FIGHT Like You Can Win. The Lore of HORIZON: FORBIDDEN WEST!

[@TiptoeTheTank]

Heyo! This is the first of the new video formats. No more part 1/2/3 segments for videos. I've always wanted to work in this format of ultra long form content. Moving forward (at least, until the algorithm gods dictate otherwise) all games covered will be done in a single video, even if they're over 2 hours long. Next up is Ghost of Tsushima!

[@LooTheToilet]

Tbh I think I prefer the multi part aspect, cause I can watch as video on my lunch or whatever, then I can put the same part on when I got to bed for back noise while I fall asleep. And as much as i appreciate a super long video i am going to miss the broken up format which made it easier to digest all the info. :/

[@TheEFCBake]

Horizon is what brought me to your channel and i’ve been waiting for so long for this, and for it all to be in one glorious feast is just fantastic! thank you ma’am!

[@mytyak07]

Please can you do Last of us! That games deserves your narration

[@cmdr501generalvenator3]

i appreciate this format over the parts, thank you ;D

[@g-havenesportsteam799]

RIP Lance Reddick

[@JMsolidsnake]

Wake up samurai. Theres a 3 hour lore video to watch 😊

[@snakycarnival9119]

Almost 4...EVEN BETTER!

[@tragicbronson2889]

W or without the initial release bugs? 🤣

[@malachiramel9516]

Grandma scares me...

[@Xenronnify]

Your small asides like "they was doin som smooching" and "these wealthy fartsniffers" are EVERYTHING to me, holy heck it's so cute

[@TheChronozoan]

I am so incredibly happy that youre covering Horizon. Its my favourite fictional world to-date, and i gladly watch and rewatch and play and replay anything relative to it that i can get my hands on.

[@anthoniG]

There is going to be a Lego version as well. Should be interesting.

[@TheChronozoan]

@anthoniG yeah! I'm very excited for it. Legos are kinda perfect for breaking parts off of machines lol

[@anthoniG]

@@TheChronozoan Wonder if will be brand new story or like a spin-off type

[@besratg9207]

Same. This and mass effect are peak fiction. I'd add Dune to it too

[@nicolaslabra2225]

@@besratg9207 and you can totally feel the massive (hehe) effect that it had on Horizon and the writters too, heck the base in Forbidden West feels like the normandy and its probably on purpose

[@robinronin]

I 100%ed it on PC recently. Absolutely ADORED the whole game, amazing characters and story beats, but I especially was in awe of the stunning visuals 😍

[@Helpimnoob]

3 hours and 45 minutes. Just finished all of it. Happy to see you made the video about the game I know is not your favourite, shall we say. ;) Very well done! Hope you and Viryl are well!

[@Viryl_TV]

Glad you enjoyed it. I know you've been looking forward to this one for a long time.

[@fallencrow6718]

Remember people, tilda was grooming beta until she realised she was not a good enough copy of elizabeth(or maybe she was but elizabth herself was not the person tilda thought she was). Therefore there are 0 redemable qualities in that woman.

[@schronkfire]

Thanks for powering through this one, Tip and Viryl! I know this one was a bit of a slog for yall, but i have enjoyed all 3 games, so far! (And yes, im including the VR game)

[@nickyboi4237]

There's a vr game?!

[@Helpimnoob]

@@nickyboi4237 Horizon, Call of the mountain. it's a PSVR2 game that was launched together with the headset.

[@TheChronozoan]

​@nickyboi4237 yeah it's pretty dope

[@anthoniG]

There is going to be a Lego version as well. Should be interesting.

