Tencent plans to release Light of Motiram, which some say is a “rip-off” of Sony’s Horizon Games, on PS5

Tencent has announced plans to release its controversial open-world survival crafting game Light of Motiram on PS5 as well as mobile and PC.

As Gematsu reports, Tencent announced the PS5 version on PlayStation’s Chinese social network accounts on Weibo and Bilibili.

Light of Motiram from Shanghai-based Tencent subsidiary Polaris Quest is a free-to-play survival game where “nature meets machine.” Screenshots and gameplay videos show a visual style remarkably similar to Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West, complete with robotic beasts in a post-apocalyptic setting. IGN has reached out to Tencent and Sony for comment.

Today, Tencent released a new seven-minute video showing more of Light of Motiram’s gameplay. After an intro that brings back memories of Destiny’s famous “Wake up, Guardian” opening film “Ghost,” we see gameplay that seems heavily inspired by games like Capcom’s Monster Hunter and Pocketpair’s Palworld, which itself has been accused of Having “ripped off” Pokémon.

Light of Motiram allows players to form friendships and raise various “Mechanimals” alone or with friends. You’ll need to build a base camp and ride tamed Mechanimals as mounts to help you with logging, farming, and crafting. Mechanimals can serve as ground, air, and water mounts, assist in combat, and assist in resource gathering.

According to Tencent, Light of Motiram features hundreds of realistic survival gameplay mechanics. “Trees must be cut down carefully or a quick death will occur, a shelter must be ventilated before lighting a fire to avoid suffocation, and a lightning strike can occur (more than a few times) if you are caught doing so “How to Wear Metal will be a storm,” the company said. “These realistic details can be used to players’ advantage, as lightning damage, for example, can electrocute fish and make the fishing process much easier and faster.”

While this type of multiplayer survival gameplay isn’t present in the Horizon games, the look and feel of Light of Motiram’s characters, monsters, and world are undeniably similar. Of course, Guerrilla continues to work a multiplayer live service Horizon game – “Light of Motiram” may be on the up and up, although we’ll have to wait for a reveal to find out.

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