Horizon Forbidden West - sequel to Hoizon Zero Dawn - coming to PC on March 21st

[ShaggyMoose]

It was totally an RPG. You could choose to... um, kill that robot, or that other robot. Or something.

 

[Elttharion]

I dont understand why people joke about Ubisoft releasing the same game all the time but give a pass to Sony. All their games are the same open world 3rd person slop.

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

I thought the first one passed the time well enough for being a big AAA monstrosity. Sure it was basically the same Open-World collectathon that Ubisoft shits out yearly, but the combat and weapon itemization/crafting were waaaaaaayy better than anything Ubi has shit out. There were also occasional moments of genuinely good writing (which I assume we can thank John Gonzales for) even if the overall mission-to-mission writing was dull as dishwater. Gonzales didn't work on this one though, right? I seem to recall he left after Zero Dawn shipped.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

moments of genuinely good writing

Might finally be time for me to put Horizon Zero Dawn to bed as one of the worst-written stories I have ever had the misfortune to experience in my life.

All their games are the same open world 3rd person slop.

Except when they're the same linear walk slowly through navigation obstacles and talk to people between combat arena slop (e.g. Uncharted, God of War, Last of us, etc).

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

moments of genuinely good writing

Might finally be time for me to put Horizon Zero Dawn to bed as one of the worst-written stories I have ever had the misfortune to experience in my life.

Uhhh... way to cherry-pick that quote. I agree the overall plot and mission writing was pretty much trash (though "one of the worst-written stories I have ever had the misfortune to experience in my life" is histrionics of the highest order), but there was good writing to be found in some of the lore collectables (even if they were often highly reminiscent of Honest Hearts' Survivalist's Logs).

 

[Nikanuur]

Some of you people have absolutely no sense of what's good or not.
Or worse yet, you are riddled with one of the wannabe mature being diseases: I see two bad things so the rest must be shit too, oh how the world has disappointed me poor, tried soul.
You are hopeless.

 

[Tehdagah]

https://insider-gaming.com/lego-horizon-adventures/

LEGO and PlayStation are developing a new game named ‘LEGO Horizon Adventures’.

 

[Correct_Carlo]

I'm playing this now on ultra-hard. Some thoughts:

Pros:

• Combat is still great and the only reason to play, new weapons are fun.
• World is fun with tons of stuff to explore.
• Story is not as good as HZD, but I like how cozy the universe is. It's not overly sunny or cartoonish, but it's very optimistic, and most of the enemies are just people driven by circumstance who end up being your friend.

Cons:

• I hate how some stuff is locked until the very end of the game. Just unlock everything in the first half, thanks.
• They turned every single map item into a fucking puzzle and/or obnoxious platform sequence. Unlocking the tall necks in this is sometimes a massive pain.
• There's too much shit to do. Most of the map icons have some substance (i.e. a puzzle or something), but does anyone really want to do a bunch of fucking lame puzzles? I liked the style of HZD better, which was more straightforward.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

https://insider-gaming.com/lego-horizon-adventures/

LEGO and PlayStation are developing a new game named ‘LEGO Horizon Adventures’.

Looks less fat than the real Aloy.

 

[Sacibengala]

https://insider-gaming.com/lego-horizon-adventures/

LEGO and PlayStation are developing a new game named ‘LEGO Horizon Adventures’.

Looks less fat than the real Aloy.

Now I understand why they made her face so large in the second game. It was to match the much more original lego franchise.

 

[karoliner]

This has to be some sort of money laundering operation. This franchise has the most artificial popularity ever.

 

[H. P. Lovecraft's Cat]

Just make Aloy hot you stupid faggots and maybe people will buy your piece of shit game.

 

[Elttharion]

I have never met an actual honest to God Horizon fan, either IRL or the internet. For a series that supposedly sold more than 30 million copies its lack of actual popularity is bizzare.

 

[Lord_Potato]

I liked Horizon Zero Dawn. For a AAA game it had surprisingly good and fluid gameplay. Also, the story of the fall of mankind was pretty interesting.

Wasn't crazy about Aloy, but she was a decent protagonist. Not Witcher-cool mind you, but not cringe-inducing either. Don't know what they did with her in Forbidden West, didn't try this one yet.

