Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds

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  1. alank8704
    Jan 30, 2021
    9
    A great dlc to which is my favourite game of all time. Some new interesting machines to fight, a great new map to explore with more interesting things to learn about and a good story
  2. kirilkarom
    Jul 19, 2020
    8
    Great DLC of the great game! That's how you should do it! Fantastic job, Guerrilla Games!
  3. Millymolly
    Nov 12, 2020
    10
    Всё понравилось, очень интересное дополнение
  4. knyy
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    A really good dlc. It feels like the main game, just like a side arc in its story.
  5. edmelian
    Jun 15, 2023
    9
    Un DLC a la altura del juego, con una nueva misión en una región inédita. SI te gustó el juego principal, sin duda debes probarlo.
  6. Morka98
    Jul 28, 2020
    8
    Una expansión con toda la ley pero sentí que es muy corta
    Pero sin duda vale la pena, super recomendado
  7. Traxillion
    Sep 20, 2020
    7
    This DLC has basically the same premise as the main story.

    Essentially what you're buying is more of the same.
  8. keshudioo
    Jan 13, 2023
    9
    Excellent DLC to the base game. I felt it was more challenging, and the NPCs and cutscenes were better designed.
  9. lNeo15l
    Aug 24, 2020
    10
    Mais uma nova fanquia que começou muito bem, jogo de qualidade surpreendente.
    Tudo no jogo e muito bem feito com um capricho nos detalhes. Jogabilidade e história que te prende na jogatina. Outro game que marca a geração e esta entre os melhores.
  10. nexus151196
    Aug 20, 2023
    8
    Достойное DLC, во многом благодаря очень красивой локации Зарубка. Интересные новые роботы, новые виды оружия и в особенности сюжет DLC, делают ее ничуть не хуже основной игры. А сюжет даже интереснее и душевнее.
  11. pharagonesia
    Sep 18, 2020
    8
    Hours of fun. A great expansion of the main Horizon Zero Dawn story, strong additional world building that supports the original story, and of course it is friggin beautiful.
  12. FRIST_008
    Jun 14, 2021
    9
    Тот самый момент когда, как и в ведьмаке, длс лучше оригинала, и тут не исключение. Если бы была возможность начать играть отсюда, игру бы прошли больше людей как по мне.
  13. HeavyMachineGon
    Aug 6, 2021
    9
    DLC比本体好玩太多，还引入了解谜的内容，支线任务含金量也更高剧情也更扎实，多了新的武器和怪物，人物表情也更丰富了。如果续作是基于这个DLC的玩法的话，我还是很期待的。
  14. AlexKudrya
    Oct 16, 2020
    10
    Это лучшая игра в мире. Прекрасный открытый мир, изумительный сюжет, потрясающая графика
  15. Rivenverse
    Jul 6, 2022
    7
    Wow Aloy, that was kind of a journey. Despite small bugs such as disappearing loot, fish, robots, overall I really like the game, and I would give it 10 out of 10 at the beginning, but the far I went, the more I started hating the characters and dialogues and other features developers implemented. I played about 100 hours and plan to finish it again in NG+.

    First of all, I just can't    Wow Aloy, that was kind of a journey. Despite small bugs such as disappearing loot, fish, robots, overall I really like the game, and I would give it 10 out of 10 at the beginning, but the far I went, the more I started hating the characters and dialogues and other features developers implemented. I played about 100 hours and plan to finish it again in NG+.

    First of all, I just can't understand promotions for the game, everyone talked about "ME2" experience. It's a lie, there is only some ideas from ME, not the quality of ME. Mass Effect series are much more detailed in the matter of characters, their backgrounds and outcomes, you feel them and you want to know more about them, and you can ROMANCE THEM, what I clearly can't say about HZD:TFW. This game is more like Witcher 3 in the matter of quests, and I like it, and you should promote it like that, because this game have so much detailed side-quests comparing to first game. But even in Witcher (in every game) you could have sex or at least romance. HZD was trying to be more, they added "RPG" system, but it plays not as RPG at all, so a very useless integration. But, I can admit, I really like the game remember the places I visited and Aloy can say about it in the dialogues.

    Get me right, dialogues animation quality is at top level, facial animations are also very highly detailed, I couldn't ask for more, really. But, they added so much dialogues, so you might think it can lead to some consequences? No, they don't. All them are not necessary, you can even skip them all, it will not affect anything. Even prologue can't affect anything. Same goes to every other dialogue with "emotion wheel", just pick what you think is correct, it will affect nothing. Same goes to whom to kill or spare, same no effect. So why to add clearly not working features? It makes you feel real bad.

