Horizon Forbidden West Trailer Mission Didn't Make it to Final Game
Horizon Forbidden West has turned heads since its initial reveal, but it was its extended PlayStation State of Play gameplay presentation that really helped sell the game to a lot of fans. The Horizon Forbidden West gameplay demo shown at the State of Play in May of last year gave fans an extended look at what to expect from Aloy's latest adventure, showing her exploring a tropical setting while stealthily taking out enemy rebels and engaging in intense combat with machines. But now that the game has been out for a week and fans have had the chance to play it to completion, it's been discovered that certain aspects of this gameplay sequence never actually made it into the final game.
As pointed out by Reddit user jmcc84, the mission where Aloy has to save Erend that was shown during the State of Play doesn't actually happen in Horizon Forbidden West. In the State of Play footage, players see that Erend has been captured by some of Regalla's rebels, and Aloy sets out to save him. Things get out of hand when it's revealed that the rebels have a Tremortusk (basically a mechanical elephant) at their disposal, and then an epic fight between Aloy and the machine ensues.
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In the end, Aloy is ultimately able to defeat the Tremortusk machine and rescue Erend from his captors. Erend then shows Aloy some Focus data that appears to give her new objectives, but a storm sneaks up on them, and the footage ends on a somewhat foreboding note. This mission does not exist in the Horizon Forbidden West final product, but there is likely a good reason for that.
It's highly likely that this Horizon Forbidden West gameplay sequence was never intended to be in the final game, but was
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