 

[Correct_Carlo]

I liked Horizon Zero Dawn. For a AAA game it had surprisingly good and fluid gameplay. Also, the story of the fall of mankind was pretty interesting.

Wasn't crazy about Aloy, but she was a decent protagonist. Not Witcher-cool mind you, but not cringe-inducing either. Don't know what they did with her in Forbidden West, didn't try this one yet.

It's a good game. The story is kind of a placeholder McGuffin fetch quest situation, like the middle game of most trilogies is (apart from, I guess, introducing aliens), but the gameplay is the same (only better).

The only issue is that if you are a completionist, the game takes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay longer to complete, as they made all the puzzles more annoying and you have to fully beat the game twice to 100% it.

Beyond that, it's a good game.

 

[Grauken]

Just don't be a completionist

I like the landscape and the monster design in the first game and murdering machines close up never got old

the human tribes, the quests, NPC writing and all that are pretty awful though

 

[mediocrepoet]

I liked it, the setting and story was cool enough. I have no idea why they're remastering it though, especially on PC. It's PS4 gen and still looks good. Who's going to buy this that didn't already?

Are people more likely to buy a PS5 version so they can pretend their overpriced toaster has games?

 

[Correct_Carlo]

I have never met an actual honest to God Horizon fan, either IRL or the internet. For a series that supposedly sold more than 30 million copies its lack of actual popularity is bizzare.

I like it.

The ubi style "icons on a map" gameplay is kind of lame, but the story and graphics are good, and the combat is basically Monster Hunter Lite, which is fun.

 

[Lord_Potato]

Most likely, PS5 has few original games so they try to fill the void with remakes.

 

[Grauken]

Most likely, PS5 has few original games so they try to fill the void with remakes.

But remakes of games that "feel like" they just came out seem pretty dumb, how many people want to replay the game with slightly increased textures

 

[mediocrepoet]

Most likely, PS5 has few original games so they try to fill the void with remakes.

But remakes of games that "feel like" they just came out seem pretty dumb, how many people want to replay the game with slightly increased textures

100%. I mean, sure it's less work and expense for them, but what the fuck is the sales pitch?

Experience Aloy's journey like never before with new peach fuzz texturing and harnessing the power of the PS5/RTX40 series to render 43% more freckles in real time!

 

[Elttharion]

Just realized the remaster is coming out the same day as Dragon Age: Failguard. Pretty hilarious that this happens again.

 

[cvv]

Don't know what they did with her in Forbidden West, didn't try this one yet.

FW is a straight upgrade in most gameplay elements, especially combat and monster variety.

I thought the writing and characters were worse tho. Can't put my finger on it but I was mostly mildly bored, as opposed to a mild intrigue in ZD. Altho I thought they did a reasonably solid job with the overall story and plot.

Naturally, both games are a modern audience slop so there isn't a single straight white male character that's also positive, competent, manly and doesn't take anyone's shit. Except for Aloy's father who dies before the first game begins. FW continues the trend and the DLC is an unfettered ESG lesbian lolapallooza.

And now that Lance Reddick passed away Sylens can't return for the hypothetical third game, meaning we've lost the only engaging character in the series.

 

[Lord_Potato]

https://www.windowscentral.com/gami...-requires-a-playstation-network-account-on-pc

Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered requires a PlayStation Network account on PC​

News
By Samuel Tolbert
published 13 hours ago
Keeping with other PlayStation titles, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered requires a PlayStation Network account on PC.

What you need to know​

• Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is coming to Windows PC and PlayStation 5.
• The game is set to launch at $50, with a $10 upgrade option for anyone that already owns the original game on PC or PlayStation 4.
• Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered requires a PlayStation Network (PSN) account on PC.
• PlayStation Studios games have started requiring a PlayStation Network account in order to play, including entirely single-player games.

I guess the upgrade won't be available on GOG, where I purchased my copy of Horizon: Zero Dawn.

I'm not sad though (wasn't going to fall for this cashgrab anyway) just amused by the fact Sony is not a learning animal.

 

[Butter]

Why is this in the RPG section?