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Microsoft hiring for Horizon Zero Dawn-like game, maybe by Playground (Forza Horizon)

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scitek

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This is not to you personally but ...I have to cackle a bit

The fact that someone of y'all keep so much tabs on this stuff just tells me that all of y'all got waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to much time on y'all hands. I don't get the self righteous stance of trying not to look like a fanboy but still can collect or memorize when certain threads are going one way and not the other etc etc...don't you think it's kind of ridiculous? lol. Not you persay but the entire idea of this? It's not passion for games that's doing this at all.

Reminds me of this GAF member... He got tired of people making new threads asking "what are some good games?" every time they bought a new PSP, so he kept a list he'd post in their thread.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=12621554&postcount=14
 
This is an *embarrassing* thread

Playground getting to do a non-Forza game is exciting, I can't wait to see what they get to do

To note: it's not MS doing this tweet, but a recruitment agency.
Which is not that unusual.
This is also an incredibly important point that was glossed over on the first page
 

xxracerxx

Don't worry, I'll vouch for them.
Far Cry? The new Tomb Raider games have crafting from animals you kill too.

Horizon was literally Tomb Raider with robot dinosaurs. Which is completely ok. The new Tomb Tiader games are fucking awesome, which by extension means HZD is fucking awesome.

But the game plays very differently than Tomb Raider. The main comparisons you can make are female lead, using a bow and crafting.
 
Getting really funny seeing MS do nothing but react to everything Sony does this entire gen.
They've done several things that Sony has fallen behind on, like crossplay (initially chasing Sony on this but have since surpassed them), game returns, and Play Anywhere.

Sony needs to do better on a lot of things. Just because a recruiter used a Sony property in a job description doesn't mean MS are literally copying their game.

A Horizon style game on XBOX sounds dope as hell.
 

GlamFM

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Why, WHY is this a shit thread!?

Guys! Seriously!

Can we be anything but negative these days?

Why has this place become so fucking toxic?

And when?

Why shit on this game we know NOTHING about, the XBOX X and Horizon?

Why? Fuck.
 

timberger

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It really is pathetic how bitter some of you continue to be over the success of Horizon. Get over it already.

Can't face reading this thread in full, but has Zelda come up yet? Just to know if we've run the full routine again.

Then Uncharted implemented Gear of War gameplay and made it into their own.

Except both games were in development at the same time and developers on both have cited the same title as having inspired the gameplay on both games. Oops...
 
They've done several things that Sony has fallen behind on, like crossplay (initially chasing Sony on this but have since surpassed them), game returns, and Play Anywhere.

Sony needs to do better on a lot of things. Just because a recruiter used a Sony property in a job description doesn't mean MS are literally copying their game.
Sony will evolve or die, can we go back to the OP discussion?
 
Why, WHY is this a shit thread!?

Guys! Seriously!

Can we be anything but negative these days?

Why has this place become so fucking toxic?

And when?

Why shit on this game we know NOTHING about, the XBOX X and Horizon?

Why? Fuck.

Because console wars are alive and well.
 

BLAUcopter

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Meh. I stopped playing Horizon about 80% or so through because it was a reskinned Ubisoft game. I have no interest in a reskinned reskin on Xbone.
Did better than me. I didn't even make it out of the "tutorial" area with the gates. Pretty game but very Ubisoft-esque. Not sure why it gets a free pass..... oh wait.
 

Freiya

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Microsoft doesn't confirm new IP =
"Where the hell are the new IPs?! Phil is a liar!!"

Microsoft confirms they're working on a big new IP akin to a recent highly successful game =
"So original." "Too late."

They can't win can they? It's a recruitment pitch. They want to give people an idea of the type of game they're envisioning.
As someone who blasted MS all e3 I'm happy to hear this news.
 
The only thing I got from that tweet was that the style of the art was similar to Horizon Zero Dawn not that the gameplay would be similar. It was for an Environment Artist after all.
 

Unknown?

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Getting really funny seeing MS do nothing but react to everything Sony does this entire gen.
They've always been reactionary. Forza was in response to GT3 being a behemoth. Then Lips ripping off SingStar. Then Dance Central to capture the Just Dance/Wii craze. Just to name a few.

I want MS to do their own thing and not be a "me too" console. I know Sony and Nintendo do this too but to a lesser extent.
 

ByWatterson

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They've always been reactionary. Forza was in response to GT3 being a behemoth. Then Lips ripping off SingStar. Then Dance Central to capture the Just Dance/Wii craze. Just to name a few.

I want MS to do their own thing and not be a "me too" console. I know Sony and Nintendo do this too but to a lesser extent.

There's truth to this, but if another console giant is pursuing and therefore propping up single player experience, it's good for us and for the industry.
 
How about a true open world Fable game that fulfills the vision the first game had? That would be great and they still have the IP laying around.
 
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