I like the way you think.
Definitely my game of the show. The audience at the theater started cheering when the CG trailer transitioned to live gameplay.
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Horizon: Zero Dawn Trailer (Guerrilla, post-apocalyptic pre-historic adventure)
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I like the way you think.
Definitely my game of the show. The audience at the theater started cheering when the CG trailer transitioned to live gameplay.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
shh, nothing stops the dread train
I was thinking about the whole concept of the game, and I have the strong impression that Horizon actually is happening on Killzone's universe, but 1000 years in the future, after ISA and Helghasts destroyed each other in an apocalyptic war.
The first similarity I saw, it was obviously the colors and some similarity on the machine design
Observe like we have Blue animals, with the same blue we see in the ISA army.
Now, this is a Killzone's Drone, from ISA, it has some animal characteristics, like a bird.
now backing to Horizon, we can see the other "faction" machines, with the same red eyes from helghasts...
And here we have the Helghast drone, maybe a machine on its very initial stage of evolution.
We also have giant enemies in Killzone, which has animals similarities.
Other animal-machines concepts from Killzone:
The own city that we see at the begining of the Horizon's trailer, remembers the city of Shadow Fall.
I think ISA and Helghasts destroyed each other with some new letal weapows, Inteligen Machines, and only this machines survived to the Apocalypse... and after 1000 years of IA evolutions turned them on what we see in horizon.
"Zero Down" maybe refers to the point where something happend, which exterminated that civilization.
What do you guys think of this crazy theory?
The first similarity I saw, it was obviously the colors and some similarity on the machine design
Observe like we have Blue animals, with the same blue we see in the ISA army.
Now, this is a Killzone's Drone, from ISA, it has some animal characteristics, like a bird.
now backing to Horizon, we can see the other "faction" machines, with the same red eyes from helghasts...
And here we have the Helghast drone, maybe a machine on its very initial stage of evolution.
We also have giant enemies in Killzone, which has animals similarities.
Other animal-machines concepts from Killzone:
The own city that we see at the begining of the Horizon's trailer, remembers the city of Shadow Fall.
I think ISA and Helghasts destroyed each other with some new letal weapows, Inteligen Machines, and only this machines survived to the Apocalypse... and after 1000 years of IA evolutions turned them on what we see in horizon.
"Zero Down" maybe refers to the point where something happend, which exterminated that civilization.
What do you guys think of this crazy theory?
Have to say i was impressed when i saw this at the conference. Female lead, great sound and graphics. But then you think about how they say its 'open world rpg' and thats the thing i think people havent grasped yet, and once they do this is gonna shoot up the top of everyone's list. Combine the level of graphical and gameplay polish of a linear game with an open one and you got great potential.
Nightengale
Member
Eh, it's a stretch.
I'd say it's so that their designers (who are used to designing mechs & sci-fi machinery/armor) can stretch their legs, while still having a good foundation to work on, instead of now having to research how shaders for dinosaur skins work.
I'd say it's so that their designers (who are used to designing mechs & sci-fi machinery/armor) can stretch their legs, while still having a good foundation to work on, instead of now having to research how shaders for dinosaur skins work.
I'd say most of it comes from the fact that it was designed by the team that made the first three Killzone games
I wouldn't be surprised if they want to leave Killzone in the past and erase their image as the "Killzone studio", despite what they've said
Are you telling me I can go anywhere in this area?
This is too much.
I do in fact find that hard to believe. Many of the vistas looked too good to be real open world.
funkystudent
Member
This game seems real cool and really its about damn time SCE took a crack at a Western RPG.
And I liked the opening trailer. Real good set up for the world. Wonder if you will ever play in the "modern day" city they had in it because it seemed pretty detailed for something just used in a trailer to establish the world. Could easily just be there because they really wanted to go all out for the big reveal though.
The Zero Dawn subtitle really isnt working for me though.
And I liked the opening trailer. Real good set up for the world. Wonder if you will ever play in the "modern day" city they had in it because it seemed pretty detailed for something just used in a trailer to establish the world. Could easily just be there because they really wanted to go all out for the big reveal though.
The Zero Dawn subtitle really isnt working for me though.
