Just picked up the complete edition and am excited to play. Any tips a beginner should that will make my experience more enjoyable? Please no spoilers, thank you!
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Playing Horizon Zero Dawn for the first time, any helpful tips?
- Thread starter Chicken Wing
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Play on the second highest difficulty as the game isn't especially challenging. Try to upgrade your inventory capacity as early as possible.
There's a character that will show up outside of bandit camps at a certain point (and I think even as soon as the first one?). Talk to him. Talk to him every time before you go in to a camp. Talk to that man every single time you ever see him.
Yes. This will heavily annoy you if you don't. Having to constantly salvage/trash stuff to pick up resources you need is probably the only thing I disliked about the game.
Just enjoy the fantastic combat against the machines, the great story and the beautiful world :)
It's an incredible game.
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And yes, don't forget to upgrade your weapon and "pockets" all the time :)
This is not God of War, do not charge into battle. Watch your enemy and use your hear.
I love Witcher 3 massively and I still tell you to sod off.
Tearblast arrows are your friend, especially when harvesting parts. Not to mention I absolutely love the sound they make
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Also pay attention and study the info you get for each enemy type. Where it's weak points are and what it is weak too. Also, if those are shielded/fortified in any way (more of a later thing).
Try to get even low-grade bows/arrows that have elemental damage and tear damage as early as possible so you have the equipment to take advantage of the above.
Also, ropecaster everything.
Also pay attention and study the info you get for each enemy type. Where it's weak points are and what it is weak too. Also, if those are shielded/fortified in any way (more of a later thing).
Try to get even low-grade bows/arrows that have elemental damage and tear damage as early as possible so you have the equipment to take advantage of the above.
Also, ropecaster everything.
Also this. The DLC is much better if treated as post-game or late-game content.
Customize your HUD as soon as you're able. Makes it much more immersive.
I also found it a lot more immersive to not use fast travel.
I also found it a lot more immersive to not use fast travel.
Still on my first playthrough right now. I think i'm at like 75% done with base game
Upgrade bags early on to get it out of the way
Good to invest skills focused on resources-based skills, but be sure to invest in skills on dodging and multiarrows in between
C'mon son
Upgrade bags early on to get it out of the way
Good to invest skills focused on resources-based skills, but be sure to invest in skills on dodging and multiarrows in between
C'mon son
Removing the mini-map and waypoint markers especially makes the game so much better. I only referenced the main map when I got lost.
Maximize tearblasting, aim at different parts of the bigger robots to break off all the plates. Helps a lot. If the hunter challenges are too hard, I believe you can lower the difficulty to the easiest setting without affecting any trophies. I did that in the dlc. You'd have to check if there are difficulty trophies. Inventory space can be an issue, so upgrade that whenever you can. And I would say put skill points into crafting stuff first too. Don't be afraid to disassemble or sell crafting material. You gather it rather quickly.
Aim for the machine parts in combat always.
Not if you want a good combat.
Also this.
I don't get why they didn't make the rewards more meaningful lol
Likr many have said, the game is not complicated. It will tell you what to do, so just play the game and enjoy this amazing game. Learn the weakspots of the machines and experiment with the different weapons at your disposal, its superfun
The rewards are garbage but I liked reading each of the metal flowers. Added to the lore. Especially when you figure out why they exist.
The only thing really worth collecting are the power cells.
Sell those grey ancient items like watches whenever you can. It will also clear out the inventory.
Don't create potions from Fatty Meat right away, but make the infinite fast travel item first. Don't invest in Melee. As for perks, go for Tinkerer, triple nock, slow mo.
Ropecaster is great, especially when buffed with handling mods.
Don't create potions from Fatty Meat right away, but make the infinite fast travel item first. Don't invest in Melee. As for perks, go for Tinkerer, triple nock, slow mo.
Ropecaster is great, especially when buffed with handling mods.
Traps and stuff like the tripcaster are really valuable on higher difficulties though. I wouldn't get something like the Rattler, which sucks though.
IMO, it is not. Well, may be it was on launch, but they now support stacking of much more resources. I never had an issue with it when I played it platinumed it few months ago.
