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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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SolicitorPirate
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I like this post a whole lot more than I probably should
^^ Go to the trader and get all of the treasure boxes. You should have a token for each.
You know, I am usually fussy and whiney about games, but I have not found anything I dislike about this game yet. Every system seems to work well. The experience reminds me a lot of Red Dead Redemption, only better.
You know, I am usually fussy and whiney about games, but I have not found anything I dislike about this game yet. Every system seems to work well. The experience reminds me a lot of Red Dead Redemption, only better.
GGNKovalski
Member
The combat with other humans is probably the weakest part of the game. It's not bad, it's just there. But my god the combat with the robo dinos is so amazing. Even more so when there are a handful coming at you at once.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Nope. I need my blazing suns.
My expectations were high, and they've largely been met. This game is something special.
Not every bit of the writing works, but more often than not the dialog is solid. It does a fine job of establishing character, motive, and context for everything that happens. The story itself definitely goes places within the first few hours, and the pace of unveiling new gameplay mechanics is pretty much spot on for me.
Anyone but the most pedantic who doubted the RPG designation should be satisfied. There are plenty of choices in how you approach the game, including lots of upgrades to equipment and different ways of tackling encounters. Is it RPG Lite? I don't think so. It's an open world RPG that doubles down on variety while stripping away much of the redundant nonsense. If inventory management is your favorite part of a game you'll find less to obsess over, but otherwise there's a lot here to love.
Now back to ducking spoilers and making my way in this amazing world.
Not every bit of the writing works, but more often than not the dialog is solid. It does a fine job of establishing character, motive, and context for everything that happens. The story itself definitely goes places within the first few hours, and the pace of unveiling new gameplay mechanics is pretty much spot on for me.
Anyone but the most pedantic who doubted the RPG designation should be satisfied. There are plenty of choices in how you approach the game, including lots of upgrades to equipment and different ways of tackling encounters. Is it RPG Lite? I don't think so. It's an open world RPG that doubles down on variety while stripping away much of the redundant nonsense. If inventory management is your favorite part of a game you'll find less to obsess over, but otherwise there's a lot here to love.
Now back to ducking spoilers and making my way in this amazing world.
Version 3.0
Member
Good to know. The next couple, I was able to pause, so I was starting to think there were two types or something.
Dr. Zombutler
Member
Am I crazy for preferring to keep all of the HUD on at all times? I don't even know why I like it more.
ronaldthump
Member
got a lot of them the first tries.
but the ones
with the trampler
3x tramplers and 3xglinthawks
Jawbreaker
Member
So what are the differences between hard and very hard?
Cow Goes Moo
Member
Robot enemies are surprisingly fast
It makes much of shooting difficult
That or I cant aim
It makes much of shooting difficult
That or I cant aim
singhjeet29
Member
So I just did the first
quest. I was wholly unprepared for the
Cauldron (sigma)
fight at the end, with the fire bellowback, but boy did beating that thing feel amazing.
NoctisVsStar
Member
I'm fucked why did I choose to this dungeon.. now there's no way out
Switch Back 9
a lot of my threads involve me fucking up somehow. Perhaps I'm a moron?
Can anyone tell me what's going on here?
Also, how the hell does one search for
? I have
but I haven't been able to find a single one yet, I must be missing something.
Also, how the hell does one search for
vantages and vessels
the maps purchased which show the "hints"
Load a previous auto save or save.
Elitist1945
Member
Played the first few hours so far and holy fuck is this good.
texhnolyze
Banned
I'm loving my pre-order outfit, it has nice stats too. But I wish I could hide the helmet thingy.
I hope hide helmet is something than can be added via a patch.
I hope hide helmet is something than can be added via a patch.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Bless your soul
Just finished my session. 6hrs of play today which is by far the most I've played a single game in one day in years.
My god this game is high quality in every which way. Don't quite understand those that don't like the combat but to each their own I guess.
6hrs in and only 11.4% complete. I'm at
Absolutely love Aloy and honestly surprised I'm this invested in the story. Debating one more shortish session before bed. Bravo, GG
My god this game is high quality in every which way. Don't quite understand those that don't like the combat but to each their own I guess.
6hrs in and only 11.4% complete. I'm at
the Revenge of Nora quest or whatever it's called. Hunting the killers
Absolutely love Aloy and honestly surprised I'm this invested in the story. Debating one more shortish session before bed. Bravo, GG
A few hours in
Took way too much time sidequesting already. So much for getting this finished before Zelda in 2 days.
Just want to give GG a shoutout for having every language option availiable in the startup sequence. As someone who wanted to play in German despite not speaking the language, and purely for asthetic reasons. HZD made it really easy to get started.
just became a seeker and am off to explore the world.
Took way too much time sidequesting already. So much for getting this finished before Zelda in 2 days.
