Horizon Zero Dawn - A perfect video game

Several days ago, I was finally able to buy a Playstation 4, and with, included in the package, a video game released recently, but being already recognized as the game of the year by many people, and it is not for nothing.

Horizon Zero Dawn is far away in the future, in a post-apocalyptic world, where modern civilization has completely disappeared, nature has regained its rights, humans now live in tribes and have returned to a primitive stage of life, but henceforth, the earth is no longer their world and is dominated by dangerous machines, with mysterious origins. In this game, the player plays Aloy, a young woman, huntress and member of a tribe, the Nora. Oorphan and pariah, Aloy, in the game, will ride through this vast world in search of her origins and her true destiny.

The Horizon game is an action-RPG, unfolding in a world and open, with as majestic as it is impressive and varied, with mountains, jungles and deserts. For the graphics, I put 20/20, because it is the most beautiful game I've seen in my life, with a level of detail so incredible that when I started the game, I did not stop say "it's beautiful, whore, it's beautiful!".

One of the highlights of the game is of course, the fighting against the machines, which are very numerous and also dangerous ones. Each type of machine has its strengths and weaknesses, and attacks with its own way, which gives very varied, epic and enjoyable fightings, whether against small machines, such as Watchers, robots in the form of raptors, that against giant robots, like the Thunderjaws, which have the form of tyrannosaurs. And instead of fight the machines, you can choose to hack the machines, bring them back on your side, so you can overlap certain types of machines to use them to move you, or use some as allies in the fights. The music is also magnificent, very catchy, and take us into this universe. The weather in the game can change, it can rain, snow, and days and nights go by like a real day. 

The human tribes now live somewhat like the era of our Neolithic ancestors. Horizon manages to combine the elements of the past and the future with incredible coherence. Aside from the main quest, there will also be secondary quests, such as killing bandits in their camps, helping people in need, confronting groups of machines, etc .... During the adventure, we can also explore the ruins of the great cities of modern civilization, which tribal humans call the metal age.

And as in Mass Effect, we can choose the dialogs of Aloy, which will define her choices and her mentality. Aloy is for me, the new iconic badass female character who will leave her mark in the video game, and I hope a sequel will be planned and that Horizon Zero Dawn is the first of a new epic video game saga. She rides machines she hack herself, she kills giant robots with a bow and arrows .... Dare to tell me it's not badass.

Even though this is only the beginning of the year, I am very tempted to say that Horizon Zero Dawn is the game of the year.

Aloy <3 <3 you're so badass!

Mathias, the Killmaster

Fire and Blood \m/ 

Dreams I made: I was a Titan

That night, I had a rather short but very epic and violent dream.
It was daylight and I was walking in the street of my village where my house is, so far nothing very special, but for a moment the ground began to tremble, and giant footsteps were heard. To my amazement, titans, like in my favorite Japan Anime, Attack on Titan, came to attack the village and surely devour the inhabitants.
As in an instinct of survival, I bit my hand to the blood (triggering my power), and I turned into a titan of 15 meters high. Furious and feeling an extreme rage, I roared with all my might, clenching my fists and the other titans saw me and went to attack me.
The first tried to bite me, but I gave him a blow so hard that his head was torn from his neck. The blood spurted on the houses and the street. I then trampled his corpse violently, especially his weak point at the base of the neck, to finish him.
A second titan attacked me in the back, grabbing me in the back, but I reacted immediately and broke his arm in two, then a leg, kneeling him, and a knee stroke exploded his jaw. With my strength of titan, I lifted a large bit of bitumen that I tore off the ground, and I used it to crush his head and neck. I gave free rein to my anger, I had never felt so enraged at this point, but it did not seem to affect the remaining titans. A Titan wanted to try a showdown against me, but I managed to push him, block him on the ground, and I bombarded him with severe punches in the face, so much so that I reduced his face in lint. Every blow I made made the ground shake.
Sometimes I noticed the locals on the streets fleeing far, terrorized, by me and by the Titans, even though I did not intend to hurt people. I tore off an electric pole from the ground, and I pierced the orbit of a titan with, exploding his eye and squirting blood abundantly. Further on, another Titan was trying to catch people to devour them. I immediately reacted by throwing myself on him, and I bit him with all my strength to the neck, tearing his flesh and killing him instantly. I could even feel the taste of blood in my mouth. The titan I had half-blinded was still alive, he tried to bite me, but I blocked his lower jaw, and snatched it with a blow, and finally a good kick that l has thrown him back. I lifted his body with both hands, and threw it on to another Titan who came nearby. In the midst of the carnage I had done, the rage grew in me and I roared again, making my roar resound in the neighborhood.
And I woke up at that very moment. I do not know why I had this dream, but I admit that I liked to let anger get out like this.


Mathias, the Killmaster
Fire and Blood \m/

Hero of the Month - Edition N°19

For the edition N°19, we go back in the Middle Earth, to see the most badass dwarf of the Tolkien's universe: Gimli, son of Gloin.

