So I randomly came across this glitch that allows you to play as Child Aloy in the open world of Horizon Zero Dawn. It also has a side effect where of making the graphics in the open world kind of broken.
How to do the glitch:
Start a “New Game” Playthrough and then play until you are past the Childhood section of the game. As soon as you skip the cutscene of Aloy coming out of Rost’s House, then pause the game and go to “Load Game” then select the second autosave that’s called “The Point of the Spear”. Then you should load in as Child Aloy at Rost’s House.
Currently this only works on PS5 as long as you have the PS5 patch installed. Also note it does not work if you are using Remote Play while attempting it.
Reddit Post about the glitch:
I crashed during the cutscene where Aloy grows up, so apparently the game thought she never hit puberty. I ran around as kid Aloy for 15 minutes in vain and only found out after I gave up and watched a walkthrough on youtube. from horizon
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Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:35 Exploring The Embrace
7:23 Exploring The Open World
11:37 How to do the Glitch
12:40 PS4 and PC
13:59 Conclusion
16:38 Outro
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