LEGO Horizon Adventures has freaky legacy PlayStation character cameos

As it turns out, LEGO Horizon Adventures has PlayStation cameos for us to enjoy in harrowing blocky renditions when it releases on PS5 on November 14, 2024.

LEGO Horizon Adventures has freaky legacy PlayStation character cameos
Kes Eylers-Stephenson

Kes Eylers-Stephenson

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LEGO Horizon Adventures has PlayStation cameos that we're hoping may end up featuring amongst the LEGO Horizon Adventures trophies. They do look a bit unnerving, but maybe that touch of horror will give it a sense of uniqueness when we consider it in our Horizon game rankings.

Sackboy, Ratchet, and Rivet's iconic PlayStation character forms are now in LEGO

  • What is LEGO Horizon Adventures? A loose blocky reimagining of Aloy's first adventure in Horizon Zero Dawn
  • Release date: November 14, 2024
  • Platforms: PS5, Nintendo Switch, PC
I don't know why I didn't anticipate this, but LEGO Horizon Adventures has a few iconic PlayStation characters in LEGO form. Naturally, these are the child-friendly lot of Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet, Ratchet from Ratchet & Clank, and Rivet from Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart. All three are available as part of a pre-order bonus pack.
You'll also get a rollercoaster customization option and a quadruple of outfits for Aloy that look a lot more normal. While the Ratchet and Rivet outfits look great in LEGO form (look at those weirdly long-eared hats), I have to tell you that Sackboy is objectively looking like a freak.

I mean, the face poking out is just too much for me — I know it's an outfit, but it looks like an unholy Frankenstein of a LEGO human and Sackboy with burlap and plastic intermingled underneath with two faces. Seriously freaky, man.

It makes me wonder what other characters would look great in LEGO form. I think the God of War franchise's characters would do very well out of it, as would Uncharted's and The Last of Us' cast. With the Ghost of Yotei for PS5 revealed, I think Sucker Punch's vision of Japanese ghosts and Ronin would be perfectly suited to LEGO too.
That being said, I just don't think you could do a team like Housemarque's arcadey trademark well, it'd just come off of a weird LEGO copy. LEGO Wipeout, though? If it was to provide the same fast gameplay and a damage model featuring LEGO bricks falling off the ships at high speed, we might just have a deal!

However, the Horizon spin-off entry into the franchise does, in my opinion, continue to look great. There is something about these PS5 trailers, in particular, where the lighting and texture work just looks extraordinary. The voice acting still isn't my bag, but hey — that kind of humor is a matter of taste so it may well be yours.

I have a host of other PlayStation and LEGO crossover games I'd like to see — what would you like? What do you think of these three characters? Let me know in the comments below, TrueTrophies builders!
Written by Kes Eylers-Stephenson
Editor Kes is our resident expert in PlayStation and Sony news. He writes about PS5 games like LEGO Horizon Adventures, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Kingdom Come Deliverance II, Concord, and Death Stranding 2 using experience from years of PlayStation gaming. He also covers PS Plus news, as well as his favorite games — The Witcher 3, God of War, and The Last of Us — before an evening swim.
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