Sony Finally Confirms Horizon Co-Op Game, Horizon Hunters Gathering for PS5, PC

It's impossible to guess anymore when Playstation will announce something...

I liked the game's visuals.

Bro, what da hell are those character designs? Has Sony learned nothing out of the Concord disaster 😭

Not the biggest fan of the artstyle but willing to give it a chance. I'm sure this won't be well received by the majority but looks like it could be fun with friends

Let’s be real this looks terrible. The fact it got announced randomly on a Thursday afternoon doesn’t do much for confidence either. This generation of PlayStation continues to be such a disappointment. Extremely thankful for third party studios.

So many game developers are going with the "Saturday Morning Cartoon" aesthetic for games right now...

@LiamCroft Is there some kind of push behind the scenes to go for younger generations right now? I can't think of another reason why seemingly every game has this vibe.

I instantly hate the cartoony art style! Why is this graphical style so prevalent these days? In fact I detest the way gaming is going with the constant obsession with making everything live service. If this is successful horizon 3 will probably be the last single player game we see.

I like what I see so far. There's also mention of a narrative campaign in the blog post.

so it pretty much is a monster hunter stylized game in the horizon universe , could be interesting , would have to see more , hopefully theres an open beta to try out at some point.

The art style reminds of those really cool character lore videos for Apex Legends.

That art style is atrocious. 😖

I won't play it but that combat looked crunchy in a good way. Like the art style but I'm mixed on character designs. Some look nice some look bad.

A lot of people will use fortnite comparisons but the art reminds me of POP Lost Crown.

Push square should add a poll asking what people think of the art style because I think this one will split opinion quite a bit.

Would also be interesting to see how many of the original single player gamers that like horizon are interested in an online live service version. I imagine the percentage will be quite small which means this game needs to find a new audience

Really weird to announce this right before a rumored state of play

Sony, why are you spoiling your own state of play announcements?

@BamBamBaklava89 good point. Also this doesn’t bode well for the possibility of a State of Play this month if they are just announcing this randomly.

@Boxmonkey my man they mentioned three times that they're making Horizon 3 and single player games.

I wonder if they announced this separately from the State of Play because they feared a negative reaction to its inclusion.

Even if the game is good, the pile on has already started. Sums up most new games nowadays. People decide before even seeing the game. Obviously everyone's entitled to an opinion. Just annoys me that game get trashed without giving them a chance.For the record it not my type of game but im happy for most games to at least be given a chance.

The art style is abhorrent, the original games have a great art style, what were they thinking!

@BamBamBaklava89 Let's be real, it doesn't

@cainhurst94 I mean horizon 3 could be the last game in the franchise (that’s single player) not that they won’t ever make another single player game again.

I love Horizon, but I have no interest in multiplayer games, so this is an easy pass for me.

Loved the little mini Developer Direct! My first thought though is why not save this for the upcoming State of Play? Oh well, i guess that leaves more new things to show up there.

As for the game, i was pretty excited to hear about it, i like the story+co op elements and will keep an eye on developments, but i cant say that i’m really feeling all of it. They also went with the Fortnite esque artsyle (although this looks much better), which i dont hate, but cant say that i love it.

All in all, for the moment im kind of ‘meh’ on it, but happy to be convinced otherwise by future gameplay and reviews

@get2sammyb I think in motion it looks shockingly clean in combat with the exaggerated movement something that I found can be messy in foliage heavy areas of the main game. Also like that they're now openly talking about the Live Services.

I thought the artstyle looks nice. I believe this is the 1st time Guerilla use this cartoony style which is quite fresh since their previous games all used realistic style.

And while i'm not really a fan of co-op but this one still have a story campaign and that's good news.

Oh wow… another giant waste of money cool

I'm not a fan of the character designs, but I dig the rest of what they're showing. Two of my friends and I have been waiting for this Horizon co-op game for years.

Lmao here we go Doom and gloom gang

How can you fumble a Monster Hunter like Horizon game so big design wise?

I still don't know for sure if I'm interested or not.

But one thing that can be said with certainty is that the current fan base would probably kill itself if everyone had the PS3 at that time when Sony released a vast variety of games (including several multiplayer ones).

It's impressive that Sony has become hostage to an audience that only accepts one type of game: Third-person games focused on the single-player story. To the point where a developer has to say that they are still going to continue doing this IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANOTHER GAME.

