Awesome video, absolute CINEMA. SPEAR never misses with these videos, thanks for being so valuble to THE FINALS communtiy and continuing to persist with getting this uploaded minding the delays and obstacles
I remember how back when Sys$horizon launched, me and my friends sort of made up a theory about it. We thought that perhaps because its "unfinished" and its got no variants like the other maps maybe one day they would actually finish it and reveal the irl location its based on. And then its current "glitched" version will perhaps become a variant of it, just like Vegas has a sandstorm variant. Anyway, great video man!
This is a common theory I’ve seen as well and it’d be super interesting to see something like that happen! Even if it’s to some extent that doesn’t reveal the inspiration behind the POIs, it’d be awesome.
HERE'S TO SEASON 3! SEE YOU AT SUMMER GAMES FEST! BTW, before you close your games everyone, if you tap on the credits tab you get a message from CNS! neat little easter eggs
I love Embark for what they have given us. Mirror's Edge is one of my favorite games of all time and to have an FPS made by the same people is just a dream to me.
Awesome video! Loved everything from the game architecture interview to the superb editing, the analysis, and the in-game player perspective. I'm glad you managed to release the video, and I hope to watch many more absolute bangers from you. Keep it up! I love this game that much more thanks to your content, and you should be proud.
The amount of work behind this single video is astonishing. Props to you Spear, I'm equally glad that you got to conduct this interview, as well as to have such a gem of a creator in The Finals community. Embark deserves it, and you deserve it ♥
Lovely vid! If you ever want some cinematics of other maps or horizon again please let me know! I’d be happy to send you some clips so you don’t have to walk around with a gravity cube 😁
Man, that fps perspective with the anti grav cube was **chef's kiss** . I can't believe I had never looked at the ceiling of the map! It looks so good and detailed. No lie, it makes me wanna get a vr setup just to chill there.
Its literally structured like Siege of Shanghai from bf4 like it makes you feel like youre in part of a small part of a bigger city 🔥✨️ living for it i wish people could see the beauty and magic this game has to offer.
100% agreed! If I get the chance of doing one of these interviews again, I'll try to get examples from their concepts made in Blender. Thanks for watching!
i wish this map was more like mirros edge. i dislike the glitchy things and the overwhelmingly vibrant colors everywhere. vibrant colors only as an accent tone would fit much better and is more pleasant for the eyes imo. i would love to see a map in the future that is more inspired by the look and aesthetics of the city of glass.
the map team, the art team are incredible, but the balancing team is destroying the game. Hopefully they hired some new balancing team employees to make s3 incredible
I’m currently a student studying 3D and VFX, I’m in love with this game so it’s absolutely amazing being able to have insights and knowledge of the journey the developers went through to create such an awesome environment. Thank you for this video 🙏
This interview was done ages ago, but the video was delayed due to factors out of my control! I hope you all enjoy it even if you're not a fan of the Horizon arena, as there are tons of valuable lessons and insight on how Embark develops their maps for THE FINALS. Thank you for watching! ♥
This is an extraordinarily high quality video, you deserve way more attention for how high quality your work is! I also liked how you changed the sound of your voice to denote who was speaking as it made it a far easier to follow interview, that attention to detail really makes this interview way more interesting to watch!
I really love this game and the fact embark really works on every single detail Man its a crime to play this game for free Regularly pushing updates checking on feedbacks ADDING GOTH SKIN yea this game or i should say A master piece in fps Sorry for yapping lmao but the only thing i dont like is the community a bunch of babies i avoid even talking to the weapons balances makes my brain rot
Good video..I think Embarks biggest issue right now is map readability. Vegas and Sys Horizon has this issue. The theme of the map especially makes it hard to remember room layouts and interior layouts. Seoul, Skyway, and Monoco do not have these same issues.
Lovely video, just one small bit of feedback. I suggest not covering up their faces with their names, it makes it as if they were convicts or bad people that don't deserve their eyes seen, but overall I really enjoyed watching it. Thanks Spear!
Oh it was just my stylistic/design choice and it was not ill-intended whatsoever. In fact, Rob himself approved the script and the video before it was published. Thanks for watching!
I absolutely love SYS$HORIZON, one of the most fascinating and aesthetically pleasing maps I've seen in games, and I totally enjoyed the video, an insightful dive into the minds of the devs, and its overall quality.
I want a jungle map with virtual animals and stuff to make it seem more real or a giant mall or waterpark, I hope they will add more game modes like prop hunt, 2v2s, gun game, and whatever I can't wait to see what this game comes up with. They can take as long as they want. "Anything can happen in the finals"
Spear you absolutely killed it!!! This was so amazing to be able to get an understanding of the developers thoughts while making the environment in The Finals. Your editing, narration, and presentation of the environment was phenomenal too. Looking forward to your future projects man 🫶🫶!
As a person that loves game design and loves art in general i think they did a very good job in this map and the general theme as a whole. I wanna point out that those details that they mention add a lot to the map since at its very core its a bit of a boxy design. As a player tho i do want to say that this swayed a little from the clean esthetic that the season 1 had aka that gameshow look. I do understand the vision and i love the concept.
"Seek beyond the walls" Did i just heard Arc Raiders reference, Spear? 😉 P.S nvm, i remembered that it was part of EE teaser for Season 2 of The Finals 😅
I actually prefer some of the early iteration artsyle/colors. The final version is painful to look at my eyes get strained and tired especially in the night map, going from the bright red interiors into a dark street is so uncomfortable.
An interview like this about Skyway Stadium would be interesting since it's also not a real place, and seems like Embark had a specific mission when creating this map (which may as well have been "having a new map for the open beta"). Anyway, it worked out great and is a map I never tire of playing (except power shift, damn snipers)
They said in the AMA that they were planning on adding variations to SYS$HORIZON. Maybe one of those variations could be that they replace the roads between buildings with the deathpits that they originally planned!
