Still pretty amazing that SSM has still not released a new game for the PS4 yet. We know that SSM does a lot of other things to help smaller devs but that cancelled game really sucks for them.
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Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| The Land After Time
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Still pretty amazing that SSM has still not released a new game for the PS4 yet. We know that SSM does a lot of other things to help smaller devs but that cancelled game really sucks for them.
JadedWriter
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I'd actually like to think Aloy has friends in Vanasha, Talanah, Varl and Erend it's just that due to her journey she can't just kick back and chill with them.
The Jazz Cabbage Master
Member
I never asked.
1. Is there NG+ so I can keep stuff after I beat it?
2. Does the world stay open to explore after the ending or do you start anew?
1. Is there NG+ so I can keep stuff after I beat it?
2. Does the world stay open to explore after the ending or do you start anew?
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Rocket786
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I'm still fairly early in the game. Just spoke to the guy that first gives you trials at the Nora Hunting Grounds.
Any suggestions in how to approach this?
Also another question:
The first one was to knock off 10 blaze canisters off of Grazers, and you have 1:30 to do it if you want a blazing sun (gold medal). I'm wondering if I'm just not equipped for it yet because that seems nigh impossible with my bow and arrow and the Grazers stampeding off when I shoot one.
Any suggestions in how to approach this?
Also another question:
What is the benefit of the sharpshot bow that I have? It says it's ideal for long range shots, but it kind of functions the same as my standard bow and arrow. Is it supposed to allow me to zoom in to the target? Am I missing something here? Just trying to understand how the bows differentiate from each other.
You can eventually get a type of bow that just completely shames that first challenge.
There are multiple types of bows in the game. Each has a unique type of arrow for each tier of rarity. At Purple, each bow has three ammo types.
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Deleted member 752119
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1. No.
2. Yes. It just puts you back in the world state prior to starting the final mission.
abolisher6812
Member
I have yet to use a mount in this game. I'm having a blast running from point to point seeing what the world has to offer.
I think I used it once... Kinda crazy that I would rather run everywhere.
If I could pick up medical plants and ridge wood from horseback I'd use mounts more often
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
The first time I tried it, I got my butt kicked, too. But then I took the stealth approach (use tall grass, corners around the building structure, rocks, etc.) and was able to manage just fine. Also the precision bow (I think that's the name) is far better for human encounters than the normal bow.
Lastly, make sure you talk to the NPC guy before going into the stronghold. He helped out a bit.
Good luck!
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
OMG why didn't I think of that. Yesterday I got stuck in geometry and stupidly reloaded....
Reduce? What? Just because she could potentially be interested in a one-night stand with some hot dude, or just gets into an intimate relationship at some point, doesn't mean she's "reduced to making a man her goal". Christ. No one's asking for her to be pining over a man constantly and make that the primary story.
Why is that weird? She's attractive and confident so she gets people interested in her. There's nothing weird about that.
Khalifa Jayy
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Protip: get the
jump = time slowdown
HellforLeather
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Dont worry about beating those right away, you pretty much have to have the slow down ability for that challenge to beat it. You will get many skills later on that will make those challenges much easier
AFAIK, arrows from the sharpshot bow fly further than the hunter's bow, so you can snipe from further away.
No, it's not tied to the story, you have to find the Cauldrons around the world. There's
4
You must complete Cauldrons first and then you will be granted overrides to more robots.
JadedWriter
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Do the cauldrons. Certain cauldrons allow you to override more robots.
I'm not 100% convinced she's only into dudes.
kraspkibble
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Just about to get to the first point of no return! Did a couple side quests today. I'm about 32 hours in and lvl 35. I'm running out of space for resources. I really wish they'd let us upgrade once more. I only have a few things left to upgrade. I'm broke right now. Need way more shards. Also trying to upgrade my outfits. I guess I'll go hunt the appropriate machines tomorrow. I wish I could just play this all day but oh no need to sleep and work 
Just plan strategically. The double focus slowdown also helps, so might want to hold off untill you have that unlocked.
You can knock off two without alerting the herd, then focus slowdown for 2-3 more. Then it's just running after and trying to get another five before time.
It's challenging, but not terribly difficult. None of these are brute force challenges, and its all how you approach them strategically.
suddenlyissoon
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It's only tied in the sense that you don't want to go try some of them until you're at a certain level.
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Steve.1981
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It's not that there would be anything wrong with Aloy hooking up with someone, I honestly think people are just happy with the fact that she's not like a lot of other female lead characters that we've seen in the past (mainly in films, to be fair), who seem like "strong women" at first, but underneath are actually unhappy and really just need somebody with a penis to complete them and teach them how to lead a happy, fulfilling life.
You must know that character. We've seen her many, many times. Aloy isn't her, at all, and that's a good thing, I think.
