There's the sense that the artists and designers have been unleashed to create one of the most striking open world environments you can experience. Everything from the density per scene, the choice of colour, the fluidity of the animation and volume of assets really impresses here. We've seen a lot of large, open-ended games this year but it's clear that Guerrilla Games stands at the top of the industry with its efforts. Even with the growing sense of open world fatigue, we found that the world and lore was interesting enough to carry us through the game, while the quality of these visuals and the solidity of the presentation is unparalleled. For us, Horizon Zero Dawn is an essential release - and The Frozen Wilds genuinely adds further to the experience.
Everything in Horizon: Zero Dawn is so beautiful and it's not the Environments that breathtaking, the gameplay was fluid fun to play as. Horizon: Zero Dawn is really my PS4 GOTY 2017!
Gotta admit, Guerrilla Games surpass my expectations ever since this game was reveal years ago.
Everything in Horizon: Zero Dawn is so beautiful and it's not the Environments that breathtaking, the gameplay was fluid fun to play as. Horizon: Zero Dawn is really my PS4 GOTY 2017!
Gotta admit, Guerrilla Games surpass my expectations ever since this game was reveal years ago.
Yeah, they are always been among the best along with ND and SSM
and it looks like Sucker Punch is going to join them too
I'm excited to try the DLC when I get to that point. I'm really torn between it and BotW for my favorite games this year. BotW is unquestionably richer in physics and mechanics - I've never seen anything like it. But it's also less focused, and while it offers unsurpassed opportunities to be creative in combat, the combat is less pulse-pounding and threatening than in Horizon. The narrative in Horizon is delivered in a one-note and sometimes ham-fisted way, but it's cohesive and tells an interesting world-building story. BotW lacks that - the narrative is almost Demon's Souls-esque in how it emerges from little tidbits and clues in the world. Which is nice in that it's less constrained, but it's also - honestly - less interesting. I would kill for Link to be able to roll or dodge better - his little vertical hop with a side-to-side translation is awkward at best. On the other hand, his melee weapon handling is good (not great), while Aloy's is... well, it lets you hit things I guess.
Overall, I think BotW has numerically more positives than Horizon, but when it comes to enjoying the end-user experience I'm kinda tied at loving both of them to death. I recognize their clear limitations, but I'm glued to the screen when I play them both
And yeah, Horizon looks amazing. It does look better than TW3 on Ultra, Juub :-P I can't tell you how many awful textures I notice in the background in TW3 at max settings. Don't know where you were coming from in that argument 6 mos ago or whenever it was :-P *Shock arrows fired*
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me. Have no idea why, but the game is not fun to me. It plays just like all the other Sony AAAE so it feels to much like been there done that for me.
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me. Have no idea why, but the game is not fun to me. It plays just like all the other Sony AAAE so it feels to much like been there done that for me.
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me. Have no idea why, but the game is not fun to me. It plays just like all the other Sony AAAE so it feels to much like been there done that for me.
Yea because there are a so many games that feature taking out large robotic dinosaurs with only a bow and arrow.....
I haven't played the DLC yet, but HZD is easily the most technically impressive game i have ever seen. It's U4 quality and attention to detail in a huge open world!
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me. Have no idea why, but the game is not fun to me. It plays just like all the other Sony AAAE so it feels to much like been there done that for me.
Yea because there are a so many games that feature taking out large robotic dinosaurs with only a bow and arrow.....
Sorry but the game feels like all the other 3rd person games Sony has released mechanics wise. Just replace those dinosaurs with any other object and it is the same as all of the other 3rd person Sony games.
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me. Have no idea why, but the game is not fun to me. It plays just like all the other Sony AAAE so it feels to much like been there done that for me.
Spoken like someone who's never played it.
Nope I have it on my PS4 Pro so sorry you lose again. :P It plays just like all of the 3rd person Sony games.
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me. Have no idea why, but the game is not fun to me. It plays just like all the other Sony AAAE so it feels to much like been there done that for me.
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me.
I stop reading there.
Poor thing someone doesn't like the same games you do. Sorry the game is boring to me. :P
When it comes to gameplay, Zelda and The Witcher 3 destroys it. Gotta agree with Xabiss, the game never hooked me like I thought it would.
