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Horizon Forbidden West World Map Estimate Shows Aloy Will Travel Far and Wide

The new gameplay for Horizon Forbidden West was shown after a series of in-game location showcases. A fan has now mapped these locations on a world map.

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Jin_Sakai1451d ago (Edited 1451d ago )

Maps going to be huge. Hopefully we can mount a Stormbird!

CaptainHenry9161450d ago (Edited 1450d ago )

I was thinking about that the other day lol. That would be cool. I would love to flying my hometown San Francisco

I_am_Batman1450d ago

That would be awesome, although I don't think it's likely outside of a scripted "on-rails" setpiece. The density of assets in the gameplay trailer was very high. While that will certainly be scaled down for the PS4, I assume it would still be very hard to make it work without creating a pop-in nightmare on the last gen console.

-Foxtrot1450d ago

Hopefully

It’s the number one requested thing

Get a Stormbird
Travel high over located
Free fall
Open glider

NecrumOddBoy1450d ago

I can expect sky and water mounts this time around. I don’t know if they will be free roaming or scripted but I imagine we will see them.

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gamer78041449d ago

That would be cool. You can glide under one in fortnite :). Also hope they fix her face so it’s not fat. It’s really jarring.

Rainbowcookie1449d ago

You personify whats wrong with modernday gaming... Aloy isnt a girl that you are going to marry...for games to ever be more... than just entertainment, for it to be art we need to let creators create their art, without trying to bend to a society. Dont like it , just dont buy it...

gamer78041449d ago

@rainbow graphically aging a character takes great skill, they didn’t do a good job with this. Living in this world with the athleticism and strength it takes would not yield this result. Stop trying to make this into a political or social argument for no reason.

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medman1450d ago

All I need is a release date so I can plan my time off accordingly.

nRicosS1450d ago

Wow a huge map.
Unfortunately this game is cheap copy of BOTW
/s

Jin_Sakai1450d ago

Every game copies others in some shape and form. If it something is good I don’t see what the problem is.

nRicosS1450d ago

Yeah no prob.
Don't see the ---> /s ???

Destiny10801450d ago

as soon as i seen the gliding, it reminded me of BOTW

before you use the glider, she says, "there's the bridge" i suspect you will get to cross that bridge

my personal favorite is the double jump

nitus101449d ago (Edited 1449d ago )

Yes I did see the "/s"

If you want/need to point to a game that (to some) is a "Zelda Breath of the Wild" clone then look no further than "Genshin Impact". Of course you do have to look at "Genshin Impact" with "Zelda" eyeglasses on to do the comparison but once the Zelda apologists take off those glasses they will see that while there are some comparisons the game is significantly different. The same is true for Horizon Zero Dawn, Frozen Wilds and now The Forbidden West.

Yes there is nothing more cathartic than over-riding a Thunder jaw then sitting back (at a distance) watching it decimate all machines in it's vicinity. Then after the mayhem is over all you have to do is go down and harvest the parts.

BTW. "Genshin Impact" is a free game and it can be very addictive (lots of loot), but if you do play it be careful not to get sucked into paying real money for gems and other items. Activating as many teleport points as safely possible is a great way of traversing the game.

AmUnRa1449d ago (Edited 1449d ago )

i was thinking of writing a angry comment but then i spotted the /s. 😋

Andy_Dee1449d ago (Edited 1449d ago )

I think the budget on this type of game is most likely through the rough compared to a lot of other open world games.

Inspiration and borrowing/stealing is common in a lot of games. You take something and every once in a while there's this gaming company that will make it to the next level and then everyone else will build upon that in newer games.

I think you stated yourself very poorly. But you don't like horizon play BOTW 2 instead. Each to their own.

/s

purple1011449d ago

Didn't know Zelda had large robotic dinosaurs.

Did I miss that one? ( I played & completed Zelda ocarina of time on N64 and although never played horizon... The only thing similar is the bow and arrow. In my opinion)

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Lionsguard1450d ago

This isn't really indicative of how large the map will be, I mean look at Death Stranding for example, we're lead to believe we're traversing across the entire country was it? but the map is nowhere near that big, it just shows variety of places of interest if anything.

Orchard1450d ago

Seems unlikely the map will actually be a 1:1 mapping - but it’s going to be bigger for sure!

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PlayStation - The Concert "Changes Everything" for Music Lovers

PlayStation - The Concert is a magical musical experience for fans of the brand.

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I Watched the Leaked Horizon AI Tech Demo Through My Fingers

Maybe I'm turning into "old man yells at cloud."

