Horizon Call of the Mountain - Teaser Trailer

Horizon Call of the Mountain, created for PlayStation’s Next-Gen VR hardware, is an upcoming brand-new adventure in the world of Horizon.

[Jin_Sakai]

Out of nowhere. Definitely interested when PSVR2 launches! Should be a great experience coming from Guerrilla Games!

[deleted]

So hyped for PSVR2!

This is going to be an amazing year, and today's announcements should open the floodgates for a ton of other PSVR2 game announcements. Maybe a State of Play soon to showcase some?

[bouzebbal]

Looks very detailed.. I hope move is supported. Such an amazing and incredibly precise device. They can eventually create a new update with haptics and a new navigation controller with the same.

[HICK]

@bouzebbal you're joking right? If not, can you please explain.

[bouzebbal]

Hick..
Joking about what?

[Phoenix76]

@bouzebbal
They said in the trailer that it is coming to "next gen VR" headsets. Which means it will need the new psvr2 controllers, which will most likely come with the new headset.

[bouzebbal]

I forgot the new VR came with new controllers.

[fr0sty]

yeah, the new controllers are supposed to be able to track your individual fingers, if the tech demo they showed off a while back is any indicator of what to expect.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[Amplitude]

The Move really didn't work as VR controllers lol

Bought 50+ psvr games and still have left it in the dust for Oculus. Tracking is just so much better. Really happy the psvr2 has internal tracking but I've already got hundreds of PC VR games so idk if I can justify switching platforms yet again for this. Damn temping though

[Chevalier]

Definitely hyped for PSVR2! Anyone else notice Firesprite listed in the teaser? Guess they're already helping make VR games.

[TGGJustin]

Hard to get excited for this when they are using the word "experience" instead of game. I'm worried this will be like a 1 hour long thing like Batman Arkham VR. I really hope Sony isn't making that mistake yet again

[Babadook7]

I sure hope not. And I don't think so.

"created for PlayStation’s Next-Gen VR hardware, is an upcoming brand-new ADVENTURE in the world of Horizon...
...designed to push hardware technology, innovation, and GAMEPLAY."

[MadLad]

PR speak should never be used as confirmation for anything other than that - PR speak.

[Babadook7]

@TheRealTedCruz

"Think" vs "confirm".

[MadLad]

@babadook

You can cherry pick specific words out of ours all you want.
My point still stands; you should never let baseless PR speak help mold your opinion.

[Babadook7]

So the words of the people making the game are baseless as opposed to some made up assertion to the contrary? Lol. Ok then. And I didn't cherry pick, you misconstrued my point and I pointed it out.

[CrimsonWing69]

Jimbo and the Dev both mentioned gameplay a bunch of times. Experience and gameplay kind of go hand-in-hand in this industry.

[bouzebbal]

You must have a problem memorizing what's being said..

[darthv72]

Seeing the scope and scale of the creatures and environments in VR is going to be awesome.

[IanTH]

I'm excited that there's a Horizon VR game, but I'm a little bummed that it isn't Horizon:FW that has VR support instead. I kinda hoped they'd be trying to build VR support into more of the core games.

HOWEVER, don't get me wrong. I'm well aware that most of the best experiences in VR are one's built from the ground up with VR in mind. But we saw that games like Resident Evil 7 worked great with VR support just added on to the base game, and I was hoping with the added power of PS5 - and the foveated rendering thanks to eye tracking - that they could manage to pump out more VR support on standard games.

It may still come to pass, obviously, but I would have expected them to show off support via their first party titles if that were the case. Still VERY excited for PSVR2, the specs sound INSANE. Truly looking forward to its release.

[TheDoomedGuy]

I prefer them dedicating games to VR instead of adding it as a feature for games not made with VR in mind

[IanTH]

I'd never want them to stop making VR-specific games altogether, obviously. But I do hope to see more RE7 typed VR support.

There are so many game properties that will never come to VR otherwise, and I'd love a chance to get fully immersed in their worlds. And it'd be great to be able to play in VR and then move back to playing in 2D whenever the mood suits you. It's a great option in No Man's Sky & RE7!

[Kane22]

well RE7 wasn't full VR it was just head tracking. you still used a ps4 controller to do everything else. RE4VR is what i would like for PSVR2 or maybe bioshock.....

