Horizon Zero Dawn

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  1. 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
  2. EnzoMello
    Sep 14, 2020
    9
    Jogo fantástico. Gráficos maravilhosos, história principal direta, te deixa intrigado e você quer saber mais e mais sobre o lindo de Aloy. Jogo desafiador, mesmo com level alto, você pode morrer para monstros básicos. Todos que tiverem a oportunidade, joguem. A única coisa mais chatinha, são as Secundárias por são repetitivas e cansativas a introdução, porém a execução da missão éJogo fantástico. Gráficos maravilhosos, história principal direta, te deixa intrigado e você quer saber mais e mais sobre o lindo de Aloy. Jogo desafiador, mesmo com level alto, você pode morrer para monstros básicos. Todos que tiverem a oportunidade, joguem. A única coisa mais chatinha, são as Secundárias por são repetitivas e cansativas a introdução, porém a execução da missão é divertido.… Expand
  3. Carloses84
    Sep 12, 2020
    10
    Legit love this. It's one of the most enjoyable games I have ever played. Can't wait for the second one. Aloy needs more recognition. Great game character.
  4. Bro2006
    Sep 11, 2020
    10
    I love this game. It is my second favorite game on the PS4, and I adored it. The gameplay felt so smooth and I liked how your weapons don't break unlike BOTW. It keeps more immersed in the game. The story is so well designed and kept me interested the whole way through. The graphics are also incredible. I am truly shocked at how games are able to look this good. I am so excited forI love this game. It is my second favorite game on the PS4, and I adored it. The gameplay felt so smooth and I liked how your weapons don't break unlike BOTW. It keeps more immersed in the game. The story is so well designed and kept me interested the whole way through. The graphics are also incredible. I am truly shocked at how games are able to look this good. I am so excited for Forbidden West, as i'm sure the sequel will be just as good, if not better than the first.… Expand
  5. Grippz
    Sep 9, 2020
    9
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  6. Tornan
    Sep 9, 2020
    10
    I enjoyed the gameplay but what made it unique was emotions cutscenes made me feel and the way that story was told. Curiosity is the drive of this game and I hope will be for the Forbidden West.
  7. t2daino
    Sep 6, 2020
    10
    Simply one of the best action adventure RPGs I’ve ever played. It is a sexy cross of Zelda breath of the wild, assassin’s creed and metal gear. The story is perfect, the voice acting is great, the music is awesome, and the gameplay is hot fire and super addicting. I seriously couldn’t put this game down. Can’t wait for the second one to come out.
  8. Deus_Xander
    Sep 5, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Игра достаточно хороша, но очень много фемнизма к примеру: всё лидеры женщины, а если и мужчины то выставлены мудаками, практически все мужские персонажи додики тем времем 95% женщин невъебись какие воины… Expand
  9. Ericossie
    Sep 5, 2020
    10
    What a blast this game has been for me. I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s definitely one of my favorite games i’ve EVER played. A must have for every gamer!
  10. curzon_dax
    Sep 4, 2020
    7
    The game is great for its genre, however it is not very original, so you will love it if you have not played a lot of action adventures/soft-RPGs before but if you're very experienced in this kind of gaming you might find it repetitive/a sequel/another of the same for a large part of it.
  11. Vigilante9
    Sep 4, 2020
    5
    Oltre alla grafica niente più. Mi aspettavo tanto ma alla fine si arriva con fatica al finale di una storia che ti dimenticherai molto facilmente. Un gran peccato.
  12. Mati8888
    Sep 4, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love this game finished it three times and got the platinum on it
    The story is amazing and compelling The combat when it comes to melee is very weird with only about three attacks but when it comes to the bow its amazing The open world is also amazing with things like cauldrons bandit camps corrupted sites tallnecks and more giving countless hours of fun even after finishing the main story    … Expand
  13. Fox45
    Sep 2, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is good. Its nice to play, the gameplay is really good and pleasant. The story is good despite at the beginning is not very interesting and it doesn't really matter. From the middle of the game the story starts to get interesting and it´s really good… Expand
  14. Oreshulya
    Sep 1, 2020
    9
    Очень крутая игра. Сюжет, геймплей, атмосфера, графика - всё на высоте, супер. Очень интересный и необычный сеттинг, подобных игр крайне мало выходит. Минус балл за пластилиновые анимации лиц в диалогах и практически полное отсутствие взаимодействия с окружающими предметами. Помню, можно было встать за Элой в костер и никакого урона ей не наносилось. Для игры 2017 года странноватоеОчень крутая игра. Сюжет, геймплей, атмосфера, графика - всё на высоте, супер. Очень интересный и необычный сеттинг, подобных игр крайне мало выходит. Минус балл за пластилиновые анимации лиц в диалогах и практически полное отсутствие взаимодействия с окружающими предметами. Помню, можно было встать за Элой в костер и никакого урона ей не наносилось. Для игры 2017 года странноватое допущение. Ну и ближний бой достаточно средний, можно наверно было приятнее его сделать, но этот недостаток нивелируется крутой разносторонней стрельбой из лука, разными прибамбасами, которыми можно убивать роботов, так что ничего страшного. Роботы тоже, кстати, очень интересные, все разнообразные и уникальные. Так что 9 из 10 - игра шикарная.… Expand
  15. VatruHa
    Aug 28, 2020
    9
    Великолепная игра. Всем советую поиграть)
  16. Quickmiratius
    Aug 28, 2020
    9
    Пусть игра не совсем доработана со стороны геймплея, имеет при себе некоторые технические проблемы. Она перебивает все свои минусы великолепным оригинальным сеттингом, удивительной и разносторонней героиней, которая чувствуется действительно живой в процессе и игры и миром, который интересно исследовать. Что ещё можно желать увидеть в экшен-рпг.
    Активностей, которых в игре было не так    Пусть игра не совсем доработана со стороны геймплея, имеет при себе некоторые технические проблемы. Она перебивает все свои минусы великолепным оригинальным сеттингом, удивительной и разносторонней героиней, которая чувствуется действительно живой в процессе и игры и миром, который интересно исследовать. Что ещё можно желать увидеть в экшен-рпг.
    Активностей, которых в игре было не так много, хотелось бы видеть в большем количестве, адаптированное именного для этой игры, но оставим это для сиквела. Надеюсь разработчики с толком подойдут к разработке и учтут свои ошибки и недоработки. Исходя из увиденного в DLC уже можно сказать, что признавать недоработки разработчики в состоянии, т.к. там улучшили постановку диалогов в квестах с присущей мимикой персонажей, что в оригинальной игре было не до конца выверено. Пусть и сам сюжет DLC был немного фарсовым.