[@BigPanda096]

Just gotta appreciate how bad ass the visial mask acting from Lance as Sylens is? Dude is straight up power play staring down a woman that knows he knows she knows he can't hurt her. Has lived his whole life without a invulnerability shield and is absolutely confident in his ability to not only survive, but win against people who can't be hurt at all without special conditions being met. Just love how it is portrayed. Bevause if all he has to do is meet a special condition, its childs play for him. Hes shown to be a master of navigating those circumstances so deftly. Too bad we won't get Lances performance in the third game. Like even if you hate Sylens you really cannot deny that he really is the single smartest person in any given room it seems, EVEN when he has NO information on whats going on. He picks it up so fast its exceedingly deadly. Tilda knew from her first encounter he was possibly the worst enemy the Zenith could face. Everyone else is playing Chess and hes playing 5-D Shogi, he really can't be compared.

[@whargapmoe]

Sylens is not a likeable person at all, however I could watch him play off Aloy all day long. They are such a good match for each other, and I don't think he'd work as well if Aloy wasn't nearly as smart as he was (or just as smart). Aloy often outplays him - and that is only because she thinks of solutions that he dismisses as being soft, which is perfect for his character as well as his upbringing as a Banuk. I also like that Aloy learns from Sylens' arrogance - he outsmarts her and gloats, but she finds ways to one up him. That little rivalry humanizes Aloy in subtle ways if you're not paying attention. She often just genuinely dislikes Sylens but she also kind of admires him and comes to enjoy their little chess games that they play with each other because he is the only person that has been able to keep up with her wits.

[@OAN3476]

I like how you start off "imagine if..." That's literally reality.

[@EternalWarHawk]

Holy shiiiiit 3 HOURS of lore!!!!!!!!! Hell yeah ima enjoy this video! Thanks for the hard work TipToe and Viryl!!!!!!!

[@TDawgBR]

Phenomenal work, and I really appreciate the longform video format rather than breaking it up into multiple videos. Hope this format works best for your metrics and such.

[@heartlessxworthless]

Omg this is what I needed as I make my Kingdom Hearts decorations for my wedding lol

[@sarapenn9776]

I'm so glad you finally got around to Forbidden West! Thank you!

[@vengefuljester2090]

Very well done. One of the best story breakdowns of Forbidden West I've seen. Though how dare you leave out Aloy and Seyka's kiss at the end. 😅. That's the true ending in my eyes, and I really hope we see more Seyka in Horizon 3

[@Linken_88]

The desire to play the FW DLC is so great that I have a hard time stopping myself from buying the game on PC, there just aren't enough games I want to play on the PS5 to justify the $500 cost.

[@therapyquantified987]

try Ghosts of Tsushima. that still won't be enough to justify a $500 ps5, but it's a great game

[@Masterthe3rd]

Oh boy! Time to spend 3 hours watching a lore video about a game I have never played before!

[@TheChronozoan]

You're missing out! The Horizon world is incredible and wonderful to get lost in. And I say that as someone who knew the entire plot before I first played Zero Dawn. I'm now at over 100hrs on both games.

[@TeeHaa0032]

@@TheChronozoan: I believe what you said, I just don't have 100 hs to spare. It's a shame. I'm incredibly thankful this channel exists to tell this amazing story. A sunday afternoon well spent.

[@BlueberryBatter]

You aren’t alone. I have neither the time nor the skills to play games. But man…I really like video games. Games like this, and innumerable others, are just another medium to tell a story. In an alternate Horizons universe, our esteemed Lady of Lore would be essential to her tribe/clan/insert term for a society of people with individual customs. The passing of knowledge is something sacred, and there’s mad bonus points for being an entertaining repository of knowledge. (I’ve got loads of theories for some lore heavy games that I’ve never once watch someone play.)

[@andrefricke9998]

@Masterthe3rd I've played it twice and still enjoy to listen to the lore 😉

[@TheChronozoan]

@andrefricke9998 SAME. I can't get enough of Horizon. Actually I'd listened through multiple videos on it before even getting to play it because back then I had neither a Playstation or, later on, a PC juicy enough to play it. Now I continue to listen to Horizon content while impatiently waiting for the H: Zero Dawn remaster to come out.

