Horizon fans are calling out a new open-world game for allegedly copying the Guerilla Games RPG series.
Earlier today, Tencent studio Polaris Quest announcedLight of Motiram. It’s an open-world RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world overran with big mechanical monsters.
There’s also a red-haired heroine who uses a bow to fight these machines.
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Sound familiar? No, you haven’t gone back in time to when Sony announcedHorizon Zero Dawnin 2015. That is genuinely the new game from Tencent.
Speaking of Horizon, the first game recently got the remaster treatment. Check it out.
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Take a look for yourself.
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Looking through the released images and reveal trailer, it certainly looks Polaris Quest has taken a lot of inspiration from Guerrilla Games’ RPG series. And users have not been shy about comparing the two.
“What in the Horizon is this?”writesReddit user ‘LoKSET’.
Meanwhile, another user in the same thread called it a scam,writing: “Is this a new meta to scam for funding, make a high quality trailer of a mishmash of popular games together?”
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Over on X (formerly Twitter), the sentiment was pretty similar. Content creator Genkiposted“This is shameless,” along with four images of the game.
Underneath the post, another userpostedfour screenshots from the Horizon games to help people compare the two.
I get it. Art inspires art, and you’ll never truly have a creative work that is separated from its inspirations. But the similarities here are far too on the nose that I can’t help but make a “We have Horizon at home” joke.
The whole thing is reminiscent ofPalworld’s obvious Pokémon similarities, which resulted in Nintendo and The Pokémon Companyfiling a lawsuitagainst developer Pocketpair in September this year.
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There’s no doubt Sony’s lawyers are already combing throughLight of Motiram’s reveal trailer for anything that may infringe upon the rights of their flagship RPG series. However, as of now, the company is yet to comment on the situation.
Topics:Horizon Zero Dawn,Guerrilla Games,Sony