Haven't played Zelda but I've got to agree, The Witcher 3 is a better game with a more in depth and fleshed out world to play in. Horizon is still a great game and I thoroughly enjoyed it but it's not the best open world game out there, far from it in fact. Alloy is too masculine as well, why bother with having a female protagonist if you're going to turn her into a man?
My favorite part of seeing Horizon's success, both regarding sales and critical acclaim, is that near everyone thought this would be at-best a mediocre game that just looked good due to the studio tied to it and flop as a result.
Which reinforces the idea that gamers as a whole face the same difficulty anticipating what's good and bad as much as the gaming press, studio heads, and console manufacturers.
The amazing thing is that it manages to play really good while being a graphics showcase. Easily one of the best games this gen and my personal GOTY.
? @ the jealous lemmings in here. It takes more than horse power to achieve graphics like this, it also requires serious talent and time. Something MS Studios doesn’t have much of these days. I doubt X1X will be getting a showcase like this anytime soon if ever.
Playing it again when the DLC dropped made me realize just how stunning Horizon is. It would be my GotY if not for BotW.
Pretty much my sentiment, but I have yet to get the DLC for HZD. I made the mistake of playing BoTW first then HZD, so there were spots where i couldn't climb a 3 foot ledge and it was annoying, but otherwise it was a really fun game.
@Phazevariance: yeah the freedom of movement in BotW really puts most TP adventure/action/rpg games to shame. Too bad his combat movement is so awkwardly limited, because it's otherwise a high water mark
@GarGx1: I played Breath of the Wild & Horizon: Zero Dawn, but I never bother to compare the two when they both launch, it never came to my mind gamers were doing it, but I didn't see the similarities besides there both open-world games. If you want my opinion, I still say Witcher 3 is by far, the better open-world game to date, no questions ask. I just happen to enjoy playing Horizon only because it was something new to PS4 and I do dig the Mad Max style it has going for.
Breath of the Wild is a fantastic Zelda game but I played too many Zelda's in my life time so it's why I never been fully hype then the rest of Nintendo fans here.
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me. Have no idea why, but the game is not fun to me. It plays just like all the other Sony AAAE so it feels to much like been there done that for me.
Spoken like someone who's never played it.
Someone just got PWNED!
That proves nothing.... lmao.... pick a game and I'll use Google to bring up a list like that....ahaha
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me. Have no idea why, but the game is not fun to me. It plays just like all the other Sony AAAE so it feels to much like been there done that for me.
Spoken like someone who's never played it.
Nope I have it on my PS4 Pro so sorry you lose again. :P It plays just like all of the 3rd person Sony games.
Even if you own it, it doesn't mean you've played it.
In fact, you seem to have a habit of buying games you don't like for some reason.
Is that Nier: Automata in that list I see? Funny....
@Xabiss said:
ROFLMAO Cows calling it an exclusive... Golden! Nice score for a multiplat! I played the demo and didn't really care for it.
lol, this thread is delivering and a reality check for xbox fans.
@hrt_rulz01 said:
@scatteh316 said:
You'll never get a game as better looking as this on XBX.
But just last week you were saying...
@hrt_rulz01 said:
Cows now moving on to bragging about sales, since they can't brag about graphics anymore. LOL.
As you're making your statement ..
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DIGITAL FOUNDRY: ...the quality of these visuals and the solidity of the presentation is unparalleled...
Sony has IN HOUSE developers that CREATE engines from the ground up to run specifically on PS4 hardware that that out does popular 3rd party engines that run on 3rd party games like UE4.
This is why Sony titles are ALWAYS going to be in the discussion of best looking games in the industry and best technical graphics.
Sorry to break it to you resolution =/= graphics.
@UnnDunn said:
Horizon Zero Dawn is definitely a fantastic game, and I can't wait to dig into the Frozen Wilds as soon as I get my PS4 back from my friend.
But let's not pretend Xbox One X won't have games that stomp all over it graphically.
Umm what?
I think you've got that backwards buddy.
The only way to make an argument that Xbox one X would have games that "stomp all over (HZD) graphically" lol is if you ARE pretending.
And you'd have to be pretending pretty hard!
