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GymratAmarillo on 21 October 2024
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twintail said:
Otter said:

I'm very curious to see how Horizon Lego does. The game looks great but I do think Sony have misinterpreted the attachments players have to that world & characters. IMO the lego styling and multiplayer experience would have been better suited as an expansion to other IPs like Ratchet even God of War... hell it could of been the perfect place to reboot the Ape Escape IP with a crazy adventure/party MP game inspired and pegged them as sonys equivalents to the Rabbids/Minions.

If it does well for the Horizon IP, that'll of course be great.

Besides GoW, Horizon is a vastly better selling, more popular and well-known IP than either Ratchet and Ape Escape. It also has 3 new games incoming, so it makes sense that Horizon was used. Its a kids-friendly gateway into the IP at large.

But I imagine this is something Guerilla pursued more than Sony looking to jump into a partnership with Lego.

It's not that I don't think Guerrila didn't ask for this but in Sony's company showcase they said their next move to increase the PS market was selling merchandising and LEGO is as big as it gets when you are trying to sell merch so of course Sony wants to have a partnership with one of the biggest toy sellers in the world. As you said, if this game works maybe people who never were interested in Horizon are going to play the main titles and if this game works they can sell merchandise and reach even more people because it's easier to make a lego lover/cute games lover/ kid to like Horizon in LEGO form than making many Horizon core fans who think family games aren't for adults to like the game and to buy merchandise.