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[krae_man]

Okay I think I went a little sidequest crazy. All cauldrons down, All Tallnecks done, all bandit camps done, all corrupted zones done, Hunters Lodge done, I'm level 47 and I'm about to find out about

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zero dawn

.

 

[JadedWriter]

Trust me - it gets better.

How is that possible. I already got thrown for a loop when a specific character got one of those 24 deaths.

 

[Twilight Gap]

At least you don't need to leave the focus on like every other game out there ruining the graphics.

Also, I don't have problems with tracking quest in games, I don't know why is a so hated mechanic, I suppose it's because people don't feel free?

I view the side quests like filler episodes, so when many of them are tracking it tends to blur together

Whats interesting is that Aloy's reputation as a tracker is apparently tied to her Focus, so there ought to have been a quest where an NPC tricks her into stealing it from her, forcing us to track him down without it. Then we could have a canonical example of her being talented without it, and maybe even some characer growth. Maybe she was letting her reputation get to her head and relying on it too much.

 

[shiba5]

But that's actually a good thing imho. The game encourages and rewards exploration. By exploring, you'll come across stuff that you'll miss if you're only following the main quests. I prefer this instead of the other option. I hate it when I could see exclamation marks on my map. I also hated it when the first time I bought the collectible maps. There are markers everywhere and I couldn't hide them.

Yeah, I've changed my mind now that I've finished the game and am just wandering around going to places I can see in the distance. I've found some really amazing places and it's not the same as making a beeline to a map point. The less map clutter the better.
Maybe they could add a toggle to turn off different (or all) map markers. I wish I could turn off the resource markers now.

 

[shiba5]

Thank god. Rare game where legitimately don't want it to end. Still have two more Tallnecks to override and one more cauldron left. Though I assume I did the hardest one in Zeta before doing Xi.

I've finished it twice and now I'm sad.

 

[all of my hate]

How is that possible.

I don't play too many RPGs so I'm easily fascinated.

 

[TTG]

feels like 90% of the side quests involve tracking >.>

Another superfluous mechanic that should be trimmed away for the sequel. She doesn't need batman's detective powers. There's so much standard vocabulary type stuff in this game that they must have figured are necessary to the genre. What about those ring "puzzles"? Guerrilla almost beats out Uncharted for puzzles most accessible to kindergartners.

 

[firehawk12]

I view the side quests like filler episodes, so when many of them are tracking it tends to blur together

Whats interesting is that Aloy's reputation as a tracker is apparently tied to her Focus, so there ought to have been a quest where an NPC tricks her into stealing it from her, forcing us to track him down without it. Then we could have a canonical example of her being talented without it

You could probably put together an in world reason why no one has a focus based on what they tell you about the factions, assuming there isn't some kind of text data log that already explains it.

 

[Razgreez]

Guys, I got the platinum trohpy for the game already and now I'm trying to finish off some of the tutorials I didn't do. However some of the tutorials are simply not working (yes, I have them activated). Enrage 3 machines with corruption arrows for example, it just doesn't work. Shoot 3 freeze/shock cannisters isn't working either. I tried reloading the game with no success. Anybody else having the same problem?

Make sure you're using the correct bow/sling etc. Some tutorials can be completed with any weapon (even though the name would indicate otherwise), others require specific weapons to proc

 

[all of my hate]

Is there any purpose to the Rattler? I picked it up cause it was the last shadow weapon I didnt have and someone I managed to get a Fox and Rabbit skin.

 

[shiba5]

Is there any purpose to the Rattler? I picked it up cause it was the last shadow weapon I didnt have and someone I managed to get a Fox and Rabbit skin.

It shreds human enemies up close - it's like a shotgun.

 

[broscientific]

How is that possible. I already got thrown for a loop when a specific character got one of those 24 deaths.

The reveals only get more and more interesting, all the way up through the final mission.

 

[all of my hate]

It shreds human enemies up close - it's like a shotgun.

Gotcha.

Thanks.

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[TTG]

You could probably put together an in world reason why no one has a focus based on what they tell you about the factions, assuming there isn't some kind of text data log that already explains it.

There's 3 curious people in the game world or is it 2?

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Was Olly forced to put one on?

Everyone else is like fuck this magic device, let's figure out how to tell the player about this lore instead. Did Aloy inspire even a single person? What's this magic lance? Oh wait, who gives a shit.

 

[Capella]

I got a chance to play the game again this weekend and finally figured out how to take down a stormbird after dying 3 times. That fight was so satisfying!

 

[Equanimity]

Guerilla Games has surpassed my expectations. I don't know how anything else will top this in 2017 for me, and I'm not even done with the story yet.

 

[broscientific]

There's 3 curious people in the game world or is it 2?

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Was Olly forced to put one on?

Everyone else is like fuck this magic device, let's figure out how to tell the player about this lore instead. Did Aloy inspire even a single person? What's this magic lance? Oh wait, who gives a shit.

She clearly inspires

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Sylens

.

