Glimpses

[If you liked this screenshot, and don't want to bother reading about the game, head over to Horizon : Zero Dawn - Screenshot Showcase .] This game was never in my wishlist When I saw Hideo Kojima's name mentioned in the Special Thanks section of the credits, I was surprised not at the mention itself, but rather at my intuition. I had been drawing parallels between Horizon: Zero Dawn and Death Stranding, Kojima's latest, all through the game. Therefore, Kojima's name in the credits was a pleasant validation of what I'd been feeling all along, though I never thought that he had contributed to this game in any way. Moreover, I'm just now realising that HZD is more similar to Death Stranding than I had previously thought.  For starters, both were originally released for the PlayStation and later ported to PC, but also, both of these games were never in my wishlist to begin with. I wasn't particularly interested in playing either one but having an unfair aff...

  Walking the sunlit path The city of Meridian, from a distance Carja soldiers stand guard at Meridian Hanging on from the head of a Tallneck Taking in the vastness of the snow covered terrain Aloy tries to do a one-leg stand from a point where trees are reduced to dark lines protruding out of the fog Quite a place to show off her tightrope skills Scary how much she trusts the rope Surrounded with fog, Aloy looks on as a mysterious colour floats in the lake Fascinating northern lights in Horizon's skies A bit of rest for the mount and rider before the sprint Aloy gazes at the distant lands from a Meridian balustrade Aloy, donning a Banuk Ice Hunter outfit Carja priests pray for the departed Riding a machine into the city of Meridian Cold mist sweeps over the mountains lying ahead Travelled this far, with a long way still to go The volcanic eruption in the distance gives the snow a pleasant, pink hue Watching the dry and rusted ruins from a distance Scrounging amidst the ruins Stron...