Not too surprising. Worse gaming journalism, the growth of gaming influencers, etc. Too many impulse buy.
Official Thread Horizon Forbidden West | PS4/5 | Complete Edition Coming Soon
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Got much further last night. Game play is solid, but other than flight and clouds, this isn't that great. The story seems to have got worse.
Way too many issues in this expansion, that is for sure. It's short. Looks like people have 100% the game in 9 hours, campaign in 5. It looks like that aligns with where I am at.
Graphically, it seems a mess and a step down. During cutscenes, there are halo outlines around the characters when they are in front of contrasting backgrounds. Flickering of hair on characters is prominent (like it's not fully loaded). Twitching of dangling items off of clothing or tents. Pop-in galore, mostly when flying but also in shadows, textures and foilage. Obsessive use of fog, which I assume is for performance reasons.....is EVERYWHERE. During cutscenes and game play. Noticeable reduction in character quality when not in a cutscene.
The loading when going to merchants or inventory stash? Really?
I will finish this, but I highly doubt I will play a third one.
Foggggyyyyy
The forced fast romance to being lesbians is cringe as well.
Way too many issues in this expansion, that is for sure. It's short. Looks like people have 100% the game in 9 hours, campaign in 5. It looks like that aligns with where I am at.
Graphically, it seems a mess and a step down. During cutscenes, there are halo outlines around the characters when they are in front of contrasting backgrounds. Flickering of hair on characters is prominent (like it's not fully loaded). Twitching of dangling items off of clothing or tents. Pop-in galore, mostly when flying but also in shadows, textures and foilage. Obsessive use of fog, which I assume is for performance reasons.....is EVERYWHERE. During cutscenes and game play. Noticeable reduction in character quality when not in a cutscene.
The loading when going to merchants or inventory stash? Really?
I will finish this, but I highly doubt I will play a third one.
Foggggyyyyy
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Yeah. It doesn't really look interesting to me and it was my GOTY and primary reason for getting a PS5. I'll definitely get it at some point.
There needs to be a way to enter photo mode faster without going into menus.
That is edited. The last few seconds where it jumps is where she edited it.
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Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores Reviews
Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores is rated 'Strong' after being reviewed by 24 critics, with an overall average score of 81. It's ranked in the top 17% of games and recommended by 83%...
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Lots of nice photos though floating around... all edited ?
Maybe they used Lightroom?
I wanna see what other members here can do with it, like @menace-uk- with the other horizon
I'll take some pics if it looks nice but I won't go out of my way to do super artistic ones
DoIt.gifI'll take some pics if it looks nice but I won't go out of my way to do super artistic ones
DF says Burning Shores is the most graphically 'exciting' exclusive this year so far because of how good it looks. GG set the bar again 
That would be my guess.
You can clearly see she finished it off outside of the in game photo mode.
Lots of nice photos though floating around... all edited ?
If they edit one they usual edit all.
But that appears to be a different user, and it retains the overly dominate red on the skin. So that one might not be.
DF says Burning Shores is the most graphically 'exciting' exclusive this year so far because of how good it looks. GG set the bar again
Nah, too much pop in and other graphical issues like shimmering.
Just finished it up this morning. Good gameplay is there of course. Accessibility options are second to none.
Graphically the game is good but bugs and glitches make it less than stellar. Pop in, halo character lighting, shimmering, clipping, occasional black bars showing up when climbing is really a put off.
Story is mundane and lifeless outside of the growing relationship.
I would rate this last place between Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West and Burning Shores.
Never played Frozen Wilds so I can’t comment on that.
Time to play some more Forspoken.
Final boss. The first half of the boss that takes place outside is awesome. The second half that takes place inside the boss is monotonous and artificially extended. The whole shoot the power weak point, jump over electrical current, shoot orbs, avoid red flames in floor, shoot weak point….and repeat and repeat and repeat and……that’s enough of that
Graphically the game is good but bugs and glitches make it less than stellar. Pop in, halo character lighting, shimmering, clipping, occasional black bars showing up when climbing is really a put off.
Story is mundane and lifeless outside of the growing relationship.
I would rate this last place between Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West and Burning Shores.
Never played Frozen Wilds so I can’t comment on that.
Time to play some more Forspoken.
That's probably always going to be the case regardless of power, they aren't going to fully render everything from a distance. I hate pop in and clipping and I doubt we'll ever get rid of them completely especially when flying.
Horizon Forbidden West returns and looks better than ever in its Burning Shores expansion. Freed from the constraints imposed by having to deliver a last-gen version, Guerrilla Games adds extra detail and new technology to the Decima Engine. Forbidden West looked beautiful, and Burning Shores only adds to the spectacle. Oliver Mackenzie reviews.
Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores is a visual masterclass
Horizon Forbidden West returns and looks better than ever in its Burning Shores expansion. Here's Oliver with the visual breakdown from Digital Foundry.
www.eurogamer.net