el_colibri
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How far am I guys?
I've just entered the Zero Dawn facility, just after Aloy got through the door which blew air out and notified the guards
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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT2| Red Head Redemption
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Melchiah
Member
That was one of things I liked about the game. I'm not a big open world fan, and the world was just right size for me. If it's too large it seems too daunting task for me. Quality prevails over quantity. The game delivered with side quests and collectibles in that regard as well.
Falchion
Member
Probably about 65% through the main story.
I'd say it best you do that part to completion first. It's not bad by any means, it's just fairly disconnected from the 'main' narrative, so it might feel less compelling coming off developments on the other questline.
KoruptData
Member
After beating Zelda, I had this and Mass Effect to play. I decided to try the first hour or so of both and make my decision which to play next. I went with Mass Effect.
My problem in the first hour of playing Horizon was what seems like a forced emphasis on stealth. After enjoying the complete freedom of Zelda, it kind of discouraged me to having to be mindful about where I'm going all the time. Is this really the case or did I not give it a fair shake? Can I play the game without stealth? Can I just melee with everything? I'm still going to play it but these were the reasons I went with ME first after Zelda.
My problem in the first hour of playing Horizon was what seems like a forced emphasis on stealth. After enjoying the complete freedom of Zelda, it kind of discouraged me to having to be mindful about where I'm going all the time. Is this really the case or did I not give it a fair shake? Can I play the game without stealth? Can I just melee with everything? I'm still going to play it but these were the reasons I went with ME first after Zelda.
Falchion
Member
You can play without being sneaky but you'll get fucked up. Horizon rewards you for planning and stealth.
Ravage_Hydra
Member
Made a video of everything i done in the 195 hours i played so far, Super Rare Weapon Coils 400K Metal Shards And armor weaves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibI7dlnLqF8&feature=youtu.be
In my grinding for those rare coils and weaves i defeated so far
RB 416
TJaw 355
Behemoths 220
the 3 best machines to get Super Rare Coils and Weaves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibI7dlnLqF8&feature=youtu.be
In my grinding for those rare coils and weaves i defeated so far
RB 416
TJaw 355
Behemoths 220
the 3 best machines to get Super Rare Coils and Weaves
Later in the game, as you get more skilled and obtain more powerful weapons, playing without stealth is a viable option.
KoruptData
Member
Cool. When I come back to this game I will know what frame of mind I will have to be in. It was a hassle at first.
Feels very WRPG-y and wasn't nearly as compelling.
also since I can't make threads for a while on the account of I am too humorous, can we talk for a second about how much inspiration this game drew from Dinotopia and it is just fucking wonderful for doing so. Dinotopia is my favorite fictional world, and it has been quite amazing being able to explore some of the concepts in a videogame.
I HIGHLY recommend buying the four main picture books in the series
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time
Dinotopia: The World Beneath
Dinotopia: First Flight (Okay you can skip this one, but this is the most Horizon-like)
Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara
EDIT: In case you dont know what Dinotopia is. Its a series set in the early 19th century where an undiscovered continent still has dinosaurs and they live alongside people. The artist who created the series was an artist for National Geographic, so he delves really deep into the cultural back and forth between dinosaurs and humans similar to Horizon with the machines. There is also a sort of subplot that shows Dinotopia used to be far more technologically advanced, but the society and its machines are buried deep underground. The stories are much lighter than Horizon, but the world of machines, humans, and dinosaurs is a step above even Horizon.
RustyNails
Member
Is it worth unlocking Lodge weapons?
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
Yes, they are actually the best weapons in the game of their kind.
Falchion
Member
Plus they're gold and look awesome.
whatever6352
Member
It's really up to you on how you want to play. I always go guns blazing although there are some times when I did take the stealth route. I hardly ever used melee, but my brother uses melee fairly often.
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
The Tearblast launcher is the only weapon of it's kind, so yes. I think you have to ace all hunting grounds trials to get it, but it is worth the trouble. Plus the hunting grounds trials are pretty fun.
Pretty sure the Tearblast is a reward for a standalone quest in the Lodge. The Lodge versions of pre-existing weapons are the rewards for the marks.
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
You are right, for some reason I thought it was part of the other 3.
Miniature Kaiju
Member
I came to the realization while playing tonight that the various environments in this game just feel right to me. There's something about the level of detail and scale that makes them feel so natural; which is something that I've never really experienced in any other open world game.
Quick question about the end game
After I beat the main story can I still do side quests that I didn't finish?i wanna see how the story ends but I wanna do some of the side quests as well. Just want to make sure I won't miss anything if just go through the main story line. Also, no spoilers please!
DriftingSpirit
Member
Yeah, you'll be fine.
Subtervotion
Member
The lodge blast sling ended up being my favorite weapon. So much so that I used up all my Blaze after getting it and was Blaze poor for the entirety of the rest of the game.
Falchion
Member
Once I realized how powerful a War Bow with freeze mods and the lodge blast sling bombs were as a combo, I used that to absolutely wreck Stormbirds and Thunderjaws. I would harvest blaze from Grazers using the harvest arrows on their tanks after stealth killing them so that I never ran low.
