Horizon Forbidden West

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  1. Jayhawk145
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    I am convinced that these games are just Graphical showcases, because thats all the Horizon franchise seems to have going for it. Imagine, a game that is set in the distant Future, where we got knocked back to prehistoric times, and we have to fight giant robot dinosaurs, SOUNDS AWESOME. But this game does nothing really new.

    Aloy is still a MID protagonist, that is so very hard to    I am convinced that these games are just Graphical showcases, because thats all the Horizon franchise seems to have going for it. Imagine, a game that is set in the distant Future, where we got knocked back to prehistoric times, and we have to fight giant robot dinosaurs, SOUNDS AWESOME. But this game does nothing really new.

    Aloy is still a MID protagonist, that is so very hard to like, the writing and overall story is just lastluster and boring. The actual world exploration at first is fun and engaging but grows tiresome very fast.    … Expand
  2. Angelooo
    Sep 4, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es buen juego pero esperaba más, lo jugué con mi hermano en ps5 y el combate no me gustó y después de un tiempo es repetitivo. Apartado gráfico bastante bueno.… Expand
  3. Madmac05
    Sep 2, 2023
    5
    Most of the reviews are from PS haters that never even played the game. It is amazing!!
  4. Rexter345
    Sep 1, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Historia muito chata e combate lento e pouco estimulante, texturas boradas e com graficos de ps4.… Expand
  5. WalQ
    Sep 1, 2023
    7
    Beautiful game, interesting gameplay. As far as the story goes, I liked more the one from the first Horizon, where we are just discovering the whole secret of macha dinosaurs.
  6. MPK92
    Aug 29, 2023
    5
    I don't know how they did it but they somehow managed to make dinosaur robots kind of boring and uninteresting. This game checks a lot of the boxes for success on a technical level. Looks great. Plays well enough. Interesting premise. Open world with lots of stuff to do. But for me the end result is just... kind of boring and it didn't grab me at all. I didn't love the first game either,I don't know how they did it but they somehow managed to make dinosaur robots kind of boring and uninteresting. This game checks a lot of the boxes for success on a technical level. Looks great. Plays well enough. Interesting premise. Open world with lots of stuff to do. But for me the end result is just... kind of boring and it didn't grab me at all. I didn't love the first game either, but I at least felt compelled to finish it.… Expand
  7. liamalt
    Aug 29, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is strange to me. The developers chose to make a game centred around the forbidden lands and how we must work together to save the world, yet these forbidden lands are less hostile than the Nora are to Aloy. The storyline chooses to follow aliens wanting a new home rather then following the set up from the previous game of a world ending threat waking up the machines which originally destroyed this planet and were only stopped by intentionally destroying humanity. This combined with a story centred around the most generic characters I've seen in gaming alongside an unchanging world which is supposed to be dying, just left me underwhelmed. The game is mechanically fine and looks gorgeous, but just follows tropes and pre done lore rather than give me a reason to play this instead of Elden ring, Horizon Zero Dawn, or any one of the other games which have released in the last few years.… Expand
  8. Gekkehuiz
    Aug 17, 2023
    5
    Horizon Forbidden West is almost a copy of Horizon Zero Dawn. The graphics have been improved and the game features the most realistic was crashing on a beach with foam and subtranction back to the see I've ever seen in a game. However for me this game has a few downsides in regards to part 1 (which I think is a masterpiece). There is no compelling story, the map is too big, too manyHorizon Forbidden West is almost a copy of Horizon Zero Dawn. The graphics have been improved and the game features the most realistic was crashing on a beach with foam and subtranction back to the see I've ever seen in a game. However for me this game has a few downsides in regards to part 1 (which I think is a masterpiece). There is no compelling story, the map is too big, too many boring puzzles and too repetitive. I had a hard time getting through this one which is a tough cookie for me to swallow as I remind myself how amazing the first one was.… Expand
  9. jacobgoh101
    Aug 16, 2023
    5
    great visual. great feeling flying on a bird. average game play. below average story. teribble climbing mechanism. lots of bugs that I encounter. quite disappointing overall.
  10. Kostas_Spirou
    Jul 28, 2023
    7
    Alright, hear me out, I honestly enjoyed this game, it's a technical marvel, the gameplay is great just like in the first game, the cast of characters is bigger, the side content is more varied and the world looks absolutely phenomenal, but ultimately the game didn't meet my expectations.

    Exploring the world feels better than before, and the climbing is something the game definitely    Alright, hear me out, I honestly enjoyed this game, it's a technical marvel, the gameplay is great just like in the first game, the cast of characters is bigger, the side content is more varied and the world looks absolutely phenomenal, but ultimately the game didn't meet my expectations.

    Exploring the world feels better than before, and the climbing is something the game definitely needed. There's actually a lot of content and the game is pretty big, there are random minigames you can play, races with machines, an entire arena, and many more things to do.

    Unfortunately, despite the few improvements in the Open World, the game feels like a step-back from the first game in almost every other way, sure there are some quality of life improvements, melee combat is way better and the new skill tree is a nice addition, but the core gameplay still feels the exact same for the most part, and the story is such a mess, the pacing is terrible, and the ending is insultingly bad, I did like some of the new story beats but in the end it honestly feels as if the story didn't really progress.

    Also the physics and the collision detection are absolutely atrocious, getting hit mid-animation while rolling perfectly to dodge an attack or doing a critical strike and getting interrupted by an enemy is just incredibly annoying.

    It's a well made game, and my experience was mostly positive but I expected more after 5 whole years.
    At the end of the day I actually liked it, it was a fun experience and I really wanna see how the story is gonna continue from here.

    Final Rating: "Good" ~ 7/10.    … Expand
  11. Ilya123
    Jul 27, 2023
    7
    Good game with beatiful main character. Amazing game, beatiful to look at and an open world
  12. diLesnock
    Jul 19, 2023
    5
    Horizon Forbidden West delivers a visually stunning experience with its beautiful landscapes and showcases the capabilities of the new generation of gaming hardware. However, it falls short in terms of lackluster combat, slow-paced story development, an uninteresting protagonist, and the presence of a few graphical bugs. While it may not fully live up to its potential, fans of open-worldHorizon Forbidden West delivers a visually stunning experience with its beautiful landscapes and showcases the capabilities of the new generation of gaming hardware. However, it falls short in terms of lackluster combat, slow-paced story development, an uninteresting protagonist, and the presence of a few graphical bugs. While it may not fully live up to its potential, fans of open-world exploration may still find enjoyment in the game's visually captivating world and the opportunity to uncover its intriguing lore.… Expand
  13. SilarMaldon
    Jul 18, 2023
    5
    This is clearly a case of the developers grasping for ways to make Horizon better and just totally failing. Wtf was wrong in the first place? The new platforming is just awful. The water exploration allows Aloy to "water platform" in a new, but joyless way. I really don't know wtf they were thinking by expanding the worst parts of the game. There is no possible way that anyone could enjoyThis is clearly a case of the developers grasping for ways to make Horizon better and just totally failing. Wtf was wrong in the first place? The new platforming is just awful. The water exploration allows Aloy to "water platform" in a new, but joyless way. I really don't know wtf they were thinking by expanding the worst parts of the game. There is no possible way that anyone could enjoy this at the same level as the first one, which was an awesome game. It truly seems that the developers wanted to make this game less fun and more of a chore. All those characters you loved from the first one??? Now Aloy engages in tedious character drama nonsense and they hate each other. Drama and emotions don't make something good, you need to actually have a plot. What a disappointment.

    On the positive side, the soundtrack is WAY, WAY better and most of the excellent combat from the original entry is maintained or improved.    … Expand
  14. HyperDBA
    Jul 12, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just finished the game yesterday on PS5 on normal difficulty. Many positives but a specific overwhelming negative.

    The Amazing: Visuals and Audio are among the best ever for any game created. There is literally a way to enjoy the game where it's just Aloy flying on her Sun Wing and enjoying the beauty of the rendered environment across different times of the day while listening to beautiful and touching soundtracks. For example 'In the Flood' main theme song should be in the running for some award of best video gaming song

    The Good: Fighting and Weapons. Such a big arsenal of weapons to choose from that allow many diverse fighting styles and weapon combos. I like the plasma mechanic a lot although it take a while to get used to. Some weapons like spears can feel a bit overpowered and some kinds of superflous like the short bow or the wierd elemental rope shooter but overall weapons are fun. Machines are also very intricate in all their animations, textures, and behaviors. A joy to engage with. Humans are o.k enemies but hardly a challenge.

    The Bad: Main gripe with weapons is the very tedious, boring upgrade requirements. I got all legendary weapons maxed out and one of the few times I needed to dial down the difficult is to gather resources for their upgrades. Its like each upgrade level requires killing and precision striping of parts from 5-6 big machines and it quickly became a massive chore instead of a fun activity. Strike was attempted as a Gwent (from Witcher series) like side activity but is just a bad conceptual game. Hard to remember all the machine and land requirements so I completely skipped it. Likewise, Vista point and Ancient Ruin quests we quite boring and their development resources better spent else where. Their rewards were also very pedestrian so are not in any way needed to get stronger in the game.

    The unforgivingly catastrophically terrible: Writing.. Its such a drop-off from the rest of the game to the degree that I think they hired top-world talent for the environment and graphics and got some interns to do the writing. In all my years of playing games, I have never seen such a gap in quality between gameplay and story. Even compared to the original game which was much more intriguing and suspenseful. I will give a few examples.

