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Horizon Zero Dawn Spoiler-free Impressions (for real this time)
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LastMinuteHero
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^what am I supposed to be seeing there? It's not loading for me
GinoFelino
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Is this embargo?
Jawbreaker
Member
Countdown until the review embargo is up.
nitrowolf2
Neo Member
Aaide from my standard ps4 still soundi g like a space shuttle for take off, it looks near identicle. Im at work so ill do a full video most likely and comparing side by side
come on man. link itThere's a pretty amazing fight against the Thunderjaw somewhere in the Internet... oh boy.
MiamiWesker
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I don't remember which is that one but I have not been to the big one. I got to one that was kind of cool in design. It's no TES, you can't enter buildings or anything.
Gudji
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ronaldthump
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There's a pretty amazing fight against the Thunderjaw somewhere in the Internet... oh boy.
yeah that's the dinosaur I forgot. It's pretty fucking amazing. Found an area with 2 and noped the hell out of there. I couldn't even beat one. 2? lol.
The game reminds me of Dragon's Dogma in that the threats are quite real. I'm about level 26ish and I still gotta be careful as some critters will take Aloy out quite easily if I'm not paying attention. Was fighting two sabretook tiger types and somehow wandered over to another area that brought in more enemies. Died. LOL.
Combat is very satisfying and continues to be fun. The various ways you can engage enemies...
also, checked the bestiary and I've got about 8-9 I haven't encountered. Dammmmnn!!
it does!
Man this looks so good and judging by impressions it is gonna be a lot of fun too.
I know that UC4 probably technically looks better, I think Horizon defeats it in art direction. I want to explore this world. Uncharted is beautiful but is basically not much different than our world as it currently exists so the appeal to explore is not as strong.
Looking forward to reading reviews tomorrow morning. Predicting upper 80s for metacritic.
I know that UC4 probably technically looks better, I think Horizon defeats it in art direction. I want to explore this world. Uncharted is beautiful but is basically not much different than our world as it currently exists so the appeal to explore is not as strong.
Looking forward to reading reviews tomorrow morning. Predicting upper 80s for metacritic.
Do you feel like you've gotten more powerful with more gear and leveling up? I love the satisfaction of handling previously difficult enemies with ease later in the game, like Monster Hunter.
ronaldthump
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The art direction is really what makes the game. The dinosaurs, this odd prehistoric/post apocalyptic world. And then the world itself is rich with plenty of different eco-systems. I wouldn't say anymore but I'm constantly going into areas and going wow this looks incredible.
You meant you can't enter buildings, right?
MiamiWesker
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gundamkyoukai
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link does not show up .
This is spoilers!!
ronaldthump
Member
wrote a whole lot. But the short answer/spoiler free answer is Yes.
that's quite spoilerfic.
This is what i am talking about!!
I think this one is actually not the same as this one:
They look similar but one has only angular towers, one has only round towers. So there seem to be two bigger towns.
Gudji
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Try now.
wrote a whole lot. But the short answer/spoiler free answer is Yes.
that's quite spoilerfic.
Nice! Thanks.
ronaldthump
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I think the spoilerfree part of this thread - you should at least spoiler tag your pics or just post a link.
Are you referring to me and vivekTO?
Those are pretty old trailer captures or promo pics that most should have seen already.
those two pics are from trailers
gundamkyoukai
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thanks.
that was tense man. the music too!
with no HUD, how he kept is aim accurate was surprising
the thunderjaw wasnt even falling fo the traps. lol
ronaldthump
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I was on a media blackout. so I'm going into the game blind. No idea what they've shown.
There's something really great about seeing the world for the first time. That's all.
MiamiWesker
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Well thank you for spoiling what that looks like, and no. Lol.
OMG what I just fought and died horribly!!!!! This new area is amazing. Be ready to lose progress though, the saving is not updated regularly, you need camp fires or finishing a quest objective.
OMG what I just fought and died horribly!!!!! This new area is amazing. Be ready to lose progress though, the saving is not updated regularly, you need camp fires or finishing a quest objective.
Yabberwocky
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That was extremely intimidating at night, yikes. The soundtrack was great at ramping up the tension, great sound design all-round.
This is from the story trailer released in jan!! now don't tell me this is spoilers??
They already taken it down.
More_Badass
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Are camp fires shown on your map?
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When I watched the dev stream last month, it stood out to me how dangerous the machines seemed and how you often may want to choose your battles carefully
Given that you can see machines on the map, you need to save at campfires, and fast travel is limited by resources, do you feel the game encourages you to plan your route through the world?
Which one???
Does not seem like many will beat it here before the reviews drop.
The good thing is it seems to be that they're having too much fun
Already struck down by Sony, lol.
MiamiWesker
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Jesus! That was like an 8 minute fight and I died at the end, nooooo. Let's do it again!
everyday math
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Wow
That was really impressive.
Nightengale
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Being on YouTube public is recipe for ninja strike.
That being said, that fight was five kinds of awesome.
That being said, that fight was five kinds of awesome.
Gudji
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Was going to happen anyway. Saw that thing on reddit.
I think there is an extra difficulty mode = Very Hard + NO HUD ahah
no jokes man. the sound too!
like you could tell which laser attack the thunderjaw was going for by sound only
and if he hadn't wrecked the thunderjaw with the disc launcher in the beginning he would have fucked up. lol
ronaldthump
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Does not seem like many will beat it here before the reviews drop.
I feel like I'm at 27% in the game. It's huge, and the world map is also ginormous. Also, I'm doing a lot of the sidequests.
Not rushing to finish it before the reviews drop. I'm having a good time with it.
On mobile, in preferences, there's an option for turning off "show gifs". That helps too.
This function has saved me from several spoilerey images in the last few months. God send.
Link got taken down. Any chance this can be re-uploaded somewhere else?
Right which is great to hear.
B-B-Bomba!
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Yeah exactly. Some of us are trying to tread a very thin tghtrope with this stuff; we want to see but not see, hear but not hear.
Even if it's a spoiler free thread, I think we've only ourselves to blame if we see stuff we would prefer not to. But with that said, it would be really kind if people could avoid posting things that are too specific, important or detailed. This is kind of our thread after all.
My 2C only!
I'm still able to watch it because i haven't reloaded the page hehe.
same. lol
The buzz of the discs sound scary lol. I really like how he showed that he was playing on very hard at the end lol.