Scientist Supreme!
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Good thing the gameplay looks fun because that story seems like "been there, done that" garbage.
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Horizon Zero Dawn - Aloy's Journey Trailer, delayed to February 28th, 2017
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I disagree with the detail, but I might be just overestimating the strengths of the PS4 with open world games. Much of the draw distance is hidden behind DOF, and in GIFs like this...
...there's pretty evident heavy culling of foliage, shadow, and detail over distance.
This looks more impressive to me in the foreground than over draw distance. Which isn't to say the draw distance looks bad, but it doesn't jump out to me as particularly incredible as an open world game.
This is what our current crop of next-gen only PS4 open world titles look like though (via Digital Foundry).
And Uncharted 4 in a relatively controlled scenario:
This feels like it's a different level to me.
News is on every PS Blog.
shinobi602
Member
And each of them was empty. No wildlife, nothing to do except follow story and maybe discover few tucked in artefacts.
Horizon on the other hand is full on open world game, with action, collectibles, crafting, enemies, quests/sidequests, cities, loot management, etc.
neurosyphilis
Definitely not an STD, as I'm a pure.
People really are saying this can only be PS Neo, must've never played a game from Guerrilla or something. They're up there with Naughty Dog and SSM on a technical standpoint.
You obviously didn't play Uncharted 4. There is plenty of open areas in there, not open world but open and very large.
everyday math
Banned
Yeah I know. Robot customization would be killer. From the trailer we already know that some tribes can control certain robots. So I guess it isn't to far fetched to speculate about.
Shinobi brings both pain, but also hope.
this gon be gud
GinoFelino
Member
How are delays good for business? They're good for consumers and bad for business, if anything.
The industry is already moving towards a shorter time between announcement and release, and I expect that trend to continue. But it doesn't help that the gaming community is so eager for leaks and early info.
That was played several times live to the E3 audience [and again live on stage on PGW/PSX I don't recall exactly].
I think I overestimated my GAF popularity
KinofChaos
Banned
Source? We have no idea how big or dense Horizon is.
CoffinVarnish
Banned
Looks awesome but I'm bummed about not having it this Fall. Oh well.
But everything on this trailer is real time sequences, not gameplay. Not a fair comparisson.
One quest designer out of many that worked on the Blood Baron Questline, not the sole guy behind that questline, so don't get your hopes up that Guerilla will actually deliver a good narrative this time.
gundamkyoukai
Member
The writing in this trailer is so clichéd and trite, if not straight awful.
Developers should know where their weaknesses lie. A minimalist story would probably be better in 90% of the cases when a video game attempts one. You'd think Guerrilla would be capable of some soul-searching after the games they've released.
Of course they know where they weakness lie.
It's why they hired people for the job
Care to name 1 or 2?
Killzone 2 trailer was always presented as a target reference though, not actual gameplay. Basically a pre-rendered guess.
source? that's what the game is, it's widely known. it's open world and crafting and shit
Right, that's why I said "unless this is all cutscene mode," since that can change things a lot.
Jawbreaker
Member
Well, The Witcher 3 has set the bar pretty high. They were able to even make side quests interesting from a narrative standpoint.
KinofChaos
Banned
name one......
I repeat, a game being open word in no way guarantees it is dense or huge.....there are many empty generic open worlds out there.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Its going to be said for every game moving forward now. Its probably the most annoying part that neo is a thing to me. Its up there with everyone asking for an nx port
Cutscene camera angles to hide deficiencies make a massive difference. You can even still see pop in at times.
E3/PGW/PSX dev interviews. They are making full on action open world game.
The time period between the eras is to big. No way delapitated buildings and a whole new civiliation referring to the " old people " happened in what appears to be 30 years ( her age )
Im thinking she is a cyborg. The robots created her.
robertsan21
Member
Damn this game is hot looking, hope its a semi open world and not some corridor world
Of course I haven't seen how big Horizon is, but if they're advertising it as a huge open world and then it only compares to the few open parts of Uncharted 4, then it's going to be a huge disappointment.
What parts are you even talking about though? The ballroom party? The street part in Madagascar where there are a few moments to interact with the environment?
Big Gulps Huh?
Member
Zelda NX and now THIS will protect me from the cold winter of 2017.
KinofChaos
Banned
It's open world.................
I loved this detail.I'm this completely ordinary bird.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
A delay is good for business since you know, releasing a broken and incomplete product would provoke outrage.
The Dino Alligator part is the part I could see as gameplay, but camera makes me think it's still cutscene.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
What a great trailer. I can't wait to explore this game.....while riding a mech dino of course.
Edit: love the cover art for the regular and steel book which is rare to like both.
Edit: love the cover art for the regular and steel book which is rare to like both.
KinofChaos
Banned
The entire jeep section in Madasgar is huge, did you play the game?
it's an open world game. I have no way of knowing whether it's good or not, but that's what it is.
EekumBokum
Member
I am so so so happy they have a figure and non-figure collector's edition. I hate those things :l
jmaine_ph
Member
When Shinoni speaks you listen.
It feels like there's a lot of posed footage that's meant to look like it's supposed to be gameplay without the UI instead of cutscenes, but it's hard to tell for certain.