We are less than a month out from the release of Guerrilla Game’s Horizon Forbidden West, and fans are getting a steady stream of information regarding the story and various game mechanics at play. Along with a recent story trailer, we have the narrative director for the game talking about what fans can expect from the sequel.
Horizon Forbidden West picks up where Horizon Zero Dawn left off and sees Aloy traveling into new, forbidden lands to understand and stop the strange force that has ruined the world. The first game was open-world, but there was a heavy emphasis on the story, and we can expect the same from Forbidden West.
The game also appears to be preparing for an impactful ending. While players may not be able to affect the end of the game, some moral choices could affect their experience as the story progresses.
Benjamin McCaw, Narrative Director, in a talk with Italian website Everyeye, said that, unlike most other RPGs, Horizon Forbidden West would have a single ending. But the choices players make on the journey would affect the path that leads them towards the end.
Not much is known about the decisions themselves and how they will affect the game, but McCaw described them as being quite difficult to make.
He also noted in the interview that the game would touch on themes such as climate change and its impact on the local ecology. It will be interesting to see how the climate change aspect affects the wildlife, both biotic and robotic, in Horizon Forbidden West.
The story in Horizon Forbidden West is set six months after the ending of Horizon Zero Dawn. Aloy is still going to be the main character as she tries to understand and bring an end to the critical error appearing in the terraforming operation – the Red Blight we saw in the trailer infecting the land and animals. The game will release on the PS4 and PS5 on February 18th.
About Horizon Forbidden West
Horizon Forbidden West is the sequel to 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn by Guerilla Games. An open-world, action adventure game, players control Aloy, a Nora hunter who is on a quest to reverse the effects of a strange crimson blight which is infecting the land. Set in a completely new world, Horizon Forbidden West has many new machines, threats and adventures for Aloy.
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