12 hidden mechanics Horizon: Zero Dawn never tells you about

Like the lumbering, robotic beasts that patrol its world, conquering Horizon: Zero Dawn is a massive undertaking. And while it does a pretty good job of teaching you the basic controls, it doesn’t fully explain trading, combat, or those little perks that end up being quite handy. So here are the 12 hidden mechanics Horizon never tells you about.
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[@Ragd0ll1337]

This should be called 12 mechanics so obvious that Horizon Zero Dawn never needed to tell us about them

[@pawjack]

And most of them are explicitly told during things like story sequences and/or hints during loading sequences.

[@Arnell_Mediocrity_Long]

Ragd0ll Lmao exactly. I was dumbfounded by anyone not knowing this. A Yellow question mark from the very beginning always indicates the enemy is investigating. I didn't need that to be explained to me as it was obvious.

[@daeowa]

Ragd0ll EXACTLY!!!

[@hannesc.9823]

Ragd0ll i think it s not all that obvious although i knew EVERYTHING

[@xWaxxy]

All least now we have a dude with a speech impediment telling us the obvious

[@dj-klassick]

The real tips: #1: The only requirement for Strike From Above is to be above your enemy, so you can use it in and out of combat. Literally standing on a steep hill, you can jump in the air to activate it. Also it works on rocks and other things that put you in an elevated position. #2: You can do a Light spear attack mid-air, or cancel it by rolling. You can't do either with Heavy strike. #3: In combat, breaking the enemy's line of sight (LOS) for 1 second will allow you to return to stealth mode. If your stealth points are high enough you can go around a tree and crouch to lose enemies, even if you're not standing in bushes. In bandit camps you can hide behind/below wood structures or stand above them to go back into stealth. The main reason I use this is to trigger Silent Strike. #4: You don't have to press triangle to get on your mount. You can just jump on it. #5: This isn't hidden, but I'm putting it here because you forgot all about it: Dismount Strike. Like Silent Strike its a one shot kill and can be used at anytime. #6: Listen to Aloy's verbal cues. She has cues for exploring, and some when you approach NPCs, or what armor to put on. Example: when climbing high places, she'll say, "ok...don't look down". If you look down she'll say "Damn it!"

[@OrcaStree]

Now those are some good pointers. I didn't know about jumping on the mount. That's gonna help significantly for quick getaways

[@abd-qadirgilani8871]

I'd like to point out #6: this one only applies to GAIA PRIME's entrance. Like when you start scaling up to get inside/reach the blast door. She doesn't say something like this line anywhere else.

[@dillonm.2422]

Thank you but the last tip doesn't you mention NPCs then talk about environment

[@OxbowisaMstie]

I played the entire game not realizing how much damage a fully taut bowstring does for damage, splash effects, and just plain hitting shit. It wasn't until the DLC that i realized how i could be more effective in combat. So tip #7: Hold L2 all the way and then release for better damage and accuracy. (There is no stupid achievement for being this dense with game mechanics, btw.)

[@abd-qadirgilani8871]

@@OxbowisaMstie Just to correct you: Pulling the bow to the max does not deal extra damage (sans the Banuk weapons; these are the exception), but pulling the bowstring to the max does increase Accuracy. I think one of the Loading Screens Tips mentions it. You can just hold down L2 and spam R2 and call it a day, you'd still be doing full damage (granted, assuming that your fired shots hit the target correctly: otherwise nope, you'd be doing damage but not the same as pulling down for maximum/greater accuracy to hit thing the right place). *Ninja'ish Edit:* Last line/sentence wasn't clear so I decided to Edit the post to clarify more.

[@toggerz7487]

I have a real tip for this game. There's no limit to the amount of reward boxes you can carry, so you can use them to hoard extra resources, and only take out its contents if you need them. You can even open them to check what's inside, without taking it. This saves inventory space, since your resources would otherwise take up slots.

[@Gamer_Mama_0611]

That is a real tip my guy and I figured out 👍

[@dreamingkyle]

This one really is a tip.

[@RafaelMunizYT]

I thought you were gonna be sarcastic but ended up giving a real tip

[@satwikk9896]

Toran Hansen yeah I do this as well

[@staRki113r518]

That's better than all of the shit he said.

[@ChrisPBacon.]

Tip: enemies can kill you. Avoid this by killing them.

[@chad7009]

Thank you now i can't keep dying.

[@dillonm.2422]

Your comment was more helpful than the video

[@daedalus5466]

Harrison Porosis thanks bro

[@zengram]

@@dillonm.2422 the game doesnt tell this things,but as players we get them ourselves. This video doesnt tell me anything i didnt find myself

[@dillonm.2422]

@@zengram bro i was joikng

[@danielrubenacker8206]

Remember that pushing the joystick forward will make you move forward. Also don't forget that you need a controller to do so

[@thewrathfulsloth2384]

I’m dead

[@MajesticHero]

Most useful Tip of the video

[@lzy3]

Thanks I don’t know how I would have played the game without this

[@MrEduardoRocks]

Oh that's why I keep on dying, thanks!

[@federiconahuel6997]

Thanks a lot! Could've sworn to sell the game lol.

[@nyx290]

Here’s a good tip If you die to a powerful enemy, the loading screen will give you tips on how to better combat them

[@Gamer_Mama_0611]

Okay there ya go, that's actually new to me.

[@anonoanon1198]

I hated that.

[@briankenney9528]

If you die right after grabbing a metal flower you get to keep the flower

[@AndreaCi0]

@@briankenney9528 this is valid for everything. in some difficult mission, just run, take the object and die. you'll keep it.

[@vaishnav_mallya]

I died and same time killed the last corrupted machine in corruption zone and I respawned on the same place with corruption cleared.

[@R0ssig]

wait the enemies drop loot? this changes everything.

[@Icantfindthefork]

*T H E P R O P H E C Y I S T R U E*

[@andzsin]

I wish I knew, right?

[@moe_1838]

@@Icantfindthefork finally its time to fulfil the prophecy

[@TheUglyDuckling997]

Really? I thought the search button was for show

[@Jace_DeGough]

"You won't be able to take out a sawtooth or a bellowback with just your bow" - If you can't take out a sawtooth or a bellowback with just your bow in this game you're doing something wrong.

