A somewhat interesting parallel has been drawn by Guerrilla Games’ director of narrative, James Windeler, about the studio’s next game (although it’s true that they’re working on it as co-developers), because the goal is to keep the characters the same…

Lego Horizon Adventures is a joint project between Studio Gobo and Guerrilla Games, and Windeler explained in an interview with Gamesindustry that the characters will be recognized, but that there will be some significant changes to some themes due to the different target audience: “We tried to keep as much of the story as possible. A lot of what happens in the world, like the destruction of the old world… that’s a pretty heavy subject for an eight-year-old. So we had to find ways to keep that present in the story because it is essential to Horizon. But it is also not something that we leaned on. You’re not going to find some of the devastating revelations from the first game, like the corporate masterminds lying dead at the table or anything like that.

There are moments from the first game that pack a really heavy emotional punch that I think we found a very good way to faithfully depict, but undercut them with comedy that keeps things light. That stuff is there, but it’s certainly not superficial. This is a much simpler version, but it has a lot of echoes of the original. It still has to feel like Horizon. We definitely bent the rules a lot. But the characters are still at the core of who they are. I think we found a really good balance with that. We have a lot of help. Ashley Burch is back as the voice of Aloy and JB Blanc (as Rost). And you would have heard the exuberance in their performances. It’s different from the other games, but they’re still recognizable. They’re part of it and they bought into it, and that was a huge blessing for us,” Windeler wrote.

Lego Horizon Adventures is coming to PlayStation 5, PC and Nintendo Switch in December. Xbox Series port? The studio gave a really stupid reason for this (we reported on it). There’s also no cross-platform multiplayer in the game.

Source: WCCFTech, Gamesindustry