Lesbian romance Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores was not well received by certain parts of the community, and the game received a lot of negative reviews on Metacritic. Now, story director Ben McCaw and head writer Annie Kitaine react to the bombardment of their work in an interview with VGC. McCaw commented on the criticism in general: “We welcome constructive feedback on this or that. And we’re perfectly happy when they say they don’t like this or that, just about any aspect of the game that they really thought about.“
While meaningful comments are helpful to creators, outright negative ones are “easy to ignorewhich McCaw commented as follows:But when there’s such blatant negativity, personally, it’s pretty easy for me to just take it apart and realize that I can never relate to that kind of thinking and stuff like that.According to the authors, it shouldn’t matter to canon whether Aloy is homosexual or heterosexual. First of all, this should be a reflection of the path that Aloy took in Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West in the eyes of the player. According to McCaw, each of the options must be viable.
However, according to Kitaenanova, it is primarily about “Does the player think that Aloy is ready to take the next step and have this romantic experience, or is Aloy not ready yet?“. In any case, however, it must be a valid step that “applied“Of course, the current situation is not at all pleasant for the creators, but they may be pleased with the fact that Horizon Forbidden West has become one of the most successful exclusives for the PlayStation.
Interview: We spoke with Guerrilla’s @ben_maccoe And @iguannie about the future of Horizon, Burning Shores, and the reaction to “that” kiss. https://t.co/jVEtGXOBvm pic.twitter.com/43U4bFuYaG
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