Horizon Zero Dawn

 PlayStation 4
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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12419 Ratings

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  1. PooPaDuke
    Mar 8, 2017
    1
    The much anticipated PS4 graphical show case is a frustrating mess of bad game design. It's a 10 hour game deliberately padded to last at least three times as long. It's a grind and a chore.

    A lot of it's problems don't become evident until you cross over into the second half of the map. At that point the difficulty is steeply ramped up. Every engagement requires you to exhaust all your    The much anticipated PS4 graphical show case is a frustrating mess of bad game design. It's a 10 hour game deliberately padded to last at least three times as long. It's a grind and a chore.

    A lot of it's problems don't become evident until you cross over into the second half of the map. At that point the difficulty is steeply ramped up. Every engagement requires you to exhaust all your resources. Then go harvesting for them again. Even when you unlock the skills that give you more for every plant you pick you'll still barely fill up a notch of your health reserve before you stumble upon the next engagement.

    You'd think there would be some system for replenishing health without wasting your resources reserved for combat, but no. No healer at camps, can't sleep to regain health, even fast traveling to a bon fire doesn't replenish them. In fact fast traveling to a camp will make you lose your mount, which are a pain in the ass to obtain but are practically required for traveling. And, no, you can't capture a back up mount. You can unlock an ability to call in back up mounts but that requires at least 10 skill points.

    If you run out of a resource like health potions, things you need to craft health potions, or a resource that you need to craft arrows to fight enemies but are mostly found on enemies then you're going to have to buy it from a merchant. However, everything is on the expensive side. The bigger problem is you can't buy multiples of stuff. You have to buy everything individually. So if you need to buy say 30 wires to craft anchor cables you have to buy them individually! If that wasn't bad enough, it's not like you hit x and it's instantly in your inventory. Every action goes through a confirmation wheel that takes a second to fill up. Way to waste the player's time Guerrilla.

    Then there's the combat itself. The aiming is way too slow to manage how fast and agile these enemies are and there's no sensitivity option. Pretty much every enemy requires that you learn their weak spots, you can't just unload a volley of arrows on them and hope they go down. Preferably you'll also learn which element goes best with those weak spots. The problem is that these enemies move fast, have twitchy animations, and often have weak points concealed. It's really difficult to keep your reticle on a few exposed pixels by itself. The camera zooms in when you aim down the sight and zooms in even further when you go into bullet time. When this isn't even necessary with it's already low FOV and the fact that enemies close the distance really quickly. Mixed with the twitchy animation this leads to looking at a pixel one second and then the enemy not being in your line of sight the next. The end result is you'll start mostly relying on melee and traps.

    Once you cross to the other side of the map the enemies themselves are tough. Every engagement feels like at least a mini boss fight. But enemies never come alone. Not only that but the poor enemy placement on the map means that an engagement with one group of enemies can spill over into another group and even a third. Imagine trying to line up a shot with three groups of boss like enemies barreling down on you. Your character often won't have time to get up before three enemies get a few hits in, tossing you around like a rag doll. Having platinumed games like Rogue Legacy and Bloodborne I found this game too much of a pain even on standard.

    The respawn logic boggles my mind. As a final boss quality stormhawk that I only defeated moments ago respawned almost instantly when I moved a few meters out of the area. In another area where I came upon and saved a civillian under attack the encounter respawned in exactly that form when I came back a minute later from picking flowers to heal the wounds I sustained from that encounter. Yet, an area that was designated with a type of machine I needed to complete a quest had no enemies anywhere close.

    Speaking of quests, you can't complete multiple tutorial quests at the same time. You have to choose one as active. This kind of constant micromanaging is a big part of the problem with Horizon.

    The game is also buggy. I've seen things like floating plants and dead enemies. NPCs teleporting from one spot to another or their torso disappearing. The game crashed on me a couple of times too.

    Another annoyance are Horizon's equivalent of towers that clear the fog of war from a map. They are mobile here. Which means if you missed your opportunity to get on it, you have to wait five minutes, standing around doing nothing, for them to come back around.

    The game does look amazing but even that's not without caveats. For one thing night time has a green hue that looks unnatural and there's too much black crush. Lip syncing can look completely off. You'll run across giant piles of snow that your character has no impact on. Just clipping through without as much as even a sound effect change from standard ground foot steps.    … Expand
  2. navaga
    Mar 5, 2017
    0
    Me ha parecido aburrido, mano, repetitivo no se o recomiendo no a las ratas. La peor inversión de mi vida. Ojalá pudiera volver al pasado y no coger está basura.
  3. ScofieldMoody
    Mar 3, 2017
    0
    The game is empty and boring, it tries to be an open world gamebut it's pretty linear and it lacks of a decent gameplay, unfortunately it's another interactive movie, it feels like you're watching a movie instead of playing a game, it tried to be a witcher 3/zelda wannabe but it comes no where close to any of them, the onlything this game brings is graphics and nothing else.
  4. Mooteddy
    Mar 4, 2020
    0
    TLDR:

    Not even an "okay" story, no proper gameplay, no proper lore IN A POST APOCALYPTIC GAME WITH DINOSAUR ROBOTS!!!!!!!! How can you f*ck this up?! How did this go through pre-production, wtf sony?! Story: Strong intro, the rest is borderline bad. Not even indie developers of platformers allow themselves to write this generic and unprofessional. But the first 3 hours of the    TLDR:

    Not even an "okay" story, no proper gameplay, no proper lore IN A POST APOCALYPTIC GAME WITH DINOSAUR ROBOTS!!!!!!!! How can you f*ck this up?! How did this go through pre-production, wtf sony?!

    Story:

    Strong intro, the rest is borderline bad. Not even indie developers of platformers allow themselves to write this generic and unprofessional. But the first 3 hours of the story are solid, nothing of value after that.

    Gameplay:

    It looks nice, but when you play it for 5 hours, trust me, you have seen everything. The game is like 20-30 hours long and after 5 hours it has nothing new to offer. The best weapon in the game can be bought from a vendor at level 20!!!!!!!!!! (approx 9 hours of gameplay).
    Mobs are scattered over the world like it's an MMORPG. Monsters spam attacks with no cooldowns. It's not hard to kill them but spamming monsters is just a developer having ZERO imagination. Collectibles are exchanged for loot boxes at vendors. Need I say more?

