MegaSackman
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Still the best one!
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Horizon Zero Dawn Spoiler-free Impressions (for real this time)
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Still the best one!
Yeah, that's a great book. I immediately thought about it when they explained what Decima meant. And then it was pretty cool to see GG mention it (the book) on twitter later.
MiamiWesker
Member
Quick thing to note before I begin playing. It seems it creates a separate save file for every quick save you do and it saves the last five auto saves.
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Deleted member 752119
Unconfirmed Member
Love the sound of that! Thanks for sharing so many impressions.
onemanasylum
Banned
Sounds great. Cannot wait for launch day.
More_Badass
Member
Sounds good. Pretty much everything I hoped the game would achieve, sounds like it has
MiamiWesker
Member
Enemies take defeated enemy loot confirmed. I have the picture to prove it too. I will post stuff later. I have not seen ants yet, still investigating.
I can't access that location again so I can't tell if it had ants or not. The first area after the intro I see no ants on trees on regular, can pro people see if there are ants on trees outside the beginning
I can't access that location again so I can't tell if it had ants or not. The first area after the intro I see no ants on trees on regular, can pro people see if there are ants on trees outside the beginning
Damn do all the work and they just jack you stuff.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Very good stuff .
All of that help makes the world feel alive .
Along with the quest stuff lamp just said things are looking good.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Yoo that's messed yo lol. Take a couple minutes taking out a bit or two only to have to run alil to recover come back ya shit gone lol
MiamiWesker
Member
It takes a good 45 seconds though of them over the dead body. You see them take out saws and go into a cutting animation.
I can't access the beginning ant location again so I can't tell if it had ants or not. The first area after the intro I see no ants on trees on regular, can pro people see if there are ants on trees outside the beginning
Not sure about rare but you definetly have a create a quest.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Horizon Zero Dawn |OT| 1/10 No Termites
Just got Dishonored 2 to tide me over.
Just got Dishonored 2 to tide me over.
Have you tried destroying them to see if they carry the loot that they harvest?
Can you give some specifics? Last I heard, Guerilla said if you have trouble finding something, you can create a quest that allows you to get that something.
MiamiWesker
Member
Damn, nope.
MasterMenace
Member
Is the skill tree interesting or your run-of-the-mill standard upgrades? Anything cool or no?
Gamespot has the full list here.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/see-horizon-zero-dawns-full-skill-tree/1100-6447400/
They will drop an IOU.
So this is insane detail... ants... that move... on a tree, in an open world... BRICKS SHAT! The game didn't zoom in on that to show me, I just used the camera to cause I wanted a tree close up.
Meanwhile at Naughty Dog
MasterMenace
Member
So just looked at everything in the skill tree and...it's extremely boring and uninspired. Wish they could have thought of cooler stuff, but it's incredibly boring. Doesn't seem fun to level up and put your points into cool things because there are no cool things to put your points into.
So this is insane detail... ants... that move... on a tree, in an open world... BRICKS SHAT! The game didn't zoom in on that to show me, I just used the camera to cause I wanted a tree close up.
Holy shit.
onemanasylum
Banned
Two weeks from release and Horizon is already at #3 on amazon charts, going to be a big hit.
DriftingSpirit
Member
I noticed that a bit ago. Surpassing Zelda (even if for a brief period) is quite impressive. As you said, #3 this far from launch is also very good.
Yabberwocky
Member
Fuck, that's awesome. It adds more urgency and believability to interacting with the world.
Damn that is nuts. I wonder if they try to cart off the scrap anywhere.
MegaSackman
Member
Well there are no powers and magic since devs don't want to go that high on fantasty. I asume that most of visual stylish attacks comes from special ammunition on weapons.
Chris Metal
Member
SlasherJPC
Banned
About 3 hours and 19 minutes in. 7.11 percent done. Boy am I digging this. My thought match weasker and lamp mostly. If I'm trying to point out things that are odd or off. Water reacting, clipping through snow bushes or your set wire trap. Little things. Meanwhile the game looks on par with Uncharted graphics but open world. Very impressive.
