Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition

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  1. ADEGaming
    Oct 1, 2020
    9
    The game itself was enjoyable. From the unique-story line, interesting side characters, and the very peculiar robotic dinosaurs. Since I always play a game at the highest difficulty, the combat was very challenging especially the rockbreaker and thunderjaw the only stepback of this gameplay would be the grindy experience for stacking up your resources.. The only problem I have with thisThe game itself was enjoyable. From the unique-story line, interesting side characters, and the very peculiar robotic dinosaurs. Since I always play a game at the highest difficulty, the combat was very challenging especially the rockbreaker and thunderjaw the only stepback of this gameplay would be the grindy experience for stacking up your resources.. The only problem I have with this game is the continuous stuttering every five seconds and the texture pop-ins. However, I got used to it since the game was quite immersive and Aloy was a really well-written protagonist.… Expand
  2. fmartins
    Sep 27, 2020
    10
    I got it from day one (Epic) and never really had any trouble running it. I was scared my computer would not run it properly reading all the news, but not even once it crashed (maybe I'm lucky). Anyway... I never really liked video games and never really had the money to buy a console or a pc, but I bought one this year a friend recommended Skyrim and HZD. As for HZD I have no words toI got it from day one (Epic) and never really had any trouble running it. I was scared my computer would not run it properly reading all the news, but not even once it crashed (maybe I'm lucky). Anyway... I never really liked video games and never really had the money to buy a console or a pc, but I bought one this year a friend recommended Skyrim and HZD. As for HZD I have no words to describe how happy I am about finishing it. Wonderful game! Would definitely play it all over again as soon as I finish Skyrim.… Expand
  3. doobiousdobby
    Sep 27, 2020
    0
    This game is complete abomination on PC, crashes every 5 minutes, weird animations and glitches, steer away from this. Its worst than red dead redemption 2 PC port
  4. tobymaybezz
    Sep 25, 2020
    0
    В этой игре мне не понравилось абсолютно ничего.
    Игра по всем параметрам не в моем вкусе и это мягко говоря.
  5. muzzcool
    Sep 24, 2020
    10
    I want to say a huge thank you to the developers of the game - you did a great job, the game is very interesting, great story, good gameplay and a variety of tasks, exactly what I expect from such games. I Express my gratitude to you!!
  6. Nekoshou
    Sep 24, 2020
    3
    The game suffers from many bugs and performance problems, but even without these problems the game is quite repetitive and forgettable. The story itself is really cool and the game looks pretty nice too. I didn’t play the game on the Playstation and I’m not sad about it because I’m likely to have forgotten this game soon which is a shame because this game definitely has more potential. DueThe game suffers from many bugs and performance problems, but even without these problems the game is quite repetitive and forgettable. The story itself is really cool and the game looks pretty nice too. I didn’t play the game on the Playstation and I’m not sad about it because I’m likely to have forgotten this game soon which is a shame because this game definitely has more potential. Due to the many problems of the port, the game is not really fun either.… Expand
  7. Andreylyakh1990
    Sep 21, 2020
    10
    Игра супер. Проработка и графика и сюжет. Вначале был минус с багами и вылетами, но сейчас всё это решили. Мне всё нравится!
  8. GitanoUrbano
    Sep 21, 2020
    5
    Un gran juego que esperaba para jugar en PC pero los bugs y la optimización pesima no me lo permitio disfrutar
  9. Efesys
    Sep 20, 2020
    8
    Despite all the problems with porting, the game awesome Assassin's Creed would still learn how to make such games that they would not become a work for 100 hours.
    I thought about taking a cheap Ps4 to Ibay and games from Sony.
  10. Sholva
    Sep 17, 2020
    7
    So, what do I think about this game, technical issues aside, a month after launch as of patch 1.05? Let’s dive into it, then:

    Graphics are really nice, especially lighting, reflections and vegetation. The character models for important NPCs and stuff are well detailed, especially in cutscenes (in engine). Performance wise, after several patches and currently on Patch 1.05 I feel like    So, what do I think about this game, technical issues aside, a month after launch as of patch 1.05? Let’s dive into it, then:

    Graphics are really nice, especially lighting, reflections and vegetation. The character models for important NPCs and stuff are well detailed, especially in cutscenes (in engine).

