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Horizon: Zero Dawn | Review Thread

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Sotha_Sil

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The only game I regret missing out on by switching to PC. Glad to see it getting excellent reviews.

Can't read the reviews at work, whats the word on quest design?
 
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xxracerxx

Don't worry, I'll vouch for them.
What's the name of the game engine they developed for this game? I can see this becoming a big thing for future PS4 titles.
 
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GIANKRATOS

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xxracerxx said:
What's the name of the game engine they developed for this game? I can see this becoming a big thing for future PS4 titles.
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Decima Engine.

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Vena

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Little Mons†er;230676302 said:
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The lack of continuity in this is annoying me to no end. Her trajectory is directly at the white line when viewed from the panned up shot, yet when she lands she's on (a.) a completely different surface, (b.) in between two white lines of completely different thicknesses from what was seen from above, and (c.) she lands with the force of having tripped and taking a small spill rather than near-terminal velocity for a human from that height which would have spilled her brain all over the transforming pavement.

This means that as she fell to commit suicide (or someone removed her trampoline and/or landing pillow) she phased through spacetime and landed in some other location, potentially at some other point in time (as lighting has changed), and all of her momentum was transfered to some other system! Potentially in her wormhole travels, her vertical momentum was transferred to the pavement (but for some inexplicable reason after a ninety degree transformation) and the pavement (and, logically, the entire planet) shifted a few feet to the left and/or right. This also caused the world to shift color balance (which is fine, added momentum to light will change its energy! So at least something makes sense!).

0/10.
 
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MatrixMan.EXE

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Vena said:
The lack of continuity in this is annoying me to no end. Her trajectory is directly at the white line when viewed from the panned up shot, yet when she lands she's on (a.) a completely different surface, (b.) in between two white lines of completely different thicknesses from what was seen from above, and (c.) she lands with the force of having tripped and taking a small spill rather than near-terminal velocity for a human from that height which would have spilled her brain all over the transforming pavement.

This means that as she fell to commit suicide (or someone removed her trampoline and/or landing pillow) she phased through spacetime and landed in some other location, potentially at some other point in time, and all of her momentum was transfered to some other system! Potentially in her wormhole travels, her vertical momentum was transferred to the pavement (but for some inexplicable reason after a ninety degree transformation) and the pavement (and, logically, the entire planet) shifted a few feet to the left and/or right. This also caused the world to shift color balance (which is fine, added momentum to light will change its energy! So at least something makes sense!).

0/10.
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Vena pls.
 
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gow3isben

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Wollan said:
Bloodborne 92, Overwatch 90, Horizon Zero Dawn 88.
Three strongest IP debuts this generation.

Honorable mention: Nioh 87.
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I am not comfortable labeling Bloodborne as a new IP. It is really more of a spin-off. Faster combat, streamlined RPG elements, and different setting but essentially the same thing.
 
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Sydle

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Great to see the good reviews. I'm not a fan of open-world games, but I think I'll have to give this one a shot eventually.
 
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gow3isben said:
I am not comfortable labeling Bloodborne as a new IP. It is really more of a spin-off. Faster combat, streamlined RPG elements, and different setting but essentially the same thing.
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You don't get to decide if Bloodborne is a new IP or not though. Sorry.
 
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bombshell

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Vena said:
The lack of continuity in this is annoying me to no end. Her trajectory is directly at the white line when viewed from the panned up shot, yet when she lands she's on (a.) a completely different surface, (b.) in between two white lines of completely different thicknesses from what was seen from above, and (c.) she lands with the force of having tripped and taking a small spill rather than near-terminal velocity for a human from that height which would have spilled her brain all over the transforming pavement.

This means that as she fell to commit suicide (or someone removed her trampoline and/or landing pillow) she phased through spacetime and landed in some other location, potentially at some other point in time (as lighting has changed), and all of her momentum was transfered to some other system! Potentially in her wormhole travels, her vertical momentum was transferred to the pavement (but for some inexplicable reason after a ninety degree transformation) and the pavement (and, logically, the entire planet) shifted a few feet to the left and/or right. This also caused the world to shift color balance (which is fine, added momentum to light will change its energy! So at least something makes sense!).

0/10.
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lol
 
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MKIL65

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gow3isben said:
I am not comfortable labeling Bloodborne as a new IP. It is really more of a spin-off. Faster combat, streamlined RPG elements, and different setting but essentially the same thing.
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And how long do you suppose it took them to implement all those things?
 
