Horizon Forbidden West Fan Unboxes Collector's Edition In Aloy Cosplay
A cosplayer recently unboxed Horizon Forbidden West's Collector’s Edition dressed as Aloy herself. The highly-anticipated sequel to 2017’s surprise hit Horizon: Zero Dawn recently launched on PlayStation consoles, with fans and critics praising Horizon Forbidden West for building upon the exploration and robot-hunting gameplay of the previous Horizon game with a gripping plot of Aloy traveling into the titular Forbidden West to uncover the secret behind a mysterious plague threatening the land.
Like many recent triple-A gaming blockbusters, Horizon Forbidden West comes in a variety of different collector’s editions, offering fans exclusive extras like concept art and statutes of characters like Aloy and Horizon Forbidden West’s new, mastodon-like Tremortusk. This hulking metal beast is just one of many new machines that players can discover and hunt in Horizon Forbidden West, with Aloy also coming across new foes like the acid-spewing Slitherfangs and raptor-like Clawstriders. Players who purchase the Collector's and Regalla Editions of Horizon Forbidden West will get an impressive statue of the Tremortusk in either its natural state or decorated as a mount for Regalla’s rogue band of Tenakth raiders - with a minifigure of Aloy herself included to show off how much smaller the Nora huntress-turned-savior is in comparison to her gigantic quarry.
Reddit user and cosplayer LeitNiakris, who has impressed her fellow gamers in the past by dressing up as characters like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Eivor and Death Stranding’s Moma, donned Aloy’s signature Nora hunting gear to unbox her copy of Horizon Forbidden West’s Collector’s Edition in a video she recently posted to the Horizon subreddit. As music from Horizon Forbidden West plays in the background, LeitNiakris silently removes and shows off every item included in the Horizon Forbidden West Collector’s Edition, including the Aloy minifigure, the mini-artbook, the steelbook case containing a digital voucher for Horizon Forbidden West, and finally the Horizon Forbidden West Tremortusk statue. Fans in the comments section have complimented LeitNiakris for her Aloy cosplay and shared stories about how difficult it was to put their copies of the Tremortusk statue together.
Aloy has become a popular character in the wake of Horizon: Zero Dawn’s release in 2017, and has made crossover appearances in titles like Fortnite and Genshin Impact in the almost five-year wait between the first game and Horizon Forbidden West. The release of Guerilla Games’ sequel has put Aloy in the spotlight once more, as the robot-slaying heroine has recently appeared on the cover of the Italian edition of this month’s Vanity Fair as part of Sony’s marketing push for Horizon Forbidden West. Even legendary horror director John Carpenter has expressed his excitement for Horizon Forbidden West and praised Aloy’s voice actress Ashly Burch as the strong-yet-compassionate Nora huntress tasked with bringing peace to the post-apocalyptic world of The Claim.
Fans are currently enjoying Horizon Forbidden West, and it's great to see talented players show off their enthusiasm for a new game in the form of cosplay and unboxing videos. LeitNiakris’ recent Horizon Forbidden West video is one such example of this, with the noted cosplayer channeling Aloy as she gets ready to embark on her latest adventure.
Source: LeitNiakris/Reddit