Horizon Forbidden West

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7.9

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  1. Fyil
    Mar 3, 2022
    5
    Great graphics and great fighting mechs, thats it. Horrible story, over the top bad guys, laughtble writing. Bloated weapons wheel, too many repeated types of arrows. Unbalenced weapons and equipment upgreads, you can visit many cities that sells horrible new ones, only used 2 diferent armors during all game.

    Doesnt feel epic like tlou or uncharted.
  2. Manc_Prophecy
    Feb 27, 2022
    5
    Horizon Forbidden West feels as though they've massively improved on their 5 year old counterpart (Zero Dawn) in the combat department... I think with the 60fps feature the combat feels a lot more smooth and natural, making it easier to dodge and hit vital components.

    My main issue with the game so far is that being 11 hours in I've only lightly scratched the surface, unlocking about    Horizon Forbidden West feels as though they've massively improved on their 5 year old counterpart (Zero Dawn) in the combat department... I think with the 60fps feature the combat feels a lot more smooth and natural, making it easier to dodge and hit vital components.

    My main issue with the game so far is that being 11 hours in I've only lightly scratched the surface, unlocking about 1/5 of the map and have a long way to go... according to howlongtobeat it roughly takes about 43 hours for main story and extras, now depending on what that means I feel being someone who will want to complete all side quests and main quests, I may fall under the 40-50 hour bracket, which I feel is going to be far too long for me personally considering I'm only really near the beginning and I'm already not invested in any of the characters or the main plot.

    I've also encountered numerous game breaking bugs such as, Aloy being stuck between a rock and a step, the mount just continuously running in one spot, and Aloy throwing attacks rapidly but not landing them.... I've also had immersion breaking bugs such as, floating corpses, floating objects, mount being stuck in background during dialogue cut-scenes...

    Gameplay wise I am having fun despite the bugs, but you could literally replace the characters with completely different characters and a completely different story and I wouldn't even notice or be bothered as none of those two aspects are interesting me at all... It's literally a carbon of Zero Dawn with a few improvements, but with a less interesting Story, and characters you either forgot or care little about.

    I'm a bit disheartened paying £70 for this game, I think if you can pick it up for £45-50 then go for it, but it doesn't justify the new gen price bump, and I normally let off reviewing games until I complete them but because the game hasn't really offered much in 11 hours, and has already become a bit tedious, I don't really need to complete it to formulate an opinion.    … Expand
  3. Dragos02
    Mar 12, 2023
    7
    Too much forced wook for me. Alloy is annoying, treats everyone with superiority and boredom. Repetitive quests.
  4. 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.
  5. DwayneHawkins
    Mar 4, 2022
    5
    This game is:

    - forced diversity - "white men bad" - amazing graphics, top of the line - kind of basic story: "defeat the bad guys" If you love lots of side quests, you might like this game. For me, I did not really feel too much for any of the new characters tbh. The main quest is in essence very basic, and the execution of it is very "cinematic". Both games are kind of woke,    This game is:

    - forced diversity
    - "white men bad"
    - amazing graphics, top of the line
    - kind of basic story: "defeat the bad guys"

    If you love lots of side quests, you might like this game. For me, I did not really feel too much for any of the new characters tbh. The main quest is in essence very basic, and the execution of it is very "cinematic".

    Both games are kind of woke, but this second one sets the bar even higher.

    Anyway, the first game and its story are MILES AND MILES ahead of this sequel.    … Expand
  6. 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
  7. Jimena
    Mar 3, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Muy mal optimizado el juego,falta pulir muchos aspectos para que sea un juego sobresaliente como debe serlo y no dudo que lo será pero en este momento prefiero no jugarlo hasta que este bien parcheado todo lo malo.… Expand
  8. 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
  9. CitySpellsword
    Mar 14, 2022
    6
    The voice acting, visuals, world design, and (most) narratives are truly compelling. On those aspects alone this game would be a 9 or a 10. But instead, you'll spend most of your gameplay cursing at how buggy, unpolished, and unsatisfying every challenge is. Combat and puzzles bounce between holding your hand and slapping you in the face. Heck, you'll literally spend half the game on theThe voice acting, visuals, world design, and (most) narratives are truly compelling. On those aspects alone this game would be a 9 or a 10. But instead, you'll spend most of your gameplay cursing at how buggy, unpolished, and unsatisfying every challenge is. Combat and puzzles bounce between holding your hand and slapping you in the face. Heck, you'll literally spend half the game on the ground due to how long knockdown animations last.

    In the end, it does a lot of things that are cool and impressive. But it's the game, never the game design, being impressive. You'll feel dumb and clumsy. Good game design lets you feel clever (when earned). This game just wants to shout "Hit it with Acid" and "I should look over here".

    Instead, your agency will be spent trying to find the machine part you swore you knocked off during the fight--about as much fun as searching for a misplaced wallet or keys.    … Expand
  10. Lightlollo
    Apr 25, 2022
    6
    Un gioco fin troppo spinto dalla pubblicità e sopravvalutato. È un open world con un gameplay che annoia dopo poche ore perciò non ne vale la pena.
  11. FuriousAegon
    May 7, 2022
    7
    This game is good in a bunch of aspects, killing different machines is still interesting as it was in Zero Dawn.Lore is pretty much the same, the whole gameplay is pretty much the same, but there more skill trees and more machines to fight.Because of that I want to focus on more specific elements of the game.
    Story - comparing with the first part of Horizon, it is worse in story    This game is good in a bunch of aspects, killing different machines is still interesting as it was in Zero Dawn.Lore is pretty much the same, the whole gameplay is pretty much the same, but there more skill trees and more machines to fight.Because of that I want to focus on more specific elements of the game.
    Story - comparing with the first part of Horizon, it is worse in story conception, but the whole direction of cutscenes is far more better.The thing that irritated me the most is ending.As I recall the ending of first not that cliffhanger as it is in Forbidden West.Because in the end this game shows you new external threat to the world and characters discover that and then… credits.In that moment I was like: And that is how the game ended?! seriously I think that the biggest minus in this game is ending.But in other aspects story is not bad nor good.
    -The Open World.I’m getting sick of the open world games in a while, but because of the beauty and some creative missions in this game I’ve gotta admit that this world is awfully good.It interesting to explore and find Relic Ruins (To solve platforming puzzle and discover the history of the location ), also Tallnecks are I the game ( as I name them - The most interesting Ubisoft-like towers to undercover the map ), Covers are also very good in their presentation and it provides interesting way to complete them, and so on.
    -Mistakes from the previous game improved in this game- Facial animation is became Naughty Dog-Like if I may say so myself ;) , and dialogues became far more dynamic comparing with the first game.
    -Also there’s a lot of memorable sequences in the game.For me it is- Las Vegas (no spoilers here every player must experience by him/herself), "First Flight" on machine, Final Boss , Beta appearance, Silences secrets and Hades these moments were really interesting for me.
    After completing this game, and getting platinum in it I can recommend this game to those who have competed the first part ( obviously ), and to all PS5 owners.Also game has a really easy platinum, so you can try to obtain it after completing the main storyline.
    7.5/10    … Expand
  12. Suspect12
    Apr 24, 2022
    6
    Decent game, though there a few things that just irritate me to the point I can't call it a great game. I feel that there are far too many artificial playtime boosting systems/design choices that feel unnecessary. Some of puzzles are just plain irritating and the side content is mostly boring. Also, running on PS4, there are small graphics and physics glitches that I would guess aren'tDecent game, though there a few things that just irritate me to the point I can't call it a great game. I feel that there are far too many artificial playtime boosting systems/design choices that feel unnecessary. Some of puzzles are just plain irritating and the side content is mostly boring. Also, running on PS4, there are small graphics and physics glitches that I would guess aren't prevalent on the PS5 version.… Expand
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. VeRuMv
    Apr 17, 2022
    5
    Very good game but the performance mode in this state should not to see the light of day this is the reason why I rating this game lower then i should
  16. RevUBrah
    Mar 25, 2022
    5
    Just need a rib from that Fanghorn they were talking about. It's sad that they somehow managed to make fighting robot dinosaurs boring.
  17. 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.
  18. KostyaMX
    Mar 20, 2022
    6
    Ну вот и я осилил тонны контента. Где то часов через 30 начинает подбешивать диологи. Они чоень затянуты и по большей части бесмысслены. Тут нет красивых кастюмов. Тут мало интересных заданий. тут нет интересных персонажей. Только что то наклёвывается и бац, всё слито бездарно. Сюжет отвратительный. Если в 1 части элой как то смотрелась и просматривался смысл, то во второй части всёНу вот и я осилил тонны контента. Где то часов через 30 начинает подбешивать диологи. Они чоень затянуты и по большей части бесмысслены. Тут нет красивых кастюмов. Тут мало интересных заданий. тут нет интересных персонажей. Только что то наклёвывается и бац, всё слито бездарно. Сюжет отвратительный. Если в 1 части элой как то смотрелась и просматривался смысл, то во второй части всё доведено до абсурда. Красивый мир, интересные сражения - и это всё! Полное разочарование. Я любил 1ю часть, но мне глубоко по* на вторую.… Expand
  19. 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
  20. Tuffluv
    Apr 29, 2022
    5
    Gameplay is good
    Graphics are neat but framerate suffers
    Concept for the story is neat
    Costume and enemy design is unique

