Horizon Zero Dawn

"invid wrote:

I can understand why it'd be confusing. I didn't use the ropecaster until the second half of the game. What I did was chose one weapon and enhanced one element in it. So one of my slings was my "ice sling", my tripcaster was my "shock weapon" etc. etc. The great thing about the blast sling is you can just sink your best damage modifiers into it and call it a day. I put two damage mods and one fire mod in the standard bow. Fire is incredibly OP against ravagers, sawtooths, and glinthawks. The only other time I used the other bows were for tearblast arrows and shock arrows (against stalkers and the chicken machines).

But my slings + caster combo absolutely destroyed thunderjaws. I would tearblast (this bow was modded for all tear damage) both disc launchers off, freeze the thunderjaw, tie it down (ropecaster also fully tear modded), grab one of the ejected disc launchers and go to town. You can repeat that method for the other disc launcher. Say goodbye. It usually was doing around 650 points of damage a disc. It takes a little micromanagement but that's what I loved about the game. If you understood the machines' weaknesses you could formulate your own plan on how to take it down. No method is right or wrong, the game allows you to choose whichever method is best for you. I almost never went for "core" spots on the enemies, for instance. It wasn't worth it. I could kill them other ways more efficiently.

I used a similar method. Tearblast any powerful enemy, knock as many parts off as I can, and if possible use its guns against it. I had a few fights against thunderjaws just like you described. One was over comically fast, I think I must have been hitting it in its weak points. I learned early on that the best way to survive was to limit what weapons they have to use against you.

Sales numbers have been updated. 3.4 million, 900k digitally. Very impressive for a new IP.

"BlameItOnTheHenne wrote:

Sales numbers have been updated. 3.4 million, 900k digitally. Very impressive for a new IP.

Horizon Zero Dawn Passes 3.4 Million Copies Sold, Over 900k Came Digitally https://t.co/S28AYiVDy8 @Guerrilla #PS4 pic.twitter.com/aBliqrj5Aa

— PlayStation LifeStyle (@PSLifeStyle) June 5, 2017

The game deserves it. Its so awesome. Very much looking forward to story DLC, and an eventual sequel.

I laughed so hard at an article that I read last week that slammed the game for "stealing" too much from other games with the mechanics. Sony haters I guess.

https://gamerant.com/horizon-zero-dawn-frozen-wilds-story-dlc-trailer-e3-2017/

The game's first DLC, titled The Frozen Wilds, will be released later this year.

Happy to see the DLC trailer. Yellowstone? Hoping for another 4-5 hours of gameplay.

"Deus ex dolphin wrote:

Happy to see the DLC trailer. Yellowstone? Hoping for another 4-5 hours of gameplay.

Apparently, it also alters the whole game world in some ways too. I think 5 hours would be on the light end.

It's going to be a $20 DLC, $15 if you have PS+ and pre-order. For that kind of money, I'm hoping for at least 6-8 hours of gaming goodness. Truth be told, even if they said it was only 3 hours of content, I'd pay it (and whine a bit in the process).

Looks like it's gonna be story content relating to the tribal conflict. I found that storyline to be kind of weak, but new machines and areas sound cool.

The DLC will be a fall 2017 release, so best guess is.... October? I'm hoping another big No Man's Sky update will happen in the meantime and by the time I'm done with that, October will be here.

"Deus ex dolphin wrote:

The DLC will be a fall 2017 release, so best guess is.... October? I'm hoping another big No Man's Sky update will happen in the meantime and by the time I'm done with that, October will be here.

I am totally down with anything that they give us. Also excited that they're really counting on multiple more games in the series now too.

New Game+ and Ultra Hard Mode added.

"invid wrote:

New Game+ and Ultra Hard Mode added.

https://gamerant.com/horizon-zero-dawn-ultra-hard-difficulty-102/

Yeah, some other new features too. Weapons and outfits, and apparently face paint. I'm curious about NG+, but sad that the level 50 cap is still in effect, since I already got there in my first playthrough.

