'Biology' of Horizon: Zero Dawn | Part II
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- Larger machines lurk in the lost reaches of Horizon: Zero Dawn. Part two of our documentary style deep dive into an artificial ecosystem (Part I: • The 'Biology' of Horiz... )
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Welcome back to the world of Horizon. In the most extreme biomes of this planet of machines, ill-tempered titans, skilled survivalists, and genuine terrors still await discovery. Like the animals braving the harshest regions of our current age, these machines have had to get creative to endure the hazards of the elements.
The environments are perilous, and the machines that live here even more so, but sometimes discovery requires certain risks. And with mysterious robots that aren’t part of the ecosystem awakening in the darkest corners of the land, who knows what final secrets are buried beneath the ground.
So, join me on the last section of our documentary-style journey, as we conclude our expedition across the uncharted regions…
0:00 Unseen Machines
1:04 Stormbird
2:38 Stalker
4:59 Rockbreaker
7:03 Corruptor
9:10 Charger
10:38 Trampler
12:37 Control Tower
14:12 Scorcher
16:10 Frostclaw and Fireclaw
17:43 Deathbringer
19:21 Beyond the Horizon…
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#CuriousArchive #Horizon #SpeculativeBiology - Hry
A game with dense with deeply considered lore, terrifyingly aggressive creatures, and tantalizing questions that leaves an indelible mark on the memory. Horizon Zero Dawn is one of those games, and it carves out a unique identity within the popular action-roleplaying genre.
Yep, the world building, lore and gameplay was so good it more than made up for the terrible characters and forgettable story
@@RexGalilae ya no one cares about story in video games. The whole point is to test your mind/skill. If a game relies entirely on story, then it is irrefutably a bad game.
@@floridaman6572 fnaf, undertale, the entirety of touhou, other games that i'm forgetting rn...
story can carry a game with rather lacking gameplay my friend
@@RexGalilae idk what to tell you, but i'm pretty sure worldbuilding falls within "story"
@@floridaman6572 That's the dumbest thing I've heard all day
I would soooo love a continuation of these videos where you explore the Forbidden West!
I’d love to explore Forbidden West in the future, but I will probably to wait until it comes to PC so I can get more documentary-style camera angles and slow-motion footage. Luckily, there’s talk Forbidden West will come to PC faster than Zero Dawn did.
@@CuriousArchive I absolutely love the style of these, I don't think many mind waiting for the pc launch so you can get the best quality footage
There is a lot more to cover in the second game, I'm not sure if you have looked at it, do you plan to do three videos or will you be limiting the amount of machines/other points of interest you look at?
@@ultimus616 What he could do in the meantime, could be a video, or a series of videos going over the tribes of Zero Dawn. I mean, I know the Nora aren't exactly "ok" with outlanders. But they did let him into the embrace at the start of journey.
@@CuriousArchive thank god it will i was hoping o wouldn’t need to wait to long horizon is one of my faves
@@CuriousArchive less go i played zero dawn on ps4 and pc i want forbiden west on pc
I love how certain machines fill certain ecological niches that are unique to machines (like Shell Walkers, or Control Towers) due to diferences in capacities between organic and non-organic beings.
The Shell Walkers actually do have a zoological analogue: the drones of Ants and Bees! They go out and collect resources for their hive/Cauldron to feed their companions and let their queen/fabricator reproduce more members of their network. Heck, Honeypot Ants have members specifically for the storage and distribution of food; the abdomens of some Honeypot Ants contain a giant expandable sac that’s used for storing food processed into a sugary honey-like nectar. Other ants even carry out part of the refinement process, so the members with honeypots are purely storage, just like Shell Walkers.
You could compare Control Towers and their drones to some combination of (eusocial) insect hive and Cleaner Wrass, Cleaner Shrimp, Oxpeckers, and/or Plover Birds. Those last 4 creatures are essentially the dentists or doctors of the animal world: they clean the teeth or skin of other animals clean of detritus and parasites, getting a meal while improving the health of their “patients.”
