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[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! :)

[aleph-sharp]

On youtube, theres a thing that constantly annoys me: I enjoy watching video essays, analysis, and other similar videos about the gaming industry and games trends, but a LOT of the time, creators I otherwise respect, enjoy their things, and even frequently agree with, will decide to talk about an issue in the games industry, and use Horizon Zero Dawn & Forbidden West as an example, or even the thumbnail, DESPITE having clearly never played either game or done any research, and the things they are talking about don't even slightly apply to those games or are subverted within.

Why it happens with the horizon series so much, I don't know, but Ive seen MULTIPLE videos from creators I liked before those videos that had Horizon as a big part of the thumbnail, despite the topic not applying to Horizon. When I watch the videos they clearly have No clue what they are talking about with Horizon.

Why have those games become games media scapegoats??? Why are they the default "im talking about something wrong with open world games or action rpgs or aaa games, lets use those, im sure what im saying applies"

[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.

[bricktoygrapher]

LEGO Horizon Forbidden West: Tallneck (76989) Review

Many thanks to ToyPhotographers.com for the opportunity to review this set and The LEGO Group for providing it.

[anime-grimmy-art]

I usually do these right at the end of the year but since Imma be busy, Imma post em now. Also, this makes 2023 come faster, right? xD

I was a bit too lazy to do all that statistic stuff again, but I added an Art vs Artist instead, also teasing 2 characters you guys have never seen before ;)

Ngl, thinking back at first, I thought not a lot has happened 2022 but that could not be farther from the truth. Sadly a lot of bad and scary stuff has happened, on the world and online, but also a lot of good stuff.

Like, on a brighter note, I drew waaaay more than I anticipated this year, esp way more finished illustrations than I thought Id made. I also managed to stay in on freaking fandom for almost a year now, that's a record xD

Which is also thanks to the amazing people Ive got to know this year. While the internet can be wile, it's also a place to form beautiful friendships, and I cant be more happy to have met two certain hooligans who love to romance and traumatize their characters as much as me. Love ya two, you know who you are ;)

[thesunsglory-reflected]

I was reading Chapter 42 of @pikapeppa's fic Becoming Whole and I was goddamn sucker-punched by how cute the scene was where the GAIA gang has a sleepover in GAIA's dome. Everything about it is so good and it ticks all the boxes for heartwarming and wistful and emotionally rich while still being in-character and well-written. Not a single moment felt contrived or formulaic, and to be honest, that is what the entire rest of the fic is like, as well; Everything reads so naturally for the setting and the characters that I never once have a problem with suspending my disbelief.

And the dialogue is clever as hell! And not just in a funny way (because there's tons of hilarious conversations), but also in a way that adds emotional depth to scenes.

Like, [brief spoiler] Aloy and Beta talking about how Elisabet would be proud that both clones of her are following in her footsteps by trying to save the world and the people in it, and then the subsequent "Rost would be proud too" and I'm, like, suddenly breathless because the writing carries the reader along so well that you are caught off guard just as much as Aloy is by the comment but you also feel the gravity of that kind of comment and how Needed It Is In That Moment For Aloy.

10/10 fic. If you want to read literally one of the best works of fanfiction that I've read in the past literal more than a decade and if you like the Kotallo/Aloy ship, then this is the fic for you.

Goddamn breathtaking tbh

[doorplays]

2022 Roundup of Games

Hello! This is Doors. I haven't written here in a while and now I am going to fix that by writing a bunch about the games I played this year!

By my best count, I played about 28 games this year, with 7 of those being games I didn't finish. I’ve enjoyed them to varying respects though, and now I’m here to talk about 17 of them with as little spoilers as possible!

This roundup of games is not ranked, I just listed them haphazardly. I put up a short review for each game so you have an idea of what you’re getting into, and have a rating for each! Most of these are games I very much enjoyed, and if you find yourself playing them, go ahead and message me! I’d love to hear peoples’ thoughts on these games.

This is also something I want to start doing every year, and the best time to start anything you want to start is, well, now! And thus:

Let’s get to it!

