I absolutely despise these hunting grounds, they're the only thing i need for the plat and it's just impossible for me. The stealth one i just cannot do no matter what i try. Shoot striders with fire arrows i've done about 6 times and it never registered once. What a shame I've ended my time with this game that i truly loved like this, on such a sour note.
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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT2| Red Head Redemption
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PLASTICA-MAN
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Just curious. Many say HDR isn't that bright fpr this game. Did anyone have the newest Sony X930E which has 1442 nits to check if the HDR is better now?
Probably try and perfect the hunting times in the hunting challenges. Some of those are so fun.
Which ones are you having trouble with? I can def help. I beat all of them. Toughest for me was the Ravager one with the Thunderjaw, Some others you need certain upgrades to make it a bit easier, like the stealth ones.
You are shooting the green canisters on their back right. that's all you need to do. Its easy. They all are.
MaKTaiL
Member
Buy the stealth heavy armor and install a couple of stealth purple mods and that Hunting Ground will be a cake walk.
Lower the difficulty to easy for the hunting grounds. I hated them too.
I appreciate it but I just can't do the stealth one, i'm terrible at stealth and the timer is far too short. It's so frustrating that one stupid thing is stopping me from getting the plat.
Yes, it's incredibly hard when they're all freaking out and running off though, they dodge even when you slow down time and traps are useless cause they just run around them usually.
The ones with the watchers? Nora Silent hunter armor with Stealth mods, and tag the watchers before you take the rope down, and you can pretty much just run between them.
I finally got around to beating the game. I enjoyed every minute of it. I still need to do two more corrupted zones and find the rest of the metal flours, cups, and Banuk figures though.
Honestly though, I was surprised at how intense yet anticlimactic the final encounters were. I was completely surprised at how easy and fast
was to take down. Also, the last boss fight just being another
was kind of a bummer. The fight was still fun though.
I definitely wouldn't mind going back and 100 percenting the game, or fighting a bunch of robots for fun, but I think I'll move on to Yakuza Zero. Horizon was one heck of a ride. Hopefully, The next title will design fun post-game quests and activities. It would also be cool to have optional and post-game super bosses to fight that reward you with broken weapons and modifiers to make the game more wacky. That would be cool as well.
Honestly though, I was surprised at how intense yet anticlimactic the final encounters were. I was completely surprised at how easy and fast
Helis
DeathBringer
I definitely wouldn't mind going back and 100 percenting the game, or fighting a bunch of robots for fun, but I think I'll move on to Yakuza Zero. Horizon was one heck of a ride. Hopefully, The next title will design fun post-game quests and activities. It would also be cool to have optional and post-game super bosses to fight that reward you with broken weapons and modifiers to make the game more wacky. That would be cool as well.
I just always get discovered by a stalker no matter what I do. Ah well, my horizon will be forever stuck on 90%
MaKTaiL
Member
Well, if you really don't want to try anymore you can share play it with someone else who finished the hunting trials so they can do it for you. I would gladly help but I'm from Brazil so there would be a huge lag input for me.
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As someone mentioned if you have all the stealth mods, then its easy to run through and do. Just Use Fire Arrows to quickly down birds and loot each one.
or are you talking about the jungle stealth one?
Edit: Just saw you talking about the stalkers.
Okay so that challenge. You def need stealth armor and all stealth mods.
To beat that one Start at top dont drop down until you tag and find where there is a cluster of the crab bots.
Then crouch behind the three cans. Then you just need to run and loot one other group of them and then you are all set to go.
Toni
Member
These are phenomenal recomendations for folks stuck in those blaspbemous hunting grounds. I'm on the same boat as well and I'll keep these in mind for the Platinum trophy.
Haha, holy crap there's aim assist
DriftingSpirit
Member
Yep, get the purple stealth armor and put good stealth mods on it. It makes that hunter challenge a piece of cake.
franklyshankly
Member
I agree, the hunting grounds are something I just don't have the patience for. I generally hate timed activities in almost all games. Luckily I don't care about trophies so I can just ignore them and enjoy the rest of the game.
MaKTaiL
Member
Aim assist on Horizon works a bit different though. It does not help you aim on the literal sense of the word but instead it helps you hit the critical spots you were aiming for. Let's say you are aiming at the corner of a watcher's eye. With aim assist ON the arrow will slightly curve to the center of it's eye after you you shoot it, instantly killing him. With aim assist OFF you will hit exactly what you were aiming at (the corner of his eye) thus only taking off its armor.
Long story short, with aim assist on you do not have to worry about being precise because the game will always curve the arrow to the spot you were trying to hit in the first place.
Beatofficer
Member
Beat this over the weekend. I'm three trophies away from the Platinum Trophy, which I should be able to get tonight I just need to finish the
Also that special
What a great game, what a great story. Taking control of enemies and watching them fight each other has easily become my favorite thing about the game.
Best time on two more hunt locations, knocking over the test dummies, and finishing the game with all optional NPCs. I've finished every single quest in the game so I should be able to get that after beating it again
armor is great even with no upgrade slots
What a great game, what a great story. Taking control of enemies and watching them fight each other has easily become my favorite thing about the game.
Still routeing for 'Guerillas in The Mist'
I feel the 3 armours you really need are the nora wone where you can put 3 mods, thus making you resist anything specially with the skill to take out mods and not destroy them
The hunter stealth nora one, with 2 purplpe stealth mods. I was having to go around the plaes where the animals were to save on health and ammo, after this armour I just ran everywhere. You become a ghost.
And the ultrweave one. I did the final mission with it, with
al allies
HueyFreeman
Banned
Bravo on the thread title.
