I had to lower the difficulty from Ultra Hard to Normal as I was getting owned. They are just relentless in their attacks.
Gaming Horizon: Zero Dawn (PS4)
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I kept it at Ultra but it's taken me a full hour and I've used every bit of health and ammo I had.
It's the towers as well. Normally 3 arrows takes them out but those 2 that popped out of nowhere to help that fecker take 6 or 7.
I discovered
that if you add a couple of damage mods to that ice canon weapon it does awful damage. It's slow to fix and fire but you absolutely nail the fecker when it hits.
Yeah, Ultra is a beast of a mode. I find Normal too easy though, managed to complete it in Very Hard (Platinum, including everything) without too much trouble. The big jump is from Very Hard to Ultra. Too unbalanced, on my opinion, you can't shock enemies with a single trap, kill watchers with an arrow to the eye, etc.
I think Ultra is tailored to a New Game + run, It would be a tremendous grind from the start, with a huge scarcity of resources. I want to do it one day though, I love this game. Will be played a bit differently, like Fallout on Survival.
I've yet to complete Frozen Wilds, doing it on my Very Hard save, and the enemies here are far more challenging. More than two of the new beasts at the same time and I find it very difficult.
I think Ultra is tailored to a New Game + run, It would be a tremendous grind from the start, with a huge scarcity of resources. I want to do it one day though, I love this game. Will be played a bit differently, like Fallout on Survival.
I've yet to complete Frozen Wilds, doing it on my Very Hard save, and the enemies here are far more challenging. More than two of the new beasts at the same time and I find it very difficult.
You're all insane. I play this on easy and still the fights are challenging enough for me. Then again, despite getting shit loads of practice I keep sucking at video games.
More insane detail. Wherever you're looking, it'll be reflected in Aloy's eyes...
This must be one of the best looking games ever.
This must be one of the best looking games ever.
it's the best looking game ever. I can't think of anything else that comes close.
I think AC Origins imo, that blew me away on my standard xbox one. Love to see it on max settings PC.
It's typical that the games that you want DLC for have little while the games that you couldn't give a shit about dlc wise never fecking stop.
I think having played all the darksouls, nioh & Bloodborne, gave me a slight advantage.
One thing all those games punish (out of many) extensively is greed. Certainly improved my reactions & my patience to an extent..
I'd reccomend all of the above
I imported Demon's Souls back when it came out in Asia, found out it wasn't really for me. Despite that I tried Dark Souls when it came out, and found out nothing had changed. I like a reasonable challenge in my games but I also like to limit the frustration, so nah, I think I'll just stick to playing stuff on normal or easy and enjoy it for what it is.I think having played all the darksouls, nioh & Bloodborne, gave me a slight advantage.
One thing all those games punish (out of many) extensively is greed. Certainly improved my reactions & my patience to an extent..
I'd reccomend all of the above
I have both games, on PS4 Pro with a 55 inch 4K TV. Horizon looks better.
Horizon is a stunning game and I ain't playing on the optimal settings (47" 720p). I will definitely get the DLC because it's been a joy so far, I'm doing everything as can to play the main missions as slowly as possible 
. I don't want it to finish
I hate Stalkers @The Bloody-Nine : well worth the hype definitely
. I don't want it to finish I hate Stalkers
@The Bloody-Nine : well worth the hype definitelyI'd love to see this on a 4k HDR set. It's perhaps the best looking game I've ever seen on a "regular" 1080p set but by all accounts the 4k HDR is ridiculous in this game. I'm even considering getting one but they're still so expensive. Just beat Redmaw yesterday, that was some battle!
In the frozen wilds..
although once you get the upgraded Stormbreaker you can pretty much smash any enemy to death in seconds.
My god that rockbreaker fight is tough
although once you get the upgraded Stormbreaker you can pretty much smash any enemy to death in seconds.
Me too
Annoying asshole that one.Glad you're enjoying it.Horizon is a stunning game and I ain't playing on the optimal settings (47" 720p). I will definitely get the DLC because it's been a joy so far, I'm doing everything as can to play the main missions as slowly as possible
I hate Stalkers
Next game please
I think AC Origins imo, that blew me away on my standard xbox one. Love to see it on max settings PC.
