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I don't like pointing things out...but you can turn off the yellow climbing bits. I have them turned off and trust me it's not always better. Cause it all ends up looking samey. Admit makes me wonder why one side is claimable but the other side isn't?
@@zakgour9786 Thanks for that!
Why did you posted gamingwins video? I was looking for gamingsins video bc this one stinks badly compared to zero dawn.
hey, can you please tell me where did you get the karja armor from the first game? i just love the way it looks, but struggle to find it at the merchants
Can we talk about how much of an improvement Guerilla made in the facial animations. In Zero Dawn they were kind of stiff and occasionally lifeless, but every character looks so real and expressive in Forbidden West.
Right? I was already impressed with the fidelity in zero dawn, but after playing this and looking back the improvements are insane and I’m surprised it was accomplishable on ps4
Well, animations in Horizon 1 were good for an RPG but the new ones put even The Witcher 3 to shame.
@@ThePreciseClimber The Witcher didn’t have particularly good animations lol. And I’m saying this even though it is my favorite game
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Honestly, this moment and all of the little details on her face show it off so well!
I just spent yesterday taking portraits of NPCs - so many stunningly _beautiful_ people!!
As I was playing the story I made sure to keep up the Plainsong quest Zo gives you. I finished the quest right before the sunwing quest and ended up flying over plainsong only to see that all the red fields had grown back and had gone back to looking green. Little moments like that make this game one of the most incredible open world experiences I've played.
It is absolutely stunning indeed.
Really?? I didn't know the fields turn green again after the quest, i'm gonna do the quest the next time i play
@@Lezduit586 not only in the world but even the map reflects it. Before the mission plainsong is covered in red but after it's a lush green
Same here!! It was incredible to see that!
I love all the different areas where you can "heal" nature. There's another settlement on the shore that has water that's heavily contaminated by the blight, and there's a side quest you can do that cleans the water in/around the settlement
I didn’t even realize that his hair on his head was filling in his beard hair. My reaction to that was “oh my god it does… OH MY GOD IT DOES”
SAME LMAO
Elisabet’s scene with Travis hits a little differently when you factor in Tilda. Travis asks her “have you even had a friend?” not knowing the one person she could definitely consider as that has betrayed her like this. We assume she’s being cold and workaholic, but she’s also processing hurt and anger and being unable to share that with anyone.
Just having replayed that but, I noticed that. Very interesting, and makes me dislike tilda more
@@isdrakon9802 also think about the framing of how she treated Beta, especially considering how later acts towards Aloy
It's worth remembering that Tilda was the one that reportedly wanted more out of that relationship, and Elizabet was the one that pulled away because she didn't know how to open herself up to others. Travis observing that Elizabet doesn't even have friends isn't inconsistent with the behavior Tilda described in their relationship.
I really hope this game gets remembered for its character writing, it's so impeccable in every moment. While the world is the most beautiful open world I've explored, I kept being impressed by how realistic and lovable every single character is. Even minor characters feel well rounded and interested. It's incredible.
Yeah, you can feel the love but into every inch of the game. But I am a little afraid of this game being left behind or forgotten. I hope not because this game feels so special
@@redtiger8275 indeed. It is incredible. And yes i am a bit vary as well. Unfortunate timing. So lets spread some love for it.
@@cirescythe it's a bit of a curse with direct sequels, I love it so much but I doubt it'll come close to being as well known and talked about as HZD because it's a direct sequel. Truly a shame since it's genuinely one of the best games I've ever played
@@maks_____ same here. What really took me by surprise is how good and intricate the story is. I thought it would be like with the matrix. The big twist out in part one and filler afterwards. But nope. It truly is better than the first. Although the twist reveal in hzd was very special.
I hope an eventual dlc at a better launchwindow will rekindle interest.
@@cirescythe absolutely! It's so annoying to see people say the story sucks because it's too simple, but it's all about the characters and the little moments. The Las Vegas quest is one of my favorite moments in all of video games and it's not even that closely tied to the main story.
Something awesome I just found out: During important scenes with Aloy, Julie Elven sings. Later, when the story focuses on Beta, you instead hear the voice of Melissa R. Kaplan. And finally, towards the end, when Aloy and Beta finally recognize each other as sisters, Julie and Melissa sing together. Just thought this was a really sweet detail.
That is an amazing attention to detail.
