Horizon: Zero Dawn

Penn

maximoose wrote: »

Yeah tearblast arrows are the business for the bigger machines!

At lvl 20 now, just after getting to Meridian. Really enjoying it more the further I get into it. Loving trying to stealth take down bandit camps.

How hard is the game on 'very hard'? I'm playing on hard and finding it a bit easy, lure + silent strike makes dealing with herds or groups of bandits far too simple but trying to avoid that now.

Yeah lure has been a gamechanger. The Tripcaster with Blast ammo has also gotten me out of a fair few scrapes.

I really need to get better at slow-mo aiming during slides. Sawtooths (Sawteeth?) are wrecking me as they're nearly always facing me head-on and I can't get a proper shot at their blast tank.

nevelator

Deleted User wrote: »

I didn't really bother to look and so didn't realise that the different bows didn't simple have better stats and used different ammo. Went a long time without tearblast arrows

Annoying you need to upgrade the quiver for each different one.

Same here. Got my first tearblast bow/arrows yesterday....at level 16 . I kept hoarding my shards waiting for better gear from vendors. They make fights so much easier now.

OptimusTractor

I had to go fishing last night, fishing!! Needed bones and skins.

Sephiroth_dude

Where do you get these terablast arrows? I'm still using fire arrows LOL!

Battleflag

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Where do you get these terablast arrows? I'm still using fire arrows LOL!

You need to buy the shadow sharpshot bow the merchants. So handy for blowing off pieces of armour from those big ass machines

Sephiroth_dude

Battleflag wrote: »

You need to buy the shadow sharpshot bow the merchants. So handy for blowing off pieces of armour from those big ass machines

Is that merchant in a particular location or can you get it anywhere?

Denisoftus

Penn wrote: »

Sawtooths (Sawteeth?) are wrecking me as they're nearly always facing me head-on and I can't get a proper shot at their blast tank.

Learn to override them and they will fight for you. I got one yesterday under my control and he wiped out a whole pack of machines in nearby location while I was gathering seeds

Penn

Denisoftus wrote: »

Learn to override them and they will fight for you. I got one yesterday under my control and he wiped out a whole pack of machines in nearby location while I was gathering seeds

Yeah

I just did the first Cauldron last night and unlocked the new overrides. Haven't had a proper chance to test it out yet.

Battleflag

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is that merchant in a particular location or can you get it anywhere?

There are 3 merchants in the Meridian market, one of them is my go to for all weapons. Definitely bought it from him

biggebruv

OptimusTractor wrote: »

I had to go fishing last night, fishing!! Needed bones and skins.

lol does aloy use a fishing rod that would be cool ha

pedatron

Lads I'm Lvl 8 and currently trying to complete 'the warchiefs trail' mission where I'm trying to clear the camp of killers. Finding it tricky enough. I haven't bought any extra weapons yet and am wondering what I should get at this stage to help? I'm Stealth killing as many as I can but when I get spotted I'm getting fairly blown out of the water!

Penn

pedatron wrote: »

Lads I'm Lvl 8 and currently trying to complete 'the warchiefs trail' mission where I'm trying to clear the camp of killers. Finding it tricky enough. I haven't bought any extra weapons yet and am wondering what I should get at this stage to help? I'm Stealth killing as many as I can but when I get spotted I'm getting fairly blown out of the water!

You're probably underlevelled. Press the touchpad and open the Quests menu. It'll say what level you should be at.

Do some side missions and take out as many groups of machines you can for XP. For that particular mission, there's not really any additional weapons which will help you, stealth is still the best option. But by levelling up you'll have better resources, more health and just be more experienced overall.

Thargor

This is seriously incredible, what a world! I never wanted to find out what happened to a fallen civilization so badly before, I'm activating every bit of lore I can find whereas I usually just skim that stuff, I assume it's AI gone wild, maybe nanotechnology aswell with all the suicides in the starting cave, no spoilers please. So many incredible moments in every session, killing mobs never gets old.

