Horizon Forbidden West DLC Suggests Late Actor Lance Reddick’s Character to Lead the Next Game

After waiting for some time, fans can now finally enjoy the acclaimed Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores DLC. While they have appreciated the gameplay and realistic graphics, the DLC’s conclusion has left some confused.

The expansion that was made available on April 19 includes the late Lance Reddick, who plays the key character of Sylens. Many fans expected his character to be written off at the end of this story, however, it looks like Guerrilla Games has some different ideas for the character.

Horizon Forbidden West DLC gives Sylens a major role

The tale of the Burning Shores DLC leads Aloy to the ruins of Los Angeles in order to learn more about the race she faced in the original game. During this adventure, she befriends Seyka, Aloy’s new ally. After completing this short main quest, players encounter Lance Reddick as Sylens in the mission ‘Epilogue’.

During the mission, Sylens claims to have discovered a clue in the material gathered from the Burning Shores. This knowledge might lead to the development of a weapon capable of killing Nemesis, the series’ main antagonist. Sylens states he will have to seek this technology and tells Aloy that he will not be able to do so alone. This leads Aloy to hypothesize the reason Sylens stayed on Earth at the conclusion of Forbidden West.

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The mission sets up the story for a future Forbidden West game, confirming the plans of Guerrilla Games to develop this game as a trilogy. Furthermore, this ending surely points to Sylens having a major role in the next game in the series.

After the demise of Reddick, what is the future of Sylens in the series?

Reddick’s untimely demise has fans wondering how Guerrilla Games will write the character. While Sylens’ role is indicated to be important in the future game, this might change depending on how the story is written.

Fans would rejoice if Reddick returned as Sylens. This is possible only if Reddick recorded the motion capture for Sylens beforehand. And looking at how the DLC has ended, it makes one wonder that Reddick might have actually recorded everything. Another reason why this is a possibility is because he has already recorded the dialogue for his character Commander Zavala in Destiny, which was confirmed by Bungie.

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