Aloy's Outcast Status Makes Her a Perfect Protagonist
As Horizon Forbidden West continues Aloy's journey to saving a far-future world, a luscious California landscape takes center stage. Traveling to the west coast of the United States allows for a drastic shift in aesthetics, with the foliage and machinery draped in more sunlight this time around. Though Forbidden West's marketing was perhaps too liberal in using tropical environments, the setting is decidedly different from its predecessor. While this accounts for much of the games' differences, the addition of a few new tribes and cultures also makes the harsh lands of the Forbidden West feel fresh.
As Aloy traverses the area, she interacts with people decidedly different from her Nora brethren. From the hostile, battle-forged Tenakth to the agricultural Utaru, alongside the returning Carja, Oseram, and Nora, the cultures that make up Horizon Forbidden West's communities all have their own unique quirks. Aloy's upbringing as an outcast allows her, as well as the player, the luxury of fitting in with any one of them, from her light jabs at the Oseram brute Erend, to her interactions with Utaru gravesinger Zo. Aloy is a character who feels bereft of any tribal allegiance, and her past is a significant factor in establishing this.
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Players are introduced to Aloy in 2017's Horizon Zero Dawn, and through the game's lengthy introduction her status as a Nora outcast is established. Raised by Rost, a man who willingly became an outcast himself, Aloy grows up in the shadow of others who had a tribe to call their own. Aloy is ostracized and shunned for being different, «motherless,» but as she grows up and the burden of responsibility becomes heavier, her unique upbringing sets her up for the
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