Horizon Forbidden West is just below a month away from hitting PlayStation 4 and PS5, and Sony is ramping up its advertising push with a trailer that sheds some gentle on the sequel’s story. The video is, unsurprisingly, filled with attractive visuals whereas providing some particulars on what appears to be a strong enlargement of Horizon Zero Dawn‘s wealthy story.

“People are suffering. Soon, they’ll starve,” protagonist Aloy (Ashly Burch) says at first of the trailer. “The machines, meant to help us, are out of control. I have to find a way to fix it all. The answer is somewhere out in the Forbidden West.” We quickly study that, in that a part of the world, struggle is the order of the day, so Aloy clearly has one other troublesome journey forward.

Along with some acquainted faces like Varl and Erend, there are some new characters within the trailer — each pleasant and hostile ones. Angela Bassett performs one of many antagonists, Regalla. She’s a insurgent chief who “seeks to slaughter all those who’ve wronged her” and has the flexibility to manage the machines, granted to her by a returning character. The three-minute clip closes with a glimpse of a mysterious character named Tilda. Guerrilla Games informed Game Informer that The Matrix star Carrie-Anne Moss performs her.

Of course, a number of the machines Aloy will battle seem within the clip too. Among them is a terrifying, big cobra-rattlesnake hybrid referred to as the Slitherfang, which may spit streams of acid in her route.

Overall, the trailer presents one other tantalizing have a look at a hotly anticipated sport. Given that an unfinished construct reportedly leaked earlier this month, it is best for followers to tread fastidiously to keep away from spoilers earlier than Horizon Forbidden West arrives on February 18th.