This story is part of our Summer Gaming Marathon series. Of all the announcements featured at this year’s Summer Game Fest, Lego Horizon Adventures had to be the most surprising . The upcoming game takes the world of Horizon Zero Dawn and rebuilds it in a way that’s kid-friendly. Rather than dishing out intricate combat and a mature narrative, it’s a playful adventure that turns the open world of Horizon into a level-based sandbox.
Related Connecting parents and kids As explained to me in an interview with James Windeler, narrative director at Guerilla Games, the concept for a Horizon Lego game came together around the same time that the companies partnered to create their Lego Tallneck set . The two agreed that the brands were a great match and Lego Horizon Adventures was born. Windeler tells me that Guerilla was especially excited about that partnership.
The story is partially a comedic reimagining of key Horizon Zero Dawn scenes and plot points combined with a new, lighter story. Windeler says that it’s not a retelling or a straight parody — though it does have a lot of fun making fun of itself. When Aloy gets her Focus, for instance, she excitedly bounds around the screen and brags about what a rare piece of tech she must have.
“Some of the themes that we think are extremely important to the franchise,” he says, “like Aloy’s search for her mother, was something we thought was universal and easy for a younger audience to connect to. Also, there’s a very strong ecological theme in the game. It’s obviously extremely simplified and we’ve presented the big bad as an enemy of nature.
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