Do Choices Change Horizon Forbidden West's Ending
After much speculation, Horizon Forbidden West’s narrative director confirmed that the Horizon Zero Dawn sequel will only have one ending, not multiple, despite there being choices that can affect its story and gameplay. Fans have waited five years for the sequel after Horizon Forbidden West was delayed from its initially planned 2021 release due to the COVID pandemic. While players can still affect outcomes through the choices they make for protagonist Aloy throughout the game, Horizon Forbidden West will only have one possible ending. This is consistent with 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn which also had a single ending.
It’s unsurprising that Horizon Forbidden West would follow in the footsteps of Horizon Zero Dawn by only having a single ending, as it’s a prominent feature of the first game. Although completionists can obtain additional content and rewards for completing everything, the main storyline ending remains unchanged regardless of the player’s decision-making and chosen responses for Aloy throughout the game. While it will take approximately 50-60 hours to Platinum, 100% completion in Horizon Forbidden West could take hundreds of hours, with plenty of side quests and achievements to keep even the most detail-oriented players engaged.
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Horizon Forbidden West’s narrative director, Benjamin McCaw, revealed in a recent interview with Everyeye, that the game will follow in the footsteps of Horizon Zero Dawn in regards to how the player’s choice will affect the story’s outcome, with most decision-making resulting in different dialogue. However, McCaw also revealed that for the first time in the franchise, players will be faced with a couple of in-game moral dilemmas,
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