Darryl M R
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So I finally beat the game at 90 hours, platinum'd it and all. Great story.
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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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Aaronology
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I think the game could have used a difficulty higher than very hard. Even @50 I don't think I should be able to survive a thunderjaw lunge. The combat is solid enough and fair enough that I would've enjoyed a Soulsborne level of unforgiveness for making mistakes.
Twilight Gap
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i'd agree if it didn't take a minute to respawn after dying.
I agree, the "southerners" spoilers are some REALLY severe spoilers, I'd argue even deleting those and keeping them out of this thread alltogether. Thankfully I'd already advanced past that point in the story but I'd feel bad for anyone getting spoilered that way.
xenorevlis
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Thanks! I almost went and added digital movements but decided to keep it 100% original footage. Sped up 6000%
Would love if they added a NG+ with a harder difficulty later on
The story of this game is exceptional... its really the most impressing thing about the game in the sense that i was expecting amazing visuals, but never such quality in the narrative. And the dialogue is so good most of the times, very well written/ acted and it really makes you feel that they thought about every line and they deliver aiming for a mature audience.
Ammogeddon
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Anyone else getting noticeable colour banding in HDR?
It's quite prominent in the foggy/ white skies.
Tried various setting but it won't go.
It's quite prominent in the foggy/ white skies.
Tried various setting but it won't go.
Gold_Loot
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They got pills for that? More like an OT thing if you ask me.
Yea, I was so happy after I managed to kill the Sawtooth, but that's nothing compared to what's to come. The game is great right from the start and then it just keeps going up, this is truly fkn insane! And those landscapes!
So I haven't had much time to play this because of tons of work > vacation somewhere with friend > back to more busy work. I had started the game and was probably about 3-4 hours maybe?
I put in about 3 hours last night... when only had time for 1... worth it.
I played passed the Proving part of the story. Are there going to be more "oh shit" moments like this? That was pretty crazy stuff.
I put in about 3 hours last night... when only had time for 1... worth it.
I played passed the Proving part of the story. Are there going to be more "oh shit" moments like this? That was pretty crazy stuff.
It actually does, when you do the main quests or you have to follow the tracks, the updates on screen and their frequency are just ridiculous, 40% of the screen is covered.
Having nothing is a bit extreme, but damn it needs to be trimmed to be enjoyable.
Twilight Gap
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freeze bomb master race
KINGofCRA5H
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It's not that it's ruining things. I just prefer the clean look of no HUD. I probably wouldn't do it if they didn't implement touching the touch pad brings up the HUD for a few seconds before it disappears.
Then again I go out of my way when it comes to immersion. And boy does Horizon do immersion well.
Donny Hayabusa
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Where do you Guys see your playtime? Just got my Platin Trophy. 
Enjoyed it immensely, although i couldn't enjoy it at first, because of personal problems.
Enjoyed it immensely, although i couldn't enjoy it at first, because of personal problems.backbreaker65
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Man, I was just going to do some farming on some shellwalkers. I fast travel to that area landed near the site and boom 3 Tramplers and a StormBird. I knock off the Tramplers Horn with a tear away and boom the sound of the tear away introduced 2 SnapMaws from a near by Stream. So now there are 3 Tramplers(18) 2 SnapMaws(20) and a StormBird(20) in the vicinity. I seduced to StormBird to Follow me to some HighGrass and a couple of Trees and took him out and soon as his ass is toast fucking 2 GlintHawks(16) take the loot. Now I'm in Sawtooth(20) territory and 2 sawtooth are patrolling, Hacked 1 and watched a great fight ensue. Mind you this shit is own my way to farm shellwalkers. I was only gonna be on to get my shards up to buy an upgrade and spent an hour randomly fighting shit I didn't plan for, but it was great.
whatever6352
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Where do you Guys see your playtime? Just got my Platin Trophy.
It shows your playtime when you do a manual save at a campfire.
Did the lvl 15 story mission
and lvl 20
Story spoilers
End of creator
the graveyard area
Story spoilers
so dude creates an robot with a learning AI that fuels itself with biomass and can reproduce. Like, what could go wrong with that?
And then of course it wants to use humans to fuel itself. NO SHIT!
And then of course it wants to use humans to fuel itself. NO SHIT!
The Salt Life
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Where on the map is roost and aloys home, near what "mother's" site?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's by the south part of the map.
It's marked by
Roost's Grave
SunhiLegend
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MegaSackman
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West of Mother's Heart, middle way between Mother's Heart and a Scrapper site at the edge of the map.
STILLethal
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MegaSackman
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The destruction... Behemots are amazing, I love the rewind kinda sound they make.
