PS Now. Completed on normal both base game and frozen wild's in 53 hours.
The game has very good combat. I went to frozen wilds as soon as possible which meant by the time i returned to base game material, I was 30 - 40 levels above quests. I had far superior weapons than necessary but oddly enough, my defense was the same. Armor doesn't actually protect much against attacks, instead just gives some resistance. The fact that enemies 30 levels lower than me can still severely damage or kill aloy leads me to believe that damage is calculated by percentages and not flat numbers.
Another thing I should've done before going into frozen wilds is buying every weapon type. I never got rope caster or the shotgun thing. Ropecaster is an immense advantage against the big animals.
The game does a good enough job with its currency by mixing it in with its crafting. Money and crafting parts are the exact same meaning making ammo eats into money to buy stuff. Granted, there isn't much you can buy instead of fighting enemies to get it from them but the rng nature of loot means I ended up spending the larger amount of metal I got in frozen wilds buying parts I needed.
Unfortunately this game has that remedial scripted quest design. A quest that has the hawk machines assaulting a village happens because someone planted a signal device drawing them there. I can see the device and know what it fires because at this point in the story, Aloy has come across fun numerous times, but I can't interact with it at all until I question the mayor, then return to the place and get a scripted cutscene with another character messing with said device.
The game has very good combat. I went to frozen wilds as soon as possible which meant by the time i returned to base game material, I was 30 - 40 levels above quests. I had far superior weapons than necessary but oddly enough, my defense was the same. Armor doesn't actually protect much against attacks, instead just gives some resistance. The fact that enemies 30 levels lower than me can still severely damage or kill aloy leads me to believe that damage is calculated by percentages and not flat numbers.
Another thing I should've done before going into frozen wilds is buying every weapon type. I never got rope caster or the shotgun thing. Ropecaster is an immense advantage against the big animals.
The game does a good enough job with its currency by mixing it in with its crafting. Money and crafting parts are the exact same meaning making ammo eats into money to buy stuff. Granted, there isn't much you can buy instead of fighting enemies to get it from them but the rng nature of loot means I ended up spending the larger amount of metal I got in frozen wilds buying parts I needed.
Unfortunately this game has that remedial scripted quest design. A quest that has the hawk machines assaulting a village happens because someone planted a signal device drawing them there. I can see the device and know what it fires because at this point in the story, Aloy has come across fun numerous times, but I can't interact with it at all until I question the mayor, then return to the place and get a scripted cutscene with another character messing with said device.