im loving it so far. really really great.
Pro's
- Fantastic story, really its gripping, its intense, its interesting with lots of lore and with unpredictable events.
- Great characters, with the best one being Aloy obviously, i am loving her so far. there are really interesting characters and they all have their own distinct personality
- fantastic voice acting, GG did a great job with this, pretty much all characters have a great voice acting and are done really well. sadly the facial animations dont do them justic
- fantastic animations (not facial). the game is just fluid, and the gameplay just feels right. largely due to the animations.
- EPIC GAMEPLAY. one of the best playing open world games to date, seriously the game is just epic to play, challenging and difficult. encounters are defrent based on the type of machine you fight, and you gotta be smart. stealth, dodging, aiming, sliding, shooting and setting up tracks are all extremely well made. melee is good, but not the best, but its not an issue since it isnt the focus of the game, its about the bow and long range combat.
- Fantastic graphics, they speak for them selfs really.
- skills add more depth to the gameplay as you go along, the gameplay gets deeper and deeper.
- pretty good modification system and customization system. you can change your outfit for different stats, add mods to them. there are different types of each weapon with its own perks and such, and you can add mods to them too. potions are there, they arent too complicated or advanced like in the witcher 3, but this game doesnt keep you in menu's much, which is what it was trying to do.
- create job option. if you need components to upgrade something like your pouch or something, you can press "create job", and this activates a quests where its directs you to a place where you can go and find the components needed to for that upgrade
- great lore. there is so much to understand about this world and its characters, why its like this and why the tribes act like they do. overall its very interesting and i cant wait to learn more
Cons
- save system. im not very fond of the save system, its kind of old school, i prefer a save system like TW3 where you can save anywhere outside of combat.
- Facial animations. at times they are good, at times they are ok, at times they are bad. overall id say they are TW3 level or a bit worse. not a huge deal for an open world RPG though, as it fits within the same standards as others, or even better.
- while the platforming system is good, and adds a lot to exploration, it isnt as precise as Uncharted for example. also i would have preferred if ledges were highlighted with different colors more. its easy to miss them at times.