Tencent’s New Game Bears A Shocking Resemblance To Horizon Zero Dawn

Tencent has unveiled its latest creation--an open-world survival game called Light of Motiram--and although the game's recently released trailer is visually stunning, viewers can't help but notice the game bears a striking resemblance to Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West.

Set in an ancient-yet-futuristic open world where players must craft items, maintain survival stats, and battle strange robotic beasts called Mechanimals, Light of Motiram certainly seems to be riffing on the Horizon aesthetic. The game's environments, polygonal robot creatures, and even its tall grass all seem to be heavily inspired by the Horizon playbook, but Light of Motiram seems to have drawn inspiration from other games as well.

Light of Motiram's grass will likely look familiar to fans of the Horizon franchise.
Light of Motiram's grass will likely look familiar to fans of the Horizon franchise.

At various points in both Light of Motiram's cinematic trailer and its gameplay footage, the player can be seen accompanied by a small, floating robot with a synthetic "eye" in the center of the device. The airborne gadgets look nearly identical to Destiny's Ghosts, and seem to have a somewhat similar function, scanning objects in the environment. (Unlike Ghosts, however, these little bots don't appear to revive downed players.)

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