bob Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 Awesome, awesome moment just now. I found a whole herd of Tramplers and they were accompanied by one or two Longlegs. I thought I'd try and take them on, so I laid out a whole load of shockwires and blastwires. I managed to take out the Longlegs, but the Tramplers were fucking hard. I found a stream nearby and noticed how the Tramplers wouldn't get me if I crossed. So, I made a plan of laying out Tripwires, hitting a few of them with Tearblast arrows and then kept running in for critical hits before retreating. Without exaggeration, I must have been going for close to 40 minutes before one of them managed to hit me from behind and kill me. It was an intense fight. God, those tramplers are difficult! I managed to take out a Trampler really easily the first time I saw one. I was standing on an outcrop, and decided to just take pot shots at it from afar. It couldn't attack me from below, so I just kept going until it died. Felt really smug until a flock of Glinthawks descended and fucked my shit up badly.
Jimbob Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) And that is Horizon: Zero Dawn complete What can i say, what a game. Excellent story, great characters. I echo Hero of Time, this is a game that reminds me why i play video games. It's got great game-play mechanics, great graphics and to top it a great soundtrack. Learning about the FARO project and what Elizabet was attempting to do to stop it from taking over the world (reminds me of Skynet). Once they realised that the FARO machines were harvesting the world, they created a facility that would take the existing DNA of the world, let the FARO machines take over then at the right time, terminate them and build friendlier robots to revive the worlds plant and animal life. So, you learn how the world came to be and why the old world came to an end. The final battles vs the hordes of Deathbringers was challenging, yet enjoyable. The final one before Hades was more of a challenge as it came with corrupt machines. And the Thunderjaws were easy once you got the big guns off and used to their advantage Apart from that, this is heading to be a candidate for Game of the Year. Might even be Game of the Generation, i don't know yet. Cannot wait to see what DLC Guerrilla come up with. I'm very happy this game was made, i cannot believe this is made by the same people whom bought out that mediocre Killzone: Shadow Fall and then bring out this absolute beast of a game. Love photo mode, have been sharing some non-spoiler images via Instagram and Twitter. All i have left is a few collectibles and an errand, may mop them up later. Edited April 4, 2017 by Jimbob
somme Posted April 5, 2017 Posted April 5, 2017 I finally got around to finishing this last night and echo the other feelings here: what an amazing game. I loved it from beginning to end and cannot wait for DLC.
bob Posted April 6, 2017 Posted April 6, 2017 Got to Meridian last night. Some awesome views on the road towards it. Also, spotted my first Thunderjaw. Noped out of there as fast as I could. Not sure how you ever get strong enough to defeat one of those. Scrolling down the list of scanned weapons be like whaaaaaaaaaa?! I am finding the towns and villages to be a bit bare though. I thought Meridian would be different but it's more of the same. You can only speak to a couple of people in each place, and beyond the merchants, there nothing to actually do in town. They don't really feel alive at all. I remember coming across a small shack on a mountain side and thinking there would be something cool inside, but nope, you couldn't even enter the shack. No scannable objects or anything. It's disappointing because I the wilderness part feels great, it's just the inhabited areas feel like they're a Hollywood style front with extras standing around rather than real towns.
bob Posted April 6, 2017 Posted April 6, 2017 Keep playing. Make sure you pop into the Hunter's lodge and explore. Yes I would love them to do more with towns and outposts in the future. They look too good not to! It's mainly unique quests. Or Merchants for Meridian. Don't get me wrong I'm still loving it, just always feels empty when I get to a town when it feels like there should be more to do. The rest of the game is fire tho.
