For anyone saying this is not scary I implore you to try some horror vr. Without being in the headset you have no idea. Vr horror is too much lol. I have this game on vive and it works fine. Doubt I will ever beat it though.
@yaobikuni: No problem reading and talking through this that's what this site is for to have awesome conversations like this. They have to use the metal devils at some point, can't just have them in mountains and they never wake up heh. Been nice reading your thoughts on this game and it's affect on you. I'm not gunna lie I've been distracted from the dlc by total war of all game. A series I've played off and on since the original shogun I just never got good at it. Think I will do a write up on the last jedi as well, been thinking about that since I saw it. Also I might do a deep dive into Warhammer, it's something I've always wanted to get into. The lore and stories of it anyway not the tabletop game.
Anyway if you have a passion for other games as well hit me up, I love mass effect(not Andromeda). Star trek is great in fact when I was playing through horizon I kept thinking this was like a great episode of that. I may write something on assassin's creed origins, I went hard on that game when it came out but did not have the same feeling as horizon. That game has some great side quests and the world is just fun to play in. Now that I think about it I have some thoughts on assassin's creed 3 to get out. No one seemed to like that game but as a native I loved it.
The Witcher 3 did give me emotions like horizon did but I never beat it dammit. After a certain scene all the wind left my sails, but I do need to get around to finishing it. Anyway I've never really put my thoughts down like this I am a very solitary person but I like it. If you got any other franchises to talk about hit me up, if not that's cool too. Hopefully see ya around.
@yaobikuni: Thanks for the response it's nice to see some other people taking a liking to this game although I understand it was buried in this awesome year of games. So yea the Banuk I never gave much thought to since they were only in that one mission in the main game. When I get to the dlc I will have more to say about them but yes they did seem more spiritual and shamanistic. This is a very strange world where people like Aloy and Sylens know what's up and basically tolerate people like Aloy does or just use them like Sylens.
Aloy knows they are good people and just wants to help. I do find the spirituality interesting, the nora for instance are a matriarchal society. Does this all stem from the "all mother" computer voice? I didn't run into any lore on the carja that informed me why they worship the sun. It's probably in the texts you find I should probably read those. The use of braves is a minor gripe there are definitely worse terms but it's still a European word thrust on native warriors, it's hard to explain. It just feels icky hehe.
The shadow carja kind of bored me to be honest they were very much just evil cannon fodder although I do like that the game showed they were not all bloodthirsty. Like the king and that ripped female warrior, I forgot her name. Overall the main three cultures did not grab me which worries me a little about a sequel. Hopefully they have more ancient world stuff hidden away. A few side quests or characters I did like though and the two bickering shopkeepers which has been done before but I still liked them. Erend was ok he had a nice little story arc, when you first meet him he is very much a "big deal" in a backwater talking to a pretty girl which he brings up later.
I do appreciate as time goes on everyone sees Aloy for the badass she is and acknowledges it. One thing I love is the yin and yang of Dr. Sobeck and Sylens. Sobeck learns at an early age that knowledge can be dangerous and to be careful how she uses her intellect. The bird story was not great but it got the point across. Sylens on the other hand just wants knowledge no matter the cost, while I really like Sylens as a villain I'm curious of his motivation outside of just gathering knowledge. Will he try to resurrect Apollo?
One thing I thought strange was the ending, how hades flew out of the shell like a "demon" and into Sylens magic lamp. I very much want to see how Sylens uses hades but it was just kind of silly. Hopefully they will flesh out more of the different cultures and give Sylens some good motivation or perhaps a better villain like a reanimated Ted Faro. Some time this week I'm going to hit up the dlc and depending how good it is I'll have more thoughts, looking forward to your reply and thoughts.
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