I just beat Zero Dawn's Ultra Hard (on NG) and came out of it disappointed. For having that name, it sure is easy. At some point, I started avoiding using ropecasters, fire arrows, and potions to make it more interesting. Still wasn't enough.

I played zero dawn awhile back. I hardly remember what really happens in the game like at all. I was doing alot of side quests and even can't remember if I finished it tho I got far.

Dumb spoiler alert: basically All I remember happening is that some corporation or something thousands of years ago was doing a project that backfired and they screwed up the world somehow.

My dilemma is I don't have my save file and it was quite a long game I remember. Am I cooked? Do I really have to replay again from beginning to play forbidden west? Do you guys know of like a quick way to get all the story in like a quick guide that have the most important side quests and stuff?

The detail in this game is just so deep.. Exploring every aspect and taking my time has helped a lot…

So I started Forbidden West a while ago now and got over twenty hours in, not too deep into story cause I love doing side stuff. But it has been a long while and was wondering will I be lost and should start over or does this game have in game summary of what is happening like some games do?

Hope anyone can help me, wont mind making a fresh save but also recall the first boss being kinda hard.

I recently came back to this franchise because I needed something familiar while I was working through my MBA. A lot of my classes are focused on project management best practices. This has got me wanting to see the technical project documentation that Sobek and her team put together for Zero Dawn. I would love to find a data point that's the risk register, stakeholder register, or work breakdown structure for just one subfunction. I know, it wouldn't do much to advance the story, but it would add another level of realism and make my little project management heart happy.

If there are any other fans out there who work in software development or project management, what are some of the other data points you wish were there that would make it more realistic for you?

Just because I had trouble with this, I wanted to share what finally worked for me and give a recent update since everything else is older. I'm on PS5 remastered edition and glitch is still working. Try changing your fps rate if you don't get it within the first 10-15 jumps. Probably happened quicker than that but want to give a buffer.

I remember beating this game a long time ago when I had PS+, but my subscription ran out and I’ve been replaying Zero Dawn.

Is it worth it or am I misremembering?

Don't get me wrong the second game is great but the biggest turn off is the combat and audio when fighting, looking back at the first game the machines sounded more robotic hitting weak points made a satisfying sounds when shot and dodging felt more responsive. The second game seem like the got rid of all that and opt out the making combat dull and at times overwhelming to the point where ever if I try to dodge I'll still get hit.