    Performance wise, after several patches and currently on Patch 1.05 I feel like I’m getting the expected performance on my R5 3600 and GTX 1070, the game looks nice, it has decent view distances and reflections, so I’m happy with how it runs, honestly, I can keep at least 60 FPS with mostly Ultra settings except Clouds and Ambient Occlusion set to High, and that’s it; it m ay drop a bit below 60 in intense combat situations or with that rain/storm that kills GPU performance a bit, but it’s quite better now than it was on release, for sure.

    The thing is, the world design in HZD is one of my main gripes with the game (tech/launch issues aside): this open world in HZD feels “older” when it comes to design than in other games, some of them came out way before HZD too. I can confirm that the developers had to make big sacrifices to make this game possible on PS4, according to Digital Foundry’s great interview they did at Guerrilla’s studios, at some point, so this is not really news, but it’s the reality, it was a big achievement for PS4, but this falls short in many aspects, compared to even other multi-platform games, not too much, yet I’ve seen more of the same but better realized elsewhere.

    The fact that the game literally places campfires every 50 meters, sometimes even less, at times, it’s quite annoying and I can’t stop thinking if this was like that on PS4’s release 3 years ago, or was patched later on to “balance” stuff? Because it makes me laugh, a lot, when I just quick saved on a campfire, only to find a new one 30 seconds later? I’ve found a campfire at each side of a river that was like 20 meters wide, literally, what the hell is that?
    Furthermore, fast travelling is made trivial by the fact that we have lots of travel packs and then we can also have an unlimited “epic” version of it.

    Traversing the world is not as fun as it is in games like Assassin’s Creed (any game since Black Flag, I’d say), as Aloy seems to have this lack of ability when it comes to grab on ledges, only those with ropes or specially designed to climb can be used, so many times I found myself trying to “explore” new paths on the mountains and feeling like I’m playing TES Morrowind…yeah, you remember, do you? I do.
    Combat is probably the high point of the game, as it requires some precision aiming and knowing the weaknesses of each machine and their patterns. I like that a lot, it reminds me of Monster Hunter but a bit faster paced so yeah…great approach to combat, with a bit of stealthy choices too, not great though, but the option is there for smaller machines or to strip a big one of some health, if you can.

    But, in the PC version of the game, with keyboard and mouse controls still doesn’t feel as polished as it should be, it’s gotten way better now that mouse aiming is smooth and precise (after some patches), but the keyboard movement is still way off and it’s noticeable in very intense combat situations. To compare, I feel AC Origins and Odyssey do keyboard and mouse controls better, and overall world traversal too, that’s my opinion but, as someone who’s played most of these open world games, I notice this pretty easily, as movement is crucial in all these games, or course.

    And then the story, without spoiling anything, I felt it was going be interesting just from doing the tutorial section, and I was right, it gets quite interesting in the last 30% of the game when the “secrets” begin to be revealed and some twists there too, even having some really sad moments and stuff that really makes you go and think “wow, yeah, this is cool, but so sad”, etc. I like the story, but some of the side quests (not errands, just side ones) weren’t too great, perhaps better than those in Assassin’s Creed games because, certainly, it seems Ubisoft lacks the skill to write decent quest in most games, lol, so it isn’t too hard to surpass that.

    Some of the interactions with certain quest NPCs felt quite awkward though, so maybe they should work on this a bit for the sequel. The Frozen Wilds stuff, which I assume it came sometime after the game launched on PS4, it’s not that much better when it comes to quests…more of the same, some cool locations, of course the snow deforms somewhat nicely and all that…it’s alright overall.

