Donniewahlberg
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The art cards/post cards that come with the shopto preorders are reaaaally nice. And pretty big!
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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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chromatic9
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Is it suggesting HZD is pandering to feminism? Everything about the game strikes me as it just happens to be a female lead like Heavenly Sword.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
So cute!
I am truly visually blown away by the game. I genuinely have a hard time imagining how it can look improved on a pro, with what's on offer here.
Actually happened to me once as well so I agree. It should be Hold X like much of the crafting etc.
PodcastFips
Member
Hmm, my preorder code does not work. Is stuff not up yet?
blame space
Banned
little girl aloy we creepy as hell I'm kind of glad I'm not her any more
It's up. It's just an unlock code as well. Nothing downloads. Not even a 100 kb file.
Played for a few hours. Liked it so far.
The initial area is an extended tutorial area where you can learn the basics & have a few goes at it. Everything is very gradual here, and the... spatial design of this area/sequence (quests are on the edges, pushing you to criss-cross the middle & meet up with wildlife workshops) works well to ease you in.
The start of the game is very story heavy - cutscenes, cutscenes, cutscenes. Characters so far are really not that interesting, but they're helping move the story along and offer contrasts to define the MC better. Nothing out of the ordinary in the story so far, it is following familiar beats with the occasional suprising angle
I'll keep playing on, I'm about to enter the Proving.
edit: Oh, one annoyance is that things you kill don't stay dead. Not sure what triggers their apparition again - quests, distance, time - but I never got to feel in control of an area after passing through it, because passing back, it was filled up again with creatures. It would be cool for things to stay dead at least up until the next morning, for example. Like this I can feel more in control of the territory I casually roam, and have a contextualized hard refresh that ensures nobody plays through an empty world.
The initial area is an extended tutorial area where you can learn the basics & have a few goes at it. Everything is very gradual here, and the... spatial design of this area/sequence (quests are on the edges, pushing you to criss-cross the middle & meet up with wildlife workshops) works well to ease you in.
The start of the game is very story heavy - cutscenes, cutscenes, cutscenes. Characters so far are really not that interesting, but they're helping move the story along and offer contrasts to define the MC better. Nothing out of the ordinary in the story so far, it is following familiar beats with the occasional suprising angle
(the brother, one of the first side quests - about dealing with schizophrenia).
I'll keep playing on, I'm about to enter the Proving.
edit: Oh, one annoyance is that things you kill don't stay dead. Not sure what triggers their apparition again - quests, distance, time - but I never got to feel in control of an area after passing through it, because passing back, it was filled up again with creatures. It would be cool for things to stay dead at least up until the next morning, for example. Like this I can feel more in control of the territory I casually roam, and have a contextualized hard refresh that ensures nobody plays through an empty world.
blame space
Banned
pretty great 80s coming-of-age montage tho
Peroroncino
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Fakeknowledge
Member
Haven't pre ordered but plan on picking it up tomorrow. Is there a day 1 edition or such bullocks with the dlc pre order stuff?
These might be spoilers to some!! atleast tag them.thanks
zkorejo
Member
This one looks like a tinfoil outfit.
How does outfits work? Can you wear each piece separately like Witcher or is it like having to equip an entire outfit?
Baldwin_the_First
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Wow, terrible, just terrible.
Entire outfits, no parts like in e.g. Witcher.
Edit: Somewhat meh that outfits come with stats, default one looks so good
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Can we toggle head gear on / off?
Are you kiddng me? What is spoilery about preorder or special edition outfits that you don't even get in the game? XD
Really wish people would have placed spoiler warnings around this. Not blaming you in particular as plenty appear to be discussing it openly, but I didn't know about this part and would've preferred not to know about it prior to playing the game.
My bad!! But u don't know what may get people spoiled, check above.
GwyndolinCinder
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You can probably get them in game....
zkorejo
Member
Thanks.
I would have preferred in parts but its not a big deal. Used the entire outfits of each class in Witcher anyways.
GwyndolinCinder
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It just makes it easier to buy the sets,the armor gives you specific bonuses youll want for different encounters.
texhnolyze
Banned
*Aloys walks
Can't.. get.. my eyes off.. Aloy's hips.
Can't.. get.. my eyes off.. Aloy's hips.
Apparently not.
They are talking about part of the story... These are just preorder costumes... For everyone plain to see on promotion material for many months.
The SP (spoiler correctness) has to stop! ;P
I keep asking this and haven't seen an answer, some of the headgear is pretty ridiculous looking.
Yeah it's kind of sad that they use a (seemingly, didn't play it yet) game with a good female character to attack feminism and play the male victim card.
Expected, but sucks
I got an outfit from my preorder at Game, but it's not neither of those two.
I figured there wasn't any point to wrap my quote response in spoiler text as it has already been discussed several times, but I went back and did it anyways.
GwyndolinCinder
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Got a source for that?
I would assume they are just low tier versions of stuff already in the game, i havent seen the carja set, but i've seen loads of similar Banuk sets. Not including carja sets would be very dumb and strange.
Zok310
Banned
Nah, so far some type of matriarchal agenda is tied to the narrative, seems intentional considering the story so far. Men intentionally and clearly play a much lesser role in HZD. Men seem dumbed down and brutish, while women are filled with wisdom and care.
Regardless, gameplay is amazing.
Prithee Be Careful
Industry Professional
This is part of the combat system: you're fighting giant amoured mechas, you can't just spam arrows and hope for a win. You have to use the tools you're given: you can tear off armour plating with 'tearblast' arrows, weaken the shell with liquid nitrogen grenades that make it much more brittle, use shock bombs and trip casters to stun and go for criticals, light them up with fire arrows.
Most enemies have some basic weakness and this all this helps level the playing field, but what really counts is knowing where to put the arrows.
Snapjaws, for example, are tough as nails, but they have two 'blast' cannisters mounted just behind the head. Hit both with fire arrows and you'll probably rip off about 80% of it's health and leave it severely vulnerable. After that, a single well placed, precision point arrow will finish it off.
I've had enemies that took me to the cleaners in the first few encounters that I can now bring down with relative ease. Every machine has its tells and a range of approaches. Just a case of using the tools you've got.
Do you have a 4k display?
Omnistalgic
Member
GOTY so far...
If titles ahead of us surpass this, we are in for one hell of a year.
If titles ahead of us surpass this, we are in for one hell of a year.
JetSetRadio
Banned
Only the red grass is good for stealth right? I see some nice yellow flowers between me and a walker but I don't know..
Ditto, I really appreciate it.
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