Burning Shores is the Epilogue Horizon Forbidden West Needed - Analysis & Critique

It's nice to see the life lessons she learned from the base game in this DLC. You see her not as shut off emotionally, she doesn't scuff off hugs, she reaches out and grabs peoples shoulders to comfort them, the kiss etc.

My Girl Aloy really showing character growth. From the girl who wants to save the world but at the same time wants to keep the people at arms lenght to actually being able to hug or kiss them. She really surpassed Elizabeth at this point.

This man makes a 4hr critique and like 2 weeks later the absolute mad lad makes a 1hr critique, you can name another creator with level of dedication and constant quality.

I liked Walter, especially after I realized he was starting a cult. It was better than just him being evil by killing everyone. Brainwashing them, both actually and through the cult, was one of my favorite moments.

The mini monologue about wokeness and representation was a perfect encapsulation of how I feel as well couldn't have said it any better. Youtube needs more level headed people like you.

I really liked that the romance was reserved for the dlc. I have always been afraid that a romance plot line would derail Aloy’s story, and horizon has never been a ‘romance.’ However, in this side chapter, they were able to really focus (no pun intended) on Aloy and Seyka’s relationship without taking away from the overall story and, like you, I didn’t realize how much I needed that (and Aloy gay panicking is so endearing and fun to witness). Great critique as always!

Finally a refreshing and intelligent analysis of burning shores. THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!!!

I asked my wife her thoughts on maybe an accident that would make Sylens mute or change his voice in some way. I just don't want him needlessly killed off or even just be off screen.

Burning Shores was so good, I really enjoyed it. I really loved Aloy and Seyka's interactions, that final fight was epic, the visuals were amazing, I also loved that Aloy could just kinda let loose a little bit more. Seeing more of the Quen was really fun, they keep getting more and more interesting. I LOVED the new ability where you could ropecast to a downed enemy, that was so much fun. I don't give ratings on games but if I were to rate it I would give it a solid 8.5, would have been 9 if it was longer. Horizon 3 can't happen soon enough, I can't wait to unite the tribes and take on Nemesis.

I'm definitely on board with the Seyka romance and I hope the third game either explores that more or maybe even experiment with a romance function where the player can choose. IMO Aloy's character has had something lacking about her, and seeing her be vulnerable like this makes her more human which I appreciate.

I absolutely loved Burning Shores. It's a very nice addition to Aloy's character arc and I seriously cannot wait to see how the third game will turn out. It sucks that it's being review bombed for "being woke by making aloy gay" because if they actually played the game and looked deeper, the signs have all been there since the first game. How people let a character's sexual orientation ruin a magnificent franchise for them, I have no idea.

One thing about the Spectre Gauntlet is that if you tag a point on a machine with R1 and hit that point with your railgun, the damage to the machine is pretty heavily increased. Was super useful in the final battle.

This was $20 well spent. I'm happy with what I got. I made a Reddit post the other day (which I put a lot of thought into) about why I like Seyka and Aloy's relationship so much and I was glad to see that many others agreed. We see Aloy discovering she can have these feelings for people. Ones she never thought she would. The beach scene in particular was the most "out there" clue that this is something more. She says Seyka is great and suddenly gets all panicky. She stands up and the look of on her face says, "OK, why I just said that. Why do I feel this way??"

Rewatching the footage of their final dialogue with Sylence made me realise, that the markings on the holo-globe that he shows while discussing the corporations, are all located near Seattle and in Canada. And if it's only their HQs, we are still probably going to go there and investigate. There is only four, because technically ASF's HQ located in Maker's End, that was present in the first game and they've already checked it. Going north also makes sense thematically, because the Claim and Ban-Ur are located there and Aloy would probably want to unite as many tribes as possible by travelling to their capitols. Also Elysium is located somewhere in the US territory, a few miles near Gaya Prime (probably north) and I REALLY doubt, that they won't show it at some point. I still do want to see multiple small open worlds, that you can switch between with fast travel, because it would be refreshing to the series and I have no clue, how they'll let us see Quen's Great Delta without it, but if it'll again stick to the one big open world formula for some reason, then my bets are on NORTH...))) P.S. Thanks for the video, Lazz!!!)

one thing i did find that was really neat was that they put a grave piece for Lance Reddick next to one of the aerial capture in the northwest-ish side of the map, was really nice when i accidentally found it

23:44 Yes! I remember I audibly let out a "wow" when I noticed the NPC with vitiligo. I've always found Horizon's inclusivity to be really refreshing, especially in the sequel where we come across so many unique NPCs of different races, genders, ages, sexualities, and with different body types and features. It's just nice to see representation of the kinds of people you will see on the street or in your day-to-day. Seeing Horizon (a franchise that was already ahead of the curve with rep in 2017) make effort to be even more inclusive through the NPC with vitiligo felt so special, yet honestly so in-character for Guerilla. This particular aspect of the Horizon universe lore was so lovely to hear you interpret, especially as it's something most people tend to overlook. I'm glad you took the time to notice and appreciate it!

Okay but i do have to come back to say this. Walter is my favourite horizon villain so far. Probably cause the performance the actor gives is amazing imo

Happy to see you firing on all cylinders lately, you had me worried when you were freaking out about your videos not getting as many views. Congratulations on the recent successes, the content is really good

I absolutely love all your Horizon videos. You have the platform, the words and the skills to show how wonderful they are! And almost always you speak the same sentiments I feel about them but am never able to articulate. So thank you!! Your part about Aloy's character arc and her romance with Seyka is the same conclusion I came to on my own while playing it but I had to talk sense into myself about it. While playing and noting her obvious crush I remember thinking "I dunno, I liked Aloy being a lone warrior." But then the more I played, the more I thought about FW and the more I noted how happy Aloy was to have Seyka with her, I realized I was projecting and that her character journey was never about staying alone but instead about embracing companionship with her found family. And what better way to further that journey than to give her a romantic partner. It was SO masterfully done that I felt dumb for having questioned it at first. I can't wait for the 3rd game to further Seyka and Aloy as characters and also their relationship. (As a side note I do really hope Sylens continues to be a character in the third game despite the actor's passing and that they're able to recast him. He's my favorite character, for one, and it'd be heartbreaking to see them write him out after the set up at the end of Burning Shores for his character growth. While no one can replace Lance I think the audience getting to see the end of his character arc would've been what he wanted.)

I'm glad that aloy has a girlfriend/partner now but my god I'm scared of the emotional weapon that creates in the next game