    I repeat it again. Collectibles. Are. A. Currency. For Vendors. Can you buy gear with that currency? NOPE. Just resources. Do you need them? NOPE. -> Waste of time. Do collectibles offer any lore? I forget it as soon as I collect them. Very significant.

    Art and Music:

    10/10. But guess what? It's not a F*CKING BENCHMARK! It's a PS4 EXCLUSIVE GAME. If I wanted an art exhibition for 60$, I'd visit one.
    However, yes. The art team and the music team did well.

    I rarely write reviews but as hyped as this piece of garbage was, It deserves it.    … Expand
  5. clarky
    Sep 19, 2020
    0
    Obnoxious glacial starting cut scene, I wasn't allowed to skip it, and it lasted longer than I have time for. If I wanted a movie, i'd get a movie. I don't want to sit here with a controller being forced to watch utter trash. I got a refund.
  6. Mauricio316
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No mas juegos de guerrilla games. El only playstation es un chiste. Asi que ojalá les cierren el estudió y de no ser así les vaya muy mal con sus proximos juegos y ojalá les pirateen este y apenas vendan en PC. Este estudió esta muerto.… Expand
  7. Nofearmonger
    Jul 10, 2020
    0
    Boring. What else is there to say? For those of us who are not being incentivized to leave a good review are speaking honestly about Horizon Zero Dawn. I played it at a friends house and was thankful I did not waste money. They’re actually porting this to Steam on pc...
  8. CyberRoshi
    Jun 25, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After my friends really liked the game i played it to. OMG what was this a stupid game. So the world was destroyed by machines created by humans and the solution is to give all power to machines to create and destroy the world when nesceserry. This game was an insult to my intellegence.… Expand
  9. AndrewMigal
    Mar 6, 2021
    1
    ХУЕТА ЕБУЧАЯ ЭТА ШЛЮХА ПИЗДЕЦ ВООБЩЕ НАХУЙ Я ДУМАЛ ОНА ЕБАТЬСЯ С РОБОТАМИ БУДЕТ, А НИХУЯ И В ЧЕМ СУТЬ КАРЛ БЛЯТЬ?
  10. Areduard27795
    Sep 15, 2020
    0
    En mi opinión es un juego completamente sobre valorado, pese a sus buenos graficos y estilo de juego no logra conseguir brillar debido a su protagonista carente de personalidad que parece mas una propaganda de mujer empoderada tipo Capitana Marvel del universo de Disney Marvel. Misiones repetitivas carente de relación o sentido con la trama y vuelvo y repito una personaje tan carente deEn mi opinión es un juego completamente sobre valorado, pese a sus buenos graficos y estilo de juego no logra conseguir brillar debido a su protagonista carente de personalidad que parece mas una propaganda de mujer empoderada tipo Capitana Marvel del universo de Disney Marvel. Misiones repetitivas carente de relación o sentido con la trama y vuelvo y repito una personaje tan carente de personalidad aue parece mas una especie de propaganda de movimientos sociales la cual sin conocer a nadie y sin sentido de nada es la como esa mascota que le ordenas que se dirija a algun lugar y simplemente lo hace. Estoy seguro que el juego me decepcionó desde el momento en el cual la persona que cuidó y educó a la protagonista muere y la protagonista como si se tratara de un extraño. Simplemente se lo puedo recomendar a audiencia menor a los 14 años para que tengan un rato de entretenimiento ; si eres alguien que busca en un video juego una historia por lo o menos entretenida pues te recomiendo que no compres este.… Expand
  11. Wiciath
    Mar 7, 2021
    3
    I can't understand how this has high rate! It was just trash with good graphics. No good combat mechanics, no good conversations... Story is interesting but their presentation is very poor. I just wanted to finished because I paid money...
  12. chriszorn
    Mar 7, 2021
    4
    First I will let the good words out: the graphic is great; the storyline seems complex enough although halfway through I just decided that I didn't care and just wanted to finish it; the main character is a strong, independent female (big plus; looking at ya cyberpunk) and that's about it. Now the bads. First, maybe there is a way to adjust the control sensitivity but they definitely don'tFirst I will let the good words out: the graphic is great; the storyline seems complex enough although halfway through I just decided that I didn't care and just wanted to finish it; the main character is a strong, independent female (big plus; looking at ya cyberpunk) and that's about it. Now the bads. First, maybe there is a way to adjust the control sensitivity but they definitely don't make it easy enough to find. I didn't and that really messes up my sensitivity in other games and yeah, it matters to me. Also, in this game, there are many moments where ten machines just try to kill you all at once, and of course, you only have two thumbs at play and die within a minute. It is really frustrating and feels unfair. I think they messed up on that - games can be set to be challenging but they are also supposed to be fun. These defeated moments of human losing to machines just doesn't feel well-deserved and almost just maddening. Anyway, enough rant, and I would just say I bought this game in 2017 and just finished this month because I got frustrated at it many times over the years. And I am usually darn good at those type of games so it's not me. And I possibly won't buy the sequel unless there is absolutely no other game to play at the time. Which was what happened the first time they launched so lesson learned.… Expand
  13. Neeus
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    The most overrated game i've ever played. Game let you in with an interesting intro and then uses all the dated video game tropes. Full of chore and bad npc conversations. It's like Ubisoft game. AC mixed with FC Primal but worse. It might have been okay in 2000's or early 2010's. HZD is late to the party.
  14. EESO
    Mar 3, 2017
    0
    YAWN- it feels like another generic open world game that doesn't exactly contribure much. Also, I didn't feel as connected with t he MC as in other games. TBH the hype was just.. too much for what little we got. UHM
  15. Matsepulveda
    Mar 3, 2017
    0
    A copy of Far Cry Primal with wicks. Sony with this shows that it only knows graphics, but that is still light years of real world jewels.
    Hopefully in the future guerrilla games think more in the gameplay than in the visual aspect
  16. estenoriega
    Mar 4, 2017
    0
