Horizon Zero Dawn Poised to Become Sony's Next Huge IP

Set to release later this month, Horizon Zero Dawn from Guerrilla Games has all the right elements to become Sony's next big AAA IP.

[rivaldoo777]

Hopefully Alloy takes the crown from Nathan

[Player3Podcast]

She's already a really popular cosplay choice. People love her and haven't even met her yet!

[rivaldoo777]

Yeah Hopefully it gets fantastic reviews and surpass U4 sales

[Lazybones2020]

It's really funny to think back to Final Fantasy XV's 10-year development cycle and how many people cosplayed those characters before the game was released. Jokes aside, this game looks incredible! Guerrilla Games has crafted some truly beautiful games, but Horizon Zero Dawn really stands on its own in the industry.

[bouzebbal]

If GG mail the story then no doubt this will be a game to remember for years and decades to come.
It's unique and absolutely gorgeous

[WeAreLegion]

Surpassing U4 sales might be a little tough. That's unrealistic for a new franchise.

[Kratos0289]

She won't be nearly as popular as Kratos or Drake

[UCForce]

She will be just like Nathan Drake became PS icon.

[Veneno]

To a Kratos fan boy who names himself Kratos I'm sure she won't be as popular. But her design is fantastic and unique.

Honestly if they didn't tell you that Guerilla made this game you would assume that this was a Naughty Dog or Santa monica title but it's amazing that Sony has these 3 unbelievably talented studios making exclusive games. Each year will have a mind blowing landmark title from at least one of these studios.

[Majin-vegeta]

Kratos&Drake didn't get famous over night either...

[WeAreLegion]

Yes, she will. PlayStation Nation already loves her!

[deafdani]

And you know this how?

[Kratos0289]

Yikes look at those disagrees, look I'm not saying she's a terrible character in fact I think her design is very appealing and I could be wrong maybe she'll shoot past them both but it's highly unlikely as both Kratos and Drake are gaming icons at this point and hopefully she'll join them :)

[WelkinCole]

Majin. Actually Kartos became a superstar overnight. Nathan everything was there from the start but we was not as well known until U2. Note however U1 was still compared to Gears from the start and everyone agreed that U1 had better graphics at least.

[rainslacker]

Never know. Those characters popularity grew over the course of many games.

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[Inzo]

She can take over the mantle and she can become Playstations new mascot but she will never take the crown.

[ThatGuyDart]

I thought Joel and Ellie already did that?

[fromchildren]

She looks so ugly, only feminists would like her design.
Her face especially, so ugly

the only western Studio that know how to do them faces right is CD Project red, other wise mostly Japanese studios specialize in that department, even Korean Studios know how to handle them.

[UCForce]

"Sigh" Not every female character need to look over sexuality. Her personality is where is important.

[UCForce]

GG said her personality is inspired by Ripley and Sarah from Alien and Terminator.

[fromchildren]

@UCForce
Why not have BOTH personality and the looks? Her body build/proportion is okay just her face is too ugly.
In things like covers fashion magazines, bill boards, you always put an attractive figure in the face of the cover and not an ugly one.

Imagine selling a hamburger and making a billboard advertisement for it, you make the burger look as good as possible and not an ugly mess or no one will buy it.

[UCForce]

She is a Tomboy. GG said that she isn't a supermodels in the first place. She just like Ellie from The Last of Us. She looks fine In my book. Also, she is red hair.

[fromchildren]

@UCForce
Even Ellie is quite ugly by my standards but compared to Alloy here, Ellie is far more cuter!

[rainslacker]

She has a fairly common look, but that doesn't make her ugly.

[UCForce]

It's like you want every characters to be sexuality which I don't mind, but I rather let developers do their character model rather than forcing them.

[MKUltra]

Horizon seems like a greatest hits collection of third-person open world moments. Even if it's just more Ubisoft-like map unlocking and Witcher-esque monster hunting I'm excited!

