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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RIP Aragorn. Long live Elessar?
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YES
The Cauldron seems really cool. It answers a question I had, which is “Where do the Machines come from?” It doesn’t explain who designed the whole shebang, but learning how new Machines are made is pretty neat.
I also like the aesthetics of the Cauldron, since running through biomechanical bowels is my favorite thing.
What’s this? What’s this??? It’s time to continue the story!!
We’re going to do a little quest first that introduces some new Machines and then we’re going to get on our way with a brand new friend!
Feel free to add names from here on out in the thread, just like before, for our new longhorn-shaped robot buddy.
Oh, I almost forgot, I mentioned that I had already been taking some photographs when @Mansedan asked, and I’ve been collecting them in an album on imgur that I’ll be updating with new photos as I play through the game.
It probably won’t be 100% up-to-date on Machine types we encounter, but I’ll be trying to get the best shots.
Click the image below to go to the full album:
And just a reminder that I am taking photo requests as we go through the game.
Need to start watching this bad boy! Always interested in the game.
The journey to Meridian is not a short one, so we’ll be taking in the sights of Carja territory as we go.
We’ll also get a glance of the two largest Machine types in the game, but we’re not going to mess with them just yet.
With this video, we’re closing in on finding Olin and dealing with him, but here’s a question that I’ll leave up to the thread:
What should we do when we find Olin?
(Please make sure that you save your vote until after watching this episode.)
- Forgive Olin.
- Make Olin pay.
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LP Note: The next two (maybe three) videos are going to be bonus videos, but then we’re back to our regularly-scheduled story.
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Some documents from the latest episode:
Olin’s Journal:
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4TH DAY
I am a traitor now and see no way out.
If I start at the beginning - how they turned me - perhaps I can see something I missed?
No. There is no escape. What good can writing it do?
10TH DAY
You gave me this folio when you taught me to write. All these years later, it still smells of you - lavender and ash of the forge. All I have left of you.
Write me notes, you said when you gave it. Share your thoughts - tear the leaves, send the pages. To show I’m thinking of you. But I never did. Hands to grubby to touch parchment.
How I wish I’d done as you said. How I wish I could now.
15TH DAY
The same dream. Your hair in the forge-light, our son’s weight on my shoulders. All of us free. You turn to me and whisper - it is a dream. I answer - Yes, I know.
And then awake. Alone.
Even awake my life is a dream - a lie. My treachery will not buy your freedom. It only buys time. But every moment you live, that he lives… if treachery is the cost, I will pay it.
34TH DAY
Every week the device calls me in secret to a new dig site. We work like men with whips to our backs - as though it was left to us to upturn the soil of the entire earth and time has run low. Scrabbling to find the carcasses of ancient demons. It’s the weapons they want, must be. What misery am I helping birth into this land?
38TH DAY
I drink with Erend and Ersa, but not even the sweetest brew can wash the taste of guilt from my mouth. Every day my silence betrays them. The villains watch through the device. I keep expecting Ersa to stick a blade through my throat, but fire and spit, she does not suspect me. A better liar than I thought myself, must be.
54TH DAY
Fitful sleep the past three nights, thinking on that Nora girl. Why did it order her killed? The device, must be. Even so, what threat could she pose?
We heard explosions and distant screams from the village. I thought the savages might blame us, turn on us. I almost wished for it. But their Matriarchs ordered us gone. We fled to the border with an escort of braves, crossed at Daytower.
Now I am called to a dig in the Rockwreath, They promise another glimpse of you, of our son. How I hope to see you both.