    Who is Aloy? Can we compare her with Shepard from ME series? Well, you guys promoted this game as ME2 experience after all. Aloy is too kind and clearly don't understand what is going on, every problem is not a problem for her, you can't feel real challenges, you can't see Aloy is angry, you only can see she is always happy, that's it. You can't read on her face she is really went through all this, she is not a fighter, she is a girl scout and it was the problem for me all the way. When I looked at Regalla, I knew, this is who Aloy was supposed to be, a ruthless machine destroyer, who knows no barriers, but instead, she's trying to be a good "girl", no one should take her seriously, but apparently in this game all men caved in under women, and women characters are about 70% of all people. And she even can't have any romance to not brake feelings of some LGBT.

    Hunting grounds. It was much better in first game, it was far more challenging and interesting, completing them was really uninteresting and disappointing.

    Armors. You don't have any outfit by the way, only armor and you can choose a different looking without changing your armor, what is kinda nice, but...There are zero really beautiful armors, that would emphasize the femininity of the character. Aloy is fully equipped "tank" in almost every armor. The developers has cutted the beauty entirely, to serve feminists.

    Feminism. I see where you want to turn, and when you will do it, be ready to lose your fans and prepare to serve for LGBT players only, TLOU2 experience didn't teach you anything. You better learn from The Witcher 3 and Mass Effect 3.

    I can't believe in Horizon world, despite of it's greatness and beauty, women take very high places, some women fight men and win them in close combat, which is nonsense, women goes to fight instead of doing really important women job inside camps/villages/cities. The world is died, people are dumb and understand only strength, cmon guys, you can't be serious, look at Mad Max for example and you will understand what will happen to all women. This game is so fake when it comes to "who is stronger".

    I won't spoil here, but where are dramatic moments of the game at all?! I wanted to give it 10 out of 10, but at the end of the game, you realize, it have so much problems. The character you knew from the first game was just devalued, like "it" never existed. You did an incredible job creating the locations and machines (most of them were created in the first game), but the game lacks of Aloy emotions and dramatic cutscenes.

    Despite that, lore of the game is very good, storytelling is also not bad. But I hope there will be huge improvements, because I could predict almost everything.

