Horizon: Zero Dawn Release Date Revealed to be February 28th, 2017
We’re really excited for Horizon: Zero Dawn. We’re not kind of excited, or sorta excited… we are really, REALLY excited. You know what else we’re excited about? The Horizon: Zero Dawn release date has been announced and we’ll all be able to play it on February 28th, 2017. Many people were hoping for it to release this year, but at least February isn’t too far away. To celebrate the announcement, Guerrilla Games has released a brand spanking new trailer!
When we saw Horizon: Zero Dawn for the first time last year we had this to say about our behind closed doors look;
The magnum opus of the presentation was a fierce battle between Aloy and the massive Thunderjaw. This bastard is daunting to say the least. It stands at 80 feet tall, 33 feet wide and is comprised of 271 animations, 550000 polygons (WHAT!?), 97 plates of armour that can be targeted and destroyed to expose weak points. The Thunderjaw can hit back with 12 different attacks ranging from a gatling gun to a mouth laser, a foot stomp, a tail swipe and more. To sum it up… the Thunderjaw’s purpose is to go out there and ruin your whole day.
The encounter between Aloy and the Thunderjaw was a war. Fast paced and frenetic, it took a variety of tactics to bring the beast to its end. Using electric arrows, Aloy was able to briefly stun the Thunderjaw. Then, by specifically targeting them, she took out its disc launchers so it could no longer use them as an offense. As the creature weakened Aloy was able to use the ropecaster to eventually trip up and tie down the Thunderjaw whereby she could expose its central core and finish it.
This brought the demo to an end and judging from the response of my colleagues in attendance, I was not the only person impressed with what I’d seen. A very cool amalgamation of primitive humanity versus high technology is something we’ve yet to see much of in a video game. The setting is one of the most unique we’ve seen in years. The combat is tactical and needs to be approached not only with intelligence but with a little ingenuity too. Gamers have a long way to go before they see Horizon Zero Dawn hit their PS4 consoles, but I imagine you’d be hard pressed to find anyone out there who doesn’t have this one on their watch list.
We’ll surely see much more at E3 so keep it locked to COGconnected for updates.