FeenixRising
Banned
Save them to a USB drive, upload them to gifyu, post in screenshot thread (or here, idk the rules)
Ravage_Hydra
Member
After 200 hours when you can this easily down a TJaw,
4 freeze arrows and 10 precision arrows with x3 damage coils of 49%
you know its time to take a break
4 freeze arrows and 10 precision arrows with x3 damage coils of 49%
boredandlazy
Member
100% and platinum today. 
Now onto Persona 5... Then Nier Automata...
Now onto Persona 5... Then Nier Automata...
unpopularblargh
Member
That can't be right, can it? I just reached
Sunfall
MegaSackman
Member
unpopularblargh
Member
Godammit 😌 I still have Persona to play this year 😭It is right.
Edit: I'll say 70% just for the main story tho.
Melchiah
Member
The same happened for me once as well. It's one of those little details, that make the whole greater.
holygeesus
Banned
There are infinite amounts of Blaze at pretty much every merchant though. Towards the end, my game basically amounted to selling everything then holding down the buy button on Blaze until I got at least 60 of the bad boys.
Melchiah
Member
Yeah, I kept a constant stock of 100 pieces of Blaze. You could easily get enough extra resources and low level mods to sell from a single mission to keep the supply at that level. The downside was, that there was little reason to use anything else than the Blast Sling to finish the machines.
Before I got the Blast Sling, the hardest part for me was the
Fire Bellowback
After 200 hours when you can this easily down a TJaw,you know its time to take a break
4 freeze arrows and 10 precision arrows with x3 damage coils of 49%
haha holy shit
ok, i just finished (and also platinumed) the game.
What a fantastic game ... my only issue would be the massive info dump missions during the last 10% of the game - especially when there's audio logs and
kinda screwed up pacing.
Also, i didn't care for the first part of the final mission at all ...
What a fantastic game ... my only issue would be the massive info dump missions during the last 10% of the game - especially when there's audio logs and
Sylens decides to have a conversation via Focus at the same time
kinda screwed up pacing.
Also, i didn't care for the first part of the final mission at all ...
Melchiah
Member
I loved the information the game fed to me, but I didn't like how the holograms activated automatically when I went back to check if I missed something, and returned to where I was. There was no way to shut them off, and it drowned the dialogue between the characters.
don't get me wrong, i love the information. But if you're giving me audio logs, maybe sprinkle them across the mission in such a way that i won't be standing there, waiting for one to finish so i can listen to the next one.
And yeah, i know, i can just listen to them at a later point in time from the menu. Still ... Rooms with 5 audio logs that are like up to 2 minutes each, that's just a big no-no imho.
edit: Just finished the credits. Platinum, 93.18% completion... cool. Not gonna go hunt for all those world-collectibles.
holygeesus
Banned
One minor criticism I would have, for those mopping up trophies at least, is that the collectables seem to fall a little too often, on a cliff-top and the navigation of mountain terrain isn't really the game's strength. Trying to find a small climbing hand hold, in the dark, or with metal beats sniffing around, does get slightly annoying.
i feel like the only collectibles that are "up some mountain" are usually just the banuk figures, and those usually come with walls that have plenty of colorful wall paintings and flags to show you where you should make your ascend.
Melchiah
Member
The audio log issue, that was already present in Bioshock, hasn't still been solved. It would be nice to be able to listen to the audio logs while you proceed, but you're bound to reach a point where a dialogue/fight setpiece begins, and gets in the way.
Saint of Killers
Member
I wanted this game from the moment its concept arts leaked. I was so hyped for it! Unfortunately, concerns started to seep into my thinking. They were mostly brought about by the dev's previous games; I just couldn't see how they could make anything beyond a lite version of Ubi games. (I loved FC4 and WD2, btw.) Even if they did bring in additional help. Well, thank fuck I was wrong! Finished it last night and whilst the gameplay didn't break many (any?) moulds, it was without doubt crazy fun to play. Shit, the game even managed to get me in the feels a good few times.
, but everything else? *supoib*
gg, GG. gg.
Gameplay wise, the finale wasn't all that great
gg, GG. gg.
dreamstation
Gold Member
Beautiful. Shivers down your spine kinda stuff.
holygeesus
Banned
Nah nearly all the vantages are and a great deal of the mechanical flowers.
Saint of Killers
Member
Posting replies for my locked waifu/husbando thread in here xD
Redmaw spoiler.
I didn't dislike the guy, and your comments re beutiful Beyonce lookalikes has me intrigued, but I wonder just how much Aloy was into him considering how some of his remarks toward the end seemingly fell on deaf ears.
Chandler X Bing said:
CRUNT said:
Redmaw spoiler.
marzlapin said:
I didn't dislike the guy, and your comments re beutiful Beyonce lookalikes has me intrigued, but I wonder just how much Aloy was into him considering how some of his remarks toward the end seemingly fell on deaf ears.
holygeesus
Banned
There was something going on with both Vanasha (her whole - I'll thank you properly next time I see you *wink* spiel) and the weapon crafter (can't remember her name doh)