LEGO Horizon Adventures Has One Major Benefit The Mainline Games Lack

Sony revealed the first trailer for at Summer Game Fest 2024. The title is an adaptation of Guerrilla Games' acclaimed open-world series in the colorful LEGO aesthetic, following the release of LEGO's -themed building sets. Unlike the series, which launched as PlayStation exclusives before moving to PC, will be a multiplatform release at launch, coming to PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, along with Nintendo Switch, bringing the series to Nintendo's console for the first time.

' reveal trailer showed an isometric perspective with gameplay more akin to the wider LEGO franchise than, and while it didn't give any real information surrounding the game's story, all of the main features players have come to expect from the series are still present.

Aloy can be seen combining futuristic technology with ancient weaponry to take on various mechanical dinosaur-esque beasts, with the iconic Thunderjaw seen rampaging through the world at one point. Unlike the main games, however, has one major feature fans had been hoping for.

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During ' Summer Game Fest reveal, Aloy breaks the fourth wall to tell the trailer's narrator, "" before a gameplay sequence showed her teaming up with Varl through various levels. A PlayStation Blog that accompanied the trailer confirmed players can play the game solo or with another player via couch or online co-op, with the game being designed for two-player gameplay without the need for split-screen.

As is often the case with LEGO games, the second player's character will likely have slightly different skills and abilities. Usually these enable them to access new locations or unlock different items, either during the main story or a Free-Play version of a level that can be revisited later. While a very different direction for Aloy, a multiplayer experience is one the mainline