Horizon Forbidden West

 PlayStation 5
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10308 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7,816 out of 10308
  2. Mixed: 729 out of 10308
  3. Negative: 1,763 out of 10308
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  1. Cuidadocuisi
    Feb 20, 2022
    3
    Wish I could get my money back, the game looks AMAZING, but that's it, I got bored after two hours
  2. pjams76
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    Probably the biggest disappointment in awhile. I had very high expectations. The story is bland and unimaginative, the game play is very boring. Even the lauded graphic are underwhelming. Really dropped the ball here.
  3. harlowfaith60
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    as a fan of the first game, this game led me down in almost everyway. sure it looks amazing but it isn't. Aloy isn't an interesting character anymore. they've choose a weird direction to tell the story
  4. marsh28
    Feb 20, 2022
    3
    The Performance mode is broken. Horrific aliasing at 60 fps. The 30 fps mode is a stuttery mess. I've honestly never been so disappointed in a Sony Game on day 1. This game has major issues. I'm sure there is a good game under the hood but its hard to care with the graphics hurt my eyes.
  5. erik12345678
    Feb 21, 2022
    1
    I played it over 20 hours now and i gotta say the gameplay gets booring quickly.
    Think its overhyped at the moment playstation people want the killer app.

    Looks great play not so great and repetitive and gets booring quickly man.
  6. Zhisuy
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    Juego demasiado simple sin mucha novedad. Un poco aburrido. Lanzamiento deprisa por tantos bugs
  7. 0danielryan701
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    one of the most disappointment games of past years. gameplay is boring and there's almost no story to keep you playing. All the characters are uninteresting and poor written
  8. KillzoneSnake
    Feb 19, 2022
    1
    Aloy is even more annoying than the first game. Graphics are amazing and the machines are cool, but how can anyone get into this cringe fest? How did at update to the first game take 5 years to make? The company who made the amazing Killzone 2 in 4 years is long gone. By the time Horizon 3 comes out I will be old and Aloy grew a full beard.
  9. JogoOq
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    O jogo não é perfeito como muitos desenham, ele tem problemas e bugs além do que tem erros de mecânica da água e da vegetação...
  10. dj5420594
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    worst sequel of all time. bad story. repetitive gameplay. filler sidequests
  11. Mcoy69
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    Juego Roto, lleno de bugs y niebala hasta en la sopa, a parte de continuista y aburrido.
  12. TheRealGameG
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    The game looks nice but it does not really feel new. Its also VERY shallow, no depth at all. For a 2022 game, that is kinda not okay. Unless being a total fanboy, i would only get this when on sale.
  13. Sandy33
    Feb 21, 2022
    0
    People writing articles "oh no, Sony masterpiece gets review bombed, must be trolls". By the way these people who write these articles haven't even played this game. Their automatic reaction is - "this game has female lead, must be women hating trolls". NO. I love Tomb Raider games, i have zero issues with female leads. I even liked that you can play as Mona in Max Payne 2. This game isPeople writing articles "oh no, Sony masterpiece gets review bombed, must be trolls". By the way these people who write these articles haven't even played this game. Their automatic reaction is - "this game has female lead, must be women hating trolls". NO. I love Tomb Raider games, i have zero issues with female leads. I even liked that you can play as Mona in Max Payne 2. This game is really bad on performance mode, bugs everywhere and the of course the story, oh god. Whoever wrote this, clearly didn't even care slightly. It's one of the most boring stories i have ever played in AAA games.… Expand
  14. helladarionx
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    Vou dar zero por causa de toda pauta feminista e de lacração onde apenas mulheres prestão e os homens ou são vilões ou são inuteis. Fora a decição retardada de nao lançar pra PC
  15. DGutoX
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    O Jogo não tem os gráficos decentes que a geração atual merece, muitas das vezes as texturas são borradas, a história em seu âmbito é bem enjoativa.
  16. Piperosllorand0
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Se enfocaron más en "hypeear" el juego que en cambiar mecánicas y demás cosas, una basura, mejor hubieran dicho que era un DLC Exijo mi reembolso!!!!… Expand
  17. Ruben_xd
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    Muchos Bugs, juego incompleto, no entiendo cómo pueden jugar algo así, nada nuevo al anterior
  18. santahaze
    Feb 21, 2022
    2
    Combat and movement is clunky and more of tedious task than fun. Way to much dialogue for side quests. Story is bland and just boring. Overall game feels more tedious than anything and repetitive.
  19. luis654321
    Feb 20, 2022
    2
    realmente es increible que los usuarios paguemos por un producto no terminado , este juego tiene bugs y como consumidor me siento estafado.
  20. MD19
    Feb 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Demasiado caro para um jogo que não te faz ficar ligado mais de 2h a jogar...… Expand
  21. cool_username
    Feb 21, 2022
    0
    Gaming is literally dying thanks to these empty mediocre open world games, that have stereotypical cringe dialogue and big bad robot for final boss and then you get endless cutscenes. "we will fight back", "we will rebuild the world" and so on. All these overused, cheesy, uninspired lines are in this game.
  22. Kratos2025
    Feb 21, 2022
    3
    This game is overrated and just a copy and paste dlc. I gave it a 3 bc of underwater swimming. Stop erasing our reviews also. Its a 3 for me. Just my opinion
  23. TheGame_Reviews
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    I just don't understand why this game gets the high praise that it gets? Even tho i never care for either rating system (critics or users) because at times both can be completely biased or simply wrong. But 88 isn't that high anyway, just saying. But back to my point, why is this game hyped to moon and back? What is so special about this empty open world?

    I finished the game about 5    I just don't understand why this game gets the high praise that it gets? Even tho i never care for either rating system (critics or users) because at times both can be completely biased or simply wrong. But 88 isn't that high anyway, just saying. But back to my point, why is this game hyped to moon and back? What is so special about this empty open world?