[@pst5345]

1. override closeby machines 2. grab popcorn and wait till the brawl is over 3. collect and finish off leftovers 4. profit Saves ressources.

[@anonoanon1198]

I take out thunder jaws with my spear and nothing else.

[@baboonballoon2115]

P St nah, you override all of them indefinitely and build up a robotic army to kill EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING!

[@pst5345]

@@baboonballoon2115 i think the only machine i did notvmanage to override yet is a stonebreaker. But yeah overwriting is great fun. Too bad it is made useless in banuk content.

[@anonoanon1198]

@@pst5345 game got too easy after unlocking all the overides, the Banuk territory fixed that.

[@taggerung332]

Heres a real hidden mechanic, you dont need to sneak up on an enemy to override it. You can tie it down with the ripe caster and then override it. Useful for those thunderjaw ovverrides.

[@photlam9769]

Omg I never knew a ripe caster existed game changing

[@taggerung332]

@@photlam9769 rope caster, obviously lol.

[@doryaman]

This tip is shown on loading screen...

[@taggerung332]

@@doryaman didnt used to be.

[@doryaman]

@@taggerung332 Huh... I see. Either that, or it just happened to never show you, or when it did, you were AFK or something. Haha

[@grimrevan4660]

You guys do know what Hidden Mechanics means, right? Picking up all the loot is a habit, not a mechnic. Who is editing these videos?

[@sgradone]

Grim Revan guarantee none of these are hidden mechanics and the game tells you about them but the video creator was just to lazy to read or listen to it.

[@augustocereto]

This makes me feel like a fool for watching those videos. Not a single one of those is a hidden mechanic. Also, only two or three were even mechanics at all. Click bait is a cancer.

[@grimrevan4660]

The free loot from merchants was about the only decent tip, but the free stuff is nothing much.

[@ronaldmckinney6134]

I posted a couple of things in the comments just now. Let me know if these are the hiddens you're looking for.

[@Duckpo988]

sgradone I discovered that if you ride a mount and stay on the road, the mount will automatically travel along it, just like Witcher 3. This is a hidden mechanic the vid didn't mention.

[@nathanlamberth7631]

Pro tip- shooting stuff has a chance to kill an enemy. Shoot them again for an increased chance

[@oldmanjinkinsskyrim737]

Great tip man I honestly didn't know that, argh, this game is for smart people, 1/10 EPIC FAIL, DO NOT BUY.

[@michaelmurowenislick6991]

Lol

[@Prokerboss]

Use magnets for faster killing

[@jerryjones8470]

I suggest pressing r3 then shooting the yellow parts

[@MetFreak42]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@spencerblois6682]

Did you know: if you jump in horizon zero dawn there’s a cool mechanic called gravity they never tell you about which will make you come back down.

[@lred1383]

@ Funny that you'd mention that, since you're spreading the most hate in this entire comment section. Like, chill out dude, the PC vs console debate is not a hill you want to die on

[@Davey-lm1qq]

@ no thx I prefer my game to actually work instead of deal with bugs. Also do you have a single comment that isn't negative? Get a life and stop bugging people with your dumbass opinions

[@TalisButItWasTaken]

You can literally learn most of this stuff before Aloy even becomes and adult

[@vincentjohnson7175]

This list is so embarrassingly bad.

[@eternalroots6753]

New player here, this last is kind of sad. I haven’t played Horizon Zero Dawn for even 7 days yet and I knew just about all of these.

[@Triple-Four]

@@eternalroots6753 Buckle up because its a fantastic game, especially once you get comfortable with the more dangerous machines. Ultra hard difficulty makes things way more interesting because the machines will mix up their attacks and gang up on you.

[@ReggieVdz]

13: you cannot play if you don't turn on your console You guys will thank me later

[@harmanpatel8692]

14:YOU CAN'T PLAY IF YOU DONT PUT THE CD IN and if you dont have the CD then follow step 15:BUY THE DAMN CD CAUSE ITS A GREAT FREAKING GAME

[@pagnean4234]

Dude, I was farming thunder jaws and I complete forgot I didn’t even turn it on. Thanks to you I was able to turn it on with your suggestion. Thanks 😊

[@jaspreetchahal6601]

Boring game waste of money God of war is the best

[@jas1746]

@@harmanpatel8692 Can buy it online

[@sorandomandquirky9425]

@@jaspreetchahal6601 God of War and Horizon is good.

[@PaulGPixelBike]

Coming up next, "Three buttons your mouse probably has".

[@awies.mp4]

XD

[@TheAndersDanilet]

I remember a time when the mouse had only 2 buttons. The (scroll) wheel hadn’t been invented yet.

[@eleternauta2640]

hahahaha XD

[@rid_7787]

Probably?

[@rid_7787]

@@TheAndersDanilet man, you're old

[@ChiLLingChiLi]

How about this mechanic the game actually never tells you about: You can sheathe your currently equipped weapon by holding L1 to bring up the weapon wheel and pressing R3.

[@princessthyemis]

you can?? :O :O :O

[@LukasJampen]

The fuck didn't know after 2 playthroughs one on highest diff.

[@roonkolos]

I happened to have my game on right now and why the hell did I not know this before?!

[@dillonm.2422]

I dont understand

[@roonkolos]

@@dillonm.2422 dont understand what, exactly

[@NaikoArt]

im sorry but what is this, how is "merchants have cool stuff" a hidden mechanic, how is "rolling" a hidden mechanic, how is "enemies drop a lot of loot" a hidden mechanic? im not even bashing the game, those are literally normal mechanics that every game has.

[@leafstormblaze9449]

exactly Shield surfing is more of a hidden mechanic in zelda BOTW cause you wouldnt know about it if you did not watch previews.

[@sgradone]

Naiko the video creator is just an idiot and probably to lazy to read or listen to the game.

[@cheeseburgerfee8323]

Naiko agreed

[@Ravemaster620]

At least half of these arent even "mechanics" or even "hidden" for that matter. I figured this stuff out fairly early on relatively easily.

[@Coindrop-Tim]

Naiko yeah this video was a waste of time. even if the game doesn't outright tell you, almost all of these can be figured out VERY easily by just playing the game.

