Only a few more weeks remain until PSVR 2 releases, and out of the dozens of titles that’ll accompany it in its launch month, Horizon Call of the Mountain is being positioned as the showcase game on that new virtual reality hardware. In a new blog post, Sony has revealed more details on the protagonist of this Horizon spin-off, which features a brand-new lead.
While the mainline Horizon games stars Aloy, Call of the Mountain will put you in the boots of Ryas, a soldier of a splinter Carja group that was formed during the bloody Red Raids that were ordered by the tyrant Sun-King Jiran. The Carja king’s reign lasted until his son Avad overthrew him, and Ryas seeks to atone for his part in this dark history. Call of the Mountain begins with Ryas after he allowed himself to be captured and imprisoned by the Carja, and after being spared from execution, he is recruited by Sun-King Avad and Blameless Marad to investigate a new threat to the lands.
“Ryas ended up on the wrong side for the right reasons. His family was torn apart, and ultimately, he was incarcerated. This is the story of how he tries to come back from that,” Guerrilla’s studio narrative director Ben McCaw explained on the PS Blog. “Having fought for the Shadow Carja, Ryas’ relationship with these characters is at best adversarial. He needs to make inroads and amends if he hopes to be accepted.”