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[jingle.boy]

The most difficult fight I had in Horizon: Zero Dawn was that Thunderjaw Fight. Such a pain in my sack. I don't remember which difficulty I was playing on but I'm sure it was one of the higher difficulties.

Oh my god, yeah. That Thunderjaw really f'ed me up. At one point I got fed up with running away and trying to position myself and just ran up to it hacking at it, yelling from my couch 

If you don't knock the disc launcher's off the Thunderjaw and use them, I have no idea how hard it would be to beat it, and how many resources you would need to re-craft your ammo over and over again.  I (amazingly) somehow beat a Stormbird the first time I ran into one.  Couldn't believe it.  And that was before I had the Ancient Armor - which again, I can't begin to imagine how hard the final battle would be without it.  Those f'n Rockbreakers piss me off more than anything.

[The Walrus]

The most difficult fight I had in Horizon: Zero Dawn was that Thunderjaw Fight. Such a pain in my sack. I don't remember which difficulty I was playing on but I'm sure it was one of the higher difficulties.

Oh my god, yeah. That Thunderjaw really f'ed me up. At one point I got fed up with running away and trying to position myself and just ran up to it hacking at it, yelling from my couch 

If you don't knock the disc launcher's off the Thunderjaw and use them, I have no idea how hard it would be to beat it, and how many resources you would need to re-craft your ammo over and over again.  I (amazingly) somehow beat a Stormbird the first time I ran into one.  Couldn't believe it.  And that was before I had the Ancient Armor - which again, I can't begin to imagine how hard the final battle would be without it.  Those f'n Rockbreakers piss me off more than anything.

Oh man... okay, so on story difficulty, I think you deal 400% damage and take 10%. So my frustration with it was mainly all the projectiles and how fast it could move. I did try to take one on at 'normal' difficulty but I'm a weenie and bad at this game so I didn't last long As a result I never used the disc launcher. What I did was run away, dodge a lot, and scan it when I could. Then I would use piercing arrows modded with like 92% tear, with the perk to fire multiple arrows, and just try to hit it as often as I could. I got really good at moving quickly and firing and making really lucky shots with maximum concentration.

And that's how I approach pretty much every fight until I get seen and go melee. Hide in the distance, snipe the weak points, use those special arrows to knock components off, then snipe the kill.

[Podaar]

Those f'n Rockbreakers piss me off more than anything.

One at a time, I really enjoy putting down Rockbreakers...taking them on in pairs (without cheesing from a rocky platform, or something) is brutal and is the only time I ever rage quit from HZD. 

[TAC]

One at a time, I really enjoy putting down Rockbreakers...taking them on in pairs (without cheesing from a rocky platform, or something) is brutal and is the only time I ever rage quit from HZD. 

Can't say I understand a single word in this sentence.

[Podaar]

One at a time, I really enjoy putting down Rockbreakers...taking them on in pairs (without cheesing from a rocky platform, or something) is brutal and is the only time I ever rage quit from HZD. 

Can't say I understand a single word in this sentence.

[TAC]

 



I thought it odd that the fogeys (you, Chad) were responding in this thread, so I clicked in.

[ErHaO]

Horizon can be a pretty difficult game yes, I did struggle on normal at times. But that was perfect for me. Fighting a giant robot with a bow felt tense as it should.

The most difficult fight I had in Horizon: Zero Dawn was that Thunderjaw Fight. Such a pain in my sack. I don't remember which difficulty I was playing on but I'm sure it was one of the higher difficulties.

Oh my god, yeah. That Thunderjaw really f'ed me up. At one point I got fed up with running away and trying to position myself and just ran up to it hacking at it, yelling from my couch 

If you don't knock the disc launcher's off the Thunderjaw and use them, I have no idea how hard it would be to beat it, and how many resources you would need to re-craft your ammo over and over again.  I (amazingly) somehow beat a Stormbird the first time I ran into one.  Couldn't believe it.  And that was before I had the Ancient Armor - which again, I can't begin to imagine how hard the final battle would be without it.  Those f'n Rockbreakers piss me off more than anything.

Oh man... okay, so on story difficulty, I think you deal 400% damage and take 10%. So my frustration with it was mainly all the projectiles and how fast it could move. I did try to take one on at 'normal' difficulty but I'm a weenie and bad at this game so I didn't last long As a result I never used the disc launcher. What I did was run away, dodge a lot, and scan it when I could. Then I would use piercing arrows modded with like 92% tear, with the perk to fire multiple arrows, and just try to hit it as often as I could. I got really good at moving quickly and firing and making really lucky shots with maximum concentration.

And that's how I approach pretty much every fight until I get seen and go melee. Hide in the distance, snipe the weak points, use those special arrows to knock components off, then snipe the kill.

