Every Way Horizon Forbidden West’s Ruins Are Similar to BOTW’s Shrines

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The Ruins in Horizon Forbidden West share some interesting similarities with the Shrines in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In each game, these challenge areas offer puzzles that vary in difficulty and can be completed by collecting either an Ornament in Horizon Forbidden West or a Spirit Orb in Zelda: Breath of the Wild. There are many differences between these challenges, like the fact that there are only nine Ruins compared to the 120 Shrines, but a lot of the puzzles share the same core concepts.

Horizon Forbidden West's Ruins are a collection of broken-down buildings that contain special relics called Ornaments. Each Ornament can be collected and used as a light projection in the Las Vegas area, but there are also other resources to find in every Ruin. The Shrines in Zelda: Breath of the Wild play a much bigger role than Ruins in Horizon Forbidden West. Shrines make up a good portion of the game and give Link a way to increase his health and stamina through the Spirit Orbs they contain.

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The key similarities between Horizon Forbidden West's Ruins and Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Shrines are the core mechanics involved in solving the environmental puzzles, and the rewards that are available in each one. Aloy and Link also use a lot of special gear items that bear similarities to one another and that are both used to reach the end goals in Ruins and Shrines. Although there are clear differences between the two, it's possible that the Shrines in Zelda: Breath of the Wild helped to inspire the Ruins in Horizon Forbidden West.

For each of the Ruins in Horizon Forbidden West, Aloy is ultimately trying to collect an Ornament by solving environmental