[@grummdoesstuff2983]

One that no one is saying: while only specifically stated for the watchers and chargers, all machine eyes are vulnerable points

[@juliaostowicz6501]

Thank you!

[@lazulenoc6863]

I presumed that Rost meant all machines.

[@dankerbell]

i mean it's a videogame enemy and the eyes glow, any capital G gamer should be able to put two and two together and aim for the eyes

[@pallad4742]

hidden mechanic #2 enemies drop loot thanks?

[@cesarsaldivar9127]

Pallad pretty sure the game even tells us about it too

[@modfirex7593]

Lol true

[@alecdickens1042]

Wannes Pipien Yeah, by far the dumbest list on the site. Actually, that honor goes to anything made by WatchMojo, but excluding them, this. I sctually saw this vid before I just forgot about it because there wasnt anything new to remember.

[@cheesesteakphilly]

Hidden mechanic: You can use your bow.

[@wolfwing1]

well I think 2 might be more, enemies drop parts, which can be good or bad...kinda annoying on the more heavily armored enemies trying to find all the parts you blew off to kill them heh

[@brettstaten5895]

This video is ridiculous. They tell you most of these "NEVER TOLD" things in tutorials, loading screen tips, and even Aloy says these sometimes. I mean seriously Come'on. Talk about click bait. 1. "Pay attention to icons" This is a loading screen tip. Probably one of the most frequent ones too. Definitely not hidden.2. "Enemies will drop tons of loot when you take them out" Seriously? From the beginning of the game you're told to loot enemies because they have resources on them. Aloy will make comments about it. The Machine listing in your menu lists all the loot available from every machine you focus scan. There's a skill to get even more loot! SUPER not hidden.3. "Use override to get a friend in battle" It's part of the skills description, and you have a quest to override a machine. Yet again, Aloy will mention this throughout the ENTIRE game. 4. "Buy maps from the first vendor you meet" It's a merchant man. If you choose not to look at their wares than that's on you. Don't say something is "hidden" because you chose not to look. How did you make it to where you are now?5. "Make Lure and Silent Strike your first two skills" Genuinely concerned about your mental state. How is purchasing your two favorite skills first a hidden mechanic of the game? There's nothing hidden about this at all. It's a players choice to pick skills. F**K OFF.6. "Merchants have cool stuff" I seriously hate you. You are despicable. Chloroform yourself.7. "Items marked with Sell for Metal Shards are safe" So if they don't say trade with a merchant, craft items, craft ammo, or even fast travel, and only say Sell for metal shards, they must not be safe to SELL FOR METAL SHARDS. 8."Traps and Rolling" I've got nothing. Two in game mechanics that are very well described to you. Both have skills for them. Both have easily accessible information. Not hidden.9. "Status effects" REALLY?!?!? These are literally everywhere! Loading screen tips, description of the arrows, bombs, wires, and traps all have this information. Focusing on a machine elemental canister will tell you this. It's some weapon tutorial quests to do this. 10. "Merchants have free stuff" So they have free and cool stuff? and it's hidden? OMG! -_- No it's not hidden. Look through a merchants inventory. If you can see this in plain sight it's not a hidden mechanic. 11. "Always be tagging" The Focus will even show you which button to press to tag someone. IT TELLS YOU WHAT TO PRESS EVERYTIME. SO HIDDEN!12. "How to fast travel" I'm going out on a limb here to say maybe use the FAST TRAVEL PACK. That you can craft, or buy. and yet again. LOADING SCREEN TIP!!!I am truly surprised that GamesRadar let you post this. Not to mention that you are a SENIOR PRODUCER. Did you play the game at all before posting this? Perhaps you were just trying to use click bait and Horizon Zero Dawns popularity to get a quick high view video. This kind of crap is why people can't trust that GamesRadar even knows anything about video games in general. Not a single one of these mechanics are hidden. Ungodly disappointed in this video. I was hoping for new and interesting information, but it was just the tutorial and in game messages presented by some dude who hasn't played the game yet. Thanks.

[@birthdayzrock1426]

The OP should pin this comment to the top

[@mandober1482]

Do you think he just wrote down what the loading screen says because about 95 percent of what he said it says it loading screens

[@mandober1482]

And the way he speaks when he says words with the letter R i rekon his co workers were twolling him haha

[@eimane2u]

'I hate you, your despicable, chloroform yourself' eeeeennnnnngggggghhhhhh Thank you for saying this

[@mandober1482]

@AUTHORISATIONx right hahaha spot on

[@Ajbarili]

"pick up everything" me with 10,000 ridgewood

[@lzy3]

u also buy a metric fuckton of the ridgewood packs

[@dimitrikemitsky]

Accurate. Normal Aloy; sleek, skilled huntress. My Aloy; "HELL YEAH I'VE GOT SO MANY FUCKIN STICKS!"

[@rebeccawade7598]

arena battle when Aloy's like "I bet I can find resources for ammunition in these machines" and I'm like.... I have 400 wire and 4000 ridgewood I think I'm set

[@maddo7192]

😂🤣🙃 I was thinking the same

[@maddo7192]

And now I have realized I am one year to late for the joke 🙈

[@Queeblo002]

Click bait No hidden mechanics in this video whatsoever

[@Demanufactur3]

Tra Guy Agreed, flagged the video.

[@roycehellion]

All this channels vids are clickbait. Fucking idiot uploader.

[@edsonadnarim1955]

Tra Guy chopper on ur head..

[@zyanhd1892]

Tra Guy agreed that’s why the dislike is so high on this video

[@Mangotropolis]

Nostalgia Nerd lmfao I was just saying that out loud! Its mistitled, should be more like " How to play Horizon Zero Dawn" holy shit.

[@nathanwaters1308]

I've noticed that if you tag the ground once with the trip wire then the second time onto a machine it prematurely set's off whatever tripwire your using. Really useful when you're low on ammo in a boss tight. Such is my experience with a corrupted thunderjaw on ultra hard. Dodging and setting well placed tripwires in a fight with such an aggressive opponent is not easy and even planning ahead doesn't always work. So this inventive use of tripwires is something I came up with on the fly because I had to.

[@genericworm2346]

Never knew that, more useful than anything this video says!

