Horizon Zero Dawn's CYAN Should Have Played a Role With Forbidden West's DEMETER
With 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn, Guerrilla Games did a remarkable job getting its sci-fi universe off the ground. While Aloy’s coming-of-age story and quest to save the biosphere understandably took center stage, plenty of other narrative threads were woven into the fringes of the game’s story. Thanks to the recent release of Horizon Forbidden West on PS4 and more powerful PS5 hardware, the studio has taken the opportunity to dig deeper while exploring a different corner of its post-apocalyptic world.
Most of Horizon Forbidden West's references to the first game are more than just nostalgic callbacks. Between the reintroduction of fan-favorite characters and deeper examinations of the universe’s villains, it’s fair to say that the majority have significant impacts on the trajectory of its campaign. Despite this success, Guerrilla has decided to downplay some of Zero Dawn’s more compelling story beats. Arguably the biggest entity that should have gotten a bigger part in the sequel is the AI CYAN, who was introduced during the first game’s The Frozen Wilds DLC expansion.
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Looking at Horizon Zero Dawn in its entirety, the CYAN AI was a relatively late arrival. Introduced during The Frozen Wilds expansion, which came out nine months after the main game’s February 2017 release, there was little opportunity for the entity to directly interact with Aloy’s main adventures. Keeping this in mind, it’s remarkable that CYAN was still able to become such a prominent figure.
CYAN began as unwitting villain under the control of HEPHAESTUS, before eventually switching sides to become an ally of Aloy and the local Banuk tribe. Over the course of the DLC, the player and
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