I played Horizon Zero Dawn when Twitter was a closed door to me. I never heard anything about it and all I knew of it was the intro when I played on a friend's console.
I absolutely loved the game. The aesthetics, the mechanics, and the world building felt amazing to me. I liked Aloy. I related with how isolated she was as a child and her desire to find her mother.
I loved how she gained allies, which should have helped her no longer feel lonely. I thought she would not want to be lonely. I Thought that, especially after the loss of her only parental figure, that she would hunger for someone else to connect with. I figured that once she basically got in touch with her "mother" even indirectly, that this would give her some closure.
Hell, she met people who treated her like a person. Erend, who never once treated her like she was some divine savior, was one of those people. Sure, he had a bit of a drinking issue and whatnot, but he was loyal and a good fighter. Varl proved to be a good ally. Not as mature as Erend, but he was helpful as well.
She fought the big bad, defeated the rogue AI, and the ending just felt good, to me.
Then I went to Forbidden West. She chose to rip herself away from those friends she gained over the course of the first game. This jarred me as this went against what I thought were her motivations. I understand saving the world is some sort of duty she seems fixated on fulfilling, but by having her walk away from Erend and Varl without so much as an explanation or goodbye, I felt that any personal stake just did not exist for her. She was so relatable in the first game, and then in the second, all that went out the window.
She seemed to have this air of superiority because she understood the machines more than anyone else. She saw no reason to try and open their eyes the same way hers were when she was a child. And the only reason she bothered to give Varl a chance was because he chased after her and insisted on helping.
She came off as selfish and lacking sympathy, which left me not wanting to finish the game.
por que muita gente não gosta de Horizon ?