Quick question, guys. Has anyone figured a way to pick up items while mounted on a strider?

"danmarino wrote:

Quick question, guys. Has anyone figured a way to pick up items while mounted on a strider?

I don't think you can.

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"BlameItOnTheHenne wrote:

I don't think you can.

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That sucks. Getting on and off all the time basically takes away the advantage of riding.

"danmarino wrote:

That sucks. Getting on and off all the time basically takes away the advantage of riding.

Yeah, I couldn't figure out a way either. Honestly, I ended up riding creatures for a period in the middle of the game when I needed to escape quickly, and was exploring new areas. But after that, I just walked or fast traveled.

"danmarino wrote:

That sucks. Getting on and off all the time basically takes away the advantage of riding.

First World Post-Apocalyptic problems.

;)

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Yeah, I couldn't figure out a way either. Honestly, I ended up riding creatures for a period in the middle of the game when I needed to escape quickly, and was exploring new areas. But after that, I just walked or fast traveled.

I didn't ride anything at all throughout the game, but I'm like that with any open world game. There are mounts in Nier: Automata and I just don't use them at all. Skyrim? Nope. I'm always sneaking around.

"invid wrote:

I didn't ride anything at all throughout the game, but I'm like that with any open world game. There are mounts in Nier: Automata and I just don't use them at all. Skyrim? Nope. I'm always sneaking around.

I probably sneaked around more in HZD than just about every other game I've ever played combined! Tall grass was my best friend.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

I probably sneaked around more in HZD than just about every other game I've ever played combined! Tall grass was my best friend.

Yep! Loved the slide feature as well. Made for some very nimble stealth.

So, our old 42" Toshiba HDTV died after 8.5 years last week. Dell had a 50" Samsung 4K TV for $400 (after $200 credit). Set it up yesterday and watched some Netflix shows. I didn't see that much of a difference when looking at 4K TVs in various stores compared to our 1080P Toshiba, but after watching at home? I see it now. As good as I thought Horizon: Zero Dawn looked with our standard PS4 and Toshiba, it looks even better on that 4K TV. The Horizon: Zero Dawn DLC is going to be that much better now.

"Deus ex dolphin wrote:

So, our old 42" Toshiba HDTV died after 8.5 years last week. Dell had a 50" Samsung 4K TV for $400 (after $200 credit). Set it up yesterday and watched some Netflix shows. I didn't see that much of a difference when looking at 4K TVs in various stores compared to our 1080P Toshiba, but after watching at home? I see it now. As good as I thought Horizon: Zero Dawn looked with our standard PS4 and Toshiba, it looks even better on that 4K TV. The Horizon: Zero Dawn DLC is going to be that much better now.

I updated to an LG OLED 4K and a PS4 Pro this Winter/Spring. Awesome. While you don't get HDR with all the games, the ones that you do look spectacular. There are other benefits too. Nier Automata doesn't upscale to HDR on PS4 Pro but it does run at 60FPS, and it's noticeable.

When the PS5 comes out, ill think about upgrading to a 4k tv. For me though, with my poor eyesight, i dont see the benefit yet.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

When the PS5 comes out, ill think about upgrading to a 4k tv. For me though, with my poor eyesight, i dont see the benefit yet.

Maybe I read someone say this here, but it is true; the leap from SD to HD was miles bigger than the leap from HD to HDR/4K.

The real bitch is there isn't a whole ton of support for it. If I want to watch something 4K I'm restricted to Amazon Prime original or a $10 dollar (!) rental from Vudu. Maybe I'm missing something.

"invid wrote:

Maybe I read someone say this here, but it is true; the leap from SD to HD was miles bigger than the leap from HD to HDR/4K.

The real ***** is there isn't a whole ton of support for it. If I want to watch something 4K I'm restricted to Amazon Prime original or a $10 dollar (!) rental from Vudu. Maybe I'm missing something.

Yeah, it doesn't seem like DirecTV has any special channels for it or anything. I was a VERY early adopter of Bluray, but for this I'm fine to be really patient.