It released on steam later including a sequel that did even worse than the first with a 160peak but generally Lego doesn't sell on steam.
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LEGO Horizon Adventures Peaks at 602 Concurrent Users on Steam
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Saber
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And it counts myself and my brother as someone to add to that number, but then what? Still a unpopular thanks to it's incredibly boring story and characters, I can't remember a single thing about this game. Why people didn't buy Lego Horizon if is as popular as you said?
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Little Chicken
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ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
It's just Playstation fanboy trying to find excuses.
Bond007
Member
I think they need to give the Horizon series a break. Give us sometime to want another cause right now- its probably a good 10-15yrs before id say that.
Its my least favorite Sony series but i understand the appeal and the visuals- but its no Uncharted.
Of all the games to get a LEGO- this aint it.
Its my least favorite Sony series but i understand the appeal and the visuals- but its no Uncharted.
Of all the games to get a LEGO- this aint it.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Bomba?
Already down to 50% discounts.
Already down to 50% discounts.
GrayChild
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Pejo
Member
I'd imagine the quality of this game isn't any better or worse than any other Lego game, but Horizon straight up doesn't have enough iconic characters to drive an entire game. You have Aloy, then you have uh... Scruffy tribal guy. And Ugly pelt wearing woman. Some vague robotic mechanical animals of various familiar shapes.
That's not $60~ dollars worth of perceivable value. Frankly I don't think it's even $30 or $40 worth.
I don't think Sony really has an IP that's strong enough with enough iconic characters to carry a Lego game. Maybe Lego Sony where they can get the main characters/antagonists from a bunch of games and mix them together.
Sentenza
Member
No shit.
I wonder if it performed any better on Playstation (and how much), incidentally.
sainraja
Member
You have to consider target audience and maybe this is where they failed too. People that like and play Horizon games, are probably not the audience for a lego-based game. I don't think it is as simple as the IP itself not having reach since the main line games did sell.
So, perhaps, kids weren't playing the Horizon games. I wonder how different this game is compared to older lego games because you'd think fans of those games would still get it (and maybe they did, they are just not that many) and hopefully this has sold close to the older lego games. Unless most people got the older ones due to the Marvel theme.
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Generic
Member
I'm sad the game did poorly, but I'm also happy because Sony will quickly release it on the PS+.
STARSBarry
Gold Member
So I actually bought this for my PS5 Pro.
I played it once for a few hours and haven't touched it since. Its one of the worst lego games I've played. It's not really what I was expecting it just feels very very basic with that weird top down view.
It's main issue it's just not a very good lego game compared to the other main entries and feels much more like a budget title.
I played it once for a few hours and haven't touched it since. Its one of the worst lego games I've played. It's not really what I was expecting it just feels very very basic with that weird top down view.
It's main issue it's just not a very good lego game compared to the other main entries and feels much more like a budget title.
Interfectum
Member
I believe it bombed on Switch too. Never really saw it on any best sellers list and if it was there it quickly dropped off. Not even kids want that Horizon shit.
Saber
Newd Member
It incredibly outperfomed on Switch, not appearing on any list. Kids probably don't know who the fuck this character is and neither want this it seems. They would rather prefer the so well know and fun Mario games, more obvious than that it can't be.
Gambit2483
Member
Exactly. It plays nothing like previous LEGO games. There's no focus on tightly designed levels with puzzles and environmental interactions.
And to top it off there's no interesting/iconic areas to see with LEGO-fied versions of iconic characters to fight/explore within. In other words the IP is not strong enough to make up for the lack of classic LEGO gameplay.
They would have done better designing it like LEGO City Undercover where there's a large open world to explore with tons of open world puzzles to solve and several tightly designed levels with puzzles.
Trogdor1123
Member
I actually really want to play this. The Lego games are great
STARSBarry
Gold Member
I will warn you, this game is nothing like those. I bought it with the same expectations.
It's certainly not the good main series entries your thinking of, it's much more basic, to a level I can't imagine it even holds children's attention.
