“The key reason for that is that quite a few years ago, we prototyped riding the bigger machines for the first game, and we noticed that if you put the gameplay camera behind that, it makes Aloy really, really small on the screen,” he explained. However, players can ride the Clawstrider, and although de Jonge declined to provide further details, he did tease that “there might be more” new machines for players to ride. We added the glider so you can quickly go down as well, which really speeds up traversal.”ĭe Jonge also delivered the unfortunate news that players won’t be able to ride the Tremortusk.

Even without the ping though, you can always climb up places. Second, thalassophobia mode makes it easier for Horizon Forbidden West players to see underwater by making a significant adjustment to the visual ambiance. “At night for example, when you cannot see climbing points immediately, you can ping it just to see more clearly. “The Focus ping is only for places where the light conditions are bad,” de Jonge told Hardware Zone. The hunting grounds leave you to figure that out for yourself. A message literally popped up and said I couldn't continue because I didn't have something yet. There is only one arena and it's unlocked mid-game. Additionally, Horizon Forbidden West won’t require players to use Focus often. That's not the arena, those are hunting grounds I think. In the first game, the developer specifically added yellow climbing handholds for players to climb set places. Horizon Forbidden West Vista Points serve as puzzles within the game world, and there are nine of them in total to track down and work out a solution for. Elswhere in the interview, de Jonge said that unlike Horizon Zero Dawn, the upcoming title will allow players to climb anywhere in its open world.

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