    Combat is uninspired, the RPG mechanics feel tacked on, the AI is easily exploited especially when coming out of tall grass, and the story is.... well... laughably bad. The animation and acting is simply bizarre to look at, This game its only grafics but the open world its dead.
  17. artfurt
    May 31, 2017
    0
    An ambicious game that fails in delivery a good experience in every single aspect. Its another Guerrilla attempt in to push a game as a "timeless classic" but the game doesn't have what is necessary to this. To sum it up: Is not even close to a Zelda, which is a timeless classic. In fact, is a issue with most of Sony's exclusive: Its mostly driven by the hype of the console blindAn ambicious game that fails in delivery a good experience in every single aspect. Its another Guerrilla attempt in to push a game as a "timeless classic" but the game doesn't have what is necessary to this. To sum it up: Is not even close to a Zelda, which is a timeless classic. In fact, is a issue with most of Sony's exclusive: Its mostly driven by the hype of the console blind fanbase, Like the mediocre Killzone series and Uncharted, which are good games, but nothing more than that. Actually the game doesn't deserve a 0 score, but this score is to balance the average rating which is affected by the perfect score given by the fanbase.… Expand
  18. akizaraku
    Mar 5, 2017
    0
    I think it is overvalued.
    Graphics are the best, but the content is subtle. I am sorry for the story as well as the ordinary content. It is charming as an open world, but it is a boring game.
  19. HPMHS
    Oct 2, 2017
    0
    Not interesting at all. Same stupid missions at all the time. Main story - 0. Side missions -0. I wonder why critics are giving so big scores to this game. Everyone has a share .:(
  20. Rey_Antrax
    Mar 22, 2017
    0
    A **** Boring tedious gameplay AND OPEN WORLD FAKE, If you make an open world, please don't fill it with pointless quests or collectibles. Overhyped game who turned out to be rather bland and repetitive, with a nasty agenda, awful graphics and poor gameplay, the game isn't quite worth playing.
  21. jrchoqque
    Mar 5, 2017
    1
    is the poor sistem mision and the fatal control to sink this game in the monotony and the cor imagination, a bad game in a bad game console, sorry for sony butt the copies not good, morre innovation and more creativity
  22. Ghizmo
    Mar 3, 2017
    0
    Honestly, I'd like to say more possitive things about this game but after playing the witcher 3 I think the bar for open world games was set just too high. It feels flat and after the first couple of hours, after controlling our lovely character for half an hour as a little girl, it falls and feels boring. I was excited about this game especially since Sony deserved to have another decent AAA
  23. lobo_rs
    Mar 1, 2017
    1
    Jogo extremamente bugado e história muito pouco original o sistema de jogo lembra muito tomb raider, farcry e assassin creed em termos um jogo casual muito fraco.
  24. z467
    Feb 28, 2017
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Open world... What can I say? This game was just as boring as The Elder Scrolls VI: Skyrim, Fallout 4, Uncharted 4, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Grand Theft Auto V, Far Cry Primal, etc... If you make an open world, please don't fill it with pointless quests or collectibles.… Expand
  25. Phuz
    Nov 23, 2021
    0
    I just found it too boring and had no want, or will to continue playing. If I find it too boring to play, then it has a value of zero to me. Therefore 0/10.
  26. Vloeza
    Mar 7, 2017
    4
    I really enjoyed the ending to this game. I only with it could have been better at allowing the player to enjoy more of the story than it did. It was difficult to find the right time to play the story and not. However, the mechanics are great.
  27. agentken
    Jul 23, 2017
    1
    HZD is a good game.But, cant compete with GTA 5, Far cry 3, Phantom pain , Witcher 3, and new zelda in open world perspective. The graphic is top notch and the hunting is fun.
  28. gulfemnur
    Aug 16, 2021
    0
    That game is full of **** It's the most boring game I've ever played. Story and characters are empty. And some parts are really hard. And it's like torture. I hate this game.
  29. Rasz
    Mar 5, 2017
    0
    It's a good game, with cool graphics, but something is missing, it's weird. Enjoying, predictable, missing elements to make the game less tiring, let's see if until the end some things improve.
  30. Ullde
    Mar 18, 2017
    3
    Solo aporta un aire fresco en gráfico se paaisajes etcétera ,cargado de bugs,se interactúa muy poco con la naturaleza,muy poco trabajado en aspectos como poder cortar árboles ,césped,la climatología más equilibrada ,pleno sol,andas 3 metros y empieza a nevar.
    Para mí no es ni de broma lo mejor de ps4
  31. MORJ
    Mar 14, 2020
    0
    Incredibly medicore game, that feels shallow and unworthy of your time. Not worth buying, not even on pc.
  32. Lazyyawn
    Aug 10, 2020
    0
    Pathetic, overhyped, super mediocre game. Brings nothing new, awful and boring combat and VERY SHALLOW TALENT SYSTEM made by a 12 y old.
  33. amsterdream
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This game is Ubi-Soft style garbage. Terrible side quest, femi-nazi characters, boring gameplay.
  34. DerHerbert
    Apr 26, 2018
    0
    Very depressing game, lacks Colors and a compelling plot, graphics are good but that's not everything a game should offer :(
  35. Spectacular_NWT
    Oct 1, 2017
    0
    5 years to make and they use checkerboard 4k? Just goes to show that my PS4 pro is a joke, tired of these half step co soles, story was so boring no replay value in this game
  36. hypernewbie
    Jul 22, 2017
    0
    Graphics, audio, storyline, setting, writing, dialogue are all 10/10 across the board.
    Combat is complete trash and scores -100 points. I can't give a negative score on metacritic so 0 it is. The game is breathtakingly awesome until you actually try to PLAY the game.
    Bullet sponge enemies. Insanely **** camera. The camera is your enemy. I would say the final boss of the game can just    Graphics, audio, storyline, setting, writing, dialogue are all 10/10 across the board.
    Combat is complete trash and scores -100 points. I can't give a negative score on metacritic so 0 it is. The game is breathtakingly awesome until you actually try to PLAY the game.

