Enter Horizon: Zero Dawn’s Aloy. When the game was announced, Sony caught practically everyone off-guard after they revealed the third-person action title’s gameplay trailer at E3 2015. And honestly, with the upcoming release’s incredibly original blend of hunting, gathering, stealth, and monstrous robotic dinosaurs set in lush, overgrown environments, it would have been even more surprising if nobody was impressed. Not to mention, the reveal of Horizon: Zero Dawn’s principal heroine Aloy’s intrepid exploits definitely gave goosebumps to virtually everybody watching.
With such a compelling female character in Aloy, it’s indubitable that Horizon: Zero Dawn’s development team at Guerrilla Games imbued her with qualities of other outstanding feminine protagonists. As a matter of fact, when speaking with Official PlayStation Magazine in regards to the influences behind Aloy, the game’s director Mathijs de Jonge divulged that Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley from the Alien film franchise and Rose Leslie’s Ygritte from the Game of Thrones series were used as guideposts for the character’s foundations.
Regarding the issue, de Jonge says:
Bearing the above statement in mind, due to Aloy’s archery skills and primitive fur attire, it’s obvious the spirit of Ygritte is certainly the driving force behind Horizon: Zero Dawn’s main character. Additionally, since the game features gigantic dino-bots with Terminator’s T-800 styled frameworks, Sarah Connor’s courage and fortitude comes through in Aloy, as well.
Although the upcoming open world title’s inclusion of a potent feminine force is great news for most, if not all gaming fans, Sony was initially worried that having a female character as the lead for Horizon: Zero Dawn was risky for some reason. Apparently the Japanese company hasn’t gotten the memo yet that nearly half of the planet’s population consists of women. Regardless, since Horizon: Zero Dawn has no multiplayer component, the developers over at Guerrilla Games have surely bolstered Aloy’s story with a strong female perspective.
Horizon: Zero Dawn is being developed exclusively for the PlayStation 4, and is set to release some time in 2016.
Source: GamesRadar (via VG 24/7)
