Horizon Forbidden West

 PlayStation 4
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7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1144 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 777 out of 1144
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  1. 187000097hgg
    Mar 30, 2022
    0
    los graficos no lo son todo en un juego, para eso me veo una pelicula... hablamos de videojuegos, biedn pues este en cuanto a jugabilidad se queda en 2006
  2. hakusenpaifu
    Mar 30, 2022
    0
    para bebes mentales no tiene ninguna gracia un juego asi hoy en dia, los desarrolladores literalmente tratando a su publico como burros.... si te va ese rollo................................
  3. Malef
    Mar 29, 2022
    4
    Too many pointless and annoying talking, commenting, chatting in background. Combat system as in first installment is clunky (camera is too close, field of view is too narrow, Alloy's movement is slow, machines are too jumpy), even though there is a plethora of new moves and abilities. I recomend to ease combat difficulty to negate pointless number crunching part of the game. More thingsToo many pointless and annoying talking, commenting, chatting in background. Combat system as in first installment is clunky (camera is too close, field of view is too narrow, Alloy's movement is slow, machines are too jumpy), even though there is a plethora of new moves and abilities. I recomend to ease combat difficulty to negate pointless number crunching part of the game. More things to gather and craft, what for? It's not a survival or immersive sim. Half of the map is a boring desert, as in Zero Dawn.

    Graphics is great. Exploring is fun, most of the time.    … Expand
  4. Sopranzzz_
    Mar 28, 2022
    3
    Horizon Zero Dawn was one of my favorite PlayStation exclusives, so I was really looking forward to this game. But oh boy this was a huge disappointment.
    After five years, this is really the best Guerrilla has come to?
    The graphics are the only real positive, which are the exact same as the first game. The story is a disaster: really boring, uninteresting, lame, and also plain    Horizon Zero Dawn was one of my favorite PlayStation exclusives, so I was really looking forward to this game. But oh boy this was a huge disappointment.
    After five years, this is really the best Guerrilla has come to?

    The graphics are the only real positive, which are the exact same as the first game.

    The story is a disaster: really boring, uninteresting, lame, and also plain ridiculous at some point. Halfway through, I wished it was over because it was really THAT unbearable. No spoilers, but it wasn't good at all. Also, why there's a one-hour-long tutorial?!
    The new characters introduced in the story were really not that interesting; thankfully, we get to see some of my favorites of the old game. Aloy's character also worsened, being more "bossy" and know-it-all (even while playing she tells you every 5 seconds what to do and what not, incredibly irritating).

    To make it worse, every cutscene is dragged for far too long, it really gets tiring real quick. Everyone in this game talks so much that it gets super boring to listen to, and this was also in the side quests, by the way.
    I'm not even going to touch on how the current people of this world are talking and expressing themselves like living in 2022 and not in a post-apocalyptic setting. That ruined most part of the atmosphere for me to the point that I skipped every dialog not related to the main story.

    Gameplay-wise, it's almost identical to the first game, which isn't a bad thing. They also added the option to swim underwater and fly on robot birds. New weapons and new abilities.
    Great, isn't it? Obviously no, because the somehow made the combat experience even worse. For example, every time an enemy hits you, you get knocked down and stunned for almost three seconds, making the combat really frustrating and not fun. The melee combat, which was already clunky in the first game, ended up being EVEN MORE clunky, and this really shows up in the Melee Pits.

    The new overworld things such as "Machines strikes" or races were added, in my opinion, just because to. They all look pretty eh, not interesting but not terrible either.

    Finally, optimization speaking. Now, this game was probably (and rightfully) made to be played on PS5. But the optimization for ps4 is terrible. The game crashed my PlayStation 2 times and I had multiple times frame drops, especially while fighting rebel camps. Not to mention, also incredibly long loading times.

