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[kyser73]

Are people really so used to janky animations in RPGs that this blows their mind? Madness. Maybe if we stopped giving BioWare and Bethesda free passes, they would up their game...

You know what - the animation was literally the last thing on my mind when I was watching the demo.

 

[Eppy Thatcher]

So wait. This is an open world esque action RPG? I was under the impression it was a Gears like shooter.

Hahahahuhuhu.... huh? Why?? lol

This game man. It's gonna bend people over. GG is just hitting all the right chords.

 

[wapplew]

This game could make me get a PS4 if it's deep enough and reviews come in pretty good after a week or so. Almost every game that's been overly hyped pre-release has left me pretty disappointed thus far.

It looks fantastic, but I too fear that it'll be a lot more like Tomb Raider than a true RPG. I like huge open world true RPGs. If this is that, it'll be hard not to cave. If it's another Tomb Raider I'll be fine letting it pass by until it's dirt cheap down the road.

I think it will be like dragon dogma, action heavy RPG.

 

[mckmas8808]

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I was a bit concerned when we got 'white people in native dress' opening, to be honest. I'm sure that'll turn into a thing.

Do people not understand that white people use to wear "native dress" during certain periods of history?

 

[Loudninja]

"If we had a slider," he said, "... you would say that open-world games kind of fit along a slider between super action open-world games — maybe you'd look at a GTA or maybe you'd take a look at an Assassin's Creed on that side — and then the really RPG-ish open-world games. Maybe you'd put a Skyrim on that side, or maybe a Fallout. We think we actually kind of fit somewhere in the middle. We haven't seen a lot of those RPG elements yet, but there are a lot in there and we look forward to showing quite a few of them down the road."

http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/24/8834897/horizon-zero-dawn-e3-2015-preview-gta-skyrim

 

[Donthizz#]

Game director just posted this. leaving it here.

 

[Loudninja]

Yeah I seen that wonder what he means by decoration.

 

[stryke]

My Aloy is going to look fabulous.

 

[oti]

Please don't be destiny 2.0, please don't be destiny 2.0......

bruh

 

[Mr. Pointy]

It was definitely the most interesting PS4 game at E3.

Also, Guerrilla stole the robot dinosaur idea from me. Through my dreams or something. I was going to make a hunting action game out of it.

 

[Oppo]

Yeah I seen that wonder what he means by decoration.

maybe you can create weird robot arrow fletching from fibre optic feathers or something

the mind reels

 

[SomedayTheFire]

They're feathers coming out of the quiver right? Arrow decorations?

 

[Ghost Slayer]

Game director just posted this. leaving it here.

Aww yish. This makes me happy

 

[Keasar]

A game that asks me to actually explore the possibilities of the tools I got instead of just giving them to me, ask me to do a thing that just HAPPENS to be nearby that requires that EXACT tool to solve and then expect me to repeat the procedure ad-infinitum?

Sold.

 

[danmaku]

Yeah I seen that wonder what he means by decoration.

You hunt birds and put feathers in your hair. Congratulations, you killed a living being just to look cool, you monster!

 

[Loudninja]

You hunt birds and put feathers in your hair. Congratulations, you killed a living being just to look cool, you monster!

I feel pretty though.

 

[Saint of Killers]

It was definitely the most interesting PS4 game at E3.

Also, Guerrilla stole the robot dinosaur idea from me. Through my dreams or something. I was going to make a hunting action game out of it.

They've been trespassing in all our dreams, man. I wish them luck in making good use of what they found.

 

[Pandy]

Horizon E3 wall:

After Evolve, can we please stop pretending this means anything. Thank you.
(Although, hopefully the critics that picked Evolve will have learned their lesson and chosen more carefully this year. Or is that too much wishful thinking?)

 

[benny_a]

After Evolve, can we please stop pretending this means anything. Thank you.
(Although, hopefully the critics that picked Evolve will have learned their lesson and chosen more carefully this year. Or is that too much wishful thinking?)

What it means is that the people at E3 thought it had a good E3 show.

The same that is true in 2015 for Horizon was true for
Evolve in 2014
Titanfall in 2013
The Last of Us in 2012

That's all it means.

 

[Philippo]

Just let me customize Aloy's hair please, i hate that style.

 

[Lacix]

My Aloy is going to look fabulous.

Could I create a something like this?

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Yeah I seen that wonder what he means by decoration.

Fashion Horizon? I'm in.

