#horizon forbidden west review

[gameworld97]

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[kellelkallel]

AETHER recovered (love the stylization of the names, by the way)! Did this yesterday but oh well.

Beta secured (finally).

Stillsands Tallneck done! So so fun, bringing down a Tallneck was truly a magical experience considering how absolutely impenetrable and monolithic they were in Zero Dawn. Can't wait to do more.

[system-threat-detected]

Horizontober Prompts 2023

Horizontober is a bit like Inktober, but it's all about the wonderful world of Horizon! Posting the list a little bit early so ya'll can ruminate on that.

Favorite Machine

Oceanic

Recognize

Preserve

"Oh dear..."

Shine

Pass

Slump

Cruel

Favorite Tribe

Royal

Retire

Lounge

Array

Train

New

Facet

Tarot

Float

Favorite Outfit

Haze

Weave

Magic

Criminal

Wobble

Authority

Redo

Tree

Beam

Favorite Weapon

Future

For anyone wanting to participate, the tag I’ll be using for this year is #horizontober2023

I’ll try check out that tag every day in October, and I’ll absolutely be reblogging everything I find, though the fandom is getting so large that I might not be able to see every entry!

All art forms are welcome in Horizontober! Fic, poetry, gifsets/gifs, digital/traditional, animation, music, photomode, videos, nail art, Horizon flavored memes, cosplay, jewelry, mood boards, tattoos you wanna show off…. Uhhhhh, scrapbooking?? Horizon themed meals! Staged scenes of any figurines or Funkos you have?? Flower arrangements! Infodumps about plants found in the game! And other things I can’t think of right now! As long as it’s something you created or captured and relates to the prompt and the Horizon world somehow!

All participation levels are also welcome! You wanna try for every single day? Awesome! You just wanna do one or two prompts that speak to you? Fantastic!! You discover this event halfway through October and wanna catch up on all the ones you missed and post 3 a day for a week? I actively encourage it! I made one of my best internet friends that way! :)

[apricity-writes]

Writing Wrap!

Sometimes I forget this blog is called apricity-writes because I never actually post my writing here, but GOSH DANG I wrote a lot this year!

Starting off strong with the word count—which is absolutely crazy.

I don't think I've written this many words in my LIFE before, and then all of a sudden this year came and the writing bug had me by the throat.

I started reading and writing on Ao3 for the first time ever in January of this year, and I now have 387,383 published words. Which is so crazy to me!!

All of this is thanks to Horizon, and really to the fandom specifically. If it wasn't for all the amazing people reading and commenting and supporting me, I don't think I could have written even a fraction of what I have now.

Now for the fics themselves!

Wordiest Fic

Letters to the Wind - 120,908 words

A rewrite/Canon divergent take on HFW — aka I wanted to make Aloy and Kotallo smooch and ended up with world building and trauma instead

(This is my pet project. My baby. I love this series)

Most Popular Fic

Time Like Grains of Sand - 155 Kudos

A time travel/NG+ AU where Aloy wakes up three days before the proving with all of her memories—and all the knowledge she needs to gather her friends and change the future

(I didn't expect this one to get so popular for how small it is)

Most Commented Fic

Love You Better - 252 comments

Left in the aftermath of Nemesis, Aloy and Kotallo end up breaking up, leaving just one more thing in the wreckage of what the world was once. But the past isn't the only thing that got changed in this moment.

(This comes as no surprise. I have garnered much screaming and heartbreak from this fic. The angst is absolutely delicious I love it)

My First Fic

Sleepless Nights - January 20th, 2024

Aloy cannot sleep — and Kotallo cannot leave his commander to suffer alone.

(This was the fic that started it all! The spark to this crazy journey that this year has been!)

Once again, absolutely big thank yous to everyone who has read or supported my fics in any way this past year! Here's to another year of chaos—and happy reading and writing to you all!!

[retrokid616]

critical role campaign 3 episode 79 (post wtf is up with ashton arc) pregame

so.... ashton fucked up

and the bells took it well

well not fearne so you know plus she was glass crazy rightfully so

imogen and laudna are doing cool gay shit

after a few panic attacks of course and lady alura looked at all of this and feurne's grandma like

oh and no orym last time

speaking of a missing liam o'brien he was on candela chapter 3 and i've always wanted to do this but....

hey ash what you playing

yeah i know she's more aloy now a days but hey never forget where you started here online y'all anyway link to the full episode here

so with any or at all og internet callbacks out of the way let's see if orym's back this week on critital role.

[umjogoquejogueioutrodia]

Horizon Forbidden West - Review

Em Junho de 2020, Horizon Zero Dawn teve a sua sequência anunciada, o Horizon Forbidden West, que foi lançado em 18 de Fevereiro de 2022 para PS4 e PS5.

A história se passa 6 meses depois do fim de Zero Dawn. O mundo está correndo risco novamente devido ao sistema de terra formação que está fora de controle e está destruindo o planeta. Nessa sequência iremos acompanhar a jornada de Aloy em busca de um backup do sistema Gaia para conseguir parar o processo de terra formação antes que seja tarde demais. E Aloy é a única capaz de fazer isso.