    SPOILERS BELOW:

    The whole premise of HFW falls flat on its face in the last 5 minutes when its uncovered that the Zeniths are not after trying to extinguish life on earth after all and just wanted to stop there, rest and, and get a GAIA copy while running away from nemisis. So that makes zero sense, a group of advanced alien humans, who conquered death, can't fix the simple problem of software backup (cause yes GAIA is just a super advanced ChatGPT not some digital deity, and was backed up before) Couldn't they have just cooperated with Aloy to get a copy ? Makes no sense and completely empties the meaning of the main story.

    Aloy sending her friends over to suicide missions over and over again. Most glaring is Varl. She just tells him to 'protect Alva' when Zeniths arrive in the couldren mission. Like how is he supposed to do that ? She knows how advanced they are and he only has a primitive spear and predictably lasts for a grand total of 10 seconds before getting run through by Eric and then no remorse whatsoever from Aloy as if this was always the plan ?

    The complete bungling of Tilda's character. As complex as they come as a former lover of Elisabet's, art enthusiast, and a 'good' Zenith. She is just converted to a town idiot in her last scene where thinks she could just kidnap Aloy. Earlier she had reviewed Aloy's focus and must know she is capable of bringing down Apex Thunderjaws as a stretching exercise. And how ? by jumping into a gundam like specter suit ? Which ended up being one of the easiest and most pathetic end boss battles ever devised.

    Feels like the narrative team just run out of ideas, changed personnel in the middle of development, or had some character death, plot 'twists', and cheesy scene quota they needed to fill and proceeded to do that without any sort of basic story QA.

    Any sci-fi or fantasy work requires a certain level of suspension of belief but HFW requires an activation of stupidity to overcome the poor story structure. To say the writing is amateur hour would be an insult to amateurs many of which could have done a dramatically better job. For a normal third person shoot-em up game, this would not matter, but the HZ franchise is not Serious Sam, its an advanced Sci-Fi movie being played as a game. Aloy and the rest of the Guerrilla technical team deserve much much better than what their narrative team is delivering at the moment and hopefully they get that for HZ3 or I will happily skip to preserve how I remember this great world and character.    … Expand
  15. Morfeu
    Jul 9, 2023
    7
    Inegável que o jogo é lindo porém história totalmente mal feita parecendo que foi feita às pressas. Jogo diverte mas para o final se torna banal e a vontade de pular todas as cutscenes é alta.
  16. Solonik94
    Jul 3, 2023
    7
    The core game didn't change much and I couldn't rly get into the story at all. Despite that, gorgeous game and tight responsive gameplay. It's not my cup of tea and I also couldn't finish the first one because I got bored but overall most ppl will probably have fun with it. Side note: all these ppl rating 0 just because they don't like the story or part of the gameplay.... How about aThe core game didn't change much and I couldn't rly get into the story at all. Despite that, gorgeous game and tight responsive gameplay. It's not my cup of tea and I also couldn't finish the first one because I got bored but overall most ppl will probably have fun with it. Side note: all these ppl rating 0 just because they don't like the story or part of the gameplay.... How about a mature and fair rating. If you like your food in a restaurant but don't like the presentation or the service, would you rate it with 0 aswell? Doesn't sound fair right. If you like aspects of the game give it a fair review instead of these **** 0 point reviews… Expand
  17. RamenRoodles
    Jul 1, 2023
    7
    Pro's
    Great Soundtrack
    Jaw dropping boss fights Great UI Melee combat is refined now Beautiful world and atmosphere Nice strategy in ammo types Late game mount is a nice reward Late game you feel like a badass Good loot Con's I didn't care about most characters Aloy has no real depth or growth Story became predictable late game Stealth isn't refined, too simple Side missions are 50/50 in    Pro's
    Great Soundtrack
    Jaw dropping boss fights
    Great UI Melee combat is refined now
    Beautiful world and atmosphere Nice strategy in ammo types
    Late game mount is a nice reward
    Late game you feel like a badass
    Good loot

    Con's
    I didn't care about most characters
    Aloy has no real depth or growth
    Story became predictable late game
    Stealth isn't refined, too simple
    Side missions are 50/50 in quality

    Verdict: 7/10    … Expand
  18. woolywooly
    Jun 26, 2023
    6
    Amazing graphics. But convoluted story. Way too much farming. Upgrading weapons and armour is a nightmare. Way too many weapon types, and you don’t know what to use.
  19. Soracifer88
    Jun 25, 2023
    7
    It's a good game but A very by the standard sequel
    Pros:
    -really great graphic and visual -great improvement in the acting and dialogue .better sidequest -fight the machine still feel really fun con: -IA still pretty basic -interaction with the environment is still mediocre, same for the exploration -story fall flat, Aloy its too much a Mary sue protagonist. So a well done    It's a good game but A very by the standard sequel
    Pros:
    -really great graphic and visual
    -great improvement in the acting and dialogue
    .better sidequest
    -fight the machine still feel really fun

    con:
    -IA still pretty basic
    -interaction with the environment is still mediocre, same for the exploration
    -story fall flat, Aloy its too much a Mary sue protagonist.

    So a well done sequel but nothing groundbreaking or any improvement for the open world genre. Over all still a solid good game.    … Expand
  20. lukeak
    Jun 24, 2023
    6
    I was in love with the Horizon Series, and after Forbidden West it was about to be my all-time favorite game, but that Burning Shores ending was so disappointing. It ruined the story for me. It was horribly written and obviously thrown in for American political reasons. It's such a shame this keeps happening.
    I'm part of the lgbtq community, and even I was starting to feel weird about    I was in love with the Horizon Series, and after Forbidden West it was about to be my all-time favorite game, but that Burning Shores ending was so disappointing. It ruined the story for me. It was horribly written and obviously thrown in for American political reasons. It's such a shame this keeps happening.
    I'm part of the lgbtq community, and even I was starting to feel weird about how there are very few honorable male characters, and how there are so many lesbian characters. So, many side quests had lesbian characters. It's not even representational of life.
    Then the ending seriously threw me off, cause it just felt so out of place. There was no real story development for that love scene in the end. It seriously felt like they just threw it in to make 'woke' quota deadlines. if the 'woke' crap was just better written it would be so much more accepted, but at this point, it's really becoming a problem in ruining the art of storytelling. I can't wait for this ridiculous fad to end. Unfortunately, so many of the stories we hold so dear will be ruined by the time that happens.    … Expand
  21. empress-m
    Jun 24, 2023
    5
    This is what I loved about the first Horizon game - challenging and varied combat, made more complex with various modes of damage and resistance and various enemies, super engaging storytelling. If you like action RPGs, this game is a must.
  22. Pupo
    Jun 24, 2023
    6
    I got kinda bored, it's a beautiful game, graphics are amazing but I just can't enjoy it.
  23. pslovehate
    Jun 2, 2023
    7
    They did many things right but the new side games added to Zero Dawn are just annoying and frustrating.
  24. thethethe4
    May 31, 2023
    5
    This game disappointed me greatly. Though the graphics are stunning and the combat is unique, it simply isn't enough to make up for the lack laster story. Aloy is a really boring character, she is your cliché hero going around trying to save the world. It honestly is boring and I found myself struggling to keep playing the game because of how boring it was. The environment is ok andThis game disappointed me greatly. Though the graphics are stunning and the combat is unique, it simply isn't enough to make up for the lack laster story. Aloy is a really boring character, she is your cliché hero going around trying to save the world. It honestly is boring and I found myself struggling to keep playing the game because of how boring it was. The environment is ok and although it is visually stunning it can become repetitive. I really tried to like this game but its story just fell flat in so many ways, if you liked the first game then you will like this one but otherwise I would avoid this game.… Expand
  25. William_Trigos
    May 27, 2023
    7
    I really liked the story of the first game, but this one didn't quite engage with me and I'm not very attracted to the future of the main story
    In the graphic section, the detail of all the machines, textures, facial animations and everything is tremendous.
    But having liked the first game, I don't connect with the franchise, it's okay but I think PS5 has better games than this for my taste
  26. Gen0cider
    May 21, 2023
    6
    Beautiful world ruined by boring content. Awful awful writing and directing. And its a shame because the artists stepped up big time. The cutscenes look fantastic.
    Guerrilla realised that and decided to make every war chief and other major character a female warrior. To get praise from the soyboy journalists and to protect the game from criticism. I would not be mentioning this if any of    Beautiful world ruined by boring content. Awful awful writing and directing. And its a shame because the artists stepped up big time. The cutscenes look fantastic.
    Guerrilla realised that and decided to make every war chief and other major character a female warrior. To get praise from the soyboy journalists and to protect the game from criticism. I would not be mentioning this if any of the characters had any charisma...
    Aloy has got to be one of the most insufferable characters ive ever played. Shes acting so cocky the whole game. And her FOCUS does EVERYHING FOR HER. Without the focus she is nothing. GG really thought they created some epic character and this whole game they are just stroking their d***s to how cool she is.
    Her voice performance is mostly good but very often she sounds out of breath even in cutscenes where nothing is happening.

    And i hope you like the focus thingy because youll hear it 500000 times its so annoying.

    People tend to praise the combat. I think its **** Sure the robot designs are incredible. But they dont work in fights. Every machine is way too eratic. Id spend most of the time just jumping in the air to get the slow mo shot off. And they STILL move to fast to aim at specific components. I legit spent 50% of the combat in slow mo and it sucks. The art direction for machines is amazing. For the tribes however... some of the most uninspired designs ever. They all look the same except for their armour color. And they all live 5km from eachother so they dont have any unique culture. Just reskins.

