Interesting about side quests. I don't think I've ever seen better done side quests besides The Witcher 3. What other games have better ones?
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Interesting about side quests. I don't think I've ever seen better done side quests besides The Witcher 3. What other games have better ones?
Yeh, don't get me wrong, it's definitely up there for the medium. It's rare I actually feel compelled to finish a AAA game these days, but the story in Horizon pulled me forward without even thinking about it.
I'd say the history lessens were far more engaging than the present day stuff, though. I found the present day story to be really generic in terms of the actual tale, and most of the characters didn't appeal to me (Rost, Alloy. Sylens were good), whereas I felt quite engaged with the characters in the past and the tragedy of what happened felt weighty because I cared about how it affected them.
Overall I'd say the story was one of Horizon's plus points for sure.
Modern or older? I could name quite a few older games that do side-quests better, but not many modern...
I can't remember many compelling side-quests from Horizon, though. outside of the main story and missions I felt most of the RPG stuff was a bit tacked on.
My issue with them is not that they're there, just that they're too long (audio logs especially).
WadiumArcadium
Member
If I got stuck I waited until I'd levelled up a bit, upgraded my weapons and then went back. I only have the last three to do now, I'll probably finish them when I'm near the end of the game.
There really isn't any reason to horde any machine parts; hearts, lenses, ect. Nothing is rare enough that it will be trouble to reacquire. Furthermore, just check the merchants and see what is needed for what you want to buy and sell the rest.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
It was on the right side of the map near the ring of metal~ there were alligators near it so I thought it was a secret area lol. Thats how they looked from a distance too
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Oh yeah, I've run into that too. It's a building that didn't load all the way.
I know exactly the area you are talking about and I've been there too! It looked like your picture. Maybe it's an unfinished area? Tweet it at the Horizon devs!
I saw this too! Thought I went somewhere I wasn't supposed to at first haha. Around the same area (on that coast of ruined buildings) if you look out at the water you can see what looks like a whirlpool as well. I was too afraid to swim out to it lol but its probably beyond the map borders anyways.
fierrotlepou
Member
This game, you guys. This game.
I'm loving the story and I'm loving the way I'm starting to piece everything together. I've always loved audio logs in games.
I'm at the part now where (mid/end game spoiler):
. Man, fuck that selfish prick.
I'm loving the story and I'm loving the way I'm starting to piece everything together. I've always loved audio logs in games.
I'm at the part now where (mid/end game spoiler):
Aloy just discovered that Faro killed the Alphas by suffocating them, and he destroyed APOLLO.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
I went out and bought a Platinum headset just for the 3D audio in this game. And that my Pulse Elites are falling apart.
theepicoftyler
Member
It's more like, I only sell the bottom of my inventory every time I go to town (i.e., machine parts), and then I scroll up and have like 7 full slots of sparkers, and 10 metal vessel slots or something.
It's a part of the management that got away from me as my instinct all throughout the game, until I maxed out my carrying capacity, was to go hunt raccoons or whatever so I could carry more, instead of figure out what I should and shouldn't sell.
I thought this was cool. It may not be cool to anyone else but I guess I'm not a HUGE open world gamer so some stuff is still fresh to me.
I like to explore the edges of the map just to see where I can go and what I can see beyond, and whatnot. I decided to go back to Rost's house and explore behind it and all that and found an area that I haven't seen before (I'm sure many of you have). That's not the point, though. I was in this area of the map:
And I got high atop some old ruins and tried to look beyond. I saw a familiar sight: the spiral tower close to Meridian.
I was like, "huh? That's weird." I didn't know if maybe that was just a mistake or why I was seeing it at the edge of this far off map. And then I started looking closer at the map and realized that the spiral tower WAS within view, if you keep looking way past the blank area of the map and further into the other side, which I have highlighted in red.
Now that I'm writing this I'm thinking it's probably such a nothing thing to others, lol. But for some reason I just thought it was really cool because I'm accustomed to seeing a custom skybox at the edges of the map.
I like to explore the edges of the map just to see where I can go and what I can see beyond, and whatnot. I decided to go back to Rost's house and explore behind it and all that and found an area that I haven't seen before (I'm sure many of you have). That's not the point, though. I was in this area of the map:
And I got high atop some old ruins and tried to look beyond. I saw a familiar sight: the spiral tower close to Meridian.
I was like, "huh? That's weird." I didn't know if maybe that was just a mistake or why I was seeing it at the edge of this far off map. And then I started looking closer at the map and realized that the spiral tower WAS within view, if you keep looking way past the blank area of the map and further into the other side, which I have highlighted in red.