I think in future games you'll see a lot more technology from the tribes, especially given

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they have to be told SOMETHING about all the revelations made to Aloy in the back half of the story

 

[0racle]

What does the tare mods do on the ropecaster?

 

[MegaSackman]

Eh, I like tracking quests and I think you're missing the point there. The problem with tracking quest in Horizon for me (and probably Zoba as well) is that most side quests are basically that. There needs to be a variation in side quests.

I view the side quests like filler episodes, so when many of them are tracking it tends to blur together

Whats interesting is that Aloy's reputation as a tracker is apparently tied to her Focus, so there ought to have been a quest where an NPC tricks her into stealing it from her, forcing us to track him down without it. Then we could have a canonical example of her being talented without it, and maybe even some characer growth. Maybe she was letting her reputation get to her head and relying on it too much.

It might... in a less detailed way of explaining things I find every tracking quest in any game pretty much the same, some are more elaborated than others but the difference is how compelling and long is the plot.
On the top of my head: The Witcher III, Arkham series, Shadow of Mordor, Assassin's Creed, Horizon.
The Witcher III having the most elaborated ones.

I thought people complained about the mechanic itself.

 

[Twilight Gap]

Guerilla Games has surpassed my expectations. I don't know how anything else will top this in 2017 for me, and I'm not even done with the story yet.

Horizon's not a masterpiece just yet, but it'll be a long time before a game hooks me as well as this one has. Perhaps long enough until its sequel arrives.

 

[Nameless]

It shreds human enemies up close - it's like a shotgun.

Yeah I was thinking about picking this up. Shadow Hunter Bow w/hardpoint is taking care of everything just find, though. Haven't even bothered to upgrade the Sharpshooter.

 

[broscientific]

What does the tare mods do on the ropecaster?

As far as I can tell the only mods that actually do anything on the ropecaster are handling, which lets you shoot more quickly.

 

[firehawk12]

There's 3 curious people in the game world or is it 2?

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Was Olly forced to put one on?

Everyone else is like fuck this magic device, let's figure out how to tell the player about this lore instead. Did Aloy inspire even a single person? What's this magic lance? Oh wait, who gives a shit.

With the Nora, that's obvious.
With the Carja and the Oseram, it could be seen than those who wear the focus are part of the Eclipse/Shadow Carja, so maybe it's taboo.
The Banuk seem to prefer hunting naturally, even if they're not technophobic like the Nora.

That said, it doesn't even really seem that

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the technology is rare, since Sylens just gives you a new one when you lose your old one. lol

 

[TTG]

She clearly inspires

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Sylens

.

I think in future games you'll see a lot more technology from the tribes, especially given

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they have to be told SOMETHING about all the revelations made to Aloy in the back half of the story

I definitely expect that as well. Actually, I expected it as soon as the proving and certainly when

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Sylens first speaks to Aloy.

But it didn't turn out that way.

Did you read that one text file about some dude recording stories about expeditions into foreign lands? Didn't sound promising in that department. Some cultists chugging machine oil and river people.

 

[Radec]

Almost near the end spoilers

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I was expecting Sylens to betray Aloy once she got the master overdrive. Damn Hollywood movies corrupting me.

 

[Equanimity]

Horizon's not a masterpiece just yet, but it'll be a long time before a game hooks me as well as this one has. Perhaps long enough until its sequel arrives.

Horizon is quite possibly the most captivating open world game I have ever had the pleasure of playing.

I'm fully engrossed in this game, so much so that it's keeping me away from playing Zelda BotW.

 

[old manatee]

I talked to some guy on his porch asked me to find his ring near a dangerous machine and then he says "If you can find it you have my thanks". Motherfuckers how am I gonna upgrade my various satchels with your thanks?

 

[TTG]

I talked to some guy on his porch asked me to find his ring near a dangerous machine and then he says "If you can find it you have my thanks". Motherfuckers how am I gonna upgrade my various satchels with your thanks?

I have 50 hours logged everything except resources and mod pouches are level 1 or 2. Like I'm going to go looking for fish bones for a potions pouch. There's a dino the size of a small house eating dirt every 5 minutes, make something out of that.

 

[JadedWriter]

The reveals only get more and more interesting, all the way up through the final mission.

This is good. Can't wait to find out what

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Zero Dawn

is all about. Loved the

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we did it to ourselves

reveal.

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Faro is practically Umbrella corp.

 

[old manatee]

I have 50 hours logged everything except resources and mod pouches are level 1 or 2. Like I'm going to go looking for fish bones for a potions pouch. There's a dino the size of a small house eating dirt every 5 minutes, make something out of that.

I haven't used a single potion or trap, and all I'm doing is picking up baubles to upgrade my bags so that I can hold more potions and traps.

 

[Twilight Gap]

I talked to some guy on his porch asked me to find his ring near a dangerous machine and then he says "If you can find it you have my thanks". Motherfuckers how am I gonna upgrade my various satchels with your thanks?

lmao there is one quest where Aloy isn't having any of that and she's like "As long as I get paid."