    I finished the game about 5 hours ago and now i have been free roaming around the map for 3 hours and there's hardly anything cool or fun to do. Yes there are robots, but that gets old fast. By the way story is extremely cheesy, like very very cheesy. Last 20 minutes and final boss fight were absolute cringe. I actually regret buying it and i rarely regret buying games, because i always watch videos before and everyone was hyping it up like "this is gta 5 level game design, this RDR2 level game design", so i was actually expecting that and it's not even close.

    Some people are really trying to hate AC Valhalla, like it's some bad game (it's not, it's just not amazing, it's decent), but i would rather play Valhalla right now (even tho i'm tired of Valhalla) than keep roaming around in this game, because it's so boring and story was weak, let's be real here, it was weak writing, very weak even. So my question would be, is this game hyped up because main character is female? Because i'm almost certain, if main character was some dude, this game would get Metascore 77 at best. If that's the case and only thing that changes rating from 6 to 10 is main character's gender, then that's just pathetic.

    Only thing that should matter is the game itself, not main character's gender. I'm disappointed, maybe it's my own fault that i listened some of these Youtube videos that were praising it as best PS5 game. Next time i wont watch these channels anymore.

    All in all, seeing how empty and boring this game is, it's even more sad that Days Gone, that is one of the best open world zombie games of all time and actually had interesting world, didn't get a sequel, instead of this. Thanks for reading.    … Expand
  24. fffffalling
    Feb 21, 2022
    1
    imagine being so delusional, that you start calling everyone a "troll" or "review bomber" who doesn't like same outdated boring games, that you like. This game's dialogue isn't even 2018 level. This might pass as a early 2010 game. Visuals can't save bad story.
  25. Marichi
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    Mucho humo en la pantalla. La história es tonta y el personaje se buguea a cada rato.
  26. BerrBerr
    Feb 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. -Unoriginal story premise nothing the industry hasn't seen before and brings nothing of context to the table of story telling.
    -Core gameplay loop is repetitive and doesn't change much at all through out the course of the game, you'll get very bored of playing from a gameplay standpoint and drop the game unless the toddler tier story isn't enough to reel you in.
    -Graphics are very lacking, Alloy looks worse than ever, environments look bland, grey, unnatural etc.
    -No replayability, no incentive, something that should be an industry standard at this point.

    I really genuinely wanted this to be something so much more greater but the team behind HFW really let us down, greatness still waits, it just wasn't this game that was going to give it to us fellas.    … Expand
  27. SystemSeller
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    The same horizon. Only more cast scenes with stupid dialogues that are terribly annoying. The plot is mediocre, otherwise more beautiful wider richer. 30 fps is unplayable, at 60 alas soap, chess upscaling? I personally met more bugs than in cyberpunk, where I never fell under the textures, but here in 10 hours I fell 10 times.
  28. Moraith88
    Feb 21, 2022
    1
    The woke culture has corrupted this game. The devs are sell outs and this game is embarrassing to play. Don't buy this just because the graphics are decent.
  29. Tagavor
    Feb 20, 2022
    1
    Скучная гриндилка,от первой части ничем не отличается,не понравилась от слова совсем
  30. sinhue_anaya
    Feb 20, 2022
    2
    Amé el primero, lo jugué en PS4 y luego en pc, lo completé dos veces en cada plataforma, pero este no me ha gustado, he tenido varios bugs que no me han permitido avanzar, el primero es que no puedo entrar a las arenas de duelo, simplemente no carga se queda en pantalla negra, tengo el juego actualizado, el segundo es que varios npc con los que tengo que hablar a veces no se activa laAmé el primero, lo jugué en PS4 y luego en pc, lo completé dos veces en cada plataforma, pero este no me ha gustado, he tenido varios bugs que no me han permitido avanzar, el primero es que no puedo entrar a las arenas de duelo, simplemente no carga se queda en pantalla negra, tengo el juego actualizado, el segundo es que varios npc con los que tengo que hablar a veces no se activa la acción para iniciar la conversación, tuve que reiniciar desde el punto de control para poder seguir. Otra cosa es el problema de físicas, falla mucho.

    Otra cosa que le ha molestado mucho es la mira al apuntar, está muy rápida y aunque he cambiado en las opciones todo, no veo que haga diferencia. También jugarlo en modalidad de vídeo dar prioridad a resolución hace que el juego sea injugable, se ve horrible, mejor lo puse en mejorar rendimiento.

    Llevo como 10 horas de juego y estas cosas me han molestado mucho, esperaba un juego más pulido, siento que fue un lanzamiento apresurado, tiene muchos detalles, nada de esto me pasó con el lanzamiento del primer juego. Estoy muy decepcionado, he progresado bastante en el juego y sintiendo a mi personaje bastante débil, gasto muchas flechas para derrotar un sólo enemigo, tengo que crear flechas a cada rato y los golpes cuerpo a cuerpo bajan muy poco. Lo estoy jugando en normal, no me imagino si hubiera empezado en difícil, iba a hacerlo dado a que dominaba perfectamente el anterior, pero es otra cosa.