Also I love how control towers appear to be broadcast spawning when they release their drones, tying in to the anemone thing!
as soon as 'you' went into the shelter in the cold winter winds i IMMIDETLY reconized it as the yellow stone welcome center as ive been there before as a little kid. kinda broke my heart to see it like that, i hope it will be around for much longer in this world then that one
Don't worry that won't happen
brought to you by MONTANA RECREATIONS !!
7:46 interesting detail you missed for both the corrupter and death bringer is that they have an upsidedown V, typically used by members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to mark their AFVs to avoid Friendly fire incidents with CAS aircraft in the area.
In Horizon that's just the logo of Faro Automated Solutions :) which makes sense since Corruptor and Deathbringer are Peacekeepers as gold old Ted liked to call them
Thank you so much for going one thousand years into the future and documenting these phenomenon creatures
I think Chargers look more like bighorn sheep than goats (because of the horn shape), though they do attack like the latter.
Technically (lol) goats and sheep are in the same family so it makes sense
Imagine a whole planet that has evolved mechanical life for millions more years
So the game
@@dirtydeedsdirtcheep3007 I mean only populated with pure machines no animals humans or plants
@@acemarvel1564 Transformers
Perhaps they will develop the ability ro regenerate and reproduce independently, just like biological creature
machines cannot reproduce the same way we can, that does not mean that they cannot reproduce at all. Theoretically if these machines sort of had a beehive system similar or not so similar to horizon zero dawn’s and also had complex learning ai, gradually this learning ai would eventually tamper and experiment on its machines to give them benefits for there changing environments, slowly changing them over time with random minor or major bodily modifications, similar to how evolution gives animals random genetic mutations with some genetic mutations actually benefitting the animal and making the animal carry this benefitting trait in the long run. My guess is if that were to happen, in probably several billion cycles, these robots would seem alot more animal than they are now, or even alot more human.
I can't wait for more. I can't help but worry for your character as you chart these territories. 😄
I'm so glad you covered this one. Such a fascinating ecosystem indeed.
Fancy seeing you here! 🦊
Why are you on these types of speculative evolution videos?
There are not many games in recent memory that accomplish what HZD did. A great, believable story in a great setting with absolutely incredible world-design and creatures so well thought out that everything falls into place like a complex puzzle never leaving any doubt that this is a real, breathing and functioning world. The beauty of the varying biomes and its robotic inhabitants, the stunning design is just awe inspiring.
"Unlike some herbivores, though, chargers have an aggressive side"
I've personally never been a fan of people painting herbivores as passive. The vast, vast majority of them are just as dangerous, if not more so, than the carnivores in their ecosystems.
Exactly!
yep. carnivores have to be careful when hunting or fighting; if they get injured, they may be unable to hunt, leaving them to starve to death. most of them would rather avoid confrontation if they can help it - even favouring scavenging over hunting if they have the option to.
however, herbivores don't need to chase their food, so they can afford to risk a bit of injury if it comes to it. true, they'd also prefer to avoid fights when possible, but if a herbivore fails to identify and escape from/eliminate a predator, it's done for, and for many species, killing the (potential) predator before it has the chance to attack in the first place is better than ignoring it, or even running and hoping it can't catch them, regardless of whether or not it was an actual threat.
I'm not a fan of that either. Especially since a lot of the wild animal injuries you hear about at national parks (the vast majority of them I'll bet) are to folks who go right up to a bison or other large herbivore because, even if the person disdains the idea of veganism, they still think "herbivore cruelty-free, therefore safe" and assume they can just walk right up to a bison (or other large herbivore, though it usually seems to be bison) and pet it. Even though in reality giving sharks a belly rub is probably safer (and sharks are still dangerous and can still bite you in half if they think you're a seal).
I mean, he wasn’t saying all are 🤷🏽♀️. Just some.
