r/memes • u/Dramatic221 • 23h ago

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u/th3BeastLord 23h ago

I worry that this will happen to the Horizon games. 3rd one hasn't even started production and the devs are all stuck working on a GaaS game that doesnt have high odds of succeeding.

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u/sushi_cw 21h ago

I'm sort of waiting to play the second one until I know the third sticks the landing. 

Zero Dawn on its own wraps up just fine without any serious cliffhangers, for now I'm content to leave it like that.

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u/Ill_Young2531 19h ago

I honestly found the second one to be fine, but nowhere near as good as the first. It felt like a game cobbled together after the massive success of the first.

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u/BarfingRainbows1 14h ago

I adored the first game, but the second feels so bloated and directionless.

The gameplay improvements are top notch, but the story and world are just a drag.

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u/Ill_Young2531 10h ago

The first was very story driven with a very interesting world to explore; the second was world driven with a sorta interesting story to explore. That’s my 0.02

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u/BarfingRainbows1 7h ago

Thats a very good way to describe it, FW feels very much like the world/scale came before making an interesting story.

At least the flying mount system was an awesome include, I suppose

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u/AgentWowza 17h ago

Its been years since I played HZD but doesn't it end on a pretty damn big cliffhanger, with the one dude finding Gaia or the evil red juice or smn.

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u/Ill_Young2531 10h ago

The only real cliffhanger is the big bad for the 2nd game, otherwise it’s a pretty self-contained story.

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u/Clivodota 22h ago

Oof, my wife loves those games so she’s gonna be sad if a 3rd won’t make it.

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u/GSrvnt19 20h ago

I didnt knew that Horizon was at risk ffs!

But yes, i still don't see how they could fight against the true menace from space. I Will also be sad if it gets canned. Played the shit outta them.

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u/dr_tomoe 19h ago

They actually already decided to change the GaaS game into a regular offline one after terrible reactions from the beta.

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u/Miqchan 19h ago

I really didn't vibe with how the second opened and the first one answered enough that I didn't bother to play more than a few hours. Still bought the Lego set and love ZD.

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u/th3BeastLord 14h ago

Forbidden West is weaker story-wise for sure. I still like it and i feel like it will be stronger going forward, given that they planned another but Forbidden West was probably less guaranteed when Zero Dawn released. By the end of the DLC I was starting to really get a bit excited for the next one.

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u/Manadrache 11h ago

It didn't feel weaker story-wise for me. The game managed to get you some in-depths lore which felt right. Guess that part was way more important for me. The story was good, but the lore made it perfect. To find out what has happenend in the past and how it affects the present time.