[Player3Podcast]

I'm curious how dense the world is. That's what is important to me in Open World. How much the world gives you as you explore.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Completely agreed I liked what I saw from one of the villages.

[2pacalypsenow]

I wish Sony would bring back The Getaway and 8 Days

[Player3Podcast]

Had to look up 8 days. Seemed cool.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Lol

That's the dream, that maybe one day Sony will come on stage and reveal both of those titles.

I mean I would really really like a getaway 3 but I'm curious to what studio would actually do that because didn't they close down Sony Soho? Also Team Bondi I'm not even sure are even intact anymore.

I mean I would want a team that's from London to clearly work on the game but they could probably still get Sony Santa Monica to work on it considering how large that team is and I'm just assuming God of War is not their only title as I'm not really sure that team even works on one game anymore as much as multiple.

[DARKKENT]

The getaway and syphon filter

Syphon filter and they will smash e3

[andrewsquall]

Sony Bend are too busy working on Days Gone. And to get somebody else to work on it is just pointless.
It would be like getting excited over a Halo not made by Bungie or a Gears game not made by Epic or a Halo Wars game not made by Ensemble Studios or a Crackdown game (again) not made by Realtime Worlds.
Oh errr...... never mind then, maybe it would be normal to get completely overexcited and overhyped for such a thing.

[KingofGambling]

Agree.

[Relientk77]

So ready for this game

[Player3Podcast]

Less than 3 weeks away!

[UCForce]

Then ready for this if you dare : http://i.giphy.com/R2OGCKrx...

[SaveFerris]

That's what GG and Sony are hoping for.

[Majin-vegeta]

And here I'm hoping they give all the beasts that statue treatment like the Thunderjaw.
http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photo...

[bamillington]

i fear it will make my ps4 very noisy...

[G20WLY]

Clean the fan. Just holding a vacuum to the vents is enough each time you vkean your house.

[bamillington]

it gets some hammer between me n the kids.i clean it weekly. im in my second ps4 same prob got to hot then melted

[zaherdab]

hope the hype doesn't end up working agaiinst the game with over expectation... it's one of few games i pre-ordered as a collector's edition

[dmonee]

I am still scarred by "No man's sky!" Hopefully Horizon delivers

[WeAreLegion]

I don't think there's anything to worry about. Sites and magazines have already played six hours of it and loved it.

[DigitalRaptor]

How does No Man's Sky compare to Horizon though?

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[King_Lothric]

This game along totally justify your PS4 Pro purchase.

[Veneno]

Sony are really confident in horizon. Game is the better half of 3 weeks away and every ad on my YouTube is either the horizon trailer... or the other horizon trailer.

[Ninver]

And the list continues to spiral out of control. You just gotta love it. So many games in my backlog I have to spend quality time with. And my babies will all get their turn.

[Majin-vegeta]

Feb is the shortest month of the year...yet it feels the longest am I right or am I right??

HURRY UP FEB 28!!

[Relientk77]

I know what you mean...

Can Feb hurry the hell up

[StrawberryDiesel420]

I honestly can't help but wonder if Nioh will steal some of Horizon's thunder. Nioh is really really good and it came out of nowhere and exceeded expectations. If Horizon doesn't blow away gamers and critics, Nioh takes the crown.

[Relientk77]

I am so excited to play this end of Feb, all of March, however long it takes

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

I'm looking forward to this game but I just hope it's not structured like an Assassins Creed game. I don't want to open the map and find hundreds of icons all over it. And I don't want to climb "towers" to see parts of the map. I don't mind fetch quest just as long as they don't seem like fetch quest. This is not a knock against this game so sensitive Sony gamers don't need to get all butt hurt. I just don't want an AC game with dinosaurs is all.