Os personagens estão bem mais carismáticos e cativantes. Os personagens novos são interessantes.

O jogo possui uma pegada Sci Fi muito interessante na história. Essa mistura de dinossauros robôs com civilizações não tecnológicas, dá um charme muito especial ao jogo.

Primeiro de tudo, o impacto visual que você tem ao iniciar esse jogo é muito forte. Eu joguei ele no modo performace de 60 FPS. Digo com facilidade que Horizon Forbidden West é o jogo mais bonito que eu já vi no PS5. Os cenários são um espetáculo visual, repletos de detalhes e super coloridos. As cidades do jogo são bem vivas, principalmente a cidade de Sonora, ela é a minha favorita.

O jogo possui loadings extremamente rápidos na versão de PS5.

O gameplay deu uma boa melhorada. Agora a exploração do jogo está bem mais dinâmica e divertida, ela possui uma verticalidade maior e agora também é possível nadar. A água desse jogo é mais bonita que a da vida real.

Além do combate com arco e flecha e estilingue, o jogo também conta com combate melee usando a lança. O confronto contra os outros humanos deu uma melhorada, está mais diversificado e menos chato.

No combate também é possível utilizar armadilhas para lutar contra os seus inimigos, desde armadilhas que causam dano de explosão até de dano elemental como ácido ou de eletricidade. Também é possível utilizar partes caídas dos robôs como armas, apesar delas só poderem ser usadas por tempo limitado, ou seja, até quando durar a munição.

Uma maneira mais fácil de derrotar os inimigos é atingir os pontos fracos e utilizar armas que possuam o dano elemental referente a fraqueza daquele inimigo.

A variedade de inimigos deu uma aumentada, agora conta com robôs tartarugas, crocodilos, cobras e muito mais.

O jogo conta com várias atividades no mapa, como missões secundárias, colecionáveis para serem adquiridos, contratos de coletas, corridas, caldeirões, acampamentos rebeldes e muito mais.

Eu senti que esse jogo pega tudo do jogo anterior e melhora. Aspectos que eu não gostava do Horizon Zero Dawn como a pouca presença da trilha sonora, lutas chatas contra os seres humanos e algumas boss fights bem desinteressantes e cansativas, tudo isso não se encontra mais aqui no Forbidden West. É uma melhora muito grande de um jogo para o outro, isso me surpreendeu bastante.

Eu levei em torno de 23 horas para terminar o jogo. Ele possui um bom ritmo e não senti que ele tem muita barriga.

Horizon Forbidden West é o exemplo de uma sequência que aprendeu com os erros do jogo anterior e fez a sua lição de casa. É um jogo muito divertido, que te mantém curioso com os rumos que a história está tomando. É uma obra bem sólida, sem dúvidas, ele é um dos melhores jogos que está disponível para o PS4 e PS5.

[mewly]

So I’ve just finished the main quest of Burning Shores and wow… it was amazing.

I picked the brain option aka “I’m not ready for this” just because, for me, Aloy was just learning how to make and accept friends at the end of HFW and I felt romance was a bit too sudden for her regardless of who it would’ve been, and the dialogue did not disappoint, it was written perfectly! Exactly where I thought she was mentally. Regardless the dialogue about home made me tear up.

It’s set up for romance in Horizon 3 which will be enough of a time jump to actually kick off romance.

Again, this is just my opinion of where I think Aloy is at currently in her arc, I’ve seen others post the kiss option and Aloy’s beaming face is precious. I haven’t tested the fist option yet.

But honestly all the outrage I’ve been seeing, after sitting down and playing it myself, it is blown way out of proportion, like many fandom dramas are!

Anyway, ‘twas great, the music was beautiful as well!

[tfgadgets]

‘Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered’ game review: Why it’s worth revisiting in 2024

Still from ‘Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement There is no better time than now to dive into the Horizon series, a remarkable open-world experience that took players by surprise in 2017. When Horizon Zero Dawn debuted, it brought an entirely unique adventure filled with mystery and creativity that few studios today dare to explore. Sony’s gamble on Guerrilla…

[hardcoregamer]

Review: Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition (PC)

Horizon Forbidden West’s PC release is a joy to play to get a refresher on the latest game in this series of breathtaking games so far. It's a blast to run around and experience the world the game offers with maximum detail. 

Read more!

[gametriprant]

Rich bastards will kill us all if they can

The title here is misleading, I'm not ranting, I wanna talk about the second part of Horizon, Forbidden West and the DLC, Burning Shores :p . But it's a pretty good summary of the game, actually...

[gameworld97]

HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST PC Gameplay Walkthrough 4K 60FPS

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[kellelkallel]

First Tallneck done and woah. It's the one where you rotate the satellite disk, Cinnabar Sands... It was so fun! It felt a lot more involved than the first game ( maybe it was the exact same, idk, it just felt more fun and quest-y), and I loved the little bit of puzzle solving in there.