    I'd say that now that the game is (should be) mostly crash-free for most people it's safer to buy for those wanting to play it and resisted their initial purchase intentions.    … Expand
  11. empleat100
    Sep 17, 2020
    6
    Hmm... I have 60 fps+ on Geforce 2070 super on medium/ultra. No crashes, or tearing! This game is interesting, better than what we get nowadays. Story is engaging and game is fun to play! Only thing which is frustrating is - there is no way to set sensitivity in config for 1:1 mouse feel and in game there is just a slider... I am playing on 800 dpi and i can't hit anything! Also becauseHmm... I have 60 fps+ on Geforce 2070 super on medium/ultra. No crashes, or tearing! This game is interesting, better than what we get nowadays. Story is engaging and game is fun to play! Only thing which is frustrating is - there is no way to set sensitivity in config for 1:1 mouse feel and in game there is just a slider... I am playing on 800 dpi and i can't hit anything! Also because there is slightly higher input lag... And negative acceleration is just painful! Otherwise game is decent! But gameplay suffers, therefore 6 only. Also ttk seems wrong and crafting and looting is boring, i don't know why they put it to every game nowadays. As there is not even strategy much... You just grind... Hey at least it doesn't have micro-transactions... Stealth also could be better! I walked past dude mining looking the other way (crouched!) and he notices me, yet i had stealth upgrades... Funny thing is, if i call him, they will find his body very quickly, while there aren't even any patrols. Also i can't even hide body to the bush lame... Also seems like devs got lazy, there is not even description in trading menu what each icon, which presents attributes of an item. Repetitive side missions, too much grind! Btw please devs is it so hard to implement one window - on which you can click and enter value 1.00 for no interpolation? It is possible in much older games... I feel like only good things in this game are story and graphics...… Expand
  12. Dorren
    Aug 17, 2020
    10
    The game is really cool. The graphics were pulled to a new level and on average parameters it looks much better than most projects of 19-20 at maximum settings. The plot and gameplay are also made just fine and very addictive, and in some places I was very surprised by unexpected turns.
    In terms of optimization, I did not feel any particular problems, although I played on a low-mid-range    The game is really cool. The graphics were pulled to a new level and on average parameters it looks much better than most projects of 19-20 at maximum settings. The plot and gameplay are also made just fine and very addictive, and in some places I was very surprised by unexpected turns.
    In terms of optimization, I did not feel any particular problems, although I played on a low-mid-range PC. I saw the unloaded texture of the character only 1 time at the beginning for 1 second, and the sorties visited me only 2 times, but all this is quite forgivable if you remember that for developers this is the first experience of a port from PS4 to PC, and even more so on such a large scale.
    As a result, my score is 9/10, 1 point I took off for optimization flaws.    … Expand
  13. Atrsh
    Sep 15, 2020
    5
    Ive played it on PS4 and loved it - but on PC iam still waiting that they make the game playable. Way to many Bugs and Performance Issues. As soon as it runs smoothly i will enjoy it finally on PC with nice controls and nice graphics than on ps4
  14. hjmaier
    Sep 13, 2020
    0
    The game crashes while analyzing the hardware. I cannot recommend buying this game. I cannot even play.
  15. HealingToolbox
    Sep 9, 2020
    10
    For me, one of the greatest games of ANY game generation. What other game makes so clear--thru its game mechanic, fighting mech dinosaurs--a metaphor for the harmful rule of corporations who stride the earth, rule the Earth, ruin the Earth and the courageous Cultural Creative individuals needed to stand up, resist and defeat them?

    Can you name even one more game making such a bold,    For me, one of the greatest games of ANY game generation. What other game makes so clear--thru its game mechanic, fighting mech dinosaurs--a metaphor for the harmful rule of corporations who stride the earth, rule the Earth, ruin the Earth and the courageous Cultural Creative individuals needed to stand up, resist and defeat them?

    Can you name even one more game making such a bold, progressive statement--in gameplay--about what our real world needs less of and more of?

    The truly human values of Aloy are a welcome relief to me after endless game genres celebrating every flavor of toxic apocalypse.
    Unlike the recent three Tomb Raider reboots (also favorites of mine), Horizon avoids the inconsistencies of the Lara Croft character: alternating between soft and feminine one moment and brutally lethal the next. Aloy is a hard ass, "get it done" character who also has a heart when this is safe and appropriate.    … Expand
  16. Zuultaan
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    The heavy handed PC/SJW/woke propaganda simply makes it unplayable. The cringe just kept getting worse as I played it. The side quests are boring, the lack of choices is ridiculous, its not an RPG. Its a "you will" be an sjw warrior or not play the game. It could have been fun, the mechanics are decent (combat is really one dimensional) as well as the graphics...the storyline I just foundThe heavy handed PC/SJW/woke propaganda simply makes it unplayable. The cringe just kept getting worse as I played it. The side quests are boring, the lack of choices is ridiculous, its not an RPG. Its a "you will" be an sjw warrior or not play the game. It could have been fun, the mechanics are decent (combat is really one dimensional) as well as the graphics...the storyline I just found too absurd to continue. I like to get into games otherwise its just galaga. If you are into unreal, revisionist sci fi history fables, and force fed sjw propaganda then this is the game for you.

