Topic: Push Square Game Club Spooktacular: Resident Evil 4

@Octane tbh anything in that game that involves any machine combat is brilliant. I have only done one of the hunting challenge for frozen wilds but I remember the thunderjaw one in the final hunting ground of the main game to be one of the best things in that game.

@R1spam I liked how it was visually different from the others. I wish the sequel would do more of that. Some machines with arrows and/or spears stuck into them.

Beat the bandit camp there. Not fun. The flamethrower’s good though. It’s just amazing how absolutely rubbish the combat against people is. The machine combat has never been better with the added control towers and variants of existing machines. Whereas the bandits just do 400 damage with one hit to make it ‘difficult’.

@nessisonett for the sequel human combat either needs overhauled or removed. I I have finished the main quest for the expansion and loved the final mission, would be good to see what others think of it. I'm not sure I'll do all the side-quests yet, though I might head back to the hunting grounds for the last two trials.

I finished the main quest and a couple of the side quests, I enjoyed the story telling, some good characters in there. Hope to see some of them in HZD2. The boss battles were a fun challenge as well.

I had five fast travel packs from my previous run and used one to get to the dlc area. Can’t say I really feel the need to fast travel when you are doing the main story line or side quests. The world feels interesting and small enough to travel from point to point. It took me a while to get back up to speed with the combat and the aggression of the machines but when it finally clicked it was wonderfull again. I’m really impressed by the beautiful vistas and music, even on the base PS4. Can’t wait for Forbidden West (or to find a PS5...)

I beat the main quest of The Frozen Wilds there. It was pretty good imo, even if it kinda flew by. There were what, 5 main quests? It’s a great area and the new machines are good fun, even if two are just reskins of each other. I wish there was a bit more new music around The Cut and that they’d just dump the janky parkour but other than that, it was a good DLC. Other than the aforementioned janky parkour. God, the cauldron was a chore.

@RogerRoger It’s a shame because the setting was unique enough to warrant different music. It would have gone a long way to making the Banuk stand out as really being like a different world, with their own traditions distinct from the other tribes.

Yeah I've finished up, I did a couple of errand missions to upgrade weapons and the three hunters side mission after the main mission, which finished in one of the most beautiful area I've seen in any game! It was filled with sort of giant causeway-esque rock formations with ponds, shame about all the robots trying to kill me! Have to say as beautiful as some of the scenery was and as awesome as some of the robot fights were, the dlc was a bit underwhelming compared to the base game. I'm not sure I used any of the new skills from the dlc at all, I can't even tell you what they were. Hope they were saving their powder for forbidden west!

I hope y'all discovered the last great band on earth, Concrete Beach Party in the flooded dam. Little backstories like that is why I loved HZD so much.

I finished the main story line as well and did most of the side quests. I especially liked the one in the flooded dam (Concrete Beach Party rocks🤘🏼) Overall it was great to revisit Horizon one last time. They did a good job on the quest variety and difficulty. The boss fights forced me to use every resource and trick in the book. Maybe it was a bit more of the same compared to Zero Dawn but for me it felt different enough.

@Kidfried I usually scan for weak spots to highlight them. And use slowdown to help your aim. That should save some arrows. In Frozen Wilds I used tripwires, mines and the ropecaster more often compared to the base game. Especially with the larger robots it really helps to prepare an area with the correct mines and tripwires and try to lure them into it while you keep shooting arrows. It feels really satisfying when a plan comes together.

@RogerRoger that's the place! The bit that struck me were the pools that had formed in the steps. Great screenshots btw 👌! I get that is a difficult balance to strike, I think I've been spoiled by lost legacy, witcher 3 expansions and miles morales, which are all really new games rather than conventional dlc. I re-read my posts and I sound more critical than I intended, hzd is still one of the very few games I've platinumed as I enjoyed its world so much! More crazy machines for forbidden west please!

@Kidfried They are called traps in game. You craft them in the menu. Then use the directional buttons (left/right) when playing to select them, just like you select a potion. There is also a slingshot which shoots proximity explosive traps. Traps and tripwires can do huge amounts of tear damage and expose weak spots for your arrows to shoot at.

Who’s left to finish then? Do you think we’ll all be done in time for the weekend or should we take another week and start the next game at the start of June?

@nessisonett Ah man, I’m sorry. It’s been unexpectedly busy on my end and I downloaded the game and then never was able to start it. And honestly, I am not likely to have much time outside of an hour or two this weekend. So even delaying a week won’t allow me the time to finish. I think the next game on the docket was something I didn’t own, so I might play Frozen Wilds while you all play the next one 😅

Edit: Dang it! I just checked and the runner up last vote was actually Subnautica, which I do actually own, courtesy of PS+, or Play at Home, or whatever. So maybe I will play that with the group instead and just do Frozen Wilds on my own time. Regardless, I’m fine with moving on anytime, but can’t start the game until after the weekend

@nessisonett I'm fine to wait so that anyone still playing or wanting to play can give it a go. I'm playing outer wilds and resi 7 at the minute and both have their hooks into me, especially outer wilds. It can be obtuse at times but am enjoying trying to piece the puzzle of what's happening together.

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We’ll be getting underway with Subnautica at the weekend. If anyone has any objections then speak them now! Otherwise, just make sure the game’s installed by the weekend and we can start on Sunday.

Not even certain what Subnautica really is, tbh. Underwater survival game? But I’m willing to try it out. It received pretty decent reviews.

I'm not usually too keen on survival games, but Subnautica might be interesting. I'm up for giving it a go at the very least.