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[LifeBrandRobot]

The Snapmaw's not a combat type ehh?

 

[More_Badass]

Edit: Now I remember Trolls and Direwolves fighting orcs in Shadow of Mordor. Not the same but close.

One of the devs that joined the team was the co-designer of the Nemesis system, so I'm hoping that some of that experience went into the machine AI

 

[MegaSackman]

Well, we've seen glimpses of sawtooths "eating", a bird machine snatching a dead one, a corrupted machine fighting with a regular one, the gazers move in herds, watchers alert and patrol for packs of other machines, and a watcher and broadhead got in a fight in the dev stream

Yeah I think I remember some of those but wasn't paying attention. It could make the world feel more real. The care on this machines is amazing.

 

[ShemhazaiX]

I'm just hoping the AI and machine interactions are really good. The watchers and grazers working together is a reassuring sign, but I hope that predator machines attack prey ones, and that prey ones migrate, and all that.

I might be a bit spoiled because of Rain World, but this looks like the closest to that in the AAA space

I'm pretty sure all the machines are on "the same side" so to speak. They appear to be more of a sort of collectivist system that work together to achieve some sort of hidden goal. I assume any kind of interactions are going to be machines working together in symbiosis. For example, I expect there to be a place where grazers go to drop off materials that are then transported to the appropriate cauldron by Shellwalkers. Any predatory interactions are likely to be from corruption based variants / corruption spreaders as they attempt to borg up the ecosystem.

 

[Razgreez]

One of the devs that joined the team was the co-designer of the Nemesis system, so I'm hoping that some of that experience went into the machine AI

Wouldn't really make sense in the context of the game. In consolation we do have corrupted machines attacking, and infecting, non-corrupted ones.

 

[Equanimity]

This is not related to the two videos.

I love how the Scrappers are too fast for their own good:

 

[Swiggins]

This is not related to the two videos.

I love how the Scrappers are too fast for their own good:

I never noticed that before, that level of detail is awesome.

 

[HStallion]

The machines most certainly interact with one another in a variety of ways and not just the watchers protecting the grazers. We've seen corrupted bots fighting uncorrupted ones:

We can also see one of the robotic birds picking up a dead watcher, looks like a spear in its side. Its interesting in I guess the machines will clean up the dead in the environment.

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Games TM has a very positive cover article about Horizon this month. Lots of praise for the combat and systems.

 

[BiGBoSSMk23]

The machines most certainly interact with one another in a variety of ways and not just the watchers protecting the grazers. We've seen corrupted bots fighting uncorrupted ones:

We can also see one of the robotic birds picking up a dead watcher, looks like a spear in its side. Its interesting in I guess the machines will clean up the dead in the environment.

This game's universe's premise is shaping up to be so intriguing; here I am hoping they don't squander it with a shitty story like they did with the Killzone lore.

 

[bitbydeath]

Love that gif, recycling dead robots is a great way for devs to not have to worry about leaving bodies all over the ground.

I hope we can jump on the back of the bird somehow (maybe shoot a rope into it) to see what it does with them.

 

[vivekTO]

Games TM has a very positive cover article about Horizon this month. Lots of praise for the combat and systems.

any details??

 

[Magic Mushroom]

any details??

From what I scanned no real new info, just heaps of praise for the ambition, world and combat, which was far deeper and varied than they expected.

 

[Dovahking]

 

[Wollan]

I love how the Scrappers are too fast for their own good:

Loving the handbrake turn there. Very Disney.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

This game is going to be amazing.

 

[silva1991]

This is at least missing the horse and chocobo robos.

 

[Loudninja]

1. Longleg
2. Thunderjaw
3. Watcher
4. Corrupter
5. Shell-Walker
6. Behemoth
7. Scrapper
8. Grazer
9. Stalker
10. Strider
11. Glinthawk
12. Broadhead
13. StormBird
14. Tallneck
15. Snapmaw
16. Sawtooth
17. Bellowback

 

[NHarmonic.]

This is incredible, every new footage released i fall more and more in love with the art and designs, and the details in animation. This is a dream.

 

[El Topo]

Allow me to copy Dovahking.

 

[Razgreez]

1. Longleg
2. Thunderjaw
3. Watcher
4. Corrupter
5. Shell-Walker
6. Behemoth
7. Scrapper
8. Grazer
9. Stalker
10. Strider
11. Glinthawk
12. Broadhead
13. StormBird
14. Tallneck
15. Snapmaw
16. Sawtooth
17. Bellowback

Wouldn't be surprised if the large corrupter-like machine is called the subverter, or defiler, or something of the sort. Please not "mawlr"

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

Is the rope weapon dynamic? Like can you pin a Snapmaw's jaws down?


