Date played: April 22nd
Platform: PS4
I finally got back into Horizon, starting with a side mission to find a healer for a wounded woman in Sunfall, the Carja city. I found a healer in a small town south of Sunfall, but the motherfucker was a real dick and didn't want to help unless I brought him a Thunderjaw heart. I hunted one down, took it out and brought the spoils to the healer, who then healed the woman.
As I was about to continue the main mission in Sunfall. This led me to a courtyard where the Sun King, Itamen, hosts a big military council of some sort. Basically, they want to capture a man named Uthid for crimes. Itamen is nothing but a young child though, so he gives full control of the city to one of his advisers, a dangerous man on a power trip. I was approached by a mysterious woman named Vanasha. She says that Uthid is innocent and that I look like the kind of person that would help...
I agreed to help, and was tasked with finding Uthid. This led me to a mountainous area where I climbed many cliff-faces and rocks. I eventually found Uthid by following a trail of machine carcasses. He seemed to be ready to die to the bounty hunters send by Sunfall, but Aloy fought the enemies off with him. This big battle eventually led to killing the proxy king guy.
This turned out to be the perfect opportunity for Vanasha and her colleagues to free Itamen and send him to Meridian. My job was to clear the path between Sunfall and shore where they would board a boat to Meridian. This was no easy task, as a corrupted Rockbreaker stood in my way. I used freeze grenades on it, then destroyed it with blast bombs. Itamen the young Sun King was welcomed to Meridian by none other than Sun King Avad. They were all very grateful for me help.
I spent a bit of time gathering collectibles and I think I'm just missing one vantage point now. I managed to get all the skills in the process too, since I got a few skill points as rewards for the missions. It was finally time to get back into the real story, so I found a way inside the Zero Dawn facility. Spoilers ahead!
There was so much revealed during this mission, I don't even know where to start. Basically, Zero Dawn is a project to destroy all machine life on Earth, after humanity has been made extinct by the machines. Elizabet Sobeck put together a crack team of experts, each with one piece of the system to lead. The bigger elements are named Gaia and Hades. Gaia is the system to restore life to Earth, and Hades is the system that can destroy machines and life as needed by the algorithm.
I learned a lot about the details of these systems by exploring the facility. I even learned that Mother's Womb is one of the places where human life was to be resurrected, so it seems that Aloy was created there and doesn't have biological parents. It's all really somber, but there's also something great about humanity pooling all it's resources to save life and humanity.
Another important part of the system is how it can create any kind of machine to fill it's needs. Basically, the system is made to terraform Earth back to health after the robots have decimated the environment. For example, Stormbirds are there to filter the atmosphere. Snapmaws to clean the water. Grazers to stimulate flora growth, etc. The predatory machines are new, and there must be a reason why the system decided to build them in the cauldrons.
I gathered some data from a computer that will help open Mother's Womb, but was captured by the Eclipse shortly after... They stripped me of my weapons and destroyed my Focus, then put me in a cage in an arena to battle robots, gladiator style.
Without weapons, this was a tall order... My opponent was none other than a corrupted Behemoth, which is never easy to kill. I had to make it charge at Aloy in a way that would make him hit some pillars. After a few hits, the platform above the arena fell down, where I got my weapons back. I killed the Behemoth pretty easily then, to everyone's surprise. The big bad guy sent down a couple of Corruptors, so I was in real trouble.
Thankfully, Sylens decided to finally show his face in person. It was quite an entrance too, as he barged in riding a Strider, followed by a trio of Ravagers that made short work of the Corruptors. I hopped onto a Strider and followed the mysterious man. He made me a new Focus and apologized for being such a dick all the time.
During my time as a prisoner, I learned that the Eclipse had sent some warriors to attack Nora lands, so now I must go back and help them survive the attack. Then we'll have to go back to Mother's Womb also. The story is really captivating now and the revelations are shocking. It was really emotional to learn that the humans of the old world basically killed themselves trying to save the future of life on Earth.
Platform: PS4
I finally got back into Horizon, starting with a side mission to find a healer for a wounded woman in Sunfall, the Carja city. I found a healer in a small town south of Sunfall, but the motherfucker was a real dick and didn't want to help unless I brought him a Thunderjaw heart. I hunted one down, took it out and brought the spoils to the healer, who then healed the woman.
As I was about to continue the main mission in Sunfall. This led me to a courtyard where the Sun King, Itamen, hosts a big military council of some sort. Basically, they want to capture a man named Uthid for crimes. Itamen is nothing but a young child though, so he gives full control of the city to one of his advisers, a dangerous man on a power trip. I was approached by a mysterious woman named Vanasha. She says that Uthid is innocent and that I look like the kind of person that would help...
I agreed to help, and was tasked with finding Uthid. This led me to a mountainous area where I climbed many cliff-faces and rocks. I eventually found Uthid by following a trail of machine carcasses. He seemed to be ready to die to the bounty hunters send by Sunfall, but Aloy fought the enemies off with him. This big battle eventually led to killing the proxy king guy.
This turned out to be the perfect opportunity for Vanasha and her colleagues to free Itamen and send him to Meridian. My job was to clear the path between Sunfall and shore where they would board a boat to Meridian. This was no easy task, as a corrupted Rockbreaker stood in my way. I used freeze grenades on it, then destroyed it with blast bombs. Itamen the young Sun King was welcomed to Meridian by none other than Sun King Avad. They were all very grateful for me help.
I spent a bit of time gathering collectibles and I think I'm just missing one vantage point now. I managed to get all the skills in the process too, since I got a few skill points as rewards for the missions. It was finally time to get back into the real story, so I found a way inside the Zero Dawn facility. Spoilers ahead!
There was so much revealed during this mission, I don't even know where to start. Basically, Zero Dawn is a project to destroy all machine life on Earth, after humanity has been made extinct by the machines. Elizabet Sobeck put together a crack team of experts, each with one piece of the system to lead. The bigger elements are named Gaia and Hades. Gaia is the system to restore life to Earth, and Hades is the system that can destroy machines and life as needed by the algorithm.
I learned a lot about the details of these systems by exploring the facility. I even learned that Mother's Womb is one of the places where human life was to be resurrected, so it seems that Aloy was created there and doesn't have biological parents. It's all really somber, but there's also something great about humanity pooling all it's resources to save life and humanity.
Another important part of the system is how it can create any kind of machine to fill it's needs. Basically, the system is made to terraform Earth back to health after the robots have decimated the environment. For example, Stormbirds are there to filter the atmosphere. Snapmaws to clean the water. Grazers to stimulate flora growth, etc. The predatory machines are new, and there must be a reason why the system decided to build them in the cauldrons.
I gathered some data from a computer that will help open Mother's Womb, but was captured by the Eclipse shortly after... They stripped me of my weapons and destroyed my Focus, then put me in a cage in an arena to battle robots, gladiator style.
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| Aloy rides a Strider to escape the arena, all thanks to Sylens |
Thankfully, Sylens decided to finally show his face in person. It was quite an entrance too, as he barged in riding a Strider, followed by a trio of Ravagers that made short work of the Corruptors. I hopped onto a Strider and followed the mysterious man. He made me a new Focus and apologized for being such a dick all the time.
During my time as a prisoner, I learned that the Eclipse had sent some warriors to attack Nora lands, so now I must go back and help them survive the attack. Then we'll have to go back to Mother's Womb also. The story is really captivating now and the revelations are shocking. It was really emotional to learn that the humans of the old world basically killed themselves trying to save the future of life on Earth.