Gotta say this was one of the best sequels I think I’ve ever played! Guerrilla Games did such an amazing job building upon nearly every aspect of the original title, and yet still making feel like it was the same world. It’s clear they understood what worked in the original, and what needed to be improved. Before it’s release I thought it would be difficult to make a story as captivating as the original, but I think they knocked it out of the park! I loved all of the twists and turns through the story, and it genuinely had some of the most beautiful and exciting moments in the series. Can’t wait to see what they come out with next!
I absolutely agree.
I think their one of the best game developers on the planet rn
I feel like this game got kind of overlooked with elden ring coming out a couple of days after its release. Glad you're giving it the credit it deserves
Indeed such a shame. Both games are incredible but only one is being talkd about.
I beat them both and they both have a different charm. Elden ring has good gameplay and exploring and horizon has good story and movement
At least Horizon is sooooo much better with its story and fighting. Bought both games and rage quit so many times playing Elden Ring, but goddamn Horizon is so much more fun when I’m fighting giants
@@sandfro5687 Elden ring has actual giants to fight.
Horizon forbidden west is still better and people only ass kiss elden rings is cos of dark souls and "how good" it is but this is my second pick for game of the year
It was something else walking into No Man’s Land and seeing all the Faro bots frozen in time attacking tanks and fortresses.
That was a little bit weird for me seeing the faro robots attacking the tanks. When they were deactivated, humans were long gone so why would the faro robots be attacking the tanks that by this time were immobile, just hunks of metal.
@@norma8686 once there was no more bio mass in the area I’m sure they just stopped in water position they were in.
@@jaythekid4728 Oh, like "running out of gas", yeah maybe you're right, didn't think about that.
@@jaythekid4728 but why would they be in that position, they've got plenty of power so I can excuse a few but not as many as there are
@@isdrakon9802 to conserve power. Once there was no more bio mass why would the AI want to keep moving which would waste power that it wouldn’t be able to replenish
rest in peace Lance Reddick
amazing actor and a part of my fav game series... we will you
Gonna miss that voice and acting.
@@Qui-Dad-Jinn what the hell happened to my comment lmao the word “miss” is just gone. I promise I’m not a moron
I definitely had fun with the sequel of HZD. Despite the fact that Guerilla's style of open world is pretty much the same like other open world games and being unfairly criticized and compared to the recent Elden Ring, I was still mesmerized by the world of HFW.
Speaking of which...I hope you get to do a video on Elden Ring in the future. That game is definitely a win, although it is going to be more difficult to look for those wins.
Yeah its pretty unfortunate That people are attacking these games for no good reason like they're both really fantastic games. Also yeah every open world kinda falls back on the safety net and keeps doing the same formula with slight differences from each other
I never get why people criticize a game for not being like another one
It’s just such a dumb argument, you could say Horizon does stuff we’ve seen before but almost all side-quests being interesting, the world being vibrant, lived-in and immersive, as well as random events you can bump into just by exploring is taking those “tropes” and doing them expertly
Not everyone wants a game like Elden Ring and studios copying other stuff for the sake of its popularity is how we get bad games
@@mau.moncayo True. The Witcher 3 was a blessing and a curse for open world RPG formula standards since 2015. Perhaps Elden Ring is the new blessing/curse of open world game.
@@ryanli8371 that will be interesting to see, we are already seeing it with Breath of the Wild and how a lot of games are adopting its art style or approach to less linear storytelling (as well as the whole Dark Souls bit haha).
Also I get that every open game is hit with the “BotW let us climb anything” but it doesn’t work in all titles at least for the time being, Aloy doing the itsy-bitsy-spider animation Link did when climbing would be weird. That fitted BotW aesthetic but not every open-world game can do that, specially one with more realistic graphics and tone
@@mau.moncayo For me, it's that everything in Elden Ring's open world feels intentional. Nothing is there without some kind of story behind it. The world feels real. HFW feels nearer to a Ubisoft open-world, which is just paint-by-numbers. As good as HFW is, it just feels...lazy, next to Elden Ring. Elden Ring is, rightfully, the new bar for open-world.
The end credits deserve a point or two in themselves. A wonderful reliving of the journey Aloy's taken in this game.
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Ikr! It was amazing. I was blown away by it both times. It will never get old.
another reason i adored Morlund: he's voiced by TJ Thyne! Hodgins from Bones!! i heard Morlund gushing about his inventions and it immediately clicked
Holy shit thank you !
I knew his voice was familiar but I I couldn't place it 😯😀
Once you realize that faro - who idolizes egyptian gods (horus, khopesh, scarab??) - has a name that's literally a homophone with "Pharaoh", thebes makes even more sense.