Now that I'm writing this I'm thinking it's probably such a nothing thing to others, lol. But for some reason I just thought it was really cool because I'm accustomed to seeing a custom skybox at the edges of the map.
MegaSackman
Member
It's pretty cool, I did a lot of those things when I finished the game. There are some vistas and places you can go where you're not supposed to, it's cool.
theepicoftyler
Member
I thought this was cool. It may not be cool to anyone else but I guess I'm not a HUGE open world gamer so some stuff is still fresh to me.
I like to explore the edges of the map just to see where I can go and what I can see beyond, and whatnot. I decided to go back to Rost's house and explore behind it and all that and found an area that I haven't seen before (I'm sure many of you have). That's not the point, though. I was in this area of the map:
And I got high on some old ruins and tried to look beyond. I saw a familiar sight: the spiral tower close to Meridian.
I was like, "huh? That's weird." I didn't know if maybe that was just a mistake or why I was seeing it at the edge of this far off map. And then I started looking closer at the map and realized that the spiral tower WAS within view, if you keep looking way past the blank area of the map and further into the other side, which I have highlighted in red.
Now that I'm writing this I'm thinking it's probably such a nothing thing to others, lol. But for some reason I just thought it was really cool because I'm accustomed to seeing a custom skybox at the edges of the map.
There are some areas "off the map" that don't give you the "Turn around or your game will be reloaded to the last save" warning that let you jump to an adjacent area. It's piqued my curiosity for sure about whether things exist in the black space 'off the map'.
Chris_Rivera
Member
PS4 Amateur or Pro? It's only on console.
Standard PS4. The only visual downside of this game.
FeenixRising
Banned
Whenever it shows up in your room Jaded
MegaSackman
Member
They do! but you can't advance much, the place where VanWinkle has set the cursor on are the peak of the mountains behind the jungle Hunting Ground, I climbed the top and there's a vast landscape there but if you try to step in you receive the message, at least you can see everything from up there, pretty cool.
SunhiLegend
Member
Here's how I did mine (hard difficulty):
- Parts wrangling trial: Use the tearblaster shotgun, you don't really have to aim, just tie down a Trampler and let rip, you should be able to tear off all the components in one tie down cycle.
- Pace trial: Climb two of the platforms to get to the Watchers, and then run to the middle of the arena where there's a third Watcher (don't go to the third platform, there's not enough time). Don't bother killing anything. Use fire arrows (with fire mods) to trigger the burning state on Glinthawks when they reach your Watcher to make them go away before it picks up the Watcher corpses.
- Tie down trial: Same as before, use fire arrows to trigger the burning state, this brings the Glinthawks to the ground. Then hit them with the ropecaster. Don't actually attack them once they're tied down, as they can escape and you may be able to tie them down again (which counts towards the goal).
I did find these difficult initially but once you have better gear (and most importantly, good mods), they're a lot easier.
Chris_Rivera
Member
How high can the mods go? Highest I've found is 40 something percent from killing thunderjaws or sometimes the alligators.
Best ones I've seen have been high 40s with multiple secondary attributes over 10, like this one I got last night:
Baroquemantic
Member
So awesome. Please make more like this.
Oh my...
Oh wow. She covers her ears because of the explosion!
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
The game needs a Souls Mode. You start at your Home with nothing but a bow and arrow. level 0. And You have to make it to the top left corner of the map with only a few bonfires on the way there.
Turn all enemy awareness way up so you HAVE to fight them and cant just sneak past everyone. Keep everything else the same.
GOTY.
Turn all enemy awareness way up so you HAVE to fight them and cant just sneak past everyone. Keep everything else the same.
GOTY.
Ravage_Hydra
Member
I have spent alot of time grinding Weapon coils and this are the best i gotten
One my Shadow hunter bow i have
48% Tear
20% Damage
11% Freeze
48% Tear
20% Damage
11% Fire
50% Tear
13 Handling
12% Shock
On my Lodge Sling Shot i have
49% Damage
20% Tear
11% Fire
46% Damage
11% Handling
11% Shock
46% Damage
11% Handling
11% Shock
On my shadow sharpshot bow i got
45% Tear
10% Handling
10% Shock
47% Tear
12% Handling
10% Shock
47% Tear
12% Handling
11% freeze
Those are my three best weapons mod wise
Also got my lodge ropecaster at
Handling of 143 with 251 tear
Also have alot of 50% freeze and fire and shock coils which i kinda never use
The best armor weave i have found is
20% Resist ranged attack
17% resist corruption
10% stealth
The behemoth and the rockbreakers are the best machines to try and get the best weaves and coils
JadedWriter
Member
I also noticed the other day if you are too close to a tear blaster arrow when it goes off if makes your ears ring as well.
