Horizon Forbidden West is going to be a hit. As sure as Aloy's hair is red and Erend's infatuation is true, Sony's big action RPG sequel will absolutely do the numbers. We could've told you that before yesterday's State of Play, which revealed about 15 minutes of gameplay footage, but the game's already racking up some impressive stats.
Just take a look at the view figure for the presentation. Showing off some gorgeous PlayStation 5 gameplay clearly did the trick, as it's currently sitting on 2.5 million views not even a day later. That's damn fast. To put things in perspective, Forbidden West's State of Play is now the most viewed single-game presentation from the company, eclipsing Demon's Souls (2.2 million), Ghost of Tsushima (1.9 million), and even The Last of Us: Part II (1.5 million). Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart's super-impressive showing is at 971,000 views, which maybe goes to show the sheer popularity of Horizon.
Obviously this isn't the only measure of success, but it's clear that people are very excited about Aloy's West coast adventure. Are you pumped for Horizon Forbidden West? Watch it all again in the comments section below.
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Oh, god... Did you just quote the most over rated metal/death/trendy core band ever in the subtitle, @Quintumply?
I thought it tied with Demon's Souls as their best-ever single-game presentation. I had a big smile on my face watching Aloy fight that robot Return of the King war elephant.
And let's be honest, they knocked it out the park. Not only did it look gorgeous but more importantly it looked like they've built on the gameplay from the first. I'm probably guilty of buying into hype but really was blown away when I watched the 4k version this morning.
@Jayofmaya I enjoyed them around 6 years ago but anytime they come on Octane now I usually change the station. I don’t enjoy their sound like I once did.
Not surprising. I've not even played the original game yet (I bought it and it sits in my 'to play' backlog; I know, for shame) and I was excited to see the gameplay reveal of the sequel. It looks awesome, but some questions remain for me:
@Turismo4GT Both Miles Morales and Sackboy had free upgrades. MLB didn't but I'm gonna go ahead and say Horizon is more like the former two
What I'm saying is that I'd expect a free upgrade but of course you can't be sure these days.
I watched my son play Immortals Fenxy Rising for 3 hours last night - which I like and think looks really good - then watched the 4k version of the SoP on Youtube when he finished. OMG was that thing beautiful, it blew my mind. Granted I've only had my 4k tv for about a month so haven't watched that much on it, and no 4k console to play on, but it really was unbelievable.
Was going to play this on our PS4 Slim but I think I have to wait until we get a PS5 now. Whatever year that happens.😝 Not sure what it will look like on PS4 but I can't imagine it looks anything close to that. It just can't.
State of plays like this certainly aren’t going to make finding a PS5 any easier!
@Voltan I actually think there was a upgrade to mlb but you had buy the deluxe version or collector's edition if I'm not mistaken
People who think it looks cartoony, well yeah that's its style to begin with, HZD is quite colourful and cartoony in case you haven't noticed. It's their unique art style and it's perfect! All games don't have to look the same.
@Otherbarry Yes, it was something like that - what I meant is there wasn't a free upgrade if you had the regular PS4 version.
@Jayofmaya yes they did and they are overated. Im hoping you put death metal as a joke though or il be worried lol
Glad to see the figures are high but the amount of comments of people saying itl be downgraded is hilarious. Then they complain about no release date. Never happy. Itl look great and theyl have a release date when its ready. Just enjoy the gameplay lol
After the first - and its release on PC too of course, so many people would like to see what GG are doing for their follow up.
H:ZD was one of my favourite games of last gen, so much so that I bought a PS5 just to play this. Of course, other exclusives make it a better value proposition - but I wanted a PS5 in place before H:FW released.
The game looks 'stunning'. There are a few 'minor' distractions that I hope can be 'fixed' by the time the game launches. Clipping is quite bad in places and Medusa seems a better name for Aloy as her Hair seems to have a life of its own - defying the laws of physics and biology. Certain clothes clip through arms, the hair is constantly clipping through the clothes, the weapons on her back and is [almost] constantly moving. The foliage also clips through Aloy a LOT - which is a bit 'disappointing' - especially when you see the sand deforming and leaving tracks - both feet and the Mammoth's blast ray left tracks in the sand.
I know the first game had 'clipping' issues too and like I said, its a 'minor' thing that distracted me whilst watching - more and more so as I rewatched. I also know that this game hasn't yet gone Gold and is 'work in progress' - so I am NOT going to be overly critical about this now - more just an observation at this point and something I will be looking to see if GG improve on the Hair and its Physics in particular, with foliage and character interaction also something I will be keeping an eye on.
Regardless, its certainly a Day 1 purchase...
@Voltan ah yes true enough.
You say excited? Pumped up? We are losing our minds. We are locked and loaded.
One of the best things about it is that it seems to be making a logical progression, unlike some game series of the past.
Obviously we don't know where in the story the gameplay falls, but it seemed that Aloy carries over the skills she learned in the first game and adds to them, perhaps the weapons too.
It grinds my gears with some games when you have to re-learn skills your character finished the previous game with, like some kind of half-witted amnesiac.
These single game deep dive State of Plays have definitely been overall more successful than the standard State of Plays for sure. I'm positive the Ghost of Tsushima one did wonders in getting that game on more people's radar. The guiding wind mechanic was such a good idea I hope Horizon 2 has something like that for its exploration.
@Korgonlocals. Agreed on GOT having an amazing waypoint mechanic. Although I feel like HZD had one of the best HUD implementations in open world games for exploration. Almost everything was customizable and able to be dynamically pulled onto or pushed off the screen at anytime so you could take in the beauty of the locales and find your way without the HUD but not be blind to your stats during combat.
But I thought games could only be successful if they were multiplayer with microtranactions.
This game graphics are kind of insane, to think that this is cross-gen games..
@Korgon Yes, rather than a lot of games that people don't care, the most successful state of play (in the term of youtube views) is the one with just one (very anticipated) game deep dive.
I'm very happy for aloy but kratos will take that crown in the future
If Sony keeps raising the hype like this they really need to make more PS5s
People gona riot! 😅
@Danloaded All 3 were supposed to end with the "core" haha Their first EP and album were definitely in the deathcore trend when it was big. Think it's making a bit of a resurgence now, as well. I doubt they'd leave the radio rock station sound they have going now, though. Too much money lol
I wonder if the sequel will outsell Spider-Man now that they gave Zero Dawn away for free? I got a few people to download it and try it. Then again, Marvel is Disney and they sell a lot of movie tickets to kids so it's possible that Spider-Man won't be topped.
I like that people didn't believe the reveal trailer would match the retail game. It looks even better now and, yes, it's gameplay. Oh yeah it's not finished (scoop) and still need polish but that s different.
Horizon II is going to sell like gangbusters. The first 10m+ first-party game for the PS5 imo.
@wiiware @Paranoimia @Mashgyan @TheArt @rjejr @Turismo4GT @mrobinson91 @RBMango Also hyped for Forbidden West!
Do you think they will remaster the first game for PS5?
@KidBoruto a remaster of the first game would be unlikely. An upgrade such as 60fps is much more likely. The game already looks beautiful.
@TheArt Im happy with some color we have enough grey and gloomy games around.
@KidBoruto I don't think so, maybe sony will add 60 fps option like ghost, ratchet ps4, and tlou2. But I'm okay if sony remake horizon zd with horizon forward west engine
@wiiware @Mashgyan Yeah true, a native PS5 upgrade/patch is more likely than a remaster.
Same here wiiware, would love it if they remade the game with Forbidden West game engine.
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