Faro saw himself as a literal Pharaoh of the new wolrd.
I thought Faro was bad in ZD, but holy shit does he get WAY worse in this game.
Humanity got lucky this pos never got immortality, although I like to think if he did come back out, GAIA would have crushed him like a bug.
Just to point out that there were actually two cities called Thebes, one in Greece (the birthplace of Herakles) and one in Egypt (Renamed from Waset by the Greeks post-Alexander), so Faro probably named it after the latter.
That guy can’t get enough of Egypt can’t he? He even named some of his drones “Khopesh,” a type of ancient egyptian sword, and the big spider things are called “Horus” like one of their gods, he really really loves Egypt apparently
Yeah you're probably right
@@sentientmustache8360 his name is Far(a)o. Another refence to the Egyptians
Yay someone who knows it's Herakles not Hercules as he is Roman
@@sentientmustache8360 feel like there's a metaphor there since the Greeks and Egyptians didn't really get along, and the Greeks were framed as the villains
Damn this man for being profoundly inspiring when speaking about what he enjoys.
18:25. I played the full game on a base ps4. It also ran extremely smoothly. I only had to reload 5-6 times in my 60 hours of playtime
I only had one issue where the dreadwing during Alva's introductory quest vanished during the fight. After a reload to back in the tunnels, it ran flawlessly for the rest of the story.
I only had to reload once in 60 hrs. I use a PS4 slim. i
also ran it on base PS4, ran great, they definitely built this game for performance and made sure that loading didn't impede that
Same, ran on PS4 Pro, and had 2 notable "glitches", once when I rolled behind a piece of terrain, and the second when the quest markers didn't update to specific locations but just general areas.
I was blown away by the tech on display, especially for last gen hardware.
Yeah, the only issues I can remember are:
1. the battle outside Barren Light (Where you first see Regalla). The cutscene before that ran like shit, and the game was chugging at like 15 fps. I restarted my PS4, and it ran perfectly.
2. Cauldron Kappa. Tried to fight the Apex Tideripper, and when I reloaded after dying, I was spawned outside the map, forcing me to load an earlier save.
3. The secret void rooms of the Base. No, it doens't actually have those sorts of rooms, some floors wouldn't render, causing aloy to fall through the floor.
Other than that, the game ran flawlessly, and All of this, on a BASE PS4.
I still don't get why you didn't consider the companion dialogue part of the main story. You had to go back to the base after every mission and you can't tell me they didn't push you to talk with the companions. They stand right in the middle of the room with the big exclamation marks above their heads. Just because its optional doesn't mean its not part of the main story. Now I don't want to sound ungrateful about this stellar video. Its just that talking with our companions is always the highlight of any game I'm playing so I kind of consider it required viewing in any game that has it. That's just me.
I like the way Guerilla did it. Put a lot of dialogue you could listen to if you really into it. But not forcing every player to. Because we all know some people hate long dialogues. Lenghts never bother me when I'm interested, if anything I could only hope there was even more dialogue.
@@shydreameress264 I understand why they didn't, but I wish there was more dialogue after finishing the main quest. It just feels pretty lonely.
@@erinocelotl3578 Still, I love that there is some dialogue with the companions if you seek them out after singularity. It's not a lot, but I was positively surprised and loved it.
@@tannemin6758 yeah, me too :) I really liked that they put actual effort into what things would be like after finishing the main story, and I don't think they _should_ have done more, I just got sad it was over I guess lol but what's the point in spending tons of extra time with more dialogue and side quests when a lot of people probably won't care about it 🤷♀️
I personally know a few people who ignore all that and even skip through dialogue in the main story. All they wanna do is headbutt robots. I don't understand it.
As somebody who’s Already platinumed horizon zero dawn and forbidden west some of the most amazing games I’ve ever played
HFW is the first game i've ever platnuimed! By the time i finished the story i only had 4 trophies to go that were all pretty easy to get. It felt very rewarding 😁
During the final mission I was completely out of ridge wood so I was just using any arrows I could against Tilda which made my fight more rewarding when I beat her on the first go I only had some javelins some precision arrows and a few impact arrows so it was a real struggle
I find it hilarious how basically no one (including me) picks up ridge woo probably the most important material in the game
I never ran out of ridgewood, I picked up every piece of ridgewood I could find in the game, most of it was sent to stash but I never found myself short on it or any other materials. I guess I'm just a hoarder in games.
