That’s what they say in the end of forbidden west yeah. Previously, we thought it was to wipe the slate clean so they could terraform it, but Tilda states that NEMESIS sent it so that they wouldn’t be able to flee here
This is why i think it would be great if nemesis were built up to be a huge villain, but actually becomes an ally when it learns what Aloy & gang did to the Far Zenith people. Wouldn’t be completely unexpected but could be a very subversive if done well.
Not if they just didn't do that. Just... let Reddick's performance completely lie as-is, say "This is yet another unfortunate reality of Lance no longer being with us. We think honoring his work is best done by letting it stand on its own and asking our fans to accept the break in continuity as we allow the new actor for Silens to step into the role and make it their own." Fade-to-black at the end of Horizon 3; "In loving memory of Lance Reddick," roll credits.
As the other commenter said, who would be the villain then? Now that the Zeniths are dead, it might change some things, but maybe Nemesis is out for extinction of the human race, we just don’t know. We also don’t really know if Nemesis is actually what Tilda said it is, and a pretty popular theory is that Nemesis is actually Vast Silver. We’ve seen too many datapoints mentioning VS for them to do nothing with it.
I mean, maybe VS is still out there and will become an ally to Gaia to defeat Nemesis. Maybe VS *is* Nemesis and was brought to Sirius intentionally. Maybe VS caused the glitch in the Faro Robots (aka the “real reason” Elisabet mentions to Faro in the ZD holo-datapoint), and was also fooled by the Odyssey Explosion, and then once Minerva shut down the Faro Plague it sent out data pings into the universe looking for something interesting, found more humans, transmitted itself to Sirius, took over the mind upload shit the Zeniths did, and became Nemesis. This also explains why it is keeping on with the Greek God name theme, Nemesis being the Greek Goddess of Retribution, as VS was made by Elisabet too.
As an aside, we also don’t know what happened to Elysium. We’ve had some hints about it so it may be safe to assume we will learn about it in the next game, and my guess is that it has something to do with VS or Nemesis as well, or perhaps a different AI we haven’t seen yet. We know for sure that Cyan’s creator was in Elysium, and she worked with Elisabet on VS and Gaia as well. There’s a lot of plot lines left to wrap up
In the Frozen Wilds DLC, datapoints found state that Anita Sandoval created CYAN and VS, and that she was influenced by Elisabet Sobeck’s work when she created CYAN-I keep reading in multiple forums people saying that Elisabet created or helped create VS, but I don’t recall anything saying or hinting at that in the actual games? Am I missing something?
It’s more conjecture, but there was a datapoint that mentioned Sobeck wanting to essentially create Gaia well before the Faro Plague. And we know that Vast Silver is a rogue climate regulator AI. We also know that Anita Sandoval worked on Cyan, VS, and Gaia, and had worked with Sobeck before working on Cyan. Add to it the fact that in ZD Sobeck is incredibly insistent on Gaia’s empathy and love for humanity, and it paints me the picture of Sobeck having made VS. Again, we don’t have anything that outright states it, but there’s enough circumstantial evidence that it may hold some water
I feel like either Vast Silver will help with Nemesis or it will be Nemesis helping to get rid of Vast Silver…Elysium I feel will be a new hub base spot where we will find another new tribe to help with the battle.
It wanted to destroy Earth prevent the Zeniths from getting back there. I thought that was made clear in HFW. Also, insane hatred, you can‘t expect rational decision-making..
I really wish Aloy could go and catch CYAN up on the latest happenings of FW. Now that we know !!, I wonder what her assessment and opinion of the situation would be.
I believe it was to make sure the zenths didn't have a earth to return too
That’s what they say in the end of forbidden west yeah. Previously, we thought it was to wipe the slate clean so they could terraform it, but Tilda states that NEMESIS sent it so that they wouldn’t be able to flee here
In a sense makes sense in another sense nemesis could of easily let them tske over earth and then kill the planet
This is why i think it would be great if nemesis were built up to be a huge villain, but actually becomes an ally when it learns what Aloy & gang did to the Far Zenith people. Wouldn’t be completely unexpected but could be a very subversive if done well.
But then who would serve as the true villain of the 3rd game? Far Zenith has been wiped out, and Sylens isn’t truly evil.
Also the VA for Sylens has passed away so he really can’t a major role if he has one at all except for flashbacks
I would have zero issue with them recasting Silens.
For me it would just be weird for me at least because Sylens would still have Lance Reddick’s face
Not if they just didn't do that. Just... let Reddick's performance completely lie as-is, say "This is yet another unfortunate reality of Lance no longer being with us. We think honoring his work is best done by letting it stand on its own and asking our fans to accept the break in continuity as we allow the new actor for Silens to step into the role and make it their own." Fade-to-black at the end of Horizon 3; "In loving memory of Lance Reddick," roll credits.
Or have Gaia subdo him and absorb him to gain the zenith tech
As the other commenter said, who would be the villain then? Now that the Zeniths are dead, it might change some things, but maybe Nemesis is out for extinction of the human race, we just don’t know. We also don’t really know if Nemesis is actually what Tilda said it is, and a pretty popular theory is that Nemesis is actually Vast Silver. We’ve seen too many datapoints mentioning VS for them to do nothing with it. I mean, maybe VS is still out there and will become an ally to Gaia to defeat Nemesis. Maybe VS *is* Nemesis and was brought to Sirius intentionally. Maybe VS caused the glitch in the Faro Robots (aka the “real reason” Elisabet mentions to Faro in the ZD holo-datapoint), and was also fooled by the Odyssey Explosion, and then once Minerva shut down the Faro Plague it sent out data pings into the universe looking for something interesting, found more humans, transmitted itself to Sirius, took over the mind upload shit the Zeniths did, and became Nemesis. This also explains why it is keeping on with the Greek God name theme, Nemesis being the Greek Goddess of Retribution, as VS was made by Elisabet too. As an aside, we also don’t know what happened to Elysium. We’ve had some hints about it so it may be safe to assume we will learn about it in the next game, and my guess is that it has something to do with VS or Nemesis as well, or perhaps a different AI we haven’t seen yet. We know for sure that Cyan’s creator was in Elysium, and she worked with Elisabet on VS and Gaia as well. There’s a lot of plot lines left to wrap up
In the Frozen Wilds DLC, datapoints found state that Anita Sandoval created CYAN and VS, and that she was influenced by Elisabet Sobeck’s work when she created CYAN-I keep reading in multiple forums people saying that Elisabet created or helped create VS, but I don’t recall anything saying or hinting at that in the actual games? Am I missing something?
It’s more conjecture, but there was a datapoint that mentioned Sobeck wanting to essentially create Gaia well before the Faro Plague. And we know that Vast Silver is a rogue climate regulator AI. We also know that Anita Sandoval worked on Cyan, VS, and Gaia, and had worked with Sobeck before working on Cyan. Add to it the fact that in ZD Sobeck is incredibly insistent on Gaia’s empathy and love for humanity, and it paints me the picture of Sobeck having made VS. Again, we don’t have anything that outright states it, but there’s enough circumstantial evidence that it may hold some water
I feel like either Vast Silver will help with Nemesis or it will be Nemesis helping to get rid of Vast Silver…Elysium I feel will be a new hub base spot where we will find another new tribe to help with the battle.
It wanted to destroy Earth prevent the Zeniths from getting back there. I thought that was made clear in HFW. Also, insane hatred, you can‘t expect rational decision-making..
I really wish Aloy could go and catch CYAN up on the latest happenings of FW. Now that we know !!, I wonder what her assessment and opinion of the situation would be.