Honestly if you don't dig crafting everything, I could see that being a huge negative to some. I'm still really early but the side quests seem meaningful, the world lore is interesting and excellent. Combat is flashy and fun but can be overwhelming with lots of enemies. I dig it.
Lots more to see and do, and might I reccomend going back to a place in the intro once things open up. That's all for now.
Honestly if you don't dig crafting everything, I could see that being a huge negative to some. I'm still really early but the side quests seem meaningful, the world lore is interesting and excellent. Combat is flashy and fun but can be overwhelming with lots of enemies. I dig it.
Lots more to see and do, and might I reccomend going back to a place in the intro once things open up. That's all for now.
Musician655321
Banned
Ok now I'm starting to love it.
That first area is some Hinterlands shit. Just get the fuck out to where everything opens up.
That first area is some Hinterlands shit. Just get the fuck out to where everything opens up.
TheWorthyEdge
Member
I'm buying a Pro on the 23rd whenever they're available on Amazon.
MiamiWesker
Member
Ok I tested difficulty modes with the same save doing the same things. It seems to only change some stats. So on very hard when you gather herbs you get 7% or 14% depending on the roll. On hard it's 9% or 18%, on normal it's 12% or 24%.
Enemies change damage depending on difficulty. So a light melee attack on a scrapper on very hard is 28 damage, on hard it's 32 and on normal its 37. Heavy attack is 68 on v hard, 78 on hard and in the 80s for normal. A scrapper lunge attack on v hard takes two whole bars of life, on hard it's a bar and a half and on normal it's one bar. All attacks scale about the same way. I can't tell this for certain but it seems to me that on normal enemies are less agreesive and don't notice you as much. On hard and v hard I can't really tell the difference on their behavior. They don't seem to stun or lose parts of their bodies any more or less due to difficulty.
There are no changes at all to the amount of enemies, the amount of loot, exp gained, and resource gathering outside the herbs. The requirements to create objects do not change. The difficulty can be switched on the fly and the stats all change accordingly, so I believe it's nothing more than a stat adjustment.
Oh and I tested the robot taking loot thing, once they take itbits gone, they don't carry it. This maybe a scrapper only thing as that's what they are designed for, gathering scraps. A watcher did not take the loot of it's dead partner.
Enemies change damage depending on difficulty. So a light melee attack on a scrapper on very hard is 28 damage, on hard it's 32 and on normal its 37. Heavy attack is 68 on v hard, 78 on hard and in the 80s for normal. A scrapper lunge attack on v hard takes two whole bars of life, on hard it's a bar and a half and on normal it's one bar. All attacks scale about the same way. I can't tell this for certain but it seems to me that on normal enemies are less agreesive and don't notice you as much. On hard and v hard I can't really tell the difference on their behavior. They don't seem to stun or lose parts of their bodies any more or less due to difficulty.
There are no changes at all to the amount of enemies, the amount of loot, exp gained, and resource gathering outside the herbs. The requirements to create objects do not change. The difficulty can be switched on the fly and the stats all change accordingly, so I believe it's nothing more than a stat adjustment.
Oh and I tested the robot taking loot thing, once they take itbits gone, they don't carry it. This maybe a scrapper only thing as that's what they are designed for, gathering scraps. A watcher did not take the loot of it's dead partner.
Chris Metal
Member
CaptainSmirnov
Member
I have a pre order at best buy that for some reason I cant cancel and another with amazon.ca
PLS ONE OF YOU SHIP EARLY
PLS ONE OF YOU SHIP EARLY
That sounds amazing!
Damn that is another small element you have to look out for.
Really this is some amazing stuff.
KCroxtonJr
Member
What "cool" stuff would you have liked to see?
Darryl M R
Member
Have the devs spoke about which difficulty do they consider is the best to play on? I'm assuming it might be hard. Are there any trophies for beating the game on different difficulties?
Musician655321
Banned
I'm playing on Hard and I die after two hits.
ITS LIKE A SOULS GAME DUDE
ITS LIKE A SOULS GAME DUDE