Horizon: Zero Dawn [PS4]

ic1male · 7 Mar 2017 at 14:01

Yes, it's not unknown for me to pick up the heavy weapons and then slowly plod my way around the map to a quest so I can use it to shoot robots.

Kainz · 7 Mar 2017 at 14:50

All cauldrons done and dusted.

Zeta with the Thunderjaw encounter was over in seconds. I readied 3x Freeze arrows unloaded whilst it was frozen, quickly switched to Tear arrows and shot of both shoulder cannons and used about 6 shots from said cannon and the thing was down. I was surprised at how effective freeze really is.

ic1male · 7 Mar 2017 at 14:52

I haven't read all these cauldron spoilers as I've only done one but will the game become too easy if you can take control of any machine? Are there ones that can't be overridden or is it just the Corrupted?

biron_w · 7 Mar 2017 at 15:47

Xire said:
Quarry mission:

Get out of the pit and shoot it from above. You can stop it burrowing by destroying its hands too. Them things are a nightmare.

I did that and it was super easy

Kainz · 7 Mar 2017 at 15:47

ic1male said:
I haven't read all these cauldron spoilers as I've only done one but will the game become too easy if you can take control of any machine? Are there ones that can't be overridden or is it just the Corrupted?

Not in my experience. I hardly override machines when I play as I prefer to run on foot everywhere. I only override in order to create a complete ruckus, should too many machines be blocking my way to an objective. The game would definitely have been easier if there was a 'follow me' command implemented, luckily there isn't.

Afaik it's only corrupted ones you can't tame...

oweneades · 7 Mar 2017 at 16:05

Kainz said:
All cauldrons done and dusted.

Zeta with the Thunderjaw encounter was over in seconds. I readied 3x Freeze arrows unloaded whilst it was frozen, quickly switched to Tear arrows and shot of both shoulder cannons and used about 6 shots from said cannon and the thing was down. I was surprised at how effective freeze really is.

Nice!

I still need to get the Charger thingy so I can get the elemental bow. I will put it on my to do list tonight. I forgot to say, I spent most of last night hunting Boars for a skin. Got one in the end!

Kainz · 7 Mar 2017 at 16:49

Don't forget the foxes and raccoons!

Craig1981 · 7 Mar 2017 at 17:29

Reached level 21. On the way to Meridian. I just bought the epic quality Tripcaster bow that can fire 3 types of lines.

I came across the big machine that they featured at E3. They one with the cannon on its back. Needless to say it completely owned me. I also saw the big flying one. I gave that one a wide berth.

oweneades · 7 Mar 2017 at 19:15

Kainz said:
Don't forget the foxes and raccoons!

Got both of those

rdb2012 · 7 Mar 2017 at 19:32

how do you kill the fire throwing machine, honestly, i am gonna break something!

mmj_uk · 7 Mar 2017 at 19:33

I've just 100% it in just over 50 hours, loved every minute of it. I know it's still early in the year but if it doesn't sweep up awards like Uncharted did it'll have to be one hell of a year in gaming.

tracertong · 7 Mar 2017 at 19:37

mmj_uk said:
I've just 100% it in just over 50 hours, loved every minute of it. I know it's still early in the year but if it doesn't sweep up awards like Uncharted did it'll have to be one hell of year in gaming.

A truly wonderful game and the first title in a while when I have had to force myself to stop playing it , haven't had one of those in a while.

ic1male · 7 Mar 2017 at 19:48

rdb2012 said:
how do you kill the fire throwing machine, honestly, i am gonna break something!

I was watching some guy on Twitch do it yesterday. No tactics whatsoever. He just laid down a sea of blaze and shock bombs on the ground before lowering the shield. Then he just let rip with a load of arrows one after another. Hell, he didn't even aim (pulling the string back). I was agog at how easy he made it look.

RedStarRiot · 7 Mar 2017 at 19:49

rdb2012 said:
how do you kill the fire throwing machine, honestly, i am gonna break something!

The Fire Bellowback?

Shock it and just keep blasting the sack on its back and underbelly.

DEL 707 · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:16

How plentiful are mods later on?
Is it a wise decision to get the tinkerer skill?

ic1male · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:21

DEL 707 said:
How plentiful are mods later on?
Is it a wise decision to get the tinkerer skill?

That skill is quite costly and I never used it. I just put some purples in and left them. the mods only really go in one slot so unless you wanted to sell them for shards, it's not a big deal overwriting existing ones.

Goberpiles316 · 8 Mar 2017 at 00:07

Was hoping for a sub £40 deal on this.

V F · 8 Mar 2017 at 07:34

Kainz said:
Not in my experience. I hardly override machines when I play as I prefer to run on foot everywhere. I only override in order to create a complete ruckus, should too many machines be blocking my way to an objective. The game would definitely have been easier if there was a 'follow me' command implemented, luckily there isn't.

Afaik it's only corrupted ones you can't tame...

Can you override a Sawtooth?

Geez! That looks fun.

RoboCod · 8 Mar 2017 at 09:14

I was disappointed to find you couldn't mount them though

Kainz · 8 Mar 2017 at 09:20

One mission away from the end and so far the story is everything I expected before even buying the game - superb! Here are pics of two late game armours (no real spoilers)

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