UMURANGI GENERATION

I'd describe this game as "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater except Tony Hawk was a photographer". You are dropped into various levels and environments and, within a time limit, you have to achieve the objectives set out by the game. This usually consists of you taking pictures depicting specific things and taking a picture at a certain vantage point.

What I like about this game is its environmental storytelling. And well, really, that's the only way this game tells its story. It's all around the levels just waiting for you to see and take pictures of them. You find memorials, posters, people, all instrumental in telling the grim story that the game has.

I enjoyed experimenting with lenses that I unlock as I progress through the game, and experimenting with various filters! I feel like the game captured my imagination enough for me to enjoy it.

Door Rates Umurangi Generation: 4/5

PYRE

Supergiant never misses. From Bastion with its gripping story, and Transistor with its lovely aesthetic, to Hades with its frenetic roguelike gameplay, they always know their stuff. They know their style and they flourish in it, unafraid of experimentation.

With Pyre, I'd say that they experimented too much. The gameplay felt a bit clunky for me, though that may be because I stubbornly played on mouse and keyboard instead of controller. The gameplay loop revolves around you undergoing rituals, which are more accurately described as sports games. You play fantasy soccer, essentially!

Despite my gripes with the gameplay, I was so enamored by the story, the art, and the worldbuilding. I've grown to love and care for most, if not all of the characters, and I was really rooting for their success. I even found some antagonists charming and hoped that they find success as well.

In the end, I enjoyed it a lot. Supergiant are really good at making games, and with Hades 2 looming, I'm hoping they produce another knockout game.

Though despite my issue with them experimenting too hard here, I do hope they experiment more with their next games. But that's a subject for another post...

Door Rates Pyre: 4/5

THAT WHICH FAITH DEMANDS

This game is a sort of choose-your-adventure type game. At the start you get to describe your character's background, their competency, etc. Then when you're shipped out to do the job, you discover that there's more to the job than you expect.

I am always enamored by sci-fi, and am even more enamored by fiction that has something to say about the divine, so when this game mixes the two of them I completely and utterly fucked with it. This shit? Absolutely up my alley.

You can also interact with your workmates here and discover more about them, but I find that the divine part of the game is what really pleases me. I only wish that there was more story to see and read!

Door Rates That Which Faith Demands: 4.5/5

ENTER THE GUNGEON

I started this game very early in 2022, and let me tell you I did NOT expect it to shoot up to my most played game on Steam. There’s just something about this game that just drags you in easily with its wacky randomness and fun mixups and somewhat cute aesthetic.

You start out choosing one of four possible characters, then in typical roguelike fashion you do run after run as you unlock more guns, more accessories, more characters, and even more areas to explore! It is a very fun game where you can just go pew pew pew at everything.

Door Rates Enter the Gungeon: 4/5

SKATEBIRD

You are a bird. And you have an urge... to skate. It’s a cute little game with cute little birds! You can change up their feathers, their fashion, and do some neat skateboard tricks. My biggest issue with this game though is that the controls are very clunky. But from the short time I played it I found it very amusing.

Door Rates Skatebird: 3/5

HOLLOW KNIGHT

A friend of mine gifted this to me years ago, and it only took me like... half a decade or so to finally finish it! Heck yeah progress.

Anyway, this game is a nice Metroidvania. I found the aesthetic very nice, dark yet welcoming. I couldn’t have imagined making a world full of bugs work out to be cute! The music is also wonderful and the worldbuilding is great.There’s much to discover and a variety of areas. The story is also great (though I imagine my enjoyment was a bit diminished after I spoiled myself a bit lol). I enjoyed it a lot.

Door Rates Hollow Knight: 4/5

HEAVEN’S VAULT

Another friend recommended this to me, and I instantly fell in love with a concept. Sci-fi archaeology! Learning about dead languages! Good worldbuilding! All of these tick so many boxes for me it’s amazing really

I liked the artstyle too, a mix of 2d and 3d, 3d for the environments and 2d for the character sprites. I adore it, something similar was done too for Paradise Killer, another fave of mine.

