Horizon Forbidden West - Gameplay Presentation | State of Play (May 2021)

[Music] [Music] [Music] hi everyone my name is mathijung i'm the game director on horizon forbidden west last year we revealed our ambitious new project and since then the team has continued to make great progress on the development of the game we are very excited and honored to give you an update in this state of play and in the countdown video leading up to this moment you have already seen glimpses of the forbidden west but now we have something truly special for you almost 14 minutes of gameplay captured on playstation 5 and you don't have to wait any longer let's get right to it [Music] easy easy it's okay you're safe now wait what happened where's aaron ambush are crawling with raiders they hit our camp hard we ran and they chased us down aaron was away from camp scouting i bet he's still out there raiders got machines on their side claws riders you should go after aaron if they find him before you do who knows what they'll do to them no i you're injured i have to don't worry about me i'll make my own way out get going okay yeah [Music] what are raiders doing in these ruins i hope aaron is okay [Music] oh all right readers riding machines this is not good better be careful there might be more [Music] yep another one i need to get clear that was close [Music] i can't shake up maybe i can lose them in here these guys won't give up [Applause] more shoes [Music] [Music] oh don't mind me the current's strong here [Music] so i have friends okay i'm not just the ones who slaughtered but when they come looking for me there's gonna be [Music] trouble you guys wouldn't be laughing right my hammer get up get moving [Music] i gotta help errands and deal with a tremor tusk now we have two gifts and a loud mouth each one's ugly make it look like bandits were here then we'll head for the old bridge and meet up with the others will do yeah got it this must be erin's camp raiders made short work of it filthy [Applause] asaram stop i'm gonna take you out you think you can hurt me yeah i do all right back to the hunt raiders said they were heading for the old bridge maybe i can cut them off better get to higher ground find a way [Music] [Music] there's the bridge i think i know a way to get there first i gotta be careful that should do it help's on the way aaron [Music] hey hey what's up aaron stay put i'll handle this gotta keep moving stay ah of it gotta slow you down oh here it goes time to head back did you [Music] time to finish this hey lord [Music] glad you see me now you bet i owe you another one come on well this time i have a present for you oh i found it emily what you sent me for right before the raiders got me you did good now let's see where this thing will take us [Music] you always said a storm was coming yeah and it's almost here [Music] so there you have it the first gameplay footage from horizon forbidden west running on playstation 5. we hope you are as excited about it as we are [Music] while we have you here we would like to spotlight some of the new elements you have just seen in our gameplay capture and to help with that please welcome ben mccaw narrative director on horizon forbidden west thanks mathis and hello to all our viewers horizon forbidden west is set a thousand years in earth's future after a global catastrophe people live on in primitive tribes but they're no longer the dominant species giant animal-like machines now roam the land and they are extremely dangerous the machines aren't the only threat in the forbidden west a strange red light is spreading across the land and it won't be long before it strangles all life eloy our hero is the only one who can stop the blight but to do that she and her companions will have to comb through the ruins of the old world to find the technology they need in this quest eloy has sent her loyal friend aaron into the remains of san francisco to find a crucial piece of technology aaron encounters raiders from a rebel faction of the tanakh tribe they are vicious fighters but even worse they've acquired the power to override machines to rescue errand alloy winds up fighting them but first she must cross the ruins to reach their camp we face a lot of obstacles as we traverse the ruins of san francisco to overcome them we've given ayloy some great new tools using the focus scanner you can highlight spots that allow free climbing anywhere in the open world the pool caster speeds up climbing and can get you quickly out of trouble [Music] the shield wing allows you to safely descend from great heights or surprise enemies from above with the diving mask you can stay submerged as long as you like and take your time to plan a path around amphibious machines or boost through strong underwater currents and to speed up overland travel a variety of machines can be overridden and used as mount or in combat combat in horizon for middlewest puts a strong emphasis on tactics and player choice for close range combat the spear is an excellent option there's a range of combos that have different uses and effects valor searches add a unique set of special abilities one of which can be used to knock back nearby enemies the spear can be charged to create a high damage effect that can take down even the stronger enemies a wide array of different weapons is quickly accessible via the weapon wheel a slingshot with adhesive grenades to temporarily stall machines those with arrows that can strip armor and expose weak spots a powerful launcher that fires spikes that explode on impact smoke bombs that temporarily blind enemies or you can pick up weapons shot off from machines the full game has many more unique weapons and each of them can be upgraded on a workbench but more on that another time the player will need to be smart and creative and use all of the combat options we have shown to deal with a large variety of deadly machines sun wings in the sky claws fighters and tremor tusks on land step maws in the water even the seemingly harmless burrs that you saw briefly swim by they are all dangerous and even more so when overridden by human rebels we've only scratched the surface of the rebel threat as alloy will fight them in many forms throughout the game and to defeat them she must explore the open world to uncover the secret behind their power and how that secret is related to her quest to stop the blight this is just one of the mysteries she'll unravel as her journey through the forbidden west takes many twists and turns it's time to wrap it up we will have more updates close to launch and everyone here at gorilla can't wait for you to experience the full game thank you for watching [Music]

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Length: 19min 11sec (1151 seconds)

Published: Thu May 27 2021