Guerrilla has seen far higher success with the Horizon collection than it did with something it had beforehand labored on, besides, there’s a sizeable contingent of Killzone followers on the market who’ve been determined for the studio to return to the sci-fi first-person shooter franchise. Such a return has appeared unlikely even at the perfect of occasions in recent times, nevertheless, and going by recent feedback from artwork director Roy Postma – who has been at Guerrilla since 2000 – it doesn’t appear like the studio has any intention to return to Killzone.
Talking in a current interview with Washington Put up, Postma touched on Killzone, stating that Guerrilla was “finished” with the franchise when it determined to begin creating Horizon Zero Daybreak, and that the latter was consciously and intentionally designed as a way more vibrant and vibrant expertise than the gritty and dour Killzone universe.
“We have been finished with it as a workforce,” Postma stated. “As a studio, we would have liked to refresh the palette. It was, by alternative, the other of Killzone. I feel the themes that this story and the characters characterize are relatable for all ages and other people, like having a discovered household of mates and discovering your home on the earth.”
With Killzone having been dormant for over a decade and Horizon having fun with the success that it has, possibilities of the previous getting back from the lifeless have appeared slim anyway, however if you add Postma’s feedback on high of that, these possibilities start wanting even slimmer, which is one thing Killzone followers received’t be pleased with.
Horizon followers, alternatively, haven’t any scarcity of issues to look ahead to, with Hero Zero Daybreak Remastered due out on October 31, and LEGO Horizon Adventures launching not lengthy afterward on November 14.