Sony has at last, after years of rumors, revealed Horizon Steel Frontiers, an MMORPG set in the Horizon universe. At one point, not long after Horizon Forbidden West was released, it looked as if the franchise was poised to expand in every direction, from spin-offs to a Netflix streaming series, but it didn’t take long for various projects to either be cancelled or just fall off the radar, and this new title was among those projects. Horizon Steel Frontiers will allow players to pick from familiar tribes in the franchise to hunt machines together using familiar gameplay mechanics in an open world area called the Deadlands.
“Set in the lands of the machine hunters known as the Deadlands, the game builds on Horizon’s signature hunting-action gameplay while introducing advanced MMORPG systems, featuring deeply customizable combat and extensive player freedom. The title aims to deliver a distinct Horizon experience to players around the world.”
-Sony
According to the official website, teams will be able to take down machines in “large-scale raids” using an advanced combat system. The new location is said to be inspired by environments seen in Arizona and New Mexico and will support engagement from thousands of players who will also be able to fully customize their characters, similar to features seen in the Horizon games.
The MMORPG will be playable on PC via NVSoft’s Purple platform, iOS, and Android, but strangely enough, the game has not been announced for PlayStation, where the franchise originated. Perhaps Sony has something else in mind for its consoles. The developers have yet to announce a release date, but given the content in the above videos, it does look as if the game will launch soon. Sony has said that more information will gradually be made available via the game’s website. Meanwhile, fans are no doubt anxiously awaiting word of a follow-up to Forbidden West, given the trilogy-style setting of the first two games and the somewhat epic cliffhanger of the second title released in 2022. On a side note, the above 10-minute announcement video has racked up over 330,000 views in just 9 hours.
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One look at the character models and you instantly know it's not made by a western studio. Too bad it's an MMO.
Yeah I was bit bummed out by the selection shown as well. I'm willing to be open-minded but there was definitely a singular direction on what was shown that I didn't agree with. I don't do MMOs so this isn't for me anyway. Meanwhile about a third way through doing a 2nd play of the first game but this time the remastered version that I got on sale last month. Having fun with that on both rigs in 3820x1600 using DLAA and I do notice the visual improvements.
I didn't mean that as a negative. All the west seems to be doing nowadays is either ugly or weird or both, like it's the law.
Guess they are working on a movie now.
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It seems like spray and pray is an industry wide tactic now. When it's really not rocket science what sells.
Let's hope it's an mmorpg and not another mmo pvp game like dune disappointingly was.
I was there until I saw “iOS and Android”
Crap... its mobile... im out.
It's PC also, the question whether it will look the same on PC.
What a weird choice to take a hack n Slash single player story driven franchise and then go the MMO route.
Having engaged with none of the marketing material around this, I'm guessing it does the same thing all MMOs generally do and loses the hack n Slash gameplay for pseudo real time turn based combat?
I'd not call either games hack&slash, they are basically 3rd person action rpgs. Especially the first was quite mmo-esque. The second was more linear, but maybe that opens up later as well, I didn't get far into it, the cringe feminist propaganda and bad dialogue made sure of that.
"MadMummy76, post: 99243, member: 1298" wrote:the cringe feminist propaganda and bad dialogue made sure of that.
I don't remember any of that... I do remember an... interesting moment at the end of the second game, but it was a choice that the player made, so, whatever?
(I grew up on science fiction, so I guess I don't even notice this kind of 'feminism' that's mostly just strong female leads?)
"MadMummy76, post: 99243, member: 1298" wrote:I'd not call either games hack&slash, they are basically 3rd person action rpgs. Especially the first was quite mmo-esque. The second was more linear, but maybe that opens up later as well, I didn't get far into it, the cringe feminist propaganda and bad dialogue made sure of that.
-"Action RPG" is basically anything nowadays, it doesn't really describe the gameplay.
Hack n' Slash or Brawler fit a little better, probably third person shooter given the relative focus on ranged combat.
Regardless, MMO's are all real-time turn based and all about cooldown management and ability bars because the netcode just cannot deal with the latency and syncing issues of "Action RPG" gameplay even today. Whatever you call it, it would have to play radically differently than the mainline series.
