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Aug 4, 2020 12:55
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I wanted to play this like 2 years ago, but I don't have them consoles for this and developers were like "lol, never coming to PC", so I just watched like 5 hour youtube video with story. Now I wish I didn't and played it blind now instead 
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Aug 4, 2020 13:25
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If Far Cry Primal wasn't a thirty hour shrug pooped off a conveyor belt in a factory run by french-canadian rear end-grabbers, it would be like this game.
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Aug 4, 2020 13:31
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SirSamVimes posted:Wait why is there a review embargo for a game that's been out for years? We already know the game is good, it's mostly technical performance & settings we want to know about. They tend to be under embargo for all sorts of reasons
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Aug 4, 2020 14:10
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Kaincypher posted:One of my absolute favs in the last few years with the exception of the boss fights, particularly in the DLC. I'm a savvy stealth hunter, don't drop a mecha dino in my lap and act like I'm the punk when it beats my rear end in this zero stealth circular arena. surround that big bastard with traps and trips and THEN do the cauldron override. *I'm a SaVvY StEaLtH HuNtEr" *doesn't fight dirty* *gets absolutely crushed*
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Aug 4, 2020 14:18
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Kaincypher posted:then go full Assassin's Creed or even Dark Souls and give me some combat perks dammit. I need blocks, parries, perfect dodge, not giant metal T-Rex mows down idiot flesh person because that's kinda how physics works kinda BS. Purple weapons are your combat perks.
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Aug 4, 2020 19:55
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Looking forward to playing this after finishing Death Stranding last night!
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Aug 4, 2020 22:08
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Kaincypher posted:then go full Assassin's Creed or even Dark Souls and give me some combat perks dammit. I need blocks, parries, perfect dodge, not giant metal T-Rex mows down idiot flesh person because that's kinda how physics works kinda BS. I don’t know many hunters who capture their prey by charging at them with a knife and perfectly timing a parry against a bear claw. wish i did though
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Aug 4, 2020 22:50
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I love this game. It is my fourth favourite of all time and I am most excited to play on PC because I will be able to aim far, far better than on PS4. I will also get round to the DLC AND will probably complete more than 55% of the base game!  Anyone who has yet yo experience this I am so stoked for you and I hope you have a wild time!
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Aug 4, 2020 22:59
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I just can’t wait for people to get to the part where they start posting “the phrase”. This is one of if not the only game where I wish I could erase the story from my mind and play it again.
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Aug 5, 2020 03:01
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This is one of my favorite games of all time, a top ten contender for sure. I may have played it through a dozen times, I like it so much. I preordered it for PC and can't wait to play through it again on the 7th. That's how much I love this game. It's got great gameplay loops, simply gorgeous production, wonderful attention to detail, and one of the best backstories in the history of gaming. I've played enough games that I tend to know where these stories are going, and every time I thought I was getting ahead of it, the story threw me a curveball. God drat it, they took a ridiculous concept - a far future where primitive humans hunt and fight prehistoric robot creatures, and made it plausible. And again, none of that would have mattered much if it wasn't really, really fun to play, as well. This is the full package. I can't recommend it enough.
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Aug 5, 2020 03:26
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I personally can't wait for mods. I want Aloy to take down Thomas the Thunderjaw, make the spear have 10x the range, rocket launchers and miniguns for no good reason, then fly around like Superman!
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Aug 5, 2020 04:05
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Lumpy posted:I just can’t wait for people to get to the part where they start posting “the phrase”. This is one of if not the only game where I wish I could erase the story from my mind and play it again. I played the game twice and don't know what you are referencing
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Aug 5, 2020 04:34
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Tabletops posted:I played the game twice and don't know what you are referencing It's not a phrase in the game, it was the thread title for the PS4 thread for a very long time.
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Aug 5, 2020 08:45
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Reviews coming out: Metacritic: 85 (18 positive, 1 mixed) as of this post. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/horizon-zero-dawn-complete-edition https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/horizon-zero-dawn-complete-edition-for-pc "The post-post-apocalyptic PlayStation 4 game gets an excellent, complete PC port" - 4/5, Editor's Choice https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/horizon-zero-dawn-pc "This is the definitive way to experience Horizon Zero Dawn and the Frozen Wilds expansion if you’re in possession of a PC to take advantage of its highest settings." https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/08/05/horizon-zero-dawn-on-pc-comfortably-outperforms-ps4-in-this-brilliant-port/ "Horizon Zero Dawn on PC comfortably outperforms PS4 in this brilliant port" No real surprises, basically everyone seems to agree it's a good port. It doesn't have ray tracing or DLSS, but as far as I know neither of those was ever hinted at in the first place. sean10mm fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Aug 5, 2020 |
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Aug 5, 2020 14:42
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Shame about the lack of DLSS, I know some were expecting it since Death Stranding had it and it's on the same engine.
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Aug 5, 2020 14:48
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Shame about no DLSS 2.0! Hopefully it will get patched in at a later time. Overall though it seems to be a pretty competent port.
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Aug 5, 2020 15:12
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IGN embarrasses itself with some of this gameplay. Holy poo poo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqfRl6uBbdI I love this game but I worry stuff like this turns some people off from playing it for their first time on PC
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Aug 5, 2020 15:44
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60fps is so smooth though  
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Aug 5, 2020 15:49
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Scrotum Modem posted:IGN embarrasses itself with some of this gameplay. Holy poo poo All the comments are dragging this dude for being a total scrub lmao.
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Aug 5, 2020 15:50
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The IGN performance analysis seems to be bad news if you've got less than 8 CPU threads. Like me. 
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Aug 5, 2020 15:58
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GuardianOfAsgaard posted:The IGN performance analysis seems to be bad news if you've got less than 8 CPU threads. Like me. I'm a little skeptical of what they did there. They're claiming a 5 GHz (!!!) 4 core is eating poo poo running at half of 1080p, which just seems... intensely stupid?