@LogicStrikesAgain They did say back in September that Wolverine was being shown off in Spring so it might be February is a 3rd party only State of Play followed by April/May having a big Playstation Showcase.

@Boxmonkey the game director said this game will have a story campaign that can be played solo.

This actually looks great. Didn't expect the change in art style, but I dig it

@get2sammyb Remember Sammy it's "cool" to hate on everything nowadays

Just does not look appealing to me at all. I don't like the art, it sounds like a silly premise, and it feels like just another fortnite style copy cash grab.

Oi, not loving the art style. Reminds me of Fortnite mixed with dauntless/monster hunter gameplay. I thought their multiplayer venture was going to be more mmo rather than monster hunter.

@Grumblevolcano Most State of Plays focus on 3rd party, but i believe all of them also had new 1st party announcements in them as well.

I think Astro Bot, Ghost of Yotei, Saros and Marvel Tokon were all announced at SoP’s that predominantly focused on 3rd party games for the rest. Here’s hoping that GoW 2.5 game shows up at next weeks SoP 🤞🏼

I think the art direction they're going for looks fine, they likely went with this to help ease performance woes, especially a game that's multiplayer.

Can't wait not to play this.

The art style is a massive turn off for me. I like the realism of Horizon, this seems very Fortnite. I can only assume that there's too much of a resource overhead in that level of realism to manage with a multiplayer title. I was previously very interested in whatever the rumoured Monster Hunter style take on Horizon was going to be, much less so now that I've seen it.

@LogicStrikesAgain Maybe Sony don't want this game take the spotlight from some smaller games so they get this one out first.

@get2sammyb Not saying they're immune to critique but no one hates Sony more than Sony fans lol

Hermen Hulst needs to go.

He's completely out of touch with what the PlayStation audience want and has been a terrible custodian of the 1st party studios; allocating precious time and resources on multi platform live service garbage when they should have instead licensed out the properties to 3rd parties instead to free up 1st party to focus solely on making the best single player games for PS5 hardware. The visual style is such a blatant compromise to allow the game to scale to weaker platforms.

@get2sammyb I do think it's a neat art-style, but not for Horizon. I actually prefer the NCSoft one compared to this, at least it looks like an Horizon game.

@get2sammyb Yeah this is nothing look like Fortnite, not even the gameplay. I'm not sure where did some people got the Fortnite comparison. Last time i check Fortnite wasn't invented nor the 1st game who used cartoony style.

Looks pretty generic and not my cup of tea, but will wait for reviews…or wait until it’s on PS Plus.

@get2sammyb I’m one of the ones that said Fortnite esque artstyle, but i just watched some Fortnite footage, and you’re right. Its a totally different style. I actually had to look it up, because i’ve never played Fortnite, i’ve only seem gameplay passing through on ads and stuff lol. I guess it’s just the general feel of the artstyle and the UI that made me think of it, if that makes any sense. I do agree with @MFTWrecks that it looks more Arcane esque

Btw, not hating the artstyle at all, but personally not really my cup of tea

@PuppetMaster Yes, my thoughts as well

This looks like a slightly more stylized Arcane, which literally won awards for its gorgeous art style.

I think it looks far more interesting visually than Horizon itself. I dig the f out of it. But, I love when games go for stylized looks versus realism. It gives them more character and identity, imo.

Let’s see what game will be more successful:

Horizon Steel Frontiers (the Chinese one)
or
Horizon Hunters Gathering (the Dutch one)

I wouldn’t bet on HHG!

@LogicStrikesAgain There's been some 3rd party only State of Plays like August 2020 and October 2021.

Awful. I like the Horizon games, even the one from Lego but I will easily pass on this one.

…my god this looks horrible.

Every bit of that trailer just made me want to avoid this game completely. It was like the anti-trailer.

Nope. I loved Horizon 1 and 2. This…

The artstyle looks like generic multiplayer nonsense to me. Fortnite, Concord, Highguard, Apex, etc.

The game may be good but the art direction is very uninspired in my humble opinion.

While I am not overly excited or anything I have a feeling that in MH-Wilds dissapointment; this will be successful.

I don't like the art style also but I assume being an online focused game and reaching out to most of PCs etc made them decide this kind of style.

Really enjoyed Zero Dawn, Forbidden West and the Lego Horizons adventure but have zero interest in online play so this isn’t for me, but I do like the art style.