    The cauldrons are good especially the tallneck one. And the map design is great.    … Expand
  27. Ghost1311
    May 15, 2023
    6
    Praticamente igual o primeiro, porém com infinitos lugares a mais para escalar. Eu não entendo jogos AAA onde colocam uma infinidade de obstáculos de escalada e acham que isso é uma evolução ou algo do tipo, isso se torna chato com o tempo.
    Os cenários apesar de bonitos, se tornam um pouco confusos e "truncados" para se deslocar.
    Porém é claro que está longe de ser um jogo ruim, mas não    Praticamente igual o primeiro, porém com infinitos lugares a mais para escalar. Eu não entendo jogos AAA onde colocam uma infinidade de obstáculos de escalada e acham que isso é uma evolução ou algo do tipo, isso se torna chato com o tempo.
    Os cenários apesar de bonitos, se tornam um pouco confusos e "truncados" para se deslocar.
    Porém é claro que está longe de ser um jogo ruim, mas não acho ser um jogo que seja excepcional.
    Os combates tbm são confusos, a esquiva não serve pra muita coisa, mesmo esquivando no tempo certo o inimigo vai te acertar.    … Expand
  28. Hazman
    May 9, 2023
    6
    Horizon forbidden west is mediocrity at its finest. Although the combat, World, and graphics are great, the characters lack depth, and the story is unconnected and boring. The game feels like it is not a full package, and while I believe there’s enjoyment in this game, I regretfully remember my 35 hours with the game.
  29. GLRaise
    May 5, 2023
    7
    В игре отличная графика, классные сражения с роботами, есть интересные персонажи и побочные задания. Главный минус — ужасный и невнятный сюжет, по сравнению с первой частью.
  30. Dark_Kozyr
    May 3, 2023
    5
    Кайфовый мир, шикарная визуализация. Но опять же совсем не то, особенно когда тебе навязывают феминистичный мир, Герой - женщина, Кузнец - женщина, Злодей - женщина, Программа - женщина, Сильнейший воин - женщина.
  31. BlackDarkFOX
    Apr 30, 2023
    5
    Just boring gameplay, boring characters, boring soundtrack, boring game with cool graphic.
  32. Heavenly_King
    Apr 26, 2023
    7
    The game takes the core of the first game and takes it and elevates all aspects of it even further in all the good and bad ways. You have more tools as disposition, the map is bigger, the story is quite good, but all the faults it had in character development and dialogue are still there. And for a story driven game in which character development is half of the game. it reallyThe game takes the core of the first game and takes it and elevates all aspects of it even further in all the good and bad ways. You have more tools as disposition, the map is bigger, the story is quite good, but all the faults it had in character development and dialogue are still there. And for a story driven game in which character development is half of the game. it really disappoints. I was expecting more, considering how the first one was.… Expand
  33. Sampliju
    Apr 26, 2023
    7
    Didn’t finish the story. Was dull and uninspired. Graphics are awesome but this is not enough.
  34. JohnnySkyward
    Apr 25, 2023
    6
    I dont know why, but somehow this game isn't for me, just like his predecessor. (Just finished Zero Dawn)
    I am now a good 25h into the game and cant find the joy to complete it. I will finish it though, just to see the ending.
    Gameplay wise is FW pretty good, the combat is brutal and the bowplay is on point. But the climbing and the overall movement through the world is buggy and not so    I dont know why, but somehow this game isn't for me, just like his predecessor. (Just finished Zero Dawn)
    I am now a good 25h into the game and cant find the joy to complete it. I will finish it though, just to see the ending.

    Gameplay wise is FW pretty good, the combat is brutal and the bowplay is on point.
    But the climbing and the overall movement through the world is buggy and not so enjoyable.

    The story is some kind of uninteressting, with a few nice twists, but the conversations in the base with my "friends" are somthing lame. I kind of dont connect with all of them and thats because Aloy also dont care. She has always the same face (i would say resting b*tch face syndrome) with the same facial expression. I wanted to love Horizon, both of them. I wanted Aloy to be my female Link, as a protagonist with an awesome Bow and fighting skills. But it fails to deliver these feelings to me. Overall a pretty game for me, but after i finish it, i will never touch it again. Maybe i will buy the third installment in a few years to finish the complete story of Horizon.

    6/10    … Expand
  35. MfomP
    Apr 25, 2023
    5
    The game becomes too boring. Side quests too repetitive. After a while the game feels like dragging. Overall it has too much copy past missions.
  36. Maz_BZH
    Apr 25, 2023
    6
    Bof, c’est plus un clip de propagande qu'un jeu... déçu de guerilla games
  37. Spidor
    Apr 25, 2023
    6
    The theme of this game is "Drowning". It is an overstuffed mess drowning in its own excess, favoring content over quality at almost every turn - from a copious amount of dreaded question marks on the map of trash-quests, to an absurd amount of useless melee combos in a combat system so basic it's downright embarassing, to having too many arrow sizes and weapon types that are almost allThe theme of this game is "Drowning". It is an overstuffed mess drowning in its own excess, favoring content over quality at almost every turn - from a copious amount of dreaded question marks on the map of trash-quests, to an absurd amount of useless melee combos in a combat system so basic it's downright embarassing, to having too many arrow sizes and weapon types that are almost all essentially the same. It also features literal drowning because in the past 40 years in gaming history, there have never been good water levels - and clearly nobody decided to start having those here, either.

    I wanted to like it, and I love the first one, and underneath the trash collection, generic camps and boring crate puzzles there still is something special about this Horizon sequel. But there's nothing great here.    … Expand
  38. snakeishere
    Apr 24, 2023
    6
    The game starts well but ends up getting boring, the story is not well told. The antagonists have disappointed me a lot, they promised a lot. I loved the first part and that's why I bought the second part with enthusiasm, quite disappointing.
  39. Sk3tchyy
    Apr 24, 2023
    5
    haha, the crybabies are mad that there are gay people in this game :3

    uhh the review has to be longer so uhhhh
    trans rights!
  40. nomad1326
    Apr 23, 2023
    5
    I liked a lot of things developers made in sequel from the game design and directing point of view. Combat Design was much improved, and mission design became more diverse. My score can be 8 or 9, BUT... left-wing agenda on every corner without any logic. Diversity and feminism in each moment of the game. For example, even guardians on town gates include this illogic principles (alwaysI liked a lot of things developers made in sequel from the game design and directing point of view. Combat Design was much improved, and mission design became more diverse. My score can be 8 or 9, BUT... left-wing agenda on every corner without any logic. Diversity and feminism in each moment of the game. For example, even guardians on town gates include this illogic principles (always equal amount of male and female characters OR female dominant)… Expand
  41. brunojbf
    Apr 23, 2023
    5
    This game is so beautiful and so good to play. The is story is great, but in my opinion the Ted Faro's story could be more elaborated. Also there are some inconsistencies in graphics like Far Zenith NPCs look not detailed in most parts. 60 fps is great, but sometimes blurry in few scenes. Can't wait for PC version.
  42. Cyshox
    Apr 23, 2023
    6
    It's beautiful and the world design is visually impressive. Other than that I didn't enjoy much about Horizon Forbidden West. Especially in terms of story & characters it's very bland. There are no meaningful choices. Exploration is barely rewarded or matters at all. It's a beautiful but empty open world.
  43. Pan_T
    Apr 23, 2023
    5
    Graphics and design at the top level + great use of Dualsense, but the story isn't as mysterious as in the first game, and long boring chats and side-tasks quickly make it boring and repetitive. Stiff movement and interaction with surroundings and still poorly handled inventory of items (during endless scrolling left to right need to remove thumb from thumb-stick = figure stands like aGraphics and design at the top level + great use of Dualsense, but the story isn't as mysterious as in the first game, and long boring chats and side-tasks quickly make it boring and repetitive. Stiff movement and interaction with surroundings and still poorly handled inventory of items (during endless scrolling left to right need to remove thumb from thumb-stick = figure stands like a target. very frustrating )
    Gameplay is still uninteresting, almost stupid, despite the new weapons. No matter what animal you're fighting, just keep dodging, shoot, dodge, shoot, dodge, shoot, dodge, shoot, dodge, shoot, dodge, shoot......and.....pick up another annoying loot nearby. And again, dodge, shoot, dodge, shoot, dodge, shoot...
    I won't buy another sequel. And I probably won't be alone when I read how the developers in DLC killed Aloy's charisma/sex appeal for most players.
    5/10    … Expand
  44. MattMorel
    Apr 21, 2023
    7
    Un des plus beaux jeux graphiquement. L'histoire est superbe et on se doit d'y jouer. Par contre, le système de combat de type mêlée est désastreux. Les combos sont infaisable et les tutoriaux sont mals faits, il aurait été facile d'améliorer les tutoriels, en faisant apparaitre les touches au bon moment afin d'apprendre les tempos impossibles des attaques. Cela ne serait pas dramatique,Un des plus beaux jeux graphiquement. L'histoire est superbe et on se doit d'y jouer. Par contre, le système de combat de type mêlée est désastreux. Les combos sont infaisable et les tutoriaux sont mals faits, il aurait été facile d'améliorer les tutoriels, en faisant apparaitre les touches au bon moment afin d'apprendre les tempos impossibles des attaques. Cela ne serait pas dramatique, si ce ne serait pas du trophée lié !… Expand
  45. San_Tehnik
    Apr 19, 2023
    7
    Это скорее выглядит и играется как очень крутое дополнение к первой части, а не гексоген игра.
  46. pelican0
    Apr 10, 2023
    5
    The game looks AMAZING, but it gets lost with the details.
    Combat is just boring, stressful and tedious, when you are surrounded by enemies you have no idea where they are, furthermore with a system than is taking you to the ground every second, making the combat frustrating as hell. And with the humans a "predator" would be proud of them because you can't locate them if you don't use    The game looks AMAZING, but it gets lost with the details.
    Combat is just boring, stressful and tedious, when you are surrounded by enemies you have no idea where they are, furthermore with a system than is taking you to the ground every second, making the combat frustrating as hell. And with the humans a "predator" would be proud of them because you can't locate them if you don't use your focus.
    The story is just not interesting, as well as all of the characters that you meet in the entire game. Aloy acts with a moral superiority with everyone that makes the main character hateful.
    The game has a lot of glitches, puzzles and platforming, all of them are so tedious and a way to add extra time that are a big bunch of crap.
    The quantity of icons in the map are just crazy, bonfires to save the game every 100 steps.
    They picked all the bad stuff that Ubisoft's open world games have.
    Now I can compare HFW with Days Gone, and DG is much better than this.    … Expand
  47. Thorntagh
    Mar 26, 2023
    5
    Playing the game on ps5 ayear after release and its one of the buggiest games I've ever played, I'm constantly getting stuck in walls and unable to finish quests because something has failed to load in probably.

