Thoughts on Elysium
Here are my thoughts regarding one of Horizon's most intriguing locations that we've yet to see: Elysium.
Where exactly Elysium is is never established, the only hint we have is from Charles Ronson, who describes Elysium as "a distance of miles" away from GAIA Prime. I think it's very unlikely that Elysium will be in a side quest, it would need to be a main quest location. Personally, I can't think of any reason why Elysium would have anything within that could help against Nemesis, so if it does make an appearance in Horizon III, I can't think of any good ideas as to how it will be important in the main story. Maybe in a DLC story? Only time will tell.
Araman and Banukai's Origins
.]] We know that Araman was originally a member of the proto-tribe that would become the Nora, which could be referring to ELEUTHIA-9, being a "cave" within All-Mother Mountain. I realise that the shaman telling Banukai's story is far more likely to be referring to the "temple built from sparkling ice," but I feel that this is an interesting choice of words when he uses much more descriptive words for the temple earlier in the story.
The Banuk culture of weraks, as well as the Ravenous Tribe, had been established by the time of Banukai's story. I'm no expert in how culture develops, but I imagine it would probably take a significant amount of time for them to develop, especially having started from nothing within a single generation.
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Thoughts on Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
]] The rumors were true, Horizon Zero Dawn really is getting a remaster.
I have to admit, I'm very excited about it, the trailer looks incredible! My personal favourite improvement seen so far is child Aloy's new look. She always looked really strange to me (her face looks especially off when she's watching the Happy Birthday Isaac! datapoint), but the new child Aloy looks amazing!
I recently was playing some HZD, and the awkwardness of the cutscenes/discussions is honestly quite a difficult thing to adjust to again after seeing how things were improved in The Frozen Wilds, even more so after Horizon Forbidden West, so I'm very excited to see how the one-to-one discussions have been improved!
However, in my experience, remasters can sometimes be a…
Horizon III
Here's my ideas as to what details the game following Horizon Forbidden West could contain, which I will address as Horizon III in this blog post.
Looking at Sylens' map that he was looking over during and after Epilogue, there are four markers across the United States and Canada, indicating the locations of different companies that Londra believed could hold technology that could be used against Nemesis, It could be a sweet introductory mission for Horizon III, (the Horizon III equivalent of Lessons of the Wild and Reach for the Stars), where Aloy is teaching Itamen how to hunt.
As for what will happen in Horizon III, I can't say for sure. Anything I've said above could end up being totally correct, or completely wrong. But either way, I've been so…