The first time I saw those giraffe shaped machines with the saucer heads will go down as one of my all time great gaming moments, haven't clicked with a game like this since Witcher 3.

pedatron

Penn wrote: »

You're probably underlevelled. Press the touchpad and open the Quests menu. It'll say what level you should be at.

Do some side missions and take out as many groups of machines you can for XP. For that particular mission, there's not really any additional weapons which will help you, stealth is still the best option. But by levelling up you'll have better resources, more health and just be more experienced overall.

Yeah I felt that alright. I'm Level 8 and it says it's a level 7 mission. Maybe I'm just not good enough! haha! Thanks for the reply!:)

Sephiroth_dude

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is that merchant in a particular location or can you get it anywhere?

I'm not even on the left portion of the map so traders will definitely have it early on. It's tutorial quests are rated at level 8. I think all of the vendors have it but I got mine from the vendor at the hunting trials.

EoinMcLovin

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is that merchant in a particular location or can you get it anywhere?

Most merchants would sell them, It's the Sharpshot bow. All Green weapons only have one type of ammo, blue weapons have two and purple have 3 types.

Currently at level 25 and haven't even reached Meridian and have a shadow tripcaster and shadow hunters bow. Blast trip wire is a must for the bigger machines along with tearpoint arrows.

J. Marston

Some great sales figures for it...

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/horizon-zero-dawn-beats-zelda-to-no-1/0179703

PS4’s biggest ever new IP launch

Not only the biggest launch of the year so far, but it's also Sony’s most successful launch since Uncharted 4.

Deserved. It's a fantastic game.

Iluvjazzmasters

Gentlemen, I have been sitting on the fence with this game as so many games are coming out this month. Can't afford them all between this ghost recon mass effect sniper elite for honor etc..

What is the general consensus on horizon zero dawn?

Battleflag

J. Marston wrote: »

Some great sales figures for it...

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/horizon-zero-dawn-beats-zelda-to-no-1/0179703



Deserved. It's a fantastic game.

How is GTA5 number 3? That is even more impressive!

SolvableKnave

Battleflag wrote: »

How is GTA5 number 3? That is even more impressive!

It's been on sale at 30 quid or less recently. Still impressive for a game that released last gen.

Battleflag

Battleflag wrote: »

How is GTA5 number 3? That is even more impressive!

I saw a piece recently , can't remember the number but it mentioned what it had sold in the last 6 months which was even more impressive given it's been out 3 years.

Something I saw as a tooltip on the loading screen was to keep shooting enemies with elemental until the icon above them is full. Hadn't been aware of that myself.

Penn

Battleflag wrote: »

How is GTA5 number 3? That is even more impressive!

I don't think it's left the top 10 since release, or at least not for very long. It still sells in fairly huge numbers and Rockstar keep churning out additional free DLC for Online. They still make a bomb from those Shark Cards (in-game currency) with new players trying to catch up to regular players.

Penn

Iluvjazzmasters wrote: »

Gentlemen, I have been sitting on the fence with this game as so many games are coming out this month. Can't afford them all between this ghost recon mass effect sniper elite for honor etc..

What is the general consensus on horizon zero dawn?

They're all such different games that it's hard to say which would be better etc. What I would say is that in terms of reviews, Horizon got mostly extremely positive reviews, even from some critics who are normally quite hard to please. And most of what I've seen from those who have played it have had very few complaints.

I haven't played any of the other games you mentioned, but I'm loving Horizon so far anyway. The gameplay is rock solid, the story is intriguing and well presented, the enemies are tough aul' b*stards (but not unfairly so) and the map and graphics are among the best I've seen so far. It really is a terrific game, and I still feel like I've only scratched the surface.

Retr0gamer

Have to say, what I played in my friends place, Guerrilla have managed to produce their first good game with Horizon. It's totally derivative but it's not a negative because what it borrows from other games it does very well and the combat is way more solid than the majority of open world games. The only two negatives I have is that the story and script are garbage (but that won't spoil anyone's enjoyment) and it's no where near as good as Zelda (doesn't make it a bad game though). Also nice to see the team move away from boring Killzone greys and make a game that's so vibrant.

