Guerrilla Games wants to throw the house out the window to make Horizon Forbidden West become a game of the most impressive so that, at the very least, it lives up to its brilliant predecessor, Horizon Zero Dawn. A sequel in which we will enjoy Aloy’s new and fast-paced adventure in an open world that will offer all kinds of possibilities.
In order to be clear about what our heroine can do in this second part, on the official PlayStation blog some of the most important skills have been detailed With which you will have to advance everywhere, interact with the scenarios and above all to make enemies bite the dust in the form of machines, as we have already seen in some of his videos.
Its creators have commented that Aloy will be able to freely cross or climb large sections, use more machines as a mount or find grab points everywhere, allowing players to have more ways to get around the way they want. This will provide an enormous verticality in the exploration of the scenarios and you can even swim underwater to locate more areas.
You can also manipulate or destroy the environment with the help of the grapple or jump from the air to a grab point to glide with the Shieldwing for a devastating blow from the air. Of course it will not be by ways of being able to annihilate the enemies, as we can well appreciate in the following examples that make it clear that there will never be a single way to carry out any action:
In this sense the adaptive triggers of the DualSense They will also increase resistance when pressing them with certain attacks or actions, eliminating this aspect when we are out of ammo, while haptic vibration It will make us notice the grass, sand or rocky surfaces perfectly. Precisely the team has placed great emphasis on the latter with Aloy’s climbing system and elevated jump.
On the other hand, Guerrilla Games wanted to provide a wider range of tools and weapons to fight the fighting. That is why a workbench will be included to improve and strengthen weapons and outfits, although there will be no shortage of the skill tree that has been redesigned with more routes and skills.
To survive the dangers of this threatening land, Aloy will be able to quickly switch between melee and ranged attacks with the help of his spear and bow. The former will be able to perform the Resonator Blast to unleash the most devastating impact on machines when fully charged.
Regarding the enemies that are on mounts, it will be vital to think about who is better to eliminate first, because they have weapons, attacks and abilities that machines do not have, which will not stay still to pounce against us. Even so, the objective of Guerrilla is that the many weapons that we have to face our adversaries stand out for their unique personality with its pros and cons in different situations.
All of this makes us want to get at the helm even more to accompany Aloy on this fascinating journey that awaits her in Horizon Forbidden West when it is released on PS4 and PS5 the February 18, 2022.