All Horizon Forbidden West Confirmed Returning Characters
Aloy will travel to mysterious regions in Horizon Forbidden West, but as a direct sequel to Zero Dawn, there will be plenty of returning characters. Horizon Forbidden West's new weapons and combat mechanics will give players some fresh gameplay as they explore the area that spans from what was once Utah to the Pacific coast. New tribes and machines have already been teased, but Aloy's story can't properly continue without further exploration of the relationships she made in Horizon Zero Dawn.
When Forbidden West launches on February 18, it will have been nearly five years since Zero Dawn released. Guerrilla Games' first attempt at an open-world title was well received, making a sequel practically inevitable. Aloy has quickly entered the ranks of PlayStation's beloved characters, and her second outing has been used heavily to promote Sony's latest console, the PlayStation 5, even though Forbidden West will land on the PS4 too. With a PSVR 2 game - Horizon Call of the Mountain — on the way as well, Sony has apparently put a lot of stock in Guerrilla's franchise, and Forbidden West is being touted as a major step forward from its predecessor.
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The setting of Horizon Forbidden West's improved open world is largely unexplored by the people players encountered in Zero Dawn. The Forbidden West was given its name by the Carja, the first game's largest tribe. While expanding its kingdom, known as the Sundom, the Carja staged multiple expeditions into the region that would become known as the Forbidden West. The sixth Sun-King of the Carja, Iriv, and his entire army vanished on the fourth expedition. Iriv's brother and successor to the throne, Basadid, declared the land
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