Anyone hoping for more Horizon will be happy to hear that a third entry in the series is likely in the works.
Before continuing, know that the following details may slightly spoil Horizon Forbidden West. Nothing significant, but be wary all the same!
During an interview with VG247, Guerrilla Games creative director Mathijs de Jonge spoke briefly about where the Horizon series might be heading. Everyone that’s played through Horizon Forbidden West knows the ending is a cliffhanger of sorts, and apparently, that was quite intentional.
“Horizon is really about mystery; each of our stories has been about uncovering mysteries in both the old world and the present day, when [Forbidden West] takes place,” de Jonge said. “Indeed, there is plenty of backstory that we can tap into to develop new storylines and create new mysteries from what we’ve already established. And, indeed, [Forbidden West] ends with another big cliffhanger, where we’re setting up some things for the next game once again.”
“There is a conclusion to the story in the first game — in Horizon Zero Dawn — but Aloy doesn’t solve all the problems that are basically set up in the story,” de Jonge continues. “And at that point, there’s still a terraform system that needs repairing. So that was really a starting point for the story of this game [Forbidden West]. We knew that we wanted to move to a new location, and we already mentioned in the first game about the Forbidden West.”
“We thought that was a very interesting, mysterious, and dangerous-sounding location. So that’s really the reason why we wanted to go there – and knowing that the terraform system still needed repairing, that was a starting point to start forming the story,” de Jonge concludes.
It might be a while before there’s another mainline series entry, but going off of these comments, Guerrilla Games seems confident in its narrative approach.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
