Welcome to part 1 of Horizon Zero Dawn with a Therapist!
Join me as I play as Aloy and explore a machine-ridden world and uncover Aloy’s mysterious past…all while wearing my therapist hat!
Dr. Mick is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist with a PhD in Human Development.
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Thanks for posting this to YouTube. I've never come across your channel before but YT recommended you, guess because I watch a lot of gaming videos. I really enjoyed you sharing your thoughts and analysis of this game, as I have played it multiple times and love it so it's good to see someone else breaking down a story I feel so familiar with. Hoping you keep playing and that I get to see more. Thanks!
He reminds me of a male milf
Id love to see you play and analyze The Witcher 3 Dr Mick. That game is a RPG like this one and is choice based. Its was names GOTY if im not mistaken and i hope to see you play this game in the future
My favourite game I’m almost crying from happiness ❤
Commenting because I feel so inclined.
One of the things a lot of people who play this game overlook about the Focus (the augmented reality device that Aloy uses) that isn't to be missed is similarly one of the things that makes it so powerful.
It's neuroadaptive and context sensitive. You can see it in the scene where Rost first takes Aloy out to teach her to hunt. Rost hands her the bow, and Aloy recognizes the bow as important. BECAUSE ALOY RECOGNIZES IT as important, the Focus highlights it in her vision. Rost calls it a bow, and the INSTANT he puts a name on it where the Focus can hear it, the Focus labels that Important Object as a bow.
You see it again when Rost points out 'this plant is important, it's called Salvebrush', and the Focus puts a marker wherever it sees Salvebrush from then on, because Aloy learned that Salvebrush is important.
Whatever she learns to do, the Focus creates routines and aids to support that skill. It learns what she learns as she learns it, and through her own imagination takes the Next Logical Step to provide the perceptual tools to support that skill using only her own five senses as a means of perceiving the world. It's how the game diegetically justifies the entire HUD and player interface, right down to the targeting reticle players use for archery.
Comment. Really excited for this playthrough!
awesome..be sure to do the DLC too. and take time off-screen to hunt and upgrade your pouches..it will help so much in the long run. and please do the Side Quests.
Yeah, the Sawtooth is very much the last step of Aloy moving through the zones of proximal development.
Welcome back for another amazing playthrough
Kinda interesting that Rost is such a devout follower of the rules, yet breaks them on a technicality and claims it’s “different”. While he didn’t verbally speak to anyone, he “communicated” with the people on the outside of that wall who acknowledged him for who he was before he got shunned.
HECK YEAH!!!! Horizon Zero Dawn and the sequel Forbidden West are some of my favorite games of all time! can't wait to see your analysis of these games
When I first played this game, I nearly cried when Rost stated he would continue to uphold the rules of being outcast. I had just recently left Jehovah's Witnesses and my cousin, who was more like a sister to me, told me she couldn't speak to me anymore because of the life I decided for myself. Seeing Aloy and Rost go through the same thing was shocking to me but I can understand both sides of their situation. it is VERY painful to be shunned by loved ones due to religious rules, especially someone who I considered to be my best friend and my partner in crime. I am so happy you're playing this game and I can't wait to see what you think about it. I already know you'll love Aloy as much as I do 🙂
at 3:15:00 I always was a bit confused at how Aloy interacts with Gratta, Aloy is shows to be a smart and insightful person. how can she not realize that even though Gratta is phrasing it as a prayer to All-Mother, she is still talking to Aloy. just in a way that Gratta considers "acceptable" since she is an outcast. Sure it goes back the the earlier sentiment of "they only are willing to break the rules when they need to" but still, Gratta is trying, minimally, but trying
I absolutely love everytime he compliments Aloy as a person. Instead of viewing as writing, but seeing what she says and does and taking it in as if she was real. It makes me feel warm everytime he calls her smart lol
I am extremely excited to see this one played, and I absolutely can't wait for your analysis of several moments in the future. I loved playing it for myself, and while I don't have access to a console to play the sequel, I'm looking forward to that as well.
3:20:40 YOOOO up to now I didn’t know you could do that!!
Really looking forward to seeing you play this game and experiencing it through your eyes, never had the chance to play it myself.
I began watching these vids because I love Horizon Zero Dawn so much. And Dr Mick tells viewers he is here to talk about things in the game more than to "just play the game". And its true. So while I love his comments, but after 12 vids (8 here and more on Twitch) I can no longer bear to watch him walking past important things he is missing. So that's on me, and not his fault. He is here for exactly what he says in the intros. So if you want what is on offer, I'd say its excellent, but I can't bear to continue watching. So my comment is not a vote UP or DOWN, but to say listen to Dr Mick's intro.
I, being autistic, have always been a visual learner. I picked up words and patterns quickly from a young age. My mom picked me up and put me on the window sill to look outside. Next day she would ask me if i wanted to sit on the window sill and look outside again like yesterday. This way i learned more diffcult words and concepts from a young age. She would do something and later connect said thing to a word
Ive already played both HZD and HFW platinumed them both. Amazing games! And even though ive played both of them so much, watching and listening to you has given these interactions a whole new perspective. I cannot wait to see what else i learn as you play through more.
28:40 isn't this a perfect representation of child mimicry like she saw the person wearing a device she knows nothing about on their temple so she put it on her temple without knowing why.
"Sorry, retirement on the brain." LOL good one.
Horizon Zero Dawn is one of my favorite games, I'm excited to binge this series of videos lol
I'm only 25 seconds in and had to take a second to say… just look at that water fall of to the right. Call me weird I don't care but that is beautifully done water whoever worked on the water in this game should be proud of their work. I'll be back with an edit later for this I am sure but for now… I like it, Picasso. (Chef's kiss) I am back with my edit. I was too enthralled with the game that I watched the whole video before adding more to the comment. Something that I'm not sure DrMick caught, the guy who he bought the trapper from I believe is the one who he saved as a kid. The boy was much older than she was at the time, so it makes sense that now since she is an adult, he would be much older than her as well. He had the same face markings as he did when he was younger and even the same hair style. So, I just thought that was really neat how they tied in his character. She first met him briefly while hunting for the first time where he smiled at her from afar, then she saved him when he was in danger, and now he interacts with her still and sells stuff to her despite her being an outcast. I just find that really sweet. And the way they did it was so subtle that it wouldn't surprise me if a ton of people didn't catch that he was the same person and assumed it was someone completely different.
Im so heckin ready for this playthrough. It's one of my favorite games ever and you are one of my favorite creators on tiktok
When Mick asks me to comment, I’m sorry but I have to go comment…… 😅
coming over from tiktok. Can't wait to see the whole playthrough!
I'll like before watching because you asked so politely and also because i normally forget 😅
Hello there! I just found this playthrough, and as an adult in his 30s who still has a LOT of parental issues, I am so very happy to learn from you while you play through one of my favorite video games of all time! I have just one comment about what you played through in this installment, and that is when Aloy first finds the Focus, she remarks, "A dead person!" Not a dead 'body,' but a 'person,' as if the notion that being dead doesn't make it any less of a person. Or, depending on your point of view, any less alive. Just an interesting word choice, I think. What would you make of that, as a therapist looking at a young child?
Incredibly educational and fun gameplay. Love the conversations you are having with chat, and your passion for human development
yesssss
This is one of my favorite games. I saw a few of your videos on tik tok and i absolutely love your commentary of this game. Cant wait to watch the rest of your playthrough. Hope you eventually get to play the sequel.