What games does Xbox one X have that could potentially stomp all over HZD graphically? Better yet can you name any announced games in development for Xbox one X that looks like they could do that? lol talking about stomping all over HZD graphically with no in-house AAA devs from MS to do it, you can't get any more pretend than that.
Forza couldn't even beat GTSport graphically and that's the best (damn near only) dev team MS has. So who's pretending with a statement like you just made?
Horizon Zero Dawn is definitely a fantastic game, and I can't wait to dig into the Frozen Wilds as soon as I get my PS4 back from my friend.
But let's not pretend Xbox One X won't have games that stomp all over it graphically.
Care to name any?
It's literally the most contradictory statement someone can make trying to hype xbox games over playstaton games now...
"let's not pretend" LOL
That's literally what you're doing when you're talking about xbox one games compared to any other system's games much less Sony's top tier AAA industry topping titles.
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me. Have no idea why, but the game is not fun to me. It plays just like all the other Sony AAAE so it feels to much like been there done that for me.
Spoken like someone who's never played it.
Nope I have it on my PS4 Pro so sorry you lose again. :P It plays just like all of the 3rd person Sony games.
Even if you own it, it doesn't mean you've played it.
In fact, you seem to have a habit of buying games you don't like for some reason.
Is that Nier: Automata in that list I see? Funny....
@Xabiss said:
ROFLMAO Cows calling it an exclusive... Golden! Nice score for a multiplat! I played the demo and didn't really care for it.
Unless the game dramatically changed in appeal suddenly.
lmao! Xabiss caught flat-out lying about owning a PS4 with his fake list so he can slag all the games off pretending he's played them. lol what a fucking moron!
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me. Have no idea why, but the game is not fun to me. It plays just like all the other Sony AAAE so it feels to much like been there done that for me.
Spoken like someone who's never played it.
Someone just got PWNED!
That proves nothing.... lmao.... pick a game and I'll use Google to bring up a list like that....ahaha
Just face the facts that I owned it and I have played it. The game is boring as shit! Doesn't mean you can't like it it. Just not my kind of game because it feels like the rest of Sony's 3rd person games.
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me. Have no idea why, but the game is not fun to me. It plays just like all the other Sony AAAE so it feels to much like been there done that for me.
Yea because there are a so many games that feature taking out large robotic dinosaurs with only a bow and arrow.....
Sorry but the game feels like all the other 3rd person games Sony has released mechanics wise. Just replace those dinosaurs with any other object and it is the same as all of the other 3rd person Sony games.
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me. Have no idea why, but the game is not fun to me. It plays just like all the other Sony AAAE so it feels to much like been there done that for me.
Spoken like someone who's never played it.
Someone just got PWNED!
That proves nothing.... lmao.... pick a game and I'll use Google to bring up a list like that....ahaha
Just face the facts that I owned it and I have played it. The game is boring as shit! Doesn't mean you can't like it it. Just not my kind of game because it feels like the rest of Sony's 3rd person games.
YOU WERE PWNED!
Lmao.....write your name on a piece of paper with my name and todays date on and take a picture of it next to your TV showing your PSN account showing you bought Horizon on 27th Feb and I'll gladly accept my ownage.
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me. Have no idea why, but the game is not fun to me. It plays just like all the other Sony AAAE so it feels to much like been there done that for me.
Spoken like someone who's never played it.
Someone just got PWNED!
Hmm I also own HZD, just bought it though.
Didn't know you were a PS4 owner and with HZD no less, how far did you make it in the game? What's your PSN ID. I'll send you a friend request :)
To bad I can't get through the first game because for whatever reason it is boring as shit to me. Have no idea why, but the game is not fun to me. It plays just like all the other Sony AAAE so it feels to much like been there done that for me.
Spoken like someone who's never played it.
Nope I have it on my PS4 Pro so sorry you lose again. :P It plays just like all of the 3rd person Sony games.
Even if you own it, it doesn't mean you've played it.
In fact, you seem to have a habit of buying games you don't like for some reason.
Is that Nier: Automata in that list I see? Funny....
@Xabiss said:
ROFLMAO Cows calling it an exclusive... Golden! Nice score for a multiplat! I played the demo and didn't really care for it.
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