
There’s a strange, recurring sentiment within the PlayStation community that Horizon is getting too many games – but it’s LEGO who came up with the idea of LEGO Horizon Adventures. You may recall Guerrilla and the Danish brick manufacturer collaborating on an awesome Tallneck set a few years ago; this sparked an idea at the toy maker, and the rest is history.
“We were all fans of Horizon,” Kate Bryant, a project lead on LEGO-branded games, told the Washington Post. “So we had a direct conversation with Guerrilla where we came to the table and said, ‘Hey, this [Tallneck set] looks really cool, but you know what would be even cooler?’ We fully expected for them to go, ‘Yeah, that would be cool’ and nothing would come of it, but they matched our enthusiasm.”
Guerrilla turned to UK team Studio Gobo to co-develop the game. “We came from making smaller games and games for children,” lead game designer Toño Gonzalez said, adding that the Amsterdam first-party’s expertise has been invaluable. “They bring so much knowledge on how to make something larger than life.”
We think Guerrilla and Studio Gobo have done an outstanding job, because after playing 90 minutes of LEGO Horizon Adventures, we genuinely believe it could be the best LEGO game ever made. It’s tremendous fun – and it looks absolutely outstanding. Even better is that you won’t have to wait long to play it yourself: the game has gone gold, and launches next month.
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[source washingtonpost.com]
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Really don't get the "hate" for this game, like it's Lego.... what's there to dislike, honest question?
@Oram77 It's a great game based on what I've played. I think people are going to be surprised.
That’s great and all, but we need more Horizon LEGO sets! My Tallneck is getting lonely!
@LowDefAl Thunderjaw would look real nice…
Let the ‘Horizon-hate transfer’ from Sony to Lego… begin! 🤘
@LowDefAl i like killzone aswel but id also rather them stick to Horizon. Much better fighting robot dinosaurs than evil space dudes.
Tho a remaster of the original trilogy or Shadow Fall wouldn't go amiss as its one of rhe few multiplayers i got into
Wouldn't be surprised to see somy purchase them it this game is successful as a family games studio. Sony seems to be investing in more family games this gen.
I am honestly excited to play this game and I love the Horizon series in general. I don't get the hate for the Horizon series besides people not liking Aloy but playing through Forbidden West right now and she starts to change for the better(character wise) compared to Zero Dawn. Also she's a badass.
Also the story and characters get better in Forbidden West compared to Zero Dawn. I know people complain about the story/writing.
The Lego game should be fun and I'm excited to eventually(years from now) play Horizon 3 especially if they let you play as some other people here and their(Cough Seyka Cough).
Also Props to Ashly Burch for the fun take on Aloy in this game. Whether it's Tiny Tina(Love her or hate her) or any other character she does, she always does great.
Switch can run it but the PS4 can't...? Still not heard an excuse for that one.
@sanderson72 Sony already stated they were no longer making PS4 ports
@Oram77 is there hate? Probably amidst all the releases and re-releases of the game....but how you said -it's Lego. Almost all of the Lego games are great.
@get2sammyb I haven't played a bad Lego game,I'm almost 40 years old, and discovered the Lego Harry Potter very late, but now I'm addicted to let all hell loose and brake stuff for some shiny studs.... I really envy you that you've already played it ...🔥🔥🔥😁
I’m so down for this
@Oram77 I do dislike Horizon games. Not my cup of tea.
This was a surprise for me but I guess it was part of LEGO expansion where they reached out to different devs to see what they bring to the table like Fortnite LEGO.
Looking forward to this one specifically! I love Horizon world.
I dunno, horizon is really impressive overall but story and characters just leave me flat. Killzone's Story usually fell flat too but nothing will replace that feeling of playing Killzone 3 with a sharpshooter in co-op.
Removed - unconstructive
I love Horizon. I love LEGOs. But I don't love LEGO games! I'll be skipping this one. Hopefully the kiddies eat it up though. Because I love all the success Horizon has been experiencing.
@DonJorginho Can you imagine a Lego TremorTusk gulp
Now that the game will be out next month, maybe Lego will bring a new range of Horizon sets to the market.
That maybe could be used as stand alone or as components of a bigger whole, that would be a great idea. So, for example, you can put together a settlement surrounded by wilderness sprinkled with various machines and wild life (something similar to the towns and trains you can assemble from multiple sets).
It's good to see Sony continuing their multiplatform strategy. Hopefully there will be many more to follow.
@AhmadSumadi Your comment reminds me of a kids song my son was watching a couple of years ago, something along the lines of "Do you love broccoli? Yes! Do you love ice cream? Yes! Do you love broccoli icecream? No, yucky!" ^__^
I'm sure it will be a fine game but I just can't bring myself to be excited for this. I say this as someone who likes Horizon. Just not into the Lego art style anymore.
@Major_Player It's funny how many times you've been banned from PushSquare and VGC and yet you still keep coming back like a parasite.
@Major_Player And if Sony did release it on PS4 you would be claiming the PS4 is holding the game back or that Sony lied about believing in generations.
My only disapointment with this game is that they haven't announced any lego sets to go alongside my tallnext. Would love a tremortusk or a thunderjaw
The idea is great, but personally I think it would have been more interesting if it were a new unique story in the Horizon universe rather than just re-telling the exact same game as the first one only with Lego. It reaches a new audience well enough, but it seems redundant to the existing fan base. OG+remaster+Lego, the same game thrice.
The Lego games are always fun (which, surely, is what it's all about?) I've picked up a few Lego games for less than a fiver and had way more than a fivers worth of fun out of them, the way things are going I'm likely to get around to this before I finally pull Horizon Zero Dawn back off the shelf.
Again not really into LEGO but I hope everyone who is has a tonne of fun playing this ^__^. Me I'm getting my Horizon fix with the Remaster so I'm covered ^__^
Switch vs. PS4 - what interest does Sony have in continuing to develop for it all? Right. None. Switch - how many are still in use every day? And it’s Nintendo’s current gen system. This doesn’t seem that hard to figure out.
@NorrinRadd The 50 - 60 million active PS4s out there and they didn't think a cutesy Lego game would play OK on it and bring in $$$?
Of course not, this is Guerrilla Games being dictated to by their Fony overlords that the higher selling and still high active user base console should now be shunned. Must be the ray tracing light blinding them...
As Horizon is a Sony IP, don't know why Guerrilla Games / Sony agreed to release this on the Switch console. Then, as it is released on that platform, then why not Xbox? Lego games are always released on every available platform no matter what IP those are based off.
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