@@norma8686 how is it that when I play fallout I’m over encombured and can’t move because I hoard everything but in horizon my inventory is full because of parts I don’t use bruh
@@mertyuip06 If you have things you don't use just put it in your stash, it has unlimitted inventory, use it.
@@norma8686 I don’t have forbidden west I have zero dawn that’s why I am always full
Bro i didn’t even know this game was out you’re on top of this great work
It came out February 18th I have 32 hours in it taking my sweet time not even close to finishing it it's a amazing sequel so far
Rip
Same
I've already completed all trophies on the ps4😂😂
@@galvanicuser9601 mind showing me?
Morlund was such a taste of fresh air his act of wonder and ingenuity always put a smile on my face.
18:26 I played on a base PS4 and I thought you might be interested. The glitches I noticed were mostly the characters needing extra time to render, and the map had to reload a few times. I just had to pause for 10 seconds anytime I saw the character outfits were looking a bit low res. I never had an issue of having to manually re-load a save file though. It still is a beautiful game
I played on ps4 too and I can confirm that.
I just got the game on base ps4 and It kept crashing at this one scene where everyone is welcoming aloy almost in the beginning. I had to delete it and now im waiting a day again for it to download. I tried everything and it still didn't work :(
@@samsam58 I'm sorry you had such problems
@@tonyboy_c3120 its alright. All I had to do anyways was start a new game so downloading it again made no sense 😭 (it took over a day to download)
But then I'm over 10 hours into gameplay and it would freeze every once in a while then close cause its corrupted
@@samsam58 Hope you find a way to play because you won't regret it
I was kinda worried at first because even though I knew the game was going to look amazing and that the gameplay would be better in many areas I was scared of what the story was gonna be. For many people the core of what made the story engaging in the first game was discovering what had happened to the Old Ones, us. How the world of Horizon came to be, how did Aloy came to be?
With all these answers given there wasn't anything left to discover but it didn't matter. After understanding the world of Horizon what was left was to love it, it's tribes, characters, machines and I will always be happy to heal it... Just a little bit.
When people kept theorising that the Odyssey didn't really fail I remember not believing it until someone pointed out it's name: The Odyssey. Which is I think the story of Ulysse taking so much time coming back home he was thought dead. I love the way Guerilla plays with the symbolism of the names in this game.
Before getting and finishing the game I avoided every spoiler that could ruin my experience (other than trailers) and I fricking loved the story of the whealthiest humans leaving Earth to die and even after they became literally immortals they still tried to go further into innovation. Humanity greatest and worst trait imo, close to the limitless empathy and cruelty we are able to have. Humans are the greatest and worst being to have ever lived and we always create our own demise. But as long as there are people willingful, unstoppable even and with enough compassion to heal the world, we will prevail ^^
it really feels like this game and the story has hit you. it felt like your voice was quivering at some points, especially when you talked about the want to help people feel loved. Good lad
One of the favourite little details that made me laugh is that you can hear the crew have a conversation about how the Old Ones had a thing called "Pizza", and in some Tenakth villages you can buy something called "blood bread" which is described as "Prepared by layering a thin, flat piece of dough with a red sauce, cheese, and vegetables, this simple Lowland Tenakth meal is then quickly baked in a scalding hot oven". Pizza is eternal
Something that wasn’t mentioned and is especially noticeable at the start of the game is that Aloy keeps the majority of her things (besides weapons of course) from zero Dawn (such as the shield weaver armour that she wears from the start, or concentration, or even the ability to disarm traps) all from the previous games skill tree
thank you for pointing out that a glitchless release for an open world game is a miraculous exception and not the rule. what matter is how quickly the devs get the issues fixed and guerrilla has been very good about releasing new patches pretty often so far
Can you please add one gamming win for varl death foreshadowing. When Alloy imagine seeing rost as varl rescues her after the first fight with the zineths.
You know its a good day when Gamingwins posts a video
The scenery behind the intro credits, where Aloy rides past all of the places that everyone who played H:ZD will remember perfectly, even to the point where they recognize exactly the spot where she exits the H:Zd map and enters the Forbidden West, was absolutely magnificent. A love letter from Guerilla to diehard fans of the first game.
Thank you for this videos and all the others, i'm so happy I also notticed a lot of the things you pointes out since i haven't found a lot of people pointing them out too like how this story truly relates to our World situation right now.
Also you do bring joy to people, watching this video right now made me feel warm inside even if I'm stuggling with a depression that doesn't want to go away.