[@JayTheGoatLord552]

Same here explosive wires are my best friend

[@pst5345]

Demonic machines are so unfair that i just stopped traps etc. at all. I dread the demonic Thunderjaw ambush at the gate of Hephaistos already. Ng+ ultra hard.... yay... i will totally rely on icing him. Disc launchers will be just destroyed. Need too many tear blast arrows now for relying using them against him.

[@OxbowisaMstie]

@@pst5345 You can walk in the Revenger canon laying around the Unique mod area with the dead Banuk. Use the side door access in the back before you attempt to open the Cauldron and start the fight with the Thunderjaw. Not a long walk and it rip the T-Jaw apart, especially if it's frozen.

[@pst5345]

@@OxbowisaMstie thx i made it and it was surprisingly easy.

[@BHRamsay]

1. Once you have a Golden Fast Travel Pack you can sell the regular ones for shards if you need them 2. Sell your resistance potions, a well modded armor effectively counters the effects if fire, cokd, electricity or corruption meaning the resistance potions you can craft can be sold for shards. 3. Clear Corruption Zones, you'll find more and more corrupt machines as the story advances. Corruption Zones are great training grounds teaching you how to take these machines out quickly and effectively. You'll thank yourself later 4. Hunting Grounds essentially teach you how to beat the game and reward you for that knowledge with arguably the best gear you can find outside Banuk Country 5. Speaking of Banuk Country, There's mods available to find during Frozen Wilds that can turn your standard armor into something arguably tougher then the infamous Shield-Weaver suit. The weapon mods are practically game breaking turning your favorite bow into a onehitKill generator. 6. Keep all three tiers of Ropecaster in your inventory. Each requires slightly different ammo so when one runs dry quickly switch to another. The game doesn't mention this so I was shocked when I discovered I was buying Ropecaster ammo when I had plenty of the lower tier types. Properly modded, even the basic Ropecaster can tie down the game'sdeadliest machines (Scorcher) 7. Your treasure box inventory is infinite. Aloy can hold an infinite amount of treasure boxes which can be convenient if you're running low on necessities. I've literally maxed out my carrying capacity with just the stuff in the many many treasure boxes you can pick up in the game world. Even the ones filled with rocks have their uses. Visit Vantage points, the heart breaking story you discover is background to the useful resources that can be found at each end they appear as treasure meaning they join the infinite space and won't weigh you down while you find the time to go through them and seperate the stuff to be sold for shards and what might be better kept for Aloy's personal use. Collect the Banuk figurines the rewards are occasionally useful but more importantly searching for them teaches you situational awareness. Finding climbing paths can be tricky but if you're already looking for repel points or zip lines you'll find it much easier whenever you're looking for a climbing path in the middle of a night cycle or a blinding storm. Overridden machines are tougher than the standard versions. Instead of slient striking that annoying Watcher, override him and watch the fun happen

[@mikishikishow8393]

BH Ramsay that’s the useful stuff!

[@dreamingkyle]

Nice. Yes I know I'm late.

[@satwikk9896]

Kyle Gordo lol you‘re not alone

[@pmtclock]

gLitCh first you have to find mods. Bow mods are either circular or triangular. You can find mods by looting higher level machines (glinthawk, fire bellowback, etc), so it’s always convenient to take on a challenge. After you have found mods, go to the crafting section in the map, and go to weapons. If your weapon can be modified, (check if it can, some can’t, though merchants sell many weapons with the ability to modify) select that weapon, find the circle(s) in the middle to right side of the screen, and select your modification.

[@alexjasat5264]

If your playing on very hard or ultra hard then potions will be very useful, only in easier game modes are they basically useless. It helped me tonnes in the frozen wilds dlc when I was fighting the fire claws

[@qwertzuiop-te4eb]

wtf ??? next video should be about how to shoot an arrow

[@AndreyAndreyevich]

considering the amount of people who Liked this video, that might be necessary

[@mandober1482]

Id watch that everybody would watch that lol

[@Biittiriisi]

I actually played this game right after tlou so I thought you can only hold L2 and R2 would fire. That's why I blew every shot at sneak attacks. Shoulda read the instructions more carefully lmao

[@nikosxi]

I'm guessing that would be his "Extreme combat guide" video where he shows just that. How to shoot an arrow.

[@zachall101]

qwertzuiop1234 or what to do hen u see an enemy in a game ..... lol 🤣🤣

[@mikecoombs2873]

'Hidden' mechanic Number 2 - Pick up Loot. -Are you serious?!

[@mandober1482]

Man i wish i knew that tip in borderlands 2 hahahaha

[@aukun4992]

@albert fish i didnt know about upgrading shit for 10 hours

[@bigman7583]

Next Video: 10 secrets KZbin doesn’t tell you. 1: You can actually watch videos on it.

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

2: Pressing the "Skip Ads" button will skip the ads, letting you get back to the video quicker.

[@arkanova3807]

3. On mobile, you can skip or rewind by 10 seconds by tapping twice on either side of the video

[@voluan2821]

4. On PC, you can loop a video by right click on it and choose the loop option.

[@Edward-tg6vb]

5. Use the search bar and type in the key words to find the videos you want to watch.

[@kyraa6320]

6. You can actually skip an unskippable ad, by ticking on the (i) icon and click on -> don’t show me this ad -> than choose why -> DONE

[@DillerDallerDuller]

Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wobots

[@robdebone]

Michael Christensen found the comment i knew had to exist lol

[@damienswan11]

Michael Christensen 😂😂😂😂😂

[@muchomole9625]

Robert DeBone q

[@OriginalSirSpeaksAlot]

bruh noooo xD

[@kaiba7756]

Michael Christensen The sad part is most the kids reading this wont get the reference

[@jonesy9744]

Hidden mechanics? Literally all of these are presented to you before you even leave the Embrace.

[@CutesyEldritchHorror]

I’m a bit late, but here’s some tips I have that I found helpful in my game: For rope casters, use as many handling cores as possible. When in tense situations, and need to rope down an enemy real quick, the handling cores will allow you to quickly tie them down. Thunderjaws have a core/heart covered by a panel on each side. Breaking off these either of these panels will expose the core, and allow for significantly increased damage. This is already obvious. However, tearing off a disc launcher and roping the TJ down, you can have it sit still for a second or two whilst you pummel its core with its own discs, dealing payloads of damage. Tripcasters don’t break sneak, since the wires are considered traps. Knowing this, you can lay down many blast wires in one spot on a machine’s path and wait patiently until it destroys itself. These are probably really obvious, but I discovered them on my own, so whatever.

