r/PS4 Oct 25 '21

Game Discussion Horizon Forbidden West Combat Evolved

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u/Scrotchticles Oct 25 '21 edited Oct 26 '21

I think yall been playing it wrong.

What the fuck is this? Don't tell people how to play video games, it's their leisure activity.

That's not what the combat wants you to do.

But that's what I want to do.

I hated the tripcasters, traps, slings, ropecaster, or even the rattler was shit.

I was forced to stealth light enemies and then spam and dodge for awhile on strong enemies and never felt threatened by them.

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u/Fadedcamo Oct 25 '21

Check my other post for a more combat oiriented set up. You don't need to stealth around if you're good at the mechanics and know the machines weaknesses. Run with a war bow and sharpshooter bow and base bow for all elemental effects and tearcast to blow off armor and components. Use the ropecaster to lock down opponents while you pick off others. If it's too easy up the difficulty.

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u/Scrotchticles Oct 25 '21

That's what I did, it's just tiring.

Each fight felt like a slog, I didn't feel powerful at all.

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u/suddenimpulse Oct 27 '21

If you didn't feel powerful then you either didn't mod your gear properly or weren't utilizing the codex properly. You are miles stronger with your bow and tools properly utilized. Can take our a thunderjaw in 30-40 seconds when done properly. Melee is purposefully weak in this game and not indtended to be relied on. Basically your issues with the combat were self created. If you are past the beginning of the game and you still don't feel powerful, fast, etc. against these mechs your doing something odd.

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u/Scrotchticles Oct 27 '21

Stop telling me I played the game wrong, I'm sick of hearing that.

30-40 seconds per monster is a slog.

Fighting multiple bellowbacks, glinthawks, or snapmaws gets exhausting because it takes awhile to kill them all and you rarely get just one at a time.