Keep it up!
What a nice surprise. This came out way sooner then I would have expected.
I finished the game this morning, around 2am lol including the DLC Burning Shores, and man I loved this game, it made me shed a tear when the credits rolled, I was remembering everything I went through with Aloy. I'm finishing some collectibles and a few side quests (the ones with the green exclamation mark that don't show up in the map unless you're close enough to the quest giver) to start over again in a NG+.
This is my favorite one so far. Ik others may see a problem with brining emotions into the game and a sense e of higher being but it truly is a great way to learn and reflect on ourselves or life. And even more recently I see you being a beacon to the truth that games are more than fun and can maybe help fill or steep ourselves into positions that will help us deal with life. Your videos are awesome and reflect your character. Your quote at the end really is something I didn't really know I wanted to hear so badly. Keep up the great content and I hope this comment finds you
The content has been consistently brilliant mate, don't be so hard on yourself 😁
I loved playing this game so much, the sounds, the scenery.
The fact aloy mentions enjoying the view of gliding down a mountain rather then taking the same path back down instead. Even with my shitty tv and playing it on ps4 it was just breathtaking
yes finally a sponsored vid I'm happy for you man btw thanks for playing halo with me
I almost fell asleep flying on the sunwing that's how good the music is
Watching this after playing (and loving) HFW and going through the German version of Gamesins I REALLY appreciate you not missing the point of a great game.
20:15: While I agree that it was feeling heavy handed by this point, it's worth noting that hidden beneath that is why Elisabet is so cold in the moment: Tilda. Travis is asking Elisabet whether she's ever had a friend just minutes before we're given the first hint of her relationship with Tilda and it's entirely conceivable that she's dwelling on Tilda in the moment as Travis explicitly assaults Tilda's current project - which, while deepening them theme that we've been getting hammered in so far while equally undermining it at the same moment. And you don't notice it in the moment because you don't have any information to that effect.
The Greek reference definitely through people of a bit but I think Thebes being the name of Faro's bunker is more a reference to the Egyptian city. It was once the capital of Egypt and is a major location in the Valley of Kings where the tombs of many Pharoahs are located.
One of the things that I really love is the dialoigue scenes. Obvi there's the much improved facial animations and idles. But on top of that they made it more dynamic. Like having the chatacters move around, giving us different angles and shots, utlalizing the space, then they loop back to their original place when the dialouge wheel is promt back on. It's so natural and smooth!
I haven't finished yet but I'm glad someone is giving this game attention it deserves it
Finally finished and what a game! what a video!
My biggest Gaming Win for this game will always be Ashly Burch and her amazing performance as Aloy, Beta and Elisabet
Great video! Just wanted to point out that you can turn the climbing highlights off to where they only appear if you scan with your focus. Also Faro named his bunker Thebes after the Egyptian city. Which makes sense as he is "Faro" (Pharoah, god-king among men) and all of his military robots have Egyptian names (Horus, Khopesh, Scarab). Just points even more to his hubris.
Playing thru this game for the 4th time. RIP Lance Reddick. 🥺😔
In the next game I want to see like a gow3 fight against a Horus unit come on we all wanna see it
Nemesis would be the perfect excuse to "revive" a Horus unit. That's my only want for the finale of this trilogy.
@@travistesluk3986 I was thinking the same thing like make it like the cronus fight where the Horus unit deploys scarabs and all the other prefall machines and it fits In the lore too
Hearing Aloy refer to beta as her sister really melted my heart.
Another Amazing Video Keep Up The Good Work Man.
Everybody has a place of home, where one can relax and feel safe that's like nothing else found on earth and Aloy and the world of Horizon is my place, nothing will ever replace horizon.
I just finished Forbidden West a couple days ago, so this was the perfect video to cap off that incredible game for me.
38:10when i saw aloys crew it reminded me of rdr2 when they go to brathewaites
21:47 Zo and her friends are healing the triceratops machine creature
19:49 "If I got a nickel for every game has me put a battery/power cell in a relay to open a door; I would have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it is strange it happened twice"
Shortly after escaping Thebes, I thought to myself that Faro's...appearance looked very similar to the blight and it made me wonder if he was somehow poisoning the earth without knowing it.
Also, I kind of went in a vastly different direction with the last two fights in the game. I used a lot of throwing spears against Erik because they were my best weapon.
