PlayStation 5 has a whole category of upcoming sequels that players are very excited about. Fans of one of the most anticipated, Horizon Forbidden West, received a brand new look at some in-game action. Today, Guerrilla Games release new footage of Horizon Forbidden West on Twitter, while the official PlayStation Blog gave fans some all-new key elements and mechanics coming to the game.
The game world itself is more accommodating to player freedom in its exploration and traversal, and with many new aspects of Aloy's improvements, Guerrilla Games is attempting to evolve Horizon Forbidden West's combat as well. New weapons, upgrades, and skills will help Aloy tackle the expanded variety of enemy encounters in the dangerous West. Aloy's main mode of combat in Horizon Zero Dawn was using ranged weaponry, most commonly bows. This will, of course, be a returning emphasis in Horizon Forbidden West, but there will supposedly be a greater number of equipment options, including new weapons and armor, with the ability to upgrade both.
Horizon Forbidden West's combat mechanics will be supported by a revamped skill tree. There will be many returning abilities from Horizon Zero Dawn's RPG-like mechanics, but with greater emphasis on melee combat. Guerrilla Games seems to hope that these new approaches to combat will be engagingly utilized through the game's more varied combat encounters, which will include more complicated fights against both humans and machines.
Many of Aloy's tools from Horizon Zero Dawn will make their return. The new PlayStation Blog post specifically mentions that the Hunter Bow, Sharpshooter Bow, and Blast Sling will all make their return. While these weapons are expected to have all or most of their previous capabilities, they will also come with some new upgrades, such as ammo types. More excitingly, though, Forbidden West will bring entirely new weapons to Aloy's arsenal. One that has been prominently featured in promotional material thus far is the Spike Thrower. This thrown weapon, designed by the Oseram tribe, will deal heavy damage by launching explosive javelins into enemies.
Players will also be able to craft to make weapons and armor stronger in a number of ways by unlocking new perks, increasing the number of mod slots, and learning new skills. One of the new skills is called the Resonator Blast, which gives Aloy's consecutive melee strikes built up power, which is then placed on an enemy, to be detonated by shooting it with a projectile. The blog also showed off Aloy's new traversal tools, like the Pullcaster, a grappling hook, and the Shieldwing glider, a Breath of the Wild-esque glider.
The PlayStation Blog post showed off new robot-dinos that Aloy will take on, new moves and tools to bypass some of the challenges, beautiful landscapes, and more. Additionally, the blog post makes mention of the skills on Forbidden West's tree working tandem with outfits. This seems to imply that some skills are only available by wearing certain clothing and that upgrading armor will also bolster the effectiveness of its associated skill.
Horizon Forbidden West is launching in February 2022 For PlayStation 5.
Source: PlayStation Blog