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Aug 5, 2020 16:22
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Scrotum Modem posted:IGN embarrasses itself with some of this gameplay. Holy poo poo Have you never watched any of the Giant Bomb guys play games? They all loving suck. A prereq for being a games journalist is to suck at both writing AND playing the actual stuff you review.
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Aug 5, 2020 16:32
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The performance was already questionable after the trailer showed an average of 60 FPS as proof the game ran well on the example setup.
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Aug 5, 2020 16:49
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sean10mm posted:I'm a little skeptical of what they did there. They're claiming a 5 GHz (!!!) 4 core is eating poo poo running at half of 1080p, which just seems... intensely stupid? Developers probably didn't fully scale down from eight slow cores to four fast ones. It's incredibly complex programming by all the accounts I've read of the process edit: apparently performance is pretty abysmal across the board, gamersyde had to drop resolution to 80% of 4k on a 2080ti to get it to run at 60 smoothly. That's... pretty bad. Zedsdeadbaby fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Aug 5, 2020 |
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Aug 5, 2020 17:04
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after death stranding made the engine sing that seems especially... lazy?
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Aug 5, 2020 17:17
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If this thing won't run decently on an i5-6600k@4.4 & a GTX 1070 at 1080p60 what the actual gently caress?
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Aug 5, 2020 17:25
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It sounds like a patch came out as/right after embargo lifted so who knows what that effects.
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Aug 5, 2020 17:27
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Just watched a bit of the Giant Bomb video, and it looked like it was running fine for them. Hopefully there will be a Digital Foundry video soon. Edit: Further reading elsewhere makes me think it will probably take a few patches before this is in a state most people will be happy with. Egadsman fucked around with this message at 18:01 on Aug 5, 2020 |
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Aug 5, 2020 17:28
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So I know there is a lot of talk about what *not* to know before going into this game, but is there anything I should know? Just like stuff that makes the game more enjoyable?
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Aug 5, 2020 19:07
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eonwe posted:So I know there is a lot of talk about what *not* to know before going into this game, but is there anything I should know? Just like stuff that makes the game more enjoyable? - Turn on Dynamic HUD. - Put your first 3 skillpoints in Silent Strike, Whistle, and the tree that lets you knock more arrows + slow time. - The slow time effect you get from the L1 crafting wheel can also be used when you're switching potions with the D-pad. - Kill all the wildlife you encounter along the main path so that you'll always have enough skins to craft resource upgrades. - The first time you encounter a merchant in any difficulty below Ultra Hard, they'll have a free sample pack for you with some crafting supplies inside. - One of the very first available sidequests gives you a permanent 25% damage upgrade to the spear. There are almost no other quests like that in the game, so get it done early. - Sell off any stack of machine hearts and lenses past 5, you'll never need more than that at any one time. - Higher weapon tiers don't just give you more damage, but more elemental types, and it quickly becomes very important to have a well-balanced loadout.
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eonwe posted:So I know there is a lot of talk about what *not* to know before going into this game, but is there anything I should know? Just like stuff that makes the game more enjoyable? With maybe...two exceptions, new weapons are bought from merchants. Unless you want to save up shards for a higher quality weapon variant, don't be afraid to buy something new and try it out. Each weapon comes with its own tutorial sidequest: skippable but worth free exp if you beat it.
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Aug 5, 2020 19:23
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Shinjobi posted:. Each weapon comes with its own tutorial sidequest: skippable but worth free exp if you beat it. Also, if you buy a higher tiered weapon you get access to all the tutorials, so if you have enough money/scrap for a better version of something there's no reason to buy the lesser version. And you need to make a tutorial your active quest to complete it and gain xp. Like one tier let's you freeze stuff and the next tier let's you shock stuff and freeze stuff. The tutorials will be "freeze three creature weak to freezing" "shock three creatures weak to shock" if you just do that during play there's no bonus, but if you make one of those your active quest you'll get xp for it when complete. Sadly you can only have one active quest at a time. But if you don't need the way markers normal quests advance just fine if they aren't active.
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Aug 5, 2020 19:47
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exquisite tea posted:- One of the very first available sidequests gives you a permanent 25% damage upgrade to the spear. There are almost no other quests like that in the game, so get it done early. If you're an explorer and go off the beaten path it's pretty easy to miss this, so make sure you do this one before the point of no return in the tutorial area. Originally I thought this was permanently miss-able if you didn't do it before the tutorial area ended, but apparently the wiki says otherwise. You'll want this early though.
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Aug 5, 2020 19:55
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The ropecaster is the solution to many of life's problems.
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Aug 5, 2020 20:06
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I put the before I play tips as one of the first things in the OP https://beforeiplay.com/index.php?title=Horizon_Zero_Dawn
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Aug 5, 2020 20:07
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Qmass posted:after death stranding made the engine sing that seems especially... lazy? Idk, Horizon (in most circumstances) does look more demanding
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Aug 5, 2020 20:10
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ty folks, and sorry, I didn't notice the tips in the OP
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Aug 5, 2020 20:11
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My install is now pre-loaded! I will be playing on a 1440p screen with a 2070RTX Very excited!
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Zedsdeadbaby posted:Developers probably didn't fully scale down from eight slow cores to four fast ones. It's incredibly complex programming by all the accounts I've read of the process Interestingly, Death Stranding on the same engine as HZD runs great with just 4 core/4 threads and really only starts to choke on 2 core/4 thread (!!!), so there's really no reason HZD can't be made to run great on 4 core PCs. https://www.dsogaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Death-Stranding-CPU-benchmarks.png Maybe it's just pre day 1 patch jankiness?
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