Lore of Horizon Forbidden West: Hot Zone Crisis

[@anerbananers]

There is something addictive and beautifully tragic about finding the surviving fragments of these tragic ghosts of Aloy's past and our future as we explore the world of Horizon, and yet there is also something so satisfying, haunting and fulfilling hearing you lay it all out from end to end with so much depth and that twinge of sadness. Thank you RSQ!

[@tylerboyce4081]

I am so glad you did an episode on this, because throughout two playthroughs, I could not figure out what the heck was going on with the Hot Zone Crisis.

[@CaptainPilipinas]

our *Greed.* such Disasters. etc. 'the politics haven't much changed, huh' - Varl. or something that I could remember for now.

[@cmoore421]

Did you even read the datapoints, it’s all explained there this dude is essentially just quoting datapoints.

[@1983horizons1]

I had the same issue! I think the problem was that I couldn’t figure out why there would be a memorial to these people so I kept thinking I was missing something. The way it’s explained in this video clarifies the escalation and mistakes on the government’s part.

[@seand.g423]

​@@1983horizons1you mean the mistakes _besides_ trusting "intrinsic human decency" to _actually exist_ as per fucking usual?

[@TheGlintJaw]

Man, the lore in this game is so deep that Guerrilla can go in so many ways with this franchise! I'd honestly love a TV show that documents the events of the last few years of humanity. (The Faro plague, Enduring Victory, Zero Dawn, and the inevitable extinction of life)

[@CaptainPilipinas]

a Shame this version of a more advanced P-GA Humankind had no long-lasted GA for them. and a miniature Collapse. by a very Familiar Shortsightedness of that kind of global Mistake. as it is repeated by their/our off-Earth 'neighbors' out there, heh.

[@RicoX-17]

I'm not sure if you've heard the news, but they are planning on doing a Horizon show for TV. Whether it's live, animated, or CGI is still unknown, but it's coming! 😎

[@CaptainPilipinas]

depending how Lore level kind of portrayal they are. so.

[@icantthinkofaname2417]

Excited but hesitant about the Netflix show. So much potential for it to be good if it expands on the lore instead of just trying to rehash the story of zero dawn again.

[@seand.g423]

Considering the continued involvement of humans (even/especially setting aside the Zeniths), Damned fitting that you would list the Faro Plague _and_ an extinction of life... Say what you (and I) will about Faro, but a functional biosphere has more time if the humans are starting at square one than if you've got basically one or more Quen in a world where humans just hit "resume"...

[@sheldonpetrie3706]

I want to see DLCs expanding on the Quen and Tenakth. It was so great to see in areas and side missions Aloy get acknowledged as riding on the wings of ten after that story mission.

[@CaptainPilipinas]

though as some like Sylens described....

[@gamingstuffdobegamingstuff9279]

@@CaptainPilipinas yeah, might be a slight problem

[@CaptainPilipinas]

@@gamingstuffdobegamingstuff9279 more like: 'No. they stumbled upon the greatest technological artifact from the ancient world *and What did they Do with it? they Shrouded the knowledge they unearthed in Mysticism and 'Taboo', creating a 'pantheon' out of Corporate Shills.'* (as it is done by so Many before, Tragically), from what this reminded me of.

[@acenull0]

Agreed! I love the new tribes!

[@Miguel_Noether]

DLC ANNOUNCED!!!

[@fujitsu4216]

The Hot zone Crisis was such a tragic but incredibly interesting conflict. Especially cause it could happen in real life.

[@shawnbergmann2638]

The entire game could, and likely will happen in real life

[@TheGlintJaw]

@@shawnbergmann2638 yeah man, sad but true.

[@MadiganinPeach]

Everything except the "snoring 20s" they're pretty spot on for our future. Most obviously being how our technological progression is only a few years away from being almost completely dedicated to climate crises, due mostly to the fact that there are about to be a lot less habitable places in the world. And just like they predicted, and I fully agree, it won't start until a whole lot of people have to die first. The concept of the hot zone crisis is incredible, and I could see that being the second Civil War. Whoever the doomsday-ists are on the team, I hope they're in therapy lol.