Edit: I came here to say that after 73 hours I think it's time to move on for a while. A part of me really wants to start a new game but I need to try Zelda and some other games on my backlog. When I come back I hope there is a NG+ available so I don't have to farm all the carrying upgrades again.
GodParticle
Member
Just started, but I'm getting kind of annoyed having to play in batman vision to see enemies
Its sometimes easier to come back when you've got better weapons, more mods and skills. Some are easily cheesed like using tear arrows to knock a bunch of canisters off at once but you already did that one.
Candeldandel
Member
Ok so, 70 hours in, lvl 40, at
and yeah I know I'm draggin' this mofo out
but
SIGH
This game. U gais. I can just wander around takin' screenshots for well over an hour or more, getting 'lost' in the environment. I love the forest the most, probably because of the windy pre-rain weather <3 So fuckin' good, it all just makes me wanna go camping
And I love the little animations Aloy does, but my favorite so far has got to be her standing idle animation of feeling the tall grass with her hands...
There're just so many little things that make this game so much fun to uh, spend time in (?) other than just playing it to progress the story line. We would be so lucky to get another game like this, so much so it hadn't even occurred to me until people started mentioning the possibility GOD that would be amazing <3
Deep Secrets of the Earth
but
SIGH
This game. U gais. I can just wander around takin' screenshots for well over an hour or more, getting 'lost' in the environment. I love the forest the most, probably because of the windy pre-rain weather <3 So fuckin' good, it all just makes me wanna go camping
And I love the little animations Aloy does, but my favorite so far has got to be her standing idle animation of feeling the tall grass with her hands...
There're just so many little things that make this game so much fun to uh, spend time in (?) other than just playing it to progress the story line. We would be so lucky to get another game like this, so much so it hadn't even occurred to me until people started mentioning the possibility GOD that would be amazing <3
Ravage_Hydra
Member
Just 15 in total
Witcher 3 has vastly superior quest design and interweaving plot lines, along with a better cast of side characters. Horizon has far better combat and enemy variety, and a much more direct main story. As someone who played Zelda and Horizon at the same time, give each game some distance. They do different things better than one another and you need to divorce yourself of those direct expectations before jumping back in.
Well, levels don't necessarily mean much in this game, only health. I'd rather be level 1 with all the good weapons/mods then level 50 with all green weapons.
Good to know I can finally get rid of these animal skins and bones then lol
Aaronology
Member
Accurate.
NervousXtian
Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
After beating this, I have to say it's a great game.
Some annoyances though.
-the rewards for the collectibles are universally freaking awful. Like super awful... like I can go kill a few thunderjaws or stormbirds and get way better loot and cash. For all the work to collect the flowers, vessels, etc... to have them give you really lame rewards is bad.
-reward boxes dropped from robots are equally bad... almost NEVER anything of value.. by games end I had over a dozen boxes with rock bundles I couldn't get rid of since I never use rocks, and the bundle fills your rocks up so I'd need to sit and toss rocks for like 30 mins straight to get rid of them all... that's not fun.
-the end levels basically being a
mission and a fight against something you've already basically faced quite a few times was sort of a letdown. I wanted something new.
Otherwise, they nailed so much.. I didn't expect this from the same dev as Shadowfall.. which kind of shows how rushed for launch they were with it.
Some annoyances though.
-the rewards for the collectibles are universally freaking awful. Like super awful... like I can go kill a few thunderjaws or stormbirds and get way better loot and cash. For all the work to collect the flowers, vessels, etc... to have them give you really lame rewards is bad.
-reward boxes dropped from robots are equally bad... almost NEVER anything of value.. by games end I had over a dozen boxes with rock bundles I couldn't get rid of since I never use rocks, and the bundle fills your rocks up so I'd need to sit and toss rocks for like 30 mins straight to get rid of them all... that's not fun.
-the end levels basically being a
turret
Otherwise, they nailed so much.. I didn't expect this from the same dev as Shadowfall.. which kind of shows how rushed for launch they were with it.
RPGCrazied
Member
Just got the armor from the power cells.
I'm close to the end aren't I? What a ride. 40 hours is what it took me. And no, I didn't do everything. I wonder if I missed any quests, but I did every green ! that I came across.
I'm close to the end aren't I? What a ride. 40 hours is what it took me. And no, I didn't do everything. I wonder if I missed any quests, but I did every green ! that I came across.
whatever6352
Member
Yup, the end is near if you have the armor from the power cells. Now onto Persona 5 in 4 days!
RPGCrazied
Member
Yeah, I rushed a bit cause I knew this was around the corner.
And the corrupted Thunderjaw was hard as fuck.