    Considero que es mejor esperar a que mejoren el juego y hasta podría bajar de precio.    … Expand
  31. deasnutz
    Feb 20, 2022
    1
    The graphics in performance mode caused me to refund the game in an hour. Holy **** why even release a PS5 version if you can’t improve on the original visually. Is it bug or oversight? Or a way to sell the inevitable PC version to double dippers? Well, not this time. Just wait it out.
  32. StopDefending
    Feb 21, 2022
    1
    Yes, it has beautiful graphics and I DO have the copy of this game. I'm so tired of people calling everyone automatically a "troll" or "review bomber", if you give low score and i have perfect reasoning for that 0/10. Because that's the ONLY WAY to even out those fake 10/10 reviews by people who haven't even played it. It has bugs, very annoying ones, you drop randomly under map, thingsYes, it has beautiful graphics and I DO have the copy of this game. I'm so tired of people calling everyone automatically a "troll" or "review bomber", if you give low score and i have perfect reasoning for that 0/10. Because that's the ONLY WAY to even out those fake 10/10 reviews by people who haven't even played it. It has bugs, very annoying ones, you drop randomly under map, things not loading in, etc. It's not Cyberpunk level bad, but that doesn't mean that it's not bad. It is bad. But that's not even biggest issue of this game. The best biggest issue is really lazy and boring writing, story awful. I was really waiting for this game and this level of story telling in 2022 is just bad.… Expand
  33. nonserviumbta
    Feb 19, 2022
    1
    The game is trash, the first game was so much better in all aspects. This feels like a rushed and mediocre excuse for Sony to charge $70 bucks. The game is full of glitches, bugs, unfinished details and the graphics didn't impress, it is just a glorified PS4 game. If Sony strategy depends on "super exclusives" like this one, then they will have to reconsider and change, because the game isThe game is trash, the first game was so much better in all aspects. This feels like a rushed and mediocre excuse for Sony to charge $70 bucks. The game is full of glitches, bugs, unfinished details and the graphics didn't impress, it is just a glorified PS4 game. If Sony strategy depends on "super exclusives" like this one, then they will have to reconsider and change, because the game is not something to brag about anymore. Sorry.… Expand
  34. LegendaryGaming
    Feb 21, 2022
    2
    Okay here's what i got from this game after playing 15 hours - Bad writing, ugly looking characters, extremely boring story, mediocre open world, bugs and glitches, 2 crashes. Not recommending!
  35. shadowofze
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    not impressive same old boring sony rpg copy paste over and over would not recommend
  36. stiglitzz
    Mar 12, 2022
    3
    I changed my mind. I just burned out terribly trying all sorts of extra activities that are just TOO MUCH and have TOO BAD balance of difficulty. But there is a very good plot. It is worth moving only along it, so as not to spoil the impression of the game. Everything else in the game has not been tested or verified by the people who made it. Disgusting mechanics that don't quite work as intended.
  37. Laoqpqqpq
    Feb 21, 2022
    0
    Game wasnt as good as i expected same boring game hopefully god of war doesnt fall in the same category
  38. nightshade77
    Feb 21, 2022
    0
    All this hype about graphics, what is the gaming community on to? Such a boring game!
  39. cristikivu
    Feb 21, 2022
    0
    Horrible experience! If you forced yourself to enjoy or even finish the first game on the easiest difficulty just to see the end of the story, do not bother with this one. Gaming nowadays takes up a lot of time for people, time which you cannot take back. Forbidden West uses most of the same animations from the first game, Aloy's face and expressios are horrible and completely defeminized.Horrible experience! If you forced yourself to enjoy or even finish the first game on the easiest difficulty just to see the end of the story, do not bother with this one. Gaming nowadays takes up a lot of time for people, time which you cannot take back. Forbidden West uses most of the same animations from the first game, Aloy's face and expressios are horrible and completely defeminized. The whole game is buggy and the big surprise is that the graphics are generally bad, especially in performance mode, which is the only playable mode in 2022. Who still plays action adventure games with loads of movement in 30 fps? But hold on. There's more. The whole game is in your face from start to finish with political corectness, the woke movement, basically everything that you would want to escape from in real life is thrown right back at you in this game. I don't blame all the employees who actually worked hard at this game but the executives, managers or directors or writers who green lit such a horrible story full of woke and PC garbage and many graphical glitches and reused animations and weird facial expressions. Avoid and save your money and especially save your time!… Expand
  40. IllFalcon
    Feb 21, 2022
    4
    Unplayable cause of the horrific performance mode.
    Performance mode has huge graphical issues.
    Every particle or other fine detail especially in vegetation is flickering and shimmering like nothing else i've ever see on ps5. Bad upscaling, checkerboarding or anti-aliasing I suggest. The 60 fps mode is stable but on what cost? I would be happy to play the ps4 pro version of the game    Unplayable cause of the horrific performance mode.
    Performance mode has huge graphical issues.
    Every particle or other fine detail especially in vegetation is flickering and shimmering like nothing else i've ever see on ps5.
    Bad upscaling, checkerboarding or anti-aliasing I suggest.
    The 60 fps mode is stable but on what cost?
    I would be happy to play the ps4 pro version of the game via backward compatibility on 60 fps on ps5.
    Hopefully guerrilla will patch this.
    I don't know why reviewers doesn't say any word about this.
    To many bugs and glitches, too.
    The game is clearly unfinished.
    There are also to many skill trees.
    Aloy is way to woke and is annoyed about every NPC she is talking to.

