#HorizonForbiddenWest continues to impress the shit out of me. It was snowing, and the snow collected on the surface of a pond. As I walked through the pond, the snow was displaced and left a trail behind me.
This is such an astounding attention to detail. They didn't have to do this, it would have been perfectly acceptable video game behavior if it ignored me.
Good morning and happy Saturday to the entire #Fediverse today!
It's the weekend, so let's all talk about what we all have planned and hope to accomplish over the next couple of days.
I plan to rest, relax and enjoy some video games. Finally able to get started on No Rest For The Wicked and will of course play more Horizon Forbidden West as well.
It's the last day of the weekend, so let's discuss what are plans are for the day to round it out.
For me, it's going to be a lazy day as much as possible. I don't plan to do much beyond rest and relax and likely play some more Horizon Forbidden West.
The game is absolutely fucking gorgeous, and they built in a really useful camera tool that lets you move around the scene, change focus, and even hide the character.
Something that annoyed me in #HorizonZeroDawn was that the climbing system was so limited. You could only climb onto extremely conspicuous grip points in the wall that clearly were put there on purpose by... someone. It broke suspension of disbelief.
#HorizonForbiddenWest has been a LOT better about this. You still can only climb where they want you to, but it's much more natural, is all over the place, and now the climbing indicators are part of the projection by the Focus. Great improvement!
No spoilers here, this is pretty early in the game.
Look at the level of detail in the motion capture, here! You can see every little emotion that they're feeling, even the little smirk that Avoy makes when the guards refuse to let her in. The way Erand struggles to get up off the cart.
Sorry about the audio glitches, Geforce Replay must have been struggling.
Morning Folks! I've been playing a lot of #HorizonForbiddenWest since the PC release last week and talk about some of my experiences. This is a gorgeous game but not one without a few slowdown issues in a single area of the game. That seems to have been resolved in a patch but talk through those issues nonetheless.
Horizon Forbidden West (PC) looks glorious, but already fallen foul to basic tropes.
A sequel where your character has none of the skills you learned in the fist game.
And a companion that won't hesitate to start a fight while you're sneaking.