    The characters and the writing are terrible! Everyone is unlikable including the main protagonist. To the point where it's difficult to take the story seriously.
  21. FlorinT
    Feb 24, 2022
    5
    Great game, great graphics and interesting story. For a sequel my experience so far in the game has been great
  22. 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.
  23. bagorws
    Mar 24, 2022
    5
    Хотя с машинами воевать всё ещё интересно, но в игре минимум новых идей. Персонажи плоские, скучные рафинированные, за ними не интересно наблюдать. Странно, что игра в антураже постапокалипсиса, а персонажи все толерантные, терпимые чудаки, которых заботит современные проблемы. В этот мир не веришь. Карта действительно стала больше, но её наполнение однообразно. Местная фауна нелепа, всюдуХотя с машинами воевать всё ещё интересно, но в игре минимум новых идей. Персонажи плоские, скучные рафинированные, за ними не интересно наблюдать. Странно, что игра в антураже постапокалипсиса, а персонажи все толерантные, терпимые чудаки, которых заботит современные проблемы. В этот мир не веришь. Карта действительно стала больше, но её наполнение однообразно. Местная фауна нелепа, всюду бегают толпы тупых животных, хоть строчи по ним из автомата, при этом персонажи рассуждают о нехватке ресурсов и голоде.… Expand
  24. mooney101
    May 26, 2022
    7
    This should have been an amazing game but the propaganda and wokeness level is so absurd that it really starts to take away from what could have been a great game. Its actually laughable the way the game portrays women in the game with no explanation of why all these women can over power and rule over men who in reality could easy one shot them but these are the lies the world just keepsThis should have been an amazing game but the propaganda and wokeness level is so absurd that it really starts to take away from what could have been a great game. Its actually laughable the way the game portrays women in the game with no explanation of why all these women can over power and rule over men who in reality could easy one shot them but these are the lies the world just keeps pushing. The alphabet religion also comes up way to often as well. If you can get past the woke you will enjoy the game. Ignore any reviews comparing to Elden ring these are two different games for two different game styles.… Expand
  25. Sesma007
    Feb 23, 2022
    7
    Games look outdated, some bugs nothing that would break the game. Lazy story, and what about the eyes during conversations. In the end it was to expensive for this lever of quality, would recommend to wait for it to go on sale.
  26. Stifler85
    Apr 3, 2022
    7
    I really don't understand how many people today evaluate games ... assuming that the graphics are jaw split on ps5 (at 60 frames with that quality is simply fantastic) of the magnificent soundtracks is a really beautiful and deep story, you can not fail to notice a gameplay really below expectations the enemies move the guided way so that they almost always hit you and it is not aI really don't understand how many people today evaluate games ... assuming that the graphics are jaw split on ps5 (at 60 frames with that quality is simply fantastic) of the magnificent soundtracks is a really beautiful and deep story, you can not fail to notice a gameplay really below expectations the enemies move the guided way so that they almost always hit you and it is not a difficulty but a scripted gameplay that is really a punch in the eye nowadays. The press gives them 88 and the 80 users but seriously I do not understand how you do not notice serious and obvious problems that the gameplay is afflicted for this reason my vote does not go beyond 7.… Expand
  27. Sampliju
    Apr 26, 2023
    7
    Didn’t finish the story. Was dull and uninspired. Graphics are awesome but this is not enough.
  28. 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.
  29. CodeDuff
    Feb 23, 2022
    7
    7.5 to 8 out of 10. Cons first. I feel it's a little weaker in the story department here as some lazy tropes litter the writting here. The combat is kind of wonky and melee is not great (nor does it need its own skill tree by the way). On day one, I had frame rate drops, game breaking bugs. Besides that it's a beautiful game that excites and holds up the legacy of its series. Buy it on7.5 to 8 out of 10. Cons first. I feel it's a little weaker in the story department here as some lazy tropes litter the writting here. The combat is kind of wonky and melee is not great (nor does it need its own skill tree by the way). On day one, I had frame rate drops, game breaking bugs. Besides that it's a beautiful game that excites and holds up the legacy of its series. Buy it on sale or after it's patched though… Expand
  30. 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.
  31. Charlygrape
    Feb 24, 2022
    7
    Muy reglar este el primero es mucho mejor tiene demasiados errores y bugs es una lastima
  32. Fa11en_Angel
    May 14, 2022
    6
    Pluses:
    The plot is quite interesting.
    Very nice graphics. Minuses: A huge amount of grind for upgrades, all-consuming fem agenda, a mechanic with braking off spare parts (for example, you need to break off the tail to death of the car, otherwise the tail will "self-destruct"), although the mechanics can be disabled in the settings. On the latest upgrades of orange things, you need    Pluses:
    The plot is quite interesting.
    Very nice graphics.

    Minuses:
    A huge amount of grind for upgrades, all-consuming fem agenda, a mechanic with braking off spare parts (for example, you need to break off the tail to death of the car, otherwise the tail will "self-destruct"), although the mechanics can be disabled in the settings. On the latest upgrades of orange things, you need to farm the same creatures over and over again.

    A lot of things have been done "do not give a damn". For example, in one of the skyscrapers you need to get into the room to pick up the ornament, but on the side of the room there is a "wall" made of a fence with cells in 2 Aloy, but you cannot get inside. Invisible walls or the inability to climb where an ordinary person could easily do it in 2022 is very annoying. In one of the side quests, the water simply flows from the "switch" for water, I can't call it anything else. Although even the pipes do not go to the "breaker", only the supports on which it holds.

    Hook-cat breaks the whole gameplay. It would be possible to catch on "over there", but no, crawl around for a few more minutes. And at the end of the game from the obstacles "first pull here and there, and then climb up" starts to feel sick.