@Man with hair no one asked you
Horizon Zero Dawn has such cool and interesting machine designs, I'm going to have to find out who was behind them
sadly, he passed away
@@enekorodriguez9230 damn😔
@@enekorodriguez9230 why
why
As a massive dinosaur nerd, I absolutely love the Horizon Games, and these documentaries style videos you’re working on are amazing, keep up the good work dude!
The metal Devils are so menacing when you see them in the distance. I can only imagine what they were like when they were alive. Even worse, I can imagine how they can come back. In vivid detail.
A single corruptor wanders the frozen wastes, its only company being a fellow deathbringer whose weapons have long since rusted off. The two spot a control tower in the distance using its drones to repair a fallen Frostclaw. The two then look up the mountain, beholding the gargantuan corpse of their third brother. For the first time in a century, connections begin to form in the mind of one of the forgotten warriors. From these connections within the mind of the corruptor, an idea is born. A horrible, horrible idea. With a single sting of its tail the control tower flails wildly, before suddenly going limp. As it slowly reawakens the lights across its body turn a startling purple, just one of the many sinister symptoms of the Corruptor's sting.
It's larger brother does not pay mind to the state of the tower. Rather it is focused on the thousands of small repair drones who have stopped mid-air as if frozen in time. The buzzing of the swarm echoes into the sky as they migrate toward the fallen Devil. Deep within the eyes of the two old machines, the faintest hint of emotion can be seen. Neither machine knows the true name of the emotions they feel, but a quick scan through their old memories reveals a word that is deeply associated with their current feelings:
"Revenge"
Ok
Nice
Maybe u should write a short manga on these two brothers and their quest to bring back their third brother the metal devil back to life.
Full metal alchemist
the Scorcher is obviously a bobcat or lynx, from the oversized ears, to the flared jaw to the lack of a tail
I always thought it was based off a coyote or wolf-
i dislike these SO much. Would rather play with a Thunderjaw than Scorchers....
yea I thought the huge pointed ears and the snow would of been obvious pointers 😭 the built matches bobcats more than arctic foxes
Not just that but also the oversized paws that lynx also have. Foxes definitely dnt have those large paws.
Love how they integrated yellow stone into the game like that yellow stone is a spectacular place for sure
I love these faux-documentaries, they let me enjoy this game in a new way even though ive beaten it like 5 times
Still astounds me how fast you gather info, take footage, write/record script, and edit it all together so fast! Like, do you even sleep my man?
2:00
*visibly raining and man literally about to get zapped and possibly die with his camera dying*
Also him: *This is why you need extra recording equipment.*
I am really hoping we get to look at the machines in Forbidden west as well, but I think we might have to wait until the DLC arrives.
Oh boy we definitely do need another excursion
I don't comment often. But I just had to mention that I really enjoyed this series.
The documentary format was really creative and well executed.
It actually felt like I was watching a nature documentary about one of my favorite games.
Love these videos. Some ideas you could do in future videos are creatures of Fallout 4, The Outer Worlds, and Ark Survival Evolved.
I'm not sure if Ark Survival Evolved could be considered speculative biology or not...
I mean its just dinosaurs right?
@@ykraoua ARK's first map, known only as "The Island" features almost exclusively dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, which leads people to assume that the game is just a dinosaur game. Lets just say that there is a bit of a twist at the end of that map that opens the door to a lot more speculative biology in the DLC expansions.
I'll give a full explanation below but it's a bit of a spoiler if you've never seen the DLCs or even just the ending of the base game.