It really can't be stated enough how the environment being destructible makes these machines, especially the Thunderjaw, seem so much more fearsome

man, corrupted Thunderjaws are gonna be nightmares. i do hope we get anacondas, gorillas and mammoths/elephants

 

[DriftingSpirit]

man, corrupted Thunderjaws are gonna be nightmares. i do hope we get anacondas, gorillas and mammoths/elephants

I can already see it now.

Just shooting laser beams everywhere and charging at full speed simultaneously. Nonstop. Nope. I'm running away lol.

 

[HeisenbergWW62]

man, corrupted Thunderjaws are gonna be nightmares. i do hope we get anacondas, gorillas and mammoths/elephants

Hadn't even thought of an anaconda one. That would be sweet, imagine running into one of them in the jungle area. The elephant and gorillla are ones I really want. There's several we haven't seen so possible

Also I hope there's one that makes the Thunderjaw look tiny in comparison. One we haven't seen yet

 

[DriftingSpirit]

I want to hack a snake robo and have it carry me across the terrain while I shoot arrows at other enemies.

 

[HolySheep]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zObyE4zQG-k&t=634s

This shows alot of the robots we've seen and the name of some.


I think it's safe to assume that boss fight droids is not included in the 26 robots list? I would also like to see some different robots in the dungeons, maybe like a spider-robots or scorpion-robots ect.

Variety vil be an important factor in how this games is reviewed. Even if the enemies here are far more fleshed out then in for example skyrim, variety adds depth to the world in my experience. Few different enemeies makes the world seem small. Hoping for varieties of human-enemies and animals as well.

 

[FusedAtoms]

All of these designs are fantastic

 

[Crossing Eden]

These horizon threads would be so much easier to read if you guys would just put a gif in quotes. Please. Just put the gifs in quotes! T-T

 

[Equanimity]

I never noticed that before, that level of detail is awesome.

Yes. It is indeed.

Loving the handbrake turn there. Very Disney.

That handbrake turn stood out to me as well, I had to gif it.

These horizon threads would be so much easier to read if you guys would just put a gif in quotes. Please. Just put the gifs in quotes! T-T

Alright. I will put every consecutive gif in a quote.

 

[Zantetsuken]

Waiting on the Dragonzord reveal.

This game will be fun. I hope I can get my backlog in order by then.

 

[More_Badass]

Games TM has a very positive cover article about Horizon this month. Lots of praise for the combat and systems.

Two promising excerpts

"One thing is immediately clear from the moment you get your hands on a controller: the combat is intense and deeply tactical. It's a far cry from the heavily refined (yet ultimately tiresome) combat systems found in the Batman Arkham and Assassins Creed games, far more fluid and intuitive than the heavily scripted systems of The Witcher and Dragon Age, precise in a way that Skyrim could only dream of. Horizon Zero Dawn might be branded an action-RPG, but it often feels like an action game first"

"What continues to surprise us is just how deep Horizon: Zero Dawn seems to be. It's a game that requires you to think your way into every combat and situation and then, subsequently, to victory. Whether you choose to shoot off armor to expose enemy weak points - making use of traps, your bow and numerous arrow variations to make precise shots - or you decide to shoot weapons off the larger enemies and turn them on the machines, it will force the smart AI to reach in new and interesting ways"

 

[Heshinsi]

Two promising excerpts

"One thing is immediately clear from the moment you get your hands on a controller: the combat is intense and deeply tactical. It's a far cry from the heavily refined (yet ultimately tiresome) combat systems found in the Batman Arkham and Assassins Creed games, far more fluid and intuitive than the heavily scripted systems of The Witcher and Dragon Age, precise in a way that Skyrim could only dream of. Horizon Zero Dawn might be branded an action-RPG, but it often feels like an action game first"

"What continues to surprise us is just how deep Horizon: Zero Dawn seems to be. It's a game that requires you to think your way into every combat and situation and then, subsequently, to victory. Whether you choose to shoot off armor to expose enemy weak points - making use of traps, your bow and numerous arrow variations to make precise shots - or you decide to shoot weapons off the larger enemies and turn them on the machines, it will force the smart AI to reach in new and interesting ways"

Oh boy. Guerrilla Games might have a magical product on their hands if they can nail the landing. There hasn't been a game in a long time that I've wanted to impress more than Horizon.

