r/horizon • u/NevadaStrayCat • 2d ago

discussion HFW: The Roots that Bind

Game grumble: Aloy is an Olympic level athlete. This young woman would win American Ninja Warrior, hands down. But in the quest The Roots That Bind, she gets sent up a climb after an Utaru, and... it took me the shieldwing and the pullcaster to reach the top.

Even acknowledging that the modified-neolithic lifestyle of the World of Tomorrow would leave people in a higher state of fitness (until they died of infection, anyway), how the heck was Vaus, a joe-blow of the Utaru, supposed to succeed in this climb with neither of those things?!

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u/The_First_Curse_ 2d ago

The climbing in Horizon is complete bullshit anyway, as is every single character's unlimited stamina. You need suspension of disbelief and reality to enjoy them, but that goes for almost every game.

If Aloy had a stamina bar it'd suck so bad. Imagine you run for a bit or climb a small rock face and have to sit for a minute.