Plus, like I mentioned earlier, she does actually seem to be into a certain somebody in this game, if I'm reading it right so far.
jamesmccloud
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Anyone on this thread that has managed to play both Zelda and this already? I've enjoyed BOTW "like it's 98" and it is awesome, but now after hundred or so shrines, memories unlocked and final boss won I'm feeling the pull of Zero Dawn. Any experiences if these two are too humongous to play back to back like that, should I wait for discounts? I don't want to ruin my experience of Horizon by playing it too early after one huge (and excellent) open-world game...
Using
tearblast arrows
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Deleted member 752119
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I beat both last week. Loved the shit out of both of them. Still playing Zelda, exploring chunks of the map I didn't spend much time in yet etc.
Overall, I like Horizon more. Just more my cup of tea with a more focused game design (vs. pure free exploration), the graphics and art style, the actually fun combat, the great story and characters.
Horizon is an easy 9.5 type game for me. Zelda is great, but more an 8.5-9 type game for me in terms of personal enjoyment as I'm just not as into sandbox stuff and exploration for explorations sake and prefer games with a strong narrative and characters. So it's a testament to Zelda's quality that I like it as much as I do given my current interests, but Horizon is a near perfect fit for my current tastes.
Domcorleone
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Both are great games for different reasons, just enjoy Horizon for what it is on its own and you'll have a blast. I had to stop myself from comparing the two because I would get frustrated at Link's controls vs Aloy's and I would get equally annoyed at the lack of traversal freedom in Horizon that Zelda offered.
The combat and Lore in Horizon is some the best I've experienced in years.
jamesmccloud
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Thanks to replies. The story intrigues me and these aspects seem something I think I really like. No waiting for discounts then!
HellforLeather
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The open world combat is better than most linear games.
Its friggin awesome that some of the robots feel like proper boss battles that you can choose to engage in or not.
Stormbird, Rockbreaker, and Thunderjaw put most games bosses to shame.
Its friggin awesome that some of the robots feel like proper boss battles that you can choose to engage in or not.
Stormbird, Rockbreaker, and Thunderjaw put most games bosses to shame.
JadedWriter
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Well Varl is a Momma's boy, Sona probably wouldn't let him stop defending his position.
This plays during
Elisabeth holo projection cutscene about what is Project Zero Dawn
The OST is fucking incredible. Legit one of the best OSTs I have ever heard. This game is excepcional in so many aspects, Jesus.
STILLethal
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Yep, then once you beat that quest, it'll put you back in the world (outside of
Meridian
STILLethal
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Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Yeah that wouldn't be cool but that's not what I'm talking about. You can write women who have love/sexual interests without making them "incomplete without her man" or BS like that. It's not even really hard to do...
Damn son you are lucky, died 4 times to beat those 2
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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i was in a very important mission, lucky me it was after a cutscene so it autosaved and i didnt have to replay all the shit to get there
btw, fought my first corrupted thunderjaw. fuckers are a pain in the ass, i would rather fight two rockbreakers at the same time tbh
JadedWriter
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Still have the bandit camps and all those fucking knick knacks littered across the map. I have to do the trials...but I really don't have the patience for them. How the hell am I supposed to get a blazing sun for those Thunderjaw trials?
The Jazz Cabbage Master
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I want to learn what
is but I just love trekking around the world. I actually realized how much I prefer to just walk from destination to destination and treat the walk like a mission of it's own. This game is way too rad. I want to know what happened in the past, but I'm making this experience last.
Zero Dawn
About the Hunting camps...
I chose not to duel Nils at the end, as it seemed to be more in character with the kind of Aloy persona I played.
hairygreenpeas
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Oh, it will most definitely appear in a sidequest.
I avoided fighting them for a long ass time and was pretty successful at it - until they threw one at me during a sidequest lol. Managed to defeat it without dying, but yeah, best get your ropecaster at the ready!
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Steve.1981
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Yeah, I agree, but for some reason a lot of writers have struggled to do it in the past. I could be wrong, but maybe people (like those you quoted) are just happy to see any improvement on that kind of BS.
LastMinuteHero
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You can lower the difficulty to make it easier. Or if you're stubborn like me keep trying with different with methods. Felt very rewarding to me.
Personally I feel the stalker trials were harder due to how urgent everything was. If you need videos to help you with, I found the hunting vids by i eat games to be quite helpful
JadedWriter
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Yeah I want the lodge weapons, but I don't want to deal with the other stuff, which is weird cause I love the game and combat, but with the lodge stuff telling me how I should play and me finding it unfun I don't do them too much.
I murdered his ass, it's what he wanted.
MegaSackman
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Yeah Hunting Ground were the least aspect of the game for me, glad I found them easy and brute force every challenge.
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