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Norion on 18 January 2025
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twintail said:
Norion said:

I do think if it gets cancelled that the failure of the Lego game could potentially be a factor in that decision cause it is a bad sign for the appeal of the Horizon IP outside of the main games. The lack of interest compared to The Skywalker Saga is very stark even when taking the better reception of that into account, like people barely cared when it was revealed to the extent that the main discussion surrounding it was it getting a Switch port. There's also that the VR game didn't make much of a splash so the IP likely having poor spin-off potential is a fair assessment I'd say.

Now this isn't to say that they should cancel it, it's probably worth releasing at least one of these live service spin-offs to see how it performs but I don't have high hopes for it.

Lego games are not even big sellers to begin with, and I think most of us all agreed upon announcement that there was little to no overlap between Horizon and Lego fanbases to begin with. If they want to explore expanding the IP then they can do that: after all there isn't just the 3rd mainline title in development, there's the MP title, a mobile MP title and a movie. 

I'm not even sure why you compare Horizon Lego to Star Wars: the latter is legacy IP that is still incredibly popular today, and the game itself contains all 9 movies in it, Horizon was just the first game. 

And who actually thought the VR game was going to make a splash? It's a lunch title for an expensive set of hardware that requires an expensive PS5 to buy first.

I'm sorry, but these critiques into Horizon are incredibly reaching. If the MP game gets cancelled then so be it, but a Monster Hunter-like where you fight robo dinosaurs/ animals has a lot of potential. 

I'm comparing to show just how little interest there was despite the Horizon IP being involved. The very low amount of interest despite Aloy being all over the marketing can't be dismissed since it's not a good sign for the IP's spin-off potential when the main face of it doesn't get people that excited.

For the VR one interest in it was minimal compared to Half-Life: Alyx. Now there are of course factors for that like Alyx being the first Half-Life game in over a decade at the time but again the massive gap in interest and how little it did for the PSVR 2 can't be dismissed.

I really don't think it's reaching to critique the spin-off potential of the Horizon series when so far attempts at that haven't exactly gone that well. You're right there's potential there and something like that and the upcoming film for it will be bigger tests for the IP and it'd be nice if they exceed my expectations but I'm not expecting that much for the time being.