IAmRandom31
Banned
Yeah red eyes just seems to be the color that denotes attack or a threat is nearby. Those gazel mechs had blue eyes that quickly turned red when the canister was shot showing a threat was around. That watchers eyes went from blue to yellow when it entered search mode.
So yeah the eye color isn't pointing toward anything I don't think. Interesting thought no doubt
So yeah the eye color isn't pointing toward anything I don't think. Interesting thought no doubt
Nightengale
Member
I guess it wouldn't be Guerilla Games without some crappy naming sense. =/
i just want to say something
their eyes or whatever only turn red when they spot you
for example
here the light is blue
here is red
DOWN
Banned
Are you telling me I can go anywhere in this area?
This is too much.
I kinda don't believe it at this point as not even open world masters let their world look that true to scale. They always screw it up by littering it with some camps and houses or POI, or they just plain don't make it big enough.
DOWN
Banned
Who the f thought Zero Dawn was cooler than just plain HORIZON?
I was thinking about the whole concept of the game, and I have the strong impression that Horizon actually is happening on Killzone's universe, but 1000 years in the future, after ISA and Helghasts destroyed each other in an apocalyptic war.
The first similarity I saw, it was obviously the colors and some similarity on the machine design
Observe like we have Blue animals, with the same blue we see in the ISA army.
Now, this is a Killzone's Drone, from ISA, it has some animal characteristics, like a bird.
now backing to Horizon, we can see the other "faction" machines, with the same red eyes from helghasts...
And here we have the Helghast drone, maybe a machine on its very initial stage of evolution.
We also have giant enemies in Killzone, which has animals similarities.
Other animal-machines concepts from Killzone:
The own city that we see at the begining of the Horizon's trailer, remembers the city of Shadow Fall.
I think ISA and Helghasts destroyed each other with some new letal weapows, Inteligen Machines, and only this machines survived to the Apocalypse... and after 1000 years of IA evolutions turned them on what we see in horizon.
"Zero Down" maybe refers to the point where something happend, which exterminated that civilization.
What do you guys think of this crazy theory?
The thing is, though, the game takes place on Earth. I think we just see some similarities because this developer has almost exclusively worked on Killzone for over a decade.
Nightengale
Member
My personal guess of their future pipeline is something like this :
Amsterdam Team B : Killzone Shadowfall
Cambridge : RIGS
Amsterdam Team A : Horizon
Cambridge + Amsterdam Team B : new Killzone (Cambridge on SP, Amsterdam on MP)
Amsterdam Team A : Horizon 2
i just want to say something
their eyes or whatever only turn red when they spot you
for example
here the light is blue
here is red
Yes it's true...
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
A game called "Horizon" already exists. Subtitle is likely for copyright reasons.
Nightengale
Member
They may also want to avoid having "numbered" sequels, for one.
The ideal is always if you can have a strong brand that doesn't need a "number" behind to signify that it's a mothership game in the franchise, unless you're say Final Fantasy where every game is a 'new world.'
I love seeing posts like this. I like Guerrilla a lot and it's great to see people who haven't been fans of their previous work getting excited for this. I really hope they pull it off because coming out of E3, I can't stop thinking about this game.
DOWN
Banned
The sequels thing is my bet (that's how the Pirate's of the Caribbean film titles were conceived), but it does't hold up. You can easily give the first one the standard title and add subtitles for the sequels without numbers. And then we have the horrible Uncharted system with both subtitle and numbered sequels ugh
Nightengale
Member
Ideally, the first game would also have a subtitle of it's own. IMO.
Baroquemantic
Member
Why are people so surprised that you can go to these far out locations in an open world game? If Guerrilla is saying you can go there, you can go there. The same with GTA, the same with Elder Scrolls, the same with a lot of open world games. I'm not understanding the doubt here.
I don't know why people always want to make definitive connections between games from the same developers. I'm sure there will be a couple of Killzone Easter Eggs but nothing more than that.
LilWayneSuckz
Member
The trademark for Horizon already exists and it has existed before SCE filed for "Horizon: Zero Dawn"
Are you not going to play the game because of a subtitle?
