Horizon Forbidden West's Aloy Has a Lot in Common with God of War 3's Pandora
Guerrilla Games’ Horizon series has always had strong connections to Greek mythology in Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West. This is obvious enough when looking at the subfunctions of GAIA, which are all named after Greek gods. There are even a few instances of Egyptian mythology slipped into Horizon, which shows how multifaceted it is.
SPOILERS AHEAD FOR HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST AND GOD OF WAR 3This also shows how much inspiration Horizon took from elsewhere, and while it may not have been exactly intended, inspired, or anything like that, there are some notable similarities between Horizon’s Aloy and God of War 3’s Pandora. These comparisons go rather deep, though it should be stated that the specific context of each game changes the outcome (or in Aloy’s case, the outcome thus far).
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On their character alone, there are two important comparisons: they are both women of unnatural birth and they both operate like keys. Fans know Aloy is a clone of Elisabet Sobeck, meaning that she has no father or mother. She was instead created by GAIA; meanwhile, her DNA is able to open many doors that others cannot, thanks to her similarities with Elisabet. Pandora, on the other hand, was created by Hephaestus (NOT the Horizon Forbidden West antagonist) from the Earth as the first Woman. She also exists as a key to Pandora’s Box, almost literally.
Both play a very similar role in the worldbuilding of their perspective games. Pandora, and specifically Pandora’s Box, was built to contain all the evil of the Titanomachy. Yet, Pandora accidentally open the box and all this evil brings woe unto mankind. Pandora’s story in God of War 3 revolves around obtaining the box from Zeus,
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