Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 1197 Ratings

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  1. apokalipto
    Aug 18, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  2. aesirus96
    Aug 15, 2023
    8
    Joguei pela primeira vez no dia que o port lançou na steam e estava péssimo. Parecida que eu estava jogando um jogo de polystation. Meses depois, após diversos patches de correção, a Guerrilha mostrou todo o potencial que o jogo tem no PC. A história e o visual são incríveis. Vale a pena, mesmo fora da promoção.
  3. Kostas_Spirou
    Jul 28, 2023
    8
    With all the additional content, the Complete Edition sealed Horizon Zero Dawn as one of Sony's most successful new IP debuts.

    One of the most interesting settings I've ever seen in a videogame, tribal humans fighting against robotic dinosaurs in a post apocalyptic world full of danger, this game is gorgeous, from the graphics to the worldbuilding, it's pure eye candy. The game may feel    With all the additional content, the Complete Edition sealed Horizon Zero Dawn as one of Sony's most successful new IP debuts.

    One of the most interesting settings I've ever seen in a videogame, tribal humans fighting against robotic dinosaurs in a post apocalyptic world full of danger, this game is gorgeous, from the graphics to the worldbuilding, it's pure eye candy.

    The game may feel a little bit generic and linear at first but when it opens up, it becomes way better. The story is pretty good with some cool twists later on, I don't think I've ever seen a similar story before, but sadly most of the characters are pretty forgettable.

    The gameplay is smooth and fun, very fast paced combat, using the environment against your enemies and hitting the weak spots feels satisfying. There are also different weapons you unlock as you progress, and a decent variety of enemy types.

    Unfortunately though, the side content didn't really surprise me, most side quests are repetitive fetch quests or glorified stronghold liberations, there's no innovation whatsoever.

    It really is a solid game overall, even with its shortcomings, the unique and fresh setting, the very enjoyable gameplay mechanics, the beautiful Open World and the amount of content definitely make this game a very fascinating experience, not the best of its kind but a pretty good one.

    Final Rating: "Great" ~ 8/10.    … Expand
  4. XMan1211
    Jul 25, 2023
    9
    One of my most loved games of all time. The game looks fantastic, the gameplay and the story are amazing. Must play, if you love open world games with a great story!
  5. Nikeyla
    Jun 8, 2023
    9
    Great story, combat, open world, exploring, graphics, immersion. RPG elements could be more impactful, but it was ok.
  6. Fahdaad
    Jun 3, 2023
    8
    Beautiful open world that is held back by a lack of freedom in exploring at times, often feeling a bit too streamlined and linear.
  7. Sole13
    Jun 3, 2023
    9
    Great idea for a game! Main protagonist is sympathic controls are great combat also. Recommendation from me!
  8. KesslerCOIL
    May 13, 2023
    8
    EDIT: Performance is far more acceptable than it was at launch, though it still has its issues. Review score has been changed to match this.

    Loved HZD on PS4, so ordinarily id rate this high, however the PC port has a LONG way to go before I even considering raising my rating. FPS locked animations I've crashed several times within the first few hours of playing Lighting and entities    EDIT: Performance is far more acceptable than it was at launch, though it still has its issues. Review score has been changed to match this.

    Loved HZD on PS4, so ordinarily id rate this high, however the PC port has a LONG way to go before I even considering raising my rating.
    FPS locked animations
    I've crashed several times within the first few hours of playing
    Lighting and entities will randomly pop in and out of existence rapidly(extremely distracting)
    Aloy and all the physics attached to her freak out on almost every camera change during conversations and cutscenes.
    Performance is also absolutely not in an acceptable spot right now, considering me and my bf have identical pc builds and the game runs more than 30fps worse on his pc.    … Expand
  9. Flying_F0X
    May 11, 2023
    10
    This game must be one of the best i played this year.
    The characters are interesting and really well written.
    Also very well written is the Story, its interesting and has a good plot. I had very little experience with crashes in this game, just 1 or 2 times when starting. My PC: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz, 16GB Ram, Geforce GTX 1650. i can Absolutely run this game at    This game must be one of the best i played this year.
    The characters are interesting and really well written.
    Also very well written is the Story, its interesting and has a good plot.
    I had very little experience with crashes in this game, just 1 or 2 times when starting.
    My PC: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz, 16GB Ram, Geforce GTX 1650.
    i can Absolutely run this game at 40fps on 1080p and Ultra settings.
    I can absolutely recommend this game to people who likes Open World and Si-fi fans.    … Expand
  10. Jaidenbrkl1
    May 4, 2023
    10
    Horizon on PC is just as good as the PS4 version with great performance quality, a fantastic launch, great mods, and overall, an great PC port for a PS4 masterpiece.
  11. Artex33Gaming
    May 1, 2023
    10
    Wonderful World
    Amazing Story
    Good Combat
    One of the best Story games that i have played!
  12. Radrin
    Apr 17, 2023
    8
    A game with a very unique premise which made me very excited to explore its world and uncover its secrets.

