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Not to mention with that Grappling Hook and Glider, there are going to be crazy traversal possibilities too.
If you mean scripted as in set up to look as exciting as possible, then sure. If you mean this isn't how the game will actually play, then no not really. If this was scripted i.e. fake they would've gotten rid of all those little and very obvious twitchy animations that indicate someone is actually on a controller, not to mention that part where Aloy warps into the arms of that elite dude. And beyond that the gameplay looks virtually identical to that of the first game, so what exactly would they need to script?
I will tell you Horizon broke my open world fatigue hell malaise if you will. Yes the robo dinos and future caveman setting really helped as opposed to metropolis with people and sky scrapers with horror dlc thrown in every now and then. But Horizon did something where less was more. Collectibles made sense not collect 200 whatevers get 20 of this 4 of that and it has nice lore attached. The zones were spread out just right and never did I get feel of vast open just for the sake of open. And the bow and arrow and hunting play I got from it side tracked me in a good way for hours.
Name me any AAA (third-person) game that has you fighting giant monsters. Exactly. This alone made the game quite refreshing. And then fighting the giant monsters was actually super duper fun.
From the looks of this trailer the characterisation is still kinda hooky. It's trying to present a foreign/future culture, but still has the actors talk like they just got out of the grocery store. It makes it so I can never quite shake the feeling these character are all just a bunch of cosplayers.
I mean, there's a franchise that's literally named for fighting giant monsters. Tho it's AAA status is highly debatable. Imo the latest entries are. They at the very least sell AAA numbers, tho that by itself is no indicator.