Waiting for Horizon Forbidden West has finally ended, and people will dive into their outstanding postalapalyptic offers in the coming days and weeks in droves. It does not surprise that this is a great, strong game, and it’s a lot going on – enough that you can need a few hours to engage in a rhythm with the game. However, to help you on your journey in the forbidden West, we have put together a few tips and tricks that should prove useful.
ANALYZE
Horizon Forbidden West has an impressively large and varied list of machines that will encounter during the game, and of course there is a unique method to turn it off. Every time she gets into a fight against a particularly scary, it is best to scan him with her focus – but instead of analyzing him in real time, it is better to press the touchpad and open the menu page, On the all machines listed are weaknesses, strengths, components and more. Take time to see all the details here, and then leave the menu again with this.
WEAKNESSES
Much more than in Horizon Zero Dawn elementary weaknesses and status conditions in Horizon Forbidden West play a big role – so pay attention to this information and use them. If your focus tells you that the meeting of a particular component of a machine with an electrical attack triggers a chain reaction, do it. If the impact on a bag on the machine can be exploded and massive damage, prioritize this. If a machine is weak for a specific damage type, use it. Oh, and later, if you get adhesive in your hands, remember that in the fight against the particularly fast or large machines is really helpful.
Remove components
Removing various components of machines during the fighting is a central component of Horizon’s struggle, and although this is even more important to manufacture and upgrade in Forbidden West than in its predecessor, there are other, more immediate benefits. For example, if you record it with a ravager or a tremortusk, it is better to take your ranged weapons at an early stage in combat, so you can safely stop and try to fight it from afar. If you are trying to be too secretive with a Thunderjaw around them, try to remove his scanner so that he can not find them later. And considering how important the removal of components is, remember to always have a weapon specializing in crack damage.
spam your focus
By clicking on the right stick, Aloy’s focus sends out a pulse to highlight all interesting objects nearby. It is a tool that has been implemented countless times in games, and how every time it is useful for all obvious purposes. It is crucial that there are often areas where you find many chests with valuable prey that you may be completely overlooked with a naked eye. So use your focus to find chests when you enter a new area.
Do not update your home equipment
Horizon Forbidden West attaches great importance to upgrades for weapons and equipment as Zero Dawn – but do not give this penetration too early. The upgrade of your home equipment is rarely a good idea in most play, and this also applies to Forbidden West. Save your resources, wait until you get better and stronger weapons and armor, and then focus on improving them. The green bag is usually not worth it.
Workplaces and resources
As we have already mentioned, upgrades in Forbidden West are much more important, which means that this is the hunt for machines according to certain parts. Fortunately, you can use the game to create jobs for all resources that you need for specific upgrades, and you can then set them as your active quests. At this point, the map is marked with the areas where you find what you need. As you can imagine, that’s pretty useful, so you often use it. If you do not want to worry about ensuring that certain machine components are safely removed before the machine dies (which can often be quite difficult), you can also enable the Easy Loot option in the play settings of the game. The all components of a machine intact when it is dead.
BOILER
This should be self-evident for anyone who has been investing in Zero Dawn, but if they forget the series or are new in the series, remember to tackle every boiler they can, based on their current level. If you end Cauldrons, you will learn to overwrite machines, and that can be extremely useful in many ways, from the fight to traverse – so do not ignore the cauldrons.
Control wheels
Valor Surges are a new mechanics in Horizon Forbidden West and one that you should definitely try and work in the way you play the game. Various Valor Surges have different boosts, from the temporary invisibility about strengthening their ranged attacks to a health buff and more. So you should not only think about what you want to unlock, but also switch between them will be based on the situation in which you are determined as your active ability.
Your projection
However, it’s not just your Valor Surges you should switch constantly – you should also keep in mind your equipped weapons and armor. Different situations require different approaches – a particular machine could be vulnerable to acid damage, another could contain components that you need to remove with tearing arrows, another could be susceptible to fire, while an outpost of the rebels mate could require. Especially when you play harder difficulty levels, it is usually a good idea to adapt your weapons and armor to your current situation. It is a bit disappointing that you do not create custom loadouts with the game and then simply can use it as a whole, which means that this process can take a little longer than you may want. Luckily, you can sort your weapons and armor in the menu at least according to different categories, which makes it at least a bit easier.
Campfire
This is quick and easy, but you should still think about it – every time the compass on top of your screen tells you, that there is a campfire nearby, go there. You can unlock it as soon as you are within 30 meters, so you do not have to go all the way, and unlock it means you unlock another speed-up point on the map, which is always useful.
HUNT
In view of the fact that in the world of Horizon Forbidden West huge mechanical monsters walk around, they are forgiven that there are many real wildlife – and they are there to fulfill a purpose. Our advice is to chase animals at every opportunity – the best time is if you are a long (or at least relatively long) hike to a certain place company and just hunt animals and collect their resources the way. These resources are often critical to producing some important things, such as: B. fast travel packages, so it is best to always have enough in your stock.
Mainline it does not
This is not so much about helping them to familiarize themselves with the game mechanics, but advice on how they can maximize their fun at the game. Horizon Forbidden West is a game where you take time to deal with its optional content that kill side quests exploring the world, improving your equipment and improve your build. Of course you can also do it mainlines if you want, and obviously does not everyone have the time to put tens of dozens (if not hundreds) of hours into a game. However, if you can avoid it, remember that this is a game that best can be enjoyed in a conscious pace rather than in a glowing.