Horizon: Zero Dawn (Now Out!)

So basically before if you had say…20 shield left and you took 400 damage that 20 would soak the whole thing? Good, glad it was nerfed then.

Shield Weaver is great when you decide to go take on two Thunderjaws at once.

Nah, with two Thunderjaws, you sue silent hunter with max mods, then hack one of them and then watch them take each other out.

Very true, but where is the fun in that LOL.

I did hack the last Fireclaw I had to kill. I didn’t want to deal with all the other machine pressure, so just had it kill everything first. When it got done, it wasn’t even scratched.

ok so im still working on the dlc but man this is difficult on ultra hard

Question about an enemy:

Spoiler

does the demonic thunderjaw not take tear damage?
usually my strategy against thunderjaws is to tear them then take their weapon and then use it against them but it appears to not work against the demonic one, i just opted to use sharp shot arrows and i was able to kill him

Haven’t played on Ultra Hard, but I am working on getting my resources together to do so.

My understanding is that you will just require more to get components off.

imo ultra hard is good for ng+ but not as a new playthrough simply bc everything costs too much abd you’ll need to wander around grinding more which becomes tedious.

Yeah, I don’t think it’s wise to start a new game on that mode unless you just like death.

My intention is to grab the adept weapons, then start go NG+ Ultra Hard. Does anyone know if the Banuk weapons have Adept versions?

beat it last night. final boss was kinda crazy

What are the best spots to find rats and raccoons? I haven’t encountered them much compared to the other wildlife. I have scavenger+ and getting the rare drops is still a pain.

it’s pretty random cause you can find them anywhere, just keep checking your focus

In my experience, rats are best found in the bunkers.

rats
that one ruin east of Mother’s Watch (on the map); where you can revisit as grown-up Aloy

raccoons
that wooded expanse north of the Devil’s Thirst Bandit Camp (on the map)

YMMV though.

There’s a spot north of what I assume is Denver, near the ends of the lake in the east where you can easily farm trash pandas.

I need to know vanasha’s workout routine. Chick has got abs that you can wash clothes on. Like damn.

Whoever designed her must have been channeling Grace Jones. If Horizon were a movie made in the 80s, she’d probably get the part.

For the 2017 Game Awards HZD got 6 nominations in the following categories. Didn’t win any of them though. Pretty much any time Breath of the Wild was in the category, it won.

Game of the Year
Best Game Direction
Best Narrative
Best Art Direction
Best Performance
Best Action Adventure Game

Shame. Real shame. But since zelda is popular by default and is far more well known it’s basically an auto win. Dumb, but whatever. I know hzd is better so that’s all that matters.

i agree with botw winning but not in all categories. ive always described the differences as:

hzd - better story and combat
botw -way better exploration and puzzles

about equal on atmosphere, maybe a slight edge to botw

at the very least hzd should have won best narrative

Agreed. It’s not only somewhat plausible but it has so many different core stories you are working through simultaneously.

Still don’t like how they did my man Rost though . . . . .