Could I create a something like this?

Uuuuugh please no. Fortunately it seems the devs have more respect for Aloy as a hunter and warrior and aren't going in that direction.

 

[kyser73]

Could I create a something like this?

That's the exact opposite of what GG are trying to do with Aloy IMO. She's a proper person, not a grubby little adolescent cliché.

 

[Omega Kirby]

Could I create a something like this?

Think more lara croft and less lollipop chainsaw

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Could I create a something like this?

I'm not sure how you'd get Aloy covered in bear-like textures, but it's worth a shot.

 

[Game4life]

Game director just posted this. leaving it here.

Are those robo pterodactyls in the middle pic or is that the bird like creature we saw at the end of the trailer?

 

[RoboPlato]

Uuuuugh please no. Fortunately it seems the devs have more respect for Aloy as a hunter and warrior and aren't going in that direction.

Wearing an entire bear skin as armor seems pretty badass for a hunter.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Wearing an entire bear skin as armor seems pretty badass for a hunter.

No.

 

[Eppy Thatcher]

I was just reading through the thread again and looking at those pics and thinking about their upgrade paths and such they've been discussing and at the same time mashing that together with people hoping (Just like me..) that there is more to the melee offerings in this game further down the line and it got me thinking...

I wonder if you could potentially rip specific elements off a Robo that could - lets say - be the hydraulic mechanism of their hind legs or spine or jaw or whatever... and then fashion those into leg armor... allowing you to run faster or jump much higher...
Similar elements fashioned into armor for your arms and body could potentially support very large swords/spears...

I know i'm probably dreaming a little at this point but... good lord this game has me hyped.

 

[RoboPlato]

I am really curious to see what they do with the upgrade paths. They've talked about crafting armor from the robots. I wonder if you can go all the way from prehistoric hunter to cybernetic suit. I'd love to see a combination of high and low tech build up around Aloy.

No.

Ha

Spoiler

I fully agree with you BTW

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Game director just posted this. leaving it here.

Nice. Been really wanting something new on Horizon. So fashion and hunting/fishing for sustenance are in.

Still my most anticipated game of 2016 among some strong competition.

 

[Joyful]

ya but what do these neo-cavemen eat if all they hunt is robot dinosaurs

edit: ok fish derp

 

[Fredrik]

Sounds like the upgrade system from TR2013, which I liked a lot, it's awesome that they're doing it this way, adds depth to what otherwise could be yet another third person cover shooter in a cool world. Hopefully there are a few different branches in the skill tree based on different play styles, if you're offensive, defensive with armour/shields, use a lot of stealth, scavenger, attack by sword/axe or arrow/spear etc.

 

[Donthizz#]

Are those robo pterodactyls in the middle pic or is that the bird like creature we saw at the end of the trailer?

I was thinking the same. They look biological to me, plus se says in the tweet " feathers for decoration" did not see any feathers in the trailer.

 

[Eppy Thatcher]

I am really curious to see what they do with the upgrade paths. They've talked about crafting armor from the robots. I wonder if you can go all the way from prehistoric hunter to cybernetic suit. I'd love to see a combination of high and low tech build up around Aloy.


Ha

Spoiler

I fully agree with you BTW

I'm thinking furs and beads and feathers and all things natural and awesome interconnected with a crazy full robo suit ...

OR mayhaps a more agile/ranged focused build would be much more natural looking with only bits of mechanics here and there while a strength/melee focused build almost has you looking full cyber suit style. Imagine the helmets! Full on Robo-Raptor visor!

I hate to psych myself up for stuff like this when it's not been shown or talked about basically at all by GG themselves but ooooohhhhhh baby does it get my imagination runnin. The whole idea of how do you open up this open world as you get upgrades and move through the story and all that... imagine running right alongside some of the faster robo dinos when you get high enough in your levels/armor... single jumps up onto the top of the Thunderjaw... unnnnfff... sogud

 

[Alo0oy]

Sounds like the upgrade system from TR2013, which I liked a lot, it's awesome that they're doing it this way, adds depth to what otherwise could be yet another third person cover shooter in a cool world. Hopefully there are a few different branches in the skill tree based on different play styles, if you're offensive, defensive with armour/shields, use a lot of stealth, scavenger, attack by sword/axe or arrow/spear etc.