[@toufiq309]

Better fucking tips then any in this video.

[@clapz00theboss41]

you are invinsible when dodging

[@itayker22]

Oh, don't worry. Below that video, nothing will be obvious

[@soppybottomboys1195]

when the f*** did checking out vendors become a game mechanic. it should be called 12 tips not 12 hidden mechanics

[@JonxNgo]

SoppyBottomBoys I always browse very throughly at any vendor (and online shopping) and after you notice the free sample box every new merchant, you can put two and two together, ya know?

[@hussk8695]

Sometimes, a game doesn’t need to tell you something directly for you to understand it. We’re supposed to learn some game mechanics through gameplay, like trading or highlighting an enemy’s path.

[@TheShadyXL]

I must be completely misunderstanding what "hidden" mechanics means.

[@mukeshfrompakistan1014]

Oh let me give a GamesRadar tip: don’t jump off high cliffs to avoid death

[@perrinaybara8048]

You say this but I've done it and survived in this game. It was purely accidental but it worked, managed to land on a climb/grab point that saved me from a Ravener

[@chelsearamos3617]

@@perrinaybara8048 it depends on the height. I've died bc of fall damage a few times but sometimes the fall isn't so bad that I just end up losing a bit of health that's it

[@an0nym0us_50]

Jumping to your death can actually be used to save healing items too, assuming you saved shortly beforehand.

[@SgtRaptor]

Well everything you just said is kinda self explanatory and not really hidden. You just wasted my time. Good job!

[@DDLAFFEY724]

When you reach the final room in the cauldron with the boss make sure that you put down some traps and tripwires before climbing up and overriding the panel it helps to be prepared for a fight in the cauldrons

[@clawtoothda1official334]

I used the ropecaster to tie down the thunderjaw in ZETA twice, then I just spammed fire+ explosive bombs+ tripwires around it to annihilate the thunderjaw

[@dracovet777]

@@clawtoothda1official334 I ropecasted, tearblasted its disc launchers off and killed him with his own guns

[@samt-e6136]

I learned this after many attempts at I believe the rho cauldron where you battle the snapmaw and ravager. I was dying to them over and over again and then I realized they don’t attack you until you override the thing so I laid down all of my blast and shock traps and before the platform even got to the bottom both machines were dead.

[@AndreaCi0]

and override the watcher in the room. they'll help you

[@juliaostowicz6501]

Thank you!

[@Charles-ot7hm]

When he said that you can't tale on a sawtooth with you bow alone in the hours of the game that is just a straight up assumption because I was able to take on a sawtooth early on in the game with just my bow.

[@zombee0036]

not that difficult if it just takes 4 flame arrows and dies of light sunburn...

[@tomi9562]

If you cant take down thode high level enemies with only a bow, then dont even think of going newgame+ ultrahard or even hard😂

[@dankerbell]

i swear sawtooths are like the 4th enemy you meet, what else would you be killing them with? this list is nonsensical

[@mothergoose341]

Breaking news on a new hidden mechanic on Horizon! You can access the game, by turning the power on, on your device.

[@FreestyleEntOnline]

this was ...... anyway I have one hidden mechanic, when certain enemies like strider run/charge towards you, you can shoot them in the legs and they'll fall down

[@clawtoothda1official334]

HUZZAH! A tip of quality!

[@zombee0036]

there is also a chance by getting a body hit (proven bc i have heatseeking arrows turned off)

[@josephivenegas]

I've done that with Bellowbacks! So satisfying...

[@jdantas6612]

This comment section is more helpful than the video. Also, the game limits how many traps you can put in one small area, so spread them out.

[@xeladova]

It should be called "12 obvious things that everyone does in Horizon Zewo Dawn"

[@DrFeast_3000]

#13 how to spell Zero

[@nebs6888]

@@DrFeast_3000 14# learn how to understand jokes

[@lilsquidy5401]

@@nebs6888 #15 Learn what jokes are

[@nebs6888]

@@lilsquidy5401 20# learn how to not respond to old messages.

[@blamingo63]

@@nebs6888 i still need to work on #20

[@madbrosheo1514]

I knew this game would be good, but... dang, 10's and 9.5 reviews everywhere? I have to say, I'm pleasantly surprised.

[@MrDrainBramaged]

Mad Bro Sheo I knew it would be be like this..you could tell that reviewers and fans alike would love it

[@NarutoUzumaki-hj2hb]

Mad Bro Sheo its like witcher 3 but the problem is that witcher 3 is a shit game but horizon zero dawn is fucking the best game it my favourite game at this time the seconde is uncharted 4 3rd doom the new game and i don't know which one is it going to be in my top 10 well i hope ghost recon wildlands is going to be good like in the beta ill guess that ghost recon is going to be my 3rd

[@zanarkandmusic]

Brian Nizshnik Witcher 3 is probably the better game, in regards to mechanics. but Horizon has an interesting story, even more incredible graphics (I mean that grass is awesome) and and interesting mix of weapons to keep the experience fresh. although there are some similarities between the games, I think it's best to leave them apart - it's like comparing Watch Dogs with Grand Theft Auto - similar games, totally different style of game play - it's horses for courses.

[@umonox]

it has its Problems, but overall its really a great game! I still dont know why the Thunderjaw in the Desert (the first one you will see) is just going circles in a very small area and will also not follow you ... but well, we cant have everything can we? Generally: Machines are too easy if you reach a certain distance. They dont try to catch you outside their moving radius as it seems. So you sharp shoot them from a distance and thats waaay too easy imho. But then again you can just ignore that and rush right in ... that way the battles are great and very sweaty :) So overall - yeah, its a great game. Get it !! :-D

[@reddevilkev]

which game have you been playing?? as long as there is a red icon above their heads they will track you down all over the map. The intelligence of the enemies is what most surprised me play the game on hard or extreme my friend different story. Easy my ass

[@leojart]

One of my favorite "actual" hidden mechanic that almost no one talks about is: Once you started riding the mounts through a path/road, they can follow the paths themselves without you stirring them, although not perfect in some areas, but at least you'll have time to rest your fingers and just look around the beautiful scenery while travelling for a long time.