[@brandon9172]

@@shawnbergmann2638 Eh, a lot of what happened after the claw-back, especially the Faro Plague, probably wouldn't happen (corporations ranking in trillions and having a stranglehold on world governments is likely though). But the theme of the game, the world being destroyed after it was saved, all because of the refusal to adopt socio-economic change, that is something that not only could happen but has happened to less disastrous degrees throughout history.

[@lonenomad8583]

@@shawnbergmann2638 not really...

[@Wyattearpp]

Has someone born and raised in the American southwest, this is definitely my favorite part of the game lore. Thank you for doing such a good job with it. Also bonus points for correctly pronouncing Nevada ;P

[@carlospantoja4253]

God I love the amount of effort and time you put in getting the Lore together. It put into perspective how great the story telling is in the Horizon series through everything u need to find

[@theespressokid1]

A clever way for Guerrilla to give us another Killzone without doing another Killzone is to do a JTF10 or even an Operation Enduring Victory game.

[@dreamy_error]

im not a FPS gamer but i’d play one of these simply bc of how in love with the story of Horizon i am lol

[@ffgjfffgk8166]

I was thinking about that, a fps campaign during enduring victory. Fighting machines like fighting the aliens in starship troopers.

[@jifij89]

@@dreamy_error same lol it’s the only fps i’d play 😂

[@IntrusiveThot]

Seeing what Phoenix, AZ is going through right now makes me nervous

[@andrewlechner6343]

Thank you, I wasn't able to find these datapoints so it's good to see the full story. Please do this for more of the pre-war stories, like the actions of those destroyers off the coast of San Francisco.

[@CaptainPilipinas]

there are those put up on youtube by this point. [shrugged]

[@Aloyhero]

The one topic i wanted to know thanks, i have a theory Lis Sobeck father a solder during the hotzone crisis and probably died at the Mojave desert explosion, it could explain why Elisabeth is anti war and resigned from FAS because she wanted nothing to do with war machines and founded Miriam Technologies. we know she was very close to her mother but her father is nowhere to be found, maybe her parents where divorced at a young age she acted out by nearly burning the ranch down killing chickens and her mother giving her that pep talk at the end of the first game.

[@juimymary9951]

Hmmm I can't help but wonder, pheraps this event led to the development of the biomass energy conversion system, as it would stand reason that nuclear powered drones would be abandoned. It's as people say, one tragedy leads to another.

[@InfamousInvestments]

That was just a stupid tactic from Ted faro.... Why on earth would you use living organisms as fuel?? That was the only idiotic about this entire game

[@theexurian1079]

@@InfamousInvestments I mean… it’s kinda just another weapon to use against them. “Oh, your holed up in a tank and I can’t blow you up? Let me send some nanomachines son to turn you into energy”. It’s kinda just a sure, why not.

[@maxleroux]

I can't wait till we start talking about the new tribes and machines of the Forbidden West. Those have always been my favorite videos in this series.

[@MadiganinPeach]

I imagine he'll wait until he can get the official guide, which unfortunately had its' release pushed back until May for some reason. Was a sad day when I came home from work to an email saying my pre-order was delayed. ☹️

[@bryanv257]

I LOVE how much John Gonzalez, Ben McCaw, et al, have looked at the way things have gone, and, are going - and how our technological progress could well seal our fate if we don't keep a check on what we do , and how.

[@crazyman8472]

I love this episode, because I didn’t get too deep into this part of the lore. Thanks for postin’, and keep questin’. 😎

[@victortang7610]

The JD-10 fight against the machines remind me of Overwatch fighting against the Omnics, and I respect them for their skills and tenacity. Good to hear that their sacrifices are memorialized and respected by those that came after. The mission to that museum and meeting Tenakth tribe is my favourite in Forbidden West.

[@kaecatlady]

Wow. This episode brought tears to my eyes, not just because of the legend itself, but because of the impeccable presentation. Thank you so much for deepening the lore of Horizon with such care and respect. Seriously, my man, you are one of the best around at adding life to game lore of any kind...

