Complete History of Horizon: Zero Dawn to Forbidden West

In this video, we explore the a comprehensive timeline that ties the Horizon Universe together. For experienced players, and those new to this world, this will get you up to speed before the sequel. From the beginnings of Zero Dawn, all the way up to Forbidden west, no stone is left unturned.

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Video Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:14 The Die Off
4:30 The Clawback
9:55 Rise of Machines
17:51 The Glitch
22:15 Project Zero Dawn
30:01 The Faro Plague
33:32 Odyssey Launches
34:25 Fall of Enduring Victory
36:04 Zero Day
39:04 The Purge
41:02 Re-Terraforming
45:20 Formation of the Tribes
48:56 The Sun Kings
53:46 Transmission & Derangement
56:52 The Red Raids
1:02:44 The Liberation
1:05:51 Shadow Carja and Eclipse
1:10:56 The Proving
1:15:38 Out of the Sacred Land
1:17:18 Into the Sundom
1:18:44 Uncovering the Past
1:21:34 Captured
1:23:16 Return to the Cradle
1:24:53 Master Override
1:25:45 The Frozen Wilds
1:27:33 Battle of the Alight
1:31:30 Aftermath
1:33:20 Special thanks and conclusion

[DrawnByKimProductions]

Once you know Aloy is the clone of a scientific prodigy, her level of skill and ability to quickly pick up on the scientific works of the old world makes a lot of sense. I love it

[weewee]

The way the man from this channel is dedicated to documenting every single detail in this game inspires and amazes me

[isaabdullahi]

Man your dedication and attention to this franchise is inspiring.

[blususpect]

The world 🌎 building Guerrilla has done with Horizon is impeccable and it’s escapes the trap of being another post apocalyptic cliché! Horizon Forbidden West is going to be amazing!

[SpaceHound]

How did he even come across the information especially in the intro block... i mean the level of digging, exploration, discovery and listening to all those voice logs, reading those transcripts by scanning it with a focus... its just freaking mind blowing to see the extent he went to put his video out... you sir are an official diviner

[Naujjk]

In all my years of reading books and playing RPG games (40 years) this story is the absolute best written and most cohesive story line I’ve ever had the pleasure of indulging in. I thought Mass Effect was good.. but this. Mind blown.

[honest_cake]

The KING of Horizon lore, I can't imagine how much effort went into this. Can't wait to see the channel grow even more in the next couple months!

[LazerzZ]

Such a banger of a video. So many things I either didn't know or had entirely forgotten, this is a MUST watch before Forbidden West. Absolutely top quality work as always 👌🏻

[Artractive_]

Hearing how the swarm slowly just took over the world I can’t help but think how terrifying that would’ve been! Would love to see a playback or even a flashback gameplay scene of being one of those soldiers fighting that impossible and endless swarm..

[anchorium]

An hour and a half has rarely gone by so fast. I was absolutely spellbound. You have a gift for story telling, truly. Thank you for this and for all the impressive work on your channel.

[TwstTech]

The fact more than 60 of this 95 minute video isn’t even about the story that actually happens DURING the gameplay is testament to 2 things:

1. Guerilla Build an incredible world for Horizon that is so rich of deep lore and background!

2. This man is the KING of horizon lore and has consumed it all!

[AdrianPetford]

A brilliant piece of work and the finest, most thorough historical account of Horizon I've ever seen. Watching it was the highlight of my weekend! As a fellow lore fan, I am so glad I found your channel. It's given me so many hours of entertainment and all your content is such high quality. Love Metal World in particular... hope one day we might get a visit to the Sundom or even the howling Forbidden West. Looking forward to all your new content for 2022 and the next chapter in this epic journey we are all on. Thanks RSQ!

[NathanOkun]

Small point: Aloy inherited her mental capacities from her progenitor, but she has a large number of physical advantages in this game, too. Her DNA is only about 99.5% the same as Dr. Sobeck's. Since changing a human DNA by less than 2% could change a person into a chimpanzee, a circa-0.5% change is ENROMOUS. Gaia adjusted her to be like Batman, with many physical attributes maxed out to give Aloy superiority in as many ways as possible in her ordained job. This makes Aloy's abilities in this game more understandable, as she seems to be able to handle all sorts of physical abuses better than anybody else in the game. Things like this are what make this game so head-and-shoulders superior to many other games. It has a great story and, even better, even the details are done right.

[jessicawindhaus]

This must have taken you FOREVER. Mad props, friend! Incredible work.

[alinarust]

i only a few months ago found out about the game's existence, and in less than a week I have played 73 hours, and am nearing 100% completion without going online for anything of note... this game is absolutely amazing... I just have to hope forbidden west comes to PC sometime... so excited though!

[gvstt]

I just can't stop being amazed by this channel! You sir have the ability to not only reunite the lore of this amazing game and break it into summarized yet extremely informative content, but also to tell it in a way that no one else could do besides Guerilla. Thank you for such an effort! I never watch long videos on YT but this is something else.

[rachelkiesser]

I hope Guerrilla has you as a guest on their podcast! That's a collaboration I need! This was truly an amazing video wow 😭💙

[chuckz]

I kinda want to play a prequel of Horizon, where we are in the past going thru Operation: Enduring Victory. We could be a solider who figured out there's no super weapon and at the end there's a stand Off with the machines saving Zero Dawn project. We could also meet characters like Elizabeth, the Alpha's and hopefully at least get a chance to punch Ted Faro in the nuts. I wouldn't mind being a linear game, something like killzone. That would be awesome!!! By the way I love your channel.

[Ammeeeeeeer]

Well worth staying up beyond 2 am. Well done RSQ, this is possibly the best HZD recap vid on Youtube 😁

[niellbecker]

Outstanding work RSQ! Truly an excellent video.

Here’s to finding out some answers to the big questions left from HZD:
- the source of the transmission
- where are the other Functions
- what happened to Ted
Etc, gosh there’s a lot!