    The game is witcher 3 WITHOUT the great side quests, interesting characters, multi dimensional combat, great dialogue, super story. Yeah

    The beginning is the worst, you have a girl that has been tortured by this woke tribe (her own tribe) and just magically she wants to protect it after having been shunned and isolated for 18 years. There are no RPG options to side with the Karja. I mean I would want revenge. The main character is simply vapid and shallow never questioning her love for the tribe which brutalized her and made her into surprisingly well adjusted misanthrope, for having been shunned for 18 years. The game is utter garbage. You keep waiting for the SJW propaganda to die down..but it doesn't...keeps getting worse and that is when I put down the game at about 50 hrs in.    … Expand
  17. chase000
    Sep 9, 2020
    4
    Another wannabe open-world with a bow and wall climbing. Ridiculous setting, poor and bland writing, paint-by-numbers progression/"crafting", mediocre animation with self-clipping, poor facial animations with a sprinkle of uncanny valley, bad lighting with lens flare galore, poor water visuals. Bad melee combat, bad and way too easy ranged combat with slow-mo aiming, insane zoom and anAnother wannabe open-world with a bow and wall climbing. Ridiculous setting, poor and bland writing, paint-by-numbers progression/"crafting", mediocre animation with self-clipping, poor facial animations with a sprinkle of uncanny valley, bad lighting with lens flare galore, poor water visuals. Bad melee combat, bad and way too easy ranged combat with slow-mo aiming, insane zoom and an integrated wallhack. Intensely stupid AI. How does this get any praise is beyond me.… Expand
  18. Tornan
    Sep 9, 2020
    6
    Wonderful game yet not ported well for PC. I also think that it somehow damaged my GPU.
  19. nJoe
    Sep 8, 2020
    10
    Awesome game. I've had zero problems since 1.03 and I encourage all who gave it a bad rating because of its previous problems to update their review.
  20. TitaniumDragon
    Sep 7, 2020
    7
    Horizon: Zero Dawn is an open-world game where you fight giant robot dinsosaurs and giant mammal robots in the post-apocalyptic Midwest. You play as Aloy, a red-headed young woman who was outcast at birth from her tribe, the Nora, for an initially unspecified reason.

    I thought that the “It was Earth all along!” thing would be a twist, but the game literally puts it in one of the loading    Horizon: Zero Dawn is an open-world game where you fight giant robot dinsosaurs and giant mammal robots in the post-apocalyptic Midwest. You play as Aloy, a red-headed young woman who was outcast at birth from her tribe, the Nora, for an initially unspecified reason.

    I thought that the “It was Earth all along!” thing would be a twist, but the game literally puts it in one of the loading screen hints, and the very start of the game has you walking through a ruined facility to get your Focus – a device which serves as an excuse for giving you an in-game HUD, as well as allowing you to scan and analyze the robots.

    This is quite the contrast to your weaponry – you carry around a bow and arrow, along with some other “primitive” equipment, but it is much more advanced than it seems – your bow is a compound bow, and you quickly start getting strange weapons like a sling that fires explosive and elemental rounds, a crossbow that launches explosive tripline traps, and a rope gun that can tie enemies to the ground.

    This sort of weird mixture of retro and futuristic runs throughout the game – you fight giant “animal” robots, while using weapons that you craft ammunition for using stuff you drag out of the corpses of the robots after you kill them.

    The core promise of the game – fighting against these cool giant robots – works quite well. There’s a reasonable variety of enemies (though a few types – like the various grazer robots – do end up being a bit samey), and each has their own strengths, weaknesses, and attack patterns. There are buffalo that charge around and leave firey trails, birds that shoot frost attacks at you, giant robots with multiple laser cannons attached to them… it’s a nice bit of variety, both in terms of the size of the robots and in how easy they are to defeat.

    Indeed, the game has some nice scaling at first – you start out fighting robots that are about your size, and then encounter your first mid-sized robot, which is a scary challenge. By the end of the game, you are dispatching those mid-sized robots easily and fighting gigantic robots that are more dangerous – well, at least in theory.