It's still a bit too derivative for me so I'll wait for it to be cheap but it's nice to be surprised.

Retr0gamer

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Have to say, what I played in my friends place, Guerrilla have managed to produce their first good game with Horizon. It's totally derivative but it's not a negative because what it borrows from other games it does very well and the combat is way more solid than the majority of open world games. The only two negatives I have is that the story and script are garbage (but that won't spoil anyone's enjoyment) and it's no where near as good as Zelda (doesn't make it a bad game though). Also nice to see the team move away from boring Killzone greys and make a game that's so vibrant.

It's still a bit too derivative for me so I'll wait for it to be cheap but it's nice to be surprised.

Pretty much on the money imo. It lifts wholesale from a list of games as long as my arm, chucks it in a blender and gets gold.

One minor niggle I'm having if that I feel the FOV could be a touch wider.

Retr0gamer

Well I hope it gets Guerrilla out of that Killzone slump and start making the games they want to make. Those games were awful but you can tell the guys loved making this.

Doge

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Well I hope it gets Guerrilla out of that Killzone slump and start making the games they want to make. Those games were awful but you can tell the guys loved making this.

I've only played the AI multiplayer mode in Killzone 2 with th sharpshooter but it seems like a decent game compared to the others.

Seems well reviewed too. Didn't really enjoy the first one though.

Shadow fall bored the ****e out of me in the first hour or 2 though.

Doge

So the time has finally come to get my thunder jaws stuck into this, or maybe they'll get stuck into me?





Nicest cover art I've seen in a long time and that's a rarity these days.

Retr0gamer

Doge wrote: »

I've only played the AI multiplayer mode in Killzone 2 with th sharpshooter but it seems like a decent game compared to the others.

Seems well reviewed too.

The multiplayer was alright but single player was awful. It was like a shooter made in an alternative reality were 10 years of progression hadn't happened and devs were still putting in awful boss fights with glowing weak points. I guess reviewers were suckered in by the graphics at the time because they weren't so kind to Killzone 3 which was pretty much the same game.

Osmosis Jones

Couple hours in now, I'm remembering why I don't play many open-world games. There's just so much crap on the screen, it gets overwhelming. The combat is great fun though and I'm looking forward to getting more weapons. Couldn't care too much for the story but it's early days on that.

A friend told me the voice actor for Aloy is the same woman who voices Chloe in Life is Strange and it's all I hear now, I can't stand that character

J. Marston

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Couple hours in now, I'm remembering why I don't play many open-world games. There's just so much crap on the screen, it gets overwhelming. The combat is great fun though and I'm looking forward to getting more weapons. Couldn't care too much for the story but it's early days on that.

A friend told me the voice actor for Aloy is the same woman who voices Chloe in Life is Strange and it's all I hear now, I can't stand that character

Use the dynamic hud.

Diazou

I have watched some videos of the game and i think i will buy it, i really love this kind of open world.

damo86

Great game so far, really enjoying it.

Quick one there, think my PS4 is becoming faulty but is anyone else having issues with slow rendering of textures (e.g. loading map and approaching and talking to other characters)?

Loss of audio in some dialogues too?

Did a reinitialisation too but still the same, dodgy hard drive perhaps?

Eggonyerface

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

A friend told me the voice actor for Aloy is the same woman who voices Chloe in Life is Strange and it's all I hear now, I can't stand that character

Arrrgh, thanks!!!

This was delivered while I was in work, playing it ever since I got home. Absolutely loving it so far

Battleflag

Got the platinum trophy earlier this evening, what a great game. Definition going to pick it up again later this year for another play through

gimli2112

got it today, really enjoying it
only 3 hours played but find story & characters good so far
pretty easy but I did hear the difficulty ramps up pretty quick

I just got to meridian , I love that fact that you could likely sprint there but probably won't so it make the journey there feel like it's taken a sufficient amount of time since the proving. A+ for pacing there and I was expecting to be bombarded with side quests in the west to keep me from getting there but it just felt very natural in terms of the time it took me.

