Even ignoring the actually rare setting and well done world building, Aloy's growth from kid out of her depth into the Savior of the planet, and how she reacts to primitive tribal cultures with beliefs she knows are outright laughable are really well done and really well executed. I'm more of a "play games for the mechanics" person and that's what originally got and kept me hooked, but the writing works well.
Horizon has good writing, but somehow all of it is in the lore and none of it in the actual story you play.
and how she reacts to primitive tribal cultures with beliefs she knows are outright laughable are really well done and really well executed.
This is the most annoying part of the writing for me, because it happens every other conversation. At that point just make her look directly at the camera and say "this guy, am I right, player? He's not like us, the civilized people" and get it over with
Maybe because I played it after Witcher 3 but I ended up dropping the first game because I found the characters so dull, and side quests were especially lacking. Funny thing is I played BOTW afterwards and that hooked me despite worse graphics and much weaker story, but the gameplay and exploration I found so fun.
Side quests are definitely filler content. I did a few but not much interesting stuff there. Yhe setting and backstory is what made it for me.
It's one of the best written games I've played.
Even ignoring the actually rare setting and well done world building, Aloy's growth from kid out of her depth into the Savior of the planet, and how she reacts to primitive tribal cultures with beliefs she knows are outright laughable are really well done and really well executed. I'm more of a "play games for the mechanics" person and that's what originally got and kept me hooked, but the writing works well.
Horizon has good writing, but somehow all of it is in the lore and none of it in the actual story you play.
This is the most annoying part of the writing for me, because it happens every other conversation. At that point just make her look directly at the camera and say "this guy, am I right, player? He's not like us, the civilized people" and get it over with
Maybe because I played it after Witcher 3 but I ended up dropping the first game because I found the characters so dull, and side quests were especially lacking. Funny thing is I played BOTW afterwards and that hooked me despite worse graphics and much weaker story, but the gameplay and exploration I found so fun.
Side quests are definitely filler content. I did a few but not much interesting stuff there. Yhe setting and backstory is what made it for me.