    Also the puzzles are really unituitively and I'm constantly looking up guides/using tne bird bypass puzzles because they're far too much work for far too littl payoff
  48. OutlawTX
    Mar 24, 2023
    6
    At its base the gameplay and exploration are great…until you get a bit further into the game and discover incredibly annoying mechanics. With all of the different weapons, there’s only a small handful that aren’t trash. The need to buy fast travel packs to fast travel is just dumb. Gameplay wise, I’d call it an 8 but the characters and dialogue are so cringe and over emotional, I’veAt its base the gameplay and exploration are great…until you get a bit further into the game and discover incredibly annoying mechanics. With all of the different weapons, there’s only a small handful that aren’t trash. The need to buy fast travel packs to fast travel is just dumb. Gameplay wise, I’d call it an 8 but the characters and dialogue are so cringe and over emotional, I’ve gotten to the point that I skip all of the cut scenes because I either can’t stand the characters or it’s a blabbermouth fest. I’m glad this was on Plus because I would have massively regretted paying for this.… Expand
  49. Ruzaky
    Mar 19, 2023
    7
    I love zero dawn very much, but with the sequel something is lost. Hard to nail it down, but 2nd one doesn't feel so great and unique anymore. Still had a lot of fun fighting the machines tho. Solid 7 for me
  50. Dragos02
    Mar 12, 2023
    7
    Too much forced wook for me. Alloy is annoying, treats everyone with superiority and boredom. Repetitive quests.
  51. Bzone
    Mar 7, 2023
    5
    To me it's very average. At some point I had to check to see if it really was the new one.
  52. Azeemo99
    Mar 5, 2023
    7
    I feel the exact same way about Forbidden West as I did about Zero Dawn. Breathtakingly beautiful - photo mode is abused on these games - with brilliant enemy designs and intricate combat systems, coupled with a forgettable, generic story told through mind numbing missions that fails to land at any point. The puzzle structure is incredibly uninspired, melee combat clunky and unsatisfyingI feel the exact same way about Forbidden West as I did about Zero Dawn. Breathtakingly beautiful - photo mode is abused on these games - with brilliant enemy designs and intricate combat systems, coupled with a forgettable, generic story told through mind numbing missions that fails to land at any point. The puzzle structure is incredibly uninspired, melee combat clunky and unsatisfying as in Zero Dawn and the constant looting is a curse that you will never be free of in this game - THERE IS WAY, WAY TOO MUCH LOOTING. Despite the open world also being largely affected by these issues, its quality is completely subjective, but I do think comparatively it is pretty strong. In essence, it is simply an expansion to Zero Dawn, a safe move by Guerilla Games, one that you can't fault but also have to feel some disappointment in.… Expand
  53. jocariba
    Mar 2, 2023
    7
    Gráficamente es muy bueno, la historia honestamente creo que empeora bastante respecto al primer juego, la jugabilidad no me gusta mucho, sufrí de bastantes caídas por que no era muy claro a donde saltar o donde agarrarte o simplemente el juego no hacía lo que yo pretendía pedirle, no se como explicarlo
  54. ShaMana
    Feb 28, 2023
    5
    After the end of the previous game, you think to yourself "Wouldn't it be cool to have some more?" cause at the game it felt unfinished. There was actually a craving for more.

    When I started playing this one, I thought "Cool, there will be some more". A few hours down the road, however, the coolness wears off quite rapidly. They've taken too much to heart "If it ain't broken, don't    After the end of the previous game, you think to yourself "Wouldn't it be cool to have some more?" cause at the game it felt unfinished. There was actually a craving for more.

    When I started playing this one, I thought "Cool, there will be some more". A few hours down the road, however, the coolness wears off quite rapidly. They've taken too much to heart "If it ain't broken, don't touch it".

    I recently read an article "Horizon Forbidden West: A Year Later, The PS5 Gem Feels Forgotten", and I believe the answer for this is because it's an incredibly well executed mediocre game.    … Expand
  55. SimonExMachina
    Feb 16, 2023
    6
    Really liked Zero Dawn but this one is a disappointment. Mane takeaways:

    - fantastic presentation, great art direction - poorly paced, unfocused story with little sense of urgency or stakes & bland characters - overwriten script - generic, bloated open world design witha bunch of map markers/buisy work - uninspired mission design - good gameplay mechanics - very tight combat /    Really liked Zero Dawn but this one is a disappointment. Mane takeaways:

    - fantastic presentation, great art direction
    - poorly paced, unfocused story with little sense of urgency or stakes & bland characters
    - overwriten script
    - generic, bloated open world design witha bunch of map markers/buisy work
    - uninspired mission design
    - good gameplay mechanics
    - very tight combat / shooting and suprisingly clunky traversal / climbing / melee
    - can be fun when the games actually leaves You to your own devices but it takes way to long to actually get to that point    … Expand
  56. FadeBlack
    Feb 14, 2023
    6
    Extremely mixed feelings about this game.

    The visuals and open-world exploring dynamics are absolutely fantastic, possibly the best ever I have played. 10/10 in terms of exploration and adventure. But everything else...yikes. The plot and characters are just about approaching ok, as generic and flavorless as they come. On paper there were some grand themes they tackled but it just    Extremely mixed feelings about this game.

    The visuals and open-world exploring dynamics are absolutely fantastic, possibly the best ever I have played. 10/10 in terms of exploration and adventure.

    But everything else...yikes. The plot and characters are just about approaching ok, as generic and flavorless as they come. On paper there were some grand themes they tackled but it just didn't come off as very affecting.

    The real kicked however is the battle system gameplay. Everything about it was obnoxious from top to bottom, clunky, prolonged, just a chore with no sense of reward or achievement.

    Thankfully I am more interested in the open-world elements than the gameplay, so overall I still walked out with positive feelings overall, but unless there is a total rework of the fighting system I won't be pursuing further games in this series.    … Expand
  57. Angelgrinder
    Feb 4, 2023
    5
    The game continues to suffer from bugs even after a year of its release. Interactions with NPC, chest loot, getting stuck often result in player needing to reload the game. This is a major disappointment, especially considering the only redeeming qualities of the game are its story and graphics."
  58. Seken
    Aug 18, 2022
    5
    Good story, good graphics, beautiful environment, but the movement and climbing aspect of the game is horrendously clunky and buggy. Aloy randomly starts climbing while in combat, many clipping issues, whilst climbing Aloy more often than enough jumbs to the wrong ledges, or decides to not grab a ledge at all. Probably because of the new way you can climb selected bigger walls and cliffs.Good story, good graphics, beautiful environment, but the movement and climbing aspect of the game is horrendously clunky and buggy. Aloy randomly starts climbing while in combat, many clipping issues, whilst climbing Aloy more often than enough jumbs to the wrong ledges, or decides to not grab a ledge at all. Probably because of the new way you can climb selected bigger walls and cliffs. You definitely can have fun with the game, but you probably will experience moments in time where you don’t wanna play the game because of the weird movement. But in every other aspect, the game improved.… Expand
  59. DrowsyKero
    Feb 2, 2023
    6
    This game has a lot of potential, I have the previous game, Zero Dawn an 8/10 and expected this sequel to excel in every way the first one did but better…I was wrong. The armour and weapons upgrade system is overly convoluted, it took 5 hours just to find the resources I needed to fully upgrade my bow and armour set and by that point it wasn’t worth using as I found a higher level weaponThis game has a lot of potential, I have the previous game, Zero Dawn an 8/10 and expected this sequel to excel in every way the first one did but better…I was wrong. The armour and weapons upgrade system is overly convoluted, it took 5 hours just to find the resources I needed to fully upgrade my bow and armour set and by that point it wasn’t worth using as I found a higher level weapon which then also needed hours of grinding resources to upgrade. The machine combat is where this game shines just like the first game. The designs are spectacular and the fights can really be something special, this is the games strong point.

    The story is nowhere near as engaging or as interesting as the first game.

