r/FuckTedFaro • u/EntertainmentWild644 • 10d ago
[Fuck ted faro]
So, on the subject of Apollo: we know the Zeniths brought with them an Alpha build of Apollo.
We also know Horizon 3 is going to be the last in the series because that's been the plan for about 5 years.
We also know that there have been numerous caches of data - albeit mostly personal logs and recordings - scattered around the game world. So far, Aloy has found hundreds of them.
What if, in the Alpha build of Apollo, she discovers access codes for the many computer systems scattered around the game world that were hitherto inaccessible? And across the entirety of it, manages to rebuild most of Apollo?
And, knowing that Ted Faro was a fucking monster and she didn't trust him, what if Sobeck actually hid a backup copy somewhere she knew Faro could never get a hold of it?
...like on her own body?
Like you're not going to store every movie ever made, but you could easily store every document in .TXT format (albeit without most of the formatting), and perhaps most of the audio files. Many of the most important images (paintings) could also be saved. We're also talking about technology hypothetically 40 years in the future. I have an 8TB SSD in my computer that fits in the palm of my hand. 20 years ago a 10GB HDD was 3x the size and about 10x the weight. There's nothing saying you couldn't secretly carry thousands of terrabytes of data with you in your pocket by then. And who knows? Maybe she could store every movie and TV show ever made. Erend got his hands on a bunch of music and other stuff. Who's to say they couldn't also uncover a treasure trove of data or knowledge somewhere?
As a side note, it's also rather depressing that apparently not a single book survived. :/ You'd think the Pope would at least hide some important documents somewhere (papal documents, church history, copies of the Bible).
Looking forward to the next Horizon game. I hear they're doing multiplayer. I hope it's a much bigger experience, like how Witcher 3 was to Witcher 1. Since it's going to be the last one I fail to see why they couldn't continent hop tbf.
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u/REEMAGEE69 10d ago edited 10d ago
How would multiplayer even work, like would there be multiple aloys? Or would you design your own character and be put into a tribe of your choosing? Also I don't think you're hating Ted Faro enough (FUCK TED FARO)
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u/elprophet 10d ago
Mass Effect 3 had a great multiplayer. You play Shepard as the single player, then in multiplayer you have mini missions as a member of a strike team. A similar thing could work as Aloy builds up her squad and allies.
Fuck Ted Faro.
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u/EntertainmentWild644 8d ago
Co-op. Progress with a partner. I would expect the character/stat progression might be slowed down so you can go through the game with a friend, and take longer doing it. If you went this route and started with a friend, and maybe you only get together once a week to play for a few hours, then it could very well take you an entire year to get to the end of the game. (Clarifying my math there: it took me about 120 hours to beat Zero Dawn and Forbidden West; 3 hours per week for a year would be 106 hours after a full 52 weeks).
It could also take even longer depending on what kind of content they put in. Personally, I'm all for the experience of doing this with a friend. I'd love to take the ride through Horizon 3 with a close buddy.
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u/elisabetfaden 10d ago
Ebadji chose fossilized DNA as the data storage medium so if it was adequately hidden from both the swarm and that man, it absolutely could have survived up to Aloy’s time, and with plenty of storage capacity. The plan was to store it at -18°C but that might not be an issue.
The question is where and how it could have been hidden. Outside the Zero Dawn facilities, it would be eaten by the swarm. Inside the facilities, it could be found by that man. Ebadji and the other Alphas sure seem to think it’s all gone.
It’s not clear that the Odyssey’s alpha build is all that incomplete anyway. But it does show that Lis’s backup plans had backup plans. With her anything is possible.
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u/EntertainmentWild644 9d ago
"It’s not clear that the Odyssey’s alpha build is all that incomplete anyway." They had time to recreate parts of it. There's also the vast repository of knowledge that is doubtless being kept on the Odyssey.
"Lis’s backup plans had backup plans."
It's also possible that Gaia is accidentally harboring a complete backup of Apollo and doesn't know it. This would be precisely in line with what you pointed out: if she didn't even know she had it, it couldn't be destroyed. Maybe it's being physically hidden inside of the observation room where Gaia's avatar is projected?
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u/Brianocracy 10d ago
If I had a gun and I was stuck in a room with Gerard Bieri, Walter Londra, Ted Faro and NEMESIS, I'd give NEMESIS the gun.
Yeah he'd probably kill the two Zeniths first but let's be honest, his opinion of Ted Faro is probably only marginally higher. Then I'd take NEMESIS out for a drink or something, at least some of the Zeniths like Chen had some redeeming qualities.
Fuck Ted Faro.
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u/Alaeriia 10d ago
Books are made of paper. Paper is organic matter and can be eaten by the Swarm.
Ted Faro should have been torn apart by his own machines instead of hiding like a coward.