Hopefully not, TR had the worst upgrade system I've ever seen in a game (no exaggeration), there was nothing RPGish about it, all it did is lock basic gameplay mechanics behind mundane & boring Assassin's Creed-like collectathons. Good thing TR had great gunplay, because that atrocious skill tree should not be used as an example by any developer ever.

Please Guerrilla, if you're reading this, don't make it like TR, please.

 

[Bloodrage]

Just let me customize Aloy's hair please, i hate that style.

First time I'm seeing a comment like this. Even if they allowed us to change her hair, I definitely wouldn't want to. It looks almost too perfect already, and the fact that it reminds me of Ygritte from GoT is a massive plus.

I hope they make zero changes to her. Love her face, love her hair, love her attire.

 

[LiquidSolid]

Sounds like the upgrade system from TR2013, which I liked a lot, it's awesome that they're doing it this way, adds depth to what otherwise could be yet another third person cover shooter in a cool world. Hopefully there are a few different branches in the skill tree based on different play styles, if you're offensive, defensive with armour/shields, use a lot of stealth, scavenger, attack by sword/axe or arrow/spear etc.

I'd really hope not. TR2013's tacked on RPG elements were fucking terrible and I'm pretty sure Horizon isn't a third person cover shooter.

 

[Miracle]

Really liked what I saw from that E3 trailer as well as the direction this game is taking.

 

[2San]

Are people really so used to janky animations in RPGs that this blows their mind? Madness. Maybe if we stopped giving BioWare and Bethesda free passes, they would up their game...

Mass Effect 3 is pretty smooth, sure it's no Gears of War 3, but what is?

 

[Alo0oy]

Mass Effect 3 is pretty smooth, sure it's no Gears of War 3, but what is?

 

[nataku]

Haha. I literally said "What the fuck is that" when I was got to that part. I played 1 and 2 as Femshep, but don't remember it being that bad.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

I'd really hope not. TR2013's tacked on RPG elements were fucking terrible and I'm pretty sure Horizon isn't a third person cover shooter.

It is a real RPG. Not that tacked on RPG-lite progression stuff you see a lot of action games these days.

 

[sirap]

Haha. I literally said "What the fuck is that" when I was got to that part. I played 1 and 2 as Femshep, but don't remember it being that bad.

I can't imagine the AD looking at that and saying "yep, looks perfect." Some of the animations in ME3 look so out of place compared to the first two.

 

[TatteredHat]

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[qa_engineer]

This game is making me want a PS4 more than the other games they showed at E3 to be honest.

Honestly I didn't really expect RPG elements, I just assumed they were going to tell a story.

Other people have said the same thing in other threads. What's funny is that they've mentioned repeatedly that it was an open world RPG. But given GG's recent endeavors I can see why everyone thought it was just an action game.

Game director just posted this. leaving it here.

Fuck yes. I knew there was a reason why they showed wildlife outside of the robodinos.

 

[Philippo]

First time I'm seeing a comment like this. Even if they allowed us to change her hair, I definitely wouldn't want to. It looks almost too perfect already, and the fact that it reminds me of Ygritte from GoT is a massive plus.

I hope they make zero changes to her. Love her face, love her hair, love her attire.

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Seriously though, don't get me wrong: i too think they perfectly fit the character and actually wouldn't change them, its just that i really really dislike dreadlocks and the likes irl too.

 

[qa_engineer]

I'm thinking furs and beads and feathers and all things natural and awesome interconnected with a crazy full robo suit ...

OR mayhaps a more agile/ranged focused build would be much more natural looking with only bits of mechanics here and there while a strength/melee focused build almost has you looking full cyber suit style. Imagine the helmets! Full on Robo-Raptor visor!

I hate to psych myself up for stuff like this when it's not been shown or talked about basically at all by GG themselves but ooooohhhhhh baby does it get my imagination runnin. The whole idea of how do you open up this open world as you get upgrades and move through the story and all that... imagine running right alongside some of the faster robo dinos when you get high enough in your levels/armor... single jumps up onto the top of the Thunderjaw... unnnnfff... sogud

Im hoping its a mix of high tech and cave man tech. I'm also thinking she will eventually be able to command a robo dino either as a means of travel or battle companion or both.

 

[zkorejo]

This looks really promising.

I want to see more gameplay and read/hear more about it before I hop on the hype train.

 

[bounchfx]

Horizon E3 wall:

Evolve has ruined the positive feelings I once got from an image like this

but holy shit am I hyped or Horizon. Looks so good and I like everything I'm hearing.