[IanTH]

Sure, no tracked controllers in RE7, but it did at least let you inhabit that world. It put a whole different feel to that game being IN it. But I do think my point would have been better made using No Man's Sky like I did in my 2nd comment, just so happened RE7 was the first thing that popped into my head.

RE4VR is a really well done conversion, all things considered. Playing on Quest 2, I like that they went for physicalized storage of weapons and ammo - it makes games that use radial dials (like Half Life: Alyx) feel outdated, honestly. Even with lower quality visuals than we get in newer VR games, RE4 still holds up in terms of atmosphere.

I think a Bioshock VR game (or just a conversion like RE4) would be awesome. Given Quest is focusing on older 3D games to bring into VR, I'm hoping we see more of that too going forward given the power of the PS5. Getting older PS3 or PS4 games into VR I'd think would be totally doable!

[Magog]

When people talk about PS4 exclusives they always forget all of the amazing games for PSVR. Sony isn't going to let that happen with PSVR2. They are pulling out the big guns!

[SullysCigar]

This. PSVR has loads of exclusive games and some of them are belters. The tech for PSVR2 sounds awesome and knowing they're bringing AAA games and 'hybrids' is a game changer for getting the attention of traditional-only gamers.

[TravsVoid]

That only happened because people weren't willing to spend the price of the console for motion controls and as a result the headset had less than a Vita level install base. That could very well happen again depending on the price of this new headset.

[-Foxtrot]

I’m not so sure

I just don’t want Horizon to be milked into everything possible like what kind of happened with Killzone and especially God of War

Keeps people more excited for the main games

[shaenoide]

And we saw almost nothing ... They teased the teaser. I hate when publishers do that.

[aaronaton]

So much for the next Socom game being developed by Guerilla.......

[IanTH]

Horizon VR, by way of the trailer, shows that it is being developed by Firesprite games. They did The Persistence, which appears to have...ok reviews. I'll be curious to see how they handle such a big property. I'm a little surprised Sony didn't get someone more entrenched, like a Survios or the like.

That said, this likely has a very minor impact on Guerilla's workforce. I'm sure they are providing some support, but obviously nowhere near if they were developing in-house.

[waverider]

Damn. Launching next gen VR with a GG game from Horizon universe is just crazy. Sony is onfire.

[Gamer79]

There's been talk of horizon on vr for the last month or so. Looks good but will it be similar o the flat screen game or a completely different experience.

[Neonridr]

is it just me or is there a lot of jitter going on in that video? Just something I noticed.

[savedsynner]

Curious why there is a lack of AAA VR games(until now?). For the Ps4 it just never seemed worth it to get the VR. Hopefully this will change with PS5

[IanTH]

Install base, plain and simple. PSVR also had to deal with the base PS4 hardware, limiting its potential (though that's where I use it, and it could pump out some surprisingly good visuals when balanced well). I have several VR platforms, and it is worth having them, but it depends on what you're expectations are. If you only want big, AAA games, you'll find few of them. But you will find a great many interesting smaller games, and inhabiting worlds and using your hands in games is a hard thing to convey - it is just something you have to experience.

The best we could get in terms of actual AAA games would be tacking VR on to things like RE7 or Hitman 3, as either Sony provided funding to support the effort, or it was a small enough investment on top of their normal flat-screen game that it could be justified. Even this game is not developed by Guerilla - appears to be by Firesprite games, which has only one other meh VR game to their name. It is at least using a big IP, though.

My hope is that they can add more VR support to flat games given the foveated rendering and higher grunt of the PS5, or at least do full VR conversions of older AAA PS3/PS4. Install base is going to be a problem when you need a $400-500 machine and then another...let's ballpark $400-500 for this? That's a lot for a lot of folks. Big chicken and egg problem with VR.

[gangsta_red]

So it's like Pokemon Snap? lol
It'll be interesting to see VR utilized in this world

[quenomamen]

Eh, still think VR is the same as Motion Controls, mostly a gimmick. Still a long ways from being mainstream.

[specialguest]

Now this is a treat. A full fledged game with modern graphics set in VR. It also helps that they can optimize the performance to the hardware potential due to the nature of being a console. VR games on PC have been held back thanks to the popularity of the Quest 2. The PS5 won't have this problem