Horizon: Creative Director of Forbidden West on “configuring some things for the next game”

The same happened in Forbidden West, as de Jonge explained that the terraform system that needed to be repaired was a good starting point for the story.

“Plus, we had storylines from the past, from the Old World, that we wanted to draw on. So we had a lot to work on, as well as knowing how we wanted to evolve Aloy’s story arc, and all mixed together from there,” he added.

Horizon: Forbidden West launched in February and has since received several post-launch updates based on player feedback. IGN named it one of the ten best open world games of all time along with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Elden Ring.

In our 9/10 review, we said: “A triumphant combination of thrilling combat, high-level creature and character design, and a captivating open world, Horizon Forbidden West is an absolute blast and a fantastic showcase for the power of the PS5. “.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale from time to time. He will be talking about The Witcher all day.