MrBean
* 8-Jan-2022(#1)
Why oh why do all 3 come out next month. Massive games, each requiring a substantial time investment.
What's your order of priority? I'm torn... I keep debating #1/2 largely based on friends playing to be able to share stories with.
Still, this is tough. Horrible timing!
1. Horizon
2. Elden Ring
3. Dying Light
Also not looking forward to the credit card bill for all these collector editions, ugh.
MrBean
* 7-Mar-2022(#82)Feeb wrote:> It’s the pleasurable passing of time and happiness that matter. Give me a good time
> and I won’t regret it.
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 =(
MrBean
* 8-Mar-2022(#83)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.
Feeb
9-Mar-2022(#88)MrBean wrote:> Feeb wrote:
>> Opposite for me. Onto HFW finally!!! Lol
>
> How much did you sink into ER?
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.
MrBean
9-Mar-2022(#89)Feeb wrote:> MrBean wrote:
>> Feeb wrote:
> |>> Opposite for me. Onto HFW finally!!! Lol
>>
>> How much did you sink into ER?
>
> 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.
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.
MrBean
10-Mar-2022(#93)Slickriven wrote:> 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.
>
>
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!
Kommie
18-Mar-2022(#95)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.
MrBean
18-Mar-2022(#97)Finn wrote:> I would usually agreed and that's why I skip them most times... But the side quests
> here are largely pretty satisfying.
>
>
This
Slickriven
19-Mar-2022(#99)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.
Kommie
20-Mar-2022(#102)NPC: Hey, Aloy go check on this person.
Me: No, main story only!
MrBean
20-Mar-2022(#103)Kommie wrote:> NPC: Hey, Aloy go check on this person.
>
> Me: No, main story only!
Man I wish I had the discipline to do this.
Kommie
20-Mar-2022(#104)MrBean wrote:> Kommie wrote:
>> NPC: Hey, Aloy go check on this person.
>>
>> Me: No, main story only!
>
> Man I wish I had the discipline to do this.
I will be doing all the tall necks and Pouch Upgrades though, just no side quests unless they're trophy related.
Kommie
20-Mar-2022(#106)I don't remember any of these characters from the first game besides Lance Reddick.
Kommie
* 23-Mar-2022(#110)I'm not too crazy about this game, mostly I think cause of the story. The cool mystery was solved in 1, and this game is just like "hey, you didn't really save the world, but you gotta try again!"
I also dumped it to Story Mode just to do the story. I don't think I'll bother with the Trophies in the end.
MrBean
23-Mar-2022(#111)Kommie wrote:> I'm not too crazy about this game, mostly I think cause of the story. The cool mystery
> was solved in 1, and this game is just like "hey, you didn't really save the world,
> but you gotta try again!"
>
> I also dumped it to Story Mode just to do the story. I don't think I'll bother with
> the Trophies in the end.
You'll be disappointed at the end then
Finn
23-Mar-2022(#112)Kommie wrote:> I'm not too crazy about this game, mostly I think cause of the story. The cool mystery
> was solved in 1, and this game is just like "hey, you didn't really save the world,
> but you gotta try again!"
>
> I also dumped it to Story Mode just to do the story. I don't think I'll bother with
> the Trophies in the end.
While the story does indeed not have the first ones mystery it's still pretty gripping. I had planned on doing most side missions and everything along the way but I had to stop. The main story just sucked me in. The story is IMO very well done. The side missions are also much better in this game then the last IMO. The side missions that are in the trophy list I highly recommend. There are a few side missions in San Fran that gives out good rewards.
When it comes to the Trophies, go for it. They are not hard IMO. There is only one missable. So scan everything. Do the arena and go through all difficulties, scan everything before you jump down and that should clean up anything you may have missed.... There will be one at the very end. Plus you have access to some new venders at the end.
The only thing in this game I hate is the damn strike missions, but I am not going to have it stop me from the plat.
Kommie
23-Mar-2022(#113)I'm 12/17 Main Missions in and not really liking the story, I'll finish it though.
Kommie
23-Mar-2022(#114)2 main missions left, have not done a single side mission besides one Tall Neck.
Kommie
24-Mar-2022(#116)At 16:16:13 I beat Horizon Forbidden West while doing no side content besides one Tallneck:
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