    Can't say I am disappointed, but I also can't say I am very happy. I lost 100+ hours just to end every side quests and visit every place in the game. Was it worth it? I would say NO, you better invest in better story, I am tired of stupid grind games in open world    … Expand
  16. Anatoliy_DeVile
    Jan 18, 2022
    7
    Еще в процессе прохождения сюжетной кампании Horizon Zero Dawn по незнанию решили мы податься в морозные земли к племени Банук на их Зарубку. Буквально на северной границе всплыла красиво так надпись «The Frozen Wilds» и мы поняли, что надо поворачивать назад — всему своё время, как говорится. Не в наших правилах месить всё в одну кучу и усреднять общее впечатление. Людям же менееЕще в процессе прохождения сюжетной кампании Horizon Zero Dawn по незнанию решили мы податься в морозные земли к племени Банук на их Зарубку. Буквально на северной границе всплыла красиво так надпись «The Frozen Wilds» и мы поняли, что надо поворачивать назад — всему своё время, как говорится. Не в наших правилах месить всё в одну кучу и усреднять общее впечатление. Людям же менее принципиальным, не сильно привязанным к хронологии выхода обеих частей, к слову единственное дополнение к Horizon Zero Dawn вышло спустя восемь месяцев после главной игры, я бы наверное даже порекомендовал наведаться к Банук и попылесосить их территории уже хотя бы ради более дамажистых луков и новых стреляюших огнем, льдом и электричеством посохов с более мощным уроном по сравнению со стрелами, но и жрущих ресурсы конечно немилосердно. Луки мы эти конечно качнули, пооблазив все горы и собрав почти все синие кристаллы, тут за металлические осколки стрелометов не купить, так что пришлось... Ситуацию с горным паркуром Guerilla Games решили в DLC по-своему — они сделали неприступные ранее кручи более доступными для постепенного запрыгивания (ножками не ручками), Байек и Алексиос по-прежнему недоумевают, и сделали на горы больше пологих заходов, ну ладно хоть не приходится глаза ломать, выискивая неприглядные желтые веревочки. Зверушек новых в дополнении запилили немного, но с душой. Новыми целями для Элой в The Frozen Wilds стали огневолки — оооочень неприятные твари, с ними толком не развернешься и на холод, который они якобы боятся, плевали они с высокой колокольни, в общем решали единственно верным способом с ними все вопросы — когда что-то не получается используй липкие бомбы они завсегда располагают к многочисленным металлическим обломкам; ледоклыки массово по локации и огнеклык как финальный босс с лютой шкалой — большие мишки, мощные, но не очень быстрые, с этими получалось хоть и подольше, но зато по тактике и не так всё складывалось проблематично как с шустрыми волками; еще появились вышки управления, которые хилят и вроде как усиливают в зоне их действия машины — отключаются они нашим копьем достаточно легко, если конечно аккуратно проползти по стелсяночке мимо многочисленных охраняющих их металлических монстров. Была пара зон где их было аж по три штуки оптом, и вот в этих местах приходилось немного попотеть ибо втихаря столько не отключить конечно было. Есть другой вопрос зачем это было делать? Никто по заданию к этому не принуждал, развлекали себя сами. В этом наверное и есть главная проблема в The Frozen Wilds — сайд-квесты в основном рутинные и скучные.… Expand
  17. Mahannbz
    Jun 30, 2021
    9
    Story was very good,new machines and new bows are amazing also new characters,i really enjoyed that
  18. mikesgold2K
    Aug 12, 2021
    8
    Ciekawe rozszerzenie podstawki dodające kilka nowości, które lekko urozmaicają grę. Historia nawet ciekawa, jednak bardziej służy za wstęp do kolejnych części
  19. Ps5-reviews
    Sep 9, 2021
    8
    A great dlc and a perfect spin-off for the original game.I really appreciated the level design especialy in the calderon part.The strong point of horizon strikes back.....the machines! In this dlc we have the fireclaw,a new strong machine that's really fun to fight.The story is not at the level of zero dawn but still good.
  20. Churros123
    Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Uma DLC bem legal, traz novas missões, máquinas, tarefas, e missões secundárias novas.
  21. borla
    Feb 19, 2022
    8
    Gameplay; Pretty good
    Game narrative: Good
    Bugs: Rare
    Combat: Diverse
    PS: Highly recommend if you like the non dlc game
  22. Kostas_Spirou
    Jul 28, 2023
    6
    This Expansion is pretty nice but it feels like a chore at times.

    The new Armor Sets and Weapons are good, but the Frozen Wilds storyline is kind of uninteresting and it doesn't add anything valuable to the game. Granted, I really liked the setting, it's refreshing and something different from the main game. Also the new enemy types add some challenge to the game, but sadly there aren't    This Expansion is pretty nice but it feels like a chore at times.

    The new Armor Sets and Weapons are good, but the Frozen Wilds storyline is kind of uninteresting and it doesn't add anything valuable to the game.

    Granted, I really liked the setting, it's refreshing and something different from the main game.

    Also the new enemy types add some challenge to the game, but sadly there aren't many of them.

    Final Rating: "Decent" ~ 6/10.    … Expand
  23. soybrunix
    Jan 27, 2022
    8
    DLC that further advances the story of Horizon Zero Dawn. If you played the full game, you must play this expansion. There are a couple of very interesting missions.
  24. ShevaWall
    Jun 14, 2022
    10
    Жаль что так мало reviews на метакритике для этого дополнения, но он также великолепно, как основная игра. Момент, когда ты попадаешь в frozen wilds пробирает до мурашек. Это дополнение такой же шедевр, как и основная игра
  25. cchenders40
    Oct 18, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let's start with the positives:

    - there is a lot of content
    - the new machines (3 that are new with one being a tower and the rest are more difficult reskins of the base game machines.
    - the new map is great and a fun historical location
    - there are some cool gameplay additions and quality of life improvements.