Eenuh Posted April 6, 2017 Posted April 6, 2017 Got to Meridian last night. Some awesome views on the road towards it. Also, spotted my first Thunderjaw. Noped out of there as fast as I could. Not sure how you ever get strong enough to defeat one of those. Scrolling down the list of scanned weapons be like whaaaaaaaaaa?! I am finding the towns and villages to be a bit bare though. I thought Meridian would be different but it's more of the same. You can only speak to a couple of people in each place, and beyond the merchants, there nothing to actually do in town. They don't really feel alive at all. I remember coming across a small shack on a mountain side and thinking there would be something cool inside, but nope, you couldn't even enter the shack. No scannable objects or anything. It's disappointing because I the wilderness part feels great, it's just the inhabited areas feel like they're a Hollywood style front with extras standing around rather than real towns. I actually tracked down a Thunderjaw yesterday (my first one) as I need Crystal Braiding to buy the Shadow Sling. I was probably very under-leveled as I wasn't supposed to be in that area yet, but I managed to defeat it with the help of a lot of trap wires, tear arrows and fire arrows. And then when his health was really low, I tied him down and gave him a few good hits. Done! Epic fight! But then the fucker didn't give me the item I was looking for. Also, I agree with the towns and villages, they could do with having more going on in them, or just being able to go into houses etc. At the moment it does just feel like the place where you will find a merchant and some side quests. A shame, as the rest of the game is lovely!
Jimbob Posted April 6, 2017 Posted April 6, 2017 (edited) Got to Meridian last night. Some awesome views on the road towards it. Also, spotted my first Thunderjaw. Noped out of there as fast as I could. Not sure how you ever get strong enough to defeat one of those. Scrolling down the list of scanned weapons be like whaaaaaaaaaa?! If you use the Tear Arrows on the Thunderjaw, you can use it's own weapons to your advantage. I fought that one by Meridian, had the help of 3 Carja's from Meridian but i got it down eventually. Just wait until you get through one of the Cauldrons (i think it's Zeta), there's a Thunderjaw waiting for you at the end. Edited April 6, 2017 by Jimbob
Fierce_LiNk Posted April 11, 2017 Posted April 11, 2017 I've pumped around 37 hours into this now. I've spent most of yesterday and today just trying to upgrade my resources, ammo capacity, etc. I've upgraded all my weapons to their Shadow variants, except the Rattler, which I'm still in the process of doing. My carry capacity is maxed out. I'm loving this, especially the combat. I love finding the vantage points and seeing the memories of the old world, including when you come across them in the main quest.
Fierce_LiNk Posted April 12, 2017 Posted April 12, 2017 Just did a nice sidequest: It's the quest that you find in Brightmarket, about Elida and Atral, with the concerned Father. Quite a Romeo and Juliet-ish quest, but there were a few moments of good story-telling, particularly at its conclusion. I followed her Father from the end of the quest back to Elida and you can hear their little heart-to-heart, which is a nice touch. The sidequests in this game are a nice little addition and are quite Witcher-inspired. I've enjoyed them, as well as the main quest.
Fierce_LiNk Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 Finished the story today. My thoughts can be found in the game diary. Holy fuck, that was brilliant. Lived up to the hype!
Fierce_LiNk Posted April 14, 2017 Posted April 14, 2017 Thought this was interesting. The sales will be interesting. No one thought it would go well against Zelda, Mass Effect and Ghost Recon. Hoping for a sequel. I really enjoyed that video. Very informative and it goes a long way to showing how much effort went into this game. That's a long development cycle, though. Could be that we don't see a sequel for quite some time, then. Although, the framework and mechanics are all there, which should help speed things up.
Happenstance Posted April 20, 2017 Posted April 20, 2017 Finally starting to play Horizon. I was planning on waiting until I completed Persona 5 but those games tend to take me forever to get through despite how much I love them so I figured there was no point waiting.
Hero-of-Time Posted April 20, 2017 Author Posted April 20, 2017 Finally starting to play Horizon. I was planning on waiting until I completed Persona 5 but those games tend to take me forever to get through despite how much I love them so I figured there was no point waiting. You're in for a treat. Enjoy! : peace:
James Posted April 26, 2017 Posted April 26, 2017 No it's been in and out of stock on Amazon etc at full price. Really good game for casuals too I guess. I ain't no casual.
