bob Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 http://wccftech.com/guerrilla-talks-the-frozen-wilds-dlc/Some new info about the DLC. What we’re seeing in the DLC is a border zone between the Carja and the Banuk, it’s a disputed territory, it’s a very dangerous territory. It’s also primarily inhabited by the Banuk, so there’s been a lot of back and forth and warfare between the Carja and the Banuk, who have kind of settled into this area.With writing The Frozen Wilds we wanted to do all the things that the main game did. So we wanted to provide a new area, a new culture, but we also wanted to give Aloy relationships to delve into and ultimately a storyline that does what a lot of other quests in the game do.We focused on some quality of life improvements in the new skills and also added a little bit of a pizzazz. There are some cool new skills that add some new combat dimensions and some new ways to interact with machines.We have both upgraded versions of weapons you’ve seen in the past and we’ve some brand new weapons which explore some different ways of fighting. We’ve been experimenting with some tweaks on the game’s systems and we think they’re a lot of fun to play with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tales Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Finished the game a second time earlier this week, to get the new trophies for ultra hard difficulty and ng+. With skills and equipment carrying over it was surprisingly easy, although I had to focus entirely on the story after a while. Enemies kill you at 2-4 hits and take far more much damage, so resourced diminished faster than I could regain. Started with 25 000 shards but had 12 000 in the end, including selling lots of stuff, after buying loads of expensive potions between every other story mission. Wouldn't recommend that mode for 100% run or first time. Anyway it was fun getting back into the game and I'm looking forward to the dlc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tales Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 For those may not turn on their PS4 very often, Frozen Wild is available for pre download. 9GB. Should start automatically once you turn on the PS4. Trophy list is out too, weirdly there's one list for story trophies and one for everything else. Looks like a big expansion from my brief look at them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choze Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Can’t wait! 2017 has been killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 On 10/26/2017 at 5:38 PM, Tales said: Finished the game a second time earlier this week, to get the new trophies for ultra hard difficulty and ng+. With skills and equipment carrying over it was surprisingly easy, although I had to focus entirely on the story after a while. Enemies kill you at 2-4 hits and take far more much damage, so resourced diminished faster than I could regain. Started with 25 000 shards but had 12 000 in the end, including selling lots of stuff, after buying loads of expensive potions between every other story mission. Wouldn't recommend that mode for 100% run or first time. Anyway it was fun getting back into the game and I'm looking forward to the dlc. In preparation for the DLC, I decided to have a crack at this over the weekend and i'm now just left with the final mission to complete. I've just been doing a critical path run ( it's taken about 4-5 hours ) and it's been pretty easy so far. There were a couple of parts that took a while to do ( Death Bringer and Behemoth battles ) but nothing too bad. I've yet to buy any potions as the healing herbs have kept me nice and healthy and any potions I have used have been replenished by fallen enemies. I'm hoping to get it finished off tonight but I remember having a bit of a hard time with the final battle on normal, never mind trying to fight my way through it on Ultra Hard. I forgot just how gorgeous this game is and that's with it just running on a bog standard PS4 and a 10 year old TV. Crazy to think how it would look with a Pro and decent TV set. Gameplay and story are still top notch and I imagine this would have been my GOTY had Mario not been released. I was reading that the DLC is around 15 hours long! Looks like there's going to be plenty to do on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 More Horizon is the only thing that'll put Assassin's Creed on hold for me. I'm excited none the less, can't wait until tomorrow. The Access team did a video about 6 things we may not have heard about in Horizon's DLC. One of which interests me, which is. Spoiler There is a new tower system, one that repairs the robots and disables any you ride if you get too near it. And apparently, you can hack it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tales Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said: In preparation for the DLC, I decided to have a crack at this over the weekend and i'm now just left with the final mission to complete. I've just been doing a critical path run ( it's taken about 4-5 hours ) and it's been pretty easy so far. There were a couple of parts that took a while to do ( Death Bringer and Behemoth battles ) but nothing too bad. I've yet to buy any potions as the healing herbs have kept me nice and healthy and any potions I have used have been replenished by fallen enemies. I'm hoping to get it finished off tonight but I remember having a bit of a hard time with the final battle on normal, never mind trying to fight my way through it on Ultra Hard. I forgot just how gorgeous this game is and that's with it just running on a bog standard PS4 and a 10 year old TV. Crazy to think how it would look with a Pro and decent TV set. Gameplay and story are still top notch and I imagine this would have been my GOTY had Mario not been released. I was reading that the DLC is around 15 hours long! Looks like there's going to be plenty to do on it. Btw, you can't change difficulty on ultra hard, so for Frozen Wild you have to continue from your regular run if you want to play on normal. Alternatively, like I did, start a third playthrough, make a rush for Meridian and buy the slightly improved weapons only available on ng+(any difficulty). You don't have to finish the story. Edited November 6, 2017 by Tales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 23 minutes ago, Tales said: Btw, you can't change difficulty on ultra hard, so for Frozen Wild you have to continue from your regular run if you want to play on normal. Alternatively, like I did, start a third playthrough, make a rush for Meridian and buy the slightly improved weapons only available on ng+(any difficulty). You don't have to finish the story. Yeah, that's what i'll be doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choze Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I just loaded my older 100% normal save and went to the area. Its north past the metal devil. It extends the game and isnt a sequel. Sylens also speaks and as its Banuk territory, Aloy asks questions about him Seems good so far. They are using new effects for the snow etc.and I encountered a new enemy already. Time for sleep now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blade Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I will be buying the complete edition for xmas I think. I'm looking forward to give Horizon a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 32 minutes ago, Blade said: I will be buying the complete edition for xmas I think. I'm looking forward to give Horizon a go. You're in for a treat. I'm looking forward to playing the DLC but i'm not starting it until I finish the game on the hardest difficulty. I didn't get any time on it last night but hopefully I can finish it off tonight and then crack on with the DLC tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) Wrong thread. Edited November 7, 2017 by Hero-of-Time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Is the DLC free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, bob said: Is the DLC free? Nope. It was around £14.00 when preordering it but now it will be £15.99 Edited November 7, 2017 by Hero-of-Time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Ah, I'll probably wait for it to get a bit cheaper then. Looks good though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Was thinking of playing a bit before going to work today, but i got up a little late. Looking forward to it, and sampling the new features in photomode. Expect a few snaps to pop up over the next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Just reading impressions from the thread over on Era and someone posted this gif of the DLC. The visuals in this game are on another level. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Just finished off Ultra Hard mode. Man, the last boss took some doing. I don't think I had a decent enough weapon for it, so I had to just make do with what I had. It took a few tries ( thank goodness for checkpoints ) and I finished it with around 15 seconds left on the clock. I was firing arrows like a mad man! I look forward to starting the DLC tomorrow evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 7 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said: Just reading impressions from the thread over on Era and someone posted this gif of the DLC. The visuals in this game are on another level. Really want more of this. Christmas maybe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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drahkon Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 8 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said: I still dream of BotW with this engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hero-of-Time Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) 33 minutes ago, drahkon said: I still dream of BotW with this engine. As well as better combat, higher quality voice acting and meaningful story. Edited November 7, 2017 by Hero-of-Time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drahkon Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 13 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: As well as better combat, higher quality voice acting and meaningful story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 18 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: As well as better combat, higher quality voice acting and meaningful story. It's almost like you consider the game to be over-rated or something! *still hasn't played it* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choze Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Really strong start to the game. Dont want to rush it. First party games are using some crazy tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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