Horizon Forbidden West New Machines Discussed by Guerrilla Games

As we arroyo the new release date of Horizon Forbidden West, developer Guerrilla Games is sharing loads of information on the wildly anticipated sequel.

Yesterday, Master Automobile Designer Blake Politeski talked about the new machines due to exist added in Horizon Forbidden Due west. They'll be more mobile and deadlier overall, but Aloy will also have enough of ways to written report their behaviors and use them to her reward.

We're expanding this catalog further with Horizon Forbidden West. For example, we knew we wanted a slightly bigger flight machine than the Glinthawk, which resulted in the Sunwing – but it needed a place and a role in the world. Nosotros studied various flying reptiles and primitive birds for inspiration, and came up with the concept of their wings collecting solar energy during sunny weather. This in turn created an interesting gameplay dynamic: Sunwings will be vulnerable when they are harvesting solar power, but are also more than warning to potential predators when they are idle.

A lot of machines have various weapons and behaviors that can be used to create an advantage. This is not simply in shooting off components and using them, but some machines might take some more passive states during which the histrion tin sneak towards them. For example, if a machine is digging for resource in the ground, information technology'll create a lot of dust – Aloy tin use this as a visual cover to get closer.

The machines in Horizon Forbidden Westward are more mobile in most every mode you can imagine – jumping, swimming, clinging to surfaces… Because of this, Aloy will need to go along up with them, and so there'due south new motion mechanics to help her out. Nosotros're likewise focusing more on Aloy's ability to survey and plan an run into before engaging, too as her ability to escape if things don't go every bit planned.

Horizon Forbidden West, previously planned for a late 2021 launch, is at present scheduled to hit PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on Feb 18th, 2022. A PC release is as well eventually possible given the Horizon Zilch Dawn port, though it may accept a while to materialize.