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Play on: PS5, PS4, Windows (Steam Deck not applicable)
Current goal: Recover one other AI to save the world

2017 was the last yr I spent significant time with Aloy and the terrifying army of robotic dinosaurs and beasts that inhabit her post-apocalyptic world.

And oh, I forgot how fun the major combat loop of this game is. It’s been so long since I played the primary game that I do not really remember the particular differences between and throughout the hectic moments. However, the challenge of balancing bow and arrow shooting (my favorite kind of shooting), resource management, trapping, and elemental status effects gives me a pure adrenaline rush in my female hero fantasy. Seriously, this might be my GOTY if it got here out this yr (I mean, it got here out on PC anyway).

However, this story is a bit beyond me. As with , I feel like this setting and these characters may gain advantage from one other draft or two? That said, I’m starting to really like Aloy as a heroine. Plot themes like environmental destruction, human greed, and artificial intelligence also provide interesting food for thought… especially considering where Earth is headed IRL (lolsob). Nothing really convinces me, but it surely’s still price enthusiastic about!

These days I feel like taking over tougher challenges in games, so I play on Very Hard and find the combat rewarding enough that I’ll definitely play one other game on Ultra Hard once I’m done. Plus, it’s incredibly great on the move, so it’ll be great for testing and showing off the impact of updates I make to my computer in the long run.

-Claire Jackson