    In practice, sadly, like many open world games, this game’s scaling is messed up. And part of this is because the game runs out of new robots to throw at you. By the time you reach Meridian – the major city center of the game – you are less than halfway through the game’s playtime, but you will have likely encountered all but one type of enemy robot. This makes the second half of the game a bit of a letdown, as the game ends up running out of new challenges, and fighting the robots you’ve faced already becomes increasingly rote. The shiny new game smell wears off, and it ends up becoming a series of challenges that are just pretty trivial to overcome, except for the DLC area (which is included in the main game now) and the second to final major battle in the game.

    The game tries to make up for this in another way – the story of what happened to the world before, how it is that everything is in ruins, why it is that Aloy was cast out at birth, and why there are giant robotic dinosaurs wandering around is all very intriguing, and as you progress through the game, you come to unravel this mystery, seeing the story of the old world come together and just how Aloy’s unusual birth ties into these ancient mysteries.

    Indeed, this is where the game shines the most – the facilities look really neat (particularly some of the more active ones, like the Cauldrons, where robots are still being made), and the various audio logs and holographic images are very well done.

    Unfortunately, the game has some issues elsewhere with the story; in particular, the normal dialogue scenes often feel a bit stilted, with a lot of the voice actors seeming a bit flat. While the situation is certainly a bummer a great deal of the time, it still ends up being rather stilted at times in delivery.

    Still, these shortcomings can be overlooked, and they weren’t a dealbreaker for me.

    That being said, this game does have one major flaw: it is far too long.

    Open world games often have this problem, and Horizon: Zero Dawn is no exception. There is way more content than there is INTERESTING content, and while there’s tons of space to explore, and a big world to look at, a lot of it honestly ends up being a bit old hat. It is the main quest that is the biggest strength of the game, the mystery of the old world, with the present-day people (with the exception of a handful of characters) being much less interesting than the mysteries of the old world. And given that almost all of the side quests involve the present, not the past, it ends up exacerbating the common issue of sidequests feeling worse than the main plot.

    This is combined with the fact that the game ends up running out of new robots to throw at you.    … Expand
  21. wildmongle
    Sep 6, 2020
    10
    There were crashes at the beginning, but after the patches there isn't any serious crashes or bugs on it with the Gigabyte 1060. Great port and upgrade.
  22. Samnity
    Sep 6, 2020
    10
    Its fixed now.

    Its fixed now.Its fixed now.Its fixed now.Its fixed now.Its fixed now.

