A playthrough quest

The open world holds up remarkably well. Side quest writing is genuinely better than most modern RPGs.

The aluminium research chain is genuinely brutal. Six different machines feeding into one output, and I'm still manually ferrying some resources.

The remaster's lighting makes the Imperial City feel genuinely grand. The jankiness that I remember is still there in moments, but now it reads as charm.

Finally off biomass burners. Coal power took way longer than expected — the water extractor placement alone cost me two hours.

Got the first iron-to-screws-to-reinforced-plates loop running without manual input. Watching it tick over automatically never gets old.

Story picked up significantly after the first few quests. Aloy's world starts making sense in a way that rewards paying attention.

The remaster is stunning. Lighting on the machines and foliage is dramatically better than I remembered.

Great opening zone and scan log worldbuilding.

Scan-heavy exploration loop is excellent when framerate holds.

Staff omega build now consistent.