Thread:MMYP999/@comment-27109830-20181004131120/@comment-27109830-20181201124234

Back for a bit.

Anyway, Aloy and Link are snarky weaponmasters who are oftentimes shunned or ridiculed for their chosen hero status (which others find a hard time to believe). Due to this, they're rather deadpan, snarky and sarcastic individuals who couldn't care less about others' oppinion of them. And yet in spite of this, both are unambiguously good people at heart, and will go to great lengths to save the very people who ridicule them from any apparent threat they encounter.

With nothing but their wits and special devices (the Focus for Aloy and Sheikah Slate for Link) in hand, both set off into the vast wildlands plagued by machines and monsters (which had been like that for many, many years) in search of the truth, collecting weapons and unlocking more and more of their world's history as they go, which eventually reveals that they are indeed destined for greatness, albeit in a more cyberpunk manner.

In terms of abilities/gameplay, both are tactical geniuses with the ability to master any weapon they pick up, as well as tame any machine/animal they come across, and can be deadly fighters with weapons ranging from a simple stick, to highly technologically advanced weaponry stolen/crafted from their weapons. Aside of that, both are experts of surviving in the wild and adapting to foes accordingly, and quite pragmatic, as they favor exploiting foes on their weaknesses to win (which, granted, is a smart tactic as nearly every single weapon of theirs can break after too many uses).