    All in all, this game was a super disappointment. I'm really saddened that the prequel was miles and miles better than this one. There are probably even other bad and boring things i have not touched on right now because i got tired of writing this essay.
    This is easily one of PlayStation's worse and forgettable exclusives. At full price, I would recommend this only to the die-hard fan of the first game. But for everyone else, just wait for a discount, or don't play it at all, it's not that big of a deal honestly.    … Expand
  5. GamerPro08
    Mar 27, 2022
    4
    The graphics are outstanding in this game. The combat is fine just like the first game. Repetitive quests, too many cutscenes, and the story are kinda bland. You need to grind in this game which isn't a problem if you're doing different activities to earn but in this game, you keep doing the same thing.
  6. Mp8
    Mar 27, 2022
    9
    I finished the game after 51 hours and i must say i enjoyed it a lot ,loved the gameplay even tho its nothing new in this gaming genre,the story was kinda meeh but i loved aloys character even more ,great music during battle ,they developed the original gameplay even more ,the environment is beautiful great graphics and the world is alive with animals etc - great experience in general
  7. JoseP2710
    Mar 25, 2022
    9
    Me encantó, es básicamente el primer juego pero mejorando en todos sus aspectos, Aloy me parece lo mejor del juego pero sentí que varios personajes me parecen de alguna forma genéricos pero el entorno y el concepto sigue igual de fantástico que el primero, una secuela que cumplió bastante
  8. Maxmynerv
    Mar 25, 2022
    1
    Compare with Mass Effect 2, are you kidding?
    This game is a pure mixture of Assassin and Rise of the Tomb Raider ....
    Constant hints of the main character and in general her constant empty conversations. Stupid dialogues and a plot on the verge of insanity. Grind. Permanent cutscenes. Moans, oohs and aahs, of the main character. And a lot of grindage and gathering. Only Lara has    Compare with Mass Effect 2, are you kidding?
    This game is a pure mixture of Assassin and Rise of the Tomb Raider ....
    Constant hints of the main character and in general her constant empty conversations.
    Stupid dialogues and a plot on the verge of insanity.
    Grind.
    Permanent cutscenes.
    Moans, oohs and aahs, of the main character.
    And a lot of grindage and gathering.

    Only Lara has hunting, corridors and caves, and here the hunt for robots, corridors and the Assassin constantly wakes up with his grind in the open world and the stupidest plot dialogues and history in the open worlds of ubisoft.
    With all the titanic work done with models and animations = a terrible boring, dull and stupid game with absurd dialogues and just stupid dialogues.

    All open-world games have turned into gum for idiots.
    Not one new idea or something, so that after half an hour it doesn't get boring. Modern AAA games are wasted time.
    And only Indies are sometimes surprised, but they lack elaboration of details and quality.

    All the screenwriters are extinct, like dinosaurs.
    There were only "effective managers" and "character designers" or "clothing designers" - I don't know.
    But definitely not game designers. They didn't even touch this game, didn't even see it, and didn't even pass by to give the developers a slap on the head.
    Play ENSLAVED Odyssey to the West or Genshin Impact instead.

    But not in this **** which is not even 10% the level of Sony and PS.

    There is no limit to my indignation. With all the typical beauty
    of "HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST", the eyes get used to it after 10 minutes and the game does not even try to surprise.

    Absolutely everything in it is done on the dump, probably except for the model of the main character and animation. Only Ubisoft can do worse.

    So a new fashion has also gone, when the games are completely different for the first 2 hours and after 2 hours. The first 2 hours of the game may even be interesting, but not later. All so that you can't get the money back.
    This game shows right away how lame it is and you realize that 100 hours of repetitions are waiting for you.

    Oh, yes, all over the world of the game, everyone knows who the heroine is and what she did in the last part. Are they sure they don't have SMS there?

