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Weather Effects

Am I the only one who wishes you could turn off the snow and rain effects? Not that I don't want it to snow or rain, but the visual static of it around Aloy when I'm playing honestly makes it hard for me to see what's going on in a way I can't fully articulate. But it makes it extremely frustrating and gives me a headache. It's especially bad in Frozen Wilds, to the point where I don't play it much because it's so disorienting.

Like, props for the realism and it looks good. But it seriously fucks with my gameplay and I just want an option to make it stop. I was REALLY hoping that would be an accessibility thing in the remaster.

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Odd Grata

Okay, I know. I KNOW. I have played HUNDREDS of hours of this game. I should know ALL the things. But the first section of HZD, I tend to play the same, more or less, each time. BECAUSE I know it. There's just a pattern to how I do things. So sue me.

But because I'm playing through the remaster and I really just want to see some of the bigger set pieces and whatnot, I skipped a lot with the opening. (in fairness, I started fresh just to see the prologue and played up to meeting Varl before starting a NG+, so I also just didn't feel like repeating myself immediately.) And I've ended up coming back to the Embrace after the proving and finding Sona and a bunch of other stuff.

It's the first time hearing the NPCs alternate dialogue after becoming a seeker. And the first time going to Odd Grata AFTER Rost is gone. Aloy's dialogue with her is breaking my heart. And so is hers. Like DAMN.

Also, there's a big part of me that really, desperately, wanted Aloy to tell Grata to go take over Rost's cabin. She could be safe and warm, and have a proper place to store food and/or garden. Aloy isn't using it, clearly. Someone should. And Grata seems like she needs it most.

(Also, the desire to be able to go in the cabin has only gotten worse. I kind of wish you could use it as like... a personal base camp.)

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Devil's Thirst

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Yan definitely looks better in the remaster.

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May All-Mother bless you, Aloy.

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They really got this man lookin like the cursed offspring of Ken and Butthead.

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In honour of Rost...

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