The one thing that really stuck with me from this video was Aloy’s tech reliance. When she woke up in pain, her first thought isn’t about Rost or any of her goals until now, it’s “I need my focus”.
That’s a pretty big leap from the Nora’s whole metal devil/faithless/whispering of machines thing. I wonder how well Aloy would’ve been able to live with the Nora if the proving hadn’t gone so wrong.
Teb is such a fanboy.
Aloy’s been working with her focus for at least six years, maybe ten. Even when it was new she really took to it, and found use for it immediately. Rost only saw it as a toy, not a temptation from the Metal World.
I think we can assume that the focus provides Aloy with more information than we, the viewer, are given (her physical stats, rudimentary GPS and mapping functionality, and so forth). It’s like losing part of yourself at that point, and retrieving it must have been paramount. This also means that living with the Nora if the Proving hadn’t been such a Charlie Foxtrot would have been tiresome. Aloy is a curious explorer, not a religious hunter or brave (who’d never go snooping around the forbidden areas no sir).
- I also think Aloy is her clone. She clearly isn’t wearing this summer’s fashion, and she looks too much like Aloy to be a relative. It looks like they’re using the same facemodel.
- They appear to have figured out that Aloy is a clone. They’re working with Olin, clearly, so maybe he’s a spy, who goes into Dwemer ruins to find awesome shit for them to use.
- I like the idea that it’s NORAD, or at least the computers. Maybe there’s a battery-powered AI in there, Winter Soldier-style, and it’s forgotten everything except “don’t let anyone in”.
- They use Corruptor modules, like we are clearly about to do.
- He thinks Aloy is hot, but he hasn’t progressed beyond the middle-school style of flirting, where you insult the person you like instead of kissing them.
I have always equated her reaction to that of an addict, because she winces in pain from her wounds, but then ignores that and panics when she doesn’t feel her Focus. It’s really telling of how much she’s come to rely on it.
Teb seems to like us, but maybe only because he makes us things and praises our smarts and is nice to us. Hmm.
I mean more of how are they using Corruptors? Machines like that don’t seem like they could be tamed very easily. Do the attackers have the kind of technology to create machines that can take over other machines?
What is… quick google search oh ohhhh haha, I hadn’t heard it referred to like that before.
I don’t think we have enough data to verify how the attackers are using the Corruptor modules. The minigun bad guy was wearing a Focus, so they’re more gung-ho about using old world tech.
Hell, maybe they don’t use them and just make friends with the machines.
With the ability to make friends out of machines, we venture forth to see just what we can do. Quick shout-out to someone who basically called this pretty early on in the thread.
Not quite a Watcher, but Striders are still pretty cool!
For the last part about Photo Mode, feel free to request something at just about any time in the thread, since most places can be trekked back to.
But here’s an important question:
What should we name our new horse buddy?
Leave your suggestions here, and don’t be afraid to leave multiple suggestions if you’d like!
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following the standards set in ancient times, Aloy should know that any horse should be given the worst name possible. accordingly i recommend either of the following
Outran tha Metal Devil
Fresh Metal Shards
It’s a strider? The name should be Aragorn.
Edit: I have a photo request! The machines in this game look awesome, you should try to take a photo of each new one you encounter! Think of it as Horizon Snap.
I am down with all of this.
And I was right! Riding a robot horse seems rude as hell.
E: Hang on a second. If Nora is a corrupted old-world word, why wouldn’t Carja be the same way? Are they descended from a group of carjackers?
Already got you covered in an upcoming video! After we go after the War-Chief, I’m planning on doing the first bestiary video where we cover a few of the machines we’ve encountered, and I had to get some close-up shots to show off a minor detail that’s so hard to see in motion.
Online discussion is 99% sure that Nora comes from NORAD, but no one really has a good idea as to where Carja comes from. Maybe it’s an acronym, like:
Colorado Anti-Robot Joyriding Alliance
Okay, it could use a little workshopping.
We’re finally going after the War-Chief and the remnants of the War Party. We also test out our new mount until something tragic happens.
I’m also going to put a scrapbook-type thing together of stuff I take pictures of in the game, including all the different types of Machines we encounter, like the Pokemon Snap suggestion from Mansedan.
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poor Outran, off to the metallic glue factory in the sky.
I was quite impressed with the impression Sona left as War-Chief compared to Resh. Her willingness to acknowledge Aloy’s usefulness was secondary to me, to the fact she was willing to take all the blame for leading the War Party onto forbidden ground.
With extra bonus content!
And, now, for your regularly semi-scheduled content! The next few videos are side quests only, we don’t head for the edge of Nora lands until we’ve done just about everything possible.
Let’s meet back up with our buddy Nil, who seems to be a bit too enthusiastic about killing. Then, we’ll go off for some more side quests and I lament not being able to take Aragorn anywhere…
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Nil seems like a weird murderhobo. Like the Dovahkiin or the Courier. I feel a kinship with him and his dumb eyetattoos.
In the beginning of the video, some text said that you can sell artifacts to people in Meridian. Ah-hah! So we are going there eventually! I knew it.
I really dislike that bandit camp design because I’m pretty sure that making those walls and structures so misshapen is harder than just building them right. They might be bandits but that doesn’t mean they can’t figure out basic palisade construction.
There’s a lot of Sawtooths this time around, huh?
If it looks like we’re doing a lot of side quests before the story even really gets going, that’s because we are. I’m front-loading the side quests in the Nora area, since we’re not gonna spend a whole ton of time here.
When we get to the next major area on the map, the side quests and such will be much more spread out.
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That headdress looks like it would mess with her peripheral vision a lot.
Do different outfits give you different bonuses? You say the Baruks or whatever try to live and let live with the Machines, but is that reflected in stats at all?
“Snowchill itches.” Yes, Aloy, I imagine it would when you’ve got your guns out in the middle of winter.
They do. The one Aloy currently has on increases Freeze resistance. There’s another Banuk one that increases Corruption resistance. Armor resistances (or buffs, like to stealth) are never as substantial as the modifications you can put on them.
Each armor has three different forms, essentially a level 1, 2, and 3 version. The higher tiers offer better resistances, but you can put up to three modifications on them, which makes every piece of armor much more of a fashion statement.
We haven’t unlocked every armor group yet, so we’ll see Carja outfits soon.
You ain’t seen nothing yet.
We’ve heard a little bit about Cauldrons before, but it’s a good time to go see what they’re all about. Let’s also discover a new Machine type and try not to feel too bad about the boss fight at the end.
In the next video, we’ve one more little quest to go, and then we continue the story! Yay!
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