Six hours clocked so far and I'm getting to really appreciate this game.

[grinds-n-games]

Quick Thoughts - Horizon: Forbidden West

This special Sunday I am going to talk about Horizon: Forbidden West. I honestly forgot that DLC came out for it so I am playing it to catch up. I like it but the grind is something to be desired. #Blog #HorizonForbiddenWest #Indie #Videogames

I have not done one of these for some time now and I have been playing quite a lot of Forbidden West because I had forgotten that Burning Shores released, so I want to catch up on story beats and such. Let us look at what I think about my 45 hours journey. Pros: The game, even now, looks stellar. I have been playing it on performance mode and it still looks beautiful. The sci-fi story is fun.…

[esportopedia]

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores

There aren’t many video games that I have the desire to play in addition to. For me, either the expansion is a mess of things that the developers forgot to add to the game, or it brings minor little things that don’t fundamentally affect the story or experience for me. However, there are exceptions that do not meet any of these criteria, and the Horizon Forbidden West expansion called Burning…

[holodaxy]

Long time no see! Yes! I’m back after a little bit of a break.

 What’s brought me back? A DLC? That’s what I’m back for?

 Well….yes, but it’s because in the last four month’s I’ve become obsessed with Horizon Forbidden West, so it was pretty good timing that Burning Shores only just came out. I missed the boat on reviewing Forbidden West, so Burning Shores it is.

 And oh boy! I go away for four months and decided to punish myself by making a 19 minute long video (how did I do that? I don’t even think the DLC is that long – that was a joke…mostly – spoilers! Watch the video for what I think!). I’d wanted to have this finished three days ago to tie in with when my leave from my job ended but…no…that didn’t happen. There was a point while I was working from home that I was working at my work laptop and along at the other end of my desk my laptop was exporting the video so I could review it and correct any issues on my lunch break. I’ve been driven a little crazy…I’m going to have to take another four-month break after all of this.

 At this point if I’ve missed anything else it’s because on my very last quality review before posting, I couldn’t stand to listen to myself for 19 whole minutes again and just decided ‘yeah, it’s done’. All I did was turn up some audio, it’s fine…I think.

 Please note, there appears to be some framerate drops in a small bit of the footage, this wasn’t in any way shape or form the game. My CPU in my laptop just…could not cope when I was capturing footage. Like I said…I’ve really been punished while working on this.

 While editing I realised I sound quite negative about most of the DLC, but that’s not really true. I’ve had a blast with this – I just have some criticisms like I normally do.

 I’ve made a joke asking how long I’ll have to wait for a third game and ironically Guerrilla Games have quietly and unofficially announced that they’re working on the next chapter of Aloy’s story. Guess I’ve got a long time to play in photomode then. If anybody’s interested, I do tend to post a lot of my Virtual Photography here:

 Twitter: https://twitter.com/holo_daxy

Picashot: https://app.picashot.co/user/holodaxy

 With all that being said, enjoy the video! Let me know your thoughts on the game in the comments! And hopefully (or maybe not for some people) I’ll be back soon with another video.

[murderandcoffee]

murderandcoffee's year in review

favorite albums released this year: Clancy by Twenty One Pilots and I Love You So F***ing Much by Glass Animals

places I traveled to this year: Michigan & Indiana (moved back from Florida)

podcasts I listened to/started (excluding re-listens of completed shows): The Magnus Protocol, The White Vault: Goshawk, Malevolent, Hello from the Hallowoods, Mabel, The Penumbra Podcast, Here Lies Withered Lilies, Red Valley, Derelict, Fathom, Tower 4, Spire, The Strange Case of Starship Iris, World Gone Wrong, Liars & Leeches, Witherburn After School News, Remnants, The Amelia Project, Deviser, The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen, Limetown, Time:Bombs, The Silt Verses, L'Affaire Louis Gaufridy, The Phenomenon, The Imperfection, Where the Leaves Fall Purple, Sorry About the Murder

writing projects I worked on: The King's Daughter (fantasy trilogy), Pages Unturned (podcast), Auspicious (sci-fi duology), rewind. (podcast), other short fiction pieces

ttrpg characters I played: Niamh Morgaine (half-elf/aasimar paladin/sorcerer), Elias Ferdinand (human wizard), Renegade "Ren" Booker (tiefling rogue/bard), Lyle (human druid)

video games I obsessed over: Overwatch 2, Disco Elysium, Bioshock: Infinite, Prey, Horizon: Forbidden West

concerts I went to: The Mountain Goats, Nothing But Thieves, Will Wood

favorite TV shows I watched this year: Arcane (season 2), The Terror

personal milestones/achievements: started T (4/4/24), moved back to Indiana, met two long-time friends IRL for the first time, [REDACTED]

art I made this year:

aaaaaaand that's a wrap! onto 2025, dear friends.