Gimli is the son of the dwarf warrior Gloin, who was one of the members of Thorin Oakenshield's company, which reconquered the town of Erebor from the hands of the dragon Smaug. Gimli would have liked to participate in the expedition but was refused, considered too young at the time. A few years later, Gimli accompanied his father to Rivendell to attend the council of Elrond, to decide what to do with the One Ring. During the council, Gimli tries to destroy the ring but fails, the object being indestructible by ordinary weapons. Gimli does not hesitate to show his anger against the elves and says to Legolas that he would rather die than see the ring in the hands of an elf.

When the community is formed, Gimli volunteers to represent the dwarves. During the journey, Gimli will propose several times to go through the mines of Moria, to go faster and meet his cousin Balin. Because of the traps of Saroumane, the group has no other choice and goes to the mines. But when they arrive, they discover that the Moria is no more than a tomb, filled with the mommified bodies of the dwarves, and infested with goblins. Gimli will also discover, with great sadness, the tomb of Balin. In an epic battle against goblins and a balrog, Gimli manages to survive. In the Lothlorian (in a cut scene from the first film), Gimli confesses to Legolas, that he fell in love with Lady Galadriel, that he finds her more than beautiful and that he asked her, with her permission, to obtain a strand of her silver hair, which she accepted, giving him three strands, which Gimli now keep with him. During the Uruk-Hai attack in the forest, Gimli once again fights with Aragorn and Legolas, but they fail to save Boromir. Gimli now follows Aragorn and Legolas in their hunt to find the Uruks who kidnapped Merry and Pippin during the attack.

Gimli will always follow his two friends, who will not find Merry and Pippin, but will make a meet they did not expect: Gandalf appears to them, having survived the balrog and Moria. Together they went to Edoras, the capital of the Rohan kingdom, and saved King Theoden, whose spirit had been poisoned by Saruman.

Because of the growing threat of Isengard, the Rohan's people are exiled to Helm's Deep, and Gimli is part of the journey. During the Battle of Helm's against the giant Uruks army, Gimli is present, alongside Legolas and elves, and is the only dwarf present in the battle. He will once again demonstrate his thirst and skill for combat by killing a large number of Uruks and will not hesitate to throw himself alone into the fray from the top of a rampart to protect Aragorn. Gimli survives the battle, and it is during this battle that the friendship between Gimli and Legolas begins to appear a little, both having made a "contest" of the one who would kill the most enemies.

In "The Return of the King," Gimli stays with Aragorn and Legolas, his two inseparable friends, and accompanies King Theoden and his troops to a rallying camp, before leaving for the Gondor and helping them against Sauron's troops . But finally, after a revelation from Elrond to Aragorn, Gimli follows him, with Legolas, in the depths of the mountain, in search of a kind of cursed army, which could prove to be a major advantage against the armies of Sauron.

In the mountain, the three companions will meet terrifyingly an army of ghosts, the army of the dead, who in their lifetime had sworn to serve the ancestor of Aragorn, Isildur, but who had betrayed the latter, and Isildur cursed them for this, wishing that they never find rest before the fulfillment of their oath. Aragorn, as heir of Isildur, rallies the dead to his side, promising them the rest they hope so much if they help him.

During the battle of Minas Tirith, Gimli, Aragorn and Legolas arrive, the army of the dead with them, and sweep the last orc troops still present. Again, Gimli and Legolas make a contest. Legolas manages to kill an Oliphant, but Gimli considers that despite the size, it counts only for one.

After that, Gimli participates in the final battle in front of the Gate of Mordor, where his friendship with Legolas is confirmed when the elf asks the dwarf if he is ready to die at the side of a friend, and Gimli answers that yes, he can do it. Gimli fights with all his might, like all his companions in battle, and he survives, witnessing the destruction of Sauron. Gimli also attends the crowning of Aragorn, as king of Gondor.
Even if it is not shown in the films, after the defeat of Sauron, Gimli and Legolas continue to be friends, and one day, with the agreement of Lady Galadriel, Gimli is allowed to leave the Middle Earth, with Legolas, towards the elven lands, becoming surely the first dwarf to receive this honor.

Mathias, the Killmaster

Fire and Blood \m/ 

DiscoveRock Edition N°24 - Special Legend - Marilyn Manson

He has become a phenomenon as much by its musical style as marketing. I call him "the king of satyr" or the "Joker of Metal". It has  been talked so much about him in the world that hundreds of rumors (real or false?) Are running about him, making him almost a living urban legend. The one and only, Marilyn Manson. Her stage name is a mixture of the famous actress Marilyn Monroe, and the psychopath Charles Manson, making a mixture of an icon loved by all, and one of the worst monsters that our world has known. A mix of what the world made in best and worst.
The style of Marilyn Manson is classified as "Shock" and "Industrial" Metal, with a little touch of Glam too.
His video clips are very special, filled with a really dark, macabre atmosphere, evil, and some of them could shock the younger people. Manson's style is deliberately provocative, showing a character, crazy, dark, who knows no limits and does not care about others' judgment about him, doing whatever he wants. Because of this image, Manson had many problems during his career, especially against religious groups, who accuse him of inciting young people to violence, of being a Satanist, etc. But despite These accusations, Marilyn Manson's career has never stopped, proof, his tenth album studio, Say10, will be released in 2017.
Apart from music, Manson also has a passion for cinema and art. For his career in the world of music, Marilyn Manson deserves his place among the Metal legends \m/

Mathias, the Killmaster

Fire and Blood \m/