I like it how Kotallo called Aloy commander and she is an amazing character since the first game
i can't remeber if you mention it in the video, but the way queer people are represented is pretty well done (aside from like Tilda...),
the few chronic illness or disability representations we get are also pretty good.
kotallo saying that he is complete without his arm, so he will not use the prosthetic unless he needs it.
and korreh becoming a musician when he joins the utaru.
I don't like how the tenakth culture deals with disability and illness but i like that we see subtle change happening with a few of them.
and i liked how the few side quests with disabled and chronically ill representation show that we still have value to society and are important to keep around even if we can't do the work that is expected of us in the capacity that is expected.
To be fair I think Tilda is written pretty well as a lesbian she just doesn't happen to be a good person
@@kalamies. i don’t like that a queer person was written to be predatory and wants force Aloy to come with her to the point where Aloy has to kill her in order to get away when Tilda won’t accept her „No.“ because „queer people are predators and force young people into this lifestyle“ is one of the worst stereotypes
@@sojabursche I agree but at the same time Tilda isn't the only lesbian / wlw character, we also have Elizabeth and Alva who are both good people.
@@sojaburscheI didn't get any archetype vibes from Tilda, just a clingy, manipulative, and predatory personality who happens to be gay. Her other behaviours were not related to that last aspect of her.
Oof, not even a mention of how fresh the trauma of the proving was in Aloy's mind most likely when the attack at the start happened, and how she must've been thinking to herself "It's happening again..."
I really love the dialogue between aloy and Hades, especially when he "detects sarcasm"
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!!!👏👏👏
17:34 this gives me such Princess Bride "skip to the end" energy
Ive said it before in a live stream before but man your voice is perfect for narration
The score when you first climb up that tower to defeat the slitherfangs afterwards, it's one of my favourites
Good I only cached up today after finishing Story and atinum just yesterday. So I can watch because no spoilers!
I constantly find myself saying "Hiiiiiii" from the "Happy birthday Isaac" video with the exact same intonation
This was my most anticipated video of the last month, love this channel!
honestly the first game never grabbed me. I tried time and time again to get into but every time i played, I quickly got bored. But Forbidden West?? HOLY CRAP this game is amazing. Everything everyone said about the first game, every compliment, every praise, I FELT in this game. The world is so vibrant, the characters are well written, and OH MY GOD the graphics are INSANE!!!! The gameplay is so fluid and quickly draws my attention at each different biome I find myself in. It is such a good game, I literally cannot put it down.
what a great video!!
great content as always!
My man picked one armour and beat the story. Legend!!!
I swear to Gaia if we don’t get to see Zo and Varls kids in the next game, I’m suing
Not sure if this has been already brought up here in the comments, but Ted Faro’s bunker of Thebes is probably another reference to the overall Egyptian naming scheme attached to him. Faro sounding like Pharaoh, and the Faro Swarm machines having designations like Khopesh, Scarab, and Horus. On top of that, the city of Thebes in Egypt also contains or at least is right next to a famous tomb complex where many Pharaohs were buried.
*standing ovation*
I'm with you. I loved this game and think it added lots to the mythology of the first and definitely improved on gameplay.
One think I noticed and thought it was a great inclusion, especially with the themes of friendship and none isolation throughout the game was in the first game a lot os the fight scenes, Aloy was alone and battling all the machines herself, but in FW most of the fights, whether main or side quests had another person helping out (even if they didn't do much).
The only negative I would point out is that they did Tallanah dirty. Only having one quest with her and it centring around a love interest after introducing her as such a strong character in the first game. TBH I would have expected her to be one of the main characters at the base helping out along with Erend and Varl but they decided to side line her for new characters that I didn't care for as much. Especially as in the interacts with the other characters Tallanah seems to be the only person Aloy truly felt relaxed with. Interactions with Erend and Varl, at least at the beginning of the game, always seem a little stilted as she is aware of the hero worship and feeling they have for her. With Tallanah she seems relaxed and willing accepted and returned a hug, I'd have liked that for Aloy throughout the game. I hope it was just that the actress not being available because of other projects and we get more of Tallanah in the next game.
I absolutely love this game, but I never felt like it got the chance to truly shine. For example: when the first game came out it was around the same time breath of the wilds was released. So it was either compared to or considered not as a good even though the story was amazing and had a ton of new elements, it still was never given a fair shot. And it got worse with the sequel since it was released around the same time as elden ring, which don't get me wrong does look cool and I respect it. but for those who don't know, elden ring fans purposely bashed the game online. This is not me hating on elden ring fans, but it is just a shame some people in the community (not all) felt like they had to send negative reviews on it just because it was coming out around the same time as horizon forbidden west. To bad we didn't have an doom eternal and animal crossing between the communities. But besides all of that, everything about this game is just outstanding I just hope more than anything that this game is remembered and never forgotten.