Doge

Well thats honestly the most impressive game engine I've ever seen.
I can see why Hideo Kojima wants to use it.
How the hell are they able to get all the blades of grass, trees, foliage long draw distance and vast amoints of enemies on screen withinout frame rate drops?

Not only on a console, but also on the standard PS4.
The visuals are just mindbogglingly good.

The gsme is addictive as hell also. I sank many hours in before people in the house started going to bed and i was shocked it was so late!

Eggonyerface

Doge wrote: »

Well thats honestly the most impressive game engine I've ever seen.
I can see why Hideo Kojima wants to use it.
How the hell are they able to get all the blades of grass, trees, foliage long draw distance and vast amoints of enemies on screen withinout frame rate drops?

Not only on a console, but also on the standard PS4.
The visuals are just mindbogglingly good.

The gsme is addictive as hell also. I sank many hours in before people in the house started going to bed and i was shocked it was so late!

Same, I'm absolutely wrecked this morning

Penn

I wish I had more time to play it, but still not in a mad rush to bomb through the story. Enjoying taking little detours and running side missions.

I've reached the Daytower, but think I'm going to go back and do some weapon tutorials and the Bandit camp I think I skipped before proceeding further into a new area. I know how to use the weapons by now but want the XP, and can hunt for resources to upgrade/buy stuff. Plus got a side mission which requires going back to the previous area anyway.

Glico Man

Dunno if anyone else has come across the snapmaw yet, but sweet lord on a unicycle they are fast bastards. Abseiled off a tall neck in front of two of them and had to make a serious break for it. More rolls than a soup convention.

Also, because of glinthawks, I now hate all birds :pac:

Grahamer666

I've not had much time to play this due to work and doubt i'd finish it before Mass Effect comes out so i think i'm going to put it on my to do pile before i get much further into it. What i've played so far is great and looks savage in 4K with HDR.

Wonda-Boy

Glico Man wrote: »

Dunno if anyone else has come across the snapmaw yet, but sweet lord on a unicycle they are fast bastards. Abseiled off a tall neck in front of two of them and had to make a serious break for it. More rolls than a soup convention.

Also, because of glinthawks, I now hate all birds :pac:

Great arent they,I swear I love them the animation is spot on but they are really easy to kill on any difficulty.

Best thing to do is do all the story 1st and keep all the other side quests and errands until after the game as you get some UBER good weapons and armour right at the end.

I am doing it the opposite way around I am level 45 and barely done any story....

Some of those Hunting Trials are very hard to get top marks in.

Glinthawks pale in comparison to stormbirds, met one last night. Did not go well

Osmosis Jones

Okay, couple more hours into the game and I am enthralled by the story. I've no idea what's going on but I need to know :pac:

Wonda-Boy

Deleted User wrote: »

Glinthawks pale in comparison to stormbirds, met one last night. Did not go well

Ahh here GHs are like budgies compared to the Stormbirds....2 fire arrows and the GHs are on the deck and then really easy to kill.

SBs are a nightmare....only thing I actively avoid when out on the doss.

Osmosis Jones

Don't know if it's been mentioned but did anyone else find The Proving to be incredibly underwhelming? 12 years of training to kill one machine and go for a 2 minute race?

J. Marston

Rain dripping off the character's faces is such a cool little detail. It's probably been in lots of other games but it really looks great in this.

gimli2112

My one criticism so far (4-5 hours in) is the crouch button. So used to crouch being R3 (I'd always map it where possible) or at least the O button. Having it on the square is counter intuitive. The number of times I've tried to duck and ended up turning on force view or tumbling towards an irate machine is unreal.


When doing the first story mission I was level 6 but the machine was level 15, is this normal?