    And I'll add 1 point for the fact that this game runs on PS4 at all.    … Expand
  9. julsplace
    Mar 25, 2022
    10
    Para mi es un juegazo. el nivel de detalle es increíble, la historia me enganchó desde el principio. Agradezco que las misiones secundarias no se hagan pesadas, o repetitivas. cada una tiene su pequeña historia con sus distintos personajes. Llevo 60h de juego, y me sigue sorprendiendo. Mi único pero es(lo estoy jugando en la ps4 FAT) pantallas de carga repentinas si vas montada en ciertaPara mi es un juegazo. el nivel de detalle es increíble, la historia me enganchó desde el principio. Agradezco que las misiones secundarias no se hagan pesadas, o repetitivas. cada una tiene su pequeña historia con sus distintos personajes. Llevo 60h de juego, y me sigue sorprendiendo. Mi único pero es(lo estoy jugando en la ps4 FAT) pantallas de carga repentinas si vas montada en cierta montura, algún bug como caer de manera infinita *a veces* al bajar unas escaleras... pero no me impiden disfrutar de este juego. Me habría gustado jugarlo en la ps5, pero spoiler: imposible conseguir una. Aún así, lo recomiendo 100%. si te gustó el primero, te gustará el segundo!… Expand
  10. Brer158
    Mar 24, 2022
    9
    Un juego Maravilloso eso por empezar... Si bien hay algún que otro detallé técnico que flaquea como el sistema de combate cuerpo a cuerpo (que si bien mejora con respecto al primero) falta pulido o el sistema de escalado, no hay ninguno que te saque de la experiencia que te quieren ofrecer. La historia es un 10/10 (en mi opinión), vi muchas oportunidades en las cuales abrían podido optarUn juego Maravilloso eso por empezar... Si bien hay algún que otro detallé técnico que flaquea como el sistema de combate cuerpo a cuerpo (que si bien mejora con respecto al primero) falta pulido o el sistema de escalado, no hay ninguno que te saque de la experiencia que te quieren ofrecer. La historia es un 10/10 (en mi opinión), vi muchas oportunidades en las cuales abrían podido optar por el camino obvio, pero nunca pasa, es más, las resoluciones de los conflictos son inesperadas, todos los personajes principales y secundarios rebosan personalidad, todo en este mundo abierto enamora y te deja con las ganas de más. Que la PS4 pueda correr este juego es un logro técnico fenomenal.… Expand
  11. Internets
    Mar 22, 2022
    10
    I love it. Graphics are good, game isn't repetitive - just learn to play it so you can enjoy it!
  12. 124vvlaad
    Mar 22, 2022
    0
    Забагованый кусок кода, вечные чёрные экраны, вылеты,
  13. overdrive
    Mar 21, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i just love how most of the reviews on here are one day after the game came out, where the ppl could not have possible finished the game and they are giving it a bad review

    just so ppl know i am playing this game on a base PS4 and yes i have seen a few bugs but they are few and far between and have e a few friends that have the game on PS5 and they say the same thing

    the graphics even on a base PS4 are great and from what i have played of the story that is also leading to great things as well i would highly recommend this game to anyone

    EDIT: I have just finished the story to this game and it is very good, after the credits, the world changes to show what you have done in the main story quests which were not in the first game and I think is a good addition can't wait for the 3rd game to come out and see what happens in the story still would highly recommend to anyone    … Expand
  14. Keav
    Mar 21, 2022
    0
    Juego mal hecho, con bugs terribles y ni siquiera esta terminado, malas físicas, la vegetación no se mueve, exceso de niebla para tapar el Pop-in, en fin no desperdicies tu dinero en esta basura.
  15. allan_oliveira
    Mar 20, 2022
    10
    Realmente o jogo esta incrível no visual, game play, áudio, missões secundarias... é o jogo mais bonito já feito atualmente sem nenhuma duvida. é só jogar e se divertir.
  16. misiek192
    Mar 4, 2022
    10
    This game is a masterpiece. It is the same like that two story dlcs for witcher 3 but expanded to beeing a full game. Just simply more and better.
  17. Baexchu
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    I like this game, the graphics is insane, also the gameplay better than before
  18. Grendizer
    Mar 20, 2022
    9
    So I have only played around 6 hours, but it has the same feel for me than its predecessor, which I loved and completed 2 times, what I rarely do. So for me, since it's pretty much the same as the first game with more of everything I'm all in. The areas look more diverse, you get cool new gadgets, much more to do (which is also overwhelming I must admit) and they added swimming underSo I have only played around 6 hours, but it has the same feel for me than its predecessor, which I loved and completed 2 times, what I rarely do. So for me, since it's pretty much the same as the first game with more of everything I'm all in. The areas look more diverse, you get cool new gadgets, much more to do (which is also overwhelming I must admit) and they added swimming under water. This franchise still is one of the best I played in my 40 year gamer career.

    For me everything works in this game minus the 30 fps on ps4pro. I recommend it.

    Edit: Played a lot more and still very good game. What I really dislike is the camera, while concentrating it zooms in and sometimes vegetation, walls and other stuff blocks your view. Then riding on the mount could be smoother (stops sprinting instantly) when you run over rocky terrain or past objects like trees.    … Expand
  19. mrgreentoad
    Mar 13, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. How is it that there isn’t a PS4 metascore from critics? That is pure silliness considering there are way more PS4s than PS5s out in the wild! Whatever, I played this on a base PS4 & it is an amazing looking game. There are many improvements over the first game. Plants now have animations when you move through them, cut scenes & character/facial animations are MUCH better, you can swim under water & it looks amazing, Spoiler: you eventually aquire a breathing apparatus which is awesome, Spoiler: you also eventually aquire a flying mount which is cool considering all other mounts are surprisingly slow! Seriously, I think Aloy can sprint faster than any mounts other than the Sunwing! Doesn’t make sense… Expand
  20. SilexEco
    Mar 18, 2022
    4
    The real name of the game should be Horizon II Forbidden MIST... Or West Silent Hill xD

