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  • Summary: A brand-new Horizon adventure currently in development at Guerrilla and Firesprite for PlayStation VR2, this unique experience has been designed to push hardware technology, innovation and gameplay. The stunning visuals and brand-new PS VR2 Sense controllers give a new meaning to being fullyA brand-new Horizon adventure currently in development at Guerrilla and Firesprite for PlayStation VR2, this unique experience has been designed to push hardware technology, innovation and gameplay. The stunning visuals and brand-new PS VR2 Sense controllers give a new meaning to being fully immersed into the world of Horizon.

    The story will be told through the eyes of an entirely new character, while you will also meet Aloy, other familiar faces, and new characters along the way.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 71
  2. Negative: 0 out of 71
  1. Feb 16, 2023
    100
    Each new locale is seemingly more rich and detailed than the last, and I regularly felt compelled to stop looking for the next path forward and instead just take in the magical realism of my surroundings.
  2. Feb 16, 2023
    90
    Horizon Call of the Mountain is not only a showcase of PS VR2 capabilities, but also a great adventure. Open world of this well-known brand has been transferred to virtual reality in a successful and highly imaginative way.
  3. Feb 27, 2023
    85
    Horizon Call of the Mountain totally delivers on being the flag ship experience of the PlayStation VR2. Sony is presenting a full game that no only demonstrates the technical capabilities of their new VR Headset, it shows how developers can create new mechanics and language only possible through virtual reality.
  4. Feb 16, 2023
    80
    Horizon: Call of the Mountain does not move any proverbial mountains, but it remains a strong technical showcase for what the PlayStation VR2 can do. In a world where AAA VR titles don’t appear too often, it’s in an exclusive club of unmissable VR experiences that you should definitely pick up.
  5. Feb 20, 2023
    80
    Horizon Call of the Mountain is a fantastic showcase of what an action game can be in VR with its intense battles that will try their best to outwit and exhaust you. The climbing segments can go on a little too long but they're varied and enjoyable enough to hold your attention. In the end, I can't wait to see what happens next with action-adventure VR games.
  6. Feb 18, 2023
    75
    Horizon: Call of The Mountain is a showcase of the technologies of the new VR headset PSVR 2. And while technologically and audiovisually the game is captivating, the gameplay is relatively ordinary. Climbing itself will even soon become a stereotype.
  7. Feb 16, 2023
    60
    An effective tech demo but it struggles to be anything else, not least because for the majority of the time it’s just a fairly vanilla climbing simulator.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 70
  2. Negative: 12 out of 70
  1. Mar 5, 2023
    10
    Nice dlc, the best dlc in my entre life please do more contente like this horizon
  2. Feb 24, 2023
    10
    Ich hab erst zwei Stunden gespielt, bin aber so beeindruckt von dem was ich erlebt hab, dass ich gerne jetzt schon ein Fazit ziehen will. IchIch hab erst zwei Stunden gespielt, bin aber so beeindruckt von dem was ich erlebt hab, dass ich gerne jetzt schon ein Fazit ziehen will. Ich bin verblüfft, wie gut dieses Spiel aussieht und wie krass viel Laune das bogen schießen macht. Dass klettern, die Aussicht, die Atmosphäre… einfach nur wow! Muss man echt mal erlebt haben! Expand
  3. Feb 26, 2023
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a fantastic game! The climbing and little puzzles are excellent and you really feel like you're climbing mountains and making progress though a real world compared to flat gaming. The physics and interactive activities such as painting, instrument playing and arrow crafting are a delight and the combat is fast and furious. I think they've done a bloody good job in producing one of the best looking VR games in history. This game is a 9/10 but I have to give it 10 due to all the idiots giving fake reviews. Expand
  4. Mar 23, 2023
    9
    This is my first VR game so I have no VR games to compare this to. However, I was immediately shocked and delighted by the quality of thisThis is my first VR game so I have no VR games to compare this to. However, I was immediately shocked and delighted by the quality of this experience. I felt like I was on an amusement park ride only with no line. Everything looked and felt AAA. This is the high bar that other games need to meet.

    The gameplay itself is fun and simple. You climb. You shoot arrows. You craft items by literally putting them together. The enemies are no cake walk. My one gripe is that in the middle of battle, I can get stuck in the crafting screen. Maybe have different back locations to pull different ammo from. Full disclosure: I am prone to motion sickness and I paced myself. I played the 8 hour story in 1 hour increments. The game has clever ways of dealing with motion sickness. Climbing feels like you are pushing the terrain away from you. Walking requires arm swinging and the movement helps. (I tried to pretend walk but kept getting off center.) On rails actions will narrow your vision so you feel like you are looking at a big screen and not messing with your brain. Dodging and turning are “snap” motions like teleporting. After a month of playing with VR, I feel a lot better about VR and this game.

    No doubt that VR has its drawbacks. My living room has the bare minimum 6x7 space for VR. I would love a VR room like Troy and Abed’s Dreamatorium. The PSVR2 works with glasses but I recommend you buy lens inserts for it. I wore my smaller spare glasses with a glasses strap to keep them from falling down. I had to crank the PSVR2 to my forehead to keep the lenses aligned. A beautiful game like Horizon gets ugly without proper lens positioning. The lenses need constant cleaning. I keep a lens cloth nearby. VR is also expensive. Of all my PlayStation friends, I am the only one playing PSVR2 games. Horizon makes the most of the tech. If you are going to spend money on VR, this game is a must buy.
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  5. Feb 25, 2023
    8
    I would recommend this to anyone who is getting a psvr 2. It's a brilliant showcase of the power of the psvr 2 combined with the ps5. Yes,I would recommend this to anyone who is getting a psvr 2. It's a brilliant showcase of the power of the psvr 2 combined with the ps5. Yes, there is a lot of climbing, but I enjoyed that part of the game and thought it was worth it for the breathtaking views you get. The combat is exhilarating but I did think there was a lack of weapon variety, especially compared to all the climbing tools you get. As a VR game this is a 9/10 for me, but as a horizon game it's more of a 4. But I think you shouldn't view this as a full fledged Horizon game and more like a beefy VR entry title. Expand
  6. Mar 27, 2023
    7
    Not a full and long Horizon Game, like Zero Dawn or Forbidden West but still not bad. it is a AAA-Production and you can see it and it is alsoNot a full and long Horizon Game, like Zero Dawn or Forbidden West but still not bad. it is a AAA-Production and you can see it and it is also expansive for a relatively short playtime. another good thing: it is a colorful and for the most part it is a brighter game, so the mura-effect does not affect this game as much as others (but it is still not invisible!!!).

    sadly it does rely on sony's reprojections technique, and it seems like that sony's reprojection technique does not work as well as expected, because it is very visible and it should not. sony reprojection implementation is much more behind compared to asw from oculus. so this game is harder for the eyes because of ghost images (for example: move your hand in front of you or strafe sideways) and this can cause eyestrain and sometimes even nausea. probably, psvr2 games will always fight with some motion blur because of "persistence blur" (thanks sony, f... hdr). if a much more powerfull ps5 pro comes out, the reprojection issue should be solved, because it is not needed anymore, but this is wishful thinking for the future ...
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  7. Feb 25, 2023
    0
    Pero que clase de broma es esta, juego ridículo tiene un montón de bugs y sus gráficas son penosas, además los movimientos tienen lag, lasPero que clase de broma es esta, juego ridículo tiene un montón de bugs y sus gráficas son penosas, además los movimientos tienen lag, las gafas son incómodas y provocan mareo y daño ocular, no recomendable si disfrutas del sentido de la vista. Expand

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