I really enjoyed the story of this game and its vibes. I replayed it some more trying to unlock more of the language since language knowledge persists between playthroughs, but my save got deleted at one point and I didn’t continue. Nonetheless, I wholeheartedly recommend this game!

Door Rates Heaven’s Vault: 5/5

VAMPIRE SURVIVORS

A simple survival game/roguelike/bullet hell of sorts, and yet it’s so addicting. A friend gifted me this game and it got me in a vicegrip instantly. In this game you go and kill enemies, get experience, and level up to get various weapons and items so that you can kill more enemies. You accomplish achievements so you can unlock more characters. You get more gold so you can upgrade your stats. It’s basically a distillation of “number go up” and how much we enjoy it! Big damage big effects. It’s like rolling up a snowball and watching it get bigger and bigger and eventually it becomes an avalanche and massacres an entire village of ghosts. Sure you crash and burn sometimes but it’s still fun building it up!

The game is very cheap and has recently released an expansion, and is even free on iPhone/Android! Go try ittttt

Door Rates Vampire Survivors: 4/5

HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST

I played Zero Dawn years ago and enjoyed it very much, and I’m glad to report that now that I’ve played the sequel, I still enjoy it a lot! The gameplay feels the same for me, and the graphics are still very breathtaking, though I didn’t have as much opportunity to take pictures here as opposed to in Zero Dawn. I enjoyed the story a lot too. I have nothing much to say about it other than it being a solid sequel, and I look forward to more entries to this series!

Door Rates Horizon Forbidden West: 4.5/5

2064: READ ONLY MEMORIES

This game is by the same people who made VA-11 Hall-A, and is set in the same world and a few years before it. It’s a visual novel with a lot to say about technology, consciousness, and people. I loved the pixel art and I loved the writing! I grew to care for the characters, which was something I did not expect. I recommend this game!

Door Rates 2064: Read Only Memories: 4/5

PAPERS PLEASE

I played Return of the Obra Dinn and enjoyed it so much that I thought I should check this game out as well. Both were made by Lucas Pope. And both are pretty cool in their own way! Return of the Obra Dinn had a focused story and a straightforward objective, but Papers Please had you living life as a simple border control officer and it really shows. Day by day the difficulty ramps up as you have to look out for more potential mistakes in peoples’ requirements. And in the meantime you still have to provide for your family.

While all of this is going on, life continues, and there will be world events that surprise you. I love how this game weaves its simple gameplay into a good narrative. It is a very solid game.

Door Rates Papers Please: 4/5

FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE

I started this in 2021 but only finished it early 2022. I haven’t played the original so I’m glad to play this with updated graphics! In fact it’s a huge overhaul even.

It’s lovely to see these characters in high definition. Barrett is fuckin STACKED and it’s lovely to see Jessie and Aerith. Tifa looked lovely in a dress! And it’s nice to see Biggs and Wedge having actual personalities here.

Gameplay was snappy enough and I have no complaints about it. And I enjoyed enough how the story was told. I’m looking forward to part two!

Door Rates Final Fantasy VII Remake: 4/5

CITIZEN SLEEPER

I like this game.

It’s a sci-fi RPG. You arrive at the space station named Erlin’s Eye, where many people have made a home of. You learn of its history, its people, and most importantly, how to survive in this place. While it presents itself as sci-fi, it tells a familiar tale of trying to survive in a new frontier.

The way it plays is that every in-game day, you get a certain number of dice, already pre-rolled. You have to manage these dice in order that you get to use them succeed in the tasks you need to succeed in. In a sense, it’s a mix of RPG and resource management, which is very interesting to me.

I enjoyed the story and the characters. It is a surprisingly familiar story that resonates, and the gameplay is chill enough, along with the music. It has my Seal of Approval

Door Rates Citizen Sleeper: 4.5/5

PENTIMENT

The same friend who recommended me Heaven’s Vault told me of this game. I got it on the Xbox Game Pass and fell in love with the aesthetic. Each frame looks like an art piece you can hang in a museum!! It reminds me of like. The Bayeaux Tapestry. Idk why that specifically came to mind but. Yes.

