[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Gravedigger

Yeah I'm in it now but in the beginning right after your first encounter with Beta, but the open world, hunting, upgrading, the verticality with the new shield, just Breath of the Wild levels of enjoyment and just getting lost in the world. I don't have alot of time to play but when I do on my new 4k computer monitor with 4090 card, is exceptional. I felt underpowered at first, like egregiously so, but once I figured out where the valor and three arrow draw were at, it instantly became pretty awesome, step by step in line with Zero Dawn, but I feel the story so far is much more engaging off the bat and less mysterious and ambiguous. Seeing you being able to fly on Glinthawks in social media videos can't wait for that to open up, also my breath underwater doesn't last nearly long enough so looking forward to when I get an item that lets me hold my breath underwater so I can explore that as well.

So I was actually closer to the end than I anticipated and was able to finish it last night. I enjoyed the open world, crafting, etc. like you say. The customization and upgrading of the gear was a highlight. I loved going to the top of the highest mountains and parachuting off - some pretty amazing views.

I ended up liking the story for Zero Dawn a bit more but this one was definitely interesting as well.

I’ll spoiler tag this for you just in case, though I don’t think it’s super spoilery. It’s more so advice about some of the stuff you just mentioned.

Spoiler!

Re: what you mention about riding Glinthawks and breathing underwater..

So first and foremost, you actually cannot unlock the override to be able to ride Sunwings until the second-to-last main story mission. I thought that was complete and total bullshit as I’d pretty much cleared the entire map of quests by the time I completed that quest. I could have used a damn flying machine to get around more easily! So that’s just something for you to keep in mind.

Also, you've noticed that you’ll need some gear to help stay underwater longer. You’ve probably already noticed the firegleams and metal flowers as well. I did a ton of exploring early on in the game, finding underwater stuff I couldn’t reach and all that. Then I had to complete main story missions only to go back to these remote parts of the map to be able to fully explore them.

I would 100% recommend not doing a ton of exploring until you’ve completed the main storylines that give you the gear to stay under water longer, ignite the fire gleam and remove the metal flowers. That way you’ll save yourself a ton of time not having to double back later on.

Just a suggestion, of course. Play how you like - that’s just something I wish I had known before I started the game.