"They're a form of creatures that have never been seen," he said. They're a curiosity to behold, but Norris said that the machines of Horizon serve a special purpose. These robots range from smaller, deer-like creatures to massive threats unlike any animal alive today. "They're a form of creatures that have never been seen."Īloy and her ability to take down machines was well-documented at E3, thanks to demos both on-stage at Sony's E3 press conference and behind closed doors. Enter Aloy, a young hunter outcast from her tribal society. Animal-like robots roam its open fields, and they're not terribly friendly. Horizon's world is green, lush and filled with much scarier monsters than your average zombie. It's a "post-post-apocalyptic" world - in other words, don't expect the barren wasteland most end-of-the-world games seem to favor.
Horizon Zero Dawn is a third-person, open-world game set 1,000 years after the fall of civilization. With Horizon Zero Dawn, the company is looking to expand its work into the realm of role-playing games with its "most ambitious game" yet, senior producer Mark Norris told Polygon.