Game news Horizon Forbidden West: Big news, first feedback… We take stock
The release of Horizon: Forbidden West is fast approaching for our greatest happiness. News, scenario, characters… it’s time to make a final point about the long-awaited behemoth of Guerrilla Games.
Summary
- What is the release date of Horizon: Forbidden West?
- The Horizon license, quickly what is it?
- What is this new episode about?
- What are the major novelties?
- What are the tribes in the game?
- Who is in the cast?
- What were the first returns?
What is the release date of Horizon: Forbidden West?
Horizon : Forbidden West will be available on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on February 18, 2022.
The Horizon license, quickly what is it?
An open-world action-adventure license from Guerrilla Games, Horizon unfolds its narrative in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic setting. Aloy, a huntress of the Nora tribe in search of her identity, progresses in a world invaded by robotic creatures. Women and men survived and formed different tribes in order to survive.
What is this new episode about?
The setting of Forbidden West is set just six months after the events of the first episode; Six months during which a strange red corruption began to slowly take possession of the lands.
Aloy noticed it, and she knows it’s a symptom of the degradation of the biosphere (caused by the adventures at the end of Horizon Zero Dawn – editor’s note) which caused a lot of problems on the state of the world . She therefore spends these six months returning heaven and earth to try to stop this corruption. And this mission will continue and bring him to the forbidden West – Annie Kitain, senior author
The first part of the adventure will therefore consist in reaching the prohibited West with the support of key characters from the first part.
What are the major novelties?
In terms of abilitiesAloy promises to be well more agile than in the first episode by being able to cling to many more platforms. Her scanner will also allow her to highlight a multitude of spots to which she can cling. As well his grappling hook will offer him the possibility of climbing quickly towards a ledge. We also note the glider, a major addition that allows him to hover over an area for an instant and land smoothly. Finally, thanks to a very powerful artifact, Aloy is able to move freely underwater.
On the fighting side, Aloy complete his artillery with a range of accessories including the spike launcher, a metal disc, smoke bombs and sticky mines. Hand-to-hand combat looks more dynamic at the same time. Also expect a revamped skill tree and dedicated to offering a greater variety of approaches in combat. It offers six different game styles (warrior, trapper, hunter, survivor, infiltrator and machine master), each tree having 20 to 30 skills (passive and active).
While certain creatures will be making a comeback, including Watchers and Scuttlers, new ones will be in the game, including the fast Gallop-claw and the powerful Defense Strike, one of the most formidable enemies in the game. To take them down, it is important to study them upstream; audio clues will help tell if a creature is quite passive or not. Hacking creatures will not only allow you to configure the behavior of a machine, but also to follow some of them to find useful reserves.
(After Horizon Zero Dawn – editor’s note), we thought about all the ways to improve it (…) So when developing the sequel, we knew it should be epic, with new machine fights and more more incredible battles against improved humans, new factions, tribes, and even more incredible locations” – Benjamin McCaw
Among the feature changes, the interface should be less loaded. Also by sliding your finger on the touchpad for example, you can display the quests in progress and the direction to take in the way of Ghost of Tsushima.
What are the tribes in the game?
Aloy will often find refuge in villages scattered throughout the game. Oserams and their border villages are presented as “crafty partygoers” and builders. There are also the Utarus, frightened by the contamination of their land. Finally the lands of the clans Tenakths have been particularly ravaged by the war of men and machines. Note that you should be able to remotely identify which tribe you are dealing with: “Thanks to the way the NPCs carry water, for example: the particularly strong Tenakths carry it on their shoulders. The Utarus, hug her. The Oserams carry it by hand“, explains Espen Sogn, designer at Guerrilla.
At the beginning of the project, we thought a lot about each tribe that the player can encounter. The conflicts they face, their role in the story, and how they interact with the world around them. Take the Tenakth, for example. Many of their beliefs are influenced by the ruins of the Forbidden West, and unlike other tribes, they are divided into three distinct clans. Their shared history, their beliefs, their differences are all important to the development of the characters Aloy will encounter on her journey – Annie Kitain, Editor-in-Chief at Guerrilla
Who is in the cast?
Among the main actors of the game, you will of course find Ashly Burch in the role of Aloy or John MacMillan in that of Varl, faithful friend of the protagonist. With Eìrend, played by John Hopkins, the two men will be real “traveling companions” for the heroine who will abandon her role as a lone wolf a little. Carrie-Anne Moss (Matrix) plays Tilda, a mysterious character with a special connection to the Ancients’ past.. Lance Reddick will be Sylens and finally Noshir Dalal will be Kotallo. Angela Bassett (Mission impossible 7, Black Panther) incarnera Regallaleader of the rebel faction of the Tenakths tribe and antagonist of the game.”Regalla is a fearless and fierce warrior (…) she is truly inhabited by a hatred against the Carjas tribe, and she is someone who wants to set the world on fire and blood to achieve her revenge” explained author Annie Kitain.
Making-of de Horizon : Forbidden West
What were the first returns?
After three hours spent on the game, our colleagues and GamePro partners have already given very good feedback: “This open-world adventure could surpass the already fantastic original episode in many ways”. The episode takes up the ingredients that made the success of the license while breathing a real breath of fresh air into it. Overall, Guerrilla Games would have managed to drastically improve the combat and climbing mechanics while offering more abilities and more possibilities to take down your opponents.
Through TiraxaJournalist jeuxvideo.com
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