    People who, in an ordinary mask, can tank arrows with their heads annoys a lot. Metal vehicles fall apart from the arrows, but people normally tank them (a broken neck says hello), okay. Here you can write off the RPG elements, but it looks bad.

    Machine racing (although there are only 4 of them) are annoying because your machine can simply slow down sharply and stop in a small area, because path-finding is very bad and they don’t know how to jump over obstacles. In the same Witcher 3 (2015, let me remind you), the behavior of the horse is much better and more convenient.

    Even after a few months from the release, there are some bugs, because of which you have to start from the checkpoint.

    Seems like the focus in development was shifted to the fem agenda, rather than the overall quality of the game.

    I beat it on hightest difficulty and I would set 7.5 without taking into the fem agenda, 6.5 with it.
    And if it's GOTY, then the gaming industry of single-player games is in a big trouble.    … Expand
  33. Lambda22324
    Mar 21, 2022
    5
    It's fine. Not great, not terrible. Story is quite a bit worse than what the first installment gave us. And characters are a bit one-dimensional this time.
  34. 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.
  35. Ilya123
    Jul 27, 2023
    7
    Good game with beatiful main character. Amazing game, beatiful to look at and an open world
  36. jexaon
    Mar 3, 2022
    7
    Beautiful environments, and an interesting main story, but horribly dull sidequests, highly repetitive gameplay, and a horrible upgrade and combat system. Everything takes way too long to upgrade requiring 50 obscure machine parts instead of just an amount of money, and all the skills in the skill tree are mostly useless. The side quests are extremely repetitive and boring, and it is neverBeautiful environments, and an interesting main story, but horribly dull sidequests, highly repetitive gameplay, and a horrible upgrade and combat system. Everything takes way too long to upgrade requiring 50 obscure machine parts instead of just an amount of money, and all the skills in the skill tree are mostly useless. The side quests are extremely repetitive and boring, and it is never really mixed up like in other games like RDR2, you will always be killing robots and nothing else. Speaking of the combat, it is horrific, highly janky and situational, full of cheap one-hit kills, and you will end up running in circles rolling like a lunatic as you avoid giant machines that will inevitably gangbang you into a stunlock where you can't get away. You can sum up the combat as "run in a circle while dodging and try not to get stunlocked as you take a shot with slo-mo every 5 seconds". I have almost rage-quit this game multiple times, and i never do this. Overall an overrated B-movie that was hyped to the moon and back. It's just ok, fantastic visuals, but a boring story, highly repetitive, no variation, horrible upgrade tree with boring skills, an overly convoluted gear upgrade system, and dreadful glitchy janky combat that was horribly designed.… Expand
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. Jp2017
    Feb 22, 2022
    6
    Really nice on the eyes but yet again nothing really grabs me like some of PlayStation other games characters are bland and boring story is ok at best side quest can be fun at times. Also Aloy is boring snobby and annoying!
  41. 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
  42. rocco666123
    Mar 5, 2022
    7
    One point off because the save system is just plain old-fashioned. There is no reason to punish players when they die (or have to restart cause of bugs!), but that's exactly how it feels when you get thrown way back because you just forgot to run to the stupid campfires in the flow. This doesn't generate any added value for anyone.

    Otherwise, it's again a lot of fun to go off with aloy!    One point off because the save system is just plain old-fashioned. There is no reason to punish players when they die (or have to restart cause of bugs!), but that's exactly how it feels when you get thrown way back because you just forgot to run to the stupid campfires in the flow. This doesn't generate any added value for anyone.

    Otherwise, it's again a lot of fun to go off with aloy!

    EDIT: again 2 points deducted because of crashes in combination with the idiotic save system and recurring blackscreen bug.    … Expand
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. Marombagamer198
    Feb 22, 2022
    7
    an excellent game beautiful, magnificent the only criticism and about the childishness of the post apocalyptic world humans do not bleed this is disappointing because the finalizations a lot of crossing a body with the spear and nothing happens, the game was not made for children and knowing the horror of a wild world at least blood right again ridiculous this game should be at leastan excellent game beautiful, magnificent the only criticism and about the childishness of the post apocalyptic world humans do not bleed this is disappointing because the finalizations a lot of crossing a body with the spear and nothing happens, the game was not made for children and knowing the horror of a wild world at least blood right again ridiculous this game should be at least optional or there are no tribes only machines… Expand
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. AirMan_YT
    Mar 20, 2022
    6
    It’s like every action-adventure ubisoft-like game.
    We want something new
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. mojahed25
    Feb 23, 2022
    5
    آقا من یادمه تو نسخه اول اصلا یه حال و هوایی داشت پیدا کردن تکنولوژی قدیمیها تو زیرزمینها با اون آهنگ اکشن و راز آلودی که میزد ولی این ورژن خیلی خوبه گرافیکش ولی شخصیت ایلوی انگار خیلی از خود متشکر و اعتماد به نفس کاذب داره بیشتر بقیه ان پی سی ها رو مسخره میکنه یا اونا رو خنگ فرض میکنه راستی این دختر نمیخواد از یه پسر خوشش بیاد؟ شایدم ....!!!
    Sir, I remember in the first version, there    آقا من یادمه تو نسخه اول اصلا یه حال و هوایی داشت پیدا کردن تکنولوژی قدیمیها تو زیرزمینها با اون آهنگ اکشن و راز آلودی که میزد ولی این ورژن خیلی خوبه گرافیکش ولی شخصیت ایلوی انگار خیلی از خود متشکر و اعتماد به نفس کاذب داره بیشتر بقیه ان پی سی ها رو مسخره میکنه یا اونا رو خنگ فرض میکنه راستی این دختر نمیخواد از یه پسر خوشش بیاد؟ شایدم ....!!!
    Sir, I remember in the first version, there was an atmosphere at all. Finding old technology in the basements with that action-packed and mysterious music.But this version has very good graphics, but Ilvi's character seems to be very thankful and has false self-confidence.Does he make fun of most of the other NPCs or thinks they are dumb? Doesn't this girl really want to like a boy? or Maybe .... !!!    … Expand
  52. xBenMalucco
    Mar 20, 2022
    6
    Jogo muito bonito, mas acaba sendo mais do mesmo. Jogabilidade muito cansativa.
  53. MayMay_vile
    Feb 22, 2022
    5
    I was really looking forward to this game, I really loved the emotional impact of 1st game and how it revealed the mystery through world building of the past... None of this I found in Forbidden West. Story of HFW was not impactful, we barely came to know the villains, "plot twists" felt unearned... I really miss scavenging through old world and listening to stories of Old Ones. In 1stI was really looking forward to this game, I really loved the emotional impact of 1st game and how it revealed the mystery through world building of the past... None of this I found in Forbidden West. Story of HFW was not impactful, we barely came to know the villains, "plot twists" felt unearned... I really miss scavenging through old world and listening to stories of Old Ones. In 1st game that was interesting and felt like really building up to something. In HFW i had to force myself to read it/listen to it.

    BUT i really loved side quests and Forbidden West tribes. Colorful and living open world. Gameplay was really fun, it challenged me. I overall recommend to play the game, but don't expect emotional impact that 1st game did have.    … Expand
  54. lugion67
    Feb 22, 2022
    5
    I played for ~25 hours. Pretty game, with horrid bugs.

