The bunker is exactly what the name implies, a military instillation and nuclear bunker for military and government personnel. It is a great name though, very inviting, and definitely something that screams “come check me out” in a video game. Instead, it’s located just outside the city of Colorado Springs, where we found the cowboy cosplaying memorial. I’m sure it definitely sends that message.ĭespite the name, the Cheyenne Mountain Nuclear Bunker is not located in Wyoming. Still, imagine what Aloy and the people of her world must think when they come across this. That’s literally it, as stated on the memorial plaque. Were these Rangers rough and tumble law-bringers like the cowboys of yore? No, they’re an organization (still active to this day) that likes riding around Pikes Peak on horseback and want to draw attention to the old ways of the American West. It was dedicated in 1988 and was made to honor the Range Riders of Pikes Peak. The statue is of two Rangers on horse-back, one of whom is excitingly pointing at something. Still, it’s pretty haunting to stumble across the memorial when you’re stumbling through a completely ruined city and find it standing in one piece. The Pikes Peak Range Riders Memorial was featured in an early trailer, which unfortunately gave away to many where the game was set. This memorial is our first located within a city, specifically Colorado Springs. Make sure you don’t, so at the very least you can check out the great views from the top of the peak. Their quest takes you up to the top of the mountain, but it’s a pretty remote place and this is a quest that’s easy to miss. This is the only time you get to directly interact with members of the tribe throughout the game. But just outside Hallett Peak is a campsite full of Banuk refugees who are trying to escape their homeland. They’re spoken of in a lot of the data points you’ll find throughout the world and, of course, there are the Banuk figures that you can collect near the paintings on mountain-sides. The Banuk tribe is one of the more interesting in the game because we rarely actually see them. It's located in the far north of the map, which not only gives us a beautiful, snowy vista of the world beyond, but it also shows us one of the game’s more mysterious cultures. It stands at 12,713 feet (3,875 m), making it one of the tallest points in-game. Hallett Peak is located in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. Maybe we should take in the beauty while we still can. Since Horizon takes place about 1,000 years in our future, it’s tough to say if the arch would actually still be standing then, especially with giant robot dinosaurs wondering around. Previous names include “the Chaps,” named after the cowboy leggings, and “the Schoolmarm's Bloomers,” which means a strict teacher’s underwear.īeing a rock formation, the arch is vulnerable to further erosion. Beckwith called it “the most delicately chiseled arch in the entire area” and the name stuck. The expedition was sent by the US government to map the area in 1933. The arch has been called many things over the years, its most recent name “Delicate Arch,” coming from newspaper editor Frank Beckwith, leader of the Arches National Monument Scientific Expedition. The arch, made of sandstone, was formed over thousands of years of erosion, along with other arches and rock formations in the park. One such place is the Delicate Arch, a natural rock formation that, in real life, is located in Arches National Park, Utah. The rest of you, enjoy playing the best game of 2017 (so far).Ī lot of the coolest places in Horizon are real world locations that go completely unmarked by the game. There’s a lot of fun to come from finding these places yourself throughout your playthrough of the game, and some of these locations will spoil where the game takes place. So for this list of the most awesome places to see in Horizon: Zero Dawn, I feel the need to add a spoiler warning right now. It’s never told to you in the story, you’ve got to go looking for it yourself, one area at a time. Even something as simple as telling you where on earth the game actually takes place is something you have to discover for yourself. But that’s all the game tells you up front, the ‘why’s’ and the ‘how’s’ of this world you have to find for yourself out in the wild. You probably know by now that Horizon is a game set a thousand or so years in the future, when most of humanity was wiped out by deadly robot dinosaurs. The biggest thing that sets it apart from other such games is the set-up. But the way Horizon: Zero Dawn handles its RPG and open world elements is a breath of fresh air. When you hear “open world, post-apocalypse RPG,” your eyes start to glaze over these days. It’s only April, but I feel confident enough to say that Horizon: Zero Dawn is the best new IP of 2017, and will remain my favorite game of the year.
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