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Trogdor1123
Member
That is seriously disappointing. Appreciate the heads up.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Sony was crazy believing that the Horizon IP/Aloy was on the same level as Batman, Spider-man, The Avengers, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars.
Doing all these unnecessary Horizon games both past and present (i.e. Horizon multiplayer online game) is going to make people sick and tired of the whole franchise much faster than it usually would.
Doing all these unnecessary Horizon games both past and present (i.e. Horizon multiplayer online game) is going to make people sick and tired of the whole franchise much faster than it usually would.
Fake
Member
As I played countless hours of HZD, IMO, Horizon universe is not THAT bad. Robot dinosaur are indeed appealing.
But Aloy and his gang are so fucking trash. The only char I like in this entire shit franchise was Sylens because is intelligently arrogant.
Mainly Aloy. I tried many times to like her, but dude is impossible. Horrible horrilble character.
People end up liking the franchise because graphics. You remove that and the love is gone.
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justiceiro
Marlboro: Other M
Should have ported the first horizon game to switch first, to familiarize the audience with the character first.
SEGAvangelist
Member
I liked the first Horizon and still need to play Forbidden West. I don't see why a LEGO game was ever considered for it, though. It's not a big enough IP.
LectureMaster
Has Man Musk
Just saw at my local Costco, it's jover.
StreetsofBeige
Member
Looking at that cover, the avg person wouldnt even be able to tell there's robot dinosaurs. And the lead character in the middle looks like a red headed guy holding a torch, wearing a furry vest. I think thats supposed to be more of her hair.Just saw at my local Costco, it's jover.
Saber
Newd Member
Just saw at my local Costco, it's jover.
Hmm...this or Mario Party(right next to it)?
Kids had a though decision.
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StreetsofBeige
Member
I bought the first MP game for my nieces. Great game BUT it's a very sluggish slow moving game from spot to spot. It was a slog. I thought it'd be constant goofy games on every spot landed on by any of us. It's not like that.
If the newer MP games improved on this, get it. It's stupid fun, especially if 4 people play. I'll totally admit I had fun goofing around in MP with my bro's kids.
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Humdinger
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I liked Aloy in the first game. I tend to like stories about outcasts, outsiders, and underdogs, so that was part of the appeal for me. I also liked the character arc she went through, discovering her origins, her identity, and how all that tied into the world's history. Her personality was fine in the first game - nothing unique, sort of bland, but nothing off-putting, either. In Frozen Wilds, she even developed a sense of humor.
In HFW, though, things changed. She wasn't an outcast or outsider anymore. She was adored by everyone as savior of the world. She was serious and grim. She had no time for people, even old friends that had helped her in the last game. She was a strong and independent woman - an entitled princess, more like - who didn't need nobody and was gonna save the world all by herself, damn you get out of her way. At least that's how she was for the first section of the game. It really put me off. There only character arc in the second game involved her overcoming her entitled princess attitude and returning to her previous personality, more or less. Boring. Way too talkative, too. And then they turned her into a lesbian in the expansion, lol.
So in my view, Aloy was an interesting and sympathetic character in the first game but largely an annoying one in the second.
Sorcerer
Member
But why would kids not ever exposed to Horizon (a game I would think would be a bit difficult to grasp for the intended ages of Lego games) ever care about this game? Never mind that Aloy's character seems less and less kid friendly as time goes on My only thought was this was a way to introduce the series to the Nintendo audience and have a remaster double pack of the previous games ready for Switch 2 launch. But even that thinking is kind of backwards. Chicken and egg type thing.
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Wolzard
Member
The first game sold through bundles and because it was visually good for the PS4. However, I know a lot of people who drop the game because they found it too boring.
The second game sold much less and I believe that the game's appeal was again the graphics, as it was one of the few games that would justify the power of the PS5 among so many crossgen games.
This ended up creating, in my opinion, an illusion at Sony that the franchise had appeal to the public, ignoring, for example, the memes with Alloy's fat face, which for me denotes rejection of the character.
But being out of step has become Sony's fate lately.