#i know hfw isnt for everyone but i think hzd really is one of the best games of all time

[banukai]

If I could erase my memory of any game so I could do it all over again it would be HZD. I remember going through the first bit being so damn curious about the state of the world and how it had gotten to where it was. Was it an alien plant that was colonized and lost contact with Earth, leaving the people to rebuild in tribal societies? Was it a war that wiped out civilization like in Adventure Time? Was it an alternate universe where machines just existed as fauna, like magic? I was so fucking eager to find out. Being able to sharpen and hone my theory as to what Zero Dawn was and what happened in the Time of Ashes was an experience out of a novel. And when it was all revealed at E-9/Faro HQ/GAIA Prime, if you had been paying attention, you'd have a hazy idea of what happened by then, but being able to see and hear the full truth of it all was horrifying and breathtaking. I desperately wish I could experience it fresh again. Its an experience Ill be chasing for the rest of my life for sure.