PlayStation Horizon Zero Dawn...7 years later

[treelo]

So, i didnt ever play this BITD because i didnt own a playstation and it wasn tout on PC at the time, so i kind of dsimissed it a little bit and thought all the fanfare was just from Sony fans trying to one-up Xbox fans

HOLY SHIT

What a fucking giant mistake i made, i'm about 4 hours into Zero Dawn and it is absolutely amazing, bits of it are a bit Far Cry for my liking, but there is so much to do and as a sneaky sneaky game, i love it(i normally dont get on well with these types of games)

Playing the newer version on a PC so it looks a million dollars, better than most games that are released today and the main character is fantastic, can get very actiony on parts as well which i wasnt expecting and im sure i have tons of new things to unlock/find out about, so no spoilers please

 

[Dinkin_Flicka]

I loved H:ZD. Normally when I play open world games like this scour the world for every upgrade and side quest. The story hooked me like none other and pretty much dumped the side content just to figure out what was going on. The audio/notes were so interesting, I couldn't wait to finish the game.

 

[My Spot]

The remaster comes out on 10/31.

 

[treelo]

The remaster comes out on 10/31.

im playing the PC version, its probably what the remastered PS5 version is already is

 

[rikwebb]

im playing the PC version, its probably what the remastered PS5 version is already is

It's not, it's a new version for both PS5 and PC, using a Frankenstein version of the Decima engine using the original version and the Forbidden West Engine and upgrades to the voice work and facial animations

 

[mixmastermo]

So, i didnt ever play this BITD because i didnt own a playstation and it wasn tout on PC at the time, so i kind of dsimissed it a little bit and thought all the fanfare was just from Sony fans trying to one-up Xbox fans

HOLY SHIT

What a fucking giant mistake i made, i'm about 4 hours into Zero Dawn and it is absolutely amazing, bits of it are a bit Far Cry for my liking, but there is so much to do and as a sneaky sneaky game, i love it(i normally dont get on well with these types of games)

Playing the newer version on a PC so it looks a million dollars, better than most games that are released today and the main character is fantastic, can get very actiony on parts as well which i wasnt expecting and im sure i have tons of new things to unlock/find out about, so no spoilers please

Nice. I had a PS4, not the pro, so I passed on it initially but got it on PC and pretty much had the same reaction.

Forbidden West is even better...

 

[NoSmilez]

I didn't like it. Maybe I will go back to it. I thought the enemies were kind of generic mobs and I just didn't like shooting the arrow. It's not a terrible game. It played well but was not appealing to me in terms of the visuals. The color schemes etc etc.

 

[ObsoleteSoul]

Thought it was a pretty great game. Good difficulty and one of the best quest tracking in a game of its type. Really appreciate how you can take a break from it, and when you come back, you can tell what you were doing and why.

 

[SaiWa]

One of the best gaming experience I had IMO. This game was so much fun. Arguably GOTY but it unfortunately ran into Zelda BOTW.

 

[mixmastermo]

I didn't like it. Maybe I will go back to it. I thought the enemies were kind of generic mobs and I just didn't like shooting the arrow. It's not a terrible game. It played well but was not appealing to me in terms of the visuals. The color schemes etc etc.

You didn't get far did you?

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but the enemies are far from generic..

 

[NoSmilez]

You didn't get far did you?

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but the enemies are far from generic..

It’s the same metallic type of monster. I just didn’t like that style. It’s all just personal preference.

 

[method115]

I loved H:ZD. Normally when I play open world games like this scour the world for every upgrade and side quest. The story hooked me like none other and pretty much dumped the side content just to figure out what was going on. The audio/notes were so interesting, I couldn't wait to finish the game.

Same thing happened to me. The story is just so damn good in the series IMO of course. What happened in the second game was even more shocking and I couldn't have even predicted that was the direction they would take. Sucks they are working on other things and we will have to wait a bit for #3.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

One of the best game worlds I've played I think. Great visually and the different clans etc are well thought out.

 

[Dizzy]

I’ve started it twice and got distracted by another game both times.

I think the remaster will be a great time to jump back in and give it a fair shot.

 

[treelo]

One of the best gaming experience I had IMO. This game was so much fun. Arguably GOTY but it unfortunately ran into Zelda BOTW.

i own both of these, i find the combat in BoTW to be terrible and the weapon system dreadful

Horizon for me is a much better game

 

[method115]

i own both of these, i find the combat in BoTW to be terrible and the weapon system dreadful

Horizon for me is a much better game

Same but it is what it is people loved BOTW. I thought it was a sub par Zelda game but I do think the climbing\gliding system was very fun. To bad that game wasn't setup more like ER as far as random exploration goes.

 

[Fury]

Same but it is what it is people loved BOTW. I thought it was a sub par Zelda game but I do think the climbing\gliding system was very fun. To bad that game wasn't setup more like ER as far as random exploration goes.

I still haven't finished BoTW. To me, it was good scope and the hardware couldn't keep up. Also, I guess it just didn't grab me.

Enjoyed the hell out of Horizon though.

Also also, the disclaimer, if anyone thinks BoTW is the best game ever and way better than Horizon, cool with me.

 

[SaiWa]

i own both of these, i find the combat in BoTW to be terrible and the weapon system dreadful

Horizon for me is a much better game

And that's fine. No one has to like or love one game over another. It's preference. I ain't gonna hate you for it. I loved BOTW. It was the first game where I felt I could go anywhere, climb almost anything. It was revolutionary for me personally. But I also absolutely loved HZD. I was completed immersed in this world.

I mean i didn't really enjoy Witcher 3. People loved it but I was kind meh... solid but not great. Didn't even beat it thought I was damn near at the end of the game. But so what? Plenty of others loved this game.

 

[SaiWa]

It’s the same metallic type of monster. I just didn’t like that style. It’s all just personal preference.

Yeah iam sorry but you didn't play far enough into the game to say they were the "same metallic" type of monsters. They varied and fought differently. Hunting/fighting that t-rex was heart pounding.

if its not your cup of tea then yeah no worries dude. But nah those monsters varied greatly.

 

[ssBaldy]

I liked the story even though it had only 1 adequate male for the whole plot. And I liked the world, with all the robo dinosaurs and interesting stories put here and there.
I did not love the gameplay as it got a tad repetitive not in a good way, but it was ok.
Havent played Forbidden West yet, but I will.