    В итоге, несмотря на недостатки игрушка крепко засела в памяти, и лично я готов многое ей простить. В ожидании сиквела    … Expand
  17. Kai82
    Aug 26, 2020
    10
    One of the best games ever made. It is mostly known as the game where you are hunting robot dinosaurs but it is much more. It is the story of Aloy who is an orphan and outcast in a clan of hunter gatherers and raised by another outcast named Rost. But instead of the past it is set in the far future as you still find the ruins of modern civilization only know in legends and fairy tales byOne of the best games ever made. It is mostly known as the game where you are hunting robot dinosaurs but it is much more. It is the story of Aloy who is an orphan and outcast in a clan of hunter gatherers and raised by another outcast named Rost. But instead of the past it is set in the far future as you still find the ruins of modern civilization only know in legends and fairy tales by the people living in the world. Some catastrophic event has happened and the world is also inhabited by robot animals in various sizes. During the story you will uncover the truth. Lets start with the story. It is some of the most engaging in videogame history and I have played hundreds of games. Be it the story of “Zero Dawn” and the disaster that hit mankind or Aloys (and Rost) story. It is always excellent and you will want more until you get the final conclusion. In short it shows the best and worst of mankind. Also the side characters are well done too. I enjoyed their stories and struggles. Be it the mysterious Sylens, the matriarchs of of the Nora, especially Elisabeth Sobeck, Erend, Olin, Avads struggle to change past wrongs or Talaanah. In short there are plenty good characters here and their side quests and development is meaningful. The world is huge and filled with many enemies, villages of different tribes and challenges. This would not matter enough if the gameplay was not good. It is however excellent. Starting from the beginning where Aloy is taught to hunt you will always get better as you acquire better weapons, tools and abilities. This game gives you a lot of tools and possibilities to defeat your human and robotic enemies. You have to be careful as attacking blindly strong enemies or groups of enemies will get you killed. I like the AI of the enemies. They search for you, retreat to a better suited place when you are in a spot where they cant attack you and swarm you if they can. With many tools and preparation (of traps) you can overcome all enemies (Of cause there are exceptions). It is so enjoyable when you defeat tough enemies just with careful laid out traps. You should or better said must also use stealth. With the right abilities you can severely damage enemies before the battle even started or vanquish them instantly. A minor complain is that you too much have to rely on the right kind of bushes;-). There is a crafting system in the game. You can improve your inventory and add parts to your weapons / tools that improve them. Again it help's a lot. In total I enjoyed how the story and game play compliment each other. The combination makes an addicting and enjoyable game. Overall this is a masterpieces for its story and characters. I will praise it as one of the best in videogame history. The gameplay and characters round up the mix to a remarkable experience.… Expand
  18. ONEEX
    Aug 25, 2020
    6
    The game looks good, but the facial animations and overall porting to PC are terrible. To allow this in 2020 is a shame and fraud on the part of managers in the face of developers.