[@saltymisfit6566]

I really enjoy these long form videos. Because i'm a truck driver and I just put it on youtube and then listen to it in the background while I drive a lot of these games that you cover I have either played or I am aware of but to know the lore of some of these. It's absolutely fascinating

[@Viryl_TV]

We eatin' good this week

[@nickyboi4237]

Very good 🥞

[@jakofthefrost]

Genuinely i never knew about Errands companion mission. I always cleared out the camps but never knew you could decript a focus at the base 😂 i need to atart up a new save and play that mission

[@JackJohnR]

I'm loving the extra sass in the video! The lore and video is amazing as always!

[@mariusweber4990]

Almost 4 hours, how awesome is that?!

[@ericc7925]

Tysm! Immaculate pacing and storytelling. Great work, love the video length

[@procyonia3654]

Its so nice our current timeline isnt at all like this story *nervous laugher*

[@shaneskelton9625]

TED FARRO IS THE WORST FICTIONAL HUMAN EVER. I WILL SPOUT THIS FROM MY DEATH BED!

[@Raziroth]

Babe wake the hell up new Lady of Lore just dropped

[@SuperTurtleHaze]

thank you for your hard work, i love all the scifi universes and appreciate your concise and well flowing commentary on the lore

[@AuroraShadowglen]

Thank you for covering this one! I love your lore videos!

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

It's a good thing I have the memory of a goldfish. I can sit and listen to this entire video and I know most of this information will be lost. I'm not worried that I haven't played Horizon 2 yet and that this will spoil anything. I'm still waiting for the price of the PS5 to come down before I jump on buying one, and I want to experience Horizon 2 on that platform. I mean, Horizon 1 was great on PS4 but it's a little bit past due for me to move on and experience something like 2 with the upgraded power. I guess the good thing with waiting so long is that I can buy a used copy for hella cheap. At this rate I'll be moving to the 5 as the 6 starts rolling out of the plant.

[@TheFabHobo]

4 hours? I didn't think my day could get ant better

[@TakiKimono]

the absolute sarcasm and snark when you get to "Ceo" is absolutely sending me xD

[@LaraSane]

Also Mr poop pants Eric!

[@dapeach06]

Love this video! Love your snark. Tilda being "not like the other girls" slayed me 😂

[@KABIncorp]

The way I gasped when I saw a new video was out. So excited!

[@Whippets]

I found it odd that Aloy didn't say to Tilda that what she was proposing is exactly what she had done in the past, running away from earth, running away from the problem and going against Liz's wishes to save THIS Earth. Running away with Aloy may have been a second chance to save "Liz", but it was also a second chance for Tilda to stay and help Liz, something she feels great guilt over (or at least so she said). Who knows, if she had stayed the first time, she might have found a way to speed up Horizon Zero Dawn and protect the Alphas (plus Apollo) from Faro as she was an extremely talented programmer/purveyor of sensitive information herself.

[@TerryB01]

MEGA VID!

[@rochlum]

ah sweet auditory bliss... I look forward to the next video. Keep up all your hard work!

[@nickkelly3199]

Loved your Horizon Zero Dawn videos!! It's what introduced me to your channel. Watched every video since!

[@freesheep0]

I loved it! I very much enjoy your videos and speaking voice. Also, the bit about breaking knee caps had me laughing. Thank you.

[@stand_alone_complex5620]

One thing I would love to ask Guerilla Games is, "Why would you want to destroy New Zealand? What did we do?"

[@AndiJNava]

To take Sauron out of the picture

[@stand_alone_complex5620]

@@AndiJNava That makes sense...

[@coreyvandersluis4992]

Omg 3+ hours you spoil us sooo much!! I love your videos! Always there to cheer me up 😊

[@JackJohnR]

Time for that long-form content!! Wohoo!!!

[@laithalsabah8233]

Tilda Van Der linde goes hard 🤠

[@IAmTheZombieGirl]

3 hour lore video?? I'm so here for it!! Lets go!

