A big publisher just announced an open-world game with a post-apocalyptic setting, in which players can fight against gigantic mechanical beasts. No, I’m not talking about Sony’s belovedHorizonseries,but about Tencent’s brand-new title:Light of Motiram.
Developed by one of Tencent’s subsidiaries, Polaris Quest,Light of Motiramadmittedly looks like an impressive and ambitious 3D open-world adventure and the enemy designs of its “Mechanimals” are quite interesting. Ithas clearly taken a lot of inspiration from theHorizonseries.
This is even more evident when we take a lookat its teaser trailer: The barren wastelands, the design philosophy of the Mechanimals, the choir in the background music, the appearance of the playable character and the other humans and even some of the gameplay mechanics, like the ability to hijack and ride one of the mechanical beasts.
So far, it seems likeLight of Motiramis borrowing way too many elements from Guerrilla Games’ iconic franchise. The only prominent difference is that its combat is apparently more focused on melee weapons rather than long-distance weapons, although this is also very reminiscent of theMonster Hunterfranchise, especially with its oversized hammers and swords.
The internet claims that Light of Motiram looks way too similar to the Horizon series
Even though Tencent and Polaris Quest revealedLight of Motiramjust a few hours ago, it didn’t take long for gamers to point out how similar it looks toHorizon, to the point that many are already calling it a “rip-off” or a “clone.” The comments ofLight of Motiram‘s teaser trailer are a good example of this, with many people making jokes and memes, calling it things like “Horizonat home” or “Horizon: Forbidden East” (A riff on the second game in the series,Horizon: Forbidden West)
But things got a lot more serious over in ther/horizon subreddit, where fans of the franchise are accusingLight of Motiramof being a “bootleg” of looking “soulless,” of deliberately ripping off the visuals from bothHorizonandMonster Hunter Wildsand of copyingHorizon’ssignature soundtrack. Other fans remain optimistic, however, claiming that they are willing to playLight of Motiramif it turns out to be fun.
Several Twitter users also joined in the accusations, with some wondering if Sony’s lawyers are going to do something about it, but the company hasn’t said anything on the matter yet.
