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[Men_in_Boxes]

why would this worry you... this is a scripted section of the game and they used it to show certain aspects of the game...

This was their gameplay debut. It's a big deal.

They think the best way to showcase their game is with linear, hand holdy level design. That doesn't strike me as a vote of confidence for impressive open world design.

Hopefully I'm proven wrong, but I'm skeptical.

 

[Yoboman]

Biggest worry...

They decided to wow everyone with linear cramped level design. (This is the part where we want you to override this mount, so we'll place a mount right next to red grass and we'll have Aloy talk about wanting to override the mount by the red grass).

Doesn't bode well for kick ass open world gameplay.

I love being wrong though so we'll see.

How do you wow people with open world gameplay?

 

[Garani]

Show us an example of a next gen game.

Like R&C? or Returnal? Oh, wait, that's pretty much it

 

[Vognerful]

@Riky, i know your out there, watching, reading, CRYING.

CALL THE GOD DAMN PARAMEDICS BEFORE YOU GO DOWN.

See you soon

What did he do ?

 

[mango drank]

Imagine traveling back in time 30 years, showing this video to kids of that era, and telling them that this is what video games will look like in the future. They'd have heart attacks on the spot. They'd also ask you whether this is on Nintendo or Sega, and you'd laugh an evil laugh and disappear back to your own time.

 

[spartan30gr]

Oh boy hold on to your butts and prepare for the gifs.

Street fighter ryu hadouken?

 

[Kokoloko85]

@Riky, i know your out there, watching, reading, CRYING.

CALL THE GOD DAMN PARAMEDICS BEFORE YOU GO DOWN.

See you soon

He’ll just go around laughing at comments. He’s a passive aggressive fella like Master Phil Spencer lol

 

[balls of snow]

They are sooooo hiding the flying mounts in the game. I need to see this 4k vid on my Oled.

 

[THE DUCK]

Looks like a PS4 pro game but a bit better. But that's not a bad thing, it basically sums up what we have this generation so far. And saying that knowing that the first game and GOW, Uncharted 4 already looked really good - the benchmark is high.
Also looks fun to play so there's that!

 

[MCplayer]

the game all of the sudden turned into an anime

 

[H-I-M]

Loved this part, Low-key gave me 'Tales Of' vibes.

 

[Buhaj]

So we're apparently back to the 30 fps era...

 

[Krappadizzle]

I CAN'T. FUCK.

 

[sircaw]

What did he do ?

banned for a week, you can check the bans at the bottom of the page.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Fuck this world is gorgeous. I can see myself getting lost in this beautiful tropical setting and the underwater world opens up new gameplay possibilities with strong currents, snap maws and god knows what else.

I was hoping to god we'd see gameplay of Aloy on a flying machine but maybe that's being saved for a later date.

I'm fucking sold. Sign me up...on PS5.

 

[azertydu91]

I need to see a higher quality version because the one I saw looked like crap. I'll judge the gameplay demo after I've seen it.

But so far I like how much Vegeta there is. Plus it looks pretty colorful.

Edit: That mammoth fight looked intense as heck. At first I thought you could just hide behind the ruin but then the beast destroyed the cover. Pretty cool.

Yep it's Majin.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

How do you wow people with open world gameplay?

With gameplay that makes open world gamers excited?

 

[MMachine99]

Biggest worry...

They decided to wow everyone with linear cramped level design. (This is the part where we want you to override this mount, so we'll place a mount right next to red grass and we'll have Aloy talk about wanting to override the mount by the red grass).

Doesn't bode well for kick ass open world gameplay.

I love being wrong though so we'll see.

My dude doesn't understand the difference between a mission in an open world map and open world exploration. Obviously they're gonna show a scripted mission with a boss at the end instead of a guy running around for 20 minutes.
If anything you thinking the open world she was traversing was actually linear is a testament to how impressive the map design is.

 

[MastaKiiLA]

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Guerilla Games. They know a thing or two about coding a game.

 

[John Wick]

Looks good but doesn't look next gen to me.

Obviously it doesn't because it's not on your favourite plastic box.

 

[Jibran#one]

Are we all forgetting how good the original looked ? Tbh this was okayish , character model looks great everything else is basically horizon just a little prettier

 

[GHG]

Sweet jesus!!!Thats is a cgi level shit

Absurd.

the game all of the sudden turned into an anime

2B and Aloy crossover. Do it Sony.

 

[Tutomos]

Watching Dying Light 2 and Far Cry 6, man those graphics look last-gen compare to this.

 

[Kokoloko85]

Taking down the big robots in the first one was always great fun for me, I am very excited about the grapple hook and glider now though....should give way more possibilities in combat.

There will be a 60fps mode on PS5 almost guaranteed, the cpu is very capable of that. Probably higher.

Yeah I loved the Dino Robot combat in the first, not many 3rd person games with combat like that if any.

Was different, unique and addictive. Maybe not for everyone but I loved it.
Now the Melee and Human Combat is looking good too.

Really hoping there will be 60fps. Guessing it will give a choice if baseline PS4 will play it at 30fps 1080p

 

[Phase]

Is the talking-to-herself part going to stay in? Not a fan of that.

