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Earth is ours no more.
In an era where Machines roam the land and mankind is no longer the dominant species, a young hunter named Aloy embarks on a journey to discover her destiny. In a lush, post-apocalyptic world where nature has reclaimed the ruins of a forgotten civilization, pockets of humanity live on in primitive hunter-gatherer tribes. Their dominion over the new wilderness has been usurped by the Machines – fearsome mechanical creatures of unknown origin.A legend in the making
Shunned by her tribe since birth, Aloy has never known a mother’s embrace or the acceptance of a community. Her only companion was Rost, the stern, impassive recluse who fostered her. Rost taught Aloy to survive any physical hardship and to scorn comforts as weakness – but he couldn’t provide the answer to the questions which troubled her above all else: who her parents were, and why she was cast out.
The story is set in the 31st century, in a world where humans live in scattered tribal-like populations with limited access to technology. Their technologically advanced predecessors are remembered as the "Old Ones". Large robotic creatures, known as "machines", dominate the Earth. For the most part, they peacefully coexist with humans, who occasionally hunt them for parts. However, a phenomenon known as the "Derangement" has caused machines to become more aggressive towards humans, and larger and deadlier machines have begun to appear. There are three tribes that are prominently featured: the Nora, the Carja, and the Oseram. The Nora are fierce hunter-gatherers who live in the mountains and worship nature as the "All-Mother". The Carja are desert-dwelling city builders who worship the Sun. The Oseram are tinkerers known for their metalworking, brewing, and arguing.
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 2:40:07 sentiment: other
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Not for me
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- Not good for me
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- Horizon Zero Dawn board game? Yes.
- No, but not but not good. Not for me.
- I did the allin of street masters from uh ninja ninja or what was the name of that?
- Black Studios. Yeah. And that was like um they're the ones that blacklist blacklist and then they're the ones that did it's two five four or five feet of boxes of street masters or they they flat out like that's the one that like they they ran out of money and there's a bunch of their stuff they haven't completed that was like that the miniatures company that like way oversold like way over overpromised.
- I can't find your Dark Souls card game review. Is it on BG?
- That's I have some hope that there's a Dark Souls game that is good. Worth a damn out there. So, I heard that was okay. Maybe in a couple of years.
- 14,467 comments on the Stellaris Infinite Legacy board game.
- Oh my god.
- It's just it's three years late.
- Adventures in Neverland by Blackbox Games.
- I hate those guys.
- Never never made a damn thing.
- the whole Peterson games thing going on which is just insanity with
- that that that that post of oh we thought we could make our games in the US. We didn't listen to anybody.
- Oh god. It was just Yeah. You know, it's just he was talking about like, oh, we we all of a sudden realized that oh, the manufacturing cost for everything was five times greater at the very least as what like Chinese manufacturers would do.
- The tonedeafness of this post is mind-boggling, blaming everyone and everything else but the people running the business.
- Why would you buy a warehouse and machinery without comparing it to the cost to manufacture in China?
- I'm not even close to being an entrepreneur, but that would be my first step before I sunk my money into something like this.
- what's your game with Madera? I mean just flat out lying like through multiple things like making fabricated pictures of production lines and things like that of games being made. Seriously?
- And then they then they finally realized that they they didn't have like anything
- Um we finally rechieved the the level of quality we're looking for and coordinating with our various suppliers we've approved the production samples and the games are being made and assembly will be completed in the middle of June 2022 and then like a year and a half later says So, here are the We're still working on getting the rulebook files together and it's just like what, you know, just
- So, one day ago on the Dire Alliance horror, which I back just for the miniatures because the miniatures look [ __ ] cool.
- But he says, 'Before confidence in your company and future campaigns can be secured, can you address these genuine concerns? Number One, the Saddler brothers said you use you use the name Max Lei, an anagram of Alex Lim, while claiming to be an intern at Blacklist Games. If not you, who is that? And what was his role in the company? If so, why did you hide your involvement?'
- Number two, EasyHip called you out for lying to Dan Spisano when you said they were unable to ship his contract, claiming he hadn't provided his full address. Easy Ship said it was because you had failed to pay their warehouse fees. Is this true? You also claimed in an update that 75% of the Contra games had shipped. They hadn't, as confirmed by later updates. Yet, to date, only one person I know has said they received theirs. Why did you claim they even shipped when you had outstanding warehouse fees?'
- 'Four, why did you walk away from your previous company, Artistic Justice Games, and the unfulfilled fairy tale games miniatures campaign without a word? Here's a link to that campaign. The comment section is very telling. Since you're here to make things right, does that include the fairy tale campaign.'
- 'Six. Is it true that Kickstarter forcibly cancelled your myth and goal Kickstarter due to the you having too many unfulfilled projects open? If so, is your suggested name change for blacklist attempt to get around that restriction?'
- And then in your January update, you claimed you would be making monthly updates from there on out. It is now April and you have we've had no further updates. Are you willing to concede that this we're just never getting these games?'
- And then they did the basically the Fantasy Miniatures 2, which raised 1.4 million, and then they they put together, but they never delivered on the first one before when they launched that second.
- I don't think it's one in 10. It's probably Yeah, it's probably less than that. But it's like what I could pick. Just like the ones that basically just don't deliver anything. Like just take the money.
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No Pun Included Discussion at 0:58 sentiment: negative
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- hello my name is efka this is bessie and i'm elaine
- we have a little board game channel called nope included
- reviewing board games is the best thing i have ever done in my life
- our channel is supported by our patrons
- we've decided to simply ask you to support us at whatever level you feel is right
- narrative storytelling in board games through the lens of ryan lockett's sleeping gods
- sharp criticism like our videos for horizon zero dawn
- feel-good reviews like sprolopolis
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Beyond Solitaire Interview at 13:24 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- aesthetically rich fusion of myth and machine
- engaging world-building
Cons
- narrative depth can feel uneven for some players
Thematic elements
- ritual meaning in a world rebuilt by machines
- post-apocalyptic Earth with ancient ruins and mythic overtones
- mythic yet industrial sci-fi blend
Comparison games
- Assassin's Creed
- God of War
- The Legend of Zelda
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Combat with machines — Strategic combat against robotic adversaries
- Open-world exploration — Exploration with resource gathering and traversal
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's fundamentally about religion
- the reason religion is in there... very often people explain it as like a form of atmosphere or magic
- Ideology is made not by thoughts and figuring things out. Ideology is made by actions and money
- Money talks
- Players from different cultural and religious backgrounds would read games differently
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