    I would have given it much higher if it didn't launch with as many bugs as cyberpunk 2077, but alas that Isn't the world we live in. I had aloy missing straight drops onto beams dangling over water that caused tons of backtracking and myriad climbing issues in general, I've seen machines not having any AI and just ignoring me as I    I played for ~25 hours. Pretty game, with horrid bugs.

    I would have given it much higher if it didn't launch with as many bugs as cyberpunk 2077, but alas that Isn't the world we live in. I had aloy missing straight drops onto beams dangling over water that caused tons of backtracking and myriad climbing issues in general, I've seen machines not having any AI and just ignoring me as I shoot them in all the weak points point blank, pop in everywhere, important cutscenes where the audio just goes away, and the absolute worst of the worst, saves and autosaves not working. I was at bulwark and decided to head to a tallneck southwest of there, I got all the way there after an hour with some sidetracking, found a campfire, quick saved, and proceeded to solve the tallneck puzzle for 1 and a half hours. Did my save work? No. I got to where I'm supposed to jump onto the tallneck but it's climbholds decided not to exist and I died, I spawned back in bulwark with no record of my journey. I have since Uninstalled the game and decided I'm not touching this hot garbage until they patch it atleast 3 times. This game is not worth 70 USD in its current state. Definitely wait to buy!!!    … Expand
  55. vickyseauta
    Feb 22, 2022
    6
    I have spent hefty time playing this game and this is going to be an honest review about it.

    First let’s start with the good things about the game: -The game looks really good. It really showcase how good the next gen games should look. -Graphics are superb. Character models especially look awesome. -World is also quite huge and it is built superbly well. It has that post human vibe to it    I have spent hefty time playing this game and this is going to be an honest review about it.

    First let’s start with the good things about the game:
    -The game looks really good. It really showcase how good the next gen games should look.
    -Graphics are superb. Character models especially look awesome. -World is also quite huge and it is built superbly well. It has that post human vibe to it which I really liked. -Main missions are good. Side missions sometimes good but not always
    -Story is also good. I have liked the concept from Zero Dawn and this also carries it well.
    -Gameplay is some what good, but has lots of issues

    Now the bad
    This is going to be a long list.
    -Bugs. This is probably the first thing that as a gamer I don’t appreciate in a big title like this. Bugs are too frequent especially while transversal. In combat sometimes you are not able to wield weapon. It hasn’t happened often but couple of times. You can stuck in rocks or bushes or any other thing and getting out of it becomes super hard.
    -Getting around the world is another issue. See the open world game needs a robust system that favours exploration. However, in this game it is not that good. First there is no stable thing that you can ride and go along. If your mounting machine is destroyed you literally have to search for another override it and then take it back to the same location where you first left. This is really frustrating.
    -Now the biggest issue. Combat. Dude the melee system is the worst combat I have seen in any open world game. The moves are super basic. Even after unlocking many new moves it still didn’t feel right. Ranged weapons are good but again enemies are so aggressive that it is almost impossible to find a perfect spot to use ranged weapons. The machine will jump over you while aiming and the whole point of ranging weapons is gone. Stealth has same issues. -Difficulty unbalanced. I have no problem with difficult games. Being a Souls games lover I enjoy difficulty, but in this game it is unbalanced. As I explained the enemies can cover huge distance in one jump which makes ranging and melee moves insignificant.
    -Too many dialogues. I think when games focus too much on explaining each and everything it breaks the bridge between player and game. Most of the time I am just waiting to finish the dialogue. It really made me skip most of the dialogues entirely. -Upgrading system is little complex because it offer variety of things. It may be good but often you can get away with any upgrades at all. There is no special reward or satisfaction that you get from upgrading. Final verdict So, is this a good game? I will say yes, because I still enjoy it playing just like any other open world game. This game has some basic issues which I hope were not there.    … Expand
  56. jamesDean1961
    Feb 23, 2022
    5
    If you enjoy being Frustrated, This is the game for you.
    Glitchy IMO for certain "critical" movements, interact prompts are very narrow, and figuring out "what you suppose to be doing, or how to do "it" is more annoying than fun.
    There are areas in the beginning that are not accessible without special item/gear. Why? So we have to go back to that area and do it again and again? Not    If you enjoy being Frustrated, This is the game for you.
    Glitchy IMO for certain "critical" movements, interact prompts are very narrow, and figuring out "what you suppose to be doing, or how to do "it" is more annoying than fun.
    There are areas in the beginning that are not accessible without special item/gear. Why? So we have to go back to that area and do it again and again? Not enjoying the game as much as Zero Dawn.
    Oh and another thing, cut scenes are out of control and LONG    … Expand
  57. DreamCore90
    Feb 24, 2022
    7
    Was really looking forward to this game as I really liked Zero Dawn. However I am a bit disappointed. After playing the DLC to Zero Dawn, I did really feel the fatique of the game being a bit "samey" and I felt they really need to change things up in the prequel. Unfortunately, Forbidden West feels more or less like a larger DLC, and a buggy one at that. The gameplay is more or less theWas really looking forward to this game as I really liked Zero Dawn. However I am a bit disappointed. After playing the DLC to Zero Dawn, I did really feel the fatique of the game being a bit "samey" and I felt they really need to change things up in the prequel. Unfortunately, Forbidden West feels more or less like a larger DLC, and a buggy one at that. The gameplay is more or less the same with a few new additions. It also feels quite unpolished with buggy animations, UI glitches, progression blockers until you restart the game and the like. For sure it's a game worth playing, but I really was expecting more.… Expand
  58. FruitDude
    Feb 24, 2022
    7
    I really enjoy this game, with all the great combat and side quest. But the main story just doesn’t hit as hard as it did in the first game. Also, Aloy is just such an annoying character in this game with how treats everybody. It’s making it hard to actually beat the game when I have to play as a character who treats some of my favorite side character like garbage. In summary - great sideI really enjoy this game, with all the great combat and side quest. But the main story just doesn’t hit as hard as it did in the first game. Also, Aloy is just such an annoying character in this game with how treats everybody. It’s making it hard to actually beat the game when I have to play as a character who treats some of my favorite side character like garbage. In summary - great side quest, side characters, graphics, and combat. But a mediocre main plot with a very unenjoyable protagonist.… Expand
  59. DanieleGi4033
    Feb 25, 2022
    7
    Ha problemi di grafica in prestazione e ci sono dei cali che sembra di giocare con una grafica mediocre...poi ci sono dei rallentamenti che secondo me sono ingiustificabile per la ps5.speriamo alla patch futura
  60. Stahlrutsche
    Feb 26, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Played this for 30 hours, didn't finish yet. I will, but so far it was a mediocre experience. Playing on Hard Difficulty, via the Custom Setting.

    The whole experience feels gated. After finishing the tutorial, I started exploring ASAP, The first three landmarks I explored revealed blocked paths (two on the map, one in a sidequest). Two of those opened up after I finished a Level 24 Quest, for the other one I have yet to find a solution. Talk about demotivating your customer. Leaving the Nora Heartlands in Part One, you could go where you want, doing what you want, your path and exploration only blocked by story- relevant sites. Forbidden West keeps up with the gating. You can only travel most of the map after visiting the first and second areas, and exploration- related abilities are gated behind story missions.

    I encountered tons of bugs, mostly graphics- wise. Non story- NPCs clipping through story relevant- characters in cutscenes (enountered in the first village), Bugging AI's in larger machines, rendering them totally passive. Disappearing machine bodies of flying machines after I killed them while airborne, because the game couldn't decide where to place the body. Worst are control related issues, I suffered random cases of stick drift while aiming at machines from slopes or uneven terrain. My controller works fine, tested in copies of other games, and problems persists even after resetting bluetooth and controller software.

