Lore of Horizon Forbidden West: Aerial Captures

Operation Enduring Victory is one of the most important events in Horizon's history. In Forbidden West's DLC, Burning Shores, we were able to see exactly what humanity was up against. Join us as we examine, and tell the story of Lillian Barnett, and her Aerial Capture collectables!

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[fujitsu]

I love how The Burning Shores shed some light on how people forged their own opinions on Enduring Victory and Zero Dawn as a whole, it always seemed kinda weird to me that everyone went to the frontlines to fight for a quote on quote 'all saving superweapon' without getting any additional info on the matter

[--MAD]

I can honestly say that in all my years of gaming (close to 30 years now), have I ever felt so emotionally invested in a story. HZD is absolutely brilliant and hits so close to home. 😢❤

[tayjn]

Whenever Enduring Victory comes up I always remember this quote from Herres:

“My only lasting achievement was the extinction of life on Earth. And my one redeeming act – if any – was to delay that extinction by days or weeks by throwing more death at it.”

The fact he’ll never know that what he did ensured Zero Dawn’s success is quite sad.

It also makes me wonder about others serving in the military that found out the truth and how they were treated by ZD staff if they weren’t as cooperative as Lillian was

[DanFarrell]

I love how, with each recording we find, she becomes more and more skeptical and willing to expose everything. But then after one conversation with Elisabet she completely changes her mind

[Hyopomora]

These pics just make me wish I could have a small segment in game where we play as various ppl during enduring victory

Like we start as ground foot soldiers then air support then a scientist in zero dawn
Maybe even a whistleblower
And so on until Gaia goes online


It would be so cool

[carlsatan]

Definitely the best original story to hit a videogame in at least the last decade. Finally understanding what the project was in the first game and why we did it was profoundly human and something that I hope our society is mature enough to do should the need one day arise. There is nothing more noble than sacrificing yourself so that others may live.

[commanderkitsune]

When Horizon 3 comes out, i would love for Gurella Games to go back to their roots for a bit and do a Killzone esque FPS of the final days of Enduring Victory. Something like Halo Reach, where you know everyone is going to die already, but it's experiancing the journey to get there.

[Bateluer]

Horizon's Vantage collectibles are some of my favorite collectibles in any game, perhaps the only collectibles I go out of my way to go find. They're incredibly haunting and create a very sobering piece of lore building.

[feralprocessor]

Me: Best thing we can do is that Operation Enduring Victory never happens again.

[khalissadra]

Enduring victory was just awful but it does remind me of a saying I heard in a war movie, it was something about wasting lives or spending it. Every last one who participated in this operation were lives well spent, in the end life did find a way a big middle finger to extinction.

[honest_cake]

I loved the Aerial Captures. Forbidden West focused less on the Faro Plague and Enduring Victory (which is completely fair, given the respective stories in ZD and FW), but these collectibles were a brutal reminder of the world's horrifying past. Also, Barnett's story gave me Bashar Mati levels of feels. That last datapoint... 😢 Great video as always!!

[shaynesaulnier]

I love how well every operation was written out, to Make sure it not only stayed accurate to the timeline, but also that you could feel any minor overlap and transition as smoothly as possible.

[aragornelesar]

Loved the aerial captures, amazing lore and the art design of LA being destroyed is amazing. I love it.

[ge-orc]

Having such a detailed story behind a little side activity shoes the dedication and attention to detail of guerrilla!
Great video as always!

[sheldonpetrie]

Let's go! I loved these litle bits of lore around EV in thr burning shores.

[ohthatstea]

I’ve literally only just started Burning Shores so I’m not allowing myself to watch any of your recent videos until I’ve completed it; I’m just leaving a comment so the algorithm looks kindly on your amazing channel lol

[hypnoticdropbear]

Wow, it is really tragic that so many had to die

[glenncarter]

Thank you for your excellent Horizon videos. Reminds me why it's my favorite game. The Lore and World Building from every data point makes me want more.

[DeadofWinter]

I miss these two masterpieces. I already beat HZD, Frozen Wilds, HFW and Burning Shores. I'm really considering starting over.

[chazmatazzgames]

this is so good dude. amazing how you're able to piece all this information together and really bring these stories to life. super well done! 🙌