Using it in combat allows easier location of enemies, and allows the player to identify their relative level, type, and for machine enemies highlights components and displays any elemental strengths and weaknesses.

It marks out points of interest and is used in a number of 'detective' side quests, and can highlight enemy patrol routes.

Aloy has an old-world device called a Focus which provides an augmented reality display when activated.

Upgrades can allow longer control of non-ridable machines and allow repairs to overridden machines. This allows her to ride certain quadrupedal machines such as the Broadhead and Strider, while others will assist in combat.

Aloy quickly gains the ability to override hostile machines with old-world technology.

A 'robotic ecosystem' where each machine type has its own unique behaviors and purpose.

Certain enemies have scanners which can detect Aloy regardless of line of sight if they are not destroyed.

Stealth is also a central element, mostly based around line-of-sight cover with patches of red-topped tall grass acting as hiding spots when Aloy crouches in them.

Some opponents have weapon systems which can be shot off and then used against them, with a limited ammo supply. Damaging components on certain enemies can deal extra damage, inflict status effects, or deny them the use of certain attacks.

Machine enemies feature a location-based damage system with many destructible components.

Aloy has multiple weapons at her disposal, including bows with various arrow types, a melee spear, tripwire and rope launchers, slings which fire elemental or explosive bombs, a powerful gun-like weapon that fires compressed air, and a shotgun-like close-combat weapon.

Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds adds a fourth, Traveller, which focuses on ridable creatures and includes more resource-based skills. In the base game there are three trees: Prowler, Brave, and Forager: respectively these primarily boost stealth and evasion, direct combat, and various skills related to resources.

A level system which increases Aloy's health and provides token-based unlocks with a skill tree.

Horizon Zero Dawn features quest elements which include the main story quests, as well as a number of side quests and activities.

The game features sci-fi and mythical elements. The player controls Aloy, a huntress who uses her speed, cunning, and agility to stay alive and protect herself and others against the force, size, and power of the machines. Human civilization has regressed to tribal societies of hunters and gatherers who survive in immense forests, imposing mountain ranges, and the atmospheric ruins of their ancestors – all while the machines become increasingly powerful. Guerrilla Games is releasing hands-on gameplay trailers in the weeks leading up to release if players want to scratch their Horizon itch for the time being.Horizon Zero Dawn takes place in the 31st century, in a post-apocalyptic world where colossal machines dominate the land. Here, she encounters more dangerous enemies, both human and machine, and learns more about the world she’s living in. The story focuses on Aloy venturing further west than she did in the original game. Now, in Forbidden West, players are living through a post-post-apocalypse world. This is roughly 1,000 years after the Faro Plague set into motion the events that caused the apocalypse and the rise of machines. Horizon Zero Dawn took place in the year 3040, which means Forbidden West is set in that year or in 3041. This means Aloy will still be the same person and age, albeit with some more advanced gadgets. The year of Horizon Forbidden WestĪs confirmed by Guerrilla Games, the sequel takes place around six months to one year after the events of the first game. As players began to learn about what happened in the years leading up to Aloy’s story, the timeline became more and more interesting. The year in which the game takes place is actually important for the story as there was a large emphasis placed on the time period of Horizon Zero Dawn. More specifically, there are questions surrounding the year Horizon Forbidden West takes place. However, since the game doesn’t take place immediately after the events of Horizon Zero Dawn, fans are curious as to how much time has passed. Horizon Forbidden West is the highly-anticipated sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn, which continues the story of Aloy as she journeys outside of her native homeland.

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