    Very dissapointing    … Expand
  41. Justagamer44
    Feb 22, 2022
    0
    Been playing 10 hours now, i just want to give up, it's extremely boring and all the characters are so generic and ugly looking, it's worse than Mortal Kombat 11 character design. Days Gone 2 would have been so much better game. Sad.
  42. Sobxero
    Feb 22, 2022
    1
    Super buggy and not the funny kind. Crates got stuck in unreachable positions many times which the only solution to is restarting the game. And one time I was unable to use my weapons for a short time in a combat mission. Generally the game mechanics are buggy.
  43. ParanorMax
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    Дизайн персонажей и "бодипозитив" вызывает отвращение, унылый сюжет и механика игры, ничего интересного в ней не нашёл, проходняк, пока печатал, скинул ещё пару балов.
  44. demianup
    Feb 19, 2022
    1
    They recycled almost everything from Zero Dawn and still got a worse game overall. Full of bugs
  45. DannyZuckerberg
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    After 10h i left this game cuz it's so boring.
    Nothing interesting, empty world and boring gameplay. Boooooring. BORING!
  46. hardokkk
    Feb 22, 2022
    1
    Недостающие достижения, бородатая женщина ! Надо на метакритике как в стиме сделать, чтобы обзор мог писать только купивший игру. Как это реализовать я конечно хз, но такой тупой ревью бомбинг сразу бы пошёл на спад и можно было бы смотреть за реальной обстановкой.Недостающие достижения, бородатая женщина ! Надо на метакритике как в стиме сделать, чтобы обзор мог писать только купивший игру. Как это реализовать я конечно хз, но такой тупой ревью бомбинг сразу бы пошёл на спад и можно было бы смотреть за реальной обстановкой.
  47. Matsepulveda
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El juego está lleno de errores y bug, asimismo, su dependió es de lo peor. Cómpralo cuando esté a 10 dólares… Expand
  48. AminViper
    Feb 22, 2022
    0
    There is a big difference between Trailer and real game play, this game has many bugs. I really don't like it.
  49. Weslleybr8
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Odiei muiito fraco, pensei que era bom mais me arremendi agora a sony não da rembolso… Expand
  50. DESONT
    Feb 19, 2022
    1
    Сюжет стал еще хуже первой части. Персонажи скучные.
  51. ty92
    Feb 22, 2022
    0
    I didn't like this game for a few reasons. I didn't like the story and the gameplay was nothing new or special. I would much rather play Assassin's Creed or something. The game had some glitches and it actually crashed my PS4.
  52. Vetal888
    Feb 20, 2022
    2
    Ужасное продолжение. 2 балла за красочные пейзажи. Но игра не заслуживает больше, все такая же скучная, нужно заставить себя дойти до конца, а повествование ушло далеко в сторону. Очень плохое взаимодействие героини с окружающим миром, ощущение, что якобы открытый мир с постоянными ограничениями.Ужасное продолжение. 2 балла за красочные пейзажи. Но игра не заслуживает больше, все такая же скучная, нужно заставить себя дойти до конца, а повествование ушло далеко в сторону. Очень плохое взаимодействие героини с окружающим миром, ощущение, что якобы открытый мир с постоянными ограничениями.
  53. vladimirr
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    I expected much more, from all the praise from jorunalistis it's just another inflated review score orgy, it's mediocre at best don't fall for it
  54. ROM30NRG
    Feb 19, 2022
    2
    The game is unfinished and is full of bugs. The environment is beautiful but gets old and insignificant really quickly. The game is so boring that I can't even force myself to finish it, also the fact that Sony is charging $70 for this bug-filled game is just ridiculous. HFW is not that good of a game and I would recommend people not waste their money and time on this trash.
  55. mike214
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    visuals are nice but thats all it got going for it, This game is a reason i dont hype games so much and they showed trailers that misled me on the quality of the game, i liked the first one but this could have been better and im disapointed and i regret this purchase.
  56. luisbortolaso
    Mar 23, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. que pena esse jogo tentar copiar vários outros games e falhando miseravelmente, tinha tudo para ser bem melhor mas peca na falta de originalidade, e em cima de uma formula de jogo que da nítidos sinais de cansaço e limite de criatividade....… Expand
  57. Kells_ExE
    Feb 19, 2022
    4
    Another Lazy Buggy Mess.

    The Game is full of irritating bugs, some venders are inaccessible because there are random NPC's stood near by or so i thought, even after the NPC moved i still couldn't talk to the vender, i've also fallen through the world multiple times due to the collision issue the game is facing and had to close app. on top of all these issues Aloy is even more    Another Lazy Buggy Mess.

    The Game is full of irritating bugs, some venders are inaccessible because there are random NPC's stood near by or so i thought, even after the NPC moved i still couldn't talk to the vender, i've also fallen through the world multiple times due to the collision issue the game is facing and had to close app. on top of all these issues Aloy is even more insufferable than the previous game, she's just damn rude for no reason, almost forgot to mention the shimmering issue with the grass and plants which Guerrilla says is fixable by just restarting the game twice (obviously didn't work) who are they Roy from The IT Crowed "have you tried turning it off and back on again" i'm getting sick of these devs putting out half finished games.    … Expand
  58. Kialik308
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    boring story and characters. boring gameplay. one of the worst platformer games ever
  59. OnlyOneHere
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    When I first seen the trailer of this game, I thought this was going to be the next-gen AAA biblical gaming experience that I have been waiting for. The developers did a better job at marketing the game than actually developing the game. This game is nothing more than a generic third person open world game. It is just a glorified Ubisoft game. Not even an hour into the game, and I'mWhen I first seen the trailer of this game, I thought this was going to be the next-gen AAA biblical gaming experience that I have been waiting for. The developers did a better job at marketing the game than actually developing the game. This game is nothing more than a generic third person open world game. It is just a glorified Ubisoft game. Not even an hour into the game, and I'm already running into bugs. I had a bug where my companion would be swimming in the water in one spot, and he wouldn't follow me. I reloaded my save, only to get another bug where I couldn't examine the remains of the machine. Too many graphical glitches during cutscenes. The facial animations are laughable. 