    The last factor makes sniping unbearably difficult in crucial situations, like severing body parts of machines with quest related rewards in it, that would otherwise disintegrate when killing the machine. I solved this issue partially by setting my difficulty to "Custom" and enabling "Easy Loot", which reduces the grindiness of the game by a lot. Btw way, loot, if you want to upgrade, expect a lot of grinding, This game wanrts to be at least Monster Hunter in a light form. Also here, gating or bugs. I got that one legendary armor I want to upgrade. I am looking for a machine site. Can't find it. Use Youtube. Still can't find despite guides with maps. Seems like that machine site spawns only after I have progressed far enough in the story. Just for protocol, I beat that machine in the tutorial as a boss.

    You will be picking up stuff. A lot. This is forced upon you by a mediocre inventory managment system. Your main source of healing are berries, a full heal takes as much as 4 of them, you pick them up in single batches. Your pouches are limited. Everything you pick up exceeding your pouch capacity will be magically teleported to your stash. It doesn't feel like a quality of life- improvement, but yet another wall you have to juggle while playing.

    The skill system is blooated, there are several skill trees, unlocking passives, active abilities (that you can only use with certain types of weapons, related to the tree), and acitve "Valor" Skills. You can have a dozen of those abilities, but due to controller limitations, you have to switch the manually via the weapon wheel, making it feel clunky.

    Remember how people said Part One had to few weapons? Well, fear no more! You can buy a bucketload of weapons, all different, but not offering the flexibility the weapons in Zero Dawn had. You wanna shoot three different types of Ammmunition with your bow, like in part one? No problem, you just have to equip two different bows of the same kind, because most of the weapons only offer one or two types of Ammunition. Well, until you start unlocking Very Rare weapons about 20 hours into the game. I remember times having equiped two Sharpshooter Bows and three War Bows to have access to all types of damage and ammunition I needed. You have only five quicklots on your wheel.

    You need to upgrade your equipment badly, at least on the higher difficulties, unless you want to get two-shot by mobs, which are swarming you relentlessly. Elaborate Critical Strike- animations are nice, but since you have no I-Frames, a well-placed Critical Strike on a machine is often more than enough time for it's buddies to tear you apart. The machines feel more unfair this time around. Zero Dawn had its camera issues, and combat sometimes felt unfair after you had been killed from off-screen three times in a row. This one tops it. The machines in Forbidden West mostly use elemental AOE-Attacks at range. you have no option for long dodges (well, maybe I have overlooked it in some skill tree), and your I-Frames are so limited, that it feels like frame perfect perfect dodges are needed. For me, a frustrating experience, bouncing off of enemies attacks like in pinball. Oh, and the machines are fast. I may be getting old, but a lot of attacks are barely telegraphed.

    We got a german word for this, "Verschlimmbesserung", "improving" something until it becomes worse than, in this case, Part One. I fear for Part 3.    … Expand
  61. Kaskcaskv
    Mar 2, 2022
    7
    It's cool. Pretty cool. The graphics are very good. Not totally my thing tho, unfortunately.
  62. PsycoSonic
    Mar 5, 2022
    5
    It's ok, but the challenges they have are beyond stupid, for some reason if you do it after you've unlocked all the moves, it won't let you complete them no matter what I do I never get credit for doing any of the combos thus making it impossible for me to platinum the game, so I deleted it and will not return. Also the controls for climbing are beyond atrocious.
  63. slider2022
    Mar 12, 2022
    7
    way too slow
    way too many cut scenes
    way too complicated
    massive problems with the jump button - constant falls that should never happen
    way too many options, add-ons, on-screen notes & directions
    very confusing
    boring story
    extremely hard to follow
    not nearly as good as the first one
    overrated
  64. Dajoint187
    Mar 6, 2022
    6
    It crashed a few times during gameplay but good graphics overall and artistic design.
  65. ferbatisco
    Mar 6, 2022
    6
    very good but I had some problems that annoyed me in the game, I managed to have fun in the end.
  66. bLaHsHmiAh
    Mar 9, 2022
    6
    It's fun. But too much like the original... with MORE bugs? You would think just swapping out different assets, that the original bugs would be squashed... but nope. They're still here, and then some. I even waited almost a month to start playing it for any day 1 bugs to be sorted out. I hoped that this would capture my heart such as HZD did. But alas, I can only bring myself to play inIt's fun. But too much like the original... with MORE bugs? You would think just swapping out different assets, that the original bugs would be squashed... but nope. They're still here, and then some. I even waited almost a month to start playing it for any day 1 bugs to be sorted out. I hoped that this would capture my heart such as HZD did. But alas, I can only bring myself to play in short 30 min bursts... and that's only because I paid $70 for a digital copy.


    Starting to kick myself for buying the digital ps5 now.    … Expand
  67. Aracuan
    Mar 10, 2022
    5
    Sup guys,

    Playing on PS5, I was hyped to play HFB after the first Game. Trailers were amazing, graphics are decent in resolution mode but I also like and prefer the performance mode. Most of the times it handles the 60 fps very well. What really bugs me, are the glitches and annoying gameplay quirks. Of course, the game received some patches by now but playing this game on day 1, it    Sup guys,

    Playing on PS5, I was hyped to play HFB after the first Game. Trailers were amazing, graphics are decent in resolution mode but I also like and prefer the performance mode. Most of the times it handles the 60 fps very well.

    What really bugs me, are the glitches and annoying gameplay quirks. Of course, the game received some patches by now but playing this game on day 1, it was simply frustrating. Already at the very first mission with Varl, I got stuck in a quest and had to re-load the game. this happened to me throughout the game a couple of times so far.
    I fell through the map, got stock between Rocks. I was able to walk through walls in the base, which isnt gamebreaking but it shouldnt happen.
    Riding a mount is super annoying. Often enough, you just get stuck between rocks and corners.
    The glitches during sidequests are amazing - in a negative way. NPC's getting stuck so you cant talk to them at the destination.
    While climbing works most of the time, sometimes the game just freaks out. Aloy does weird jumps she's not supposed to do, leading in frustrating gameplay moments that are very stressful. Climbing up a long neck shouldnt be stressful. But when she's clearly jumping for the grip and simply falls off, its just annoying as hell. Especially when you have to wait for the long neck to return to the position and this **** repeats a couple of time until it works. Wasting 20min if your time just isnt fun.
    While this could be a lack from my players skill, its just annoying when you're getting ganged up and combo'd. I get it, you are supposed to dodge and sneak. But heck, getting combo'd into oblivion never was fun.

