Horizon Forbidden West picks up right where Zero Dawn left off.
If you never played the original or just need a refresher, we’ve got you covered.
This is Horizon’s story so far.
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They have some awareness of a more advanced time, and refer to these ancestors as the Old Ones.
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The Carja, who reside in the bustling cities of the central deserts and revere the Sun God.
The Oseram are a tribe of practically minded forgemen and women.
And the Banuk are a mountain-dwelling tribe of hunters and shaman.
She puts it to the test by saving an unlucky Nora lad from some Striders, horse-like machines.
To allow her to leave, Teersa and the other Matriarchs bestow Aloy with the honor of Seeker.
With questions to answer and mysteries to unravel, Aloy sets off for the Carja capital.
Go West!
They’ve also been blackmailing poor Olin to help them with their nefarious plans to regain power.
But what exactly is Project Zero Dawn?
Instead, their work would aim to rebuild the Earth from the ashes many years in the future.
In that instance, Hades would essentially delete the failed effort, allowing Gaia to restart from scratch.
She’s rescued by Sylens and the pair escape.
All-Mother, it turns out, is in fact a facility designed to rebuild and repopulate humanity.
And consequently, this is the chief reason why the current crop of humanity has regressed to tribal societies.
Sylens isn’t entirely a bad egg though.
Aloy and Ourea battle through Hephaestus' corruption, before Ourea sacrifices herself to destroy the facility.
For more, check out our wrap-up ofeverything we know about Horizon Forbidden West.
And be sure to read ourHorizon Forbidden West review.
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