    Bullet sponge enemies. Insanely **** camera. The camera is your enemy. I would say the final boss of the game can just be changed to the camera. You just fight the camera for 5 hours straight and if you win over the camera you win the game and credits roll.

    All of Aloy's actions are just too f*cking SLOW. Shooting is slow reloading is slow loading extra arrows is slow running is slow dodging is slow stop running is slow walking is slow sprinting is slow swimming is slow switching weapons is slow crafting ammo is slow taking aim is slow drinking health potions is slow fighting camera to see your opponent is slow switching into focus is slow switching out of focus is slow using focus is slow moving while in focus is slow finding stuff to highlight using focus is slow sneaking is slow sliding is slow coming out of slide is slow jumping is slow landing is slow light attack is too slow heavy attack is too slow tripcasting is slow ropecasting is too slow. I think you get the point.

    Rocksmashers can literally dig themselves out of the ground, attack and go back down in the same time you take to drink 1 potion. That says something about how ridiculously slow Aloy is in this game. I would argue this could classify as a turn based strategy game or maybe turn based card game like heartstone.

    For good camera and combat please refer to Vanguard or Devil May Cry. That is good combat. This is not good combat. Aspire to be good combat.    … Expand
  37. JohnRules1984
    Mar 23, 2017
    2
    me parece muy bonito en graficas... y eso es todo.. tiene muchas fallas de fisicas, cosas ilogicas que no tienen sentido como tirar flechas de fuego al agua y se enciende en el agua, eso es fatal a mi punto de vista, la verdad no me gusto, muy aburrido en las peleas, un mundo sin mucho que hacer solo misiones malas y aburridas. Me arrepiento de averlo usado , por lo cual ya lo vendi.
  38. meyerpark
    Feb 14, 2022
    0
    It just using the same gameplay as Uncharted and copying other adventure games. I pass
  39. makerart
    Mar 24, 2017
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok, Stormbird is a big creature, and you have no money to solve graphic problem which flying cost.,.. But why do not let me ride Ravager? :( wtf?
    The girl is ugly as my ex.. !!!
    And loading waiting for ages on ps4pro...    … Expand
  40. luisbortolaso
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    game sem inspiração forçou tentando criar um mundo novo em maquinas se misturam com animais...kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk? ki bósta... jogabilidade e movimentação travada, resada, insuportável, muito chato!
  41. Zorrothomas7
    Aug 20, 2020
    0
    Meh hopefully part 2 will be better, slow game best part was the ending because it ended, don’t recommend
  42. ishurik
    Dec 20, 2021
    1
    The graphics are fantastic. At first, the game's story seemed interesting, but everything quickly slipped into boring clichés and an obvious pushing of the feminist agenda, which makes the game hard to enjoy
  43. FtWorthRibeye
    Dec 6, 2017
    1
    The graphics are great. All of the basic elements seem like they are there.

    Missing, however, is any soul. The characters, the environment, the story... they feel like they're supposed to be good but just aren't. This is the most generic game I've played on the Playstation 4. The word "bland" has never been more appropriately used than to describe this game. Do yourself a favor and    The graphics are great. All of the basic elements seem like they are there.

    Missing, however, is any soul. The characters, the environment, the story... they feel like they're supposed to be good but just aren't. This is the most generic game I've played on the Playstation 4. The word "bland" has never been more appropriately used than to describe this game.

    Do yourself a favor and play The Witcher 3 or Skyrim instead.    … Expand
  44. McSomeone
    Mar 15, 2022
    3
    Don't get sucked into the 8/10+ reviews, this is an extremely dull and tedious openworld game that cribs from the best and adds nothing new to the genre. Its a pastiche of the current AAA open world template that's good qualities are egg-shell-thin, and below the gloss is a rote and deeply tedious, possibly cynical experience.

    Characters are laughably weak and a story that is strong    Don't get sucked into the 8/10+ reviews, this is an extremely dull and tedious openworld game that cribs from the best and adds nothing new to the genre. Its a pastiche of the current AAA open world template that's good qualities are egg-shell-thin, and below the gloss is a rote and deeply tedious, possibly cynical experience.

    Characters are laughably weak and a story that is strong "gotta save the world...again" vibes - it even has the gall to set up for another sequel at the end of the game. Quests are utterly forgettable and rote.
    Visual character design ranges from okay to laughably bad - there is strong dissonance between the extremely realistic people and the stupid outfits they wear - its probably worth noting that when characters are this realistic, they need equally realistic costumes otherwise it looks very silly - dorky game concept design does not translate with this fidelity of realism.

    Combat is a boring war of attrition at any level above easy, and offers little intrinsic or extrinsic reward. Human enemies are incredibly hard to see when in combat at a distance. Melee combat against dinos larger than yourself is basically pointless and a mess - this ain't no dark souls bruv.

    Technically its incredible - if you want to ogle incredible graphics then this is the game (except for the cutscene lighting which was a poor stylistic choice). The world and atmospherics are incredible and its a shame that the game inside it is so poor.

    Borrow or rent, but do not buy    … Expand
  45. JoceDoIt
    Dec 22, 2019
    1
    I have receive this game by a friend because I loved Assassin Creed Odyssey so much and though I would love this one. At first, seem to be a great game like Assassin Creed Odyssey but when I realized that you can lost entire progression just by falling in a hole and die because you can't save the game where you want (Need to go to a selected point), that is frustrating : Like AssassinI have receive this game by a friend because I loved Assassin Creed Odyssey so much and though I would love this one. At first, seem to be a great game like Assassin Creed Odyssey but when I realized that you can lost entire progression just by falling in a hole and die because you can't save the game where you want (Need to go to a selected point), that is frustrating : Like Assassin Creed Origin. Avoid this at all cost RPG Fans! This is an adventure game! I give 1 point for the story that seem to be awesome!… Expand
  46. deettis
    Jul 4, 2020
    3
    If I'd have to describe what a generic and bland game is to someone, I would show them Horizon Zero Dawn. They should have named it Zero Soul because everything feels very shallow and nothing in the world really gets me interested, not the wilderness, not the main story or characters.