@Grumblevolcano I dont understand your point. Are you saying the next SoP might be full third party based on two SoP’s 5/6 years ago?

I dont know if this will be a purely 3rd party SoP or not btw, i’m not claiming anything, i was merely saying that most have had some kind of 1st party presence even if the main focus was 3rd party. And i personally hope GoW 2.5 shows up

Wow, exactly what I wanted from Horizon. Fortnite crap... After all the cancellations from Sony first party, this generation has been so underwhelming. Truly the lost generation of Sony first party. If all this effort was put into Horizon 3, it would probably be right around the corner. I wouldn't expect it till next gen at this point.

Why do people think that it is not OK to dislike something? Not liking change in art direction isn't the same thing as "hating" it.

You promote something and make a comments section but get defensive if people don't like what you want them to like. Sheesh.

I hope not, but this game is doomed.

@WhoderMan Tbf to him, i think its not about people hating on the artstyle, but people comparing it to Fortnite (which i did as well). And looking at it closer, it does not look like Fortnite, and is indeed a bit of a lazy comparison as he said

If games like Toyko Jungle or Gravity Rush came out now you would all lose your minds holy f**k.

Artstyle is like Darksiders meets Arcane. Looks like a fun time, will give it a go. And if it's not for me, well I'll move on and play something else.

@LogicStrikesAgain
To each their own, and if you like the looks of it thwn I hope you enjoy it!

Unfortunately, to me it looks like a lot of the multiplayer hero shooters already available. Fortnite, Apex Legends, Overwatch, Concord and Highguard just off the top of my head.

They all seem to want ALL of the players in the world and therefore go for a generic artstyle that they think will appeal to the most people.

Honestly, I would have vastly preferred that this look like Horizon: ZD or Horizon: FW.

Another flop coming up.
We will feeel Jim Ryan's legacy for the years to come, I guess.

@WhoderMan I’m actually not a 100% sold on the artstyle myself.

But i was actually replying to this comment of yours:

Why do people think that it is not OK to dislike something? Not liking change in art direction isn't the same thing as "hating" it.
You promote something and make a comments section but get defensive if people don't like what you want them to like. Sheesh.

I assumed that last part was meant towards sammyb, hence my comment, but maybe i was wrong

@SuperSilverback Gravity Rush and Tokyo Jungle are not fair comparisons at all. Those were unique and looked great.

This art style reminds me of Clash of Clans with the cartoony smirks. That is not meant as a compliment, I’m afraid.

But to each their own! For Guerilla’s sake I hope it does well. I just utterly hate how this looks and will patiently wait for Horizon 3 in the meantime.

@WhoderMan couldn’t agree more! People and publications run defence for games that the general public reject all the time. But it’s the “haters” that are at fault. They should just consume all the stuff they don’t want.

I think it’s a game specifically designed to not appeal to me. It’s everything I can’t be arsed with in one game.

This looks pretty cool! Love the tactical options. No one thinks this kind of gameplay is similar to Nightreign?

Also low-key disappointed that you will play from a selection of heroes rather than creating your own character, but I suppose it's easier to make and sell skins that way.

Hmm, just looks like Dauntless, and that shut down last year. Is the Horizon IP enough to carry this long term, I dunno tbh...

It looks more like a sequel to Dauntless than it does a new game in the Horizon series.
Not really sure how I feel about it tbh, the graphics look nice, taken on their own, but I'm not sure about the gameplay loop from what they've shown (plus, another hero based game, ugh). As a Horizon fan, this isn't really what I was expecting, nor dare I say, what I wanted.

I am glad they are releasing it, looks promising better than canning another project 😆 rip tlou factions.

I wonder if this will also release on Xbox and Switch 2. 🙂

It actually looks pretty good imo. I'm not the biggest fan of the art style but it isn't enough to dissuade me either. Combat looks fast and flashy in a fun way. I also like the various ways to play with the different scenarios. (One looks very Nightreign coded while another looks more Destiny raid based or something) My biggest holdup is really just trying to convince two other friends to try this with me as Horizon isn't as popular with my friend group.

We'll see. I like Horizon so I might give it a whirl.

As a fan of the Horizon franchise, I'm willing to give it a check.

The division in the opinions of the art style is wild lol.

This ain't Horizon, and definitely not what I was expecting it to look like. Disappointed is putting it lightly.

The only good thing about this seems to be the rock opera version of Aloy's Theme.