    New rideable mounts are cool but still feel very restricted and “janky”

    Now, the worst part of this game, combat vs human enemies! The human enemies are tougher than thunder jaws and hit harder than them too. One section of the game (without spoilers) involves fighting a group of human enemies in a cave system. This was the jankiest combat experience and just wasn’t fun at all. I was clipping into walls, falling off edges, being locked into consistent stagger animations and my melee attacks were doing next to zero damage. The melee combat and human enemy combat needs a complete revamp! The best way to deal with humans is stealth and even that gets repetitive and frustrating when enemies will see you through a wall or your stealth kill triggers a generic melee attack instead resulting in the entire basing knowing your location. Side quests are decent but a lot of them are just fetch quests or go here and kill this thing. Pretty disappointed with how this one turned out. I hope Horizon 3 changes the issues I have above because in my opinion they ruin the game for me, I just didn’t find it fun.    … Expand
  60. Northlighforge
    Jan 18, 2023
    5
    I loved Zero Dawn and Forbidden West adds so much of the extra stuff I wished it would. The developers did a lot of things very well and it shows. Unfortunately, the core elements have suffered tremendously. The combat is a chore at its best but most of the time it just ruins the experience. I believe I understand what the designers were try to do but this is definitely not it. I’ve triedI loved Zero Dawn and Forbidden West adds so much of the extra stuff I wished it would. The developers did a lot of things very well and it shows. Unfortunately, the core elements have suffered tremendously. The combat is a chore at its best but most of the time it just ruins the experience. I believe I understand what the designers were try to do but this is definitely not it. I’ve tried to give this game a chance multiple times but it just isn’t fun. Although the world is definitely something to behold, the gameplay itself lives in the shadow of its predecessor. I truly hope the next game is better. Zero Dawn’s mechanics with Forbidden West world building would be amazing.… Expand
  61. Bumpyride
    Jan 15, 2023
    5
    The presentation and story are fantastic. The combat moved in the wrong direction. I wanted to love the game but got too bogged down in the 39 different elemental types, 139 different crafting materials, 11000 different weapon types that don't cleanly mix and match so carrying a loadout that gave me good options for all of the ridiculous damage types was basically impossible. The firstThe presentation and story are fantastic. The combat moved in the wrong direction. I wanted to love the game but got too bogged down in the 39 different elemental types, 139 different crafting materials, 11000 different weapon types that don't cleanly mix and match so carrying a loadout that gave me good options for all of the ridiculous damage types was basically impossible. The first game was right on the edge of this all being too much and not fun and this game went way way past it. I get that some people enjoy this endless inventory management but this game desperately needed an out for those of us that don't.… Expand
  62. triple_co
    Jan 3, 2023
    7
    Amazingly detailed, gorgeous to look at, and fun for most of its run time, this is a good sequel.

    Unfortunately, though, it feels bogged down with far too many mechanics. You've traps, melee combat, a variety of ranged and weighted weapons, armor systems, crafting, collectables, scanning, element types, resource fouraging, all amongst other things. There are so, so many side quests,    Amazingly detailed, gorgeous to look at, and fun for most of its run time, this is a good sequel.

    Unfortunately, though, it feels bogged down with far too many mechanics. You've traps, melee combat, a variety of ranged and weighted weapons, armor systems, crafting, collectables, scanning, element types, resource fouraging, all amongst other things.

    There are so, so many side quests, busy work, and detailed exposition dumps that after a certain point it feels too much. I loved a lot of what this game had to offer, but I was completely burnt out by the end.    … Expand
  63. Link_the_garden
    Dec 31, 2022
    7
    The story let this game down for me plus a couple of bugs the locked my out of melee pit and hunting ground missions. Gameplay is solid. The trailer highlighted this issue with blight. unless i missed something the main story didn't end up addressing it.
  64. tibzoid
    Dec 31, 2022
    7
    The technical and artistic accomplishment of this game is overshadowed, like a gliding cyber-umbrella, by possibly the most annoying main character ever deployed in a triple-A game. Aloy is insipid, predictable, and utterly cringe, a dolt from the outback with the voice of an '80s TV anchor, whose rats nest of a hairstyle looks a community college macrame experiment. On our journeyThe technical and artistic accomplishment of this game is overshadowed, like a gliding cyber-umbrella, by possibly the most annoying main character ever deployed in a triple-A game. Aloy is insipid, predictable, and utterly cringe, a dolt from the outback with the voice of an '80s TV anchor, whose rats nest of a hairstyle looks a community college macrame experiment. On our journey together, I grew to detest her more than any other humanoid ever created. She's a drooling fool, a one-note face plant of a human being, spouting dialogue that you would love to be a monologue, only if it were given by another character. Can I shut her down? Turn her off? Replace her head with any NPC in the entire world? If you don't understand why she is awful, you need to look in the mirror. If you hate her as I do, join my tribe, man or woman, and together, let us build a world free of this inhuman storybot. I need to go lie down, but remember, she can be defeated.… Expand
  65. SirScubaOfSteve
    Dec 24, 2022
    5
    Looks pretty, that's about it...
    Combat is complete garbage. Every machine is the same nonsense fight. The plot was written by a team of 3rd graders. The loot system is unsatisfying busy work that rapidly devolves into the player completely ignoring 95% of all gear in the entire game. Literally ZERO QoL improvements. Do yourself a favor and buy Ghost of Tsushima or GoW, products designed    Looks pretty, that's about it...
    Combat is complete garbage. Every machine is the same nonsense fight. The plot was written by a team of 3rd graders. The loot system is unsatisfying busy work that rapidly devolves into the player completely ignoring 95% of all gear in the entire game. Literally ZERO QoL improvements. Do yourself a favor and buy Ghost of Tsushima or GoW, products designed to inspire enjoyment; not this desperate attempt to appease some hairy feminists with a pathetic excuse of an action-adventure game.    … Expand
  66. Monpek
    Dec 23, 2022
    6
    I've been playing for a few hours and honestly find it a worse game than the original. I didn't even like the original one that much but began to enjoy it near the end. There seems to be no real consideration for how the combat should be handled, which can often lead to a game that feels freeing but with the lack of movement speed that Aloy has, the enemy attacks that slide across theI've been playing for a few hours and honestly find it a worse game than the original. I didn't even like the original one that much but began to enjoy it near the end. There seems to be no real consideration for how the combat should be handled, which can often lead to a game that feels freeing but with the lack of movement speed that Aloy has, the enemy attacks that slide across the ground to catch up to you in a full sprint, and near uselessness of the spear, it ends up being a very linear combat system. Horizon Zero Dawn is a wonderfully crafted game graphically but almost everything else about it seems like it was done by an amateur. Even character models reacting in conversations often looks robotic and out of place. Aloy is one of the worst protagonists in an recent game I've played, and her voice actress has continued to do a horrible job. It feels like the people that created this game started out in graphics and should have stayed there but somebody mistook their talent for something more.

    If I could sum up this game in a few words it would be: An interesting premise executed poorly. I will not purchase any DLC or sequel    … Expand
  67. v3nomro
    Dec 21, 2022
    5
    I had very high expectations from this game, i was amazed by the story from Zero Dawn.
    I was disappointed by the story, they clearly ran out of ideas !
    Gameplay: 9
    Graphics: 9
    Dialogs : 2
    Characters: 7
    Story: 4
    Sountracks: 4
  68. ash2dust82
    Dec 17, 2022
    6
    I loved the 1st HZD. It’s in my top 5 for sure. I was sadly disappointed with this one unfortunately. Pros: *Game is beautiful on my OLED.
    *I liked that the map was huge and that they switched up the landscapes even more.
    *I liked the new machines and how in-depth they got with the design Cons: *Went out of its way to be Woke and I just don’t need that in my video games *The combat was    I loved the 1st HZD. It’s in my top 5 for sure. I was sadly disappointed with this one unfortunately. Pros: *Game is beautiful on my OLED.
    *I liked that the map was huge and that they switched up the landscapes even more.
    *I liked the new machines and how in-depth they got with the design
    Cons:
    *Went out of its way to be Woke and I just don’t need that in my video games
    *The combat was finicky and stressful at times. Too much going on
    *The skill tree was a waste
    *Too much of the same weapons to waste metal shards on
    *THE F**KING DIALOGUE!!!! Ik the 1st game had a lot but it was needed to tell the crazy story.This time around was ridiculous. It made me skip thru just so I could start playing again and made me not want to keep playing at all.    … Expand
  69. i0n_99
    Dec 12, 2022
    7
    Good game. But i liked the first one better. I played it on normal difficulty. Overall it was too much of a grind.

    The biggest dislikes are: 1. the story - the end was the biggest disappointment. 2. melee combat was way too complex 3. at the last melee pit was a real pain to get the sequences right. 4. the last hunting grounds and the arena challenges were also super hard. felt like    Good game. But i liked the first one better. I played it on normal difficulty. Overall it was too much of a grind.

    The biggest dislikes are:
    1. the story - the end was the biggest disappointment.
    2. melee combat was way too complex
    3. at the last melee pit was a real pain to get the sequences right.
    4. the last hunting grounds and the arena challenges were also super hard. felt like a chore. i spent a few hours grinding at those challenges.
    5. upgrading the legendary equipment: i think i killed the apex Slaugherspine 10 times without getting it's heart. and that mofo is hard to kill.

    i fear that this franchise will turn into an assassins creed.    … Expand
  70. Rydberg98
    Dec 12, 2022
    7
    Summary: Good game, with poor developing choices

    The graphics are beautiful, and the game knows this by showing you the landscape from high ledges more than one time during the main story and side missions. The former is nice and fits well with its predecessor. The maschine designs are cool and the world from zero dawn still appealing. However, this game is simply too long. The    Summary: Good game, with poor developing choices

    The graphics are beautiful, and the game knows this by showing you the landscape from high ledges more than one time during the main story and side missions. The former is nice and fits well with its predecessor. The maschine designs are cool and the world from zero dawn still appealing. However, this game is simply too long. The dialogues are drawn-out and the side mission are tedious without adding much to the world, since the first part already uncovered most mysteries. There are many unnecessary maschine fights which feel artifical: Its used as an easy and cheap obstacle to many times, even if its just illogical for the maschines to appear at exact that moment in the mission. And it will happen in nearly every mission. The first minigames and collectibles are nice, but they become boring very early.

