Horizon Forbidden West lets you turn off animations for picking up loot

The newest Horizon Forbidden West patch has a tiny quality-of-life change that provides as much as an enormous reduction. Developer Guerilla Video games launched two patches in a single replace, 1.10 and 1.11. They’re filled with a lot of little tweaks, like bug fixes, repairs to damaged quest chains, and ensuring the appropriate actions result in correct in-game penalties. However one current change that isn’t explicitly famous within the patch notes is that gamers now have the choice to disable Aloy’s pickup animations.

As Aloy strikes by way of the Forbidden West, she wants to select up quite a lot of supplies to craft important provides. You’ll be grabbing handfuls of fiberzest, ridgewood, and an infinite stream of berries. This isn’t notably strenuous if you happen to’re simply choosing up a plant or two, however after the third dozen time you cease for some sources, it begins to grate just a bit bit.

Fortunately, now gamers can go to the overall menu and switch off pickup animations. Aloy can now go on a leisurely jog by way of the world and vacuum up provides as she goes. This doesn’t apply to uncommon gadgets or sure drops from enemies; you’ll nonetheless must cease to loot robots and maintain down the triangle button to select up extra necessary gadgets. Additionally, if Aloy has to cease and attempt to discover one thing in salvage or a chest, she’s going to nonetheless must manually undergo the motions.

It’s at all times good to see small-scale enhancements like this; they add up over the course of an enormous open world sport. Whether or not it’s the flexibility to toggle an animation, or the possibility to have a cuter racoon operating round, it’s good to see a developer open to vary.