    There are many clipping issues in this game. I understand that clipping is an issue with practically any 3D game. Some of the clipping in this game however is inexcusable and could have easily been prevented, had the developers not been so lazy and incompetent. For instance, I jumped and grabbed onto a ladder and Aloy's entire chest clipped through the first step of the ladder when she swinged forward. By the time I finished climbing the ladder, Aloy's ankles clipped through the last step of the ladder. This could have been prevented if the developers simply placed the ladder higher and removed the last bar of the ladder, but the developers were too lazy and careless to do that. The story is garbage. Too many cutscenes, it's basically a movie. The voice acting is poor, especially Aloy's voice acting. She always does an exhausting sigh sound at the end of every sentence, it's annoying. The physics are trash. And don't even get me started with those hair physics. I understand hair physics are likely tough to pull off, but they should have kept it simple rather than complex. Aloy's hair moves around like it's underwater. Speaking of underwater, I ran into a glitch where Aloy was swimming on land.  

    There is nothing to do in the open world. It is so empty and boring. Just a boring world full of plants, rocks, and water. That is so boring to explore. There is a board minigame you can play called Strike which is basically a rip-off of Chess. Speaking of chess, the characters don't even move the machine pieces in real-time. In the first Watch Dogs game, the characters actually move the chess pieces with their hands. How can a 2014 game actually get that part right than a 2022 game? Unbelievable. If you think this is bad, that is just the tip of the iceberg. Aloy can't even open treasure chests in real-time. I remember playing a Harry Potter game some time in 2002 and Potter actually opens the treasure chest accurately and grabs things inside it. And this was 20 years ago in a PS2 console. That is embarrassing, even moreso when you take into account that movie tie-in games are commonly referred to as lazy cash grabs. That just proves how lazy the developers are, and it continues with their lazy level design. The missions are boring and repetitive. The side quests are even worse. The only good thing in this game is graphics, but the graphics sacrificed the physics and gameplay mechanics.

    There is no multiplayer. So once you beat the main story, there is not a reason to touch this game again. Charging $60 for a game with no replay value is a cash grab. I would have been fine with no multiplayer if this game had so much depth and content like Red Dead Redemption 2, but the developers were too greedy and lazy for that. And the greedy developers had the audacity to charge $70 for this garbage in a pathetic attempt at scamming players to pay an extra $10 for absolutely nothing. Make sure to get the PS4 version to get the PS5 version too for $60. Actually $60 is still too much for this game. I recommend you pick this game up until it is $10 or wait until it is free on PS Plus. This game made me appreciate Ubisoft more. They can release open world games with nearly the same quality and more content at a faster rate.     … Expand
  60. BRUCELALMIGHTY
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Im really really disappointed. All the talk and the hipe is not what you promised side quests is pointless repeats every were and all the clips trailers of game play you showed before release took alot of details and res away definitely not worth the prize they realy lost there way from number 1… Expand
  61. lazerblade10
    Jul 2, 2023
    1
    The woke culture has corrupted this game. The devs are sell outs and this game is embarrassing to play.
  62. somovbiu
    Apr 6, 2023
    0
    I bought a PS5 for this game, yea, not for GoWR, but for this piece of junk. Because I loved HZD. Here is what I want to say as a HZD fan:
    1. the combat really sucks. They added things, yea, but just like HZD, only a few work, others are just gimmicks. In HZD you can choose whatever weapons because you craft unlimited ammo on the run. Some weapons are weak but you have quantity. But in    I bought a PS5 for this game, yea, not for GoWR, but for this piece of junk. Because I loved HZD. Here is what I want to say as a HZD fan:
    1. the combat really sucks. They added things, yea, but just like HZD, only a few work, others are just gimmicks. In HZD you can choose whatever weapons because you craft unlimited ammo on the run. Some weapons are weak but you have quantity. But in HFW, they limit your resources so you can only make a few. The most affected weapons are tripcasters, you can place 4 at the most and do funny damage, not to mention they break very easily.
    2. missions are so terrible in HFW, basically all filler quests to trap you in this game forever. And there are so many! The rewards are also negligible.
    3. puzzles are now very unintuitive. Back when I was playing HZD, I only checked YouTube a few times because I got stuck. But HFW gets me stuck all the time, they added a lot of shenanigans, all aimed at trapping you in this game forever.
    4. crafting is purely horrible. Requires so much and gives so little, especially in the early game, if you don't know where to buy the materials, you'll have to fight difficult monsters to strip down their tiny parts before killing them, so you can get a funny +1 stat on your gears. It's so hard to tear down machine parts during the early game. Or you can google where to buy the parts, which takes away all the fun of crafting.

