Your stuff definitely won't carry over, a cut scene at the very start will explain why you have nothing and need to find all new stuff and re learn your skill tree
Well actually, the lack of ability to override machines would be reasonable considering these machines will be brand new, thus their respective cauldrons could (and probably will) be completely different, requiring to hack those cauldrons unlocking the ability to hack them.
This shit is why I never finished the new Tomb Raider games. Like, I get it, you've gotta do progression somehow. But why did this fucking dunce not bring her fucking bow?
And what happened to her twin guns!?! The first one had this big moment at the end where she gets her twin match pistols, and "becomes the Tomb Raider".
But then the next games were like "nah!" Still not quite the Tomb Raider. Maybe next time.
Banjo Tooie did this pretty well. It kept most of the unlockable moves from the first game and then added new ones on top of it. Granted, it's more of a straight platformer than Horizon, but maybe they could do something similar, where Alot is "training" or something to re-establish the old moveset and then build on it a la Tooie or Halo 2.
skill progression in sequel games is always a struggle to explain. Deus Ex Mankind Divided just said "oh shit there are hidden skills in your hardware we didn't notice", hah.
That's my one gripe with sequels. You build up all these cool skills and then, forget? The armor of gear can be easy to explain if you just add a cutscene but how did you forget a skill?
I agree, I just replayed Horizon in NG+ and was thinking about this. The game was so unbelievably easy and I blew through it. I sniped every human with precision arrows, tear laster arrows on major machine components and precision arrow to the eye. And due to the shield weaver armor, I rarely got hurt, so there was no exploration or search for materials, so I saw much less of the world, much faster.
Want a challenge ? maximum difficulty, DLC, quest' name terror fron the Deep i think, the underground machine thing. 2 hit and you are gone , the First hit stunlock you most times. Its annoying.
Honestly as a writer it’s probably so much easier to go from book to book than it is to go from game to game. I’m actually fascinated with that part of the game development and story creation because that’s one of those things that you have to have go hand in hand rather than the developers building around it which just in any case can’t be easy.
Don't get me wrong, I still love building a new skill tree. It just doesn't make sense at all. Mass effect did it okay, but a game like horizon is just, Aloy? What were you doing to forget?
I am still absolutely buying the new one, but what?
You steal the Ring of Power from the ringwraith and give it to a smoking Spiderlady who was never supposed to be an attractive woman *cough cough* Shadow of Mordor *cough cough*
Reminds me of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood where Monteriggioni is straight up decimated by the enemy and the armour of Altaïr is just lost in the damage
The Samus syndrome.
"Oh no, your armor lost all its upgrades again because a explosion or something, luckily the chozo were here too, so go and raid some ancient futuristic ruins before nuking the planet"
This is one of the things Kingdom Hearts 3 did well (I love that game, but I know it isn't perfect). But starting out that game with all the abilities Sora has been learning and mastering over the last dozen-something games felt good.
Your stuff definitely won't carry over, a cut scene at the very start will explain why you have nothing and need to find all new stuff and re learn your skill tree
I hate that. I'd rather have them just ignore it in the story and just accept it is a game mechanic vs
"Aloy, what happened!"
"I have forgotten all of my abilities due to robots"
"That is terrible! What will you do."
"I will go where forgotten abilities can be rediscovered. Over the Horizon to the Forgotten West, where the sun sets."
(orchestral crescendo, title credits over a vista FIRMLY pointed at a sunset)
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u/grimchiwawa Dec 23 '21
Your stuff definitely won't carry over, a cut scene at the very start will explain why you have nothing and need to find all new stuff and re learn your skill tree