All but one. The Job one gives you two extra jobs, one for men and one for women. You won't be able to use either until roughly 30 hours into the game at the very earliest, as they're treated as the last unlockable jobs for whatever reason. They've gone on sale for like $3 before, so I'd say just hold off until you actually get that far into the game and see if you still care enough to wait for another sale.
Not really. It's a very accessible game without knowing much about the series. You just won't get as much out of a few scenes where they bring back some old characters.
Is Horizon designed like every other modern open world game where you have X amount of towers, X amount of bases to blow up, X amount of things to collect, and they are all marked on the map and spaced out by an algorithm so that there is no overlap? I like the idea of a world inhabited by artificial Zoid creatures but I have not been able to stomach modern open world games since Assassin's Creed 2 or Far Cry 3.
The only Metroidvania game I've ever gotten hooked by was Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, which is one of the best fuckin' games ever.
Horizon has a very limited amount of stuff to do in the open world so it's not cluttered like an assassin's creed and the like.
I'd really recommend Blasphemous if you liked Castlevania; it's had a lot of content added recently and it's currently on sale for something ridiculous like 75% off. That's insanely cheap for something so high quality. It's very slick and fast paced, and the combat can be tough but it is fair (except for one bullshit bossfight near the end, but even that isn't too bad). It's pretty traditional in that you go around unlocking doors and collecting new abilities, and there's lots of hidden secrets and rewards you can find through exploration. The map is pretty huge and varied, and it's got a great soundtrack. The aesthetic was inspired by Goya's Procession of Flagellants, and it's pretty clearly referencing the Catholic church in the aesthetic and in some of the plotpoints.
It's definitely very different from Far Cry and Assassin's Creed so far, at least I feel like it is? There's a lot less of the base destroying - you can go after bandit camps if you want but it's optional and doesn't function the same way as the bases in FC/AC. There's stuff to do in the open world, but it's a lot less structured and annoying than FC/AC. I would say it feels more like Fallout than FC/AC to me, in that there are points of interest in the open world (dungeon-like areas, hunting lodges with special challenges to complete for rewards, bandit camps, etc.) but it feels more organic and fun. I'm not very far into the game yet but that's my impression so far.
Yes, blame youtubers such as MetalJesusRocks. They hiked up the prices of retro games/consoles with their stupid videos and practically ruined searching for cheap games in flea markets/yardsales.
I played the game and enjoyed it. Its like a solid 7/10. It does nothing new, but what it does do it does well enough. The robot dino fights are fun, with some challenge but nothing over the top. Storyline is fine, nothing fancy, about what you would expect from a modern high production game. I would say grab it, its a very enjoyable game, well paced, decent combat and its paced well enough. Its the pinnacle of acceptable weekend gaming.
I'm pretty sure everyone now reads HIDDEN GEMS in his voice now.
you're in luck then, there were some really great games (judging by the demos) featured in the next fests. ymmv may varey of course.
I'm playing Grime and Ender lilies right now! Both very good, althought Grime is my favourite so far for the cool absorb mechanic and funky aesthetic.