MisterFalcon
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Oh man,no way anyone would have believed this was not a scripted event even a month ago.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Did you happen to upgrade any punches or satchels recently? The Level 4 upgrades each requires something like 500 ridge-wood I think. Or maybe I'm thinking of 500 shards and 250 ridge-wood.
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
Holy shit.
I have to actively tell myself to stop fucking about in photo mode otherwise I won't finish this game.
HDR is very hit or miss for me, and I think it's something that won't truly show its potential unless you have a very top of the line TV.
I have to actively tell myself to stop fucking about in photo mode otherwise I won't finish this game.
HDR is very hit or miss for me, and I think it's something that won't truly show its potential unless you have a very top of the line TV.
vanDoughnut
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GROSS! ^_^
Yeah game does a great job in visual cues. Had a Thunderjaw on the ropes knowing it would go down pretty soon, so when it charged and ran into my blast trip wire and this gigantic thing topples over was a relief. Knowing it's on its last legs but not knowing exactly when it will go down is coooool.
An epic reminder that on top of all of the things this game does right, it does environment destruction really well too (I'm not that far into the game so there's not that much destruction going on in the icy lands, but I'm excited as hell for this kind of thing).
Twilight Gap
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I just can't believe how much vegetation there is out in the wild and all of it is animated and casting its own shadow or reflection.
Dynamic everything just works so much better than having everything on. I don't need to see my health bar and everything else while I'm wandering around the world. I want to see all the details of the environment and not have my screen covered by the hud at all times.
Zvonimir Boban
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Yep, this is basically what I've been using. Makes for better gameplay vids/gifs and you can always tap the touchpad to bring up the rest of the HUD whenever you need it.
That trail just heads right where you need to go on that one, there is another sidequest with a similar trail that was slightly different iirc
Easy chief, just joking around.
Yeah, I've been wondering the same thing. I seem to be pretty hard to spot so it *might* work even though the eye remains open?
potatohead
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Most of the foliage does not cast it's own shadow, there is a lot of ambient occlusion use though. It would be incredibly wasteful for all the grass to be casting shadows as there is so much of it. The tall grass generally casts a shadow, and of course all the taller items like the cacti and large rocks and strees, but the short grasses doesn't.
I realize people are not used to seeing "lots of graphics" though so when you see "a lot of graphics" a lot of times people assume there is more going on than there is. This isn't the only time it happens and won't be the last either.
I'm not taking away from Horizon graphics, it's the best looking open world game available by quite a long margin and does crazy stuff with the PS4 hardware.
I set everything off outside of crosshair. It's way better.
If you have to peek at your health and compass you Just need to lay your finger on the touchpad.
No where does it say that it shrinks the eye. I don't know why people think that. The eye just tells you if you're visible or not, not if you're actually hidden from their sight (I hope that makes sense). The perk works fine. There are no extra visual cues that it is working.
"Screen covered in HUD" feels bizarre to me but then again maybe it's because I'm playing on a massive projector. I still never cared much on my old HDTV either though. I'd rather always know my health and stuff just in case.
KINGofCRA5H
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It all just comes down to preference. No right or wrong way to display the HUD. Props to GG for giving us players the option, though.
SonicAaron
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Can someone answer me two quick questions;
1) I've bought four maps from a merchant... does every merchant have different maps or am I just rebuying the same maps? Is there a method to this? Each merchant covers a certain area? Do only some merchants sell them?
2) I'm trying to buy all the shadow weapons from Meridian but for one of them I need some Crystal Braiding. Can I buy this from a merchant because I haven't come across any in the wild
1) I've bought four maps from a merchant... does every merchant have different maps or am I just rebuying the same maps? Is there a method to this? Each merchant covers a certain area? Do only some merchants sell them?
2) I'm trying to buy all the shadow weapons from Meridian but for one of them I need some Crystal Braiding. Can I buy this from a merchant because I haven't come across any in the wild
Can someone answer me two quick questions;
1) I've bought four maps from a merchant... does every merchant have different maps or am I just rebuying the same maps? Is there a method to this? Each merchant covers a certain area? Do only some merchants sell them?
2) I'm trying to buy all the shadow weapons from Meridian but for one of them I need some Crystal Braiding. Can I buy this from a merchant because I haven't come across any in the wild
1. Same maps
2. I've never seen it for sale. It comes from bigger machines.
The Salt Life
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Thanks, went there because it's a starting area and figured there would be a decent amount of foxes around. Got my fox skin on the second fox I killed and now I have unlimited travel abilities.
SonicAaron
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Thanks mate. Ugh that means I've bought the same maps like three times haha.
Zvonimir Boban
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Yeah, I figured as much but nice to get confirmation.
I'm thinking of upgrading from the default ropecaster, on the trader screen they all seem to have the same base stats but do they fire stronger ropes or is the only bonus the extra mod slots?
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