A Horizon Forbidden West fan recently took notice of several details within Guerrilla Games' massive open-world sci-fi epic, including how NPCs have different dialogue depending on how far along the player is in the story. Just like its predecessor, 2017's Horizon Zero Dawn, the sequel puts players in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic event and filled with feuding tribes, with beastlike machines roaming the lands of Forbidden West. Horizon Forbidden West heightens the scope of the previous game by branching out further across what was known as the United States and adding plenty of new Machines, including flying Sunwings that Aloy can ride.
As befitting an open-world game of this size and scope, players have already uncovered plenty of interesting tricks and secrets within Horizon Forbidden West since its launch in February. The world is littered with audio logs and hidden data files that tell the large and sprawling backstory of the Old World, as well as the dark scientific experiments that brought about its end. Aloy can complete dozens of sidequests in Horizon Forbidden West, each one featuring NPCs that have their own backstories and motivations.
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Reddit user Cirescythe recently took to r/horizon to praise developer Guerrilla Games for just how polished and detailed Horizon Forbidden West is, pointing out how NPCs dialogue can change. In a lengthy text post, they note Horizon Forbidden West’s many graphical flourishes and the rich mythology surrounding the game's post-apocalyptic setting, and even a few other hidden details that some players might not have picked up on at first. A prime example is how NPCs often have new interactions if Aloy comes across
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