Congrats guys. You well deserved it. I loved how the story of the 'old world' was told, and I was just as interested in the characters in the back story, who were trying desperately to stay alive and out run the war. I wonder how a prequel game set during that apocalypse would play. I'd definitely buy it though :))
Yep it was a clever story in many ways. I really liked the justification for something as absurd as robot dinosaurs running around. They actually came up with a reasonable and kind of touching reason for it. Really cool.
This! Even though i was excited for the game from day one, i was worrying about how the f they would justify the existence of robot animals taking over the world.
Killzone 2 SP was another great SP story as well. I still think it is one of their best games they ever made! GG was never a top notch story teller, but it was never their flaw either.
"Layden mentioned that at SCE Worldwide Studios there is a lot of “devotion and love” for storytelling, and narrative, what people call “single player games.” Sony has most of its eggs in that basket because — according to Layden’s opinion — “that’s the thing they do well.” "
So true.
Congratulations GG.
Single Player games are not complicated. They just need passionate developers behind them.
Gaming is a very simple concept but for some reason, this generation and last generation, developers are trying to sell us on different things. All we want are games, MP or SP, to have a lot of content in it with great game play features and mechanics. We don't even NEED a great story, but a great story is a cherry on top that will add to everything else the game offers.
If Horizon Zero Dawn had an average video game story, the game would still sell great solely because of the combat and game play. If the game had a great story but with average combat and game play, the game won't even be looked at let alone being played with.
Couldn’t get into Horizon but I like the developer. They seem like a cool group and I can see the reasoning behind what they did. I might give another go someday with fresh eyes, backlog mountain.
I was getting bored half way into the game (the story kept on pushing me to wanting to know everything). I also, never touched my weapons and had the same ones throughout my adventure. I started playing around with new weapons and bought some new ones. I farmed for better gear, that helped me out so much in that department. I was only skin deep with the combat.
i don't understand why people would give you a thumbs down for your comment. the first few hrs of the game are a little slow, even though i loved all of it, so i can see how some may not like it as much if they don't get to the core part of the story. my advise would be to get to about the 15 hr mark for the story to start getting more interesting and play the game on a setting that makes it difficult when fighting because I've noticed while watching others playing it that if you play it where it's easy it can become less challenging. you need to challenge yourself and in turn the ride will simply be amazing.
People downvote everything I say lol. They hate my guts here, it’s not what I said, it’s personal to them.
Yeah, that’s what I ran into. It was just really slow and I have way too many games to force myself through something. I will give it another try one day, for sure.
@opinionated: yeah, just play the main quest and do like said and it will get you up to the point where the story really gets moving. some incredible moments in this game that you will never experience in any other game.
Seriously? Horizon Zero dawn? Don't get me wrong the game was fine, and the story had surprising depth and good plot twists but the writing in the game was pretty bad , I.E almost all of the dialogue.
But it was a great game tho, and the story was some of the best GG have ever produced. Telling a good narrative was always a problem for GG. Aside from a few questionable decisions on their multiplayer, the KZ games were always held back but its weak narrative. So in that respect it is well deserved as the studio has grown a lot over the years and the hard work shows there's no denying.
That aside after playing Nier Automata and getting to Ending [E], no other game in my recent memory can compare to how well the narrative was told. The story was something truly special and I can pretty much guarantee that I will never again experience anything like reaching Ending [E] for the first time... but this is just me personally how i feel.
Yeah I know, I'm a big PlayStation fan and I've played all the killzones. The story had a lot of potential but they almost never delivered on it. That being said, you don't get an award for doing better than your previous work. I'm not hating on the game. I know a lot of people loved it and went as far as to call it a "master piece" which it is not. But I simply did not like it as much, especially the writing in the game, it was terrible.
Dude, if The Writers Guild, are recognising and giving GG an award for the writing and story telling in Horizon Zero Dawn, then I think it's fair to say that it is well deserved. Hey, I'm just going on the assumption that the guys 'n gals at the Writer Guild have a little bit more experience that your fine self, when it comes to recognising good writing and story telling. Just saying.
Congrats guys. You well deserved it. I loved how the story of the 'old world' was told, and I was just as interested in the characters in the back story, who were trying desperately to stay alive and out run the war. I wonder how a prequel game set during that apocalypse would play. I'd definitely buy it though :))
Absolutely deserved it. Great job!
Well done, GG !
"Layden mentioned that at SCE Worldwide Studios there is a lot of “devotion and love” for storytelling, and narrative, what people call “single player games.” Sony has most of its eggs in that basket because — according to Layden’s opinion — “that’s the thing they do well.” "
So true.
Congratulations GG.
Single Player games are not complicated. They just need passionate developers behind them.
Couldn’t get into Horizon but I like the developer. They seem like a cool group and I can see the reasoning behind what they did. I might give another go someday with fresh eyes, backlog mountain.