ShallotLegitimate574 t1_j2dhyd9 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:14 PM

I hate this game. I loved the first though.

Aloy also doesn't shut the fuck up... it's like that Days Gone game, she is constantly talking and she is so smarmy and sanctimonious now when she interacts with the NPCs.

The difficulty is all over the place, typically I play in the hardest settings and I love the soulsborne games but the game difficulty is not very well implemented and can result in you wasting a lot of time, painstakingly picking off components only to be one shot and have to do it all over again.

Worst is probably that the components you knock off will disappear after the battle, Wild animals you hunt too disappear.

The skill trees don’t really feel that impactful or tailored to any specific bonuses and the multitude of weapons and their upgrades are kind of tedious to go grinding to upgrade, only to progress further and find something much better that throws all your time out the window.

The story is painfully boring too.

On the plus side the new area is prettier and the graphics are amazing.

darkfalzx t1_j2drv6i wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:42 PM

Woudn’t say I “hated” it, but def liked it WAY less than the original Horizon. Mechanically, they made it feel much more like a looter-shooter/live-service game, where no matter how much you upgrade your weapons, the enemies just keep getting spongier and spongier, and your reward for exploration is never anything good - just a bunch of crafting crap.

Your gear starts off nearly useless, and to level it up you have to grind tons of ultra-rare materials. As a result I finished the game with unabgraded gear. I also made it all the way to the end without understanding how those damn stash chests work - the interface on those is just busted!

The story is far less interesting too. It goes in a direction you might’ve predicted in part 1, but the tone changes completely. Though I liked some of the new and returning secondary characters, I really didn’t like the new Aloy - she’s just SOOO sanctimonious and unpleasant now!

Fleabagx35 t1_j2dqnz3 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:33 PM

I don’t think you enjoyed it, which is okay. I thought it was just as good as the first with improvements to the animated scenes, etc.

NachoDildo t1_j2dw9li wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:17 PM

I can agree with Aloy being a condescending bitch, especially early in the game. She just wasn't likeable as in the first game, all because she found out she's a Great Value version of a smarter person.