Snowman is gearing as much as launch the most recent entry in what we dub the Alto-verse with Laya’s Horizon. Whereas we don’t know a lot about it thus far, the teaser trailer reveals us a well-known setting with some probably model new gameplay.
With some familiarly whimsical music, minimalist cartoon visuals, and that acquainted birdsong, Laya’s Horizon feels identical to an Alto’s recreation.
The place it differs, although, is within the trace at a completely 3D journey. This marks a primary for the collection, which has historically performed in 2D.
What’s Alto?
For many who haven’t performed an Alto recreation earlier than, you snowboard or sandsurf your means by means of a wide range of fantastical environments on a 2D aircraft. Alongside the way in which, you gather a wide range of power-ups and cash, which you’ll spend on upgrades.
You additionally full challenges to unlock new characters, which have statistical strengths and weaknesses, altering the way you play. It’s mainly an infinite runner, with much more depth than you’d count on from the style.
How Totally different Is Laya’s Horizon?
Whereas we haven’t seen any gameplay of Laya’s Horizon, the teaser trailer reveals acquainted environments however on a completely 3D aircraft. When the digicam pans again behind the brand new protagonist, Laya, we get a view of how the gameplay would possibly perform.
It appears to be the identical mixture of grinding, flying, and, presumably, utilizing some form of board to get round. However, it appears just like the digicam can be from a third-person perspective.
That’s all hypothesis, although. We’ll have to attend for a full trailer to study extra.
When is Laya’s Horizon Out?
Laya’s Horizon will launch later this 12 months by way of Netflix Video games. Meaning you will have a Netflix subscription to play it – until it launches concurrently on Google Play and Netflix like Tomb Raider Reloaded.
We don’t know precisely, and even roughly, when it is going to launch although. Snowman and Netflix have solely introduced that it’s “coming quickly”. You possibly can guess that we’ll replace you as quickly as we study extra.
Within the meantime, go forward and take a look at the YouTube trailer proper now.