    The gameplay is a bit expanded, but most things are unnecessary, especially if you play on lower difficulty levels. My advice: Play mostly the main story and do side quest only to level up. At the end, you are still free to do all the side quests and will have an easier time doing it because of unlocked mechanics. Although you probably will abandon this game way before you have done everything, if I had to guess.

    Nonetheless, I wanted to know what mystery was behind the ending of zero dawn, and therefore played it to a great extent. That being said, I will definitely neither play the anounced/teasered third part of the series nor the DLC.    … Expand
  71. snallegub
    Dec 10, 2022
    5
    Loved the first game but the second one just did not do it for me and below are the reasons.
    - The magic of the first one is gone. The plot is just not that interesting anymore.
    - Skills are a total mess. In the first all game your unlocks felt that they brought something to the table. Now there are skills that you have to go to a menu to change or some ludicrous melee combo you will    Loved the first game but the second one just did not do it for me and below are the reasons.
    - The magic of the first one is gone. The plot is just not that interesting anymore.
    - Skills are a total mess. In the first all game your unlocks felt that they brought something to the table. Now there are skills that you have to go to a menu to change or some ludicrous melee combo you will never use unless the game forces you to use it. This is a prime example of less is more. There is just too much useless stuff in there.
    - The main protagonist has become insufferable egoistic condescending douche.
    - The game is way too woke. White man bad, women are the best especially if you are a woman of color. The best fighter in the game is a black old woman. Like are they serious?
    - Side quest are pure garbage.
    - There is hell of a grind if you want to upgrade your weapons.
    - Many bugs still found and the climbing in this is just horrible.    … Expand
  72. Akk3d1s
    Dec 10, 2022
    6
    it has good graphics and an interesting setting. But it has nothing else that hasnt been done before. Outdated open world mechanics...stupid puzzles, obnoxious background music and uninteresting characters are probably the things that annoy me most. I barely got through the first game, but somehow they made a sequel and it still isnt a good game...well maybe if its your first game...but iit has good graphics and an interesting setting. But it has nothing else that hasnt been done before. Outdated open world mechanics...stupid puzzles, obnoxious background music and uninteresting characters are probably the things that annoy me most. I barely got through the first game, but somehow they made a sequel and it still isnt a good game...well maybe if its your first game...but i doubt any veteran will call this good. Please, please, lets put Aloy in the past and use all those studio resources to actually make a good game...I would much rather prefer a linear driven game with tight, fun mechanics and a compelling story. Look at the LOU. We want immersion, not copy and paste open world potato games.… Expand
  73. Evgeni_M
    Dec 6, 2022
    6
    the most beautiful open world game at the moment, with good direction, but with a bad script, empty characters and boring uninteresting dialogues.
  74. Rami_el_maton
    Dec 4, 2022
    5
    El mejor juego exclusivo del 2022 , es mucho mejor que el God of War Ragnarok en todo.
  75. Dwilliams5042
    Dec 2, 2022
    7
    The story is a bit of a drag and the dialog is exhausting. Gameplay is improved from Zero Dawn.
  76. Burretploof
    Nov 23, 2022
    6
    Definitely a step down from the first game. In all fairness, that was to be expected because HZD was such a novel and original concept/idea that there was almost no way but down from that.

    HFW suffers from bland characters (with few exceptions), and a lackluster story that goes completely off the rails towards the end. Someone compared it to Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions, which seems    Definitely a step down from the first game. In all fairness, that was to be expected because HZD was such a novel and original concept/idea that there was almost no way but down from that.

    HFW suffers from bland characters (with few exceptions), and a lackluster story that goes completely off the rails towards the end. Someone compared it to Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions, which seems fitting.

    The story doesn't offer too many interesting elements. The most interesting one from HZD was Aloys backstory and the story of... well, the state the world is in, really. But that story has already been told, so what's left? Not too much besides adding "just one more bad thing" and clan wars. And the latter I couldn't care less about.

    Another issue is Aloy's writing. The way she acts towards a certain character we know from HZD makes no sense. Nothing that character has done warrants that treatment at that point in time. Furthermore, she keeps talking during gameplay, sometimes pretty much spelling out solutions to puzzles after less than a minute of looking around. Look, Aloy, I love you, but you need to shut up for a minute.

    The gameplay is largely the same, which is okay, I guess. More of the same.

    The new areas to explore are unfortunately rather forgettable. The only one I remember is the flooded underwater area you visit at some point during the story. The rest is also "more of the same" but in a different location.

    I didn't encounter too many bugs a few months or so after release, there was only a racing minigame that broke in a spectacular fashion, which was more funny than annoying. Performance was good, the 60 FPS mode is lovely. It's so smooth but looks beautiful at the same time. I hope all developers adopt this on console.

    Honestly, unless you're a die-hard fan of the world of Horizon and you're super interested in clan wars, you should probably skip this game or get it at a steep discount.    … Expand
  77. ustunab
    Nov 21, 2022
    6
    + Amazing graphics

    -Terrible story design
    -Boring open world elements
    -Feels like tps far cry
  78. luiznark
    Nov 15, 2022
    6
    Jogo bem mediano. Gráficos e visuais são realmente muito bons, porém a jogabilidade e a mecânica do jogo é arcaica. Não é isso tudo que dizem ser.
  79. Peanuts_dx
    Nov 14, 2022
    7
    I liked this game more than I expected. As someone who did not enjoy the first game I was very positively surprised. The only issues I have with it are that I didn't want to actively explore the open world. I guess that it just didn't hook me like the worlds of Ghost of Tsushima or The legend of Zelda Breath of the wild did. Even when I unlocked an item that helped exploration greatly atI liked this game more than I expected. As someone who did not enjoy the first game I was very positively surprised. The only issues I have with it are that I didn't want to actively explore the open world. I guess that it just didn't hook me like the worlds of Ghost of Tsushima or The legend of Zelda Breath of the wild did. Even when I unlocked an item that helped exploration greatly at the end of the game I still wasn't enticed. The combat and story are both very strong points and I'm interested where the next game will go.… Expand
  80. NowhereFast
    Nov 14, 2022
    5
    Welcome to generic open world game simulator! We have:

    -A giant and semi-empty open world! -A weak story that you won't care about! -A very dislikeable protagonist that talks to damn much -Mundane side content! It's hard to place what to rate this game, since there are some stuff in this game that make it passable, like the combat and visuals, but Horizon Forbidden West is    Welcome to generic open world game simulator! We have:

    -A giant and semi-empty open world!
    -A weak story that you won't care about!
    -A very dislikeable protagonist that talks to damn much
    -Mundane side content!

    It's hard to place what to rate this game, since there are some stuff in this game that make it passable, like the combat and visuals, but Horizon Forbidden West is undoubtable proof that it's time for game developers to make a new kind of open world game.    … Expand
  81. GamerDogBoy
    Nov 13, 2022
    5
    I'll start of by saying that the world for this game is amazing. Probably the greatest attention to detail I've ever seen that makes it feel like I'm exploring a real world. Has an engaging story too!

    That being said, all the extra visuals and details make the combat a miserable experience. Especially when you play on a hard difficulty that makes it so that you can die at any moment.    I'll start of by saying that the world for this game is amazing. Probably the greatest attention to detail I've ever seen that makes it feel like I'm exploring a real world. Has an engaging story too!

    That being said, all the extra visuals and details make the combat a miserable experience. Especially when you play on a hard difficulty that makes it so that you can die at any moment. Get stuck on a small rock or twig? Dead. Got too close to a wall? You'll start climbing it and now you're dead. Fences, logs, rivers, rocks, and all sorts of other details that make the game visually amazing serve to destroy many of the combat encounters.

    If you don't play on a hard difficulty and you're into good story, this game is a 10. If you're like me and you're all about combat and challenge, you'll probably find this extremely frustrating.    … Expand
  82. Gax_nzen88
    Nov 9, 2022
    5
    Graphics are beautiful! But unfortunately it is overrated as hell. The story is boring Aloy is a dull character, the machines that you fight are so spammy just overall a bit of a drag
  83. agent13
    Nov 5, 2022
    7
    Horizon forbidden west is more bigger than better comparing to horizon 1. the plot and cinematic cutscenes are really good the story expands the scope and the universe of the game and introduces new enemies. even though the plot of horizon 1 was better imo I don't have any problem with the story and narrative of this game since it's good enough for an open world game.
    the graphics of this    Horizon forbidden west is more bigger than better comparing to horizon 1. the plot and cinematic cutscenes are really good the story expands the scope and the universe of the game and introduces new enemies. even though the plot of horizon 1 was better imo I don't have any problem with the story and narrative of this game since it's good enough for an open world game.
    the graphics of this game is gorgeous and vibrant and it has a huge and varied world for you to explore.
    but the problems start with the core gameplay and missions which is bloated and sometimes boring. I still have serious problems with the core concept of this game which is fighting advanced robots using bow and arrows and a spear that doesn't deal much damage we are fighting huge robots not bears and wolves or something! most times I struggled to find the weak spots of the enemy robots and if you shoot non vulnerable parts of them it deals little to no damage and it annoys me. the game constantly makes you confused and each enemy is like a puzzle, some people might find this cool but it's actually very annoying so in some boss fights I had no choice than setting the difficulty on story thank god the story difficulty exists.
    the side missions are so boring that i couldn't bother to continue doing them but if you don't do the side missions and just continue doing story missions you will end up much weaker than the enemies who move fast and shoot rockets at you and you only have a good old bow and arrow and a useless slingshot.
    overall I rank this game 7/10 just because of it's great story and universe even though I hate the core mechanics of this series' gameplay    … Expand
  84. x3ch0x
    Nov 2, 2022
    7
    Compared to first game, this game has been improved in every way possible. It would easily be 8.5 if it weren't so aggressive with some things regarding characters.