    The idea of being a hunter and using stealth, traps and other gadgets is pretty cool, but the mechanics    If I'd have to describe what a generic and bland game is to someone, I would show them Horizon Zero Dawn. They should have named it Zero Soul because everything feels very shallow and nothing in the world really gets me interested, not the wilderness, not the main story or characters.

    The idea of being a hunter and using stealth, traps and other gadgets is pretty cool, but the mechanics and the environments don't really make it fun or even possible. That's why they should have put more effort in to the combat system so there would be a fun option for the hunting tactics.

    I guess these kind of games are what people like since the game has so many very positive reviews. Until now, the metacritic user score has been pretty solid way to know if a game is any good, but in this case it really isn't. Of course, it's a few years old game now, but the problems aren't really in the technical parts so I don't think that's an excuse of any kind.

    I hope they stop wasting big budgets in to these boring, sugar coated sleeping pills

    And by the way: IT REALLY SUCKS THAT THESE 9 and 10 SCORES ARE ONCE AGAIN FROM GROWING MASS OF USERS WHO REGISTER, GIVE NINES AND TENS TO CERTAIN TITLES IN A SHORT MOMENT AND THEN VANISH.    … Expand
  47. Fusy
    Dec 26, 2020
    4
    Things I disliked: - Before the game starts you have to sit through a long, unskippable and not really very interesting cut scene. - Then once the game starts you have to play through a tedious turorial. - Can't just explore this beautiful world. - Speaking of beauty, the overbearing compass was horrible in Bethesda games and it's horrible here - Needing to use the UI to know what to doThings I disliked: - Before the game starts you have to sit through a long, unskippable and not really very interesting cut scene. - Then once the game starts you have to play through a tedious turorial. - Can't just explore this beautiful world. - Speaking of beauty, the overbearing compass was horrible in Bethesda games and it's horrible here - Needing to use the UI to know what to do next/ what to pick up (I've been spoiled by BOTW) - Hiding the beautiful world behind the UI - The camera is too close - You run by pushing in the joystick (ewwww, gross) - It does the triple A thing where characters will just talk at you, but you actually need to listen so you can't just mute voices - It was annoying to turn on the detective vision thing . I would rather just play without it. I liked how you attack enemies.… Expand
  48. FixEr
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    If you like games similar to Far Cry Primal this game for you, very average open world game
  49. tomvs123
    Apr 30, 2020
    2
    This is simply not the game for someone who needs well-written believable characters in a believable world.

    After spending over 10 years playing games specifically to find the most well-written stories, I've come to find that the typical gamer doesn't notice, or isn't bothered by poor writing. Good writing basically means that the characters' actions and the world the characters inhabit    This is simply not the game for someone who needs well-written believable characters in a believable world.

    After spending over 10 years playing games specifically to find the most well-written stories, I've come to find that the typical gamer doesn't notice, or isn't bothered by poor writing. Good writing basically means that the characters' actions and the world the characters inhabit are believable. After a few hours of playing this game, I found that both are completely unbelievable. Since the action/stealth gameplay was doing nothing for me, I found little to like about the game.

    To explain a bit, the protagonist is a modern, politically-correct 20's/30's girl, transplanted into a late-teen's body in a tribal/pre-industrial setting. Our protagonist was isolated as a baby and has lived in the wild, interacting with about three other people for her entire life at the time we take control of her (as an adult). But somehow, she has perfect speech, manners, and ability to deal with 100's of people at once. She's even an expert at sarcasm, which is strange given there's no indication that her guardian taught her to be like that.

    She's also seemingly devoid of most young-girl desires. Love/sex? None at all - maybe she was spayed. Hate/spite? Nope - that would clash with her politically-correctness. Need to fit-in? Nothing here either - it seems like she could care less about her newly-joined society after her childhood-long isolation. Though she does have a seemingly-unfounded need for a mother. This makes little sense unless others were constantly trying to convince her that she needed one. That happened only once in isolation, which isn't enough to ingrain it into someone. Oh, but the plot is about finding her mother, so we must simply accept it...

    So yeah, she just doesn't make sense. Though maybe the game is trying to appeal to people who just want to see themselves in a video game. So we end up with this modern-age generic person that is meant to appeal to as many people as possible, despite a person like this not actually existing.

    The world and setting has several issues too. The tribe you first encounter is tiny and appears to be modeled after nomadic hunter/gatherer tribes. I didn't see any farms large enough to sustain them and they've stayed in one spot for the entirety of the protagonist's lifetime. So how do they get food? They surely don't eat the mechanical creatures within meters of their camps.

    And what about those mechanical creatures? They attack and almost kill me just for walking down the road. How can their children exist with these things so close? And in my first quest, some kid got caught up a tree with machines surrounding her while her dad was stuck on the ground with a broken foot. How are they dumb enough to get in that situation? How did they both not die? I climbed up that same tree later and the machines could attack me easily.

    Oh, and those silly tribal rules seem to be made up on the spot. So the protagonist is outcast because she has no mother - why would anyone make that rule? But she can come back if she completes a deadly challenge when she's an adult - did the same dumb person make this rule? And no one is supposed to talk to outcasts. But everyone is constantly breaking that rule, so why does it exist? And how on earth do we have white people, black people, asian people, and middle-eastern people all in the same tribe? Tribes don't normally work like that, and there's no indication that these people just showed up all at once from different parts of the world to make this tribe.