[@MadiganinPeach]

As soon as I started listening to the Hot Zone Crisis audios, first thing I thought of was you deep diving into the lore lol.

[@duveysgamingacademia6587]

I waited so long for this series to return maaaaan good to have lengthy lore dump vids on Horizon again 🙏🏾💯.

[@willysanc9099]

I can’t express just how awesome it is the time and dedication you take to put this together for us and make the Horizon series a more immersive experience for us. Thank you so much!!!

[@MrAcehood321]

it was good to hear you put this story together! its helps smooth out the story they created good work!

[@falkaboudahim328]

This horizon story from zero dawn to forbidden west is just so fascinating. Imagine of there was chronological movies about this series from the beginning of humans evolution of constructing these robots to the end of humanity to the start of gaia reconstructing the earth and human population, to aloy being born and exploring everything to defeat hades, exploring the foridden west, defeating the zeniths and to the start and end of nemesis

[@Thijs.]

Thank you for shineing some light on a new subject again

[@tommartin2360]

Thank you. As usual an awesome deep dive. I’m missing some datapoints and some of this was unclear to me. Thanks for putting it all together. I’m working on my second play through now with the intent of getting all the datapoints this time around

[@Hezron1416]

Splendid job as always can you do 1 on the Sirius Colony please.

[@tuff3jay]

Just finished the game today now I'm waiting for RSQ to give me all the info and data points I missed while playing...

[@AnotherblackmanOG]

I really want you to do the utaru metal world. Ever since you broke down Downtown Denver And showed I was slaughtering mechanical saber tooth tigers in downtown square I enjoyed your efforts. You also helped shed light on a lot of things that were over my head in the Frozen Wilds expansion. I hadn’t really cared that much for it due to you needing to be invested in it and it being vague and scattered until the whole picture is revealed.

[@IndigoStar]

What makes this game so good is the fact that it can all happen, and is happening.

[@shaynesaulnier]

I love these lore videos. It's such a good job on your part dissecting every part.

[@gaddaitherage8204]

Thank you so much for putting this into a video. I requested this subject (and how the JTC-10 legacy was incorporated into Tenakth culture), and you came through. 🙏🙏🙏 look forward to further videos on this.

[@crazykit1967]

Thank you, I'm very glad you discussed this in detail. This is a fantastic video! The many deep and detailed stories from the world of horizon impress me, its nuts to see all the hard work and dedication that went into this!

[@kendallcoley8851]

I absolutely love lore videos, thanks a ton :)

[@skins4thewin]

I absolutely love these video's, due to the excellent & detailed storytelling. Great job as usual!

[@ZaiDrizzleDrop]

Awesome video! I love these lore vids! Do you think you could do one talking about the Fate of Ted Faro? And HOW he exactly became the living tumor? I think its important to note that the doctor who told him to sit near the reactor because he KNEW that would increase the mutations. Kinda like a final "go to hell for all you've done" Ted Faro is such an interesting and great villain. He always talks like hes the good guy, but he's just so TWISTED

[@CaptainPilipinas]

the descent and demise of Ted Faro: horizon forbidden west lore. and another one would be attempted here later on with this channel.

[@Seth-Halo]

The reactor wouldn't have increased mutations. It was a geo thermal power plant. No radioactive material involved. The game clearly states that his cells had stopped aging but they where continuing to mutate, the only thing holding them back from becoming cancerous was having the Dr perform treatments. No Dr means no treatments and no treatments means cancerous growth. The only thing the power was doing was keeping him alive somehow. It was not contributing to his cells mutation rates...

[@acenull0]

So happy someone covered this

[@crosstrigger1]

Something that I don't see discussed enough about this game. Did the US Government nuke their own people to put down a conflict of executive overreach?

[@RandomSideQuest]

That's a good question Doc. From what the lore tells us at present, the nuclear explosion was not intentional, rather a byproduct of the battle of the Mojave.

