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I went with HFW, I had planned on waiting and my wife's friend got it and it was enough to push me to get it. Going to start it this week, finishing up Spiderman but it seems like progression is slowing down the further I get into the story... Though it feels like I am near the end but it says I am 72% done the main story.

Was going to go with DL2, but I probably need to play DL1 first... So I am going to wait.

I want to play Elden Ring, I don't know. I want to play it but I have never tried a Rouge like game... I need to find one to cut my teeth on I suppose.

Finn wrote:

WTF? It's not a rogue like.

Kommie wrote:

I thought it was.... Well then. I hers people refer to it as one and games like Dark Souls... Since I never played them... Well I am glad that's been corrected! Thanks.

HFW is quite fantastic. Just made it to the embassy/west... This map is about to blow up.

I got overwhelmed there. And bored. It’s pretty same ole TBH. I’ll try to dig it out. But roughly not fun now.

Feeb wrote:

When, making it to the Forbidden West? Just too much to do?

There's clearly going to be a ton of shinnies... But at least they're way more fun than traditional types of these games.

I'm still legit torn on whether or not to stay the course and switch to Elden Ring.

@Kommie did you get notification of bandai store shipment yet? I haven't...

MrBean wrote:

Yep. It was cool then I stepped through and got a tall neck. Boom. Overwhelming. And it’s just not very fun honestly. Combat is wonky- where’s the bad guy, charging a power attack into a locked enemy I can’t see. Yikes. I’m not giving up but definitely seeing the shortfalls here.

MrBean wrote:

No, and honestly I don't expect to get it by Friday

HFW is just too gosh darn big. I'm already over leveled for current main quest level recommendation ... And I'm not (yet) doing every side thing.

The game is absolutely fantastic though. Quite happy with it. Story is blowing up (post Gaia) and can't wait to see what's further West. New weapons are cool, but don't find myself using the gauntlet or boltcaster (yet).

Wish we could respecc skills, the trees are fantastic but I find myself regurally altering my play style, which keeps it fresh and fun, but want other skills!

Yeah it gets better every time I play it. Very impressed with the ranged combat.

I was hijacking the mega thread on all things Horizon. Rebranding this one for any chats around HFW.

Happy to see they have a patch rolling out to address quite a few issues. I've continued to get hit by bugs that require me to reload a game. That and the annoying lack of map updates when you complete a Firegleam (not all, but some).

https://www.givemesport.com/87978946-horizon-forbi...

Seems to be a pretty spot on 1 hour = 1% if you're doing everything. At 60/60. Have one legendary bow and a legendary armor so far. Hoping to get more legendary weapons as I don't want to blow upgrading materials on very rare gear. Still, the legendary upgrade requirements are a bit intense.

My OCD is so addicted to this game. Non stop stuff to do. While the fighting can be repetitive, it's fun if you make it fun.

Now that I learned valors can be upgraded, it's great switching between them for bigger battles and changing up the approach. Yet still, when lazy, traps just dominate.

Lazy? My man you earned the right to wreck it. Bust it up.

The 1 to 1 is splitting a bit.

70 hours, 75% done. Finally met all the machines. Last couple are amazing. Thunderjaw no longer top dog.

Damn dude. You’re wrecking this. I want to get back to it asap almost finished with Elden ring I hope.

Feeb wrote:

Let's just say I'm I'm a crapty employee and husband these past two weeks, haha

MrBean wrote:

Yah. Constant hangovers for me. Ugh.

Feeb wrote:

Hahaha, I know that feeling good sir. "not gonna drink tonight"... Famous last words. It's just so easy to keep playing once you've had a, couple.

71 hours, 76%... Spent time tonight fully upgrading my armor and hunter bow. Still working on the sharpshot bow. The upgrades for Legendary gear are a bit ridiculous TBH, they definitely didn't scale this well.

Haha, all I want to do is keep playing. Had two old fashioneds and not ready to call it but... Alas, it's a school night, womp womp.

Nearing end of game. At 80%.

I'm angry at myself for getting caught up in the nonsense. I should finish and get to Elden Ring... Instead, I'm running around hunting crabs, catching fish, and shooting owls so I can finish all the pouch upgrades.

I will say this, as is any game like this (that I never follow my own advice), do more of the main story before chasing the shinnies. Clearly there's the known back tracking you see early on... But modes of transportation gets far better later in the story, that I could have been at 50 hours ago. Idiot.

It’s the pleasurable passing of time and happiness that matter. Give me a good time and I won’t regret it.

Feeb wrote:

Agreed.

