So I did it, I beat Horizon: Forbidden West and now I’m left with that empty feeling inside that I get whenever I finish any game I love. Luckily I still have to finish up a few of the core character side quests. Then I have Burning Shores and Frozen Wilds I haven’t played yet.
My Horizon End Game Thoughts (Major Spoilers)
I sat though the whole end credits when Aloy was flying over the entire game map just hoping she would land somewhere cool and one last cutscene would play. Unfortunately that didn’t happen, but it was still beautiful to watch.
I was so sad when I returned to the base and all my friends were gone, save for Beta and Gaia. Luckily I was able to do a sidequest with Alva after that. I think I just have one more quest with Zo to wrap up as well. I’ll do these before I go to Butning Shores. I’m excited to spend more time with Selens (I hope). I missed seeing him throughout the campaign. He was just in the beginning and the end really. He’s waiting for me at Tilda’s to start the quest. He can wait a little longer.
Prior to the last mission I didn’t want to kill Regalla and would rather she join the final battle. But I really wanted her bow (I looked up the outcomes of the decisions). So in my head cannon, she dies on the battlefield in some form of redemption AND I still get her sick bow.
As for Nemesis…what the actual fuck. Aloy can’t catch a break. Horizon 3 can’t come soon enough. I really really hope it finally has coop. Beta can learn to be like Aloy right? I really thought Varl was going to be set up to be your coop companion in Horizon 3.
When I beat Burning Shores I’m going to have to go back and finally finish Frozen Wilds. Or maybe I’ll do Frozen Wilds first. Haven’t decided yet. For now I’m basking in it all.
Anyway, what’re you all playing? Let’s hear it!
Which controls are you using? Modern or classic?
Classic. Am maining Ken. I have problems against good Chun Li and especially Luke with modern control. Luke is OP XD. One button reactionary DP/ super is OP.
Oh, I main Ken too! (not in SF6, haven’t gotten that yet). But I don’t play much multiplayer, mostly arcade or local vs matches.
Why are you not using modern control? And what’s your opinion about it?
I have played street fighter 5 for some time (nothing serious), and I’ve used to play other fighting games too. I’ve played street fighter 2 turbo when I was a kid too. Played some KOF. So I always know that a quarter circle is a fireball since I was a kid. I have tried the modern control… I can’t get used to it. It definitely is good, it even hit confirms for you and if you press the button continuosly, it would give you a combo which is 100 percent consistent all of the time. On the other hand, you lose flexibility. You lose some… buttons. Like not all moves are available for you and you do less damage (about 15-20 percent). I’m not sure whether the damage penalty is being applied it you’re inputting the special moves manually (you can do this too). The biggest advantage for modern control Players is one button DP or one button super. It makes it much much easier to perform the moves as a reaction if you know what I mean. I don’t think even pro player can perform the moves that fast on reaction. If I’m playing against a decent modern control player, I know almost for sure that it would be difficult to do a surprise jump in on them as they can DP so consistently on reaction (so many of the modern control Players are Luke). So yeah, if you have good fundamentals, but can’t do damaging combo that much, you can really benefit by playing on modern control.
My opinion is therefore kind of mixed. I think modern control should be banned in competitive/ ranked matches, so that everyone is one the level playing ground.
Thanks for the detailed reply. Didn’t know about the penalty of modern controls, and I was worried that there would be less moves with less buttons.
Thanks again for the info.