[@DaniMult]

Hey, great video, thanks. But why didn't you mention the high probability that the General Syntetics drones were controlled by Vast Silver (AI controlled by the US government)?

[@Tempest1816]

I got goosebumps multiple times watching this.

[@Tahha5544]

I love the lore of this game so much, really hope forbidden west gets ng+ tho, so i have a excuse to replay it

[@leicakes5238]

I'm here to say I love your videos and I live in Lancaster, Can.

[@mattstorm360]

I wonder if there is any more information on ECO-ANON.

[@cypher_doggy8507]

Huh odd, I didn't get any notification for the video, only showed up on my recommendations. Great video though!

[@AwakenUniverse]

Kingdom Hearts IV announced out of the blue. Man I can't wait for the Horizon 3 announcement next year.

[@nickming8738]

We gotta get a dlc first!!!

[@andrewdavies2048]

It would be good if we could see the start of the war and the bits of the war that the data fragments tell us, plus the bunkers being attacked and showing the cauldrons making the hostile machines Just have more video content of the world fighting and losing maybe in Horizon dawn 3.

[@dorianbedorian211]

Thank you so much for continuing your IMPECCABLE AND AWESOME work!!! 🙏🙏

[@raegardens8339]

Great video!

[@HakureiRyuu]

I was waiting for this one, bc the datapoints made my head spin so I was like I'll just wait for RSQ to explain it 😅 thx

[@feralprocessor9853]

Right off the bat, RareEarth truck 🚚

[@shaejohnston6339]

Would love a deep dive video about the Utaru tribe. Their culture is fascinating.

[@fuzzy3932]

Keep ‘em coming!

[@ApashePelican]

Can't wait for HZDFW to come to PC

[@kaanasdf8131]

Now this puts a smiley in my face.

[@greenhat8978]

Could you do a video about the locations that each sub-function fled to after the destruction of Gaia Prime and possibly speculate on the ones that were not mentioned

[@jackvalior]

I'm surprised it took that long for a robot power core to crack leading to a nuclear explosion if that is what they have been powered on. Like how do you store that much nuke in one robot and how did none of the other robots in the zone experience a chain reaction when hit by a nuclear blast, which would have cracked their core as well, igniting their own energy storage? The only thing that can explain this was that this combat drone was not a normal sized one, but rather a titan class, not from Faro obviously. It would explain why the blast was so huge, and how Faro can sell the idea of DISINTEGRATING BIOMASS as the fuel for his drone. At least that wouldn't leave the world radioactive for years and cause unintended casualty.

[@EccentricGentelman]

Have you noticed that this video about JTF-10 was released on the 10th?

[@ugoeze7360]

I see new lore content, I click.

[@CaptainPilipinas]

even if they do Not know it all. Feh. (08:49). Heh. Damn Theodor. Damn Hank, etc. Reugh. very Unfortunate still unless they get to that ship before the Rampant out there gets here.

[@blacklite911]

That’s so fucked up man, the US should’ve just left the the southwest alone. Instead of trying to take the mining resources, they could’ve engaged in trade.

[@chocolate_maned_wolf]

In real life what is going to kill most folks directly in terms of climate crisis is wet bulb heat events. At some point the heavy AC use in a major city in the world will cause a power outage during a heat wave and when the heat and humidity reach a certain point it will kill most of the people in the city. Essentially, the climate only needs reach a tiny margin above average before a single power outage will be enough to kill everyone in downtown nevada, etc. This will likely happen within the next 10 years in real life, and horizon’s story is absolutely the most grounded depiction of it i’ve seen.

[@pithie84]

My first time walking through the grove, I assumed it was some cheesy lazer tag story line that was being told by the malfunctioning holograms.

[@feralprocessor9853]

Straight away, submerged old ruins.

[@CaptainPilipinas]

or the Whole of Man. you know. [shrugged] (07:33).

[@sweets6259]

Informative, on point and well crafted as usual. Thank you so much!

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

Please do the Tenakth, Utaru, and the Quen.