    PROS: - Incredibly ambitious world and unique setting/premise - Excellent gameplay; fun, engaging and diverse combat scenarios with freedom of approach - Strong story and lore - Excellent presentation and production value - Great enemy variety and design - One of the better    A game with a very unique premise which made me very excited to explore its world and uncover its secrets.

    PROS:
    - Incredibly ambitious world and unique setting/premise
    - Excellent gameplay; fun, engaging and diverse combat scenarios with freedom of approach
    - Strong story and lore
    - Excellent presentation and production value
    - Great enemy variety and design
    - One of the better mystery plots out there
    - Beautiful visuals
    - Satisfying environmental exploration
    - Fantastic sounds
    - Smart robot A.I.

    CONS:
    - Technical issues/limitations such as texture pop-in, several assets flailing and spazzing around in each scene, game crashes and micro stutters etc. (possibly only PC port problems)
    - Iffy facial animations
    - Camera constantly changes position from center to left/right and also changes zoom level
    - Characters weren't as fleshed out, interesting, memorable and relatable as I would've liked
    - Moving around in the game world is sometimes difficult and clunky
    - Underwhelming human A.I.
    - Cumbersome UI/inventory    … Expand
  13. Premium
    Mar 26, 2023
    10
    really amazing graphic with high quality detail
    good combat system
    overall it is a good port from ps4
  14. realWhiteMan
    Mar 5, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product.… Expand
  15. Kramer96
    Feb 21, 2023
    9
    Grafica meravigliosa,bella varietà di nemici e ambientazione fantastica,tutto sommato ho avuto una bella esperienza
  16. vtsontsi
    Feb 9, 2023
    10
    The story is one of the greatest Science Fiction stories told. I have been a scince fiction fan for 40 years and this was so refreshing. I now hold this game in my top 10 of all times
  17. HyogaCygnus
    Feb 7, 2023
    8
    Great graphics, big map, nice combact and loot system, amazing history. I didn't like the element system though... Fire is good but the rest is garbage. I played the entire game with one bow and two types of arrows...
  18. xSpOokie
    Feb 4, 2023
    8
    finished the game after 50 hours and i can tell with 100% sure that this game is INCREDIBLE , the majority of the negative reviews you see are from people who probably didn't finished the game and probably they aren't used to story mode games , the story is unique and really really good , the game have only 22 main quests but those main quests are filled with a lot of content and most offinished the game after 50 hours and i can tell with 100% sure that this game is INCREDIBLE , the majority of the negative reviews you see are from people who probably didn't finished the game and probably they aren't used to story mode games , the story is unique and really really good , the game have only 22 main quests but those main quests are filled with a lot of content and most of them takes 25+ minutes of your time to get through the mission , the characters are nice but nothing special with exception of the protagonist who really suits this game , this game have a super nice gameplay in terms of everything , you have parkour , you have stealth , levels , skill tree , soulsborne mechanics in combat ... and one of the most amazing things about the gameplay of this game is the stealth , the fact that you can go stealth against giant machines its super cool specially when the stealth is super well made ... you have a good healing mechanic by catching
    medicinal herbs , you have a good variety of bows , armor and a lot of other tools , but of course the game isn't only flowers (let's keep in mind that this review is aimed at the pc version but since the ps4 version is way better in terms of performance we can deduce that every negative aspect will be better in the console version and every positive aspect will be better to) the only flaws this game have is the graphical issues , some texture bugs , shadow bugs and a lot of stutering , but the game is super enjoyable whatsoever , the soundtrack its amazing and after spending 50 hours only in the main story i found my self with an expression of "wow" after seeing the end of the game while the soundtrack was giving me chills in the credits , i recommend this game for every person who likes a good story specially a story that was thought out of the box , this game is 8/10 MINIMUM!

    Prós

    -soundtrack
    -stealth
    -parkour
    -the variety of machines
    -good combat system
    -beautifull story

    cons (only on pc version)