[@unknownguywholovespizza]

The game tells you about that =)

[@dankerbell]

that's a setting in the settings which you can turn off if you like

[@i-guess]

I learned that from botw

[@evictorr]

Plus the mounts ride through certain hitboxes you can't walk through, which can actually be useful sometimes :)

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

I believe Shadow of the Colossus was the first to do that with the horse, and they did it the best too imo - as you said, HZD’s mount doesn’t always stick to the path.

[@jumbo_shrimp470]

I like how they say “hidden” mechanics even though the game teaches you all of them

[@jumbo_shrimp470]

Reiner Braun bruh what made you not only want to respond to a comment I made 2 years ago, but then go to my account to listen to a playlist I made for myself to a game I haven’t played in a year and a half

[@minhaankhan5072]

@@jumbo_shrimp470 ignore peeps with anime profile pics

[@666soulreaperuk666]

Campfires aren't the only place you can fast travel to. You can go to the towns aswell.

[@DHeroDarkMagicianGuy]

Conquered dungeons too. That one is more theoretical. I found I could fast travel to Cauldron Zeta after clearing it.

[@Avi2Nyan]

Wow thanks!

[@coltonstewart6569]

Couple tips: If you're playing on ultra hard, there's some differences that I don't think they mention. One, the enemies no longer have life bars. You have to watch how they're moving, watch for sparking, etc.. Second, with the ravager and thunderjaw, you have to specifically use tear to use their components. If you use normal attacks, the weapon is destroyed entirely and you can't use it. That's in addition to health plants being less effective, enemies more aware and dangerous, and merchants committing highway robbery.

[@KoreyVortex]

...

[@jack6353]

Last time I was this early, people still played on the Xbox One

[@BenjiPrice502]

2014? LMFAO

[@UmVtCg]

I don't give a crap about your dumbass being early, fuck off.

[@thesilentbedghosts7549]

Jack Stalker yup

[@chybaignacy5368]

Rem ko the butthurt

[@rexorcallskyline1039]

Savage as fuck!

[@UltimaPowers]

"Explanation mark" - The word you're looking for is 'exclamation mark' and the game does teach you about this in the intro.

[@itzgreen6085]

Ah yes using your focus is a “hidden mechanic”. It definitely doesn’t tell you that you can use it at the start

[@min-hk4yk]

exactly😔 it totally isn't something that you're expected to constantly use in the world, and on many side quests. as well as it isn't one of the (if not THE) MOST important things for the main quest

[@senansharvin3696]

Sony PlayStation is absolutely killing it at the moment. Top quality exclusives! Microsoft are bringing nothing to the table here. We need Microsoft to do well too for good competition.

[@tonitoniplays]

MOHAMED Microsofto should go 100% PC exclusive, starting with an Xbox\X360 to PCWin10 emulator for backwards compatibility and by porting some other popular games. They should make their store like Steam, kinda, and compete. Can still release an "Xbox" which is an already built PC with Win10 for those people who don't like building a PC..

[@tonitoniplays]

MOHAMED It's the future, really. Nintendo should follow...Digital is the future, and digital games sell best on PC, which means monopolization is coming, weather people like it or not. Switch will sell like crap, trust me...I'd rather buy a tablet :)) Waaay more games and free, you think 40-60$ 24 year old game remasters, like USF2, and paid online can beat this, for realz?

[@GumpusRex]

except tablets have terrible interfaces for games, by default, and terribly low cpu/gpu performance. PC is great but most folks wont bother with connecting them to their TVs so consoles will likey still sell for a few more years.

[@RubenGoMoRadioboyPlus]

NO.

[@thesilentbedghosts7549]

Senan Sharvin that is true

[@sageoftruth]

I'd also advise changing outfits when appropriate. Normally, I start with the stealth outfit until an enemy spots me, but since you can pause and change outfits whenever, don't be afraid to switch once you're done with stealth and ready for combat. Sounds pretty obvious, but I forgot to do it a lot in-game.

[@GamesRadar]

Yep, fantastic tip, thanks for sharing!

[@maj_maas]

This video summed up: Things die if they are killed.

[@FoxiestDuck]

I feel that this is a video of telling you things that you should learn naturally. Just seems like a click-bait... Also the fact that most of this is taught through missions and load screen tips....

[@demetriusjohn8534]

I know he probably did it for click bait.

[@zyanhd1892]

This channel wins by tricking viewers into thinking they are going to learn something. In the end this channel gets clicks and views

[@VOID-GRIMM_Sinn]

It's chilled. I didn't give it any lol

[@an0nym0us_50]

Here are a few tips. Get triple arrow early, especially if you jumped right into a higher difficulty. Once you have at least double arrow, you can hold aim and press reload to add a second (and later a third) arrow to your shot, amplifying each shot's damage or status effect. This only applies to your different bow weapons. I use one of each. Get the tinker skill. You can switch mods out for new ones without losing them, zo you can sell them later. Speaking of mods, specialize each of your weapons. Aloy has a variety of tools she can deploy against her foes, and you need to give them all a specific purpose. Specializing your war bow for freeze and your sling for shock, for example can be quite helpful (particularly in the war bow case with triple arrow). Stuff about tear... don't put tear on your sniper bow. The tearblast arrows have a fixed tear effect that doesn't improve with mods. Stack damage and handling instead. However, tear mods do work on your ropecaster, which helps pull parts off machines. But the more tear you stack, the less time you jave that machine tied down for, due to the improved tear strength. Keep this in mind with the ropecaster and maybe use more ropes than necessary on larger creatures so you can pull off more parts and keep them down longer. Stuff about frozen wilds weapons... They do lower base damage than the shadow/lodge variants of the same weapons when not fully drawn, or arrow spamming. But overdraw them, and the reticle changes, indicating you will do bonus damage, and this bonus is a lot of damage. Stacked with triple arrow, you can freeze and then one shot a stalker with a precision shot, even on ultra hard (with good mods, at least. You should have good ones by then anyway). It took me until my ultra hard run to find the value in triple arrow, and it truly is a gamechanger, particularly with overcharged banuk bows.