[@keyblademasterclark]

Hello! Found you recently via the algorithm gods thinking I wanted a 9hour long video about Zelda lore. I've watched several of your videos and I love your content!

[@Yutyrant95]

This is such a cool universe! I hope this isn't the last we'll see

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

As far as I know Horizon is going to be a trilogy and was pretty much designed from the beginning that way. Although, knowing SONY, they'll demand more and more until the franchise is thrown completely off the tracks and it goes from being beloved to hated. I've been with PlayStation since the original, but anymore SONY is making some truly baffling choices with the platform.

[@whargapmoe]

@@ChristopherSadlowski Gawd I hope not - the pushing back of the third game to focus on the supposed online multiplayer is so stupid to me. Online multiplayers do not stay around a long time if they don't get a solid fan base right off the bat. BUT I do hope that Gorilla takes the best of the first 2 games and refine those points more, and are allowed to do it. Like doing a better job with outposts/ bandit camps, by either integrating them better or not using them. And they don't need to make the map any larger than the HFW one. As proven time and again - if the Execs just let the dev teams make games to the best of their abilities, they will have a butt load of success, and the money will just flow in.

[@lalitsharma3137]

146 comments. Wow... Hugely underrated channel. I wish more people were invested in good stories.

[@IskandarTheConqueror]

let's go. love long form content on my favorite games n stuff

[@MrithyunjayGN]

Let's freakin. gooooo!!! I've been waiting for this for a loooong time

[@atroupeofplayers8886]

An old favorite of mine. So excited it's being covered!

[@jamesabernethy7896]

I love long-form content. I still preferred the original in terms of gameplay and story but look forward to listening to your lore video in full. Great presentation and you always balance out the storytelling with your personality, it makes it more lively and fun.

[@samminicksm]

This has been a godsend on a slow day at work.

[@darksylince1792]

I like to think of Silence as the "Dad who left" for Aloy. And Roth as the step dad who stepped up. They just give adult daughter and father vibes.

[@GamerNurseGale]

Have to hand it to Sylens. He had enough intuition to plan things ahead

[@bluedude05]

lets hope the algarythem likes this form of content. Awesome job and i love how it is done! :3

[@Ed_Crane]

Most KZbin channels: « How can I drag this out to make it a 10 min video? » The Lady of Lore :

[@InsomniacTimXurk]

Ah god i love this series so much. Not just for the narrative or the gameplay but how nice and normal the armor looks. It's not outrageously sexual with the weird boob armor or whatever. Anyways I loved the video! keep up the good work!

[@whargapmoe]

My favorite thing about the Zeniths is that they are so incompetent that their power is effectively is rendered meaningless. The only two competent ones, Tilda and Londra are actually scary, but were still held back by their underestimations of their foes.

[@0dirty]

This video has been sustaining me for days now

[@ethanwilde4716]

I have so much high hopes for the finale installation of the Horizon series. The story has me entralled since the furst game the visuals are amazing the machines are perfect. Aloy is a lovable and witty character to be around and watching her go through her struggles ans trumpith over them is so just rewarding. The only worry i have is that this third installment could wind up as how Mass effect 3 went out. I mean im sure everyone remembers that story. They do line up in a similar fashion. TLDR: I love horizon and I hope the devs know how to finish this story on a good note.

[@anthoniG]

There is going to be a Lego version as well. Should be interesting.