Oh yeah I dislike that stuff too. I cannot stand the Persona series, for example. But all the positives outweigh it for me. Plus, I focused on the characters I liked, of which there are plenty. And I barely did the creepy Tea Time stuff. Even on Hard/Hardcore that is not needed at all.

[Podaar]

Oh man... okay, so on story difficulty, I think you deal 400% damage and take 10%. So my frustration with it was mainly all the projectiles and how fast it could move. I did try to take one on at 'normal' difficulty but I'm a weenie and bad at this game so I didn't last long As a result I never used the disc launcher. What I did was run away, dodge a lot, and scan it when I could. Then I would use piercing arrows modded with like 92% tear, with the perk to fire multiple arrows, and just try to hit it as often as I could. I got really good at moving quickly and firing and making really lucky shots with maximum concentration.

And that's how I approach pretty much every fight until I get seen and go melee. Hide in the distance, snipe the weak points, use those special arrows to knock components off, then snipe the kill.

The best tactic I ever found on Thunderjaws was to get off a couple of tearblast arrows at their disc launchers, hit it with a few freeze bombs until it's frosty, pickup the disc launcher and let 'im have it. On normal difficulty that would usually be enough to bring it down. On hard difficulty you would have to go through that sequence a couple of times. It was a great way to farm purple mods too!

[jingle.boy]

Good tactic, Gregg.  Trouble was, in most situations, there'd be a Ravager or some other machines around distracting you from being able to concentrate maximum effort on the TJ.  So many times I did exactly that (knock off the disc launcher), then couldn't find the damn things strewn in the mess of machine parts!     One thing I only did once (because it was on a Hunting Grounds trial) was over-ride a TJ.  Man, that'd be a good machine to have as an ally!

Tim... fogeys play video games too!

[The Walrus]

Either the world is enormous or the story is just short, because I was expecting to do more with Tallnecks. I literally only ever saw one the ENTIRE time I played the game, and that was during one of the main missions... never just saw one roaming in the wild. Don't tell me where they are... I'll find 'em. But I find that interesting... I at least came across Thunderjaws and Stormbirds. The Tallnecks always looked like the coolest ones, and I wanna override one. Maybe I'll search for one tonight.

[jingle.boy]

Buy the maps from the merchants, and they'll show up.  There's only 5, iirc.

[H2]

I adore Fire Emblem. Been a very long time since I've played the Japan-only games, but I remember really enjoying Thracia 776 despite its absurd difficulty. The GBA games are wonderful, and imo the best DS one by a long shot is Awakening. Never got around to the Fates games sadly. I have Fire Emblem Warriors on Switch and it is addictive as heck, and eventually I'll pick up Three Houses. What's your favorite? Mine will always be 7, the one on GBA with Lyn, Eliwood, and Hector.

FE4 - on chapter 4
FE6 - completed Normal; working on Hard
FE7 - completed Eliwood Normal (ranked), and Hector Normal; working on Hector Hard
FE8 - completed Eirika Hard; working on Ephraim Hard
FE11 - completed Normal
FE12 - working on Normal

There are just so many games and game modes to get through. I think I can play on the hardest difficulties but it takes a lot of time and focus and I'd prefer to play the easier modes first. My favorite so far is FE6. I feel that it's balanced, it has good maps, interesting gameplay, and interesting units. FE7 is cool and very different in gameplay from FE6 despite the same mechanics. It's so enemy phase-oriented. FE8 is really fun even with Seth and I think I prefer it to FE7. FE11 had great writing and cool quality of life features, but I felt the lack of rescue-dropping and other movement tricks make things slightly less interesting. Plus I'm not a big fan of reclassing from a storytelling perspective. FE12 has had better maps and more interesting gameplay than FE11 so far.

[ErHaO]

I recently got a PS4 Pro as a present and will likely trade my old one in for an Xbox One S.

I actually have so-so nterest in the One library but Microsoft does have a great backwards compatability feature. I intend to use the One as a mediahub for my old (720p, suits the sub-HD One S) television and to check out some of the following titles:

-Witcher 2
-Morrowind
-Fable and Fable 2 (the anniversary stuff)
-Gears 2 and 3
-Jade Empire
-Splinter Cell Chaos Theory and Blacklist
-Alan Wake

And perhaps some classics I enjoyed as a kid on the PS2.


As for the One, maybe I'll try
-Sunset Overdrive
-Forza Horizon 2
-Gears 5
-Quantum Break
-Rare Replay

Don't know other games from the top of my head. I don't like Halo and don't plan on going online for MP stuff.




