Despite the mission design never quite reaching the astronomical highs of Geralt's most recent campaign, there's a lot to like: each short story has its own self-contained arc which either helps to expand upon your understanding of the world or enrich Aloy as a character. Despite her competency in combat, she's relatable in a way most video game characters aren't.Īnd it's through the many main and side quests that you'll become attached to the character. But the heroine more than makes up for the shortcomings: she's strong-willed, sharp-witted, inquisitive, and ever so vulnerable all at the same time – think Katniss Everdeen and Hermione Granger with a bit of Lara Croft and you'll be roughly on the right path. That's not to say that the story-telling is perfect: the supporting cast is generally quite forgettable and the final few quests which focus on the so-called Ancients never really settle upon a fulfilling mechanism to relay their big reveals. As an outcast, the red-headed huntress serves as the perfect protagonist: her instinctive curiosity gives the game the perfect excuse to drip-feed you information about the world in which you exist, and you may be surprised by how engaging it all is. The conduit for all of this information is the aforementioned Aloy, an orphan exiled from the matriarchal Nora clan and forced to live in a humble shack many miles away from the embrace of All-Mother, the mythical deity which the tribe believes to be their goddess. And this all runs concurrently alongside the tale of the Old World, the civilization that existed before extinction ended life as we know it today and allowed the Earth to be inhabited by enormous robotic machines. Indeed, those who chastised Guerrilla Games for failing to flesh out the Helghast's story may be surprised by just how much lore is crammed into this 50 or so hour epic: bickering tribes tussle over differing religious beliefs while splinter factions wage bitter civil wars against monarchs who seek to heal the split between societies. It has everything that you'd expect of the genre: quests, dungeons, dialogue options, merchants, settlements, crafting, skill trees, and more.īut for as good as the title is at ticking boxes, it also has plenty to say for itself. There had been concern that the release may share more in common with Far Cry Primal than The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but on the Western RPG scale, the PlayStation 4 exclusive sits proudly alongside the likes of Fallout 4 and Mass Effect 3. Let's begin by vanquishing the giant Thunderjaw in the room, though: Aloy's inaugural adventure is a role-playing game through and through.
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