ARK takes place in the far future after an apocalyptic event on Earth and the titular ARKs are space stations / artificial ecosystems orbiting around Earth. The ARKs feature various genetically engineered species, ranging from dinosaurs, to literal dragons, as well as cloned humans from various different points in Earth's history (ranging from literal cavemen to 24th century). The more fantastical creatures are often engineered specifically as a means to control the human population of a station - like if the people living on a certain ARK do stuff they're not supposed to, then that ARK might engineer some mythological creature as punishment. The Aberration and Extinction DLCs feature quite a bit of speculative biology, with Aberration being a malfunctioning ARK and Extinction taking place on Earth and featuring life forms that are heavily implied to have evolved since the Apocalypse. It also includes a couple of species that are implied to be alien lifeforms, such as the astrocetus (space whales) featured in the Genesis DLCs.
@@T.RQuantum are the Astrocetus in anything other than Genesis? Genesis is a VR world so realism doesn’t fully apply.
@@johncronk8867 They appear in both Genesis part 1 and part 2. While Genesis part 1 is a simulation, part 2 is not. There is also an additional related species seen in Genesis part 2 called the Astrodelphis, which appears to be a smaller relative of Astrocetus. Upon encountering an Astrodelphis for the first time, HLN-A will say:
"The crew saw one of those creatures swimming in the interstellar medium, and named it astrodelphis -- 'space dolphin'.
Someone aboard figured out how to tame and ride them -- guess they must've had a lot of time on their hands."
The fact that the crew of the colony ship were seemingly unaware of them existing suggests that they weren't one of the species engineered to live on the ship, but were some form of alien life.
Thank you once again for taking us along on your incredible journey through the vast human tomb that is Horizon Zero Dawn.
Living on a fixed income, I no longer have a PC with which to travel these remarkable lands on my own, but if I had one, I certainly wouldn't be able to see as many of the places that you visit, and then narrate as if you were truly a traveler of these wondrous lands.
I am always excited to see each new video you release. Even if I had my own PC, I would likely not be able to see as many of these exceptional places, which is why you've hooked me on your channel. Thank you for your exceptional work!
How you travel not only to alternate dimensions, but through time will forever be the greatest mystery of the archive. Appreciate your dedication to sharing your research with us.
Hey I really love all your videos. Hearing fictional animals described with such professionalism is a real treat! I'm sure people ask this a lot, but would you be interested in doing the open world of Elden Ring? There are a lot of very interesting animal type enemies and I'd love to hear how you'd describe them. Plus it's really just a super stunning world that I'd love an excuse to watch more content about!
The robots in this game dont attack each other right? Are they part of the same hivemind, where herbivores collect the materials to create more machines, and carnivores protect them
Yes, the only time machines attack other machines is if they are of diffrent factions: normal, tamed (blue wires), corrupted (red wires), crazed (green), and demonic (purple)
@@omegamon0239 yes.. and crazed its Just a temporary effect
Actually daemonic machines don't attack normal machines
I absolutely love how the other machines will stop everything there doing and attack the corrupters and they will all do it together working as one.
I wanna know how he found a corrupter like that. As a far as I know the only ones are locked to special areas during story missions. Never have I seen one get attacked by machines because usually the story has it take over other machines
@@latios3874 probably spawned it in?
Wow he is just getting battered by all sorts of machines today he's even getting spotted in his last video not much of that happened but in this one oh boy now I understand why it's so dangerous
nice, just when I start to think where's the second part will be uploaded. Great work!
YESSS so glad another part of this got made!!!
Curious Archive is just another reason why I love Fridays.
Good video, as always. Sadly you missed a number of creatures: Red Eye Watcher, Broadhead, Ravager and normal Bellowback's. Also there is a fair amount of info covering the past, if you want to do an archeology style video for the game (which would be awesome)
He always gets so lucky surviving because the cameraman can't die
Well done on telling the story of this curious journey! You've done a fantastic job chronicling the sheer variety of these synthetic beings, and building up a proper atmosphere of presence around each and every one. Especially with the invasive curiosities, such as the Control Towers - ones that do not even merit a graceful name for how mysterious and unusual they are. I'm really interested to see the tale of this explorer to continue in the potential future months, too, since the new machines are even more incredible than anything seen here thus far - and that's saying something with how amazing these specimens already are.