    Conclusion: This game is such a disappointment. I purposely bought PS5 and this game right before burning shores comes out, now I'm not even sure if I'm going to buy it. Disappointment of the Year for me.    … Expand
  63. Mateo85020
    Apr 9, 2023
    0
    This game is the worst. The amount of bugs, amount of nonsense it has in incredible. Character doesn’t know how to dodge and when you dodge you still get hit (although 100 other times you won’t at the same timing), you spawn with your items and after you die and spawn you don’t get your items back (amazing isn’t it?), arrows get stuck on invincible walls (yes this has happened a lot ofThis game is the worst. The amount of bugs, amount of nonsense it has in incredible. Character doesn’t know how to dodge and when you dodge you still get hit (although 100 other times you won’t at the same timing), you spawn with your items and after you die and spawn you don’t get your items back (amazing isn’t it?), arrows get stuck on invincible walls (yes this has happened a lot of times), there are enemy moves that no matter what you cannot dodge and prepare to die one shot (if playing at hardest difficulty) from the same move that previously wasn’t killing you with one shot. Wouldn’t recommend this … Expand
  64. nsergio75
    Apr 11, 2023
    0
    Contar una buena historia en el género C.s. Ficción es una tarea que Guerrilla Games sabe como hacer. Forbiden West es más que una secuela decente de Horizon ya que logra mejorar la fórmula en prácticamente todos los aspectos.
  65. Dubefex
    Apr 20, 2023
    0
    Loved the zero dawn, but this feels like milking on the same game engine. Couldnt play more than 2 hours, soundtrack is annoying, “boss” fights are just stupid. Graphics looks terrible. Flames looks like from super mario. Honestly i have no idea why people are rating it that high. Maybe they are high, and this is the very first game they played since ps1 baught along with ps5.
  66. Danilove
    Mar 2, 2023
    0
    Horizon Forbidden West overall improves on pretty much everything about Zero Dawn, but I just think the changes to the weapon system specifically go a bit too far in overcorrecting and I hope they get tooled back a tiny bit in the third game. Too much grindy. Farming for legendary upgrades is a huge pain, so i dropped difficulty to story and turned on auto looting. Still takes a long timeHorizon Forbidden West overall improves on pretty much everything about Zero Dawn, but I just think the changes to the weapon system specifically go a bit too far in overcorrecting and I hope they get tooled back a tiny bit in the third game. Too much grindy. Farming for legendary upgrades is a huge pain, so i dropped difficulty to story and turned on auto looting. Still takes a long time running back and forth between 8+ high level apex types to gather everything but i would be burned out if i had to do it manually and at normal strength.… Expand
  67. KBZ4945
    Jan 31, 2023
    3
    The only good side of this game are graphics. Im sorry to say that but im dissapointed Sony. The story is so generic, combat is clunky. Sidequests are not funny joke from the developers. The world is so big but the same as big its boring. The first game was even better because you had the whole mistery about the origin of machines, world and current culture. Totally boring ubigame. I loveThe only good side of this game are graphics. Im sorry to say that but im dissapointed Sony. The story is so generic, combat is clunky. Sidequests are not funny joke from the developers. The world is so big but the same as big its boring. The first game was even better because you had the whole mistery about the origin of machines, world and current culture. Totally boring ubigame. I love most Sony exclusives but this is huge dissapointment.… Expand
  68. snorkiss
    Jan 28, 2023
    3
    After about 15 hrs I changed the difficulty to easy and mainlined the story to just finish the thing. This is a very good looking game but looks fade and then you're stuck with a massive open world with a lot of busy work and a upgrade system that's incredibly dull - 3 stars, what a disappointment
  69. sergjoni
    Apr 1, 2022
    1
    Sure the game is great but I can buy it because I dont have access to my PS store. You may assume that I am from Russia, but you wrong - I am from Kazakhstan. As we are separate region I claim to open PS store in Kazakhstan, otherwise it is discrimination.
  70. WeAllEffed
    Apr 17, 2023
    3
    The only reason this score is not lower is that the story and characters are great.

    Combat is the same trash we see in any AAA game; push button at exact moment or die gameplay. It’s appalling how the developers capture so much tedious animation only to completely sh!t the bed as enemy moves track you demanding a dodge button press. I’m sick of enemies sliding and skidding all over the    The only reason this score is not lower is that the story and characters are great.

    Combat is the same trash we see in any AAA game; push button at exact moment or die gameplay. It’s appalling how the developers capture so much tedious animation only to completely sh!t the bed as enemy moves track you demanding a dodge button press. I’m sick of enemies sliding and skidding all over the place because the try-hard demographic demands it. It looks stupid and it is not fun.

    Other issues I have: 1) climbing; I’d rather the game not have it if it’s going to be implemented in such a way. Seconds long animations to move a few pixels gets old instantly.
    2) collision: constantly getting stuck on collision geometry. Riding the metal dinosaurs isn’t even worth it 90% of the time because they will get stuck on everything. 3) Farming and upgrades: RNG padding as heck. I don’t need to say more.

    AAA games are all starting to feel the same and major fault lies in how games are balanced. Balance the same as any AAA game and it’s going to feel and play like any other AAA game. I want parameters to adjust game speed, timing windows, RNG mechanics, enemy health, and so on. I’ll balance this myself, since this industry is too lazy to do anything other than try-hard nonsense.    … Expand
  71. daryl83
    Apr 25, 2023
    1
    Boring and repetitive game with the same old derivative gameplay as the tired and lame ubisoft games. Get elden ring instead.
  72. palebluelight
    Nov 27, 2022
    1
    Terrible combat no huntress fantasy after 30hrs and the game doesn’t open up. Melee is useless aloy gets ragdolled across the map. Not worth the money.
  73. stephencongdon
    Dec 29, 2022
    1
    For a game that is all about climbing and shooting things, both of those aspects of this game are bad. Clunky movement, awkward shooting mechanics, too many weapons, all in all, this game seems to be a downgrade from the first.
  74. TheAlphaReview
    Jan 16, 2023
    0
    only good thing inf about this game is the graphics aside from it its borefest
  75. MJ_QaTaR
    Apr 24, 2023
    2
    The first hand was amazing. This one is disappointing and I'm being generous rating it 2 only for graphics. The story is boring, characters are lifeless.. the way Aloy speaks is irritating, many of the cut scenes you will see her doing nothing while watching people get killed and destroyed until she decides to get involved, I mean this is a sequel she's supposed to be stronger andThe first hand was amazing. This one is disappointing and I'm being generous rating it 2 only for graphics. The story is boring, characters are lifeless.. the way Aloy speaks is irritating, many of the cut scenes you will see her doing nothing while watching people get killed and destroyed until she decides to get involved, I mean this is a sequel she's supposed to be stronger and decisive. My recommendation is to play the first one and stop there.… Expand
  76. heroman34
    May 8, 2022
    0
    Boş hissettiren açık dünyası ile görevleri de oldukça sıkıcı olması yetmezmiş gibi birde anlamsız bir hikayeye sahip. Mekanikler çabucak sıkıcı olabiliyor. Yalnızca grafik olarak güzel bir yapım olmuş. Ancak ben bir grafik fetişisti değilim ben oyun oynamaya geldim.
  77. MoratoryMold249
    Mar 13, 2022
    1
    Игра не вышла на Xbox, стоит целых 5.5к.И я не смог купить Playstation 5.Это всё вина Guerilla games.Ставлю 1/10
  78. easyeyebrow
    Mar 13, 2022
    1
    Game play is okay, graphic is great, but the whole game is just another empty and boring open-world assembly line product. Aloy is just nagging on everything she sees, everyone else will give you a speech about their meaningless perspective of the world. The greatest thing in this game is probably you can see Aloy's facial hair.
  79. matejn
    Mar 14, 2022
    2
    Less is sometime more!