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FusedAtoms

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gow3isben said:
I am not comfortable labeling Bloodborne as a new IP. It is really more of a spin-off. Faster combat, streamlined RPG elements, and different setting but essentially the same thing.
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Lol.

On topic - I hope Sony pushes there studios to make more New IPs with the success of this.
 
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Koh

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gow3isben said:
I am not comfortable labeling Bloodborne as a new IP. It is really more of a spin-off. Faster combat, streamlined RPG elements, and different setting but essentially the same thing.
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Replace bloodborne with titanfall and Rpg with FPS. Sounds silly, doesn't it?
 
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xxracerxx said:
What's the name of the game engine they developed for this game? I can see this becoming a big thing for future PS4 titles.
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Most of Sony's studios use their own engines. But Decima may be the go-to engine for third party collaborations. It'd be interesting to see what'd happen if From were to use it on another project.
 
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Never followed Metacritic in my life!! I just follow 3 or 4 trusted review sites, based on that I decide if its worth the purchase. Never have I been dissapointed. The crying about the scores 90,89,88 is just insane.

So many people wanting this game to fail while its clearly an amazing entry for a new IP.

Why cant we appreciate the effort the developer GG took with this? Why cant we enjoy the amazing result (and praise) this new IP has delivered?

I realy am dissapointed as a person and a gamer in some of the responses and I believe a lot of them post just to piss people off. While they should be giving praise to a developer who worked so hard and is getting finally praise for all that hard work. For finally not taking that safe route but just doing something new.
 
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wenaldy

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Vena said:
The lack of continuity in this is annoying me to no end. Her trajectory is directly at the white line when viewed from the panned up shot, yet when she lands she's on (a.) a completely different surface, (b.) in between two white lines of completely different thicknesses from what was seen from above, and (c.) she lands with the force of having tripped and taking a small spill rather than near-terminal velocity for a human from that height which would have spilled her brain all over the transforming pavement.

This means that as she fell to commit suicide (or someone removed her trampoline and/or landing pillow) she phased through spacetime and landed in some other location, potentially at some other point in time (as lighting has changed), and all of her momentum was transfered to some other system! Potentially in her wormhole travels, her vertical momentum was transferred to the pavement (but for some inexplicable reason after a ninety degree transformation) and the pavement (and, logically, the entire planet) shifted a few feet to the left and/or right. This also caused the world to shift color balance (which is fine, added momentum to light will change its energy! So at least something makes sense!).

0/10.
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Are you Dexter Morgan?
 
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GeordieMark

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SlimySnake said:
I think it's safe to say that God of War 4 looks better. That said, this looks to have Uncharted 4 beat which is an amazing accomplishment.

However, is it really that surprising considering Killzone 2 and Killzone 3 were the best looking games on the PS3?

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Sucker Punch has been improving with every game. Infamous 2 was a huge improvement over the first somewhat ugly looking Infamous game. And Second Son was easily the best looking next gen game when it came out. I have no doubt that they will improve their engine even more with their next IP.







And of course let's not forget the best looking racer of all time.



Sony has cultivated some of the best talent in the industry, and i hope they stop closing down studios and invest some more because I really dont want to play trashy looking games like Dishonored, Fallout, and downgraded shit like Witcher 3 and Watchdogs.
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Damn you are clueless. What a waste of a post. If anything should be "closed down" it should be bollocks opinions like this.
 
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xxracerxx

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GIANKRATOS said:
Decima Engine.

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Eggbok said:
Decima, it was used for Until Dawn and Kojima is using it as well.
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Bansai said:
Decima
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BlackBuzzard said:
Decima same engine as KZSF(DUH) Until Dawn and Death Stranding.
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SolidSnakex said:
Most of Sony's studios use their own engines. But Decima may be the go-to engine for third party collaborations. It'd be interesting to see what'd happen if From were to use it on another project.
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Cheers.
 
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ronaldthump

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SolidSnakex said:
Most of Sony's studios use their own engines. But Decima may be the go-to engine for third party collaborations. It'd be interesting to see what'd happen if From were to use it on another project.
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I was thinking that Decima went to Kojima because its probably the best Sony had and that they wanted to "poach" kojima and support him. The videogame arm of Sony is very much aware of the public and goodwill it can engender since coming into its own on PS4.

who else is using it?
 
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