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[Thornton Reed]

Horizon Animation Reel

didn't know you could do half of that shit in that video

 

[pixelbox]

Did you know if you stand in tall grass she'll start playing with it?

 

[MisterFalcon]

didn't know you could do half of that shit in that video

There is a lot of stuff that's random or comes up in very specific situations. I did a sweet parkour 360 twist move running over a boulder once and tried to reproduce it but the move did not come back.

 

[pixelbox]

My melee combat in game looks nowhere near as dynamic and reactive as the combat in that animation reel.

Most people don't use melee. Try sliding and attacking.

 

[TTG]

didn't know you could do half of that shit in that video

They're mostly stealth kills and free running/clambering stuff Aloy only ever uses to get to Banuk statues.

 

[Rikimaru82]

Taking over bandit camps - Far Cry
Grabbing plants n stuff off the ground for crafting - Far Cry
Following tracks on the floor to find people - Witcher 3
Using the focus to investigate an area - Witcher 3
Climbing around scenery via rock faces or zip lining - Tomb Raider and Uncharted
Using a bow and arrow to kill wildlife for resources - Tomb Raider
Climbing a tower to unlock the map (albeit a moving one) - Far Cry
Throwing rocks to distract people and enemies so you can use stealth on them - Far Cry

I see you are new to gaming. All this has been done generations ago in the same and or different ways.
Your own words sum it up: Climbing a tower to unlock the map (albeit a moving one) - Far Cry.
Are you saying a stealth game would be less original because stealth and stealth kills have already been done by MGS and Tenchu? Come on dude, most things have already been done before. It's the way they are being executed that matters. Most things that Horizon does, it does very well.
Do you believe that Gears of War invented the cover system?

 

[Playsage]

Wait... Did they buff the armor bonuses? All the values are doubled in my inventory

 

[V1LÆM]

Horizon Animation Reel

my favourite animation is when she's riding on a machine and using the bow. the way she moves her legs to turn around is great. i can't think of another game where the character moves about like that on a mount.

 

[Wind's Howling]

25 hours in and I am still near Meridian. Just unlocked my second 'tower' and so far it still feels refreshing in every encounter or area I am in. Absolute marvel of a game. I am level 30 and I still got a Level 12 main quest.

 

[danowat]

25 hours in and I am still near Meridian. Just unlocked my second 'tower' and so far it still feels refreshing in every encounter or area I am in. Absolute marvel of a game. I am level 30 and I still got a Level 12 main quest.

I am about the same in terms of hours, into the game, but I haven't even found my second tower yet!!!

As for the quest level vs your level, I don't think that being over leveled for quests is an issue at all, as you don't actually get more powerful through leveling (you get more powerful through mods)

 

[Playsage]

Man, the gameplay loop addiction here is real.
Restarted the game at Very Hard for some machine hunting times as soon as I finished recovering Dark Souls 3

 

[Wind's Howling]

I am about the same in terms of hours, into the game, but I haven't even found my second tower yet!!!

As for the quest level vs your level, I don't think that being over leveled for quests is an issue at all, as you don't actually get more powerful through leveling (you get more powerful through mods)

Ah, I see. That helps. Judging by the amount I still have to do I am probably going to put another 25 hours into it.

Reading the thread I shouldn't put tear mods into the ropecaster? Why not? Is handling the better option?

 

[Blackthorn]

Are there any in depth spoiler discussions out there I can read/watch?

 

[danowat]

Are there any in depth spoiler discussions out there I can read/watch?

There is a spoiler thread.

 

[MaKTaiL]

Wait... Did they buff the armor bonuses? All the values are doubled in my inventory

Yes, they did. I noticed it too.

 

[V1LÆM]

Are there any in depth spoiler discussions out there I can read/watch?

there is this thread http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1343998

 

[Blackthorn]

There is a spoiler thread.

there is this thread http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1343998

Sorry, I meant by critics.

 

[wapplew]

Sorry, I meant by critics.

I love me some spoilercast too, shame every major outlet have moved on to Zelda and mass effect now.
Only one I found from Jeff Cannta https://anchor.fm/s/98f0bc?at=55711

 

[danowat]

Sorry, I meant by critics.

There's plenty on youtube, but I guess it's how you define and rank "critics"

 

[RedlineRonin]

Just finished up the game. Took 57 hours to get the Platinum trophy.


What an amazing journey it was. This game really is the complete package in every regard: gameplay, story, graphics, music, dialogue and lore. Loved it.

This is pretty much where I'm at. I don't know if I've ever been so ready and willing to jump back in. If there was story DLC today for $20, I'd drop everything else to play it.

I just thought it was absolutely fantastic across the board. Small nitpicks (that could mostly be patched whenever they get around to it) aside, broadly speaking, all areas of the game are quite good.

Bless^

But if you're not wearing the shadow stalwart heavy, idk what you're even doing

=)

 

[Incendiary]

I fought and killed my first Stormbird last night, but there were two Chargers running around trying to make my life more miserable so I corrupted them so they'd fight each other (and the Stormbird). Then one of the little bastards got the finishing blow on the bird so it doesn't count it as a kill in my stats. Stupid robot ram!

On the other hand, that was one of the most fun fights yet and I got some great photos. I love this game.

 

[Playsage]

New patch? Just started downloading 1.10 (248 MB)

 

[Chuckie]

Reading the thread I shouldn't put tear mods into the ropecaster? Why not? Is handling the better option?

If it has tear it rips off the armour and the animal gets lose.

