"Horizon: Steel Frontier" executive producer Lee Song admitted in an interview with IGN that the game was largely inspired by the cooperative hunting gameplay in Capcom's "Monster Hunter" series.

He said: "Monster Hunter was undoubtedly one of the key inspirations for Horizon: Steel Frontier. When we began to expand Horizon's core concept of hunting giant machines into a multiplayer experience, the Monster Hunter series' cooperative hunting system became a natural reference. From the beginning,Combining Horizon's rich worldview with the hunting action genre is a natural fit, coupled with Horizon's unique mechanical ecosystem, part-destruction mechanics, and engaging story, the result is a truly unique experience - one that is unique to Steel Frontier."

Horizon: Steel Frontier is an MMORPG set in a world created by Guerrilla Games.So it's no surprise that Lee lists towns and guilds as key systems in the game.

He said: In Horizon: Steel Frontier, towns and guilds are the heart of the community.Towns serve as central hubs where players gather, prepare for hunts, and naturally connect with other players.In the wild, you may form impromptu teams with players you encounter, or participate in carefully planned strategic cooperation to defeat more powerful monsters together.These moments—whether unexpected or orchestrated—help strengthen the connection between players.Of course, we also support all the core social features you'd expect to see in an MMORPG, such as friend lists, chat, and team systems, allowing players to communicate and collaborate seamlessly."

The executive producer also discussed changes to the combat system.

Guerrilla Games' single-player games are known for their long-range combat, but the game demo video shows that this game will focus more on melee combat, and players need to decide when to dodge attacks and when to fight back.As a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), this game will support small teams and medium-sized team copies, because this combat method is not suitable for large-scale team copies.

Although Guerrilla Games promised inter-tribal competition in the promotional video, Sunggu Lee said that the core content of the game still focuses on PvE elements.As for whether Aloy or other characters will be added, they have not commented.On the other hand, Lee confirmed that the game uses Unreal 5 engine, not Decima engine.