantage/flowers and created more interesting ways of collecting them I would be more willing to collect them. They built an awesome world, why not show it off a bit more by placing things in challenging places?
That's pretty much everything. Nothing was really wrong with this game, there's just some minor tweaks GG can do to make the next game incredible. I feel like it could be an Uncharted 1 -> Uncharted 2 jump in quality.
Congratulations to GG on creating such a wonderful game and I am happy to see it has been successful. It is well deserved and I can't wait for the sequel with cowboys, Horizon 2: High Noon.
LifeBrandRobot
Member
After living in a wide open world for hours Meridian feels so claustrophobic.
JadedWriter
Member
I'm beginning to get the feeling
the current civilization isn't the first time life has been restarted on this planet post old ones, just the most recent one.
potatohead
Member
Some items say only for selling for coins
Others like Chillwater I always end up with way too much of so I sell until it only takes up one slot in inventory (50 per) and they are 4 bucks each.
potatohead
Member
Yea it was too long for me.
I don't even like open world games. I felt a little pressured to finish by about 3/4 through, which is generally not a good sign.
Taking out some of the missions or platforming sections in the main storyline I think would've been beneficial. Really wasn't a fan of some of the forced jump here/walk this hallyway/search this room nonsense.
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