    Im not sure how far I am through the game right now, but I encountered so many bugs and frustrating moments, that this highly anticipated game is more of a stress factor to me then fun. I really dont know how they **** it up so hard. A few bugs arent really a problem. Most games have them. But HFB really doesnt let you play for 1 hour without some bull**** happening.
    I really want to like the game and I will complete it. But so far, i feel really stressed out by the game. Definitely not worth the 70 bucks for me. Should have waited.    … Expand
  68. Tiggangelic
    Mar 12, 2022
    5
    I love the game and story! BUT I can't give it my full review score that I would like because there are a list of problems. I keep losing sound effects sound, machine muscle is too rare for all of it you need to make ammo (I have spent all my shards buying it), when I knock a component off a machine half the time it disappears especially when I use tear blast arrows, I have to run way farI love the game and story! BUT I can't give it my full review score that I would like because there are a list of problems. I keep losing sound effects sound, machine muscle is too rare for all of it you need to make ammo (I have spent all my shards buying it), when I knock a component off a machine half the time it disappears especially when I use tear blast arrows, I have to run way far away to find parts if they haven't disappeared. I have had a dreading disappear after I shot them halfway through a battle. Another one glitches into a cliff wall. And I hate the arena. Especially the final battle in each tier. Like the weapons given to complete the battle are bs. I absolutely love the first game, but this one while potential exists to be even better that the first, has a lot of problems. Especially the machine muscle. I had 20,000 shard and when machine hunting for upgrades and ended up with only 27 shards because of buying machine muscle. It's a green quality item, it's ridiculous… Expand
  69. WaterPain
    Mar 17, 2022
    6
    When I first started playing, I thought this game was incredible, but the longer I play the less I like. Aloy's incessant talking about every little thing is infuriating, I don't need to be told 1000x to use my focus or to push a crate or to loot a corpse. They need to make hints optional. On the positive side the graphics and sound are amazing.
  70. Krwtos
    Mar 18, 2022
    6
    The game looks spectacular and has an incredible lore, unfortunately the mechanics are repetitive and alloy does not let you discover what to like more the first installment
  71. Mr_Lucius
    Mar 18, 2022
    5
    When this was announced and we started seeing stills, I got on board, along with almost everyone else, but this, this is not what I was looking forward too. I did clock in about 70hrs gameplay, so I've not just picked it up and moaned, but I did end up ignoring the side missions by the large by the 60th hour or so because it frankly got boring. Its not a horrific game by any means, but theWhen this was announced and we started seeing stills, I got on board, along with almost everyone else, but this, this is not what I was looking forward too. I did clock in about 70hrs gameplay, so I've not just picked it up and moaned, but I did end up ignoring the side missions by the large by the 60th hour or so because it frankly got boring. Its not a horrific game by any means, but the novelty the first game set up, quickly disapated playing this one.

    The Pros:

    Beautiful, this looks like what I want a next gen game to look like, and there are more than a few occassions I've stopped and marvelled.

    The load times on PS5 are non-existant, more than once I've waited for it to load to realise it's waiting for me to press X.

    The Cons:

    This has fallen into the trap of fetch this all the way from the end of the map and come back again... good boy/girl. To the point that 3/4 of the way through the game I couldn't be bothered as I was sufficiently levelled up to get through to the end. The stories and hearts behind them felt robotic.

    The Story... this may have suffered from *panic stations we need more scripts*. Someone then wrote out a 6000 page treaty for the entire saga, which got shot to s**t by the higher ups, and they cut it down to just keep all the Michael Bay bits, or for a better anaology The Matrix, and then the sequels.

    Climbing pretty much anything. Kudos to the yellow X's and Lines, but dear lord I lost my rag more than once trying to climb a tower or quest sensitive section.

    It also suffers from Far Cry-itis... by the second game, collectable issues, if you want legendary anything grinds, combat balance and the attitude or lack there of the other tribes, but I'll end up spoiling it.

    Is this worth £70. Nope. I probably would have been just as grumpy at £35. Wait till its on sale. Sadly, this is The Matrix Reloaded.    … Expand
  72. Fox131718
    Mar 18, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Who invented this game??? How could you do 20 actions on kristovina have you tried to play like this???? The essence of kristovina is to put the most important items on it, not everything… Expand
  73. Winzlo7
    Mar 18, 2022
    5
    Is this game horizon forbidden West or horizon FRUSTRATION west? Extremely clunky controls, the combat is pretty darn bad(sliding is an important combat mechanic with time slowing and getting you distance from the enemy) easily 50% of the time you attempt to slide Aloy will do the exact opposite and go into the slow sneak walk.
    .
    There are instances where you manage to dodge a melee attack    Is this game horizon forbidden West or horizon FRUSTRATION west? Extremely clunky controls, the combat is pretty darn bad(sliding is an important combat mechanic with time slowing and getting you distance from the enemy) easily 50% of the time you attempt to slide Aloy will do the exact opposite and go into the slow sneak walk.
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    There are instances where you manage to dodge a melee attack from a giant enemy happy that you dodged it and that very moment your character gets thrown back or hit as if some deadly wind was surrounding the enemies limb or tail. The fact that there are no combat upgrades to increase the length of your dodge (especially with the size of some enemies) just makes me shake my head. It's an achievement to manage to dodge but to repeatedly still get hit when you DID get out of the way makes some enemies attacks nearly impossible to avoid

    Many of the characters are bland and forgettable and conversation with them is like neverending "blah blah blah" and I DO mean neverending

    The climbing is slow and dreadful, it is NOT improved from the first game as much as they say. The melee combat is pretty darn bad I don't find the melee combat fun at all, you can attack small creatures and swing your spear right over them missing half the time. The swings are slow and you cannot cancel attacks. In concentration mode which slows time it also slows how fast your thrown spear or arrow moves and makes it move slower than the enemy which makes no sense.
    Yes the game is beautiful, and it does have some fun aspects, and I like the difficulty level, but I'm sick and tired of this game getting called a masterpiece.
    I have about 45 hours in I hate to just skip so many side missions I had planned to do but there seems to be more moments of frustration than fun at times so I think I'm just gonna finish the story and trade it in. This game COULD have been a masterpiece and might possibly end up a 9/10 game but there's ALOT that needs fixing and the game developers don't seem focused on fixing the important issues such as combat.
    If you loved the first game as much as I did then do yourself a favor and wait until a year after release before you play this, and cross your fingers that these issues are fixed by then. Any reviewer who gives this game anything higher than a 7 in it's current state is either just a fanboy or a total sellout kissing the a$$ of the developers.
    WAIT FOR A FEW MAJOR UPDATES BEFORE PLAYING!    … Expand
  74. Schtubby
    Mar 19, 2022
    7
    Everything that was need to be changed in the first game, they changed but left everything else alone. Only reason I didn't give it a 10 was because of the long stretched out dialogs and cut screens. Ya, you can skip but you will miss the one sentence out of fifty in the conversation that you need to know. The long drawn out philosophical debates and catching up with old friends made meEverything that was need to be changed in the first game, they changed but left everything else alone. Only reason I didn't give it a 10 was because of the long stretched out dialogs and cut screens. Ya, you can skip but you will miss the one sentence out of fifty in the conversation that you need to know. The long drawn out philosophical debates and catching up with old friends made me want to go Otis Driftwood on more than one NPC.… Expand
  75. Hazelvil
    Mar 22, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Очень сильно качественная игра, проработанная, сюжет, графика, качество на высоте. Guerrilla Games вы лучшие!!! ))) Я в восторге!… Expand
  76. Edd3000
    Mar 20, 2022
    7
    good game at the same level as its previous installment, I think it lacked more risk because its story did not please me and less its secondary missions, but the graphics are of great quality.
  77. RaderzGaming
    Mar 25, 2022
    7
    Was expecting more from this after the original but to be honest I just couldn`t gel with it like the 1st one. Will go back to it one day but for now it will sit in the back seat. I don`t doubt it will be an amazing Story and the Visuals are stunning as well but it didn`t feel like the series had jumped forward far enough from what I played.
  78. Garuda333
    Apr 28, 2022
    6
    6.9 for me. I'm going to slam this game pretty hard so read on at your own risk.

