Horizon in Horizon: Zero Dawn

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Usually I don't fret about the game name, but I don't know why, it feels like I missed something in Horizon: Zero Dawn.

In the game, the Zero Dawn project plays a big part, so it explains why it's in the title of the game.

So it feels like I missed why Horizon is in the game's title. From what I've seen, Horizon seems a random word, stuck on the beginning of the games name, and that feels wrong.

So is there any meaning in the word Horizon, in the title Horizon: Zero Dawn?

Best Answer

The lead writer of Horizon: Zero Dawn, Ben McCaw, commented on this during a Q&A session on Reddit. The choosing of the word "Horizon" was to lay down the setting of a new world to be discovered

"For us, “Horizon” represents a boundless new world, and also the passage of time (where the Sun rises and sets) that is so fundamental to the setting and story."

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