The canisters are needed to
craft ammo with different elemental effects such as Fire Wires, Ice Bombs, and explosive arrows.
Not exact matches
This beautifully
crafted slingshot comes
with an additional fifty steel balls of
ammo and two extra rubber bands, so you'll be enjoying all the fun for a long, long time!
Between weapons, armour,
crafting resources,
ammo, and health and status items, you'll likely have dozens if not hundreds of bits and pieces to play
with.
The
crafting system from previous games has been removed entirely,
with upgrades and the like now exclusively associated
with the perk system, which is a welcome change as fair as I'm concerned, as having to collect fifteen bison testicles to
craft myself a bigger
ammo pouch isn't exactly one of my fondest Far Cry memories.
- The game is very sparse
with ammo but way generous
with crafting materials, so the player can have like 5 shells 8 and 9 mm bullets but also over 200 in gunpowder, which means they can
craft themselves to a full inventory at any time they want.
Side missions are present along
with a varying collection of useable items and Amber, all of which can be used for
crafting ammo and potions as well as helping keep Styx's magical powers working.
Furthermore, the
crafting system has been completely overhauled,
with holsters and
ammo bags becoming a part of the perks you can unlock.
Union is the town inside STEM and is filled
with various buildings, homes and warehouses that are chock full of
ammo, weapon upgrade parts,
ammo crafting parts and other pieces of information that open the story up more.
It's here where Aloy's moveset is pushed to the fore, and she's a more than able star; there's the poise of Lara,
with a little of Vanquish's flair folded in too as you slide from encounter to encounter,
crafting new
ammo as you go.
Survivor skills include rapid
crafting for faster
crafting of throwable objects and
ammo when running to evade enemy attacks; resourceful combatant provides greater XP for killing or knocking out enemies
with crafted handheld objects; avid learner produces an XP bonus for finding survival caches, documents and relics as well as completing challenges; and much more besides.
The controls are appropriately mapped to the DualShock 4 controller
with the control scheme consisting of pressing R2 to shoot base
ammo or throw an item; holding R2 to
craft base arrows; holding L2 to aim or submerge in water; pressing R1 to shoot special
ammo; holding R1 to
craft special
ammo; pressing L1 to heal; pressing X to jump or climb; pressing square to interact
with objects, use a climbing axe for grip on tough terrain, throwing a grapple axe or reloading; pressing O to scramble, roll, drop or swim; pressing O when aiming to dodge; pressing triangle to perform a melee attack or finisher; pressing up on the d - pad to select bow or cycle special arrows; pressing left on the d - pad to select a shotgun; pressing right on the d - pad to select a rile; pressing down on the d - pad to select a pistol; pressing L3 to sprint or shoulder swap when aiming; pressing R3 to focus on Lara's survival instinct or zooming when aiming; changing the direction of the left analogue stick to move; changing the direction of the right analogue stick to adjust your aim or look around the environments; pressing the share button takes you to the share feature menu; and pressing the options button to display the pause menu.
Equipment and gear can be upgraded via a
crafting system lifted directly from Far Cry 3
with items requiring X number of animal skins, bones and other useful elements to
craft better armor, additional
ammo pouches and new outfits.
A stretch goal of $ 1.7 M has already been announced and it would bring enemy limb dismemberment, more puzzles,
ammo types / weapon settings, vending machines, basic
crafting / research, RPG leveling
with perks / skills, weapon upgrading, Hardcore mode (no respawning), Ironman mode (only 1 save game: if you die, the save is deleted).
Crafting plays an important part in survival as you can combine herbs, gunpowder and other raw materials
with Chem - fluid, creating vital resources such as health and
ammo.
There's no clumsy crowd of items here: resources are marked
with what they're good for (
crafting ammo or upgrades, trading for other items, or selling) as well as a list of machines you can get more of them from.
There's a straight line of story missions that conclude
with your toppling of a brutal dictator's regime, but you can make the going easier by conquering enemy outposts, creating new fast - travel options; destroying propaganda - spewing speakers at the tops of bell towers, revealing more of the map; and hunting, so you can
craft larger sacks for your weapons and
ammo.