    I was a huge fan of Zero Dawn - the mystery driven narrative was captivating and a frenetic action fights very funny and rewarding. But in Forbidden West the fights are absolutely frustrating - in most places the are no obstacles to hide from enemy attacts, or there is no place to evade the attacs. Enemies are jumping across the whole place towards to you and you    Less is sometime more!

    I was a huge fan of Zero Dawn - the mystery driven narrative was captivating and a frenetic action fights very funny and rewarding. But in Forbidden West the fights are absolutely frustrating - in most places the are no obstacles to hide from enemy attacts, or there is no place to evade the attacs. Enemies are jumping across the whole place towards to you and you just can’t outrun them or hide behind something. It’s just try to hit component - get hit - run arround - heal - repeat.

    NPCs are too strong with superpowers and blazing hammers like from Thor movie.

    New mechanics and skills are a mess. They are to complex but not in the good way. I don’t want to use any over compliceted valors.

    Storywise it is so far a scavenger hunt for some mcguffins set in a open world that is too much stuffed.

    I’m about a 10 hours in game and except from the first part of the game it’s a PAIN TO PLAY. I’m putting the game away.    … Expand
  80. adjustmacaw12
    Mar 16, 2022
    0
    nikodo avocado se enfrenta a un mundo donde solo una mujer que no acepta ayuda y ella siempre es superior a los demas con frases cryngue como this game is top tier amazing, just better ,amazing game
    this game is masterpice XD dan mas verguenza
  81. Loki669
    Mar 17, 2022
    0
    Kinda sucks that the UX hasn't changed from the first one icons all over the map makes for a messy UI
  82. Crocodile_
    Mar 18, 2022
    4
    A game with a story that you can't feel it or go into .. cold and boring but you will enjoy v good graphics.
    Big disappointment for me , if you played Horizon zero dawn u will not need to play this
  83. Zhorzhik
    Mar 19, 2022
    0
    That game is absolutely rubbish with good picture. I thinking Ubisoft create that game, not Sony.
    Sony, wrong way...
  84. morozjkeee
    Mar 20, 2022
    2
    I can’t by this game for ps5.

    Why you block magazine ???? So political decision!!
  85. LBeattie1701
    Mar 20, 2022
    0
    A pretty pile of garbage. Same boring standing around waiting for an npc to shut up, too many weapons that serve almost no purpose.
  86. IGNreviews-
    Apr 10, 2022
    0
    Sony has been sued for stealing money from players accounts when they install and play their 1st party games. Be aware. Dont give sony the opportunity to steal you. 0/10. If you want to play it, never plug your console online so sony wont be able to commit robbery on you.The game has serious problems.Mostly wonky gameplay. Story is sobbing and boring. Nothing special. The gme ranks inSony has been sued for stealing money from players accounts when they install and play their 1st party games. Be aware. Dont give sony the opportunity to steal you. 0/10. If you want to play it, never plug your console online so sony wont be able to commit robbery on you.The game has serious problems.Mostly wonky gameplay. Story is sobbing and boring. Nothing special. The gme ranks in 6/10. And since its sonys trojan horse to steal gamers money, it gets 0/10. Authorities have started banning 1st party titles of playstation in many countries. Be aware people. Sony proved being ruled by serious scamers… Expand
  87. TheAbysmalMan
    Apr 14, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I went into this game being a pretty big fan of the first. HZD wasn’t my favorite game but it was very enjoyable and Aloy was adorable. Right from the beginning of the sequel I felt a strange disconnect however. It was pretty and colorful but just completely uninteresting. People praise this game and assume anyone not enjoying it is review-bombing but this game has honestly done nothing for me. The only fight after 45 hours that sparked any joy in me was the slaughterspine. It was challenging but very doable with interesting attack patterns and just a cool robot design. After this glorious fight the Zeniths come in…take Beta…and now I’m in a mansion with paintings I’m supposed to be interested in? The game just feels like it wants you to learn so much about the world and it’s people but those bits of knowledge feel dull and pointless (no pun intended). Then I had to laugh as I exit and a behemoth machine is half stuck in the mansion wall completely frozen like it spawned in wrong. Just completely unimpressed by the bugs, performance, hair glitching during serious scenes. The Witcher 3 was buggy but at least that big beautiful open world had something worthwhile with unmatched side quests alongside an awesome main story.

