Sony has posted a Horizon Call of the Mountain launch trailer ahead of the game's release alongside PSVR2 on 22nd February 2023, which features new gameplay footage and our first glimpse of Aloy. We have known she will be in the title for some time now, but here we see her in the virtual reality flesh as part of a story cutscene. There's also a bit of crafting, climbing, and combat to enjoy in 87 seconds of PSVR2 action.
"Step into the adventure and explore majestic and deceptively peaceful wilds where deadly machines could lurk around any corner, experience subtle sensations like tension when you pull back your bow string and help Ryas earn his freedom and redemption by investigating a mysterious new threat to the Sundom and the world," the description on YouTube explains. This PSVR2 launch game is priced at £59.99/$59.99.
Our PSVR2 coverage is currently ongoing, with more details and reviews set to be published over the coming days and weeks. Our PSVR2 review can be read in full as well as our Horizon Call of the Mountain verdict, both of which went live yesterday. "Horizon Call of the Mountain is not without its flaws, but it’s hard to imagine a better showcase of PSVR2’s potential than this," we concluded. "The core climbing gameplay is impressively executed, and it evolves just enough over the course of the campaign to remain fulfilling."
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Gameplay: 70% climbing, 10% talking, 20% fighting.
Trailer: 20% climbing, 10% talking, 70% fighting.
Reviews seem to be split between people expecting an exploration/platformer, and those expecting lots of combat and shooting. Those in the first category are giving high marks, those in the latter poor marks. Understandable though, given all trailers and events focused on both in seeming equal amount.
Edit: or what @themightyant said!
I kinda wish i pre ordered this bundle now as the exploration looks pretty sweet but i wont lose much sleep over it. Especially when im doing 180mph on the Nurburgring. Too late in the day to cancel my pre order and swap to the horizon bundle. Something is bound to go wrong.
Just got my shipping confirmation last night!!! Looks like my headset will be here launch day!
@invictus4000 nice!! My money came out about an hour ago.
@thefourfoldroot1 Got to admit the exploration/platform decision is a slightly weird one, only because the series main loop is shooting, with terrible climbing added in. And shooting works really well in VR, so one does have to wonder who decided on "our VR entry should be a rock climbing sim set in the world of a series constantly criticized for it's poor rock climbing." It's like whoever's responsible for the climbing puzzles in the series decided to take their revenge on the world with this title. Still looks good but no wonder it's confusing expectations.
Still does feel like they went kind of back to the "vr demo" roots with it though from all the review conversation. A missed opportunity, I think.
@themightyant Well, at least the Sony marketing department finally got the memo that VR2 is happening. It's the best they could throw together with short notice.
@NEStalgia I suppose if you’ve never done climbing in vr( I’m assuming you haven’t) it’s actually really intuitive and lends itself well to VR imo
@Mikey856 I haven't. Actually I don't remember even seeing any on psvr1. I don't doubt it's a good concept. Its just funny that horizons normal core gameplay also lends well to VR , and it's climbing is famously dodgy, so the vr spinoff is all about climbing
@NEStalgia oh yes I’m absolutely with you on that front though lol. Horizons rock climbing is..well let’s be kind..let’s say difficult
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