    -texture bugs
    -shadows bugs
    -stutering    … Expand
  19. Klewer
    Jan 16, 2023
    8
    A great action adventure game set in a very interesting world and a strong story. The combat is very enjoyable and has multiple approaches on how to tackle enemies. Sadly some of those are not usable at times when they might be the most fun and the game side quests can feel repetitive. Still well worth playing.
  20. SirFranzALot
    Jan 15, 2023
    8
    Good game. It´s certainly nothing special but it has a good story without anything new. The gameplay is also quite solid but again nothing new. Graphics are good but also not outstanding in style or quality. It´s interesting to me how sony is able to release games based on well known principles and elements that come out quite good. But on the other hand Ubisoft does the same but fails. InGood game. It´s certainly nothing special but it has a good story without anything new. The gameplay is also quite solid but again nothing new. Graphics are good but also not outstanding in style or quality. It´s interesting to me how sony is able to release games based on well known principles and elements that come out quite good. But on the other hand Ubisoft does the same but fails. In the current version on steam I didn´t encounter any major bugs or performance issues.… Expand
  21. AgentLvi
    Dec 27, 2022
    10
    Masterpiece game. The story is so enjoyable, scoring is really great, visual is decent, and the voice is stunning
  22. Kilio
    Dec 13, 2022
    10
    Really amazing envirenment
    Wonderful missions
    Amazing combat with bow
    I reocmend this game to all people
  23. Mahdiar
    Dec 2, 2022
    9
    Gameplay : 9
    Graphics : 10
    Story : 9
    Sound : 9
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    Overall : 9
  24. jirny
    Nov 7, 2022
    10
    одна из лучших игр, в которые я играл + по-настоящему крутое ДЛС. приключения Элой войдут в историю как образец игр с открытым миром
  25. ZzTopNemesis
    Nov 5, 2022
    8
    Score: 8.2

    I played this only after 4 patches to help the port performance on PC. It was really fun, the story was soo engaging, i actually got all the audios i could and i read all the notes i could, i really loved this game and i'm waiting for the next one to come over to PC. Graphically is beautifull Gameplay and combat is very cool, really really good. The protagonist is not    Score: 8.2

    I played this only after 4 patches to help the port performance on PC.
    It was really fun, the story was soo engaging, i actually got all the audios i could and i read all the notes i could, i really loved this game and i'm waiting for the next one to come over to PC.

    Graphically is beautifull
    Gameplay and combat is very cool, really really good.
    The protagonist is not annoying, is very nice too, i liked her.~
    I'll be here waiting for more Horizon Zero Dawn    … Expand
  26. Animus_V0x
    Oct 31, 2022
    10
    I loved everything about the game. The visuals, level design, the plot (a little predictable for some part tho), the whole atmosphere of the world...
    Mixing pre-historical elements with high-tech seemed far-fetched but it all made sense in the end. Great main characters. The amount of lore is awesome. I was truly immersed in a new world and was very pleasantly surprised.
  27. Valdirkz
    Oct 8, 2022
    9
    I would have given this game 8.5 if possible, solid game but there are few improvements that I would like to see in the sequence.
  28. Pun1sher
    Oct 3, 2022
    10
    Восхитительная игра. Я не мог оторваться от нее. Самые высокие оценки для этого шедевра!
  29. KinimodYunmi
    Sep 18, 2022
    10
    Ich habe die Story durchgespielt, alle Quests gemacht und fast alles gesammelt, jetzt geht´s erstmal an´s DLC und dann werde ich wahrscheinlich den Rest sammeln, das Game ist eine 10/10, perfekte Open World, groß genug, nicht mit Zeug überladen, 3-4 verschiedene Dinge die man sammeln/ansehen kann, 5 Banditenlager und das reicht völlig, man muss ja nicht dasselbe immer und immer wiederIch habe die Story durchgespielt, alle Quests gemacht und fast alles gesammelt, jetzt geht´s erstmal an´s DLC und dann werde ich wahrscheinlich den Rest sammeln, das Game ist eine 10/10, perfekte Open World, groß genug, nicht mit Zeug überladen, 3-4 verschiedene Dinge die man sammeln/ansehen kann, 5 Banditenlager und das reicht völlig, man muss ja nicht dasselbe immer und immer wieder machen, einfach perfekt ausbalanciert!

    Hab ich jetzt endlich mal gespielt, weil mich GameTwo mit dem Beitrag von Horizon Forbidden West scharf drauf gemacht hat :)    … Expand
  30. XRayBlaster
    Sep 10, 2022
    10
    This is one the greatest games I have ever played. The story is absolutely incredible! I almost cried at the beginning. I highly recommend that you play this game.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 50 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 50
  3. Negative: 0 out of 50
  1. GameGrin
    Jan 10, 2022
    100
    Horizon Zero Dawn truly expresses how videogames nowadays are an art form, if not only through its visuals and storytelling, then certainly through its expertly incorporated combat. A glee-filled experience through and through.
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  2. CD-Action
    Oct 15, 2020
    85
    I had tons of fun with the PC version of Horizon Zero Dawn. I appreciated the story, enjoyed exploring the vast, remarkable world crafted masterfully out of extremely diverse elements, and found defeating the largest mechanical beasts to be deeply satisfying every single time. Additionally, the Complete Edition features The Frozen Wilds expansion, which is not only large, but also visually stunning. [10/2020, p.56]
  3. DualShockers
    Aug 25, 2020
    85
    Even with its technological hangups, the PC port of Horizon Zero Dawn brings an experience wholly unlike anything else I've ever played.
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