Continuing off my comment on the previous episode, some more observations from myself:
- Stormbirds appear to play a role in atmospheric regulation, using their immense electrical power to ionize cloud systems in order to seed them, bringing rain and lighting to otherwise arid, desolate wastelands. It's also amazing to behold the detail that their frames are so huge, that their flight requires the support of six jet-like engines resembling feathers to keep them aloft! I wonder if even larger, airborne machines glide about at the edge of the sky, monitoring cloud patterns and ensuring the Stormbirds bring their almost godlike presence to the correct areas.
- Tramplers not only purify soil, but they also seem to play a role in sculpting terrain as well, using the explosions from their processing engines to level terrain. It's most likely that these units are one of the first deployed to a new site to terraform, before others arrive to seed and nurture greenery once the explosive risk has moved on to their next task.
- The Corruptor and Deathbringer perfectly embody an invasive species. Their design looks so unnatural compared to the others, their frames moving in much more mechanical ways - all the way down to their gaits. The "mouth" of a Deathbringer opens to reveal a glowing, mangled heatsink, almost like some unholy monster opening its mouth and exhaling a breath of fire and brimstone. It's no surprise that the humans of this world regard them as demons, their writhing masters the devilish kings of such a domain. They feel so *alien* - forms perfectly sculpted to kill and destroy, instead of nurture and foster.
... And I hear that very recently, word is in a coastal region very, very far out west, lies a potential Devil that could still be active. As horrifying as that may be, being able to witness how such an unholy, unnatural giant moved and behaved with such power to crush a global civilization would be incredible to see, wouldn't it?
I've watched these videos before, but I've been hankering to replay HZD/HFW and this scratches that itch enough to keep me from getting started :'D I hope you do make that HFW companion at some point, I find this style of video very soothing and that game has definitely some of my favourite machines.
Shit I'm on my 3rd playthrough of FW, and 4th for ZD after that. Give in, and play it again! Lol
Been waiting for this
YES I WAS ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR THIS!!
Saaammeee
I simply love you channel. It has become one of my favorites in whole CZcams.
The HZD games are my favorites, I love them so much and between you and me, I've put wayyy to many hours into them. I love the work you've done here and am so excited for you to do Forbidden West!!
yes another deep dive into Horizon zero dawn!
Hope you said "Hello" to Aloy along the way while you were documenting these machines for us!😁
Great series, I'm excited for Forbidden West, and any other games you might do next
An excellent take on one of my all time favourite games! Thanks for so much for making this 2 part analysis
This is so in-depth that I descovered things I had never even noticed in my ~80 hours playthrough. fantastic job!
15:28 actually reminds me more of Jackson Hole Elk Refuge than any of the visitor centers within Yellowstone, it also helps that the two sites are basically next door to each other
The researcher must have insane plot armor dodging all these attacks
I never knew that other machines would attack corruptors. I've only seen already corrupted machines near them, but never regular machines. That's such a cool detail.
Dude almost dies from massive killer robots multiple times and he's just like "That was a close one 😐"
He's put way too much faith in cameraman immortality.
Loved these 2 videos. The machine design in the horizon games has always been one of its most unique and alluring aspects. I love how much thought is put in to their actual function within the ecosystem and still manages to make them look cool and sometimes terrifying
I can't wait for the documentary of the Forbidden West
I found this channel randomly one day and it has quickly become one of my favorites
I find it very interesting that the stormbird needs thrusters because it’s to heavy so fly by just wing flaps
Let’s go more vids!!!
this series was bloody wonderful, I’ve watched it twice already. I’d really love to see a speculation video on the biology of creatures from halo or half-life, I think that’d be pretty neat!
I watched the first one of these. I was waiting for this!❤️
never played horizon zero dawn, kinda interested to give it a try now
You honestly should, I’m obviously biased as u can see by my pfp but still. Good gameplay and good lore
@@raegardens8339 but forbidden west is bad right
@@solarflare3382 I really enjoyed it but people have different opinions. The story was weaker than the first but tbh I think the gameplay improvements made up for that.
