Horizon Forbidden West: Meet The Cast Of Guerrilla Games’ Upcoming RPG In New Trailer

We’re closing in on the release of Horizon Forbidden West and PlayStation is releasing more and more about the game. Yesterday, Guerrilla Games released a new Forbidden West story trailer, and you can check out some exclusive details we learned about it after talking to the team, and now the studio has released a special “meet the cast” trailer.

It begins with an introduction to protagonist Aloy’s voice actor, Ashly Burch, who explains that Aloy had to step into a new role as the hero of the world. She also touches on the more adversarial aspect of Aloy and Sylens’ relationship. Lance Reddick will be reprising the role of Sylens in Horizon Zero Dawn’s post-credits scene. He talks about Sylens’ egomaniac personality and how that shapes his relationships in Forbidden West. 

We also meet Kotallo’s voice actor, Noshir Dalal. Kotallo and Aloy are both newbies to the series. This is at a critical time in Aloy’s life. Kotallo’s chief envisions a peaceful alliance in the Forbidden West and it’s Kotallo’s mission to champion his chief’s cause. Tilda joins Kotallo to make Horizon a better place. She is voiced by Matrix alumn Carrie-Anne Moss. 

“I play this very interesting character named Tilda who is quite a dynamic character,” Moss says in the trailer. “As an artist, there’s a lot of freedom in doing something like this. The director gives you direction, but it’s all about being present in the moment. It is a lot more fun creatively. There’s a lot of mystery to her – I don’t want to say too much – but she’s an interesting character and I loved playing her.”

John Macmillan voices Varl. As Macmillan notes, Varl has been on a “heck of a journey.” He says the writers did a great job of evolving the character in Forbidden West as he’s more mature and more willing to challenge Aloy when needed. John Hopkins voiced Erend. He talks about Aloy’s disappearance at the end of Zero Dawn, which sets up a fractured relationship at the start of Forbidden West. Hopkins and Macmillan stated that Varl’s and Erend’s relationship changed quite a bit in the game because they were Aloy’s new allies. 

You can also see some of the new concept art from Forbidden West. 

While waiting for Horizon Forbidden West to hit PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on February 18, read what Guerrilla Games had to say about the game’s latest story trailer and then head to Game Informer’s Horizon Forbidden West hub, which features all kinds of new details from this month’s cover story. Our thoughts about the first game. Game Informer’sAfter that, Horizon Zero Dawn will be reviewed. 

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