Horizon Forbidden West launched gamers to new tribes, with a heavy give attention to the Utaru of Plainsong and varied Tenakth clans throughout the west. Nevertheless, Horizon Forbidden West additionally introduced the Quen into the image, offering gamers with a tribe extra superior than any met beforehand. Whereas the Quen are principally featured close to the tip of the sport, Forbidden West‘s Burning Shores DLC will develop upon their tradition and tribe, which can be particularly useful for Aloy by way of enhancing her expertise.
The Quen in Horizon Forbidden West are first encountered whereas Aloy searches The Greenhouse, a Faro Automated Options analysis facility involving agricultural expertise that has been taken over by a GAIA subordinate operate, DEMETER. A Quen Diviner, Alva, meets Aloy and works alongside her to satisfy their preliminary targets. Aloy later ventures to the Quen’s Legacy’s Landfall settlement within the San Francisco ruins for additional assist finding Ted Faro’s bunker of Thebes, hoping to achieve his Omega Clearance.
The Quen in Horizon Forbidden West
The Quen come from throughout the Pacific Ocean, referring to their homeland as The Nice Delta – broadly assumed to be mainland China. In contrast to the opposite tribes featured in Horizon that got here from Zero Daybreak’s Cradle facility, ELEUTHIA-9, the Quen almost definitely originated from ELEUTHIA-1 throughout the Xinjiang province. The Quen tribe is exclusive in that they’ve had entry to Focus expertise for not less than 13 generations, granting them entry to the data from the Outdated Ones.
Nevertheless, whereas this info grants them a bonus over different tribes, it additionally limits them. The Quen’s Focuses are older, much less highly effective fashions that can’t learn information previous the mid-2050s. Moreover, the Quen restrict entry to info. Their Focus gadgets will not be granted to the populace; as an alternative, Diviners are the one members who know the right way to use Focuses, with an Overseer monitoring info additional. This suppression of data is just not solely accomplished to regulate the broader inhabitants, however to forestall info from being obtained by different tribes.
How the Quen Might Foreshadow Superior Applied sciences
Along with using Focuses and having a grasp on old-world expertise, the Quen are additionally recognized to repurpose tech from the Outdated Ones. That is seen of their use of gyrocompasses to cross the Pacific Ocean. A latest PlayStation Weblog put up from lead author Annie Kitain explains extra concerning the Quen and their position in Burning Shores. Kitain says in contrast to the Oseram, whose creativity drives their technological prowess, the Quen depend on the info they’ve uncovered. This means the Quen can replicate sure applied sciences discovered of their information, whereas the Oseram are recognized to experiment and create one thing new. Gamers can even apparently study extra concerning the Quen’s inflexible hierarchy in Burning Shores.
This might imply the Quen have info that may improve Aloy’s expertise for each offensive and defensive measures. With Burning Shores promising bigger threats than Aloy has confronted beforehand, equivalent to a FAS-BOR7 HORUS, it solely is smart that Aloy’s technological arsenal might want to develop. Furthermore, the Quen’s data and talents to copy such expertise could possibly be instrumental with the specter of Nemesis on the horizon.
Nonetheless, the Quen’s suppression of data will undoubtedly be a barrier. For instance, a plot level of Burning Shores might even see Aloy and her new companion, Seyka, working to show themselves worthy of receiving such info, very like in The Frozen Wilds DLC the place Aloy wanted to change into a Banuk Chieftain to proceed her quest. Whereas story particulars relating to Burning Shores have been restricted thus far, these prospects are price contemplating because it approaches launch.
Horizon Forbidden West is out there now on PS4 and PS5, and the Burning Shores DLC is scheduled to launch on April 19 completely for PS5.