• grandepequeno [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Apparently people could buy the original game, on discount, and upgrade to the remaster which was cheaper than just buying the remaster, so they’re plugging the hole by just not making the original available for purchase?

    Nevertheless, Horizon feels like a “pirate it, beat it while doing some extra content, uninstall it” game to me, or it did before I saw some gameplay and watched some of the cutscenes of the first game, it just looks boring

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        Yeah. I rly wanted it to be more like monster hunter with robit dino and even setting it to max difficulty didn’t give that feeling. Visually beautiful with a very interesting story and world marred by the most generic open world gameplay.

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        That’s exactly what it felt like, oh sure the open world is pretty but they’ve put nothing to do in it. Ok go to this place and kill some dudes and then go to the next place. It’s the same as every other game that could have been a dense focused experience that’s been diluted by having a tacked on open world that does nothing except make you walk to the next story marker.

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        The mid game grind is by far the worst part of the game. The end game is very good, but my word the mid game is so poorly paced after you reach the big city called Meridian. Suddenly you have a ton of side quests and the main quest line splits in two, again.

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        It’s really dull on lower difficulties because you can just shoot a ton of arrows and any machine dies easily. Especially when the game first released and the weapons were poorly balanced. However on the harder difficulties the combat is actually impoved, you actually have to hit the weak points of the robot dinosaurs and get them in elemental states, otherwise you’ll die instantly. The problem them becomes the game economy, everything just gets really expensive because the harder difficulties are designed around new game+ saves. So the best way to play is probably to use the harder difficulties for gameplay, and lowering the difficulty before buying any gear.