    In my opinion, the game did it quickly, not of high quality and cheap - but it was served as something grandiose. In general, deception.
  19. Matapiperos
    Aug 24, 2020
    10
    (Playing on pc)
    This is, simply, a masterpiece.
    The plot is meaningful and well conected to the world and characters; Aloy, the protagonist is funny, dynamic, strong, stubborn and brave to a point where it is pure joy to see and judge the world under her prism. The story unfolds at a perfect rate not to overwhelm the player with lore but extremely lore-rich at the same time. The    (Playing on pc)
    This is, simply, a masterpiece.
    The plot is meaningful and well conected to the world and characters;

    Aloy, the protagonist is funny, dynamic, strong, stubborn and brave to a point where it is pure joy to see and judge the world under her prism.

    The story unfolds at a perfect rate not to overwhelm the player with lore but extremely lore-rich at the same time.

    The sound, wow. Im spanish and although mine is the second most spoken language in the planet after chinese we are not used to get good dub or even dub at all, in this matter the game is another 10, the best dub actors have been brought to this game to give it a cinematic flavor that maybe only control has managed to achieve too, in this case we have Michelle Jenner as Aloy and her acting is top notch!

    Graphically speaking is beyond a 10, i dont know if it is the shaders, the textures or even the lighting but , you guys know that feeling when you apply a Shader mod to skyrim and certain views look like a photograph? Well, thats is STAPLE on the whole game, everywhere at any time of the day to a point where most than 8% of my 68h in the game so far is exclusively on photo mode, just breathtaking.

    Lastly as im speaking about the pc version i must acknowledge the optimisation, i have read lots of blogs about how badly it runs or looks on pc and I couldn’t disagree more.... i have A LAPTOP, an msi gs65 (i7 8750H - Gtx 1070 max-q) and i play with everything on high, textures on ultra and models detail in medium and i get 55-60 fps ALWAYS anywhere in the game (before the patch) all that plus the fact that ANY of my components surpasses 65ºc for me means ROCK SOLID optimisation

    Ps: the only issues i had in terms of bugs and-or crashes was when i tried to OVERCLOCK my components (seeing them so cold I thought, well.....) but once Oc was deactivated every bug and crash disappeared like magic so I encourage those readers dissagreeing with my experience on optimisation to disable overclock and check themselves.

    I ended up loving this game, a lot!
    Not enough to get a ps5 to play the sequel but enough to borrow my brother’s to play it.
    It doesn’t matter if youre a sonyer, nintendo fan, xfan, master race... whatever, if you do love gaming this is PURE JOY and though this might perfectly be a marketing stan to make people get the ps5 for the sequel we cant ignore the generosity on Sony Studios part for bringing this game to us...

