Etter å ha produsert skytespillserien Killzone i ti år jobber Guerrilla Games nå med noe helt annet. Vi snakker om det særdeles lovende actionspillet Horizon: Zero Dawn, som er satt til en frodig verden der dinosaurliknende roboter har arvet planeten vår.
I hovedrollen finner vi en modig og kapabel kvinne kalt Aloy, og valget om å gå for en kvinnelig protagonist hadde å gjøre med ambisjonene om å skape noe helt annerledes enn Killzone:
- When we started with a concept we felt like we had a pretty fresh mix of ingredients; the BBC nature documentary kind of feel, and then the sci-fi elements with the robots. We also felt like we need a fresh main character. We've been making Killzone games; we've done male protagonists for quite a while. Now, we wanted to do something else."
"We're switching from first-person shooter to open-world action RPG. Everything is shifting, so this was another thing we wanted to try. And we felt like a female character like Aloy would fit in really well, kommenterer spillregissør Mathijs de Jonge til Gamespot.
Han understreker dog at hvilket kjønn Aloy er ikke er så vesentlig, da det er personligheten hennes som former henne:
- What we have been focusing on is not if it's male or female, but it's more to figure out her personality. Make her personality really interesting. And also the way she looks; make that feel like she's really a tribal hunter. That fits in this world and surroundings.
She's very curious and determined, and she wants to explore the world and figure out these mysteries. And hopefully we can give the player the same feeling; you want to know what's out there, you want to discover these new Machines, you want to meet the new tribes. That's how we've mostly designed her character, avslutter de Jonge.
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Etter en utsettelse er Horizon: Zero Dawn nå planlagt lansert den 27. februar. Spillet kommer kun til Playstation 4.