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Videogames: Horizon Forbidden West - Language & Representations

  Language Introduction Read  this review of Horizon Forbidden West in the Financial Times  (should be non-paywalled but you can  read the text of article here if needed ). Answer the following questions: 1) Why does Guerrilla Games have 'a serious case of bad timing'?  The release of Zelda and Elden Ring were around the same time and overshadowed it.  2) What is the narrative for the original game Horizon Zero Dawn ?  Hunter-gatherer fighting robot dinosaurs across a  post-apocalyptic  US. 3) How is the central character Aloy described?  Balances grit and tenderness as one of the most memorable new characters of its console generation. 4) What is the narrative and setting for sequel Horizon Forbidden West? Robot enemies are ingenious works of biomechanical clockwork , shaped like snakes, hippos, ferrets, rams and pterodactyls, with electric cables for sinew and gleaming steel for ligaments. 5) What does the review say about animati...

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