 

[MegaSackman]

Two promising excerpts

"One thing is immediately clear from the moment you get your hands on a controller: the combat is intense and deeply tactical. It's a far cry from the heavily refined (yet ultimately tiresome) combat systems found in the Batman Arkham and Assassins Creed games, far more fluid and intuitive than the heavily scripted systems of The Witcher and Dragon Age, precise in a way that Skyrim could only dream of. Horizon Zero Dawn might be branded an action-RPG, but it often feels like an action game first"

"What continues to surprise us is just how deep Horizon: Zero Dawn seems to be. It's a game that requires you to think your way into every combat and situation and then, subsequently, to victory. Whether you choose to shoot off armor to expose enemy weak points - making use of traps, your bow and numerous arrow variations to make precise shots - or you decide to shoot weapons off the larger enemies and turn them on the machines, it will force the smart AI to reach in new and interesting ways"

I find weird when people call this game derivative when the combat system is something we haven't experienced in any other game. Yes you have a bow in Shadow of Mordor but it's really a tool to deal with enemies in certain situations, the bow there is less relevant than the spear in this game. And when have you seen enemies have so much strategies and movesets in an open world game? the attention to every machine seems to have a Dark Souls level of quality.

 

[Equanimity]

Two promising excerpts

"One thing is immediately clear from the moment you get your hands on a controller: the combat is intense and deeply tactical. It's a far cry from the heavily refined (yet ultimately tiresome) combat systems found in the Batman Arkham and Assassins Creed games, far more fluid and intuitive than the heavily scripted systems of The Witcher and Dragon Age, precise in a way that Skyrim could only dream of. Horizon Zero Dawn might be branded an action-RPG, but it often feels like an action game first"

"What continues to surprise us is just how deep Horizon: Zero Dawn seems to be. It's a game that requires you to think your way into every combat and situation and then, subsequently, to victory. Whether you choose to shoot off armor to expose enemy weak points - making use of traps, your bow and numerous arrow variations to make precise shots - or you decide to shoot weapons off the larger enemies and turn them on the machines, it will force the smart AI to reach in new and interesting ways"

Thanks for sharing the excerpts

I find weird when people call this game derivative when the combat system is something we haven't experienced in any other game. Yes you have a bow in Shadow of Mordor but it's really a tool to deal with enemies in certain situations, the bow there is less relevant than the spear in this game. And when have you seen enemies have so much strategies and movesets in an open world game? the attention to every machine seems to have a Dark Souls level of quality.

Yep. That is usually what happens when you presume and generalise without paying proper attention.

 

[ironcreed]

Is the rope weapon dynamic? Like can you pin a Snapmaw's jaws down?


It really can't be stated enough how the environment being destructible makes these machines, especially the Thunderjaw, seem so much more fearsome

How in the flying fuck can anyone look at this and honestly come away thinking that is just some trite Far Cry clone?

 

[viHuGi]

I´ve said enough times, this is GoTy without a contest, reviews can´t come soon enough.

 

[Equanimity]

Mounted bow shooting looks satisfying: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syShqaJNV4s&t=0m20s

That poor hunter on the left.

 

[JustenP88]

Two promising excerpts

"One thing is immediately clear from the moment you get your hands on a controller: the combat is intense and deeply tactical. It's a far cry from the heavily refined (yet ultimately tiresome) combat systems found in the Batman Arkham and Assassins Creed games, far more fluid and intuitive than the heavily scripted systems of The Witcher and Dragon Age, precise in a way that Skyrim could only dream of. Horizon Zero Dawn might be branded an action-RPG, but it often feels like an action game first"

"What continues to surprise us is just how deep Horizon: Zero Dawn seems to be. It's a game that requires you to think your way into every combat and situation and then, subsequently, to victory. Whether you choose to shoot off armor to expose enemy weak points - making use of traps, your bow and numerous arrow variations to make precise shots - or you decide to shoot weapons off the larger enemies and turn them on the machines, it will force the smart AI to reach in new and interesting ways"

Jeeesus... At this point I'm convinced that they could omit any pretense of even attempting to formulate a story in this game and I'd probably still be satisfied by the experience.

Why in the shit is this game coming out on Zelda week I decided to postpone picking it up until after I play through BotW but, if the post release hype is as popping as I think it might be, how the hell am I going to resist? I really don't want to have to put this thing down for a week or two after Switch/Zelda hits.

This year is insane for gaming. I've never been the type of person who can remember what games came out in which year, but I have a hunch that 2017 will stick in my mind for a while.

 

[BuggeryBugz]

For someone who is not that overly enamoured with RPG's, I'm loving the look of this and actually can't wait to play it. The designs are awesome.

 

[dEvAnGeL]

How in the flying fuck can anyone look at this and honestly come away thinking that is just some trite Far Cry clone?

bow, arrows and people dress with pelts, welcome to the internetz....

