RasterGraphic posted... That doesn't actually matter. The problem is Lego games have been formulaic for a long time now.
What was once novel is now tired. People are going to look at this and assume it's another children's TT game.
A. Who is this made for? Horizon is clearly marketed at teenagers and adults. It's not a kids game nor is even something like Mortal Kombat or Halo (clearly aimed at a youth audience but still rated for adults).
I know many adults love Lego but that leads me to ...
B. TT kind of ruined the fun of Lego tie-in games.
They're simple braindead games for small children. That is the kind of game people will associate with the brand moving forward.
This game could have been The Legend of Elden Ring: Frank West's Solid Gear.
And nobody would give a shit.
It's less a question of why this game failed and more one of why wouldn't it?
The optimal solution is for Lego to give the tie-in games a rest for couple years.
Unless they do Lego Simpson's Hit and Run, I'd actually play that.
this post completely ignores that it wasn't travelers tale that made this game. it absolutely does matter.
that's why it failed, because it
isn't like a traditional lego game. it is not formulaic like a typical lego game, if you just came off of the Skywalker collection thinking you'd get more like that?
you're going to be disappointed because they are not even remotely similar.
what this game is, is someone trying to emulate a game series without ever having seen it, and was told how they are by someone who had only seen the main menu of one.