Horizon II: Forbidden West (PS5/PS4) | PC - March 21, 2024

[Vil]

Hell yeah, the cauldron boss rooms in HZD especially, turning those into death traps. I forget if it was for the first hunting ground or if there was some story quest when I found out the limit of 2 tripwires at that point and I'm like "what's the point?" I miss being able to basically set up laser mazes, but yeah... things could get out of hand in HZD with no limits.

I haven't minded picking pieces off to this point, but I've only covered about 40-50% of the map right now. Currently am setting up around the bulwark and doing some questing up there before heading south. So yeah, the worst thing so far I've had to deal with is Widemaw Tusks. Those suck, but I at least was able to get a single one so far. We'll see how I feel about this stuff when I get to upgrading more purple weapons, since I'm really only starting to outfit myself with them.

[Melena]

You'll learn to hate it when you got to farm parts off of the fucking storm birds, and a few other specific pieces that have to be accessed by removing a cover plate before you can tear it off. I just hate the idea of gimping damage to farm stuff cause running around can trigger aggro from other mobs.

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[Souj]

Parts destroyed if the machine dies is new. There is a toggle you can turn on so it disables that feature. Makes it much easier to grind for legendaries and honestly, was probably my most hated change in the game from the first.

I went through most of the game without changing the mode so dead machines drop everything. A mission before the end I ended up changing it to make getting the platinum trophy easier before finishing the game.

[Laugana]

I’m playing a friend’s copy of the game, and it seems like since the recent patch, I can’t seem to hold onto the drones long enough to drag them down. Aloy always let’s go after a couple of seconds. Anyone else encountered this before or after the patch? I was alright catching them before.

[Malithar]

When my girlfriend was playing at launch, she'd have that issue, but I never did. Never really figured it out, but I assumed any input after you grabbed would result in Aloy letting go. If you're not pressing anything at all, then I dunno.

[Laugana]

Finally figured out a way around it - changed the default controller layout and had no problem after that.

[Anoat]

Been playing last few days having fun, if I had to guess I’d say I’m maybe 1/3 through the main story. Funny having Aloy run into other characters I never met when I played HZD and them talking like they’ve been friends forever. Oops.

Also, I don’t remember if it was this bad in HZD but I am really noticing it here—the way they write Aloy to talk…and then…slowly…finish…her…sentence….is driving me fucking nuts. Other characters do it too so I can’t put all the blame on the voice actress. Very annoying.

[6souls]

[Melena]

If it's as good as the Frozen Wilds DLC for Zero Dawn, will be worth every penny.

[Tyrath]

Just as well that I have yet to play this despite buying it on launch lol. I played the first game with the expansion, might as well do the same here.

Guess my spring schedule is decided:
April: horizon
may: zelda
june: FF16

[Cantih]

If it's as good as the Frozen Wilds DLC for Zero Dawn, will be worth every penny.

Especially since this will, maybe, finish the story.
(Probably not, I mean, I want Horizon 3, but the ending was cheeeeeeeeeap)

[Krandor]

Synopsis already implies it's basically just a big side zone like Frozen Wilds was.

No way they'd finish the story in a DLC given the implied situation.

[Gokulo]

No way they'd finish the story in a DLC given the implied situation.

This pretty much

[Gokulo]

DLC up for pre-order.

[Tyrath]

Oh wow it comes out next month huh? I still haven't played the game so I might as well do it all at once I guess

[Pirian]

Had a ton of fun with this game but need motivation to finish arena before dlc

[Tyrath]

IIRC most of the expansion content in the first game was meant to be played after the main game right? Maybe I should start this before the expansion comes out so I can be right in the middle of it

[Melena]

Storyline wise yeah. Sylens would yell at you that you need to take care of Hades, but you could play it before if you want, so long as you had the gear and level.

[Gokulo]

This time the DLC content can't be accessed until you complete the main story, so there's that

[Tyrath]

Oh shit, then I should definitely get started on it. Knowing me, it'll take me like a month to finish it.

I'm in the middle of Disco Elysium right now, so will jump to this afterwards.