Also, my gaming laptop died and I don't think I will return to gaming pc's for the coming years. I have extremely bad luck with them and on a pc there is too much distraction for me to dedicate time to gaming. And on PC I always end up tinkering for way too long. Which is odd because on consoles I don't care that much when a game isn't well optimised. Anyways, the Xbox serves well to try some of these classics for cheap. But yes, I own quite a bit of these on steam already 

[The Walrus]

I'm very similar ErHaO - I end up fidgeting with my settings on the PC WAY too often, and for too long. Whereas on consoles I just don't care *at all.* I remember after building my rig and GTA 5 had launched... I spent every few seconds going back into the menus to adjust settings and make sure I was running at the absolute finest settings I could. I realized that wasn't healthy for me in the long run and I greatly appreciate loading GTA 5 up on my PS4 and the only setting I have to worry about is making sure the lightbar and controller sound effects are off 

Also speaking of Fire Emblem, yet another blue-haired, sword-wielding Fire Emblem character was announced for Smash. That's 5 blue-haired swordsmen in Smash from FE, but Zelda hasn't had a new character since 2008.  And it's not even like it's a free character like Chrom was when Ultimate was announced... you still have to pay $5.99 for this one

[ariich]

Bit more indie than most of the current discussion, but has anyone here played Rakuen?

I've just finished it and I'm basically an emotional wreck. Like most indie games in a similar vein, as a game it's fairly simple, but the story is so beautifully told and god there were a whole load of moments that were incredibly moving, and then the last half hour or so just destroyed me.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I started my 3:rd runthrough of Prey, it's still such a great game and underrated as heck imo.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

The PlayStation 4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn will come to personal computers this year, sources tell Kotaku. It’s an unprecedented move for Sony that signals a future in which the publisher releases games on platforms beyond its own consoles.

This news comes from three people familiar with Sony’s plans, all speaking anonymously because they were not authorized to talk to press. Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

https://kotaku.com/sources-horizon-zero-dawn-is-coming-to-pc-1841043569

That would be cool!

[Phoenix87x]

Cyberpunk 2077 delayed till mid September...

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/16/21069016/cyberpunk-2077-new-release-date-date-delay-september-cd-projekt-red

God Dammit

[cramx3]

The PlayStation 4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn will come to personal computers this year, sources tell Kotaku. It’s an unprecedented move for Sony that signals a future in which the publisher releases games on platforms beyond its own consoles.

This news comes from three people familiar with Sony’s plans, all speaking anonymously because they were not authorized to talk to press. Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

https://kotaku.com/sources-horizon-zero-dawn-is-coming-to-pc-1841043569

That would be cool!

Since its a PS game, I never really cared to even look into it.  But all the talk has been so positive that maybe I will have to check it out now when it comes to PC.  I'd love if more PS exclusives move to PC eventually. 

[Sacul]

Cyberpunk 2077 delayed till mid September...

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/16/21069016/cyberpunk-2077-new-release-date-date-delay-september-cd-projekt-red

God Dammit

I'm glad they're taking their time instead of crunching their devs to death and releasing a buggy mess.

[The Walrus]

I agree with Sacul. I also suddenly got interested in that game because I'll be able to play it now   

I looked up Rakuen; seems to only be for PC, but I love how it is very clearly paying homage to the old SNES or GBA eras of gaming.

[Sacul]

https://www.gamespot.com/amp-articles/cyberpunk-2077-dev-team-will-work-extra-long-hours/1100-6472839/

Well nevermind, seems they'll still make them do lots of crunch.

[The Walrus]

https://www.gamespot.com/amp-articles/cyberpunk-2077-dev-team-will-work-extra-long-hours/1100-6472839/

Well nevermind, seems they'll still make them do lots of crunch.

Oh, that's just lovely to hear. 

[Herrick]

If you don't knock the disc launcher's off the Thunderjaw and use them, I have no idea how hard it would be to beat it, and how many resources you would need to re-craft your ammo over and over again.  I (amazingly) somehow beat a Stormbird the first time I ran into one.  Couldn't believe it.  And that was before I had the Ancient Armor - which again, I can't begin to imagine how hard the final battle would be without it.  Those f'n Rockbreakers piss me off more than anything.

I know I've used the disc launcher against other Thunderjaws but I don't recall if I used it on the one in the underground place...I forgot what they were called. Bunkers?

Cyberpunk 2077 delayed till mid September...

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/16/21069016/cyberpunk-2077-new-release-date-date-delay-september-cd-projekt-red

God Dammit

Sad news but not unexpected. Isn't every major game delayed? I wouldn't be surprised at all if it gets delayed again.

The PlayStation 4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn will come to personal computers this year, sources tell Kotaku. It’s an unprecedented move for Sony that signals a future in which the publisher releases games on platforms beyond its own consoles.

This news comes from three people familiar with Sony’s plans, all speaking anonymously because they were not authorized to talk to press. Sony did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

https://kotaku.com/sources-horizon-zero-dawn-is-coming-to-pc-1841043569

That would be cool!

I don't know if I'd ever play it again but that's good news!