Just want to give GG a shoutout for having every language option availiable in the startup sequence. As someone who wanted to play in German despite not speaking the language, and purely for asthetic reasons. HZD made it really easy to get started.
nhlducks35
Member
Damn this game is dope
PLASTICA-MAN
Member
So no announced season pass for this game? No possible free updates with new quests like with FFXV?
Complistic
Member
Loving every single bit of this game right now. Emotionally charged, calculated, fun. Love it.
Think I'm going to play bioware's latest offering next month and be left wanting.
Think I'm going to play bioware's latest offering next month and be left wanting.
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
If there's one game where I'd splurge in an instant for an expansion...it sure as shit is this one. I can't get enough of this world.
NoctisVsStar
Member
Nope, more dino enemies updates would be cool. But the thunderjaw took them months to make
FoxnHurley
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Jesus, the intro chapter in this game is on par with The Last of Us and Uncharted 4.
Been playing for 5 hours so far and I'm totally engrossed in the story. Aloy is such a great protagonist who's brimming with personality. Love that the trading system that doesn't rely on a single currency to acquire new equipment. Side quests feel so organic in terms of how they are woven into the world and it inhabitants: none of them feel like busy work. Great stuff, Guerrilla Games.
That one scene when little Aloy interacts with the hologram of the father wishing his son a happy birthday got to me. This kid has been ostracized for her entire life, never having anyone besides Rost be kind to her, and this hologram gives her a glimpse of what genuine kindness and love from another person are like. Granted that Rost cares greatly for Aloy, but seemingly lacks in showing any affection - tough love, if you will.
Been playing for 5 hours so far and I'm totally engrossed in the story. Aloy is such a great protagonist who's brimming with personality. Love that the trading system that doesn't rely on a single currency to acquire new equipment. Side quests feel so organic in terms of how they are woven into the world and it inhabitants: none of them feel like busy work. Great stuff, Guerrilla Games.
QuantumZebra
Member
Agreed. The feel of the combat and Aloy's movements have this fluid motion to them. Hard to put it to words.
This game feels like familiar ground, but it's so shockingly good it's different.
Chronospherics
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This game is so good, and the visuals are unbelievable. Literally, I didn't think my PS4 could achieve something that looks so good, within an open world.
Sorry about the compression, it went to twitter then some random conversion site to get it from jpg-large to jpg, doesn't quite do it justice but I don't want to quit the game to move the file over via USB.
Sorry about the compression, it went to twitter then some random conversion site to get it from jpg-large to jpg, doesn't quite do it justice but I don't want to quit the game to move the file over via USB.
Loved the introductory chapters serving as a cool prologue. Didn't realize how quick they were going start throwing back story into it. The game is a very cool mix of Zelda, FarCry, and a some Metroid Prime with the interface and scanning. Interested to see how effective the upgrades are, only done half a dozen or so as of yet.
Are you sure?
I thought the same thing yesterday (in the second area), but I eventually found a way to climb up.
RedAssedApe
Banned
i swear aloy mouthed wtf
the first time a hologram popped up during the intro
I think I'm going to cry tears of joy with this game, the quality of life things Guerilla have done with already existing features from other games like The Witcher is so goddamn beautiful.
When selecting quests it tells you in the quest menu how far they are, so I can efficiently plan which order to do my quests and when.
You can create quests for the upgrade materials for whatever you want to craft and focus on, Thank you Guerilla, you have no idea how much these minor things make a huge difference to me in open world RPG's. T_T
You fixed this shit Guerilla, you actually fixed it.
When selecting quests it tells you in the quest menu how far they are, so I can efficiently plan which order to do my quests and when.
You can create quests for the upgrade materials for whatever you want to craft and focus on, Thank you Guerilla, you have no idea how much these minor things make a huge difference to me in open world RPG's. T_T
You fixed this shit Guerilla, you actually fixed it.
crazepharmacist
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Can you override a Grazer? I'm crouching up to one and Aloy says "there's got to be a way to override even one of these things" so I'm assuming there is but when I get close there's no option to hold triangle and override.
Chronospherics
Member
This is kind of a silly thing to say, I appreciate that the thunderjaw took a lot of work, but a lot of things in games will take a year or more to make.
For instance, it's common that a character in a video game will be modelled, rigged and animated by a single digital artist, and often that process will take them several months of back and forth. Sometimes you're entire job on a project can be to handle just a couple of characters.
Did they take 8 months to make? Yeah, sure, but the rest of the studio wasn't driven to a standstill while those artists worked on that component of the game.
It's the first open world RPG I have played where I haven't felt I had to struggle with cumbersome menus, overfilled inventories and ambiguous or non-helpful UI elements.
It's a UX masterpiece.
Mr_Antimatter
Member
I'm only one sidequest into the game, but wow, I don't know what arcane techno-sorcery was used to make this game, but sony got their money worth. It looks fantastic, and is so far a blast to play.
Cow Goes Moo
Member
Haha yeah that happened to me twice so far
I'm the opposite. Combat is interesting. Love the unique weakpoints. Story is meh. None of the characters are doing anything for me.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
This Cauldron though!!!
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