(Even if i do I feel RDR is a vastly superior game)
(Even if i do I feel RDR is a vastly superior game)
NoMoreTrolls
Banned
Great title. I beat the game last week... Simultaneously the perfect length and not nearly long enough. Easily my favorite ps4 game I've played so far.
Well, except maybe for Bloodborne. My favorite open world game on any console this gen.
Well, except maybe for Bloodborne. My favorite open world game on any console this gen.
FalsettoVibe
Member
So what is the best tactic to take down stormbirds?
If there's one thing that disappointed me with the story aspect of this game, it's the side quests and characters when compared to the main questline. Agreed.
Yeah these ravager ones are absolute bullshit too, nowhere near enough time to do what it asks of you.
psynergylover
Member
+ ropecaster. then just shoot off it's claws
Miniature Kaiju
Member
Step by step:
Tear arrows to the chest to get rid of the lightning attack, then ropecaster to pin it down. Once down, freeze arrows to blow its freeze canisters and freeze it (and increase damage output), followed by blowing its blaze canister. That's usually their demise.
BinaryBear07
Member
Just started this game last night. Very impressed so far. Awesome OT!!!
SMOK3Y
Generous Member
LOLWe made it! Best OT title.
I'll repost my favorite Horizon gif
VaultBoy101
Member
Got the platinum yesterday. Easily one of the top games of this gen.
alexbull_uk
Member
I'm surprised that people are finding the hunting challenges difficult. Are you guys going in way underleveled?
After the mission at the (mid-to-late game spoiler)
does anyone else want a prequel based on
Grave-Hoard
Operation: Enduring Victory? Guerilla really captured the desperation and hopelessness of the operation and I would love a game with multiple protagonists around the world participating in it and fighting various swarms.
I want
Tennessee its the perfect setting flat to mountains left to right. Lots of wildlife areas. Decade Memphis, Nashville, Gatlinburg, Chattanooga areas... It has potential...
Jeronimo Jones
Member
I thought I would be able to finish this up this past weekend, but I'm not quite done. Made it to the point of no return warning, then decided to finish up a couple of side missions that turned out to be more in depth than I expected.
I'm still enjoying the ride. Setting the difficulty on hard seems just right to test my skills, strategy, and understanding of weapons and enemies.
I'm still enjoying the ride. Setting the difficulty on hard seems just right to test my skills, strategy, and understanding of weapons and enemies.
MaKTaiL
Member
The first point of no return is actually fake. There are still a few story missions left after that.
Here are two I did and got blazing suns on.
This one was the sleight of hand with full stealth mods and the stealth. https://youtu.be/5e7x-Xkiqfs
This thunder jaw vs ravager I HAVE NO IDEA. How I managed to do it in under a min lmao.
https://youtu.be/SEq1Kd4OaSc
This one is parts alone. But you pretty much can do all three blazing suns using the same method.
https://youtu.be/uGIV4O5hYow
Helscream
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Tal Shiar Agent
Member
The Hunting Grounds are actually pretty easy even on Very Hard after you unlock everything.
I think some people could be trying to use arrows for everything. I realized while doingthe trials is way easier when your leveled up or use the whole arsenal at your disposal.
Yeah pretty much. I've been playing on hard and getting the lodge rope caster >>>>
Then mods maxed etc. it's simple.
MugiwaraCole
Member
Was I one of the few people to get a blazing sun on at least my second try, every time? Kinda thought the hunts were easy.
I got most of them on my second try. Many on my first. Only had problems with maybe 1 or 2 of them.
Played a bunch this weekend. It's a gorgeous looking game, the enemies are fun, and it controls great but I've got zero desire to actually explore the world. Only the lure of the loot boxes from trading collectibles is pushing me out there. The main story is certainly interesting but it's a lot different than I expected and I'm not really sold on it yet, I've already started skipping most optional dialogue for non main quest parts.
I think I'm also having trouble getting into the combat as it was meant to be played, I'm at level 22 and I mostly just use a bow with fire arrows for machines and hard point for humans without problem.
And for the love of God why does she have to have an animation for everything she picks up. HUD is way too busy to.
Still great fun though.
I think I'm also having trouble getting into the combat as it was meant to be played, I'm at level 22 and I mostly just use a bow with fire arrows for machines and hard point for humans without problem.
And for the love of God why does she have to have an animation for everything she picks up. HUD is way too busy to.
Still great fun though.
MegaSackman
Member
It's weird because I think the story is pretty great, but it sucks to see that it could be so much more. If there were more companions for Aloy, that would create more stakes and feel like there's something to fight for. They could use close NPCs to help flesh out the world more. We're looking at a sequel but aside from Sylens and Aloy there's no one I really have much attachment to or would be thrilled to see come back.
They've got this great political background and don't really use it to it's advantage outside of a few missions. I thought it was kind of lame how Aloy immediately inserted herself into an audience with the Sun King instead of having to work her way up and earn her way to a position of importance. Those little things help to flesh out the universe a bit more, but the game seems more intent of dumping most of that info and world building in dialogue trees. Think of how in TW3 when you get to Novigrad, you spend a ton of time with Triss figuring out the struggle magic users have had to go through just by running a few menial errands around the city. There's the quest line where you work with Dijkstra and get a sense for the structure of the underbelly of the city. Stuff like that is what Horizon could sorely use. Again, all because the universe they've made is ripe for it.
The storytelling itself was a little sloppy in parts. The exposition dump stuff just stands out as the most egregious, and I kind of found myself rushing through the smaller audio and data logs because I was so enthralled by the overall main story and the big revelations. There should have been a better way to pace that all out.
It's just very odd overall. It's rare to have such a compelling and cool main story that I feel succeeds in-spite of itself.