[The Walrus]

^^ Cauldrons would be the underground places. I was just thinking about those - I only ever did the first one, Cauldron Sigma. I completely forgot Cauldrons even existed until now 

[Herrick]

^^ Cauldrons would be the underground places. I was just thinking about those - I only ever did the first one, Cauldron Sigma. I completely forgot Cauldrons even existed until now 

Oh I thought you had to go into a few of them for the story missions. Didn't you fight that Thunderjaw down there? Maybe that wasn't a Cauldron 

[The Walrus]

^^ Cauldrons would be the underground places. I was just thinking about those - I only ever did the first one, Cauldron Sigma. I completely forgot Cauldrons even existed until now 

Oh I thought you had to go into a few of them for the story missions. Didn't you fight that Thunderjaw down there? Maybe that wasn't a Cauldron 

I have literally only completed about 40% of the game according to my menus, but yeah, I only went into Cauldron Sigma, and have yet to see any others, so if it was part of the story missions to do more Cauldrons then they're not mandatory to beat the game! Hopefully I'll get to another cauldron this weekend. Guess I'm not moving onto Red Dead just yet after all!

[Podaar]

Kat,

You play like my son, just rush headlong through the story. By the time I finished the game I had 90+% (I never completed getting full suns for the time trials) of it completed and was maxed out on level. Some of the side missions were the best part of the game, IMO.

Actually, just talking about it in this thread makes me want to give it another go.

[jingle.boy]

Kat,

You play like my son, just rush headlong through the story. By the time I finished the game I had 90+% (I never completed getting full suns for the time trials) of it completed and was maxed out on level. Some of the side missions were the best part of the game, IMO.

Actually, just talking about it in this thread makes me want to give it another go.

Same.... it's the journey, not the destination.  I also did all the Hunting Trials with full blazing sun attainment.  I really wanted those Lodge Weapons.  Had to cheat a little and get some YT guidance on the ancient armory power cell locations, but that upgrade was well worth it.  Also did all the cauldrons so I could over-ride pretty much any machine I wanted.  I've got a couple of side quests still to do, then the Frozen Wilds (still debating if I want to do that, or skip on over to Spider-Man)

[Podaar]

Kat,

You play like my son, just rush headlong through the story. By the time I finished the game I had 90+% (I never completed getting full suns for the time trials) of it completed and was maxed out on level. Some of the side missions were the best part of the game, IMO.

Actually, just talking about it in this thread makes me want to give it another go.

Same.... it's the journey, not the destination.  I also did all the Hunting Trials with full blazing sun attainment.  I really wanted those Lodge Weapons.  Had to cheat a little and get some YT guidance on the ancient armory power cell locations, but that upgrade was well worth it.  Also did all the cauldrons so I could over-ride pretty much any machine I wanted.  I've got a couple of side quests still to do, then the Frozen Wilds (still debating if I want to do that, or skip on over to Spider-Man)

The Frozen Wilds is terrific, IMO, and well worth your time. The setting is awesome, especially if you've spent much time around Yellowstone. Be warned, however, the nastiest machine in the entire game is there. It takes some real twitchy skill, quick thinking and precision aim to take it down. I'm not sure I ever beat it in a fair fight. I had to cheese it like hell with traps and trips.

[The Walrus]

Normally with open world games I take my time. Horizon was the first time I blew through the story in order to 'finish' the game and have the world to explore later with no restrictions or story boundaries. Took me over 125 hours just to finish the map for Breath of the Wild for example. 

[Herrick]

I'm playing ASSassin's Creed Odyssey and it's not that good. I've owned the game since it came out but stopped playing it due to the dorky protagonist and performance issues on my old build. Now I'm replaying on my new build and I chose the womang. Her voice acting is better, methinks. Anyway, Moving around the game world doesn't feel or look that great. Goofy-looking movement animations. I miss the more planted-feeling from Origins.

The combat doesn't feel very good or visceral and there are lots of bullet-sponge enemies even when they're at the same level as me. I hope it gets better once I level my shit up. I'm only level 10 (or 11 perhaps). And why can't I use a fucking shield? This is Blasphemy! This is Madness! This is UBISOFT!!!!

[cramx3]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuKi9jRjMgU

I can just keep pumping these stupid videos out  My power is getting stronger now that I've upgraded more of my passive abilities and I'm only becoming more of a dick in this game. Not that I'm much of a dick in that video, but I already finished a couple more, including one last night where you can see me progressing to someone who likes to lasso people and then blow their brains out after a few words 

[Chino]

You've gone black hat.   

I haven't been able to play much lately. I miss the west.

[cramx3]

You aren't missing much really.  I've got a shit ton of gold because I'm on day like 34 of active daily challenges, but I feel like I'm already just waiting for more DLC. 

edit: here's an example of killing someone and their horse after they come out of the stable https://twitter.com/Cramx3/status/1219771480982028288