DOWN
Banned
Because this game would be the greatest looking open world on consoles and would rival some of the advancements that were praised in AC Unity, yet in a huge scale that looks like on-location film landscape in all its alluring scale. Scale that isn't captured in that quality in any wilderness we've ever seen in an open world.
It's just hard to believe an FPS dev is going to break the mold that significantly on their first crack at open world
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
I think people are burned by the famous Destiny, "we could go up that mountain if we wanted to"
DOWN
Banned
Different tastes I suppose, but I'll always opt for minimalism
I'm picky about details like that (hence having a couple of examples at the ready), but of course I won't skip a game over it.
Destiny is full of incredible sky boxes and fake horizons that looked great and were untouchable, so yeah, that is a thing we think about
StrongBlackVine
Banned
They already said you will be able to explore untouched ruins, the cities are the ruins.
Baroquemantic
Member
I've never been one to think just because a developer is used to making a certain kind of game means they can't excel at something new. I also think these consoles, especially the PS4 are just vastly underrated by people in what they are capable of. The power and technology jump from last gen on both consoles is huge coming from the PS3 and 360. There's also the fact that this is coming from a first party dev that is known for its technical prowess.
I understand that. That bait and switch was BS, but that was also Destiny, a game that I don't even think is actually open world.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
I wonder if there will be dungeons / puzzle solving like in Zelda. Probably not, but would be very cool if this game had a Zelda/Metroid structure coupled with monster hunting.
PeregrinSe7en
Member
can someone whip up an avatar for me?
i'd like to make a change
thanks
i'd like to make a change
thanks
exmachina64
Banned
They've hired excellent external talent to ease the transition. If a large part of working in an unfamiliar genre is having talented leadership overseeing development, then GG is prepared.
They've specified that the worlds completely seamless with no loading times so it's definitely not going to be the Destiny/Borderlands world with a number of separate zones.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
I was thinking about the whole concept of the game, and I have the strong impression that Horizon actually is happening on Killzone's universe, but 1000 years in the future, after ISA and Helghasts destroyed each other in an apocalyptic war.
The first similarity I saw, it was obviously the colors and some similarity on the machine design
Observe like we have Blue animals, with the same blue we see in the ISA army.
Now, this is a Killzone's Drone, from ISA, it has some animal characteristics, like a bird.
now backing to Horizon, we can see the other "faction" machines, with the same red eyes from helghasts...
And here we have the Helghast drone, maybe a machine on its very initial stage of evolution.
We also have giant enemies in Killzone, which has animals similarities.
Other animal-machines concepts from Killzone:
The own city that we see at the begining of the Horizon's trailer, remembers the city of Shadow Fall.
I think ISA and Helghasts destroyed each other with some new letal weapows, Inteligen Machines, and only this machines survived to the Apocalypse... and after 1000 years of IA evolutions turned them on what we see in horizon.
"Zero Down" maybe refers to the point where something happend, which exterminated that civilization.
What do you guys think of this crazy theory?
The machines seem to all have blue and red eyes. Blue is the relaxed mode and red is attack or high alert.
bigboss370
Member
Absolutely magnificent.
lucebuce12
Member
If someone can make you an avatar here, that's great. Otherwise, I'd suggest asking in the official thread for avatar requests.
It's Earth though, as someone already pointed out. Could be the Earth of the Killzone universe, in which case maybe the "approaching storm" that Aloy says she senses at the end of E3 demo is actually the Helghast returning from across the gulf of space to reclaim their ancestral home...DUN, DUN, DUUUUNNN...
StrongBlackVine
Banned
It's over a year away so they have tons of time to polish this game. Same for the clipping with her hair.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
When the biggest complaint for your new IP is the subtitle, you did good. I hope we see more at PGW and PSX(yeah no way that is not happening again)
Elitist1945
Member
In Killzone, Earth
was home to worldwide nuclear war, which forced countries to explore space and colonize foreign planets, setting up the Killzone games, so it couldn't take place on Earth
Baroquemantic
Member
Please, no more. The wait is already hard enough.
Absolutely magnificent.
Callibretto
Member
early in the fight, the dino had some flying drone shooting laser from above, but we never see them again after that, I wonder what's going on there.
wapplew
Member
Absolutely magnificent.
That building water fall...where those water come from? Anti gravity water？
Fix this shit GG!