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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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No, I wish there was.
Oh damn. I might use a guide then - I don't think that many camps have side quests in the first place so if I can find a list I can just travel to those ones to check
ISee
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You need the shadow rope caster to tie down the big machines. Maybe the blue one could also work, not sure though.
Lion Heart
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What weapons should I actually buy? Weapons that I wouldn't get just playing or can be easily obtained without paying?
Right now I don't even have a war bow and all my current weapons are blue. I'm thinking a Shadow Hunter bow? Plus I want to buy outfits but can only afford one big purchase.
Right now I don't even have a war bow and all my current weapons are blue. I'm thinking a Shadow Hunter bow? Plus I want to buy outfits but can only afford one big purchase.
Incendiary
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So this happened earlier today while I was playing. (Mid-game enemy spoilers, maybe sorta minor side quest spoiler). Who knew machines knew how to breakdance?
JadedWriter
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Finished the two Rockbreaker area. Ended up running across the river and corrupting a bunch of stuff to aid in the fight. Thing took down two Behemoths in the process.
That's right. The idea is to use year to rip off armour and then attack unarmored areas.
But there are also components to remove which damage enemies when taken off. So tearblast arrows can do significant damage just by shooting stuff off.
If you can hit exposed areas you'll do good damage with normal arrows. A Strider's hind quarters for example.
BigTnaples
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Got em. Damn that was satisfying. One final arrow to the heart.
The only weapons that are found/a reward are hunting lodge related, so you're better off buying purple stuff in the interim. On the hardest difficulty I find the hunter, war and precision bows and the rope caster are invaluable. If you don't have enough flexibility with mods, the elemental damage sling is alright, I used it early to mid game a bit. The rest is for flavor.
And I spent like 90% of the game in a stealth outfit.
GlamFM
Banned
Shadow hunter bow. And the shadow sniper bow (forgot the name) are a must.
Also heavy armor.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
The sound Longlegs make with their sound/air blast is so damn cool I just keep finding them to fight to hear it. And to steal their precious echo canisters.
SunhiLegend
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Freezasaurus
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I just climbed on top of the rock structure in that area and fired arrows up from where they couldn't get me. Sure they hit me with rocks but those never knocked me off of my safe spot, and I had the shield weaver armor to negate the damage.
First and foremost, turn on your focus and paint the enemy with it. This will highlight all of the weapons and weak points. You can then go to a menu to see what flavor of vulnerability they are, at least until you learn to differentiate by sight. Fire, ice and shock canisters, sacks of flammable stuff etc. Hit those with elemental damage, it won't do much straight damage, but it will stagger the enemy and set off giant explosions. Taking a quarter health from an entire pack with one shot is pretty cool. Additionally, there may be weak points, usually weak to straight damage, that will only be exposed at certain times. Just have to watch for those, stuff like exhaust ports opening.
All of the other stuff that lights up with the focus are the machine's various weapons. Soak that with tear damage, it will take away their abilities and when a part goes flying off it does a considerable amount of straight damage as well.
Finally, some machines are weak to some elemental damage in general, you don't have to aim for canisters. The way elemental damage works in this game is there's a limit you have to hit, soak them enough with a type of damage and it will zap, freeze, or set them on fire. So, it's not so much pecking away with fire arrows, but dealing a lot of fire damage quickly.
JadedWriter
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I like how everybody has their own ways for taking stuff out. Makes everybody's experience unique, which is key to this game in my opinion.
Ravage_Hydra
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Guys help I'm doing the
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final mission and the machines just keep on coming... A'm i doing something wrong... Fighting now a corrupted Storm bird
Most feels like there no end
Twilight Gap
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The Banuk are my people
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Equanimity
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Posted this in another thread but I really wish we got to see more herd like behaviors from the machines, especially the Tallnecks. This is just fucking cool.
I read that GG didn't do this at first because of framerate concerns, but they were able to address the issue.
The Tallnecks hold a specific purpose in the world, so to see a few of them roaming in the same place would defeat their existence, no?
Are these late game only? None of the vendors I'm find have any above just basic blue versions of the bows.
I'm only in the first two areas, though. About to head through the Carja gate.
yeah, but damn would it look cool though.
You won't regret it. Go go go
BouncyFrag
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Just met with the
and spent minutes just admiring the environment and wonderfully chill music up there...
Edit:...and a sunrise overlooking waterfalls.
Sun King
Edit:...and a sunrise overlooking waterfalls.
Lys Skygge
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I think a good workaround would be for every Tallneck group/heard/couple there is an "Alpha Tallneck" that's doing the actual transmitting that requires overriding.
Donniewahlberg
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Woohoo, I hit level 50 hah. On my way to
with the other story threads in that region already tied off. I assume the remaining upgrades I can't afford, I will get enough skill points off story mission now to mop those up?
Well, depending how long you adventure, it could be awhile, but not late game, no. Once you arrive at Meridian, they are easily accessed at Vendors
Maker's End
Well, depending how long you adventure, it could be awhile, but not late game, no. Once you arrive at Meridian, they are easily accessed at Vendors
Ravage_Hydra
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Thanks Guys
Beat that Final Machine wow what a battle
What a game
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Twilight Gap
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herds could be public events of some kind. several npcs refer to "missing the herd" and maybe if they expand on that to have these herd moments, the tallneck can appear more and serve an additional purpose. maybe you cant necessarily climb on it at those times, but they broadcast some kind of signal that affects nearby machines
Equanimity
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Oh it looks incredible.
I could see that.
That's an interesting suggestion.
LastMinuteHero
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I asked this before but someone mentioned that there's a
. Where can I find him?
shaman in the desert who drinks oil and stuff
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Got the platinum after doing the collectibles.
I really wish there was a way to replay some of the previous missions with the god mode armor and staff though. Oh well.
I really wish there was a way to replay some of the previous missions with the god mode armor and staff though. Oh well.
KINGofCRA5H
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Oh man. That timing. Pretty much how I feel too, Aloy
I actually kind of like going to a settlement just to see what's there and just discovering on your own if there are new side quests, rather than the game just telling you 'here's all the side quests' on the map. Having said that, I wouldn't mind if after beating the main story if the game put all the exclamation marks on the map so you can wrap up any side quests you missed. I haven't finished the game yet so I don't have any idea how it handles going back to uncompleted quests, but that's just something I'd appreciate if more games did (or at least have that as an option).
STILLethal
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right in the feels :*[
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Not much of a spoiler, but you get dumped back into the game before the final mission. But there are several towns you just never have to visit, so you can miss quite a few quests. There's also a couple of quests that are just randomly peppered on some of the roads, which you might never use once you get fast travel.
Sunhi doesnt have a pro btw, all his gifs are on a regular ass PS4
broscientific
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Did anybody else find the three easter egg
Kojima Productions items? I only found a Stranded Shackles and a Stranded Baby, didn't find the third but they mentioned selling them to a special merchant for a reward?
Aaronology
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Vanasha, goddamn what an NPC. If this were a Bioware RPG she would have been one of the core followers. HZD could have used much, much more of this character.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, like the other collectibles one of the merchants will give you a box. I only found two of the pieces though.
FF Seraphim
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Haha overrode a Stormbird. It wrecks everything god damn.
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