Eenuh Posted April 26, 2017 Posted April 26, 2017 I'm happy to see the game doing so well, it deserves it! I played quite a bit of it during the weekend, probably clocked in about 12 hours or so. I'm slowly progressing with the story though; it seems every time I try to get to a main story mission, I get distracted by side quests or finding vessels etc. :P I actually have all the vessels and Banuk figures now. Still missing about 3 vantage points and 4 flowers I think, so not too many left! Just on my way to do another Cauldron (done two so far), hope I can override some of the big machines after this one! Though I have to say I don't use the override too much, I usually seem to stick to using corruption arrows and watch the machines (or humans) fight among themselves! Looking forward to playing more this week, and I do urge people to pick it up at some point if they haven't yet, it's really a lovely game. And so beautiful.
Ganepark32 Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 I've been slowly plugging away at this for a couple of weeks now, taking my time with it so as to not get burned out with it (as seems to be the case with some of the games I've played in the aftermath of spending 70 hours with Mass Effect Andromeda). I'm loving every second of it and really enjoying strategizing for taking down big groups of machines with minimal effort from me (so lots of shock and blast tripwires and then kiting enemies through them ). Last night, though, I experienced my first fight with a Thunderjaw. I was going after metal flowers and came across a basin area with 2 of them tucked in it. Immediate thoughts of "Oh shit" came to mind but I settled in and kited one away from the other and slowly but methodically spent the next 20 odd minutes tearing off armour and weapons from the thing before it finally went down. Was a slog going at it that way so when I turned to see the other Thunderjaw in the area I needed to head for the metal flower, I picked up the detached Disc Launchers and made my way over and annihilated the other in about 2 minutes from unloading 2 disc launchers at it. There was a moment were I charged me while I was grabbing the second launcher and I had to quickly ropecast it and tie it down before finishing the job, which did feel a bit like shooting a man with his pants down but a win is a win Taking both of those down got me so pumped that I wanted more to tackle but sadly had to call it a night there. Never been so sad to come off of a game as I was then. That adrenaline rush man, probably my favourite gaming moment this year so far doing that. The game is just fantastic for giving moments like that and I've still so much more to play as I'm only at around the 20 hour mark and haven't even been to Meridian for the first time yet. I've been getting side tracked by all the other quests and stuff. Guerrilla Games really have outdone themselves with this thing as it's all just so deeply engrossing and well made and mechanically, it's pretty much faultless. I didn't think anything would top The Witcher 3 for me this gen but this is really giving that game a run for its money. Can't wait to be finished up with the bits of work I've got to finish and get back to it.
Eenuh Posted May 1, 2017 Posted May 1, 2017 So I finally finished this today. And got the platinum at the same time. What a wonderful game! I did every sidequest, found every relic/flower/vessel/vantage point and even did all the hunter's trials (even though some of those did piss me off a bit haha). Didn't really want the game to end, so I'm a bit sad that it's over! Fighting the machines is just very fun, trying to find the best way to tackle a certain type. Though near the end I had customised my blast sling with so many damage coils that the thing was just super lethal haha. Loved using that sling. Had a great time with the game and would definitely recommend it for people who haven't played it yet.
bob Posted June 1, 2017 Posted June 1, 2017 Found and defeated my first Deathbringer last night. Was a bit disappointed. During one of the story missions, they said that they'd unearthed this enormous machine with terrifying weaponry, and after seeing Thunderjaws for the first time, I was expecting something bigger and more impressive than that. It turned out to be some hunk of junk that looked like an Ikea table with guns attached. They could have gone with something much cooler.
Nolan Posted June 1, 2017 Posted June 1, 2017 Found and defeated my first Deathbringer last night. Was a bit disappointed. During one of the story missions, they said that they'd unearthed this enormous machine with terrifying weaponry, and after seeing Thunderjaws for the first time, I was expecting something bigger and more impressive than that. It turned out to be some hunk of junk that looked like an Ikea table with guns attached. They could have gone with something much cooler. You go fire up a VW bug that's been buried for a few decades and all you did was change the spark plugs.
Jimbob Posted June 13, 2017 Posted June 13, 2017 Can't wait for more Horizon, this game was a huge surprise in terms of how great it was and a joy to play.
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