Light of Motiram, New Open-World Survival Game „Inspired” by Horizon and Palworld, Was Just Announced
Tencent has announced the online survival game Light of Motiram. Looking at the first materials, it's clear that they had no reluctance to copy from the Horizon series.
No game is created in a vacuum and every developer is inspired by other titles. This rarely raises any objections, but sometimes copying other people's solutions is so brazen that it even amuses. This is exactly the case with Light of Motiram which just has been announced.
- It's a multiplayer survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world, where the last remnants of humanity live in primitive tribes, and the ruins of civilization, covered in thick vegetation, are patrolled by large robots that resemble wild animals.
- These realities are obviously copied from the Horizon series. Based on the screenshots and video materials, the developers of Light of Motiram borrowed the visual style from the Sony series to such an extent that if someone told me this is a spin-off of that brand, I would easily believe them. The devs were so audacious that they even put a red-haired heroine resembling Aloy on the first artwork.
However, let's leave these visual similarities aside and take a closer look at the gameplay. As in the Horizon series, players will be able to take control of robots. However, the creators will enrich this aspect with solutions from Palworld and similar games.
The mechanical beasts will be like the creatures from the Pokemon series – we will be able to catch and train them, increasing their abilities. Every model is supposed to have unique features and its own development tree, allowing to adjust its functions to our needs. There will also be plenty of base building and big boss battles, which in turn seem to be inspired by the Monster Hunter series. It will be possible to both compete with other players and cooperate.
Light of Motiram is coming exclusively to PC. The game will be available on Steam and Epic Games Store. At the moment, the devs aren't ready to announce the planned release date.
Slow Sony
Although to put it mildly, Light of Motiram isn't very original, it can still turn out to be a big success. The world of the Horizon series has always seemed like a perfect universe for an online survival game.
Unfortunately, we can notice how slow Sony is, which is also typical for large companies. In January of last year, videos from the multiplayer spin-off of the Horizon series, which focuses on base building and survival gameplay, were leaked. However, the game itself hasn't yet been officially announced and we would not be surprised if Light of Motiram was released earlier.
Especially in this genre, speed is everything. Releasing survival online projects in early access and regularly expanding them, while introducing changes suggested by the players, has become the norm. Such agility and adaptability, however, isn't something that is associated with large corporations and their teams.
Following the Avatar
Light of Motiram is developed by Polaris Quest studio, which is part of Tencent. One player pointed out that the game's artwork strongly resembles that of the canceled Avatar: Reckoning. This project was also developed by Tencent, so it wouldn't be surprising if some elements from this abandoned game were later used in Light of Motiram.
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