![]() ![]() ![]() There is a higher meaning in this for her however, should she be accepted as a Nora, it would give her access to the resources she needs to learn about her lineage. It’s a rite of passage and should she pass she will be accepted among the Nora as one of their own. We also see her grow to be a mighty hunter under Rosts teachings, all of this to participate in a proving with all of the other Nora adolescents. Yet it’s tough when the adults treat you just as bad the children. The first hour of the game is very emotional as we see a young Aloy deal with this prejudice while trying her hardest to be accepted amongst the Nora. Aloy and Rost are reminiscent of Joel and Ellie By the time we end the first cut scene she is I guess adopted by a fellow outcast like herself named Rost. While not much is ever explained about their belief system, other than the Nora seem to have an unreasonable prejudice against orphans, which Aloy is. We first meet Aloy as an infant in the lands belonging to a tribe called the Nora, a deeply religious people. In this world, this is (spoiler!) Colorado, various tribes stick to certain areas of the map while spaces in between are full either bandit or large open areas of ruins of the old world filled with machines. As I don’t want to complete take away from the experience of uncover her plot I’ll stick to the basics. The story of your character Aloy is deeply personal in a world that screams out for you to notice it. In terms of world building and glimpses into the immediate past of the story, it’s something you piece together yourself, which I’ll get to in another section. Let me tell you that even though I’m not far in, it’s great. But anyone who enjoys anything out of the fantasy or RPG genre has to be ready to suspend their belief in order to comprehend what the game is trying to achieve. The only thing that would come to mind is Battlefield Earth, which wasn’t that great. Upon asking a lot of my gamer friends during the initial release of information for the title, a lot of them were skeptical about the fact that, one, the game was in the future yet humans are living in tribal style culture and two, that there are machines in modeled like animals everywhere. I’ll start with one of the more interesting aspects of this title. Therefore, I won’t call this a review but rather a very intimately detailed first look at the main accomplishments and downfalls of this game. Let me keep this straight to the point though, I am nowhere near the completion of the main quest, not even doing the side quests and treasure hunts and all other things the game makes you run through while exploring its massive map. Twenty five hours in and the game is so massive in its scope that often times I’m overwhelmed just walking around to find the resources that I need to progress whether in the main quest or doing simple errands. I’ve been anticipating this game for a long time, yet when I finally got to play it I have to say I wasn’t expecting even half what this game was going to hit me with. Everyone stay calm, the hype is accurate. ![]()
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