    Negatives - the main story is not good. It’s a series of fetch quests and busywork, with a loose narrative about a AI and a brother and sister. The cutscenes really hammed it up with the drama and emotion and it just falls flat. One of the main characters is like crying over a AI that she thinks is a spirit and it just does not land with me, she just looks dumb for thinking it’s a mystical being. The brother sister relationship you are supposed to invest in is not gripping and doesn’t hit you in the feels like it wants you too.
    - the dlc is meant to be more difficult and what that means is bigger health pools but no real combat challenges.
    - the missions, fights, and exploration are really just more of the same. - some of the main quests you can tell are just filler. They will give you four objectives all over the map to do simple tasks and then those tasks branch out into smaller fetch quests. You can tell the devs were just trying to add to the run time of the short story. - the climbing is still terrible and uninteresting.
    - I yet again ran into more glitches on PS5. Textures were loading in weird, getting stuck in random flat terrain, the climbing messing up. I was really surprised by all these bugs in a AAA first party game.

    It’s a average to good dlc. If you were dying for more of this game get it and you’ll probably like it, if you didn’t love the base game I’d pass. Buy it on a sale if you can.    … Expand
  26. Invidious25
    Jun 4, 2022
    8
    The Frozen Wilds DLC (8/10 Great): The Frozen Wilds DLC is more of the base game but adds a new objective type, control towers, and some new weapons. The DLC also adds some new enemy mechanical beasts: the Fire Claw and Ice Claw. Both of these additions are excellent. The DLC hunter’s lodge offers harder challenges than the base game’s. I would say it was a bit too hard, but I did have funThe Frozen Wilds DLC (8/10 Great): The Frozen Wilds DLC is more of the base game but adds a new objective type, control towers, and some new weapons. The DLC also adds some new enemy mechanical beasts: the Fire Claw and Ice Claw. Both of these additions are excellent. The DLC hunter’s lodge offers harder challenges than the base game’s. I would say it was a bit too hard, but I did have fun completing what I could. The story here also feels remarkably similar to the base game’s, but I enjoyed it more because the interactions with the Banuk tribe feel more personable. My most memorable moment involved observing a complicated ritual performed by the tribe to open a sealed facility door. The ritual performed with complete seriousness turns comical when combined with the players knowledge of how modern facilities operate i.e., fire alarms. The main problems I had with the DLC are an extenuation of the main problems I had with the base game. Inventory management is not improved, and unfortunately additional problems are added. The new weapons require a ton of craftable materials for ammo. I quickly ran out of ammo for all three new guns and did not bother using them anymore as a result. Ultimately, The Frozen Wilds is an excellent addition to an already fantastic experience.… Expand
  27. Raziel72
    Aug 7, 2022
    9
    Это дополнение подарит вам пару десятков часов игры с интересными племенами, их обычаями и новыми машинами!
  28. SlashRevenge
    Jul 12, 2023
    8
    A very good addition. Good fun and atmosphere preserved. The new land, although not very diverse, is beautiful. Although I had to raise the brightness of the screen a bit because the night in the game is extremely dark and the passage of time in the game still cannot be accelerated. I was also annoyed by the fights with the fireclaws (long and not very engaging).
  29. Nevbear1206
    Apr 10, 2023
    8
    A sprawling arctic area with even greater weapons and enemies is exactly what this game needed to complete what was already a solid package. From the first mission, I was engrossed in the story and characters of the Frozen Wild, more so than the main campaign. While the new content and dangerous machines are mostly of great quality, I would have wished to see more variety and less reusedA sprawling arctic area with even greater weapons and enemies is exactly what this game needed to complete what was already a solid package. From the first mission, I was engrossed in the story and characters of the Frozen Wild, more so than the main campaign. While the new content and dangerous machines are mostly of great quality, I would have wished to see more variety and less reused content by the end of the adventure.… Expand
  30. andrilitvynchuk
    Aug 23, 2023
    6
    I don't know, I was quite bored of the story. I liked the new weapons (especially elemental machine guns) which made fighting faster but overall I liked it less than the original game
  31. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    5
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Horizon: Zero Dawn The frozen wilds
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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 70 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 70
  3. Negative: 0 out of 70
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 16, 2018
    80
    Almost twenty hours in the Horizon's world brings new fun. Anything that extends this great game is great, and The Frozen Wilds prove this completely. [Issue#282]
  2. CD-Action
    Feb 8, 2018
    80
    A solid expansion to a great game. It even managed to improve combat which originally already had the best design among all the open world games I’ve played. [01/2018, p.68]
  3. Games.cz
    Jan 21, 2018
    80
    This addon can defend its existence with its head raised. The Frozen Wilds add on comes only with little improvements and a weaker story than the original game. But it does not lose the excellent gameplay and in 10-15hrs gametime it offers a selection of the best.
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