Uncovering the Mystery
Horizon Zero Dawn takes place 1,000 years in the future after some unknown thing happened to humanity. As a result, machines have become sentient and taken over the Earth, with the rest of human life separated into tribes all over the world. Part of the story will be learning just what happened to put the world in this state, and it’s an event that Guerrilla Games is keeping very close to the chest. They’ve even said that for all the theories floating around in regards to the story, no one’s actually been right in their guessing yet.
In slices of gameplay, it’s been shown that Aloy will come across parts of our modern day technology. It’s sure to be a recurring thing over the course of the game, which will make it all the more fascinating to play and go through. Most post apocalyptic games are either vaguely defined as to what remnants of humanity are left (as in Last of Us) or in an alternate universe where the world ended long before modern times (Fallout). It’ll certainly be interesting seeing what remnants of modern technology Aloy comes across in her journey.