    This was a highly anticipated game for me after loving Zero Dawn. I put 80 odd hours into Forbidden West and honestly, the longer it went the less I enjoyed it. For a game that had such amazing lore and story elements to draw from, I was stunned at the boring and unnecessarily convoluted direction Guerilla    6.9 for me. I'm going to slam this game pretty hard so read on at your own risk.

    This was a highly anticipated game for me after loving Zero Dawn. I put 80 odd hours into Forbidden West and honestly, the longer it went the less I enjoyed it. For a game that had such amazing lore and story elements to draw from, I was stunned at the boring and unnecessarily convoluted direction Guerilla took with the story Forbidden West. Actually, that's just the thing with this game...it's boring. There is none of the mystery of Zero Dawn, the map is littered with icons and Aloy talks you through every step of the game leaving nothing to the imagination. The characters have little to no emotion and drone on with ramblings of tribal conflicts and issues that are difficult to care about. The game is extremely dialogue heavy and much of it is painfully mundane which caused me to skip whole sections of it despite never feeling the need to do so in any other game. Exploration is borderline pointless due to the aforementioned icon mess telling you where everything is. This is a Ubisoft "Map Game" in that regard, make no mistake.

    Forbidden West pretty but it isn't the generational leap in visuals that the original reveal trailers suggested. In fact the game has a grainy, noisy look which detracts from the visuals and is quite distracting after the clean image of Zero Dawn. The underwater sections were heavily advertised adoring the marketing by are simply poor. Not only are they visually underwhelming compared to the trailers but the movement is clunky and there's no way to attack underwater. I avoided swimming sections where possible.

    Glitches and bugs abound here which is disappointing after the quality experience of Zero Dawn. Aloy is routinely stuck between rocks, melee execution animations don't even connect with enemies half the time, Aloy fell through the map a number of times, enemies die in mid-air, NPC glitches prevent being able to finish certain quests, aome icons don't clear from the map after completion etc etc...

    The newly introduced grapple hook is half-baked and can only be used in pre-determined locations. The same can be said for climbing. Why can Aloy climb one wall but not this identical wall a few meters beside it? The glider isn't fun. It loses elevation too quickly and seems as though it has been deliberately nerfed to prevent freely exploring areas Guerilla doesn't want you to be. The list goes on. Many of the problems Forbidden West has are poor design choices but some are clearly as a result of hardware limitations. The game is indeed a technical achievement on last-gen PS4 hardware but no doubt the game was compromised as a result of being bound to said ancient tech as a baseline. Sadly, God of War: Ragnarok may suffer the same fate. Let's hope not. If you got this far, thank you. Just one more thing. I'm not at all a fan of From Softwares games but Elden Ring is the total opposite of Forbidden West and being so, avoids all of Guerillas mistakes. The "Ubisoft Map Game" style is dated and stale whilst Elden Ring was fresh. That's Elden Ring completely buried Horizon II: Forbidden West.    … Expand
  79. Jaffamental
    Apr 20, 2022
    7
    I played the game for almost 200hrs completing everything and found the baby sitting to be the most infuriating mechanic of the entire game. I even had everything turned off and was almost at the end of the game and it was still telling me where to go, where to look, how to press buttons etc. I found the game way too easy even on the hardest difficulty. I found the abundance of crates toI played the game for almost 200hrs completing everything and found the baby sitting to be the most infuriating mechanic of the entire game. I even had everything turned off and was almost at the end of the game and it was still telling me where to go, where to look, how to press buttons etc. I found the game way too easy even on the hardest difficulty. I found the abundance of crates to loot ridiculous, why make resources rare only to hand them to the player on a silver platter? The story was it’s saving grace. The game mechanics were a little busted, like I’d press a button for an action and it just wouldn’t do it. Even mashing the same button sometimes did nothing. I encounter a few minor glitches and graphics issues but it wasn’t as bad as some other recent games (I’m looking at you dying light 2) It was an okay game but nothing I’d rave about. First game was definitely better.… Expand
  80. jhanson999
    Apr 22, 2022
    6
    I made the mistake of playing Elden Ring first, and I probably would have enjoyed this more if I played it first. It's kinda fun, kinda looks good, but it just isn't near the fun of Elden imo. All the hand holding is quite annoying. So heed my warning, play this before Elden ring.
  81. Cater30
    Apr 16, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is really beautiful, one of the best games of my life after Last FS2, great sound, unique graphics, great gameplay, good story, when I get tired from work at home, I just play this game and enjoy it ... thank you Remember this beautiful game… Expand
  82. MoGee
    Apr 23, 2022
    7
    玩到中后期看着满地图的图标有点想吐，开了简单模式一路莽过主线了。 感觉剧情没有一代那么有意思，揭开一层一层面纱的感觉。
  83. losveratos
    Apr 27, 2022
    7
    Forbidden West is a step up in a lot of regards to Zero Dawn. Graphically, it's much more beautiful, the animations are often smoother, the enemy variety is better, and the story itself is much more interesting for side content and character development.

    Where Forbidden West lets me down is with how absolutely mouth droolingly stupid the game thinks I am. It has ZERO respect for my    Forbidden West is a step up in a lot of regards to Zero Dawn. Graphically, it's much more beautiful, the animations are often smoother, the enemy variety is better, and the story itself is much more interesting for side content and character development.

    Where Forbidden West lets me down is with how absolutely mouth droolingly stupid the game thinks I am. It has ZERO respect for my intelligence. There are no settings to turn it off. It just is what it is.

    Oh... I wonder how I do this puzzle I begin to say in my head as Aloy spells it out for my in crystal clarity before the thought even finishes. Oh, I wonder if this is the correct room to be in... immediately cut off by Aloy telling me I'm in the wrong room and need to turn around. Oh let's quickly scan this enemy and see his weakne.... nope, Aloy blurts out mid thought I SHOULD USE ACID! Apparently I'm a baby that needs my hand held. I'm 60 hours into the game and Aloy STILL tells me... oh, I wonder if I use my glider to get down there. No duh... wow. The baby needed help again.

    This is the single biggest mess up they made. It plays like the marketing team found a bunch of 60 year olds at a local mall to play the game as their first ever video game and took their feedback as gospel. It's infuriating.

    The next biggest problem, I've never grinded. Not once. Never. I avoid all enemies I don't need to kill. I've only killed enemies I'm forced to due to circumstance or quest lines. I'm not halfway through the map and my character is already max level. Quests give skill points... great idea. Quests giving massive experience... not so much. The entire EXP system needed a massive overhaul before shipping. Very poorly made. Or they want you to be max level before you're halfway done the game?

    Another issue I've experienced is the games punishing you for exploring. The nearest ? mark to the starting location pretty much requires an item to attain. Said item is 30ish hours into the game. The first quest you do? A side path that requires an item that's like 40 hours into the game. And that side path is off the main map. I'm just supposed to remember that a random quest cave I visited 40 hours ago had a side path that required an item to open... constant dead ends like this.

    This isn't a metroidvania. It's easy to run back to a random location in 2d games. Climbing up a massive mountain for 5-10 minutes with enemies along the way and no campfire there to fast travel back to AND THEN finding out I'm missing said item to open said path is a middle finger to the player. Game traversal isn't remotely easy enough for this type of implementation. VERY VERY VERY poorly thought out and implemented. Gating areas and progression through item checks, good... doing that constantly from the starting moments of the game and putting all said item checks 30-50 hours of traversal later? Not good. This system required better or more experienced people implementing it.