It's typical that the games that you want DLC for have little while the games that you couldn't give a shit about dlc wise never fecking stop.
I think having played all the darksouls, nioh & Bloodborne, gave me a slight advantage.
One thing all those games punish (out of many) extensively is greed. Certainly improved my reactions & my patience to an extent..
I'd reccomend all of the above
Personally think Horizon Zero Dawn is a better looking game than AC: Origins. The latter is fantastic still but the weather affects / environment for HZD is on another level.
I gave up on that
That thing just murdered me so hard.
I got it first to but it took a solid 15 minutes. Anything is doable with the shield weaver armor though. I think when I do play it again I'll try without using it.Personally think Horizon Zero Dawn is a better looking game than AC: Origins. The latter is fantastic still but the weather affects / environment for HZD is on another level.
I gave up on that
That thing just murdered me so hard.
Personally think Horizon Zero Dawn is a better looking game than AC: Origins. The latter is fantastic still but the weather affects / environment for HZD is on another level.
I gave up on that
That thing just murdered me so hard.
I took the cowards way out and
just hid behind the gap at the front of that area he's in and picked him off slowly for around 25 minutes!
Just finished it (68hours), I managed to do everything besides collecting cups, banuk figurines and metal stars. I persisted with the bandits camps, vantages, corrupted zones all the rest basically. Even the hunter missions. Overall one of the best games I have ever played whereas I'm not a massive fan of RPG style games.
This makes me feel a little hollow, just like The Witcher 3 did when I finished it too (95 hours and something I think). In terms of developping a story/ plot, this is hand downs the best game I'ver played. It is a bit scary when you think about it
I will definitely get the DLC once I take care of this payment issue card issue I have.
This makes me feel a little hollow, just like The Witcher 3 did when I finished it too (95 hours and something I think). In terms of developping a story/ plot, this is hand downs the best game I'ver played. It is a bit scary when you think about it
I will definitely get the DLC once I take care of this payment issue card issue I have.
I think if they decided to go with a sequel there is a lot of things they can pull off but it won't be nearly as captivating as discovering this whole plot and how Aloy is connected to it. They did leave open the explanation for the first glitch on the Faros Robot that made go rogue and the 2nd one that made Hades attempt to take control of everything before Big G destroyed itself
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New noclip documentary on it, will definitely be watching later as their stuff is great.
So Horizon Zero Dawn is €25 on PS Stores 12 deals of Christmas. is the DLC worth it to shell out for the complete edition €49.99 (bearing in mind I got a PSVR and limited time in general to play).
DLC is great but if you have limited time, it might not be good value since it's pretty big. Around/over 10 hours of new content.
Looking forwarding to playing this over the Christmas break!
This, along with TW3, are by far the best games on the PS4 (I even prefer it over TW3 even though that was a beast of a game). I’d recommend this game to anyone if they’re looking for something to play and can’t make up their mind about what to buy.
Saw this but I'm hesitating for the same reason as @GBBQ. I really liked what I played at last years EGX.
So it's definitely worth getting the complete edition over just the standard one? I'm tempted to put out the £20 for it on the PS Store...
The add on is 16 quid at the moment, so 36 in total as it stands. What's in the complete edition that beats that? I'm talking pounds obviously....
Still haven't got around to playing the DLC yet.
Platiumed the main game and had a great time with it.
After Bloodborne, this is probably the second best exclusive on the console. Visually stunning, too.
Platiumed the main game and had a great time with it.
After Bloodborne, this is probably the second best exclusive on the console. Visually stunning, too.
I've been playing this for awhile and have started to delve deep into the main storyline, and I think I'm going to have to close the chapter on this one.
Objectively speaking, it's a good game and I really enjoyed the first third of it. But after a point, you're doing the exact same thing again and again, and side quests/narrative just isn't strong enough to justify the size of the game IMO.
I wish I could finish it but it's gotten too tedious now.