[zorrogalactico]

YEAH I hear you man , and also I dont want it to be easy like AC , I dont want to get a fucking tutorial each time I approach an object or a person

[zorrogalactico]

no doubt , poor xbox owners ;D lol

[RevXM]

How can they be poor? they have no games to buy.
http://static4.fjcdn.com/th...
Im sorry.

[PistolsAtDawn]

It'll almost certainly be their best. UC4 was good, but it and TLoU have kinda lost their zeal. Still good games, but massively over-rated at the same time. Plus I think this will be a great game for Sony as it will get them out of making only linear games (aside from inFamous SS). Linear games are great from time to time..but not EVERY game. Like the other two MUST HAVE PS games coming up for me are God of War and Days Gone, but both look like linear games. I'm not a big Spiderman fan, but at least that game looks like it won't be linear so kudos there. Either way, I'm really looking forward to this game, my only fear is that I will have to rush it...there's actually a TON of great games I want to play these first 3-4 months of the year....RE7 was awesome, Styx, Sniper Elite 4, Mass Effect, Sniper Warrior 3, Wildlands (a bit disappointed by the Alpha but I still think I'll like it), and Halo Wars 2. Plus I will still want to fit in some Battlefield 1 (and maybe TF2) from time to time. Great time to be a gamer.

Edit: Oh HOLY $%&^...how did I forget Zelda on this list, that is one of my most anticipated games of the year by far.

[guyman]

" UC4 was good, but it and TLoU have kinda lost their zeal. Still good games, but massively over-rated at the same time"

no sorry that's an opinion, and not a fact. And How the hell has TLOU lost it's zeal lmao?

[PistolsAtDawn]

OF COURSE it's an opinion...this whole page is opinions.

[DigitalRaptor]

"UC4 was good, but it and TLoU have kinda lost their zeal."
"Still good games, but massively over-rated at the same time."

-- How's that?
-- What's overrated there that you're so sure that Horizon won't be and that it will be their best?
-- That kind of statement coming from someone who lied about Uncharted 4 and trolled on it when it came out to phenomenal (and well justified) reviews is justly questionable.

"it will get them out of making only linear games (aside from inFamous SS)."

-- The inFamous serious was open-world before Second Son came out.
-- Days Gone is an open world game just like Spider-Man, WiLD, Death Stranding and Gravity Rush 2 are.
-- Sucker Punch's new game expected to be revealed at E3, is expected to be open world.
-- Please stop with the lies - they're not doing you or anyone else any favours.
-- You then go on to list mostly linear games, sprinkled with a couple open-world titles that you're looking forward to.
-- Doesn't really sound like you enjoy linear games from "time to time", but for months at a time.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to your downplaying and trolling this game when the reviews are out in 10 days, saying that it deserves to be rated 10 points lower on the scale, and that Halo Wars 2 deserves to be rated 10 points higher. 😉

@ guyman

"And How the hell has TLOU lost it's zeal lmao?"

-- Don't expect a troll to elaborate.
-- He's just waiting for his opportunity for the next Naughty Dog game to lie about.
-- The Last of Us Part II was the takeaway buzz of PSX 2016.
-- Its trailer has been viewed since then over 4.5 million times, but "lost its zeal". 🤔

[Jared8Randall]

Great points on the time of release. Like RE7 made those cold, meaningless months of Jan and Feb into something good. Also the holiday season is too cramped, I basically missed the Dishonored 2 release haha

[game4funz]

Very possible. But it is an open world game with branching dialogue conversations if I recall the Gameplay....will have to wait and see. If it's anything as good as the Witcher in its side content and main campaign then yea definitely big.

[DivineAssault]

It seems to be an amazing title.. I cant wait to play it

[Takwin]

EVERYTHING we've seen leads us to think this will be an absolute gem, Game of the Year quality, and the foundation of system-selling franchise.

[Grown Folks Talk]

I need to see more to determine if I go disc or digital. As it stands now, I don't see enough replay value to warrant digital.

[Skaymore]

Sonys been really strong with first party lately