DriftingSpirit
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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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the most recent patch made it noticeably worse
Beautiful. Always down for a good time lapse video, great work man!
Humdinger
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Won't read the thread because there's too much I haven't seen being discussed, but just wanted to pop in and say, I'm really enjoying the game. Reminds me of Mass Effect in some ways (the way the dialog is handled), but it feels completely fresh. Best new RPG I've played in years. I hope the sales numbers are good -- they deserve it.
xenorevlis
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Appreciate the compliments. Happy you all liked the video!
Thanks! I just haven't had time to do the description and such. EDIT - Just made it public
Thanks! I just haven't had time to do the description and such. EDIT - Just made it public
The main story is really great, one of my favourites in a game for a good while. There's kind of a slump after the first 5 hours but it really ramps up again for the 2nd half.
Snowybreak
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I dont know if this already posted but yeah
Ravage from Tranformers movie
Ravager
Both have their own mounted weapon on their back.
Yeah, but the Ravager looks infinitely cooler. The piece-by-piece armored robotic design is much more aesthetically pleasing than jagged-spike-edgelord robot.
It's great all the way through, especially the second half when you start uncovering everything.
LastMinuteHero
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Heh, couldn't have said it better
I turned off enemy health bar, enemy awareness and compass.
Enemy health and awareness you can tell by looking at the models.
Twilight Gap
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i have everything off or on dynamic so that when i'm not fighting, there's nothing on the screen
Tomasoares
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Enemy awareness and stealth icon disabled and no active missions/tasks.
Allonym
There should be more tampons in gaming
What's cool about all those things is that they are so intuitively told by the machines that it doesn't really impair your ability to combat them and remain undetected. Game is so good. It's on par with Souls and other great action games. If they just refine the formula a little and expand on some things...Jesus! Other people in the industry had better watch out, I mean they should be on notice now.
KINGofCRA5H
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Since I beat the story I turned off the compass. I already had the whole HUD set to Dynamic, but man. It really is glorious with no HUD.
I don't have a single Platinum trophy, and I am going to change that. This game deserves it.
I don't have a single Platinum trophy, and I am going to change that. This game deserves it.
Just beat the game and had a blast doing so. It deserves its high praises 7 is greatly ambitious. Here are some non-spoiler annoyances though:
Aloy constantly asking plot pivotal questions that honestly should be internal. It is there for us stupid audience members to ask ourselves, which the writing shouldn't be doing. She often says to herself out loud why she needs to do what she needs to do & what the next plot point is. This will become glaringly clear and more obvious during Meridian. For a brilliant game that doesn't try and hold your hand mechanics-wise, it certainly does so in terms of plot and making you ask questions you would've otherwise asked, without Aloy telling you to.
The latter part of the game gets bogged down with expository storytelling & a lot of audio codexes placed one after another.
For as decent as the voice acting is, one can never escape those actors who 1. put on a tone & 2. constantly break the natural flow of speech by making random dramatic cuts in their speaking pattern for effect. Aloy's voice actor avoids this through the earlier half of the game, but a certain antagonist who tells you to stare at the sun is littered with bad anime villain voice acting.
Aloy constantly asking plot pivotal questions that honestly should be internal. It is there for us stupid audience members to ask ourselves, which the writing shouldn't be doing. She often says to herself out loud why she needs to do what she needs to do & what the next plot point is. This will become glaringly clear and more obvious during Meridian. For a brilliant game that doesn't try and hold your hand mechanics-wise, it certainly does so in terms of plot and making you ask questions you would've otherwise asked, without Aloy telling you to.
The latter part of the game gets bogged down with expository storytelling & a lot of audio codexes placed one after another.
For as decent as the voice acting is, one can never escape those actors who 1. put on a tone & 2. constantly break the natural flow of speech by making random dramatic cuts in their speaking pattern for effect. Aloy's voice actor avoids this through the earlier half of the game, but a certain antagonist who tells you to stare at the sun is littered with bad anime villain voice acting.
No. They are in different parts of the map. Same with the vessels and vantage points. Banuk figures are in the same general area I believe.
Twilight Gap
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I love how most of the machines are unique and they all have their own weaknesses. Definitely never came across as bullet sponges (except Deathbringer)
Primethius
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Dynamic HUD. Compass, quest data off. It's the best as touchpad just brings up the necessary stuff.
potatohead
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It seems like I'm in the minority here, but I didn't like the story at all. As someone else mentionend, it does get a bit more interesting when you discover what's really going on, but overall I didn't feel invested in the story or any of the characters. I would still recommend this game, though. The gameplay and the world are amazing, I just think the story, the characters, the dialogue and the writing in general are pretty weak.