    At the end this game makes me think differently about everything SPECIALLY exclusives;
    After enjoying this game THAT MUCH, who am i to feel great about certain people not being able to enjoy breath of the wild 2?
    I hope companies realise what i did, being a fangamer in general is happier and less toxic than being a fanboy and fanboys are born with exclusives.    … Expand
  20. 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.
  21. Fabrirepollo
    Aug 23, 2020
    10
    Este juego es muy divertido, una gameplay muy dinámico y su historia hará que no dejes de jugar hasta que la termines :D
  22. La_Vinier
    Aug 23, 2020
    10
    Игра великолепная,сюжет отличный,открытый мир понравился.Все дополнительные квесты прошел-понравилось.Саундтрек идеальный.Считаю ее одной из лучший игр,что я когда-либо играл.Все очень рекомендую поиграть в этот шедевр!!!Игра великолепная,сюжет отличный,открытый мир понравился.Все дополнительные квесты прошел-понравилось.Саундтрек идеальный.Считаю ее одной из лучший игр,что я когда-либо играл.Все очень рекомендую поиграть в этот шедевр!!!
  23. PierreNahm
    Aug 22, 2020
    9
    Gráficos lindos, enredo cativante, me senti completamente imerso neste mundo cheio de detalhes e muito vivo. Para mim foi o melhor jogo de 2017
  24. FireVoys
    Aug 22, 2020
    10
    An intriguing story with a great mystery and world. The combat with the robots is fun and complex. The details in the world do a lot to immerse you and the gameplay loop stays fun as you unravel Aloy´s story and the mystery of what happened to the world.
  25. Billy666
    Aug 22, 2020
    9
    Soild game play with absolute stellar graphics and a twisted connected story to boot
  26. Blackvega117
    Aug 21, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Tried this game at his release on PC, passing on the mess done with the optimization on this platform i start playng this on 1080p, really not getting why people like this game, the story is more than forgettable as his character, expecially for Aloy that really lack of charm and is basically deep as a empty glass of water, more or less this is the standard of all the charcters in the game, the combat system that is what should shine in this game is on the avarage, satysfyng some times and really frustrating for the most( i ve played and finished all the souls and sekiro multiple timeso its not the complain of a casual gamer, its just that the combat system in this game is approximative and not refined as it should) , machines r sometime just big sponges, even after destroing all their weak spots and with the best equip available in the game u still have to fill them with arrows with nothing to aim for, olso enemies just pop out of nowere while fighting other beasts and stabbing you in the back to death, visually it does a great job in environment and in cutscenes character are really believable , SIDE QUESTS: not a single one worth playng (nothing more to be said). The only AAA thing in this game is visuals, so if u r a casual gamer probably this and robot animals is enought for u to enjoy the game.… Expand
  27. Horizon_Jumper
    Aug 21, 2020
    10
    Honestly a really immersive experience with a amazing immersive storyline. One if the best games ive ever played. Combat system is incredibly smooth
  28. nicksiciliano
    Aug 21, 2020
    8
    With a release on PC nearly three years after it's initial release on the Playstation 4, PC Gamers finally get their hands on this polished and satisfying third person action adventure game

    The music could be more present, and at times when exploring out of combat i found myself wishing there was some more music to accompany the climbing, scavenging, and cartography that comes with the    With a release on PC nearly three years after it's initial release on the Playstation 4, PC Gamers finally get their hands on this polished and satisfying third person action adventure game

    The music could be more present, and at times when exploring out of combat i found myself wishing there was some more music to accompany the climbing, scavenging, and cartography that comes with the games dense and primitive world    … Expand
  29. Azurim
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Finished the game in 69 hours on PC (all quests, all trials, very hard difficulty).

    Graphics 10/10, Main story 10/10, Gameplay 10/10. The weaker parts of the game are the main character that could be a bit more interesting (not just a supersmart, superstrong, supergood hero) and I think the music could be more memorable. But these are minor issues since the game is about the story and    Finished the game in 69 hours on PC (all quests, all trials, very hard difficulty).

    Graphics 10/10, Main story 10/10, Gameplay 10/10. The weaker parts of the game are the main character that could be a bit more interesting (not just a supersmart, superstrong, supergood hero) and I think the music could be more memorable. But these are minor issues since the game is about the story and the incredible game mechanics.

    As a scientist I especially enjoyed sever minor ideas in the game. Without giving any spoilers: how ignorant people can worship technology that they do not understand, how the main hero knows the earth isn't flat, and the shamanistic rituals that can open certain doors.

    The game also has (I think) revolutionized several gameplay aspects: crafting, resource management, stealth, AI behavior, hero progression and combat variety. I don't think any game has done this so well.    … Expand
  30. 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
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  1. Positive: 110 out of 115
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 115
  3. Negative: 0 out of 115
  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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