I have such a love hate for these open world shinny games but man, Horizon... Is just fun. Both BotW and Horizon just do it better than others by making it worth it to blow time doing all the various efforts. Last one I did this was with Ghosts... Which was cool and all, but felt too much like a chore, repetitive, and not enough payoff.

Truly excited to be done and move on to Elden Ring! This community will be done by then =(

Is anyone actually playing HFW?

79 hours, 88% complete, hope to be done this weekend. At this point, totally Op'd and just running around demolishing everything, even on very hard. A bit disappointed in the lack of Legendary gear, especially no spear. At this point, should only be story left as I've closed out every single side mission, task, exploration... Done! Primary armor and 3 weapons fully upgraded. May upgrade the others but I never use them. Two bows + sling is really all that is needed.

Mixing it up with different Valor perks is fun, but realistically, only the traps, melee, and power arrows are worth the effort (more so the latter). Stealth can be fun too to fudge with the big boys and never have them see you but at this point it's about just taking them down in a few seconds with a sharpshot explosion and a few follow ups.

I'm kinda surprised how many lengthy efforts yield no trophies. I never hunt trophies, but quite a few of these tasks, I'd assume trophies should have happened as they took nearly the whole game to complete.

Definitely an amazing game. Really excited to see how it ends. I'd be shocked if they don't leave it open for DLC and a sequel. They're gonna milk this as long as they can (and I hope they do).

Very much so ready to be done and get underway with Elden Ring, and then Dying Light.

I’m planning to come back soon. Almost plat Elden ring.

Well.... Finished.... These butt-holes left it on such a cliffhanger that will clearly be covered in the DLC.

Absolutely loved the game. Handful of minor complaints, fair amount of technical bugs, all in all, incredibly happy. DLC can't come fast enough.

Onto Elden Ring finally!

Opposite for me. Onto HFW finally!!! Lol

Feeb wrote:

How much did you sink into ER?

MrBean wrote:

90 hrs so far. Just need a few more items for plat. @Kommie has plat. But he’s unemployed socialist so way more time on our dime.

Feeb wrote:

Haha, well... In two weeks (15 days to be exact), I put in 82 hours and got plat on HFW, with a full time job, two kids, and a crazy home life.

Noice. No divorce?

Feeb wrote:

Haha, not until I do the same thing with ER and DL2. Lots of late nights, early mornings, and some PTO.

I read they left a cliffhanger. Any reason you think it'll be resolved in DLC vs a third title? Review that mentioned it felt like it'll be a trilogy.

Slickriven wrote:

They absolutely could delay to the sequel, but given how they ended HFW ... It'd be tough story telling I think. If they don't address what's happening at the end of HFW in the DLC, and simply add some side story, it could work, just would feel off. More so from the sense of urgency of where things are at the end.

I think they will use the dlc to launch the third game into a very different setting, after addressing what happens at the end of HFW. If they don't, I fear it'll be too saturated and milked based on how much is covered in HFW.

We'll see!

I love the main story and I just did not want to deviate from it's path. I did some side questing but really some was accidental. I am LVL 37. I am 32% done the game, I am at the point where the game tells you that if you go past this point you can't go back, so I am assuming that's near the end. That also kind of blows my mind if true. I mean damn, the main Story is what roughly 25% of the game and the other is filler? It's good filler I mean the side quests are very well done and I am currently going back to finish most and clean up a bunch of stuff I have going on. I roughly have 40 hours of gameplay time and love every minute. I wish I had more time to play, I can't even blame my kid she is awesome and actually likes watching... has to be all the colors. But my Wife wanting to spend time with me... UGH... ah it's all good. I am pretty grateful that she is doing this reading challenge, when she reads I play... works out. However, as it starts to warm up we will be doing more stuff outdoors, So I got to Hurry so I can start God of War.... Then I will bite the bullet and try Elden Ring, I have never tried the genre and I am tempted more then ever to give it a go.

Once I actually get to playing this, I'll only be doing the main story+ whatever side crap has Trophies. Open World games are awful with useless sidequests.

I would usually agreed and that's why I skip them most times... But the side quests here are largely pretty satisfying.

Finn wrote:

This

I sunk 82 hours doing EVERYTHING (minus Strike, kinda got boring). The side stuff in this game was worth it for the story. The rewards could have been better though. Surprised by the overall lack of gear.

Anybody here have or try this on a ?
HFW is the main reason I want a 5, but wanting and finding are 2 different things. Was curious if the bump down would just ruin the experience.

I think it would run fine on a pro. It's a beautiful game no matter what you play it on and it's definitely a good enough game that if you want to play it just play it. You could always play it again on the PS5.

Also I never did any Cauldrons until tonight... 3 of them plus a few small things bumped me 8% to 40%. Kinda shocked that they account for so much of the game.