    This is obviously a game about gameplay and graphics first. The protagonist, world, and beginning of the story is so poorly done that I have no reason to continue. Though I suppose I'll keep it for showing off HDR on my TV.    … Expand
  50. ivan7788
    Dec 29, 2017
    2
    The game is pretty pale, its only good thing are the superficial presentation because it is good looking on the surface but falls short when you realise that the physics are zero to none, the character is too generic, lacks charm, cliché story. I bet if this game were multiplatform wouldnt be praised as it is, but thats what it is, exclusives tend to be praised too much by the fanboys or xThe game is pretty pale, its only good thing are the superficial presentation because it is good looking on the surface but falls short when you realise that the physics are zero to none, the character is too generic, lacks charm, cliché story. I bet if this game were multiplatform wouldnt be praised as it is, but thats what it is, exclusives tend to be praised too much by the fanboys or x or y console.… Expand
  51. AstroBoy
    Mar 15, 2022
    0
    I've spent almost 300 hours in the game, so what I can tell. The game is great, the story is brilliant and I really love it.
  52. metaphysics
    Jun 11, 2017
    1
    So little thought !
    Idea: technology is a new religion
    Topic: you have to save AI, the only hope of humanity

    But dialogs are bad, many cliches, unmotivated NPCs.
  53. NapoMMC
    Mar 22, 2018
    3
    No motion aiming with the bow ? What year is this, 2003 ?
    After playing everything in the last 2-3 years on Steam and Nintendo with motion aiming every game will have -5 score points from me for lacking it. The PS4 is out since 2013 and the controllers have this option, but nobody uses it.
    This game is about an 8/10 but get's a 3 from me because of lazy dev team. Motion aiming is so    No motion aiming with the bow ? What year is this, 2003 ?
    After playing everything in the last 2-3 years on Steam and Nintendo with motion aiming every game will have -5 score points from me for lacking it. The PS4 is out since 2013 and the controllers have this option, but nobody uses it.

    This game is about an 8/10 but get's a 3 from me because of lazy dev team. Motion aiming is so easy to add to any game that the only reason why it would not be added would be pure laziness and/or lack of respect for the fans.    … Expand
  54. tobymaybezz
    Dec 12, 2017
    1
    Переоцененная игра, лишь потому что это эксклюзив.
    Игра получилась унылой, с сеттингом для идиотов без вкуса.
    Чепуха, бегать с чукчами по лесу, сражаться с роботами.
  55. IIIAHMIII
    Jun 27, 2020
    2
    Boring after a hour **** voice acting and character. Empty world. Etc etc nothing special
  56. erasmolbj
    Apr 11, 2018
    3
    The graphics are good but the world is dead. Nothing you do interacts with the scenery. The sword does not cut the grass, the fire does not set fire to the forest. There is no collision between your blow and the elements of the scenario.
  57. Kire_92
    Apr 29, 2018
    3
    This game does a lot of things right but overall it was a pretty boring game. The combat, graphics, the AI and the overall polish of the game is great. I can feel that the developers have put in a lot of effort into these areas. But other than that the game did not offer much in my opinion.

    My biggest problem with the game is the story and Immersion. The characters were boring and    This game does a lot of things right but overall it was a pretty boring game. The combat, graphics, the AI and the overall polish of the game is great. I can feel that the developers have put in a lot of effort into these areas. But other than that the game did not offer much in my opinion.

    My biggest problem with the game is the story and Immersion. The characters were boring and predictable and for some reason a lot of missions felt like chores. And the world, even though it was pretty, felt un-interactive and bland.

    This game is a good example of a game that has an open world without good reason. It felt like the developers made it into an open world because it’s popular but they had no idea how to make it good. It was full of unnecessary and boring content that made the game feel to “gamey” which ruined the immersion.

