Sony and Guerilla Games today offer a look at the first gameplay footage of Horizon forbidden west, that one as part of a State of Play showed.
Even before today's PlayStation show, there was a specially compiled countdown in the style of Death Stranding, which then ended directly in the State of Play after 5 hours. As was the case recently. at Ratchet & Clank. Then there were around 14 minutes of top-notch gameplay footage to admire.
Highlights included Aloy's new abilities, such as a Focus Scanner for improved navigation, tools for climbing and traversing greater distances, and a small parachute. The combat system was also explored, showcasing a highly effective spear. Taming machines, which can then be ridden or used in battle, was another key focus. Aloy also now possesses enhanced underwater capabilities.
Technically, the demo, which came directly from the PS5, left me with rather mixed feelings. After the spectacular debut trailer last year, I personally had expected at least a little more, but it's still... Horizon forbidden west Yes, it's not available. Hopefully, cross-generation development won't hold them back in this regard. The fantastic soundtrack accompanying the demo is, of course, breathtaking.
A new threat
In Horizon forbidden west Aloy faces a new threat: a plague that is affecting the environment, animals, and plants. This is also the reason for the extreme weather and storms shown previously. Your task will be to get to the bottom of it.
Dangers lurk in every corner of the game world, including a wide variety of machines and hostile new tribes armed to the teeth. Environmental hazards such as gigantic storms will also be present this time.
Anyone who missed the gameplay premiere can find the recording directly below these lines.
Horizon forbidden west It will be released later this year for PlayStation 5 and PS4.
My wife was thrilled. She thinks the new Raptors are cute. She'll be buying it on day one.
Looks nice.
But let's see what the final product will be like.
If you occasionally pay attention to the details instead of the action, you'll notice that textures reload from time to time and the LoD works at short distances, but you only notice it if you know about it.
For example, at 5:00, when swapping, the corals are loaded very late. I strongly suspect a low LoD distance here, as the textures shouldn't actually be reloaded, since that should be a thing of the past due to the SSD; Sony emphasized this at the beginning of last year during the presentation.
Let's see what else Digital Foundry discovers.
But honestly, graphics aside, the game will undoubtedly be fantastic and is a real eye-catcher.
I'm curious to see what other wonderful things this generation has in store for us.