Loving the positive attitude dude, take care of yourself
Bruh I had to comment when you mentioned living in Plainsong. Between the seed pouches and the chorus and singing they all do. I would LOVE to be born into Plainsong 😂😂😂 creating a world that the PLAYER wants to live in should be a prerequisite
I saw an article from some writers at Kotaku complaining about the ending for FW, and I realized something.
When Tilda claimed that it was Nemesis that sent the signal that triggered the story, I believe it was a lie to get Aloy to join Tilda. Nemesis had no reason to target Earth as it was the Zeniths' hubris that caused it to ascend. Tilda is a known manipulator and keeper of secrets. Lying to Aloy that her foe is unbeatable so that Aloy will give up shows why Tilda and Elizabet never worked out.
Elizabet sacrificed her life for the Alphas, even though their work was done. And that level of sacrifice is alien to Tilda. While she loved her, Tilda never understood that Elizabet never chose to enact Zero Dawn to reboot the world, she just knew that nobody else would endure the guilt she would feel every day, knowing EVERYTHING about the truth. The false hope given to the civilians who fought a hopeless battle thinking Zero Dawn would save the world. Elizabet knew the truth, the cost of every civilian expecting salvation not realizing they were doomed.
So Tilda offering Aloy a way out shows that Tilda never comprehended such a selfless burden. She hoped that since Elizabet is lesbian/bi, that she would fall for Tilda like Elizabet once did. When Tilda never understood why Elizabet pulled away was likely her recognizing the 'Zenith trait'. Tilda would never let Elizabet sacrifice herself to save the world. Which is why she wanted Aloy to leave with her, forgetting that Elizabet rejected her.
I don't remember where I saw this but it was explained somewhere that Nemesis sent the signal to wake Hades and destroy life on Earth because it knew the Zeniths would try to flee there. Without mentioning that Nemesis hates all humans, it doesn't seem to make exceptions. I even think he is the reason the other subfonctions became sentient aswell. The signal was sent to Hades but what if Nemesis also meant to free the other AIs, making them conscious to free them from human's slavery?
@@shydreameress264 Yeah, that kinda ruins the story flow for me, it was already explained to have been done by Zeniths, so for them to 'lulz, just kidding' it was this totally not going to end up replace Hades threat instead is just lazy writing.
We have one reason that is explained within the lore, then to just change it is Bethesda level of lazy writing. I mean Zeniths are immortal with their tech advancement, why are they so scared of this malignant AI... which is somehow flying through space... Wow, this is a really stupid ending... Maybe Kotaku is right?
Well, I need to take a long shower now.
I don't think there's anything wrong with the storytelling being a bit blunt. Certainly, it didn't detract from my enjoyment. Sometimes it's nice to know exactly what a story is trying to say.
Lets goooo I was waiting for this video to come out
Ok I was thinking about that poem in his conclusion and when he said it chills
I watch all of your videos keep up the good work
I got this game when it first came out. First I had it on the base PS4, then got it on PS5. I have never had to reload a save, nor have I run into a single glitch.
Lance Reddick being gone will be hugely felt in rhe sequel
It wasnt big or as prevalent as it could have been, but i like that there is lgbt representation with the trans tenakth warrior and the quen navigatior who wanted to get home go her wife, the non binary person mentioned in one of the vault recordings in the base, and the confirmation of elisabet being queer and having had a relationship with another women and Alva having a romantic interest back in her homeland thats a women really made me happy to see
Another thing i really liked that was optional was the vault in the base, the code to the door is a bit tedious to figure out but i like how you expect there to be some big reward for opening the door, but instead its recordings of these people apart of Zero Dawn saying goodbye, its not a weapon, armor, or resources, but its a treasure of a sort to hear their goodbyes that they had previously never been able to make.
