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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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texhnolyze
Banned
10 hours in, I think I'm more intrigued by the story rather than the combat. After all the praise on combat, I found it's actually quite lacking. I hate the roll to dodge mechanic, as it's not really reliable. Or maybe I just need to git gud. The aiming the bow with analog doesn't feel right to me either. And yes, I know that I'll be meeting more awesome enemies later. But doesn't it sound familiar to any of you? 'Just wait it'll get good after xx hours'
Edit: I've also enjoyed taking tons of screenshots, both gameplay and photo mode. I think it's actually slowing my pace a lot.
Edit: I've also enjoyed taking tons of screenshots, both gameplay and photo mode. I think it's actually slowing my pace a lot.
Ah makes sense, thanks!
dragonyeuw
Member
Man, the screenshots here are prompting me to go out and get a 4kTV and Pro right now. Insane visuals....
Whaat, how does it work? They modeled everything and guerrilla ssut put it to work? I'm not sure if I'm getting it.
FalsettoVibe
Member
I have a B6......I really hope I don't experience this.
Sub contract 3D work in games is more prevalent than many people seem to think.
xviper
Member
my biggest disappointment with the game is the combat, it's so boring
also the camera is annoying, the character is either on far left or far right, and it changes automatically in annoying times
i'm done playing for today, will continue tomorrow because i'm bored to death
so far this may end up as my biggest disappointment of the year
also the camera is annoying, the character is either on far left or far right, and it changes automatically in annoying times
i'm done playing for today, will continue tomorrow because i'm bored to death
so far this may end up as my biggest disappointment of the year
Lockjaw333
Member
So what is the difference between the "favor resolution and "favor performance" modes? The resolution mode is obviously sharper and higher res (on my 1080p plasma), but I'm not seeing much difference otherwise.
Performance mode has slightly higher res shadows and what looks like some tessellation on rocks, but nothing too noticeable. The frame rate still feels like 30fps though. The resolution mode seems to be the one to go with.
Performance mode has slightly higher res shadows and what looks like some tessellation on rocks, but nothing too noticeable. The frame rate still feels like 30fps though. The resolution mode seems to be the one to go with.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Dodging is reliable, you just need to actually time and position it right. Most early game enemies you want to dodge forward and left from their melee attacks.
Regarding wait till its get good, after the "velen style" area at the start, you can go where ever as far as i know. The game has a slow introduction cause it wants to drop the hand holding as soon as you leave that start area.
It also looks insane on a base PS4 in 1080p.
texhnolyze
Banned
I have passed that point, actually.
PuppetMaster
Member
Combat on this game is fantastic. Cant say enough good things about it. Dont even mind the fodder humans. They are still great fun to kill.
Oh snap, I didn't want to start these kind of arguments. It was meant as a innocent comment disagreeing with the review because I actually played the game
o) a couple hours. Non engrossing story isn't even the concensus in the reviews. But nevermind your loss. I find your comment a bit weird for the rest, so I won't reply on anything else.
There isn't much difference to the modes, they are both 30 fps.
Resolution mode is the 4K checkerboard mode and it downsamples to your 1080p TV. It has very rare 1-2 fps drops.
Performance mode is a 100% locked 30 fps mode rendered in 1080p.
So basically only use performance mode if you absolutely can't tolerate very rare, small framerate dips.
Where are you?
The combat gets more strategic and intense after about 5 hours. The beginning is very easy/basic
SomedayTheFire
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Man I couldn't stop smiling when she was on screen. They really brought her emotions through I think.
v0mitg0d
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If you need help with the Hunter Trials check here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUeP4wqAXXLBqQolWCJCOM2vp97M-gbNE
The Stalker one in particular was challenging:https://youtu.be/D4x3UkqqnHQ?list=PLUeP4wqAXXLBqQolWCJCOM2vp97M-gbNE
How awesome is this game?
Last night I fought a massive flying machine (that wasn't even a boss) and the battle was 10 minutes of dodging, tearing off armor, searching for weaknesses, laying traps, etc. It was so rewarding when it finally went down.
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The Stalker one in particular was challenging:https://youtu.be/D4x3UkqqnHQ?list=PLUeP4wqAXXLBqQolWCJCOM2vp97M-gbNE
How awesome is this game?