 

[Chronospherics]

Horizon looks far superior to tw3 on pc (ultra everything max nvidia hair crap). I only wish yennefer is in hzd.

Agreed. Even when maxed out with mods pushing the boundaries, HZD looks better, at least on the PRO.

 

[Cyberia]

Patch notes:
http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Horizon-Zero-Dawn/Latest-Updates/m-p/24971132

Added the ability to press and hold [X] to buy multiple items from merchants.

 

[wapplew]

Patch notes:
http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Horizon-Zero-Dawn/Latest-Updates/m-p/24971132

Bless you GG, turn of head gear when?

 

[Zombie James]

Patch notes:
http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Horizon-Zero-Dawn/Latest-Updates/m-p/24971132

Fixed various minor framerate issues.

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[danowat]

Fixed an issue where players would run into various problems if their playtime exceeded 200 hours.

Lol, if only I had the time available to be affected by this bug!

 

[Pancho]

So the patch notes say something about fixes in human and machine AIs...I wonder if humans became a little less stupid.

 

[RedlineRonin]

nvm, didn't see above

 

[MegaSackman]

Additions
Added the ability to press and hold [X] to buy multiple items from merchants.
Added an option to invert the X-axis from the controls tab on the settings menu.

Adjustments
Made several minor adjustments to the item economy (drop rate, distribution, cost etc.).
Made several adjustments to humanoid and machine AI.
Made minor adjustments to 2.1 stereo mix on menu sounds.

Megaton.

 

[RedlineRonin]

Additions
Added the ability to press and hold [X] to buy multiple items from merchants.
Added an option to invert the X-axis from the controls tab on the settings menu.

Adjustments
Made several minor adjustments to the item economy (drop rate, distribution, cost etc.).
Made several adjustments to humanoid and machine AI.
Made minor adjustments to 2.1 stereo mix on menu sounds.

Megaton.

Almost worth starting another playthrough for =)

 

[Elandyll]

Am still waiting to trigger the last mission, as I do not want the game to end

Going around, finding quests and outposts I never visited. Tonight I will probably check Hunting grounds to try and do them all, as well as collect all Metal Flowers.
Maybe the Corrupted zones and checking out what I'm missing for the plat too, now that I think about it...

 

[MegaSackman]

Almost worth starting another playthrough for =)

Almost wish I could erase the game from my mind and start it again haha

I have Andromeda as a priority now, I expect to buy a 4K tv really soon so I'm saving a full replay for when that happens... but I can't stop thinking about this game. -_-

 

[wapplew]

Gonna buy all the blaze and go nuke some more Dino.

 

[Kinyou]

Is there a way to remove that bottom vignette effect when talking to people? It might make sense if you had subtitles on, but this way it just covers up details for no good reason.

With vignette

without vignette in photo mode

 

[geomon]

Horizon Animation Reel

I don't have big enough balls to jump off a rappel point into water.

 

[bunkitz]

Horizon Animation Reel

YO. How do you even do that one at 0:13 with the Scrapper? Looked like a Silent Strike counterattack of sorts? But goddamn, man. It's so much fun watching an animation reel, especially this one because they're all so amazing.

Patch notes:
http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Horizon-Zero-Dawn/Latest-Updates/m-p/24971132

They fixed "Robbing the Rich." I can finally finish it, thank fuck.

 

[Morts]

My kingdom for a raccoon skin and three fish bones.

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

hunting trials do really give a boatload of xp and skill points

 

[MaKTaiL]

Anybody noticed any human AI differences after the patch?

 

[Playsage]

The moment you nail 1600+ damage in a single shot

sogood.gif

 

[Ravage_Hydra]

Just did my most damage in a single hit 2892

 

[HellforLeather]

I finally beat the game last night and I have a few questions....

Spoiler

So why is Aloy a clone of Elizabet? I never caught that part of the story. Also did anybody else find the ending a little...underwhelming? The final boss was kind of a push over. Wheres the giant mech from the pre-release trailer? I kept waiting for that guy to lumber out of the wilderness

 

[Shock32]

Almost worth starting another playthrough for =)

Exactly what i'm doing

Spoiler

after Nier, Mass Effect, and Persona 5

 

[Pancho]

I finally beat the game last night and I have a few questions....

Spoiler

So why is Aloy a clone of Elizabet? I never caught that part of the story. Also did anybody else find the ending a little...underwhelming? The final boss was kind of a push over. Wheres the giant mech from the pre-release trailer? I kept waiting for that guy to lumber out of the wilderness

Huh? Did you

Spoiler

miss the entire cutscene where GAIA explains all of that?

 

[HellforLeather]

Huh? Did you

Spoiler

miss the entire cutscene where GAIA explains all of that?

I might have forgotten to be honest. I work a lot so I usually only get a few hours to play.

 

[Playsage]

The framerate when in

Spoiler

Olin's

house seems stable now

 

[Radec]

Anyone else experiencing Stormbird just flying on 1 stop even when enraged?

When I destroy its chest it just suddenly fly in 1 spot without attacking. Tried it just now on 3 Stormbirds.

Basically you can shoot it to death and it won't budge.
If you go close like 10ft from its location it will attack again.

 

[MegaSackman]

Anyone else experiencing Stormbird just flying on 1 stop even when enraged?

When I destroy its chest it just suddenly fly in 1 spot without attacking. Tried it just now on 3 Stormbirds.

Basically you can shoot it to death and it won't budge.
If you go close like 10ft from its location it will attack again.

Happened to me a couple of times, it's like you blow out some parts that she's trying to access and doesn't know what to do.