Funny love letter to Aloy’s story

I really liked it Lego Horizon Adventuresa game that is exactly what it sounds like. It tells an embellished version of the events of Horizon Zero Dawn, the first game in Guerrilla’s series of post-apocalyptic open-world adventures, with colorful Lego bricks and the slapstick humor you’d expect from a lovingly crafted YouTube parody, all wrapped up in a simple but sometimes challenging platformer. But it’s also such a strange experiment from Sony and developer Guerrilla Games that I’m curious as to why horizon was the series that was supposed to get a spin-off made of Lego bricks according to the decree of the PlayStation gods.

Lego Horizon Adventures‘ strangest twist horizonThe world of the film revolves around the main character Aloy, as she fits somewhat strangely into the otherwise cheerful and bright world of the Lego adaptations. The bow-wielding protagonist in almost every part of horizon Media is often described as stoic, stubborn, and perhaps even a little harsh toward people who struggle to make sense of a rapidly changing world. The Aloy minifigure from Lego Horizon AdventuresIn contrast, she’s a silly little girl who’s just happy to be here. I understand the change in tone from super serious action RPG to family friendly platformer, but I was surprised that Guerrilla didn’t do that Lego Batman Way to highlight Aloy’s seriousness against a more comical background.

The loss of Aloy’s brooding behavior results in the following Lego Horizon Adventures is a real eye-catcher. The game effectively spoofs the post-apocalyptic, legend-driven story that fans have come to know and love by making fun of how silly it all sounds when you try to describe it to someone who doesn’t play these games. I admire how willing Guerrilla was to reveal the story Horizon Zero Dawn down down to the smallest detail and takes none of it seriously. Between firing Aloy’s blocky bow and swinging Erend’s Lego bricks, there are some good scenes, jokes and buffoonery. I forgot how adorable horizons characters can be when I’m not playing one of these games, and even these over-the-top imitations reminded me that I’m at least a little attached to Aloy and her friends.

However, I have my questions and confusion about how Lego Horizon Adventures I chose to exaggerate the personalities of his characters. When I fight robot dinosaurs made of Lego bricks, I see the vision behind the entire game. Lego Horizon Adventures adapts horizon‘s concepts into the usual Lego Game structure pretty good. Seeing Aloy and her friends turn into chunky blades of red grass as they moved through different areas to hide from enemies made me smile, but hitting enemies in weak spots and watching them break off like they would on any other place horizon Game is when Lego Horizon Adventures clicked. It still has a lot of the collectathon platformer dressing of most Lego Games, and most of the platforming features are pretty boring and unremarkable, but care has been taken here to make it feel like a game horizon Game.

However, the fights don’t seem as bad and overwhelming as the main fights horizon Games do the same basic principles Zero dawn And Forbidden West still apply. Most of them Lego Horizon Adventures has you running through blocky recreations of the world of Guerrilla, punctuated almost entirely by encounters with hordes of enemies that are easy to deal with in one-on-one duels but can become chaotic and even challenging when they turn on you ally. As in others too horizon

In games, each robot has specific weak points that it can target and cancel to deal additional damage. But it’s only when you get to some of the higher-tier enemies that this kind of precision seems necessary. Otherwise, it’s just a matter of firing arrows in the general direction of an enemy, but there are enough tools and different playstyles between characters to mix things up. Some of them were ripped right out horizonsuch as the tripwires that are reminiscent of the tripcaster in the main games. However, there are also some weirder inclusions, like a hot dog stand that drops explosives in a small area – which, while nice, is also out of place in a game that’s usually about paying tribute to the source Space seemed material. And this question of identity doesn’t just begin and end at the deadly hot dog stand.

Although horizon As expected, fingerprints can be found everywhere in this game, there are also other universal Lego actions Lego Horizon Adventuresand that can be quite irritating. Why can Aloy carry Ninjago Put on costumes and get involved in cross-promoting other albums? Is that part of the deal, being a…? Lego

Game? Is each property in some kind of multiverse full of other properties dumping buckets of blocks on top of each other? In the grand scheme of things, this is just a little nitpick because when Lego Horizon Adventures embarks on parody horizonit’s the most fun.

Lego Horizon Adventures is a fun little experiment, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see Sony repeat it if it’s successful. Could it become a trend for Sony, which has become so risk-averse with its big franchises, to create more? Lego Parodies of its biggest names? Perhaps. I would be happy to see something like that Lego God of War Make fun of Kratos and Atreus’ dysfunctional father-son relationship. horizon feels like an odd choice for one Lego I can’t imagine this is just a one-off to fill the gap between 2022 Forbidden West and whatever comes next.

Sony is focusing more on franchise development by expanding its games to other platforms and even other media like film and television nowadays. The cynic in me could easily call this an expansion piece horizon and other series into additional sources of income. horizon There are already Lego sets to buy, and brand synergies mean the money is flowing faster than you can say it’s a toy. At least Lego Horizon Adventures It feels more like a game made with love for the property it’s based on, rather than a cynical cash grab. Whatever comes next, at least that’s what I can say.

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