Horizon Forbidden West introduces food for Aloy, but it's not survival

Horizon Forbidden West introduces a lot of innovations compared to its predecessor. How to eat for example. Right: Ally can now also eat food. However, Horizon 2 is not the survival game. So do not worry, you do not have to pay attention to hunger, thirst or other typical survival game aspects. Preparing and eating food works more like in Zelda Breath of the Wild.

Horizon Forbidden West has food, Ally can not starve but still not

In a few weeks with Horizon Forbidden West seems one of the largest and longest expected PS4 and PS5 games at all. It represents the sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn, and we were able to play it already Europe-exclusively.

Here you will also find the Gamer preview video for the game:

There are now eating: In the interview, Game Director Mathias de Jonge has also answered us some questions that have dealt with the players' session of Collegian Linda. For example, after food, because in the game of food was talked about. Now we know how the whole thing works and can give all-clear:

Ally does not hang and does not have to eat regularly so as not to fall from the chair. So Horizon Forbidden West does not suddenly mutate the survival game à la scum or day z. The food intake just gives you another way to act on the game and adapt it to your ideas.

This is how it works: You can make a cook in the Open World by Horizon Forbidden West to at least one place, which is able to prepare a variety of foods. All you have to do is bring him the right ingredients, and he conjures you a tasty meal. You get that on the fist on the go, or her packs it into the bag and gets off on it when the little hunger comes.

Food brings buffs: Depending on what you have inherited for a meal, you get different benefits. They do not hold too long, Mathias de Jonge speaks of about a minute or longer. As an example, values ​​such as endurance or health are called that can be influenced positively.

But we are not allowed to cook . It's probably the most significant difference to the cooking mechanics in Zelda Breath of the Wild. In Horizon Forbidden West, it will probably not be possible to creation a meal and cook for an undefinable oatmeal. But otherwise that sounds very strong after the food system, which also gives in Both buffs.

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We just have to wait a bit until we finally start yourself and explore the new Open World. Horizon Forbidden West appears on 18 February for PS4 and PS5. The Sequel of Developer Studio Guerrilla then allows us to adapt much more extensive skill trees than in its predecessor to our ideas.

What does your food feature say in Horizon 2? Would you like more options?