Have the dialogue and story choices, so far, been good enough that you'd want to see the other paths? Is it strict enough that the story might become a nuisance in repeat playthroughs? Do any of you think there is replay value in this story wise?
I live in the awe inspiring Pacific Northwest. Sorounded by beauty. Pacific Ocean to the west and mount hood to the east. Still find these pics bananas . It's uncanny!!
The game is basically a TPS lock on would destroy the gameplay .
It would make aiming at certain body parts way to easy .
Not to mention timing and movement would be less of a important factor .
I meant for melee. Melee combat without any kind of lock-on is just a mess. Is this game a shooter? I was sure I saw some melee combat shown at one point.
Nioh went through various developers and genres. At one point it was more of a RPG, and at another it was a Musou game. It'd been in development by Omega Force (the Musou team) at one point and eventually made its way into the hands of Team Ninja where it took the form that it was released in.
I meant for melee. Melee combat without any kind of lock-on is just a mess. Is this game a shooter? I was sure I saw some melee combat shown at one point.
Nioh and FF are like a Duke Nukem (except turning out good), in that they went through major design changes that basically changed the entire games throughout development.
I wouldn't really consider it in the same category of games with longer than usual developments like Watch Dogs, Last of Us, Destiny, Horizon, etc.
I meant for melee. Melee combat without any kind of lock-on is just a mess. Is this game a shooter? I was sure I saw some melee combat shown at one point.
I meant for melee. Melee combat without any kind of lock-on is just a mess. Is this game a shooter? I was sure I saw some melee combat shown at one point.
I meant for melee. Melee combat without any kind of lock-on is just a mess. Is this game a shooter? I was sure I saw some melee combat shown at one point.
Vanquish or Tomb Raider melee didn't have lock-on. This isn't Dark Souls; like the aforementioned games, it's predominantly shooter combat with a melee weapon to do some basic close quarters attacks
Yeah, I think I've read somewhere before that it feels like ROTR + Witcher 3 as well. Kinda explains the no lock on for melee 'issue'. It's a non issue if you remember how it works on ROTR.
I consider 50 hours for everything in an rpg short (and yes I realize it is an action rpg. So is witcher and fallout and both last much longer than 50 hours). 20 hours would be ridiculous and I'd wait for the game to go cheaper.
If I'm ready to be done with a game in 50 hours it was very mediocre at best. If this game only lasts me 50 hours and I like it it will feel like I barely played it and leave me wishing there was more. And I honestly prefer to be tired of a game before I get to that point. I hate the feeling of wishing there was more.
Why are we set on 50 hour 100 percent completion time when we absolutely don't know what the last 26 percent consists of? Maybe that last 26 percent takes 40 hrs on its own, maybe it takes 10 hrs. Whatever it is we have no clue what the final time will be.
The side quests and collectibles are such a tiny fraction of the completion percentage, like .5 of a percent. So if there are 20 main quests (3.13% per main quest, and I assume there are more than 20) will already put you at 63 or so percent, it will take like 4 or 5 times more stuff just to fill in the rest.
I still don't get why more people didn't copy DD yet l, it's simply the best!!! I wish we could actually play together instead of using each other's pawns.
Melee is pretty easy to use against smaller guys, and yeah no lock on is kind of a pain, I have swung and missed a few times but the majority of the time just attack in the general direction and you will hit the machine. For watchers and stuff I almost go full melee, the strong attack is a stun and then you can do a critical hit which if it kills the enemy gets you more exp. again dodging around is easy to do, roll hit, roll hit.
And yeah it tracks the enemy so unless the enemy turns or moves out of the way you will basically magnet to it.
I meant for melee. Melee combat without any kind of lock-on is just a mess. Is this game a shooter? I was sure I saw some melee combat shown at one point.
Have the dialogue and story choices, so far, been good enough that you'd want to see the other paths? Is it strict enough that the story might become a nuisance in repeat playthroughs? Do any of you think there is replay value in this story wise?
Its good cause you get to mess around with the combat and skills for the first time. Early battles are thrilling but it can Get repetitive with only three enemy types and not much to do outside like 3 side quests and the main quest. So I would say it goes from good to great.
Its good cause you get to mess around with the combat and skills for the first time. Early battles are thrilling but it can Get repetitive with only three enemy types and not much to do outside like 3 side quests and the main quest. So I would say it goes from good to great.
Traversal feels a lot like The Witcher 3 mixed with a little Shadow of Mordor.
Quality of quests and politics and lore feel like The Witcher 3 also (disclaimer: I did not finish TW3. I got about 10-15 hours in before I got busy with other stuff. So take with a grain of salt from me)
At times the game feels like Assassin's Creed 2 in "feel."
