Actually you couldn't. It's precisely who Aloy is and what that gives access to, that allows her to gain this knowledge.
I mean you can state this all you want. But I have yet to see evidence of such. And since multiple people are claiming this, I'd like to understand what you all mean when you say this.
It's hard to put my finger on one thing that made Aloy kinda boring.
As someone said previously, she seems too perfect. She doesn't seem to have any significant internal conflicts or challenges (except for a few very superficial "choices"). Losing Rost was the thing that got us closest to any of that, but even then there wasn't much of a lasting impact. The bit about Aloy being broken up over Sobeck being her mother/being a clone was another chance but was really quite poorly done.
Throughout her journey I also felt the character development wasn't that good. All the stuff she learns about history and how
that affects her actions doesn't really count as
good "character development" imo. If I bring up Joel as an example, he starts off completely jaded, closed, almost uncaring. By the end his attitude on life has had a massive change, more open, caring about others, risking his own life for the sake of someone else's etc. Aloy doesn't really have any of that. She's still the same person, nothing much has changed - she just knows more about the story. There was some good development in her relationships with others as she saw more of the world, though.
Returning to the Nora after getting all the GAIA info admittedly felt like she had developed, but even then it felt cheaply earned, relying on info dumps rather than some soul-searching journey.
Also, the acting was quite one-note and contributed to her blandness. I didn't think it did that good of a job at conveying emotion.
I'm no expert writer, but this is what my gut feeling was looking back at the game. Like I said before I still enjoyed the story of the past world (seems to be a sentiment shared by many people), but I think a stronger main character would have made it even stronger and, more importantly, made the current storylines more compelling for everyone.
Was wondering what you all thought about a co op mode for horizon and 4 player co op for days gone sequels. Think it could really elevate the two games.
Horizon was already amazing imagine fighting two thunderjaws with a buddy.
Days gone would probably sell waaay more
Yep, multiplayer is exactly what's needed to push me towards buying those games.
While we're at it could I get a TLOU Battle Royale too thx.