[@naadirfarzan6953]

I really cried when varl died, one of my favorite characters from the two games

[@paigeseliger836]

I'm not sure if any of this counts as a spoiler, but here's my perspective about Aloy's personality. Side note, this isn't hate to the channel specifically! Tons of people have strong opinions about her, I'm simply offering mine. Don't use this as a jumping point for being mean! Basically, the presentation of Aloy as rude and inconsiderate happens in most videos and that is never going to sit right with me. I get that she's not super personable, but she's got a lot of valid reasons for that, and even so she is highly empathetic. Throughout both games she helps anybody who asks, even the people who have insulted her to her face, despite being on a mission to save the world. She ditches her friends because in her mind, that's the only way to ensure their safety. Not because she doesn't believe they can help, but because she thinks she shouldn't NEED their help. I know she's a fictional character, but she's always felt so relatable to me as an autistic woman. The double empathy problem is very well portrayed with her. She can seem very cold and uncaring, but it's because she doesn't see a point in showing her feelings when there is something to be DONE about it instead. Instead of comforting someone crying, to her it makes more sense to go out and take on whatever caused the tears herself. She only claims the title of Savior when confronted with someone who was an intentional jerk, as a tool to overturn his control. Y'know, I think maybe my therapist would be interested in this rant 😅

[@paigeseliger836]

All of that aside, this was an excellent breakdown of the vast storylines within the universe! It's a very special series, and if anybody is determined to play the next game without playing the existing ones, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this video to them. Thank you for the hours it took to create!

[@whargapmoe]

That's how I feel about Aloy as well! She is a highly empathetic character who often has trouble balancing her need to complete the tasks she thinks she needs to do by herself. A lot of it is baked into her story - she grew up in a tribe that showed her little to no empathy and she was raised by big gruff daddy Rost. She clearly likes people, but doesn't quite know how to deal with them herself. I mean, look what happens when she drops that barrier, for example my favorite uncles from Vegas, her bonding with Telanah, Petra, Kotallo, and Alva in different ways. That prickliness keeps her from being too perfect - if she didn't have that defense from the outset, if she didn't make mistakes like what happened through most of the first part of Forbidden West, then she wouldn't be that interesting as a character. If I was going to break down the storylines from the two games it would be this: HZD - Aloy figures out her past and where she came from. HFW - Aloy finds her own family and learns that it is okay to be her own person - to look to her parents, Rost, Gaia, and Elizabet for guidance, but to be exactly like them and make decisions like them may not be the right path. Horizon III - that will be interesting. Maybe this is where she learns to negotiate and compromise to get what she wants, and to maybe realize that it is okay to find romantic love with someone and to be around them for as long as they would have her. I always asked this of people who thinks Aloy holds the world in contempt - Why would she go through all of that hardship and pain to try to save the world if she didn't like it or the people in it? Elizabet didn't - she chose to restart it, and Sylens is similar. She LIKES people, she doesn't always agree with their views or the dogmatic systems that allow for people to be cruel, and she doesn't suffer fools.

[@DocDoesGamingTV]

New bedtime story channel unlocked 😂

[@XautnisLeonhart]

You want to know something crazy? When I first played Zero Dawn, I used to feel sympathy towards dear old Teddy - yes, he'd been the cause of it all, and he murdered innocent people, but i almost believed that he really was trying to help and makeup for what he did. After Forbidden West, that sympathy died VERY quickly, as you can imagine. I mean, just look at what he did AFTER killing the Alphas, and then he had the arrogance and hubris to try to do what Far Zenith would later do. And the worst part is, it actually worked..... to a point, at least. Although, let's face the facts - he wasn't even human to begin with. That man singlehandedly ended the world, and all he did was try to hide the evidence of it AND prop himself up as though he could've been a god. Now, my headcanon image of what was left of him is what the Rat King looked like in Last of Us 2, little more than a (literal) cancerous blob of charred flesh with no consciousness or recognition

[@nickyboi4237]

THREE HOURS, GOODNESS HONEY YOU TWO HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD.

[@Rkcuddles]

3:01:27 didn’t notice the eyebrows till you said something

[@christopherdaniels2117]

I can’t believe I watched this in one go.

[@shivaramoutar5333]

This was really good I hope you cover the third game

[@stand_alone_complex5620]

Your add for patreon and twitch was inspiring...

