Horizon Forbidden West | Building a Scene

How does a cutscene come together? From storyboard to mocap to the final in-game product, see the process of Building a Scene here!

*Spoilers for Horizon Forbidden West!*

[KnucklesoO]

What a game. Absolutely breathtaking, I’ve been playing this since it came out 😅 Last horizon was well over 3K hours. Absolutely amazing.

[mickeyminime]

Aloy 😍❤

R.I.P to the amazing Lance Reddick, he will be sadly missed 😥

[henderson]

It's very interesting to see the scene behind the game. I love HFW very much, and sometimes just open the game for walking because the scenery and music make me happy. Thank you all for making such a masterpiece.

[kikijewell]

Love how even in the storyboards, they bother to color Aloy's hair red!

(It does make sense, because it does draw your attention to the important action in the scene.)

[arturmagomedov]

That's insane to me how much effort and coordination it takes to create a scene with such a professional motion capture performance. You are truly the best studio out there and I am very looking forward to the DLC (burning shores) ; )

[rondaven]

1:19 and 1:26… BY THE FORGE THAT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD!!!!🤣🤣😂😂

Im sorry, I know that there’s a lot of technical things involved and it’s really difficult but…. That part is just hilarious.😂😂 I wonder if the animators or whatever you call them laughed so hard at these.😂😂😂


Anyway this is a really interesting and awesome behind the scenes look on how these carefully detailed cutscenes are. Almost like something for a Gaia Cast if you ask me tbh.

Ashley and Lance really nail their character especially back in HZD. Especially Lance tho…. His voice as Sylens is just perfect.


Truly Horizon Forbidden West is best game ever IMO. It’s very unique and there’s beauty in the game that can make a guy like me shed a tear.

Que “do guys even have emotions meme•.🥲🥲


But yeah, have a blessed and exciting week ahead everyone!! God bless!!😊😊😊

[maxgrieve]

Really happy to see this! Saw a bit of that studio clip of Ashly/Lance included in one of the previous videos and figured it would've come from this scene - Ashly cross, Lance standing on a platform etc - so is awesome to see how all the different parts fit together. Well done Guerrilla, and thanks!

[Leoo]

Phenomenal game. I enjoy it to the max. The landscapes, the music, the characters, the writing, the actors and the gameplay. It truly is a work of art. Pretty cool to see how you build the scene.

[Enigmalake]

The cut scenes and especially facial animations are shockingly good. Raised the bar 👍

[deyliramirez]

This is so INCREDIBLE! I can see where each team had a chance to richen the cutscene with their skill & experimentation, Ashly & Sylens fleshing out the scene, the nuances and adding more emotion to Aloy that Ashly mentioned in a Forbidden West trailer, & the rendering, all put together in a way that is easy for us to follow! I was pulled in to each scene that sometimes I had to clip it and rewatch it to make sure I didn't miss anything! Give everyone a big thank you for enriching the game & story with these INCREDIBLE cutscenes!✏🎬🎞🖥😍

[GoldenPhoenix]

Incredible to see how far games have come! Absolutely stunning work, thank you Guerilla!

[Leo-picp]

Niice! Please we need more of this behind-the-scenes! It's so enjoyable to watch Lance and Ashly acting. More please!!!

[hybridz]

Such a damn fun and good game. Love watching behind the scenes for this game. Thank you to everyone at Guerrilla for creating a masterpiece ❤️❤️

[SirDan]

One of the best game i ever played in my life and still going on since it came out with the new extreme hard mode
Thank you for this masterpiece

[triton]

Wow that is so cool and looks like fan (makes wanna be a video game actor too one day), Ashly Burch did a phenomenal job as Aloy, Beta and Elizabet all at once bravo, still miss the times on HAWP.

Lance Reddick's performance as Sylens still as great as back in zero dawn...he made the ending of HFW so satisfying. Thanks Guerrilla for The behind the scenes clip, I wanna see more.

[gorillazzillathemeh]

This game, this story. Is such a work of art.

[shmookins]

I love these. More behind the scenes footage and explanations of how things are made, please.

[Falconite]

Love seeing stuff like this so much. I could watch hours and hours of behind the scenes stuff. It's so cool to see the work at different stages in the pipeline. Keep up the fantastic work ya'll!

[tyleroutland]

So far horzion forbidden west is my game of the year. Gurellia games please make a story dlc in forbidden west and a sequel to forbidden west in the future 🙏

[tateheartheart]

i love seeing how all of this is put together, but also the stage where theres a face and then you add the video is so funny to me

especially since the motion capture angle is such a strange angle for anything other than the capture, it's so hilarious