Horizon (Gaming Series)

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Name: Horizon Zero Dawn/Horizon Forbidden West
Horizon: Zero Dawn/Horizon: Forbidden West
Abbreviation(s): HZD/HFW
Creator: Guerilla Games
Date(s): 28th February 2017
Medium: Video Games
Country of Origin: The Netherlands
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The Horizon video game series began in 2017 with Horizon Zero Dawn, an open world action RPG developed by Guerilla Games. The game follows Aloy, who traverses a post-apocalyptic world filled with machines as she attempts to find answers to who she is, and where she came from. The sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, was released on 18th February 2022. A spinoff VR game, Call of the Mountain, was released a few days later.

Canon

Characters

Introduced in HZD

Introduced in HFW

Fandom

Popular Relationships

Most of the ships centre around Aloy, the protagonist, though other characters also have their own pairings.

Common Tropes & Themes

  • Hating on Ted Faro - A significant portion of the problems and history in the world of Horizon can be blamed on the actions of Ted Faro. The fandom takes great pleasure in hating him for quite literally destroying the world.

AU

Horizon Zero Dawn AU fanworks have been created, with fandoms including Final Fantasy XV, Supernatural and Boku no Hero Academia.

Fanworks

Fanfiction Examples

A Lightkeeper in The Dark

Fanart

Fangames

Archives

Resources & External Links

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References

  1. ^ Member count accurate as of April 1, 2021. See archive capture.