    Game play is more fun (improved combat), improved movement through the world, improved skill tree with different ways to play. But melee combat goes out of the window later in the game if you are playing higher difficulties.    Compared to first game, this game has been improved in every way possible. It would easily be 8.5 if it weren't so aggressive with some things regarding characters.

    Game play is more fun (improved combat), improved movement through the world, improved skill tree with different ways to play. But melee combat goes out of the window later in the game if you are playing higher difficulties.
    World is gorgeous, different areas with different climates and feel to them.
    Graphics are amazing, sometimes you just need to stop running through the world and admire the beauty!
    Soundtrack is improved, much more diverse and rich! Enjoyed it a lot :)

    Regarding characters.
    Lots of Irritating characters that promote their progressive views from RL to you. Male white characters are almost all bad guys, black predominately good and females are all paragon except one important character.. It's hilarious. And where are Asians, could count them on fingers of one hand hahahah. And it seems that 50% of the cast is LGBT. Please guys, be more rational with this.. I don't mind diverse cast but all in moderation.

    But in the end really enjoyable game worth playing despite some RL propaganda.    … Expand
  85. keredd1010
    Oct 25, 2022
    7
    Game is mid as fk. The stories and side stories are mediocre. The game play is decent but repetitive. The map is humongous but with question marks peppered all over the place the game lacks a sense of discovery so you are robbed of the high you get when you stumble upon something on your own and the discoveries are not that great to begin with. Mostly just materials to upgrade the limitedGame is mid as fk. The stories and side stories are mediocre. The game play is decent but repetitive. The map is humongous but with question marks peppered all over the place the game lacks a sense of discovery so you are robbed of the high you get when you stumble upon something on your own and the discoveries are not that great to begin with. Mostly just materials to upgrade the limited variety of weapons you have. I thought they would improve the extreme limited melee in the first game but that hardly changed. I found the game to be quite disappointing and I am glad I tackled Elden Ring before this one.… Expand
  86. silencer
    Oct 25, 2022
    5
    Summary: Lots of busy work, floaty controls, lackluster melee, crowded inventory, dull story.

    I really liked the original, even the dlc. However this takes the original and piles on complexity without improving the gameplay.
  87. lukaszw
    Oct 23, 2022
    7
    Having completed the main story line, I'm relieved and I won't be playing hundreds of activities available on the map. The graphics are of course great, one of the best looking games on consoles at the moment (I played in mixed mode, 40fps and VRR). Unfortunately the game mechanics are dull, spear combat against machines is ineffective so be prepared to play with a bow. The controls areHaving completed the main story line, I'm relieved and I won't be playing hundreds of activities available on the map. The graphics are of course great, one of the best looking games on consoles at the moment (I played in mixed mode, 40fps and VRR). Unfortunately the game mechanics are dull, spear combat against machines is ineffective so be prepared to play with a bow. The controls are moderately responsive, Ayloy moves like a coal cart. The game's story is quite boring and after a few hours I started skipping dialogues. I don't know if anyone can manage to listen to all the dialogues including a ton of optional ones. I hope the next part of the game will contain half of the content but will offer interesting gameplay and a main storyline. Graphics 9.5/10, game mechanics 6/10.… Expand
  88. radixlecti84
    Oct 20, 2022
    6
    Horizon Forbidden West doesn't quite live up to the previous installment, it's more Horizon but feels quite a bit more clunky and bloated to it's predecessor and would have been better if it had a more focused approach. It's another game that had me missing probably quite entertaining content because I was bored and just wanting to finish the main story.

    The combat in this game felt    Horizon Forbidden West doesn't quite live up to the previous installment, it's more Horizon but feels quite a bit more clunky and bloated to it's predecessor and would have been better if it had a more focused approach. It's another game that had me missing probably quite entertaining content because I was bored and just wanting to finish the main story.

    The combat in this game felt like a huge downgrade, weapons like the cannister rope gun seemed entirely pointless because the creatures move so fast it's impossible to actually ignite the cannisters once they've been attached. Maybe this is a different story on PC.

    Every dialogue interaction is so drawn out I found myself hitting skip, sometimes less is more.

    Pros:
    Excellent presentation
    Good map design and interesting locations
    Good weapon selection
    60FPS for fluid gameplay

    Cons:
    Clunky combat
    Hours of quite boring dialogue
    Clunky controls (Swinging to hit an enemy and flopping off a cliff happened frequently)
    Unintuitive Control Scheme (I found myself pressing the wrong button constantly)
    Far too long (too many sidequests and too much filler content)    … Expand
  89. DausenMoore
    Sep 28, 2022
    7
    Horizon Forbidden West is very visually impressive and plays well enough too. Unfortunately, it feels very outdated at the same time with predetermined climbing selections, a very limited arsenal, no friendly NPC interactions/reactions when attacked, etc.

    It oddly feels a lot like Far Cry which adds to an overly familiar and boring experience imo. I think new gamers will enjoy it, but    Horizon Forbidden West is very visually impressive and plays well enough too. Unfortunately, it feels very outdated at the same time with predetermined climbing selections, a very limited arsenal, no friendly NPC interactions/reactions when attacked, etc.

    It oddly feels a lot like Far Cry which adds to an overly familiar and boring experience imo. I think new gamers will enjoy it, but if you've been gaming for years and want a new innovative experience, I can't recommend HFW.    … Expand
  90. elmousse00
    Sep 25, 2022
    7
    Horizon Forbidden west isn’t a bad game however it doesn’t deserve some of the perfect score it got. Let’s talk about the positives parts first. The game is absolutely gorgeous in both performance and Quality thanks to recent update that solve most of the problems of performan even tough they still are pop up that subsist and some shimmering but it is one of the most beautiful game I everHorizon Forbidden west isn’t a bad game however it doesn’t deserve some of the perfect score it got. Let’s talk about the positives parts first. The game is absolutely gorgeous in both performance and Quality thanks to recent update that solve most of the problems of performan even tough they still are pop up that subsist and some shimmering but it is one of the most beautiful game I ever play. The character models and animation improved a lot compared to Zero Dawn. Some of the side stories are really well written and may feel even better than the main quests. If you are used to play open world adventure games, you might be able to at least appreciate this game.

    Let’s talk about the negative parts know. The worst part in my opinion is the combat system, it was already bad in Zero Dawn and while it improved a little it still doesn’t live up to today’s standards. You can’t lock your ennemies so if they jump or fly too much or you are fighting multiple robots at the same, it becomes an unfun mess. Not quiet sure how the devs fought it was find not to include a lock system for the enemies but here we are, the combat are the worst gameplay parts in the game. And while dodging enemies attacks, it’s not rare to get stuck on parts of the decor that you couldn’t see thanks to the bad camera. The AI that « help » you on some fights are completely useless. The main story isn’t that good either, it tries too hard and some parts are hard to swallow or make little sense even of the game take action in the 30th century. The game took a lot of inspiration on other popular games like Breath of The wild, The Witcher, AC, Mass Effect but somehow manage to do less than all of those games in the part or copied. And if you enjoyed the liberty that some of those games gave you in character building, you are out of like. The game barely let you make any decisions and you can’t really influence Aloy personality and how she choses to deal with things. For a true RPG fan, it might be a big deal. The games still to this day still have technical issues and bugs, I got stuck in the air and it decors a few time or enemies that walk on the air, their AI isn’t that good either, you can walk in front of them and they won’t see you. The combat system is just weak and boring. In that kind game, not being able to influence the conversation makes you care less and not wanting to listen to all of those conversations. So yeah if you are used to some higher profile RPGs, this game is playable but it won’t live to those standards.    … Expand
  91. stfantomas
    Mar 20, 2022
    7
    I must revise this after 6 months to be fair. They finally fixed the game's ai and troubling navigation.. though its best enjoyed by skipping all the cutscenes to avoid all the ugly woke butch characters the gameplay and technology is finally up to par. As a rule of thumb do not buy big games at release.. devs are 3-6 months behind the business schedule
  92. DrZomboid
    Sep 24, 2022
    7
    Positive: visuals, art style, bow, machines

    Negative: story, characters, missions, long boring dialogues
  93. GamergodsFail
    Sep 9, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Forbidden West is pretty much the same deal as Zero Dawn (obviously excluding the story). The open world is rich with various sidequests and activities to do. The graphics, facial animations and lip synching are among the best I've ever seen yet, and the voice acting, particularly from Ashly Birch as Aloy is great. Unfortunately it's just not as good. It consists of a decent story but ends inconclusively, the climbing controls are even more finnicky and unresponsive than the first one, the underwhelming combat was not improved, the tutorials and challenges in the melee pits are simply badly designed and there are way more bugs including some that even required me to reload a save. That would've been acceptable had it only affected the PS4 version, but there's no excuse for it to happen on PS5. It's still mostly a fun game, just a step back. Bigger but not better.… Expand
  94. SylvaConnect
    Sep 6, 2022
    6
    Game was fun and graphics… amazing
    Until the end….everything was great.
    Everything about the end is wrong. - It came too fast. WAY too short a game. More than all cons, this is the biggest. Clearly a “Rona release” - The ending is horrible, and many agree. Lesbian psycho plot? Really? It doesn't even fit!! - important characters deaths are completely shrugged off and the story moves on,    Game was fun and graphics… amazing
    Until the end….everything was great.
    Everything about the end is wrong.
    - It came too fast. WAY too short a game. More than all cons, this is the biggest. Clearly a “Rona release”
    - The ending is horrible, and many agree. Lesbian psycho plot? Really? It doesn't even fit!!
    - important characters deaths are completely shrugged off and the story moves on, almost like they didn't even happen at all.
    - cliffhanger ending for a game that wont come for another 5-10 years?
    - Zeniths are so boring I felt like turning the game off. No Sephiroth type evil to see here. SNORE.
    - paying full price for a game whose “main” story is 10-20 hours tops is complete garbage when that story is low tier. FF7R got a pass because it was awesome start to finish. This…no. Especially when something like Witcher 3 and most FFs take 80+ Or persona at 120+. Not including side quests.    … Expand
  95. HTGamer
    Sep 3, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horizon: Forbidden West is a disappointment compared not just with Zero Dawn, but also with the rest of the industry. It has nice graphics and an improved melee combat system. But the story is awful, Aloy is irrecognisable as a character compared with Zero Dawn, and the melee combat system is still not good enough.