@@raegardens8339 ait ill try it out when it comes out on pc cya in three years lol
it’s alright it’s pretty weak narratively but it does have some cool lore and it can be pretty fun at times
The fact that he was able to Dodge a stalker swipe so that he's either one been trained as a brave or is extremely lucky people that have been training for their entire lives have outright been one shot by those guys with ease
I love these archive vids, keep em up 👍
I love this so much! Superb writing and editing, subscribed!
I'm loving these videos so much, I'm keen for the next installment
You don't understand how happy this made me! I love this game so much!
I love nature documentaries so being able to see nature documentaries from games is awesome, i love this vid and the one before it, also your subnuatica video is amazing. Keep up the amazing work bro.
I am still waiting for part III from Monster Hunters. Yeah yeah... this is quite good to :))
I think CA is a universal entity for archiving things that are curious since this archive is more first person than other archives
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE
This is the luckiest guy ever. Everytime a robot tries to attack him he misses. btw love your work Curious Archive, I have watched the whole biology of th Subnautica and it was very good. You have priceless content, keep it as it is; perfect
The idea of autonomous machines repairing and “terraforming” ecosystems is genius. It would be nice if it were applicable in the real world. It would be like in the game, a way to restore and protect ecosystems and even terraform planets like Mars.
We need a continuation for horizon FORBIDDEN WEST
Thus my evening is made
Can't not wait for the next one!
I’d love to see a speculative architecture video! Like, how would lighter gravity affect architectural rules and methods? What about different building materials? Could be very interesting!
I think The Towers are like Fungal Plants spewing out there Spores.
Respect and keep up the epic work.
Stole my heart with that Badger clip XD
Thanks for showcasing. I've always been curious about this game and its creatures.
Always a pleasure watching your videos. Cheers!
I’ve been waiting for this cool
Like I said last time this is really interesting and I really wish they were more CZcamsrs that do stuff like this
You should do more videos like this its so calming
Great series, I loved the documentary style and Horizon Zero Dawn is definitely one of my favorites next to RDR2. Although I did notice you missed a few machines, those being the broadhead, fire bellowback, ravager, and redeye watcher, great little video series overall :)
I love the fact you added quotes
i love this biology series you make my day :D
I was waiting for this ❤️
literally my favorite game in existence
Very cheeky Alien Planet mockumentary style. I appreciate it.
Man I could fall to sleep listening to ur vid they r all amazing
I love what seems to be small rusty rocket launchers on the corruptor's shoulders. That detail alone is a nice story telling element.
Soo good and calming. I listened to this before going to bed and it relaxes me just like Attenborough!
Haha I just finished watching the first one! Thanks for the great videos 💕
I missed my favorites machine, ravager! Gr8 video anyways 👏
Are you going to make one for Horizon Forbidden West?
"Time to move on from the peril", "He closely misses my head", "stumble backwards, lucky not grinded"
The man's absolute maniac.
I love these expedition style videos
That came out really quick
Always glad to see it though
Love the content curious!
Now make one for forbidden west pls
He'll cover HFW when it's finally released on PC coz PCMR rullz 🙂
Your narration style is wonderful, as always. How about making a video about Rain World and its alien creatures? This game has literally the best animal AI. All creatures can interact with each other without player's interference, even when player is running somewhere in the other corner of the region. This forms a convincing ecosystem that moves and lives, and it can be very interesting to observe.
A game series thought about so well its amazing
Awesome idea man, super well done
One more month y'all and he can start working on a video for Forbidden West. I can't wait for it to happen!
Are you gonna do more?I love your videos keep up the good work😊✨👀
Hey I’m a new viewer of yours but love biology, I really enjoyed your spore videos. Could you do more of a different species?