But it has that characterized Sony Studios polish and lack of jank.
Whenever I see footage or screens of Horizon, the world reminds me of World of Warcraft zones but more densely packed. Am I alone in this?
I've been trying to figure out why this is but I haven't been able to figure it out quite yet. I think it might be due to the various amounts of verticality present in landscapes but that alone doesn't seem to be the reason.
Impressions are nice, I'm thinking this could a cool game me and my cousin can beat together. Nice to hear the story is interesting, I was worried about execution from GG. I know they brought a good writer but that's doesn't mean much if they cant executed properly.
Think of the mutual similarities between The Witcher 3 and AC2. The quest diversity and writing, the traversal, the RPG mechanics, the natural open world with towns, that sort of thing. Reminds me of playing those games back in the day. But that's about it. The combat in this game is nothing like AC2, although there is some (serviceable from human AI, impressive from machine AI) stealth mechanics in Horizon.
So I am like 7 hours in and just finished the opening area and story. Basically now is when the real game begins, you are let out into the open world and so many activities and point of interest open up, it's so exciting.
So the opening area doesn't have much to do, it is basically a tutorial area with a few enemy types, and only a few side quests. You can spend time just messing around as I did and do everything but it's not a good approximation of what lies ahead.
Stuff happens that gets you to the open world and it was pretty exciting. The story is no joke, this is a story heavy game with lots of characters and some dialogue choices to make, can't tell you if they change much but it's there. The main missions tied to taht story were exciting and gave me some boss battle like moments with all new enemy types. I learned to
override beasts so I got a brand new skill and then was let out into the world
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There were vantage points, areas to clear of enemies and my favorite little timed challenges to do. That's just what I found near me, I have yet to really explore as I had to go to sleep. I look at the completion page and there is so much to find and do, this game will keep me occupied for a long time.
So far I am enjoying very hard mode. I die if I am careless but most of the time I get by fine. I have had some close calls that deplete my health so I do have to gather supplies to restock. I do think dodge is a bit of a super move, I have gotten by with dodging a bunch and laying traps. Dodge, trap, dodge, go in for the stun kill, repeat. Again these are still easier enemies so I bet for the tough ones it won't work but dodge is very effective and has a nice invincibility window.
Think of the mutual similarities between The Witcher 3 and AC2. The quest diversity and writing, the traversal, the RPG mechanics, the natural open world with towns, that sort of thing.
Once you reach the town Meridian you got to give us (or at least me) some detailed impressions. It's apparently the biggest and most impressive town in the game. I hope it comes close to The Witcher 3's lively, freely explorable and interesting towns, like Novigrad or Beauclair. I know Meridian is probably not even half as big (which makes sense in a post-post-apocalyptic, sparsely populated world), but that's alright if the atmosphere is right.
What's so great about the story is you got double stories kind of going on. You have all the current Aloy story with tribes and all sorts of cool stuff with her. Then in the background there is the mystery of what happend to the world where it ended up like this. The two plot lines I find equally exciting. It's just good quality sci-fi storytelling with a unique premise that engages me. I just worry about the cast, Aloy is great, not so sure about anyone else. Well the villain looks like
Melee is pretty easy to use against smaller guys, and yeah no lock on is kind of a pain, I have swung and missed a few times but the majority of the time just attack in the general direction and you will hit the machine. For watchers and stuff I almost go full melee, the strong attack is a stun and then you can do a critical hit which if it kills the enemy gets you more exp. again dodging around is easy to do, roll hit, roll hit.
And yeah it tracks the enemy so unless the enemy turns or moves out of the way you will basically magnet to it.
Does the content seen in previously released videos (story, enemies, environments, creatures, weapons etc) represent the majority of the content in the game, or is there loads of new stuff that we've never seen before?
And are there any large towns with unique architectural styles (maybe being new developed since this is the post post apocalypse)
Some people on 4ch played the game and here are some expressions. Game seems pretty mediocre from writings.
>Human AI is atrocious and you spend a lot of time fighting them.
>Stealth is laughable. Streamer was causing explosions and firing a machine gun looking weapon and enemies weren't alerted as long as he was a certain distance away or in a bush.
>Fog everywhere, day and night obscuring objects in the distance, this disappears when you enter photo mode for bullshots.
>Robo-dino hacking is OP and easy to do. If you initiate it mid fight they literally stop moving to allow you to finish, just get behind them.
>Multiple Brom tier cutscenes
>Bow and arrow sounds like you're launching spitballs and will be most of your combat
>Streamer "fast traveled" and it took well over a minute loading.
>Lots of invisible walls in an open world game