[@Ambushbug]

Another phenomenal video by @RandomSideQuest 👍🏽🇧🇷🇺🇸

[@ryno_8848]

First time I arrived at the grove I thought the 10 fought in the war against the faro Machines

[@MrDontknowausername]

Bro the time you put into these vids are absolutely amazing!!! Thank you for the time and effort. So the “10” tht the tenakth revere was from the museum exhibits for Medina and his fights?

[@LordTelperion]

Hold on, how can an executive order be passed by The Congress? Executive orders are issued by the Executive Branch, outside of Congress. The Congress, as the ultimate authority, of course, can overrule the President if it chooses to.

[@LordTelperion]

This sounds like an overreach by the sitting President, acting outside of Congress’s approval.

[@RandomSideQuest]

I see how the wording here could have been better here, 73-H was an executive order using congressionally granted emergency powers. The data point that covers this is "73-H Exhibit".

[@LordTelperion]

​@@RandomSideQuest Ahhh. That makes more sense. Thanks!! I guess let this story be a warning: Congress should never give too much of its power away, the President is ultimately their employee, not the other way around. :)

[@dapeach06]

​@LordTelperion it's already too late for that

[@CaptKart97]

Hey RSQ, do you have all audio data points? And also world data point #63? I'm missing 4 audio data points and that one world data point. Just wondering if those are glitched or not. Great vid, btw! The HZC was pretty spread out in the lore, but as always you did a great job compiling and explaining it!

[@duveysgamingacademia6587]

How long must we wait for a lore dump of The Quen 🥴 the community needs you to talk about the Ceo and their way of life and thirst for knowledge 🙏🏾.

[@feralprocessor9853]

Strike true as the Ten.

[@EazyDuz18]

so convoluted

[@petraforge8987]

I have a question that I sent by email to you using the email adress on your youtube profile. Is that still accurate?

[@adnansait2810]

*Question* *SPOILER ALERT!!!!* . . . . . . . . . *How did the Quen know about Ted Faro's bunker - Thebes?* The Quen have an older version of the Focus, so they can only read older documents. By the game's context, my understanding is that the Quen cannot access any documents since the start of the Faro Plague. I am making this assumption because the Quen do not know about the Faro Plague or the following events, and hail Ted Faro as a hero. So I am assuming they *know about the Clawback but not about the Faro Plague*. In this case, how do they know about Thebes? Because Ted began building Thebes only after the Faro Plague began.

[@davestationuk7374]

It was found on a scouting trip , then turned into the dig site

[@andypozuelos1204]

@@davestationuk7374 but how did they know what they were looking at?.

[@lochness5524]

They already knew about the Far Plague, or at least knew that there was an apocalypse that wiped out the old ones, they just didn’t know what caused it, seeing as they didn’t recognise the Scarabs in Thebes or the bio conversion tech in the greenhouse. They never knew about Thebes until they discovered it at San Fransisco. They went to there because they already knew Ted and a whole bunch of the Ancestors spent a lot of time in San Francisco, and so assumed that their would be plenty of beneficial knowledge that can help them against the various natural disasters triggered by the environmental degradation from Gaia’s absence

[@dapeach06]

They didn't know until they found it

[@randydiebolt846]

Gorilla games really needs to understand the desert southwest because they have gotten the region’s history totally wrong

[@gaetanobarbato1651]

If there is a third game I want to see an Indominus Rex machine!

[@cathalmurphy4584]

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[@rondaven432]

@Random Side Quest I found a video where some found a datapoint about vast silver, something about human digital transcendence. And I think this could be a small or big hint on what might happen on the third game. Also I’m also convinced the the title of the last quest singularity is also a hint for the third Horizon game. It’s titled “REVISITING THE MIND UPLOAD” It was by a KZbinr named @TheRedFox788 I’ll share the link to the video here. I hope this interests you. Also thank you very much for doing an episode about the hot zone crisis, I finally have a better understanding about what it was.😊😊😊 Have a blessed and exciting week ahead RSQ!! God bless you always!!😊😊😊

[@rondaven432]

This one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/goanqImZjLVpjJY&feature=share