I want to thank Elden Ring Runes.

The way in 2017, I played Horizon: Zero Dawn and set it down. I kept getting killed when I got in fights which made the sport decidedly un-fun. “The combat is simply too tough”, I believed myself.

There were twelve other games that I desired to play and, hey, it had been *EASY* to put the sport down.

Since then, I have played Elden Ring. Now I’ve returned to the sport and, oh boy, I thought the combat within this game was difficult. It’s downright *EASY*. They come out and let you know “Hit this area of the dinosaur with armor-damaging arrows, hit that spend fire, hit that other spend shock”. And if you simply do what the sport tells you to complete, you’re golden.

On the surface of that, I’ve learned the lesson that simply because a monster can there be it doesn’t imply that you have to fight it. You can just say “Wow, that’s a large monster” and move ahead. You can return to it later. Indeed, you’re *SUPPOSED* to return to it later. They put fights that are too difficult for any level 15 person immediately in the middle of the map. You’re not designed to say “Level 38? LIES!” and run in screaming your company name. You’re designed to say “Maybe I’ll try that after I’m level 30 approximately.”

And guess what happens? When you’re level 38, like the sport recommends, the sport becomes DOWNRIGHT EASY. You’ve got a number of weapons that you simply didn’t have at level 15, you’ve got a number of skills that you simply didn’t have at level 15, you’ve got a number of armor that provides protection against various attacks that you simply didn’t have at level 15.

It took cheap elden ring runes to show me “Yeah, you are able to walk away. Come back later.”

And having done that, I’ve discovered that Horizon: Zero Dawn is a really good game!

If you’ve never played it, you should know it’s free in your PlayStation Plus subscription and it is well worth your time and effort.

You’re Aloy, an outcast from birth who's a member of the Nora tribe. The tribe lives within the Sacred Lands which lands are lush and green and populated with robot dinosaurs. You learn how to sneak, hunt, and also to gather resources out of your mentor (who's also an outcast). You learn that you simply could cease to be an outcast by finishing the Youth Rite of Passage the tribe has.

Well, obviously, the Youth Rite of Passage gets attacked by a foreign tribe and also the story begins in earnest. There are three basic storylines:

1. What is Aloy’s back story? Why was she an outcast from birth?

2. Who is this tribe that attacked your Rite of Passage? Why did they attack? What is their deal?

3. Wait, our planet is *OUR* world? It’s the entire year 3000-something? What the heck happened?

So you're able to explore a world that you simply now understand is post-apocalyptic Colorado Springs (and beyond) and you need to figure out how these three different storylines are in fact all the same storyline and it’s a surprisingly doozy.

“Whoa. *THAT* is the reason why there are robot dinosaurs? Man.”

And all it popularized truly enjoy the sport was a chance to look at a robot stegosaurus and say “I’ll return later.”

So… what exactly are you playing?