I didn't know she was a bounty hunter now.

 

[TTG]

I haven't used a single potion or trap, and all I'm doing is picking up baubles to upgrade my bags so that I can hold more potions and traps.

Protip: drop all of your traps ASAP. There will come a time when you'll need to use a potion and you'll be scrolling past 4 different traps and another 4 antidotes with the d pad to get it in the middle of a fight when that happens.

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

some of the npc interactions are outlandish and seem so bizarre it's hilarious

like the lonely hunting grounds keeper forgot which specific one
and nil

 

[Badgerst3]

Are there missions that are meant to be done after the main storyline?

Looks like I only have 2 main storyline missions left but lots of side missions.

For example when do most people do the level 25 mission hinted at early in the game

(Before or after the main storyline)? I generally like it to all end together, wrapped up by a games final main quest line mission. At least that's how I did W3.

 

[Smiley90]

Final story mission looming (pun intended), 3 trophies left! I'm all set to tackle it and finish the three remaining ones with the last mission (finishing, platinum &

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allies

~50h in, will be my first platinum.

 

[leng jai]

Horizon is quite possibly the most captivating open world game I have ever had the pleasure of playing.

I'm fully engrossed in this game, so much so that it's keeping me away from playing Zelda BotW.

Outside of the graphics I don't actually find Horizon's open world particularly immersive or interesting when it comes to pure exploration. Zelda, Witcher 3 and Skyrim all have better designed worlds but Horizon is better in other areas.

 

[Twilight Gap]

Well this brightmarket quest got dark fast.

 

[MegaSackman]

Are there missions that are meant to be done after the main storyline?

Looks like I only have 2 main storyline missions left but lots of side missions.

For example when do most people do the level 25 mission hinted at early in the game

(Before or after the main storyline)? I generally like it to all end together, wrapped up by a games final main quest line mission. At least that's how I did W3.

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They actually kinda reward you if you do most of side quest before the final main quest.

 

[Equanimity]

Outside of the graphics I don't actually find Horizon's open world particularly immersive or interesting when it comes to pure exploration. Zelda, Witcher 3 and Skyrim all have better designed worlds but Horizon is better in other areas.

I don't agree one bit as far as TW3 and Skyrim are concerned. As for Zelda BotW, I can't say for sure because I have only played about 5 hours or so.

Skyrim is probably the least interesting/most boring critically acclaimed open world game I have ever played.

 

[Beerman462]

I'm sure I'm not the first, but....

Aloy is a descendant of Ellie right?

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Not really serious

Outside of the graphics I don't actually find Horizon's open world particularly immersive or interesting when it comes to pure exploration. Zelda, Witcher 3 and Skyrim all have better designed worlds but Horizon is better in other areas.

So far I would say TW3 at least is more immersive. Just wandering through the country side finding random side quests was so good. I remember finding the exploded house and eventually opening a portal to a cave full of cheese...I was like wat.

 

[0racle]

For the first time frustration is setting in.

I don't have any more meat left to make potions and I can't stand looting for health plants after every encounter when I just want to play.

Are there any other options? There has to be an easy method for health.

 

[Twilight Gap]

lol when two different npcs say the exact same line within 10 seconds of each other

 

[TyrantII]

This game is beating out RDR for me. All of the immersion and world building, but none of the boring and superfluous Rockstar mission crap.

RDR2 is going to have to greatly improve on their cookie cutter formula to catch this one for me.

3 missions to go, and I don't want it to end.

 

[Equanimity]

For the first time frustration is setting in.

I don't have any more meat left to make potions and I can't stand looting for health plants after every encounter when I just want to play.

Are there any other options? There has to be an easy method for health.

Buy them?

 

[MegaSackman]

For the first time frustration is setting in.

I don't have any more meat left to make potions and I can't stand looting for health plants after every encounter when I just want to play.

Are there any other options? There has to be an easy method for health.

Buy potions from vendors?

 

[calder]

Final story mission looming (pun intended), 3 trophies left! I'm all set to tackle it and finish the three remaining ones with the last mission (finishing, platinum &

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allies

~50h in, will be my first platinum.

Good shit, what a great game.

And yes,

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ted fucking faro

is the absolute worst ever holy shit. During one of the last cutscene conversations I

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fired an arrow through his hologram out of frustrated anger I wouldn't get to kill his ass lol

Very near end spoilers about motivation:

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i personally think fucking Ted kinda snapped and his unbelievably cruel sabotage of Apollo was his mind basically breaking under the guilt of his epic fuckup. It's not everyone who can say their egotistical jackassery literally killed billions of people and you had to watch it happen knowing you'd be one of the last to die

 

[MegaSackman]

lol when two different npcs say the exact same line within 10 seconds of each other

"You look fresh from the forge!"

 

[0racle]

Buy them?

Oh? How much?

 

[Equanimity]

Oh? How much?

30 shards for a small potion and 80 for the full health restoration.