    SPOILER ALERT

    The overarching story has no real direction other than to stop a group of enemies (humans that escaped the old world thousands of years ago and have extended their lives with technology) from ending the world. You stop them and then you learn there is a messy blob of mechs and AIs following the old humans through outer space to Earth to kill them, oh boy that's some lazy BS from writers setting up Part 3. There are some nice sub-stories regarding the relations of various tribes, and many side quests are actually entertaining, but the main course is just bad. Whereas in Zero Dawn we had a slowly unfolding mystery that captivated us and carried us to the end.

    Aloy in this game is just an emotionless piece of wood. She learns some news, doesn't care. Someone talks to her, she acts bored. An emergency happens, apathy. She escapes death, she's cool. She's being flirted by the final boss (a scene that made me cringe...), acts like it didn't happen. I could go on and on. Where is the Aloy from Zero Dawn who wanted to passionately discover the world and worried to save humanity from the machines?

    Melee combat was poor on Zero Dawn. It has been vastly improved compared with Zero Dawn's simplistic one-button attacks, but it's still nowhere near decent. There are various combos to learn but are a bit complex for an action game, and timings to continue combos are vague. It's not as difficult as a fighting game, but I skipped most of the melee combat because it's not intuitive and good enough, unlike 2018's God of War or other action games.

    The game's world map is undeniably gorgeous. There are definitely cues taken from Zelda: Breath of the Wild in how you traverse the world. By the game's end you even unlock a robotic pterosaur to fly anywhere you want to, much quicker than on foot or by riding a quadruped machine.

    Graphics in this game are very good for what is a cross-gen game that has to run on PS4, PS4 Pro and PS5. On PS5 you can choose between Fidelity Mode (30 fps at 4K), Performance Mode (60 fps at 1800p checkerboard) and a new Balanced Mode (the Fidelity Mode at 40 fps with dynamic resolution). There is even an option for VRR if you have a VRR-compatible screen. I played the game at 60 fps even though the Performance Mode hadn't been patched yet. It used to be plagued by shimmer and blur, but it was fixed a few months ago and it looks very nice and clean, finally.

    Even if you are a fan of Zero Dawn and want to see what happens next, I'd advise to buy this game only when on a big sale. Full price is definitely not worth it. And keep your expectations low.    … Expand
  96. Timenick
    Aug 31, 2022
    7
    Here are eight reasons why this game is worse than its predecessor:

    - Bugs and glitches The game started right away with a game breaking progression bug in the tutorial (Seriously? Get your **** together Guerilla Games) and overall its one of the worst PS4/5 exclusives on the technical side. Bugged quests, bugged npcs, bugged enemies, Aloy has broken hair physics all the time, and lots    Here are eight reasons why this game is worse than its predecessor:

    - Bugs and glitches
    The game started right away with a game breaking progression bug in the tutorial (Seriously? Get your **** together Guerilla Games) and overall its one of the worst PS4/5 exclusives on the technical side. Bugged quests, bugged npcs, bugged enemies, Aloy has broken hair physics all the time, and lots and lots of minor stuff. HZD was clearly better in that department.

    - Clunky controls
    Playing the game feels way worse now. Its still not bad but not nearly as smooth as HZD. Lots of stuff has weird controls, for example you have to awkwardly jump up to activate your grappling hook, and when you want to drag stuff with it you cant move by yourself. Wtf? Combat is imprecise due to a missing lock on system, puzzling is often very tedious, climbing is janky, and diving is a hot mess with a broken camera.

    - No next gen graphics
    As the title reads, the graphics are good for a PS4 game but native PS5 games like Rift Apart or Demon´s Souls are outclassing HFW. The game doesnt look much better than HZD five years ago.

    - The Zelda BotW ripoff glider sucks
    Its slow, the flying animations look terrible, and the open world simply doesnt provide the verticality to use it effectively. BotW is the most vertical open world game ever and even had insane stuff like downhill paths that where play tested to have the perfect angle so you can smoothly glide over them. HFW doesnt have any of this. The glider is so useless that I often forgot it existed.

    - The Witcher 3 Gwint ripoff minigame is boring
    The presentation is stale, it lacks good music, and there arent nearly enough people to play against. You cant play during missions or against other characters. Its bare bones compared to Witcher 3 or RDR2 minigames.

    - More bad story
    The weakest aspect of HZD was its weak story with poor writing and generic characters, so in HFW you have way more story with way more boring dialogue and fifteen minute long cut scenes. Its often very annoying. Skip Skip Skip.

    - Identity politics
    I rarely complain about these things, Im a tolerant person and I think everyone should get a fair and equal chance. But in this game its just aggravating. HFW makes almost every white person in the game look like an unsympathetic prick. Most of the population in this game is black/hispanic/asian anyway but almost every time you seen a white man or woman they have a very ugly or evil face and voice and they do dumb and evil things. Why? HZD handled this much better.

    -Price tag
    This game is $80 on PS5, which is a straight up scam because the PS4 version is $70 and contains a free PS5 upgrade. There is no point in buying the PS5 version at all. Besides that no game should be $80. I bought this game for $25 on discount. Dont buy $80 games!

    Summary:
    They tried to make the sequel bigger and better, with more features and stuff to do, but all they came up with was copying other games while they made the things that made HZD a good game worse. Also the PS4 is probably holding the game back but that doesnt excuse all the technical issues. The game still has good graphics, gameplay and exploration. But it just seems game developers can go to the best universities and learn how to make the best graphics and animations, but talent and genius like the teams behind Zelda and Elden Ring have is something you cant learn anywhere. This game isnt a masterpiece, its a fairly solid entertainment product but nothing more. And it lacks the novelty from the first game. 7/10    … Expand
  97. farrokhi
    Aug 30, 2022
    6
    Feels like an expansion set to the original game I played on PS4. It does not really exploit the features on your PS5, storyline is not as solid as first game and I ended up skipping all cut-scenes and story after two hours of playing. Also very buggy which is super annoying. Feel like a rush job to me. Although it is still fun to play if you enjoyed the first game, and I hope they fix theFeels like an expansion set to the original game I played on PS4. It does not really exploit the features on your PS5, storyline is not as solid as first game and I ended up skipping all cut-scenes and story after two hours of playing. Also very buggy which is super annoying. Feel like a rush job to me. Although it is still fun to play if you enjoyed the first game, and I hope they fix the gameplay issues and annoying bugs with future updates. But don't expect too much from this game, specially if you are playing on PS5.… Expand
  98. Nima-NA
    Aug 26, 2022
    6
    The story of Forbidden west is just boring. Nothing like the first game. I got really disappointed. I totally agree with Gamer.no opinion so I just paste it here: "Horizon Forbidden West fails to live up to its predecessor in just about every way. While the world and its many new machines are stunning, the experience is bogged down with confusing design choices and variation for the sakeThe story of Forbidden west is just boring. Nothing like the first game. I got really disappointed. I totally agree with Gamer.no opinion so I just paste it here: "Horizon Forbidden West fails to live up to its predecessor in just about every way. While the world and its many new machines are stunning, the experience is bogged down with confusing design choices and variation for the sake of variation - making Aloy's newest adventure one to forget."… Expand
  99. ghostlytoast
    Aug 24, 2022
    5
    It's okay, beautiful to look at but it just turns into another open world map marker slogfest. The combat is pretty awful. Dodging is pointless because it seems every enemy attack homes in on you so it becomes less about skill and more about how many healing items you have on you. I'd give it a miss and play Elden Ring instead.
  100. foxkylefox
    Aug 21, 2022
    5
    Played this game for about 10 hours and I can't bear to play another section. Really wanted to give it a shot. The game is stunning and story has potential, but execution is really rough in my opinion. All of the characters are either dry, unlikeable, or both and I'm out. Animations relay too much on mocap and are hard to get invested in for me. Also, Aloy's hair physics is truly Nuts.Played this game for about 10 hours and I can't bear to play another section. Really wanted to give it a shot. The game is stunning and story has potential, but execution is really rough in my opinion. All of the characters are either dry, unlikeable, or both and I'm out. Animations relay too much on mocap and are hard to get invested in for me. Also, Aloy's hair physics is truly Nuts. Totally buggy and not finished.… Expand
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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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