Ok im actually going to keep going on things i like. I loved the culture of the Utaru, of life and death, and how the old world music scale of Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do plays such an important part for them as each note represents a land god, non aggressive machines that for decades have been important benefactors to the Utaru. I like how the tribe is looked scornfully upon by many for being farmers and weak, and how it shows us just how strong the Utaru really are, from Zo being kind and compassionate but able to beat the shit out of people, to the Utaru who fought even though they werent fighters, and the former tenakth who gained a heavy respect and love for the Utaru that became his people over years of being with them because he was able to love his past but appreciate and love his present and future. I liked the seed pouches that each Utaru carried with them so that when they died, they could return and give back to the earth, to not only become a part of it, but to continue to help the Utaru even after death. I found it so touching that Zo buried a seed pouch for Varl.
I liked how each time you came back to the base there was more and more things in it, transforming it into an actual home and not just a barren place for rest, turning it into something that showed an aspect of each character, like the piece of the bulwark from Kotallo, the plants from Zo, the ale and strike board from Erend.
I liked how after he died, you have the option to sit with varl, made me tear up a bit.
I liked the additional optional activities you could do outside of quests, like strike games, the fighting rings, and racing.
Maybe its that i got more used to the game, but i felt like it was easier to face machines and human enemies in full frontal combat instead of relying on stealth
I actually liked that human enemies were harder to kill, with a lot of them wearing armor that made it harder to one shot snipe them from cover, made it feel more challenging
I found the culture of the tenakth extremely interesting, from their ideals, to their conflicts, to their hair, to their body paint and tattoos, i thought it was all so awesome. I loved that you could buy and equip different face paints as you unlocked them.
I liked the detail of different animals in different climates.
I liked how aloy had to gain respect again like in zero dawn, but this time her respect from the tenakth come largely from her combat victories, because the tenakth highly value strength and combat.
I liked that Tilda likely was so obsessed with aloy because she likely pondered and thought about Elizabet constantly, regretting not taking her with. I think it likely drove her somewhat mad especially with her only company being a mass of asshole rich people, the idea of having any version or notion of Elizabet back was likely intoxicating for her.
One of the things i didnt like however, was that the hair for the black characters didnt feel very diverse or fitting to what i have seen of black hair. For example, Hekarros hair from what i saw was straight and silky, which from what i know as a white person isnt very common in the black community. I feel like it would have made more sense for him to have dreads or braids. Especially since we have seen characters with braids, or even black characters like Zo with hair that more closely resembles black hair, or even with Kotallo, cause it looked like he might have had dreads. I also wish i had gotten to see curly hair or a character with an afro, or any black hair style. Again, i am a white person so im not really knowledgeable on black hair, it just seems like they didnt do much to represent what ive seen of black hair and it feels strange that with a pretty diverse casting of NPCs that they didnt do more to properly portray the beauty of black hair types.
47:45 kind of ironic to hear that again when the last time I heard that poem was Interstellar, with the spoiler plot point.
Only got 2 major gripes with the game after having finished the story:
1. Shield-weaver got nerfed into the ground man...
2. Weapon Wheel got too cluttered, either revert to 4 weapons or take ammo selection out of the wheel.
There's still hope though, DLC is on the way.
Edit: DLC was PS5 and from what I've heard none of the above got changed. Well shit...
This channel is just so darn good.
The thought and emotion that gets poured into each one is staggering. Content to be proud of.
I'm Ukrainian and that little mention at the end of the video made my heart skip a beat. Love this video ♥️
I’m suprised you didn’t go over the Cook in Chainscrape. That guy made me smile and tear up a little; such pure soul trying to get revenge.
PS: (37:40) You do make a difference in my life. Thanks.
PS4 version has a few issues. Long loads from fast travels, rather humorous visual glitches such as a bridge not rendering at all until I was in the middle of it, some audio glitches with random sounds cutting in and out. Other than that, it was fine for me.
The one I wanted to ride was a stormbird
Thank you, for this masterfull video. Its wonderful to see someone who loves and appreciates this game as much as I do, from Aloys arc, to the beautiful soundtrack, and immersive gameplay... this game is stunning. There are so many valuable lessons we can learn from the themes, it's truly beautiful.
Sadly lance reddick has passed away so i dont know how they are going to do the sylens character. RIP
HZD had me stop and gaze a whole lot of times as well I think I was roaming around Devil´s End and Devil´s Grief all of the third day of playing ....
Can't wait to watch this once I've finished the game
The biggest win is really you wearing or using the look of the Carja Blazon armor throughout most of the game. Hands down one of the best armors aesthetically. Just chef kiss. Of course, this whole video is chef kiss too!
Can’t wait to see the 30 sec Elden Ring.
Everything Great About Elden Ring:
1. Graphics
2. Dying
thank you Lance Reddick for crushing your roles...you'll forever be missed