    Overall it felt like the game had been made in a board meeting and they tried to fill all the checkboxes of what is expected in a good game. But in the end this made the game bland without any passion or soul.    … Expand
  58. vodkaffee
    Jun 7, 2023
    2
    abolutely soulless game, it looks pretty, the acting is uncanny, this is not GOTY material, not even for a nominee, this is boooring
  59. Tim1908
    Jun 29, 2020
    3
    Скучный сюжет, картонные персонажи, мёртвый мир и много других увлекательнейших вещей ждут вас в этой игре. Прикрученный "для галочки" паркур убивает последние клетки мозга, диалоги в духе "Я тебе не доверяю, но иди и зачисти лагерь, чтобы я начал тебе доверять" вызывают приступ фейспалма, в ходе которого можно пробить голову ладошкой, ужаснейшие звуки и эффекты заставляют уши и глазаСкучный сюжет, картонные персонажи, мёртвый мир и много других увлекательнейших вещей ждут вас в этой игре. Прикрученный "для галочки" паркур убивает последние клетки мозга, диалоги в духе "Я тебе не доверяю, но иди и зачисти лагерь, чтобы я начал тебе доверять" вызывают приступ фейспалма, в ходе которого можно пробить голову ладошкой, ужаснейшие звуки и эффекты заставляют уши и глаза кровоточить, а вишенкой на этом торте из помоев являются вышки и платные быстрые перемещения. За героиней неинтересно следить, ведь она просто пафосная пустышка, пришедшая будто из проходных подростковых книг, которую полюбили только из-за её внешности (да и та на любителя). В результате мы получаем внебрачного ребёнка "Ведьмака" и "Far Cry 3", которого в детстве обижали последние две части "Assassin's creed". Из достоинств этой игры могу выделить лишь дизайн роботов, и порой красивую картинку, но больше эту игру любить не за что.
    P.S. как же я люблю, когда в стелс эпизодах враги на минимальном уровне сложности (был поставлен на пару минут ради эксперимента) не умирают с одного попадания в голову из фиолетового лука. Просто 12 из 10, игра года, ждём сиквел, триквел, квадриквел и кроссовер с Зельдой.
    P.P.S. всё то, за что люди не любят Far Cry, в этой игре люди почему-то боготворят ¯_(ツ)_/¯    … Expand
  60. the_lithium
    Dec 21, 2019
    1
    I’ve only played around 3-4 hours of this game, but I’m not playing anymore! This game gives me motion sickness and eye and headaches. No other game has done that to me. On first sight this game looks like it will really deliver, but to me everything feels off. Camera and controls feel clunky. Combat is confusing and way too hard on normal difficulty. Story and characters is nothingI’ve only played around 3-4 hours of this game, but I’m not playing anymore! This game gives me motion sickness and eye and headaches. No other game has done that to me. On first sight this game looks like it will really deliver, but to me everything feels off. Camera and controls feel clunky. Combat is confusing and way too hard on normal difficulty. Story and characters is nothing special so far. The graphics and the world looks really cool, but the game just feels broken to me. Don’t understand the hype. Luckily I borrowed this game from a friend. If I would have payed for it I would beserioualy pissed ‘cause the game isunplayable to me.… Expand
  61. Jtalk
    Apr 19, 2020
    3
    One of the most disappointing games I’ve had so far. With all the marketing around it, I expected a true gem, but only got a mediocre Skyrim clone. It’s lore is good, and it’s graphics are stunning, but everything else just doesn’t stand any scrutiny. Clumsy and boringly repetitive, this game is a huge waste of time and money when not consumed through YouTube. This is a corporate bloopOne of the most disappointing games I’ve had so far. With all the marketing around it, I expected a true gem, but only got a mediocre Skyrim clone. It’s lore is good, and it’s graphics are stunning, but everything else just doesn’t stand any scrutiny. Clumsy and boringly repetitive, this game is a huge waste of time and money when not consumed through YouTube. This is a corporate bloop made with marketing, not essence. Beware.… Expand
  62. Agg123
    Jan 11, 2020
    4
    Played about 13 hours and had to stop. I honestly don’t see the appeal of this game. Very repetitive and traversing around is very slow. Your either fighting/hunting machines or fighting humans. That’s about it. I feel like it’s very overrated gameplay wise.
    Has beautiful graphics but that’s about it.
  63. kirioroshi
    Mar 8, 2022
    0
    bad characters , worst lore, bad story, I pity the boys who shed the sweat building this piece of garbage just to be hired !
  64. AhmedJM
    Apr 20, 2020
    4
    I truly don't know what special about this game. I couldn't even finish it as the first 4 or 5 hours or so were very boring and failed to pull me in..
  65. pavleplon
    Mar 27, 2020
    1
    Ужасная игра, не даёт расслабиться. Очень большие расстояния между заданиями, ужасная боёвка, игровой мир кажется пластмассовым, один балл за более ли менее сносный сюжет, прошёл игру с большим нежеланием.
  66. kryjab20
    Apr 6, 2020
    4
    This game is really and i mean really boring! Meybe some younger audience appriciate it but not me. 4/10
  67. bj0310
    Jan 19, 2021
    3
    All most all story is completely not interesting and very boring, all substories is just copy-past and only in the end it improves. Gameplay... nothing special and I was plaing this game just to finish it coz I paid for it.
  68. Keav
    Feb 25, 2023
    0
    Juego sin gracia ni gloria, otro simulador de mundo vacío, en un contexto totalmente ridículo con la come hamburguesas de prota, pasa si no quieres desperdiciar dinero y aburrirte, ideal para curar el insomnio.
  69. opor
    Aug 14, 2020
    1
    The gameplay gets really repetetive after a while, the lack of weapon variety doesnt help either....
  70. TheDeacon
    Oct 7, 2020
    1
    Standard open world RPG. Nothing really innovative. If you’ve played other open world RPG’s this gen then this one will just induce fatigue. I think a lot of people said it was visually impressive, but in 2020 it’s not as attractive as other games in the genre. I can’t recommend HZD unless you’re not already burned out on open world RPG’s.
  71. ChadGrand
    Feb 22, 2022
    1
    ugly characters, boring generic Assassin's Creed story,painfully generic story and boring combat

    only good thing about this is the graphics but if all you have going for you is pretty lights you dont deserve a 8.4
  72. Kaseywol
    Jul 2, 2020
    1
    Pros Fighting the machines is fun.
    The story behind the world is interesting Cons The story behind Aloy is terrible. The acting is terrible. The dialogue is terrible. Nobody talks or acts realistically. They do not feel alive. The machines feel more alive than the people and animals. The graphics are pretty but they do not feel real. Your character feels like she is not truly part of the    Pros Fighting the machines is fun.
    The story behind the world is interesting Cons The story behind Aloy is terrible. The acting is terrible. The dialogue is terrible. Nobody talks or acts realistically. They do not feel alive. The machines feel more alive than the people and animals. The graphics are pretty but they do not feel real. Your character feels like she is not truly part of the world. She has no genuine or real interactions with the environment. This seems very primitive when we have games like Rd2 where the background feels alive and your character feels like he is truly apart of it. It feels like what it is, a 3d model, nothing real.    … Expand
  73. Legene
    Jul 14, 2020
    4
    The game is boring!!! Every where icons you have have to pick them up this is boring
  74. ArisManimal
    Aug 5, 2020
    1
    story is interesting, locations/setting are ok, combat is a mess,
    i was bored really quickly because of the shallow combat
  75. doproyee
    Jan 24, 2021
    1
    i hate this game's everything. combat control system sucks (mouse-keyboard & game pad both) , characters are not attractive, story is too boring and filled full of vanity and feminism.
  76. AskaGie
    Feb 8, 2022
    4
    it was so boring ... I tried twice. I don't understand delight, average game. no humor, no nice music, boring dialogues. a beautiful world will not cover weak points.
  77. Lithinem
    Oct 3, 2020
    2
    Very Good Story. But the controls are a pain in the ass.
    Example: you Need to infiltrate a Base. Ok. First try: the enemy Spots you through solid Rock. Bit ok. You try to hide so they might loose Track. You jump down a 1m hill to hide. Get bugged into the Wall. Cant klimb anymore...