[@sethwaltemyer1412]

“Hidden mechanics”... proceeds to make an empty video containing every normal and basic mechanic in the game.

[@johnspartan15]

Protip. buy the game!!

[@johnspartan15]

Nah support the developers and get yourself a new copy.

[@meelans6126]

Richard Mayotte respect

[@jordanhannah9799]

Even pro-er tip, its your money, spend it how you want

[@filipdasitmatter]

Amen

[@andruloni]

Protip: encourage the developers to stop making exclusives and release multi-platform of this quality instead.

[@TeekOfficial]

Here's an actual tip. If you need to ditch a bunch of enemies, dash, slide into bushes, roll, sprint, dash, slide through some more bushes. Clearing 2 sets of bushes is usually enough to lose "sight" on about any enemy. The roll prevents the slow recovery you usually get from going from a stealth slide to a dash.

[@NecroMorrius]

Most of this is literally tutorialised in the opening section of the game

[@SlayerRunefrost]

I REALLY love the "used for" section I the descriptions. I so wish more games had this. So many games like this have items that are useful for nothing but selling bit you never know and just hoard stuff because you "might need it later" and you whined up costing yourself butt loads of currency for no reason.

[@progamer1o5]

8 minutes of my life wasted. Thank you.

[@DocApoc]

*7:58 hours

[@kfc41]

@@DocApoc *7:57 minutes

[@Abhishek-tw8fr]

@ your channel doesn't even have any videos

[@chaossausage3940]

Only 3 seconds of mine thanks to comments like yours :)

[@TheForbiddenHeaven]

You get the override ability way before the first cauldron. the whole point of the cauldron is to add more overrides.

[@NyuuMikuru1]

Gabor Cseh Just did the first one last night and sees more cauldrons on map. Sigh, bring it bots, you are rusts.

[@glenngilson7197]

IKR, all you really need to do to unlock ze Overrides is to defeat your first Corrupter!!!

[@glenngilson7197]

Did this guy pay attention to when He really unlocked Orverrides?!;P

[@AngryRobotStudios]

Misleading title. Click bait.

[@MRJAYWILSON]

AngryRobotStudios cwickbwate

[@Oranni5]

You don't trigger your traps/tripwires, so you can run over them to drag enemies into them. Especially helpful in the cauldron boss fights where you have tons of down time before triggering the boss

[@kford9271]

"12 mechanics Horizon Zero Dawn doesn't tell you because it assumes you have an IQ higher than a roach" What this clickbait video should have been titled.

[@MakiMaki.]

"12 things the game either does tell you, or which are so obvious that there is no need for it" would have been too long a title I suppose.^^

[@derbackalacker2824]

Tip: if an enemy sees you, try not to die. If you die, try again, but harder. If you still die, do better. No need to thank me.

[@giorgosnikolaou7219]

Tip : If you struggle in a boss try beating it Thank me later

[@Pvt_PandaPear]

"You should always twy and gwab evewything you can and cwaft it in to useful items"

[@adriangraven5433]

Reminded me of Barry Kripkee 😂 Bawy Kwipkee

[@saeedismaelmujahedeenahmed4522]

So mean 😂😂

[@benyeoh82]

Dont fogwet to qwill the wabbits

[@DeathxCap]

For wheel

[@alexjasat5264]

Bit mean

[@adrianakuzmikova1697]

HOW are those "hidden" when I know ALL of those?

[@iamme1919]

4:37"You won't be able to take down a Sawtooth or Bellowback with just your bow." _a few seconds later_ *Proceeds to take down a Bellowback with just his bow*

[@theredstonepro4864]

4:37 Are you sure about that? ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?! XD

[@themanofwonders3532]

I played this game 2 years ago and now I'm playing it again coz it's good now I've only completed 4 or maybe 5 story missions and I've explored literally everything I'm level 23 and story missions are level 12 or something I've even killed a thunderjaw in zeta cauldron, i love the absolute freedom of this game.

[@ahan8740]

Tip : don't forget to use R stick to move

[@nicklong27]

This game feeds my ginger fetish.

[@ZaTripster]

nicklong27 same

[@Avarice21]

nicklong27 her hair is brown isn't it?

[@nicklong27]

Jeeze dude you colorblind

[@Avarice21]

nicklong27 yes

[@shadowcat1606]

Hell yeah. Same here. An action rpg where you hunt dinosaur robots with a bow ? That's allready practically a must-buy for me, but damn, then the protagonist is a female redhead. Two words. Pre. Order.

[@chudydanny245]

Am surprised nobody has noticed a hidden detail during the fight with Behemoth at the arena after being captured by Helis and you had to retrieve your gear by making the behemoth destroy the pillars. After retrieving your weapons, equip the tripcaster and set lots of traps in the arena especially the middle of the arena. Kill the behemoth but leave some of the traps which carry on into the cutscene. Sylens comes to rescue Aloy and his overriden mounts jumps over your traps while the enemy robots and the corruptors gets blown up by your traps.

[@arifsalahudin6673]

This should be 12 tips for newbies and also that never played open world hunting rpg... This is all basic stuff not hidden.

[@chrisberg2]

I don't agree on the "pick every herb you see" - I would say herbs that is not going into your health bar is kind of useless

[@armyofninjas9055]

chrisberg2 when your pouch is full, you can't pick more dude.

[@AyoSosanya]

You'll need them on higher difficulty

[@saeedismaelmujahedeenahmed4522]

You need herbs for other weapons like shock and frees bombs/arrows so it’s actually pretty useful

[@saeedismaelmujahedeenahmed4522]

Freeze**

[@futavadumnezo]

Fuckung casul lel

[@kaviars6680]

Howison ziwow dwanw

[@patrickzygutis2247]

Surprised I didn't see this one called out either. You can fast travel to settlements as well, not just campfires

[@underraider]

i expected Horizon to be mediocre at best and ME Andromeda to be top notch, well, guess I pre ordered the wrong game...

