From the screen to the comic book cards
I must admit that my adventure with Horizon Zero Dawn has recently ended. Aloy’s adventures, although great, took me quite a long time. However, it cannot be denied – the world created by the creators from the Guerrilla studio is a real championship. You can spend long hours just exploring post-apocalyptic America, hunting various machines and admiring breathtaking views. Even before the premiere of the next part of the popular game, the Egmont publishing house decided to surprise all its fans by presenting us the comic book The Sunhawk. It is not only a transfer of an extremely interesting universe to another medium, but also presenting the readers with a completely different perspective – Aloy disappears at the very beginning of the plot, and the burden of the plot is taken by Talanah, a young hunter, whom we met during the final sequence of the game, the fight with HADES. .
An experienced screenwriter promises success
This comic book had no right to go wrong. Not with such creators. Anne Toole, a screenwriter working on games such as Days Gone and Sacred 3 is responsible for the script ! The artist Ann Maulina was hired to work with her, whose characteristic, quite economical style perfectly fit into the atmosphere of Horizon Zero Dawn. At first I was skeptical about her line, but reading the comic dispelled my doubts, and Talanah’s adventures are a great read. One caveat – the artist focuses very clearly on the foreground of her works, neglecting the background of individual frames. After comic book fans get used to the extremely detailed drawings of Don Rosa, for example, such illustrations may seem rather modest.
Until you want more
It should be noted that the album is a very short position. 130 pages is not a very impressive volume, especially considering the fact that a large part of it is taken up by cover designs and additional fillers. Thanks to the fast-paced action and a really interesting story, we’ll probably finish our reading within an hour. But what a good time it will be! Twists and turns, spectacular clashes, the mysterious Man of the Forest, new dangers – the comic book is simply great and it gives off the characteristic atmosphere of the world of Horizon Zero Dawn . Talanah turns out to be a charismatic heroine who could even deserve her own episode in the production on PS4.
Comic book intended mainly for gamers
The Sunhawk is an album especially aimed at people who have played Horizon Zero Dawn on the console. Such people will feel the magic of this world flowing from the pages of the comic, for others it will be an ordinary science fiction novel, not very different from many other such stories. At the very beginning, I was a little rejected by the very simple line of this comic. But what a good story it tells! We leave Aloy, we meet another heroine with her dilemmas and doubts. The world of Horizon Zero Dawn has been recreated perfectly, the machines are awe-inspiring, nature is amazing. I am waiting for more. This is how the universe should be extended to other media!