    My final main issue with the game is just TOO MANY WEAPONS. Oh... should I use my warrior bow with ice or the one with fire or the one with electricity or or or and that's just one weapon type. You often need more than 1. And so many different bows... It's frustrating to need to open the menu to unequip weapons or even armor because they're just so incredibly situational. Like... why would you ever... EVER main armor that boosts heavy weapons? Ever? Why would you? But oh.... I picked one up and this is a pretty hard fight so I guess I need to pause the game and take myself out of the battle and change my entire outfit mid fight now.... Who thought that was cool? It's like the weapon system from the old game and then someone tried to shoehorn in Borderlands absurd item system on top of it. It's such a terrible juxtaposition of anything the game should have been attempting to do.

    Oh... and fire the person or people that made and implemented the potion "system" (if you can even call it a system). That person or people have zero reason to have punished us like this. Just rip the entirety of it out of the game and their end credit lines with it. Terrible in every facet and every meaning of the word. Nonsensical and unnecessary.

    Finally I suppose I should mention the combat. Other than my above complaints about the garbage item system, it's mostly better than Zero Dawn. The rock paper scissors aspect of it gets a little old but it's still better.

    Overall... it's such a highly polished and clearly passion driven game. You feel the love. Really. But so many design failures and feature implementations gone horridly wrong that it's difficulty to give it better than a 7. Sorry guys. It hurts me. It does. But this is the score the game deserves.    … Expand
  84. CoconutGameEU
    Apr 26, 2022
    7
    The race system is the buggiest thing I ever seen in a PlayStation exclusive.
  85. 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
  86. SON_OF_GODS_
    May 5, 2022
    6
    Visually very impressive. They also really improved dialoges but to be honest i lost interest in the story after a while. Something that could have been better is the combat. Everytime I begin fighting robots the distance between them and me is to short because they keep attacking (in groups). Therefore the game becomes more of a silly hack and slash game (where you cant block attacks)Visually very impressive. They also really improved dialoges but to be honest i lost interest in the story after a while. Something that could have been better is the combat. Everytime I begin fighting robots the distance between them and me is to short because they keep attacking (in groups). Therefore the game becomes more of a silly hack and slash game (where you cant block attacks) than a tactical assault game (which obviouspy shouod be the case with poasibility to dettach parts). This reduces the satisfaction i get out of the game. Another thing i dont like is the lack of originality. Its obvious they copied a lot from assassins creed for example.… Expand
  87. vickykoi
    Aug 8, 2022
    6
    I loved zero dawn’s characters more. While they do join us in forbidden west again, they are mostly on the sidelines. The entire mid game story became a slog to restore all the functions to Gaia. I didn’t enjoy all the corridors and puzzles and climbing, but maybe others might. The story does get good at the end, but it is absolutely not worth it if you did pay 70$.

    Combat was made more    I loved zero dawn’s characters more. While they do join us in forbidden west again, they are mostly on the sidelines. The entire mid game story became a slog to restore all the functions to Gaia. I didn’t enjoy all the corridors and puzzles and climbing, but maybe others might. The story does get good at the end, but it is absolutely not worth it if you did pay 70$.

    Combat was made more annoying. Enemies have more health for no reason. You can’t headshot enemies with the bow anymore. Now it takes 5-6 hits to kill them with the bow. Aloy gets knocked down a lot and takes a long time to get up. Upgrading skills/traits was also made more tedious.
    It’s like they copied the giant spiderweb trait trees from FF15. I’ll be honest, I did not want to grind gear, weapons and coils so I played most of the game on easy and story mode.

    Environment- it’s beautiful, but the color palette was all the same as Zero Dawn. You don’t feel like the world is anything new. (except for the beaches). When I finished the story, I had no desire to go back into the world and finish 6000 more side quests.

    In summary I think Guerrilla games tried to do too much with Forbidden West's gear and upgrading systems. It was already at a fine point in the original game. I would have MUCH rather seen Guerrilla put more effort into the middle game story and fleshing out the Tenakh characters to be more likeable.    … Expand
  88. Stormik
    Jul 30, 2022
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horizon: Alloy's quest to get more titles than Daenerys

    I don't think I have ever both loved and hated a game like I did Forbidden West. At some points, it can be stunning and entertaining while sometimes so dull, boring and uninspired.

    Technically, there weren't many issues. Occasional bugged quest here, clipping there. Especially Alloy's braids. I swear those things are alive! Dialogues could use a bit of polish.

    Gameplay is pretty much the same as in HZD with few very nice QoL features like glider, stash and finally a frelling FLYING MOUNT. Melee combat got a bit of love with some eye candy combos but is still far inferior to ranged combat. Still no block. Why? New weapon types - some great, some not so great. Prompts (critical/silent strike...) were very inconsistent. New machine types were awesome.
    The world is beautiful with plenty of extra stuff to do/explore but the resource farming was a bit too much and the climbing is the ABSOLUTE WORST.

    Story is... meh. Too many plot holes, predictable. HZD made my eyes water (in a good way). HFW made my eyes roll. The last mission was very disappointing. It was basically just few Spectres, climbing, one fight against a single Zenith, climbing and then a fight against another Zenith in a Power Ranger morph of a machine very easy to beat (had more trouble fighting enemies like apex Thunderjaw/Stormbird). The majority of the final battle happened in the background.

    Characters? That's a big WTF from me. Characters is where "the message" comes in. BIG TIME. Cranked up to the 11^2. There's plethora of new characters and, without any exaggeration, 98% of them are either black or female (mostly both though). If I don't count badguys, a-holes or straight up morons there are only FOUR! white man characters with more than 2 lines of dialogue. One is Erend who was shamelessly reduced to a comic relief and mule who gets smacked around by a (female of course) vegan hippie. The other three are literal clowns... oh sorry... performers.
    Everywhere you go, every time you meet a new group or find a new settlement, a woman is the leader. Most of the quest givers are women and men are just the weaklings you need to go save in that quest. There are two enemy human factions. Guess who is leading both of them? A black women. During one of the ingame activities you start hearing about this tenakth called The Enduring. A legendary warrior who was never beaten and very few people earned the right to even challenge The Enduring. You obviously earn that right, you go to the challenge site and who is waiting for you there? A little scrawny old (no joke she's at least 60) woman who happens to be the toughest human enemy in the game (including Eric, the only Zenith you actually fight directly).
    I like Tomb Raid series. I consider HZD to be one of the best games. I always play a female character if the game allows me so no, I am not just another guy who hates powerful women. Forbidden West just took it way, WAY too far and for all the wrong reasons.
    The whole Utaru tribe also feels so out of place. I mean a vegan tribe? Come on...
    There is only one new character I liked - Kotallo.

    Still, HFW provides an enjoyable experience. I've finished it at 85% completion in 77 hours. It was a bit disappointing how easy getting platinum is though. Worth a playthrough? I'd say yes. Definitely yes if you can borrow it from a friend or get it at a discount.    … Expand
  89. San_Tehnik
    Apr 19, 2023
    7
    Это скорее выглядит и играется как очень крутое дополнение к первой части, а не гексоген игра.
  90. 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
  91. 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.
  92. 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
  93. 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
  94. 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
  95. Maz_BZH
    Apr 25, 2023
    6
    Bof, c’est plus un clip de propagande qu'un jeu... déçu de guerilla games
  96. 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
  97. pslovehate
    Jun 2, 2023
    7
    They did many things right but the new side games added to Zero Dawn are just annoying and frustrating.
  98. 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.
  99. 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
  100. 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
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#7 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2022
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#2 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2022

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88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 127 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 119 out of 127
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 127
  3. Negative: 0 out of 127
  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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