Other than that I'm seeing the same game with a couple of new tools to traverse quicker. I liked the first one, but I won't be getting a ps5 so I'll only get it if it comes to pc.

 

[LordBlodgett]

I'm going to wait until I get home from work and watch this on the 4k tv. I'm afraid my little ass phone screen is not going to do it justice

 

[balt1kr1s]

If this is how cross gen game can look like, then I really can’t wait for more PS5 only ones.
Fuck me! Looks ridiculously good in 4K.

 

[mejin]

I'm speechless with some posts...I mean literally.

 

[Tripolygon]

Shamelessly stolen from Theory but still looks amazing.

 

[ClosBSAS]

ya, that looks very good. man, cant wait for true next gen to begin!

 

[Jigsaah]

Is the talking-to-herself part going to stay in? Not a fan of that.

Other than that I'm seeing the same game with a couple of new tools to traverse quicker. I liked the first one, but I won't be getting a ps5 so I'll only get it if it comes to pc.

This would be my only complaint. Her constantly narrating her thoughts were off-putting to me. It felt unnecessary and made the presentation feel more "canned". I just kinda tuned it out after a bit but in the beginning it was pretty annoying.

 

[Tripolygon]

Disregard. Already shared.

 

[INC]

Hello next gen

 

[Freeman76]

I know im in a very small minority but the first one was so overrated imo which was a real shame as I thought I would love it. I should probably give it anofher go sometime but it felt so generic i would often actually fall asleep playing it lol

 

[Derift]

Obviously it doesn't because it's not on your favourite plastic box.

funnily enough his favorite box only has the medium as a next gen showing...

 

[balls of snow]

It's a cross gen game, they need to be able to downgrade it enough to still okay on a base PS4. Considering that limitation it's looking really nice. I still think Ratchet & Clank looks better personally - and it not having that limitation helps.

Yep Ratchet looks better because of how much activity is going on on screen. Thats missing in a cross gen game like here.

 

[SLB1904]

With gameplay that makes open world gamers excited?

read the room

 

[BeardGawd]

First 7 minutes were boring but it started to pick up during the Mammoth fight... Game looks great underwater and the stream/creek looked great. Special effects for the mammoth fight were nice.

The grass/hair clipping all over the place are really distracting to me though. Looks like a great high fidelity cross-gen game.

Any word on native res and frame rate?

 

[KiNeMz]

It's looks amazing. But why so much colour. It's like it's over done.

 

[N30RYU]

I just want whatever the config is on PS4 to run at 60fps on PS5 on performance mode.

 

[THEAP99]

Yeah, I was wrong about the visuals. Overall, game is looking good. Just hope they smoothing some things up like some of the cut scene transitions and other animations. Ultimately though it'll come down to if the open will be generic again

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Shamelessly stolen from Theory but still looks amazing.

I love how the impact of the bodies and weapons dig holes in the sand. That's an amazing small detail.

Also people complaining about hair clipping. Seriously? LOL that's going to be a bother while playing the game?

Yeah, I was wrong about the visuals. Overall, game is looking good. Just hope they smoothing some things up like some of the cut scene transitions and other animations. Ultimately though it'll come down to if the open will be generic again

There is absolutely no reason for the open world to be boring/generic/stale or whatever the hell people are labelling it.

So far we already have different ways of traversing the world and an entire new underwater world complete with water currents and machines. There's still heaps more the developer is holding back and rightly so. This was just a snippet of the game world. We have not seen everything so for people to judge this game based solely on this 14 minutes gameplay trailer is just pure idiocy.
This could have been any game from PC, Xbox or Nintendo and I for sure as hell wouldn't be passing judgement on it because developers never show everything in the first gameplay teasers.

 

[Bonfires Down]

Are we all forgetting how good the original looked ? Tbh this was okayish , character model looks great everything else is basically horizon just a little prettier

Yeah, it's hard to blow away the first game as it already looks amazing. I do think this is held back a bit by the PS4 though.

Anyway it doesn't matter to me, I wouldn't play it no matter how good the visuals are.

 

[Zghia]

Horizon x Final Fantasy lol

 

[Tripolygon]

Monster Hunter: Zero Dawn

 

[DeepEnigma]

The 4K video, just wow!!!

RIP, PS4.

 

[Slothbeing1209]

I want this cutscene plays whenever she use this move lol

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

My dude doesn't understand the difference between a mission in an open world map and open world exploration. Obviously they're gonna show a scripted mission with a boss at the end instead of a guy running around for 20 minutes.
If anything you thinking the open world she was traversing was actually linear is a testament to how impressive the map design is.

Disagree.

This is how you showcase open world design in a trailer. This game came out in...2013.



If Guerilla went that route with Forbidden West, I'd be way more excited.

Horizon isn't that though. It's more focused on telling a story and guiding you down paths it wants. Not an ideal open world game to me.

 

[Kokoloko85]

Like R&C? or Returnal? Oh, wait, that's pretty much it

And Demon Souls. Probably more impressive games than the first year of last Generation

 

[mansoor1980]

no way this is cross gen