    Needed 75 characters long.
  23. HunterXJacob
    Sep 6, 2020
    10
    Excellent, beautiful game. I love you Aloy!! Don’t tell my wife (even though she is red headed)
  24. TheCLAYMAN
    Sep 6, 2020
    3
    В техническом плане - 6/10. Сюжет 4/10. Оптимизация и багфикс - 3/10. Открытый мир и его жизнь - 9/10. Графика 8/10.
    Сюжет полная фигня, уэе на середине ты уже просто хочешь поскорее закончить этот бред, максимально растянутый, такие себе квесты, самая банальняа мотивация персонажа, многие персонажи вообще не прописаны, просто болванчик для квестов с которым можно поговорить, ноль.    В техническом плане - 6/10. Сюжет 4/10. Оптимизация и багфикс - 3/10. Открытый мир и его жизнь - 9/10. Графика 8/10.
    Сюжет полная фигня, уэе на середине ты уже просто хочешь поскорее закончить этот бред, максимально растянутый, такие себе квесты, самая банальняа мотивация персонажа, многие персонажи вообще не прописаны, просто болванчик для квестов с которым можно поговорить, ноль.
    Открытый мир хороший, его наполненность и независимая от тебя часть отлично сделана, ИИ среднячек. Даже на самом сложном уровне сложности, не особо то и сложно. Прокачка оставляет желать лучшего.
    Боевка норм, уникальные для каждого уязвимые места, специальные стрелы, это все хорошо.    … Expand
  25. curzon_dax
    Sep 4, 2020
    7
    The game is great for its genre, however it is not very original, so you will love it if you have not played a lot of action adventures/soft-RPGs before but if you're very experienced in this kind of gaming you might find it repetitive/a sequel/another of the same for a large part of it.
  26. Hexen-Slayer
    Sep 4, 2020
    5
    HORIZON ZERO DAWN is just an average open world game. It features the same open world tropes that we've seen in other games from Ubisoft to Bethesda. Unremarkable NPCs have quests for you, that they are incapable or unwilling to do themselves, so they just wait for some random stranger to walk by to do it for them. Once you've finished their tasks, it's goodbye, never see ya again. TheseHORIZON ZERO DAWN is just an average open world game. It features the same open world tropes that we've seen in other games from Ubisoft to Bethesda. Unremarkable NPCs have quests for you, that they are incapable or unwilling to do themselves, so they just wait for some random stranger to walk by to do it for them. Once you've finished their tasks, it's goodbye, never see ya again. These "quests" are your average quests that we've completed several times before in just about every open world game before, usually find x somewhere, fetch x here and bring to me or kill x. Early on Aloy, the player character finds a device called a focus which is this game's "detective/witcher vision". Yeah, yeah, yeah, same old, same old.
    Crafting is as tedious as ever, too, collect x amount of x to craft x... it was interesting the first time they had this, now it's just tedious and I wish developers would EXclude crafting completely.
    There's your obligatory skill tree, nothing new here either, a basic stealth system - same mechanics as always, yada yada yada.
    So the bottom line, HORIZON ZERO DAWN is a patchwork of mechanics from other games, with tedious and boring missions, unmemorable NPCs and an unnecessary skill tree. It does everything other open world games do, but there's nothing it does extraordinarily well or completely different than others. I actually got bored playing this and most quests were chores. Only recommended for die hard fans of the open world genre.    … Expand
  27. Teerhand
    Sep 3, 2020
    0
    i won´t play this game when it crashes. this is my first playthrough of the game and i´m pissed it crashed during a part of the storytelling...immersion is completely gone.
    Its the third of october now, two months after release and the game is still unstable. i regret buying this immensly
  28. Thegm963
    Sep 2, 2020
    1
    Game looks stunning and seems extremely promising.

    However, it's a broken product. In my high end system (6700K, 1080ti etc) it barely runs at 60 fps but more importantly, it crashes like all the time and some googling shows its quite a common issue across the board. I cannot give a higher rating to a product that is malfunctioning to that extend despite the potential. Sony has released    Game looks stunning and seems extremely promising.

    However, it's a broken product. In my high end system (6700K, 1080ti etc) it barely runs at 60 fps but more importantly, it crashes like all the time and some googling shows its quite a common issue across the board. I cannot give a higher rating to a product that is malfunctioning to that extend despite the potential. Sony has released like 2 patches already that claim to address crashes but personally has seen zero difference so far. I don't care if they ll fix it in a year, I bought the game and want to enjoy it now.

    As it is, I cannot recommend the game to anyone, all that technical garbage will kill any enjoyment you might get out of it. Frankly, it seems like a cash grab by Sony, who should just stick to Consoles where at least they know what they are doing...    … Expand
  29. diegobeew
    Sep 1, 2020
    1
    Jogo totalmente mal otimizado pra PC. Travadas constantes. Queda brusca de frames. Uma falta de respeito com o consumidor. Totalmente insatisfeito com o que fizeram com o jogo pra pc. Mesmo com as atualizações o game continua travando bastante. Decepção!
  30. Oswinoswald
    Aug 31, 2020
    7
    Pretty good story but dialogues between characters were pretty boring I would usually go for the fastest way to end the convo
    It has crashes and bad fps problems but I still finished it
    I would recommend it But bosses are easy to defeat you can just spam your arrows it doesn't matter how much you pull your bow it will do same damage so that's really bad I pretty much defeated every boss    Pretty good story but dialogues between characters were pretty boring I would usually go for the fastest way to end the convo
    It has crashes and bad fps problems but I still finished it
    I would recommend it
    But bosses are easy to defeat you can just spam your arrows it doesn't matter how much you pull your bow it will do same damage so that's really bad I pretty much defeated every boss by spamming and if you try to play on lowest graphics it doesn't render some enemies but they are able to shoot you so that was very annoying as well    … Expand
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#27 Best PC Game of 2020
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#17 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

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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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