    It's amazing how poorly polished the game has come out, everything is full of fog to cover up the pop-in and some mechanics are very annoying, the game is still boring as the first part was, I hope at least that this game is released on PC as soon as possible to fix graphical problems, because the    The real name of the game should be Horizon II Forbidden MIST... Or West Silent Hill xD

    It's amazing how poorly polished the game has come out, everything is full of fog to cover up the pop-in and some mechanics are very annoying, the game is still boring as the first part was, I hope at least that this game is released on PC as soon as possible to fix graphical problems, because the PlayStation consoles do not give for more.

    Again another proof that the videogame press is entirely bought by Sony.    … Expand
  21. jazin
    Mar 18, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. amazing and fun to play, incredible use of dualsense, the open world is the most beautiful in any game!… Expand
  22. IstDox
    Mar 18, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Desde entrada ya con el intro te deja sin palabras, un juego maravilloso e increible, espectacular que se vea tan bien en una ps4 slim, como todo juego tiene sus defectos, pero nada de gravedad, es de lo mejor que tiene sony playstation, ojala y si sale otra entrega, el ps5 pueda de verdad hacerle justicia a tan maravilloso mundo que creo guerrilla… Expand
  23. Silvapomerode
    Mar 18, 2022
    9
    Gostei da evolução em relação ao primeiro, game muito bom, mundo aberto rico e bonito.
    A história é bem interessante também. O game evoluiu em tudo, em relação ao Zero Dawn.

    Um ponto que me incomodou, foi em relação a Aloy. Que as vezes ela leva um golpe, e demora muito pra levantar. Para um game com gameplay rápida, isso acaba atrapalhando.
  24. Alex_gaming95
    Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Another great game by Gorilla games, it's a huge leap forward in terms of graphics, gameplay, story, characters ETC. And the world is absolutely incredible! The game is full of details and love... Performance on a PS4 PRO is pretty good as well.
  25. uli030
    Mar 18, 2022
    10
    the game has been improved on every step in comparison to zero dawn, the music is better and the map design
  26. Madvilapires
    Mar 18, 2022
    10
    grande jogo maravilhosa historia com uma gameplay deliciosa de jogar. parabéns Guerrilha
  27. MatheusMMM
    Mar 18, 2022
    10
    Um excelente jogo, melhora consideravelmente do Zero Dawn em todos os aspectos, Masterpiece!
  28. Teufelsrochen
    Mar 18, 2022
    10
    Top Game mit top Grafik sollte sich jeder holen mit einer PlayStation 5(4) !!
  29. Fat2022
    Mar 18, 2022
    10
    Mejora en todo aspecto a zero dawn, la calidad de gráficos es lo máximo que puede aspirar la ps4. Un mundo abierto inmenso lleno de actividades y máquinas increíbles.
  30. RanGom007
    Mar 13, 2022
    9
    I am very glad that the forbidden West turned out the way it turned out. I've always wanted to learn more about this universe, but the first part couldn't interest me as much as the second one. Travel, activities, plot, side quests, characters.. And what a visual the game has, it's incredible. Everything turned out cool and interesting. I thank the developers for the work done. I passedI am very glad that the forbidden West turned out the way it turned out. I've always wanted to learn more about this universe, but the first part couldn't interest me as much as the second one. Travel, activities, plot, side quests, characters.. And what a visual the game has, it's incredible. Everything turned out cool and interesting. I thank the developers for the work done. I passed the game with great pleasure, I will spend more than a dozen hours in it and look forward to continuing. I hope it will be released in Russia..… Expand
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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Oct 19, 2022
    81
    There’s nothing wrong with learning from your competitors, but what’s the point of copying stuff that’s mocked even by Ubisoft fans? Hopefully, next time Guerrilla will focus more on Horizon’s own strengths: unique world and mechosaurs that are so fun to take apart. [Issue#259, p.72]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Apr 28, 2022
    65
    If you liked Zero Dawn, you will probably enjoy Forbidden West, even though the sequel lost that pioneering spirit and Aloy stopped developing as a character.
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  3. RPGamer
    Mar 18, 2022
    90
    Horizon Forbidden West embraces everything about its predecessor and makes strides in producing an even more compelling world to explore, with intense combat and story moments, and shiny new robo-dinosaurs to punch in the face. I cannot wait to see where Aloy and her companions’ story goes next.
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