Objectively speaking, it's a good game and I really enjoyed the first third of it. But after a point, you're doing the exact same thing again and again, and side quests/narrative just isn't strong enough to justify the size of the game IMO.
I wish I could finish it but it's gotten too tedious now.
A shame. I think the variety in the game comes from all the different weapons you pick up along the way, and the increasing difficulty of the robosaurs you encounter. It's easy to just keep using the bow and ignore the other weapons but that really limits the game.
Also the story is really good too!
Anyway isn't that sort of.. most OWG's? I mean The Witcher 3 (obviously the better game) was far more tedious in its combat than this, with admittedly better quests.
Just finished this and got the platinum along the way. I've gone from finding it a bit dull and generic in the first 20 hours or so (yes, that long!) to considering it one of the greatest video games I've ever played, possibly the best since The Witcher 3. Once your start picking up more weapons, ammo types and skills the combat system really opens up. Taking on Thunderjaws, Behemoths and other titans with a full loadout is incredibly spectacular, thrilling and fun.
It's not just the gameplay either, the narrative is excellent, far better than I expected. It genuinly fascinated me, I couldn't wait for each main mission to reveal a bit more about the central mystery. And it actually delivers answers and a satisfying conclusion.
It isn't perfect, character development could've been better and it does have its share of formulaic elements we've seen in plenty of other open-world games. But in a game this good it's easy to look past these shortcomings. This will be one of the memorable games of the PS4 era for me. Well, off to the Frozen Wilds!
It's not just the gameplay either, the narrative is excellent, far better than I expected. It genuinly fascinated me, I couldn't wait for each main mission to reveal a bit more about the central mystery. And it actually delivers answers and a satisfying conclusion.
It isn't perfect, character development could've been better and it does have its share of formulaic elements we've seen in plenty of other open-world games. But in a game this good it's easy to look past these shortcomings. This will be one of the memorable games of the PS4 era for me. Well, off to the Frozen Wilds!
I found this game quite tediously difficult at times, which put me off tbh. I’ll have to re-visit it.
I’m struggling with the final boss fight. It doesn’t help that I don’t have enough wires to craft more ammo for my more powerful weapons so I’m basically left with my basic and fire arrows and 7 minutes left to kill the bastard.
Probably a better idea to collect some more resources and come back later. Fire arrows aren't going to help you much as I couldn't even get him to light up spamming triple-shot fire arrows or fire bombs. Tearblast arrows to remove weapons and hardpoint or regular sharpshot arrows to damage his weak points when they become visible are essential in my opinion. I also threw a bunch of blast sling bombs at him. This game is all about bringing the right tools for the job, if you're under equiped it's always going to be a struggle.
The problem is the save always bring me back right into the fight so I can’t go back to before the fight and get better weapons.
Can't you just go back to an earlier save? On my system it has four rolling quick save slots, another four rolling auto save slots plus whatever manual saves I've made. When did you hit your latest camp fire quick save?
So I managed to defeat the damn thing. Went into my inventory and saw that I had some unopened treasure boxes which gave me some wires. I managed to craft 10 sharpshot arrows which damaged him enough. Then I spammed the normal arrows on the guns on his shoulders. And with 5 seconds left the bastard fell. It was like watching United scoring a late winner under Fergie again. So feckign satisfying.
In terms of the game as a whole I really liked the story, narrative, dialogue and character development of Aloy. The idea of robots designed as animals, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, was refreshing. I didn’t like the repetitiveness of it as the game went on and it was a little too difficult at certain points. A nice 8.5 out of 10 for me.
So I dipped back into it and am intent on finishing the main storyline now. But I have no interest in completing the side quests/other quests, sadly. It's a very good game, but I just feel it lacks 'something'. Maybe the fact that it's very borrowed and has released only shortly after one of the games it has borrowed from (the Witcher 3) results in ineivitible comparisons. And it's never going win that persception battle with that game. Combat is definitely more fluid and detailed in Horizon, but I just feel that to an extent, other than the main storyline which is quite good, nothing meant anything. That's the key difference for me and what I wished they had worked more on.
I try not to compare other OWG's with The Witcher 3, because they'll never win (well, until I start BOTW!).