    To sum it up: this feels a lot like a Ubisoft open world game. Unless you have fun multiplayer elements like The Division it’s just pretty with little substance.    … Expand
  88. Polus
    Apr 15, 2022
    0
    SJW говнище, переходящее уже все границы адекватности. Современная игровая индустрия мертва
  89. Kl1m
    Apr 18, 2022
    2
    Alte Gebäude nur noch billige minirätsel und weniger Story. Kaum Audiologs aus der Vergangenheit. Spannung fehlt
  90. Edketchum7
    May 1, 2022
    1
    The fatal flaw in this game is putting a stupid board game in, and requiring it be played to get the platinum. If I wanted to play a board game, I'd get one.
  91. Caio_1203
    Nov 6, 2022
    4
    O jogo é muito bom com gráficos impressionantes para um jg Cross gen e com uma continuação bem imersiva do outro jogo (horizon zero down)
  92. Freddy_Ireland
    Nov 30, 2022
    0
    Horrible main character that looks down on people and have almost no personality. Terrible exploration and boring combat.
  93. Low30
    Nov 30, 2022
    3
    Bland story, generic characters, Aloy talks too much when exploring, was fun first maybe 10 hours then got repetitive, wouldn't recommend to be honest, only good thing is I got it on black Friday no where near worth 70 dollars
  94. M4yfl0w3r
    Jan 10, 2023
    0
    This game is such a disappointment for a Horizon fan. I was so excited to see the continuation of what was supposed to be a dynamic spunky and witty redhead take on new and exciting puzzles, machines and historical conflicts. What we got instead was the poor product of developers working from home. I think I'm not the first to say that I would have been more than fine with waiting untilThis game is such a disappointment for a Horizon fan. I was so excited to see the continuation of what was supposed to be a dynamic spunky and witty redhead take on new and exciting puzzles, machines and historical conflicts. What we got instead was the poor product of developers working from home. I think I'm not the first to say that I would have been more than fine with waiting until the world could heal from Covid so the game could actually have been made properly and with love. I can completely understand how this game wasn't even nominated as "Game of The Year" its unimaginative storyline, annoying characters and the inability for anything part of the game to be properly saturated is so infuriating. The game menu (where the notebook, inventory and map can be found) is too dark and outdated. When looking at dyed outfits you can barely see a difference between a bright fuschia and a deep blue because they both look brown with the incredibly dark and ugly background making everything look muddy and prehistoric. Then when you traverse the excessive map you have to look away from half the sights because the colors make you nauseous and leave you with a piercing headache (as if Varl and any of the other characters don't already). Aloy becomes this stand-of-ish character that has no head and wants to just bruteforce everything as compared to the shy and pessimistic clever girl she was. I think it would be tolerable if the other characters from the previous game didn't give Aloy such a hard time for leaving to SAVE THE WORLD!! The puzzles are pretty hard and leave players scanning over and over as they try to remember what tools they have and what controls it takes to use. Not to mention that most grappling points are finicky at best and most of the time leave Aloy falling from great heights which force you to do the climb all over again. I was so excited when I got a preview of the new cool tools we would be getting in the new game (the glider especially) it turned out to be even more disappointing. The glider mostly falls and doesn't actually take Aloy anywhere but down. The spears are cool but getting them to hit their target is as frustrating as listening to Varl flirt with his tree hugging girlfriend. I wanted so much for this game to be great and was so disappointed by the outcome. I guess that's you get for getting your coding degree via Zoom.… Expand
  95. Poioso
    Jan 23, 2023
    4
    Divertido, mas enjoativo. Mapa grande cheio de missões sem graça e repetitivas. Missoes principais extremamente longes umas das outras.
  96. KiWii69100
    Apr 21, 2023
    0
  97. Wander_Ico
    Apr 23, 2023
    2
    Achei a história fraca comparada ao primeiro jogo. E a gameplay não inovou!
  98. slythorigin
    Apr 24, 2023
    0
    The at first glance looks amazing, but in the end you felt like it was a waste of time.
  99. FAHOO
    Apr 25, 2023
    0
    I am writing to express my disappointment regarding the recent expansion for Horizon Forbidden West, Burning Shores. After playing through the expansion, I am left feeling underwhelmed and dissatisfied with the lack of quality content available.

    It is evident that this expansion was solely released for the purpose of fulfilling agendas, rather than providing players with a meaningful    I am writing to express my disappointment regarding the recent expansion for Horizon Forbidden West, Burning Shores. After playing through the expansion, I am left feeling underwhelmed and dissatisfied with the lack of quality content available.

    It is evident that this expansion was solely released for the purpose of fulfilling agendas, rather than providing players with a meaningful and engaging experience. The lack of effort put into the storytelling and gameplay is highly disappointing and does not meet the standards that players have come to expect from the Horizon franchise.

    I believe that it is important for game publishers to prioritize the quality of their content and ensure that expansions and updates add value to the game rather than simply fulfilling a quota. As a dedicated fan of the Horizon franchise, I hope that future updates and expansions will meet the high standards that have been set by the previous games.    … Expand
  100. Gamer420
    Apr 25, 2023
    0
    I was surprised this pile of **** has gotten a sequel. Well it's worse than the original. Alloy is still her ow annoying self, except made uglier. A lot of other characters (NPCs) were made uglier as well, in a postmodernist attempt to make everything ugly.

    Gameplay, has pretty much the same flaws I mentioned in my Horizon Zero Dawn review, you can check those out.
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  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    100
    Horizon has enchanted me again. After a slow start, a graphically beautiful, sophisticated sequel comes, polished in every aspect, and underscored by a great soundtrack on top of that. The sequel was simply a success. Everything that worked before works even slightly better now. [Issue#317]
  2. T3
    Aug 11, 2022
    80
    Horizon Forbidden West is Guerrilla's best game to date, taking Aloy to new heights with a blockbuster release that meets the high standards set by PlayStation in recent years. While it's totally worth fans jumping in on day one, it's perhaps better to wait a few weeks until all the bugs are ironed out.
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  3. MeuPlayStation
    May 11, 2022
    96
    Horizon Forbidden West is exactly what everyone thought it would be: an amazing game. It has an open world with plenty of things to do and places to explore, fights against some really well-developed machines and stunning visuals. The feeling is that the second game of the series improves on what was already great, and it feels rewarding and fun to play. It is another single-player masterpiece from Sony.
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