{"id":125449,"date":"2024-11-13T18:51:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T11:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125449"},"modified":"2024-11-13T18:51:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T11:51:27","slug":"lego-horizon-adventures-the-kotaku-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125449","title":{"rendered":"Lego Horizon Adventures: The Kotaku Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">I really liked Lego Horizon Adventures, a game that\u2019s exactly what it sounds like. It tells an embellished version of the events of <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/horizon-zero-dawn-ps5-remaster-graphics-screenshot-1851676141\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Horizon Zero Dawn;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Horizon Zero Dawn<\/a>, the first game in Guerrilla\u2019s series of post-apocalyptic open-world adventures, with colorful Lego bricks and the slapstick humor you\u2019d expect from a lovingly made YouTube parody, all wrapped up in a simple but sometimes challenging platformer. But it\u2019s also such a strange experiment by Sony and developer Guerrilla Games that I\u2019m curious as to why Horizon was the series the PlayStation gods decreed should get a spin-off built in Legos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Lego Horizon Adventures\u2019 strangest twist to Horizon\u2019s world concerns its main character, Aloy, as she\u2019s a bit of an odd fit for the otherwise cheery and bright world of Lego adaptations. The bow-wielding protagonist of nearly every piece of Horizon media is often characterized as stoic, stubborn, and maybe even a little curt toward people struggling to make sense of a world that is rapidly changing. The Aloy minifigure of Lego Horizon Adventures, by contrast, is a silly little gal who\u2019s just happy to be here. I get the tone shift from super-serious action RPG to family-friendly platformer, but I was surprised Guerrilla didn\u2019t go the Lego Batman route of playing up Aloy\u2019s seriousness against a more comical backdrop.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Screenshot: Sony \/ Kotaku\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/j8VXQFkZkWhhz0s_VXqwUw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/kotaku_564\/4e7981a95885e517c12ed6a56f13917d\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Screenshot: Sony \/ Kotaku<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The upshot of losing Aloy\u2019s broody demeanor is that Lego Horizon Adventures is a genuine hoot. The game effectively spoofs the post-apocalyptic, lore-driven story that fans have come to know and love by poking fun at just how silly it all sounds when you try and describe it to someone who doesn\u2019t play these games. I admire just how willing Guerrilla was to strip the story of Horizon Zero Dawn downto its barest parts, taking none of it seriously. There are some good bits, banter, and buffoonery between shooting Aloy\u2019s blocky bow or swinging Erend\u2019s Lego-on-a-stick. I forget how endearing Horizon\u2019s characters can be when I\u2019m not playing one of these games, and even these exaggerated imitations reminded me that I am at least a little bit attached to Aloy and her friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Though I have my questions and quibbles about how Lego Horizon Adventures chose to exaggerate the personalities of its characters, when I\u2019m fighting robot dinosaurs made up of Lego blocks, I see the vision behind the whole game. Lego Horizon Adventures adapts Horizon\u2019s concepts into the usual Lego game structure pretty well. Seeing Aloy and friends turn into blocky blades of red grass as they move through different patches to hide from enemies made me chuckle, but striking foes in weak points and watching them break off like they would in any Horizon game is when Lego Horizon Adventures clicked. It\u2019s still got a lot of the collectathon platformer dressings of most Lego games, and most of its platforming is pretty bog standard and unremarkable, but there was care taken here to make it feel like a Horizon game.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Screenshot: Sony \/ Kotaku\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/u2MCC49z6_1s8Gz5GC0qBA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/kotaku_564\/cf044b575b1edcf5d20bc60aa38d5179\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-[4] size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Screenshot: Sony \/ Kotaku<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Though the fights don\u2019t feel as dire and overwhelming in scale as those in the main Horizon games do, the same basic principles from Zero Dawn and Forbidden West still apply. Most of Lego Horizon Adventures has you running through blocky recreations of Guerrilla\u2019s world, almost exclusively broken up by encounters with hordes of foes that are easy enough to handle in one-on-one duels, but can become chaotic, and even challenging, when they gang up on you. As they do in other Horizon games, each robot has specific weak points to target and break off for extra damage, but it\u2019s not until you reach some of the higher-ranking foes that this kind of precision feels necessary. Otherwise, it\u2019s just about firing arrows in the general direction of an enemy, but there are enough tools and different playstyles between characters to shake things up. Some of these are ripped right out of Horizon, such as the tripwires that are evocative of the Tripcaster in the main games. However, there are also some weirder inclusions, like a hot dog stand that throws explosives around a small area\u2014which, sure, is nice to have, but also felt out of place in a game that usually feels focused on paying tribute to the source material. And that identity issue doesn\u2019t just begin and end at the lethal hot dog stand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Though Horizon fingerprints are all over this game as you\u2019d expect, there are also other cross-universe Lego promotions in Lego Horizon Adventures, and those can be pretty jarring. Why is Aloy able to wear Ninjago costumes and engage in other cross-promo silliness? Is that part of the deal of being a Lego game? Is every property set in some kind of multiverse full of other properties spilling buckets of blocks onto each other? It\u2019s a small nitpick in the grand scheme of things, because when Lego Horizon Adventures commits to the bit of parodying Horizon, it\u2019s at its most enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Lego Horizon Adventures is a fun little experiment, one that I wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see Sony do again if this takes off. Could it become a trend for Sony, which has gotten so risk-averse with its big franchises, to create more Lego parodies of its biggest names? Maybe. I would be thrilled to see something like Lego God of War poke fun at Kratos and Atreus\u2019 dysfunctional father\/son relationship. Horizon feels like such an oddball pick for a Lego game that I can\u2019t imagine this being just a one-off made to fill the gap between 2022\u2019s <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/horizon-forbidden-west-the-kotaku-review-1848524470\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Forbidden West;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Forbidden West<\/a> and whatever\u2019s next.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Sony is leaning harder into franchise development by expanding its games onto other platforms and even into other mediums <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/secret-level-amazon-armored-core-playstation-keanu-1851627812\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:like film and television;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">like film and television<\/a> these days. The cynic in me could easily call this a play to expand Horizon and other series into additional avenues of revenue. Horizon already has Lego sets to buy, and brand synergy gets money flowing faster than you can say \u201ctie-in toy.\u201d At the very least, Lego Horizon Adventures feels like a game made with a lot of love for the property it\u2019s based on rather than a cynical cash grab. 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