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Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: January 15, 2018 (06:19 PM)
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Nice review. I'm playing this game now, and haven't gotten very far at all, really, so I haven't encountered half of the machines you talk about in your review. Makes me kind of nervous, actually, because so far, I've played it stealthy and tend to run from tougher encounters because I haven't really grasped the combat yet. I mean, I struggle with sawtooths, especially when there's more than one. And you can forget about Bellowbacks; those things murder me right now. I also don't seem to have much luck (or skill, I guess) taking out machine components. Not sure if I'm just missing that much or not executing it right. Your description of firing several arrows in rapid succession gives me something to try, as I tend to shoot slowly in the hopes of achieving accuracy.

Anyway, I'm having a good time with this. I've also done a lot of side questy things because I find it more entertaining than the main plot. Though, like you point out, the mystery of Aloy's, well, mysterious past and everything surrounding the previous civilization does keep me curious, so I've leaned toward progressing the story myself just to see things through.


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Author: JoeTheDestroyer (Mod)
Posted: January 16, 2018 (01:52 AM)
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Yeah, the side quests were actually well done in this game. They all had so much personality that they didn't feel like menial tasks.

Bellowbacks are the bane of my existence. Those guys and stormbirds. There's one corruption zone that took me forever because you have to fight a corrupted fire bellowback, and I had a hell of a time taking it out. It also had a few other machines along with it to distract me, which only makes things worse. I think I ended up using my tripcaster a lot in that battle. Hell, I used the tripcaster a lot throughout the game, especially against humans.

Anyway, thank you for reading!


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