Fought 2 corrupted rockbreakers. They wrecked me first time. Second time I picked em off one at a time. Love finishing them off with a big ol explosion.
https://youtu.be/80TLfr2VTdY
https://youtu.be/80TLfr2VTdY
Any tips for the 'tie down' lodge trial? Glinthawks are bad enough as-is, but with tramplers joining the party it's a nightmare
Edit: phew - did it. Ended up sprinting to the nearest trampled and overriding it, then killing the other two as soon as possible so I could focus on the glinthawks. Still not a fun challenge as inhate flying enemies generally and tracking them with a stick can be annoying
Edit: phew - did it. Ended up sprinting to the nearest trampled and overriding it, then killing the other two as soon as possible so I could focus on the glinthawks. Still not a fun challenge as inhate flying enemies generally and tracking them with a stick can be annoying
firehawk12
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I actually like it in The Expanse. lol
Sure, but why specifically American English with American colloquialisms? Why would someone have a Southern accent?
Stay near the edge on the slope and hope they don't fly out of bounds.
There's probably a way to do it legitimately down on the ground, but I couldn't do it since the Tramplers kept killing the Glinthawks.
Allonym
There should be more tampons in gaming
It too has those heat fins and radiators that can be shot along with its weapons but then again it makes sense why it was a bullet sponge. It was created by the ancient ones and meant to be a war machine so maybe that's why it's devoid of any glaring weaknesses unlike the other, later machines.
hmmm since i study in creative writing, we critic a lot of texts (in french tho) so my judgement got sharper over the years, I might feel like you once I play the game
Spartancarver
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How do you turn off the active quest marker? Turned off the waypoints but it's still there
Tomasoares
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You need to disable in the map and it will dissapear
Spartancarver
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Nice, thanks. Will it come up again if I touch the touchpad?
Snowybreak
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I would pay for DLC that would allow me to ride a Sawtooth or Ravager.
Allonym
There should be more tampons in gaming
I haven't completed the game but maybe some southerners survived and the people originated from those survivors who remained in that area.
Donniewahlberg
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Yayyyyy got all the blazing suns!
If you aggro them off to the right side where the path slopes down from the trial master oppose to sliding down the ropes, the tramplers either won't aggro or will get stuff on the other side of the path. Then just tie them, blow their ice pouch on the front and let them have it!
I noticed too, but I wasn't sure if it was the patch, or something about moving the game to an external hdd.
If you aggro them off to the right side where the path slopes down from the trial master oppose to sliding down the ropes, the tramplers either won't aggro or will get stuff on the other side of the path. Then just tie them, blow their ice pouch on the front and let them have it!
I noticed too, but I wasn't sure if it was the patch, or something about moving the game to an external hdd.
Snowybreak
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I'm gonna spoiler tag this, but I'd HIGHLY suggest clicking it. It doesn't spoil the end of the game, only one aspect of exactly what happened during the robot... Stuff.
Literally nothing survived. No plant, animal, or anything organic.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
After stealth takedowns and lure, I think it depends on how you like to play. I found the ability to fire 3 arrows useful early on, but you might be a melee player and that skill that lets you stun enemies with a strong attack is really useful if you are surrounded.
I don't get want to get into spoilers for such a minor point, but let's just say
that wouldn't matter given how the new humans are created.
LastMinuteHero
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those two and long necks. They're basically chocobos
Listening to the soundtrack on spotify after beating the game has made me appreciate it a lot more. While playing I felt like a lot of the songs were fairly understated and ambient, but there are some really great stand out tracks. I love the one that plays during the beginning of the final mission
when Aloy gets woken up by one of the soldiers then her and Avad are standing on the balcony when the machines start attacking. Really gets your blood pumping for when they throw you in to fight Helis.
Finally some good footage of timelapse in horizon. Good Work!!
Aaronology
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Everything off except for the weapon and ammo display. I'm trying to play the game as organically as possible. It's especially exciting fighting robots and having to rely on visual cues for their health (which the game provides aplenty) but never knowing quite when they'll go down.
Oh man, I didn't even think about turning off enemy health bars. That does indeed sound pretty exciting. Should I ever return to this game, I will definitely try playing it with a minimalist HUD.
SunhiLegend
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lol holy shit I'm trying this tonight
Aaronology
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For sure. There is a massive "holy crap I did it!!" thrill when a robot finally collapses after an intense encounter. Health bars totally rob the player of that exhilaration by telegraphing precisely when the battle will be over. Having a behemoth rushing at you and not knowing if your last arrow will down it and it does is a serious rush. Every encounter is exciting, which is probably why I accidentally over-leveled to 50 when the game was calling for me to do level 12 quests. I've spent an insane amount of time just hunting.
This.
Allonym
There should be more tampons in gaming
LMAO, I'm sorry but I'm not reading any of these
EDIT: and my blackass while quoting you saw what you wrote. Oh well, not a big surprise...actually it is a big surprise. lol
Started today.
Holy Shit.What an Opening.Superb Stuff.Cutscenes are superbly done.Music is simply Awesome and goosebumpy.
Gameplay is Nailed here.So good to Hunt Machines.They are truly awesome to fight with.
That fight with Sawtooth was tense for me.
Excited for the Proving now.
Great Start to the Game must say.
Holy Shit.What an Opening.Superb Stuff.Cutscenes are superbly done.Music is simply Awesome and goosebumpy.
Gameplay is Nailed here.So good to Hunt Machines.They are truly awesome to fight with.
That fight with Sawtooth was tense for me.
Excited for the Proving now.
Great Start to the Game must say.
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