
Either this is because they were corrupted by new Corruptors not under HADES control, or because Guerilla did not have the time to fully implement the original characteristics of Zero Dawn's corrupted.Horizon: Zero Dawn was a bright spot of Sony's E3 press conference, largely because it was so unexpected. The Corrupted Clamberjaws in the Burning Shores lacked the tendrils, or the vulnerability to fire the corrupted machines in Zero Dawn possess.Corrupted Redeye Watchers have double the health of their uncorrupted version, while corrupted Stormbirds only have a 10% damage boost.A small portion will continue to exist in Devil's Grief and the surrounding lake, making it the only location in the game to have a permanent population of Corrupted Machines.
Corrupted Machines will not disappear entirely after clearing all Corrupted Zones. Non-player induced corrupted machines are immune to corruption arrows. Aloy's Corruption arrows can induce a minor version of Corruption for a short period of time, causing targets to become "enraged" and attack allies. Non-corrupted and overridden machines will attack corrupted machines on sight. A second, less obvious weakness is the removal of armor plating near the cranial region, a result of the corruption process. Most noticeably, corrupted machines are more vulnerable to fire attacks. When a Corrupted machine is killed, its acidic secretions will persist on the ground (which can still damage Aloy) for several seconds before disappearing altogether.Ĭorrupted machines are given a higher challenge level than their other counterparts and have 50% greater health and damage output, barring a couple exceptions. Antidotes and the Banuk Sickness Eater outfit can be used to reduce the effects of this damage and cure this status effect. Melee attacks will also inflict corruption damage. Both these sources will fill a severity meter by Aloy's health bar, and if it is filled, the status effect applied damages her over time and prevents her from running. Corrupted machines ooze an acidic substance as they walk if Aloy walks through this substance, it will damage her for a short period of time. In terms of behavior, they become hyper-aggressive towards any non-Eclipse humans detected, as well as non-corrupted machines, even by post- Derangement standards. They appear with red outlines when scanned with a Focus, as opposed to the standard blue. The most distinctive feature of a Corrupted machine is the invading circuitry present all over the machine's body, which emits both a red glow and a dark smoke-like effect. Horizon: Zero Dawn - The Frozen Wilds Review When Walter Londra reactivated his Horus and printed a small army of Corruptors, two Apex Clamberjaws were corrupted, but were quickly destroyed by Aloy and Seyka. The Eclipse would use the corrupted machines again during their assault on the Sacred Lands (in which the Nora were nearly brought to extinction), and during the battle for the Spire. Upon hearing of the corruption, the Carja closed off the eastern border at Daytower in a vain attempt to keep the corruption from spreading into the Sundom Daytower's gates would not be reopened until the corruption had been cleared from the nearby valley by Aloy. The corrupted machines were kept secret until the War Party massacre, when the Eclipse used a stampede of corrupted machines to wipe out over half of the Nora Braves. The corrupted machines were then used as guards within the Eclipse's main base, and served as sentries at Eclipse dig sites. It revived Corruptors with the help of the Eclipse, who used the ancient machines to enslave GAIA's machines into their ranks. Its solution was to create an army in order to access the Spire, one of MINERVA's broadcasting towers. Without access to the terraforming system, HADES was forced to find an alternative method of bringing about a second global extinction.
They are identified by red-black tendrils growing from their chassis, presumably generated through some form of nanotechnology. " Those machines - you can see the Corruption coming off them like smoke." ―AloyĬorrupted machines are those affected by the corrupting properties of metalburn and the network hijacking capabilities of the FAS Chariot line of Peacekeeper robots.