Why Does Aloy Struggle to Connect With Beta In Horizon Forbidden West?

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With Horizon Forbidden West, Aloy has new challenges to face, so she heads to the Forbidden West to investigate a strange, red blight that threatens to destroy nature and usher in starvation. Throughout her journey, she makes many new friends, including Zo the Utaru gravesinger, Kotallo the former Sky Tenakth, and Beta, a quiet girl from the far corners of the cosmos. On the surface, Aloy and Beta should get along swimmingly because they have similar origins and have even had comparable early life experiences. However, as players learn, encounters between Aloy and Beta often result in misunderstandings and squabbling, and it sometimes seems as though Aloy is a tad insensitive towards Beta.

Beta and Aloy's relationship is an interesting one, as the women represent two sides to the great scientist Dr. Elisabet Sobeck. Furthermore, they illustrate that sometimes, although people may share similar goals, their differing temperaments can cause friction. Fortunately, regardless of how discordant things get between Aloy and Beta in Horizon Forbidden West, the two can put their differences aside when it matters most.

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Aloy is not an ordinary warrior. She is the clone of Elisabet, and she was brought to life by GAIA, an artificial intelligence program that Elisabet creates to save life on Earth from the terrible Faro Plague disaster. GAIA expects that Aloy will be raised by the Nora tribe when they discover her, but out of fear they instead shun Aloy, leaving her to be raised by an outcast named Rost. Though Rost is a loving father to Aloy, she still has to deal with the pain of being an outcast and harsh treatment from the Nora. Despite her rough childhood, Aloy has an