Gadgetory

in most fantasy video games the hero discovers an ancient magic or has some kind of special power bestowed upon them in horizon zero dawn however there's a twist the ancient magic is while technology there's magic with old fantasy in this game everything you experience in this game should be grounded in science fiction the designers should be able to explain the reason why that is a certain way we spent a few hours playing an extended preview of the game and one thing was quickly apparent there's a richness to the world here that goes a lot deeper than just hey that looks cool we do anthropological research and we find that the way a culture is created comes into existence is determined by the resources that are available if you aren't familiar with horizon zero dawn you play a loi a wild fierce young woman seeking answers about her family in a world full of strange robotic creatures and primitive tribes wary of technology so the humans that are left in smaller tribes they are now in this world where the machines are dominant but they've never known a world without these machines so in a way you see this Bronze Age kind of weaponry you see the bows you see the spheres but they will also harvest elements of these machines and they use them in their integrity to craft stuff to make stuff to be able to fight these machines a law uses ancient technology that lets her scan areas and gain an advantage over the machines by overwriting them or using her hunting skills to take them out classic action RPG elements come into play including crafting gathering gear upgrades and skill enhancements but for us combat was the high point during the demo with plenty of strange weapons and makeshift traps to use on your enemies you'll find lots of ways to defeat both machine and man using some of that old technology in this world is going to be really fun based on our time with the game we tend to agree and we're looking forward to the full experience when horizon zero dawn hits PlayStation 4 on februari 28