In this game you play as journeyman artist Andreas Maler. You are contracted by the Kiersau Abbey in the village of Tassing to make art. Through Andreas’s eyes you get to know the village’s history, mingling with the village folk, breaking bread with them even!

This game... this game is not just about history, not just about choices, this game is also about you living with your choices. Andreas’s regrets, successes, and the butterfly effect of his presence on the people of Tassing are told with great import. If you play this game, I urge you not to savescum or make a new save when things don’t go your way.

It’s one of my top games of 2022. Go play it!

Door Rates Pentiment: 5/5

NO MAN’S SKY

I’ve been playing this game ever since it came out, and it continues to be a treat. It was only in 2022 though that I actually played the Expeditions. And it is very nice to see how fellow explorers just help people along through them by making bases, planting markers, and just putting up some messages! I’ve enjoyed this game for years because of its variety and beauty, but it’s only now that I felt how rich its community is. I look forward to exploring it more in the coming years!

Door Rates No Man’s Sky: 4.5/5

FINAL FANTASY XIV

2022 was the year I wrangled together a static, which is essentially an 8-person group dedicated to clearing certain content in FFXIV. We were out here trying to clear the new Savage Raids, Pandaemonium Tiers 1 to 4. It was my first time being a sort of raid leader, and it was honestly an interesting experience! It was rough at times, but I nonetheless formed lasting friendships and strengthened some current ones. And it was very enjoyable suffering playing together with friends :)

As time went on though, I had to drop my subscription because of IRL responsibilities. But this game will always be important to me because of the friendships I have made and continue to make.

Door Rates Final Fantasy XIV: 5/5

MTG ARENA

Okay.

I have a love/hate relationship with this game.

On one hand, the game itself. Magic: the Gathering. It’s honestly enjoyable! My favorite format is Historic Brawl and I enjoy brewing decks for different commanders and just playing out matches conveniently!

On the other hand the economy SUCKS and it does a lot of things to make you feel that FOMO feeling.

I’m honestly waffling between uninstalling it and not uninstalling it and I probably should uninstall it? But I have to admit I do still enjoy the game...

Either way: Magic the Gathering is a great game. MTG Arena? It’s a good way to play the game, but it’d take you a while to collect the cards you want, so jury’s out on that one.

Door Rates MTG Arena: 2.5/5

SUMMARY

That’s a lot of games!!! I played some others but I didn’t have the time to include them here, but I enjoyed most of them all the same.

I enjoy the unique experience of playing games because you are not just... reading the story, you aren’t just watching an event or anything. You are an active participant in these experiences! May it be a story-rich game, a game with fun mechanics, or even a game as simple as Wordle, you are more in charge of your experience. And I find that cool!

I’m gonna try and continue to write more reviews as I play games! I’ll make this my New Year’s Resolution sure let’s go with that. Take care dear readers!

[felrend]

I posted 4,882 times in 2022

That's 4,833 more posts than 2021!

921 posts created (19%)

3,961 posts reblogged (81%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@deadletterpoets

@loveblcd

@boobaloof

@felrend

@witheringfears

I tagged 4,126 of my posts in 2022

Only 15% of my posts had no tags

#horizon forbidden west - 1,561 posts

#aloy - 1,445 posts

#erend - 762 posts

#screen shots - 615 posts

#erend vanguardsman - 462 posts

#kotallo - 435 posts

#hfw spoilers - 419 posts

#ereloy - 338 posts

#lmao - 228 posts

#varl - 215 posts

Longest Tag: 96 characters

#this is what took me so freakin long because i'm so indecisive and i kept getting distracted lol

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

See the full post

1,130 notes - Posted July 22, 2022

#4

Erend, Varl, Kotallo, Zo, Alva talking about Aloy:

Aloy:

1,372 notes - Posted February 28, 2022

#3

The Outsiders

2,094 notes - Posted July 27, 2022

#2

See the full post

2,616 notes - Posted July 24, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Same

12,343 notes - Posted July 30, 2022

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[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.

[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!

[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...