 

[Wollan]

Two promising excerpts

"One thing is immediately clear from the moment you get your hands on a controller: the combat is intense and deeply tactical. It's a far cry from the heavily refined (yet ultimately tiresome) combat systems found in the Batman Arkham and Assassins Creed games, far more fluid and intuitive than the heavily scripted systems of The Witcher and Dragon Age, precise in a way that Skyrim could only dream of. Horizon Zero Dawn might be branded an action-RPG, but it often feels like an action game first"

"What continues to surprise us is just how deep Horizon: Zero Dawn seems to be. It's a game that requires you to think your way into every combat and situation and then, subsequently, to victory. Whether you choose to shoot off armor to expose enemy weak points - making use of traps, your bow and numerous arrow variations to make precise shots - or you decide to shoot weapons off the larger enemies and turn them on the machines, it will force the smart AI to reach in new and interesting ways"

Hype. HYPE.

 

[More_Badass]

How in the flying fuck can anyone look at this and honestly come away thinking that is just some trite Far Cry clone?

Because...

 

[wapplew]

Two promising excerpts

"One thing is immediately clear from the moment you get your hands on a controller: the combat is intense and deeply tactical. It's a far cry from the heavily refined (yet ultimately tiresome) combat systems found in the Batman Arkham and Assassins Creed games, far more fluid and intuitive than the heavily scripted systems of The Witcher and Dragon Age, precise in a way that Skyrim could only dream of. Horizon Zero Dawn might be branded an action-RPG, but it often feels like an action game first"

Try to cram as many video game titles as they can into one sentence?

 

[Wollan]

I believe this is a vague tease about Horizon but who knows...

@MolotovCupcake
Ahhhhh. Such a fantastically-designed female character in the game I'm reviewing. I love her. I can't wait for everyone to play.

 

[More_Badass]

Try to cram as many video game titles as they can into one sentence?

Comparing to other open world RPG/action games? Mainly ones whose styles are like the current formulas for the genre (Arkham-style combat, Assassin's Creed/Ubisoft-style, Witcher, Skyrim, etc.)?

I believe this is a vague tease about Horizon but who knows...

@MolotovCupcake
Ahhhhh. Such a fantastically-designed female character in the game I'm reviewing. I love her. I can't wait for everyone to play.

Probably. Posted yesterday

Got a date with Aloy and chocolate candies tonight.

 

[boredandlazy]

I find weird when people call this game derivative when the combat system is something we haven't experienced in any other game. Yes you have a bow in Shadow of Mordor but it's really a tool to deal with enemies in certain situations, the bow there is less relevant than the spear in this game. And when have you seen enemies have so much strategies and movesets in an open world game? the attention to every machine seems to have a Dark Souls level of quality.

I actually find it amazingly predictable.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

I believe this is a vague tease about Horizon but who knows...

@MolotovCupcake
Ahhhhh. Such a fantastically-designed female character in the game I'm reviewing. I love her. I can't wait for everyone to play.

Comparing to other open world RPG/action games? Mainly ones whose styles are like the current formulas for the genre (Arkham-style combat, Assassin's Creed/Ubisoft-style, Witcher, Skyrim, etc.)?


Probably. Posted yesterday

Nice!

 

[vivekTO]

Two promising excerpts

"One thing is immediately clear from the moment you get your hands on a controller: the combat is intense and deeply tactical. It's a far cry from the heavily refined (yet ultimately tiresome) combat systems found in the Batman Arkham and Assassins Creed games, far more fluid and intuitive than the heavily scripted systems of The Witcher and Dragon Age, precise in a way that Skyrim could only dream of. Horizon Zero Dawn might be branded an action-RPG, but it often feels like an action game first"

"What continues to surprise us is just how deep Horizon: Zero Dawn seems to be. It's a game that requires you to think your way into every combat and situation and then, subsequently, to victory. Whether you choose to shoot off armor to expose enemy weak points - making use of traps, your bow and numerous arrow variations to make precise shots - or you decide to shoot weapons off the larger enemies and turn them on the machines, it will force the smart AI to reach in new and interesting ways"

Great , i am really confident that people will get surprised by the depth of the combat and combat scenarios.

These horizon threads would be so much easier to read if you guys would just put a gif in quotes. Please. Just put the gifs in quotes! T-T

Its not like i have something to do with it , Mine are already in Quotes

 

[Loudninja]

We should get a few more today right?

 

[ReplacementPelican]

It really can't be stated enough how the environment being destructible makes these machines, especially the Thunderjaw, seem so much more fearsome

How have GG pulled off such a vast world, gorgeous graphics and terrain that's this destructible?

Its fucking astounding.