"LazyGamer, post: 99244, member: 1367" wrote:(I grew up on science fiction, so I guess I don't even notice this kind of 'feminism' that's mostly
IDK what sci-fi has to do with it, unless you want to say strong female leads are science fiction :D
"LazyGamer, post: 99244, member: 1367" wrote:just strong female leads?)
This is just a cheapshot used to shut down conversation by progs. "Oh, so you don't like strong female characters?" Implying that the person is a sexist. But it doesn't stand up to even the most basic scrutiny. Does the first game not have a strong female lead, or what? Then how come I liked that, if this is the 'true' reason for my dislike of forbidden west?
Look, if you didn't notice a step down in quality of writing from the first game, that's fine, I'm not telling you how to enjoy or whether you are allowed to enjoy the game, I'm telling you why I didn't like it, that's it.
"GodisanAtheist, post: 99247, member: 10801" wrote:-"Action RPG" is basically anything nowadays, it doesn't really describe the gameplay.
Hack n' Slash or Brawler fit a little better, probably third person shooter given the relative focus on ranged combat.
Regardless, MMO's are all real-time turn based and all about cooldown management and ability bars because the netcode just cannot deal with the latency and syncing issues of "Action RPG" gameplay even today. Whatever you call it, it would have to play radically differently than the mainline series.
From the gameplay trailer the game looks like PvE rather than PvP and it seems to play the same way as the single player games.
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Join Discussion →One look at the character models and you instantly know it's not made by a western studio. Too bad it's an MMO.
Yeah I was bit bummed out by the selection shown as well. I'm willing to be open-minded but there was definitely a singular direction on what was shown that I didn't agree with. I don't do MMOs so this isn't for me anyway. Meanwhile about a third way through doing a 2nd play of the first game but this time the remastered version that I got on sale last month. Having fun with that on both rigs in 3820x1600 using DLAA and I do notice the visual improvements.
I didn't mean that as a negative. All the west seems to be doing nowadays is either ugly or weird or both, like it's the law.
Guess they are working on a movie now.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sonys-horizon-movie-gets-release-window-update/1100-6535520/[/URL]
It seems like spray and pray is an industry wide tactic now. When it's really not rocket science what sells.
Let's hope it's an mmorpg and not another mmo pvp game like dune disappointingly was.
I was there until I saw “iOS and Android”
Crap... its mobile... im out.
It's PC also, the question whether it will look the same on PC.
What a weird choice to take a hack n Slash single player story driven franchise and then go the MMO route.
Having engaged with none of the marketing material around this, I'm guessing it does the same thing all MMOs generally do and loses the hack n Slash gameplay for pseudo real time turn based combat?
I'd not call either games hack&slash, they are basically 3rd person action rpgs. Especially the first was quite mmo-esque. The second was more linear, but maybe that opens up later as well, I didn't get far into it, the cringe feminist propaganda and bad dialogue made sure of that.
I don't remember any of that... I do remember an... interesting moment at the end of the second game, but it was a choice that the player made, so, whatever?
(I grew up on science fiction, so I guess I don't even notice this kind of 'feminism' that's mostly just strong female leads?)
-"Action RPG" is basically anything nowadays, it doesn't really describe the gameplay.
Hack n' Slash or Brawler fit a little better, probably third person shooter given the relative focus on ranged combat.
Regardless, MMO's are all real-time turn based and all about cooldown management and ability bars because the netcode just cannot deal with the latency and syncing issues of "Action RPG" gameplay even today. Whatever you call it, it would have to play radically differently than the mainline series.
IDK what sci-fi has to do with it, unless you want to say strong female leads are science fiction :D
This is just a cheapshot used to shut down conversation by progs. "Oh, so you don't like strong female characters?" Implying that the person is a sexist. But it doesn't stand up to even the most basic scrutiny. Does the first game not have a strong female lead, or what? Then how come I liked that, if this is the 'true' reason for my dislike of forbidden west?
Look, if you didn't notice a step down in quality of writing from the first game, that's fine, I'm not telling you how to enjoy or whether you are allowed to enjoy the game, I'm telling you why I didn't like it, that's it.
From the gameplay trailer the game looks like PvE rather than PvP and it seems to play the same way as the single player games.