[@saltymisfit6566]

I LOVE this game, I wish I had a PlayStation to play It on. I never got to finish it

[@StreetSweeper5605]

I've watched your Death Stranding videos a few times and now when I hear you say "beach" I'm looking for Norman Reedus and some B.T.'s 🤣🤣

[@mickel1819]

❤❤❤❤ love these videos keep them coming

[@saltymisfit6566]

Before this video I had no idea how little of the game I actually got through 😮

[@Paitriot21]

Thanks for this video :)

[@mysticwerebadger]

Lance...😭

[@matthewrios7549]

Hey lady lore can you please do Kingdom hearts all the games in one video in chronological order please and thank you

[@Priestermius]

I just completet the game heading to the DLC and nice to know what happens with regalla if you do not kill here :D

[@delmonteward3795]

You guys did Demeter before Poseidon?

[@Viryl_TV]

Howdy, I did the gameplay recording for this. I kept running into those metal flowers everywhere and figured Demeter would be the one to unlock them. Since there were way more flowers than underwater areas, I just pushed for Demeter first.

[@delmonteward3795]

@@Viryl_TV ah ok that makes sense. Those metal flowers were pretty annoying and if you do Demeter last like I did, the rewards aren’t worth it.

[@RitzBitz-sf6tl]

Imma drive around the country (🇹🇹) just to listen to this masterpiece

[@Carl6386]

NO WAY!!! I didnt think youd ever make a video on HFW.

[@Setsuraful]

Coolest game I never played, I just can't get into open world games. Ending was super lackluster though.

[@whitewolfofthewhills]

Wooo! This is gonna be great.

[@PatrickWDunne]

So much great story!

[@mytyak07]

I think we will get to see Faro! He’ll be the main villain while nemesis will become secondary

[@bastisantiago9789]

Three hours and forty-two minutes??? let's Fuckin' GooOOOOO

[@Axumes]

I always got the impression that Alva and her tribe where from the Pacific Islands. There clothes have that feel and it would make sense since none of the people look Asian.

[@zoefox6248]

Each of the Eleuthia birthing stations around the world were a mix of DNA, and not solely from their specific nationality! Even though the Quen are from asia, they do not all have asian qualities as the facility was creating humans from a variety of DNA.

[@chaosdeus1]

Feels weird to get posidon after aether and demeter.

[@Viryl_TV]

Hey, I did the gameplay recording for this. I decided to push towards Demeter before Poseidon because I ran into way more metal flowers than underwater areas and figured Demeter would be the one to unlock them.

[@chaosdeus1]

@@Viryl_TV Totally understand. Ive gone through the game 3 times at this point and ive always done posidon first because its the closest.

[@derekkrumel1407]

the one thing that bugs me about Faro is how lame his golden statue is. Like, just him in a t-shirt and jeans. It's so lame. But within that it's sort of thematic isn't it?

[@Majin_Koolaid]

Much appreciated ma'am.

[@tatisplayground3973]

MOM DROPPED THE LORE LEZGOOOO

[@samuraiS30v]

Wow what a story. Im only half way thought the first game.

[@saltymisfit6566]

Damn I wasn't even 10% into this game when I stopped playing 😮

[@MrSirling]

Story of 'now' is really bad in both games. But uncovering what was before collapse and its origin was exciting for me. Also, gameplay is great with machine hunting along with gorgeous views

[@anthonyhorn5914]

Long content indeed. I need popcorn

[@lulufare1724]

I GASPED when I saw this omg so excited to watch

[@tmoney360]

It's strange. I really liked Alloy in Zero Dawn. In Forbidden West I just constantly found myself annoyed with her. I found myself far more interested in the other cast members this time around.

[@badrhetoric5637]

The Utaru got on my nerves, bizarre old conservative hippies 😅

[@lanceholder7794]

1:28:00

[@brettjohnson4321]

This is what I wanted the new starwars to be.

[@NewModel7]

can you stop giving me a panic attack thanks