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Rancegamerx55d ago

So lame, a tech demo was conducted to test new technology. This is nothing new; they've been doing this since the 1980s. There have been thousands of tech demos that led to nothing. That said, AI is here to stay, and it will eventually find its way into games in one form or another. It's time to stop the overly dramatic reactions and accept reality.

Christopher55d ago

Talk about a 180 midway through your argument. Perhaps that 180 is why people are talking about it?

darthv7255d ago

What he said was not wrong though... AI is here and being used more and more is different industries. Its not like it is going away anytime soon.

Christopher54d ago

@darth: Where did I say he was wrong other than expressing that it's this thinking that people are talking about it? He complained about people talking about a tech demo being shown to the public as an expression of AI's use being popularized and then proved it with his own words. I didn't say they were wrong, only it only gives credence to those who are worried about the popularization and use of AI in the industry to replace actual actors.

Rancegamerx54d ago

I can see what you mean. What I am getting at is just because they did a tech demo with Aloy using AI to voice doesn't meam that this particular tech will ever actually be used. Although I personally think it will, if we can get voices to sound more natural and real. Unless it's stopped by voice actors.

darthv7254d ago

that is the current situation. voice actors are 'voicing' their concern over the use of AI. im sure you have heard those TV commercials where you can tell its an AI voice. But as things improve... there will be a point where nobody will be able to tell the difference.

Mr_cheese55d ago

Thegamer are quickly highlighting themselves as a website full of over the top BS

gold_drake55d ago

there is this website from a bunch of devs who developed a more enhanced AI conversational voice thing, where u can talk to them.

i did for 10 minutes and it freaked me out how real it sounded. it did glitch a few times but damn. the, in real time, chatter and response was amazing and frightening at the same time ha

Kyizen54d ago

One of the original Toy Story developers summed it up nicely. Basically when they were doing Toy Story people were shocked you are going from hand drawn art to computers but now no one blinks an eye and most if not all anime is 'drawn' on computers. But he also stated this didn't replace artist but just gave them a new tool to use. Now with AI the author is saying it will replace writing but it won't, using it to have dynamic conversations with NPCs or chatter as the character explores the world will avoid that repetitive banter. You will still need writers to craft a good story and make a compelling character(s).

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Horizon Forbidden West Struck the Perfect Balance of Tribes for Horizon 3

Horizon Forbidden West may have struck the right balance after adding several new tribes to the series, something which Horizon 3 should try to keep.

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Cacabunga75d ago

No horizon 3 i beg you Sony .. enough of this series already

pwnmaster300075d ago

It literally only had 2 main games and 2 dlc.
Sure it had some spin off but others have more
Halo
Gears
Elder scroll
Uncharted
God of war
Gta
Etc.
Game isnt done yet and just because your tired of it doesn’t mean everyone is.

ravens5275d ago

Exactly. (*All following #s are slightly exaggerated*) There's like 36 CODs. 16 Assassin's Creed. 25 Final Fantasies. 80 Maddens. I hate when we're on the 3rd iteration of a game and people say this.

isarai74d ago

We've had 2 main games, 2dlcs, a vr spinoff, a lego spinoff and soon to be GAAS spinoff

lukasmain75d ago

Why not? It's popular. They're great critically acclaimed games. It need a 3rd game.

northpaws75d ago

@Cacabunga

Only speak for yourself, I want to know how the story ends.

raWfodog74d ago

Same here. I'm enjoying the story. I want to see what happens when Nemesis arrives.

JEECE75d ago

It all depends on if it's actually a massive step forward or if it just feels like an iterative sequel. There's a lot of revisionist history now about how "mid" Horizon has always been, but people weren't saying that when Zero Dawn came out-people were pretty much universally into it. The major hit against it at the time was that it came out too close to Breath of the Wild.

The problem with Forbidden West is that it took five years and it was just an iterative sequel. Iterative sequels can be fine, or even great, but when five years pass and a new generation of consoles comes out, people expect a big jump, and they didn't get it. Stuff that worked in 2017 felt tired by 2022.

3 can't just be Forbidden West with slightly better graphics. It needs to actually be a meaningful leap.

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ravens5275d ago

Im looking forward to the 3rd game. I'd like that to be the last one though. New IP after would be ideal.

jznrpg75d ago

Took me a little while to get into Forbidden West because I was playing on hard but it was really damn good once I got into a groove.

I want to see the ending of this trilogy so hopefully it’s not too far out. Hopefully whoever plays Sylens can do the character justice.

isarai74d ago

I dunno, i LOOOOVED Zero Dawn, but i wanted Forbidden West to be over by like the halfway point. It's an absolutely gorgeous game but damn was it buggy for a while after release, and the enemies and combat felt so janky and unbalanced compared to the first.