[@grimrevan4660]

UNDERRAIDER Nah, I am getting both games, but Andromeda still looks to be much better. The combat and char development seem much better. The only negative seems to be that dopey look the main char had in the videos. I hope we can customize that out. lol

[@underraider]

Grim Revan​ My problem is that Andromeda looks like it is in its early stages of development, sloppy AI, unpolished textures,... I'm hoping for the best but I have a bad feeling about it

[@grimrevan4660]

UNDERRAIDER We have seen so little of the game. I don't see how you can determine AI yet. I have also been watching the videos in 4k and have not noticed issues with textures.

[@underraider]

Grim Revan​ the videos they put out today looked worrying to me bout the stuff I said.

[@adityapatil411]

UNDERRAIDER hahaha lol thats why u never decide capability of a game before review... now get horizon

[@dbs6678]

It's like a life achievement if you actually didn't learn about these in the first few hours of the game.

[@augustwest5356]

I literally knew almost all this stuff 3 hours in, and NONE of it is "hidden". You really need to work on your naming skills. Actually, work on everything.

[@Tourick1]

Merchants have fwee stuff

[@Polycarpio]

I really want to play this game now!

[@alejandrovega8370]

GAMING ENTROPY doooooooo ittttttt it really is that good

[@Polycarpio]

Alejandro Vega I'm already playing it. It's so good!

[@marcoboscarol2420]

And you should!!! Money well spent!!!

[@shadow81020]

You can also fast travel to towns as well. It's not just camp fires I've already tried it and it differently works, just select an area with white houses indicated as a town, city or village.

[@Avi2Nyan]

Yo, I've been playing for a long time now and I never knew! Thanms

[@Jujiro_Hanma]

when you get the perk to override it literally tells you what it's for, what's with this "things the game never tells you" gtfo

[@weak3797]

12 hidden mechanics that the game never tells you about because you should be mentally able to learn them in the first 2 hours

[@lazulenoc6863]

They tell you about the cauldrons. Also, you should really be able to figure this out on your own. It doesn't give you an override tutorial but it's the first quest after leaving the proving. If you check machine scans, and read the hints, you should be able to figure things out for yourself. Seriously though, get the golden fast travel pack. It will pay itself off in terms of time saved and the shards you can get from a normal fast travel pack. Also, Carja silks items are only things you should get for appearance. Shadow Stalwart does actually reduce the effect of flashbang and sonic attacks as well as letting you into Sunfall. I know this is in the hints but seriously, it's worth taking note of this.

[@robertdegroot8302]

What I would have liked to be pointed out by the game is that the fire, ice and infection icons above an enemy indicate how close an enemy is to getting in a compromised state for a certain amount of time. The first 10 hours of playing whenever I shot an ice arrow and saw the ice icon appear above the enemy (with a gradually lowering blue line in it) I thought this meant I had put it in a frozen state and damaged it already. This wasn't helped by the fact that the ice arrow does cause a little bit of damage to the enemy, thus constantly falsely confirming my belief that the ice itself was doing the damage. I had to figure out accidentally that only when the icon is completely blue (or yellow or green in the cases of fire and infection) you actually affect the enemy in any way.

[@dankerbell]

well it is fairly self-explanatory, when you use low-level elemental gear early in the game you can see it just adds a tiny amount of that element so you should be able to figure out pretty easily that that's how it works for when you get stronger

[@ThatTempesTGuy]

lol "weal damage", "done the twick", "stateus effects"..... 🤡

[@justinmacdonald2102]

Very surprised that the fact that machines evolve as you kill more and more of each type wasn't mentioned

[@roybenari]

Tagging and tracking is literally one of the first things the game tells you. I didn't realize this was a guide for people who never played an open world rpg before...

[@karenbethjones]

What's tagging? I wasn't sure what he meant by that. And, no, i haven't played any pc games in years, just a couple on switch and the controller is different there. So, yes I'm a newbie and i really didn't catch it. If they explained it in the beginning, i must have missed it. Or posibly I'm doing it already, but don't know the term for it.

[@roybenari]

@@karenbethjones tagging is marking a creature, so you are able to track it more easily

[@karenbethjones]

​@@roybenari Thank you.

[@roybenari]

@@karenbethjones don't even trip, dawg ;)

[@calderarecords]

*1.* When on the back on a Broadhead etc. you have a quick & Heavy attack. *2.* You can also use focus & concentration. DRIVE BY!!! *3.* Alloy Runs Faster than the animals which tend to run in a straight line! So don't waste ammo on them! Bushwack the fuckers!! *4.* If you Criss-Cross your Claymore Trip-Wires with Fire AND Explosive.. you'll deal double damage! Oh yes! There are many more tips. But hidden? Bull! It's just a matter of finding them out!

[@dillonm.2422]

Omfg claymore wires!!!!! You war nerd!

[@dillonm.2422]

I love you

[@paulinerosevalenzuela2719]

Tip:Use all the weapons you have and always upgrade your stuff and buy new weapons/outfits,sometimes players get too immersed in the story that they forget it gets harder so yeah and also don't forget to always collect medicinal herbs.

[@mistbubbles6120]

I’ve completed the game 4 times and am on my 5th and I’ve still yet to master some game mechanics None of these tho I mastered those in my first 3 minutes in the game

[@aklmoy]

I already knew about all of them, but thanks for explaining and taking the time for making the video, everything is right, but isn't actually "hidden" but the fact you have to discover them by yourself, in my opinion is the point of console games. I bet it is useful to inexperienced/new players.

[@celocraft4869]

I managed to put 2 thunder Jaws fighting each other by overriding 1 of them, it was epic I swear

[@foxyshabazz]

Your so-called list of hidden mechanics quickly turned into a list of "stuff you should do" and "things in the game." You seem to have lost your focus part-way through writing this, or ran out of things that are actually hidden. Which I don't think any of these things were in the first place.

[@ofekhighman1869]

With most weapons in the game, getting a full draw only effects your accuracy, not your damage. At close range simply spam your shots without drawing to maximize your damage output.

[@jdantas6612]

The game definitely told you to harvest and craft items. It tells you about override, then shows you in-game. This feels like something someone with literally five, that's it, five minutes in the game would need.

[@itzgreen6085]

I’d love to of seen this guys first play through before he knew that looting enemies gave you loot 🤣