Aloy (Horizon: Zero Dawn) WIP 1

Horizon: Zero Dawn occupies this really interesting space for me where I know that this game is fantastic and I own it…but I’ve never finished it. Initially the difficulty was part of the appeal. I grew up playing games that had no easy mode. But Horizon: Zero Dawn may just be too much of a throwback considering how much time I actually have to play and devote to getting better at the game.

Regardless of that, the aesthetics of the game are nothing short of breathtaking. Even from the opening moment the game presents a world that is just flat out amazing. It’s broad a wild and so unique with how it mixes the mechanical and the natural.

And of course there is Aloy herself. She’s such good character! she smart and tough but not in an impossible kind of way. She’s relatable to a degree that’s really hard to get right in video games. Her storyline is incredible. Going from outcast to hero to throwing off the trapping of iconography and worship. She’s just fantastic.

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