Last night I fought a massive flying machine (that wasn't even a boss) and the battle was 10 minutes of dodging, tearing off armor, searching for weaknesses, laying traps, etc. It was so rewarding when it finally went down.
so_good.gif
GinoFelino
Member
Ok GAF, help me out
I'm super stuck in Nioh at the BS water boss (UmeBozi something).
Do I keep ploughing through that game or do I get Horizon today instead
I'm super stuck in Nioh at the BS water boss (UmeBozi something).
Do I keep ploughing through that game or do I get Horizon today instead
There are moments in this game where Aloy takes center stage and I thought "this might be my favorite female game character" at least next to Ellie.
Gudji
Member
He's still on White Orchard.
Primethius
Banned
With Nioh you still got a waaaays to go.
I remember I reached a part where I had to take out lots of stalkers and instead of assaulting them I laid out DOZENS of traps. When I lured them in it was like a cartoon violence disaster of hilarity as they tripped into progressively-chained explosives.
Lockjaw333
Member
Yeah, like I said the only difference I see are slightly sharper shadows and some rock tesselation in performance mode. There are also slightly better water reflections.
Still it looks so amazing in resolution mode even on a 1080p set that I think it's the better pick
I think you can get all skills. I was very close by the end of the game close to level 30.
do we have one of those situations similar to when people played Uncharted 4 as if it were a Gears game and called the combat boring?
MiamiWesker
Member
Guess what, it does. Story of the year. I'm in love.
The article starts saying '3d art' in general, but also comments that they were happy to see the 'Shell walker' and the "Corrupter" in the E3 trailer because they did it and many other robots and all the mounts that the protagonist can use. Based on the job positions: 3d Art Environment, 3d Art Character, 3d Art Vehicles.
I dont know much about game development, but it seems the animations were not done there.
GinoFelino
Member
I'm in love with the combat, but the level design isn't keeping me hooked and I really dislike the boss difficulty spikes.
KaoteK
Member
I can help you with that guy if you want, but there are far more frustrating bosses ahead...
More_Badass
Member
I'm impressed by the dialogue wheels. You often have a decent amount of options to discuss/ask, and asking one can open new ones for more details
Manmademan
Member
5/10 is a horrendous score and well below the Average score of other games done by the same publication known to have serious flaws. Compare the "no man's sky" review to this one.
The vast majority of publications use a scale similar to a US grade school scoring scale where 7/10 is average and anything below that level has severe flaws that break gameplay. US Gamer is not an exception to this, their average score across all games reviewed is 76%.
Yea, Guerrilla did a smart thing by taking out animation priorities like other big games like Uncharted 4 and Witcher 3. Aloy is super responsive and doesn't have some of those frustrating animation issues that people complain a lot about for the sake of animation fidelity. It was a good decision.
Yea, it adds so much depth to the NPCs.
PodcastFips
Member
Combat in this game is fucking amazing. Are you kidding me.
Gudji
Member
GG is known for hiring outside studios to make 3D models, textures, etc.
http://gdcvault.com/play/1023158/Art-Direction-Bootcamp-Guerrilla-Games
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Nearly every review praises the story and the fact that it goes beyond your typical sci-fi and pre-historic tropes. You're purposely ignoring the testimony of 90+ reviews to fit your agenda. Neat.
GinoFelino
Member
Thanks, but I guess that's the end of the road for me then
I'll rebuy it later if they nerf the bosses to hell in later patches
SMOK3Y
Generous Member
2.5hrs in quiet as a mouse are you running 4k or downsampled (if its a difference)
KaoteK
Member
Yeah it's quite in-depth, at least more than I was expecting given a few reviews said there weren't a lot of dialogue choices (the Videogamer one comes to mind)
I think it works well, you get to choose if you want more details or just skip ahead if you want to get on with the robot murdering.
The problem is that Horizon's story for a video game is nowhere near "below average" or "just average." It's at least above average in pacing, quality, voice acting, storytelling, plot, and concept. So it's hard for me to understand a criticism about its story being "5/10 bad."
Horizon, IMO.
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