    Sadly this happens very often. Would be better if the game was a video
  78. NRD_Leodis
    Nov 20, 2020
    4
    Another so so box ticking open world game. Very repetitive quests, i.e got to marker on map, use Focus, follow tracks, talk to npc, kill transformer looking thing, go back to npc….
  79. Swerve
    Nov 23, 2020
    2
    Got this game on the cheap and can’t for the life of me get motivated to continue playing it after about 7 hours. Am I the only one thoroughly annoyed by every aspect of this game? The main character, the utterly implausibility of the creatures, the ridiculousness of the dialog and facial expressions, the cliched characters, you name it.
  80. Remu1412
    Mar 2, 2022
    1
    Uninteresting characters especially Aloy. Osef and bad story. Boring gameplay after only several hours. Bad combat system (no feeling and always the same thing: rolling arrow r1 r2 no combo). Pretty ? but so what?
  81. LesandroBonucci
    Jun 12, 2021
    4
    midoicre rpg game
    this is one of the games that make this industry bad
    non-innovativ
    no story
    childich gameplay
    not worth your time
  82. Mcklain
    Feb 20, 2022
    3
    No me aporta nada más que la primera.parte, algunas cosas suenan al zelda, gráficamente, no está mal pero la niebla esconde muchas cosas...
  83. VavilonOE
    Dec 21, 2020
    3
    Спасибо игра, 1,5 часа боя с буревестником и после его смерти, труп взрывается на поставленной взрывной растяжке и улетает в могилу к чертям на другой конец карты.
    3 пластиковых анимации лица из 10
  84. Metroid997
    Nov 20, 2021
    3
    this game is hopeless
    boring
    the fight is some kind of misunderstanding
    mechanical animals are idiotic
    I'm not surprised that Sony was giving away this game for free
    is worth nothing
    waste of time
  85. 3lo2ya4ever
    Feb 20, 2022
    4
    GAMEPLAY 8.5/10
    MUSIC 7/10
    STORY 5/10
    CHARACTERS 1/10
    unfortunately this game could have been one of the GOTs with just a little bit of good writing
  86. Reviewithhonest
    Oct 8, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is my first review of a game. I only create that account becuz i want to prevent people from buying this overrated game. Horizon Zero Dawn tries to be everything but ending up not exceeding any of These things.
    Contra: weak intro(only Exposition about the world    … Expand
  87. Heithtrev202
    Feb 19, 2022
    3
    A let down in every way, people hyped this up as one of the best of last gen but when it comes down to it, it's yet another mediocre guerrilla games game
  88. Artem_Vavilov
    Nov 16, 2021
    4
    I realy tried to finish the game.. 3 times! But it is so borring and dinosaur robots is the dumbest idea ever.
  89. Casanova1887
    Nov 20, 2021
    3
    For the life of my I can’t understand the good reviews! This open world feels so empty and unoriginal. It’s extremely repetitive (the missions) and feels like a bad version of far cry primal. And sure if it’s you’re first time playing these types of games you’ll probably enjoy it. But if you’re an experienced gamer who has played plenty of sandbox games this game offers absolutely nothingFor the life of my I can’t understand the good reviews! This open world feels so empty and unoriginal. It’s extremely repetitive (the missions) and feels like a bad version of far cry primal. And sure if it’s you’re first time playing these types of games you’ll probably enjoy it. But if you’re an experienced gamer who has played plenty of sandbox games this game offers absolutely nothing new. I hesitated to even try it, but when it came out for free I gave it a go, and even now when it’s a free game. Sure give it a go, it couldn’t hurt right? Well I’m 15 hours in, and I’m kinda sad I wasted so much time in it. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this boring and reparative game!… Expand
  90. RoverDiscover
    Feb 15, 2022
    1
    It's literally a more of the same, if you liked the first one you will probably like this too. Awesome graphics, but that's all.
  91. Mortanius_lok
    Feb 18, 2022
    3
    Une belle prouesse technique mais le jeu dans sa globalité ne fait avancer le jeu vidéo dans aucun domaine, et même l'écriture et la narration qui ont apparemment occupé le plus gros temps des développeurs restent rn dessous de se qui se fait le mieux. Je n'ai pas réussi à aller au bout de l'aventure tellement je me suis ennuyé.
  92. MoniWhite
    Feb 7, 2022
    1
    Just another open world game, I found the robots annoying, would have been better if you could just battle everything
  93. Salt_addict
    Feb 14, 2022
    2
    Average,dull,lifeless and thats just Aloy. Really tried to enoy this game after the amount of hype it earned. Not for me.
  94. Du7Ra
    Feb 16, 2022
    4
    Terrible open world game, the meele combat is also horrible, although the bow/range combat is pretty good. The machines are cool too. But in general the game is massively boring, and i had a terrible bug that i had to reload my save and lost hours of game...
  95. Ron1995
    Feb 16, 2022
    1
    Ok game, can be batter. The graphics is nice but game paly is the same as the first one
  96. jorge1102
    Mar 12, 2022
    4
    I do not recommend this game

    Rapid movement of the map is very inconvenient

    The ride will disappear, you have to keep repeating to find another new one

    The story is not attractive and keep playing
  97. TeensierPilot02
    Feb 18, 2022
    0
    ¿Hay alguien que realmente le apasione la Historia de Aloy?

    No entiendo como es que un juego tan artístico, tenga una historia tan predecible y pobre… espero que Forbbiden West sea mejor. Porque realmente deja que desear…
  98. Gamer-xxx
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Alloy (main character) is to masculine. To many muscles. Nah just give me atleast in games what i want
  99. Nathanisgames
    Feb 27, 2022
    4
    Very boring and hard dlc makes game not worth putting time in. Do not waste your time.
  100. kakudzo
    Mar 31, 2022
    0
    The game is great, but I play on YouTube, because Sony blocked PSN Store.
    Add Kazakhstan region to PSN Store, I wanna play this game.
    Sony call it ZERO DAWN, i vote ZERO POINTS for this game
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  1. Quarter to Three
    May 22, 2017
    60
    The unfortunate fact of Horizon is that most of what it does well, other games have done better, and they did it with a compelling who and where. This is the game you play after you’ve finished The Witcher 3, Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, and Far Cry: Primal. It is the greatest hits compilation of open-world games. Yeah, sure, you might want to own it, but the real connoisseur has the original albums.
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  2. App Trigger
    Apr 21, 2017
    95
    Horizon Zero Dawn has an unforgettable protagonist, world, story, visuals, soundtrack and gameplay. Due to minor issues with inventory management and quest selection, I cannot call it perfect but I can say it is absolutely worth your time.
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  3. Riot Pixels
    Apr 10, 2017
    75
    There is enough spectacular action to keep you occupied for a couple of weeks, but Horizon is not the hot new killer app for PS4.
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