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  1. Feb 22, 2022
    10
    Awesome game, the best so far this year and a strong candidate for GOTY. Super recommended if you have a Playstation.
  2. Feb 22, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horizon Forbidden West is the perfect sequel. Improved everything from the last game, the graphics, the cinematics, the face models, the combat, all. The story is very fascinating and very attractive, the map is slightly bigger than the last one and much fun to explore. The activities are very fun , the machine strike is a board game which is very fun to play with the NPC’s in different locations, the Arena is very fun as well, flying mounts are just amazing, you can see the hole map from above and it’s a fast way to get from a location to other. The story is much better than the last game’s, I finished the game in less than 15 hours and I absolutely loved to play this game. The endinng is also better than the last one . You meet more interesting characters with their own story. I recommend this game , 10/10 Expand
  3. Feb 22, 2022
    10
    Tiene la escencia del primer juego pero logra ser mejor en cada aspecto del mismo, me parece sin duda una joya por parte del gerrilla y sin duda, la segunda parte que se merecía está IP. De mis juegos favoritos que han salido en lo últimos años Espero tenga la oportunidad de ser el juego del año
  4. Feb 22, 2022
    8
    The game is definitely better then the first one. Awesome graphics. The story is nice and the graphics are beautyful. Maybe a few updates here and there. But hey, every game needs that at the beginning...
  5. Feb 22, 2022
    10
    This game is BREATHTAKING! It's better than HZD. The graphical visuals are top tier, second to none. The gameplay is so fluid and smooth, combat against the AI is much fun, AI is much smarter than in HZD. The story is exciting and amazing. I can't get enough of this game. It's a masterpiece and a must play!
  6. Feb 22, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es malísimo Expand
  7. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Jogo muito bom e incrível... Uns dos melhores jogos que já joguei em toda minha vida Expand
  8. Feb 22, 2022
    10
    Very cool game! Sometimes there is a moment when Alloy gets stuck in textures when parkour, but this is minor. Played 20 hours and completed 19% of the game. Combat has become much more interesting, especially with people. Top graphics. 10/10 game
  9. Feb 22, 2022
    9
    Graet part of great game. Small technical bugs.Missing 60 fps in 4K resolution. But I like the setting and gameplay.For me, interesting story, nice world, great protagonist!
  10. Feb 22, 2022
    10
    Game feito para todos os fãs com excelência e qualidade! Grande candidato para o Goty 2022
  11. Feb 22, 2022
    9
    Even though the story could have had a few minor tweaks to truly make it perfect, I objectively believe that Horizon Forbidden West is better than Zero Dawn in every way imaginable, and the price tag is absolutely worth it, especially considering what other garbage gets dished out nowadays with that same price
  12. Feb 22, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's great, everything from the first game plus more. I love robot dinosaurs/animals. Expand
  13. Feb 22, 2022
    10
    If you like the original this is a must have, great story, great graphics and the downsides of the first one are now corrected
  14. Feb 22, 2022
    10
    Onecof the best sequels I have ever played! Thank you Guerilla Games. And disregard all sexistic reviews, Aloy is wonderful!
  15. Feb 20, 2022
    10
    A great audiovisual and playable experience! Superior to Zero Dawn in all sections. Guerrilla has shown that it is in the first level along with Naughty Dog and Santa Monica.
  16. Feb 22, 2022
    10
    An amazing sequel taking Aloy on a new adventure with new and improved mechanics and incredible graphics
  17. Feb 22, 2022
    9
    I do not understand people who give negative comments and I even doubt that these people can read the name of this game correctly.

    What is all this hatred for?
  18. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Imagine finishing a 30 hour game in 3 days and having the balls the call it the worst game ever. Sweaty video game culture is a 0 out if 10, not this game. Get a life, losers.
  19. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    This is a gamedesign masterpiece. I never played souch a well thought, perfectly balanced game. Also the open world has content: the map is literally full with quests, ruins to explore, bandit camps to clear, or other things to do.
  20. Feb 21, 2022
    7
    Horizon is a technical marvel (for the most part) with one of the most boring narratives since, well, the first game. It's like getting a really attractive partner whose good in bed, but has no personality. I wanted to love this game but I can't with how dull all the characters are, especially Aloy whose constantly rolling her eyes at everyone like she just wants the conversation to end.Horizon is a technical marvel (for the most part) with one of the most boring narratives since, well, the first game. It's like getting a really attractive partner whose good in bed, but has no personality. I wanted to love this game but I can't with how dull all the characters are, especially Aloy whose constantly rolling her eyes at everyone like she just wants the conversation to end. The game COULD have made me go "Yeah that is worth 70 bucks" if it wasn't so goddamn boring. Expand
  21. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Better than the first in every aspect. It doesn't even make sense to list. Level evolution of all successful sequels. And if the first part for me was 9 points, this one is 10.
  22. Feb 21, 2022
    3
    Боже, как люди это жрут... Кроме потрясающей графики и саунддизайна, все осталось так же плохо как и в первой части.. Кошмарный гемплей, ужасные сюжет и сайды квесты, куча багов, которые просто недопустимы!!! Просто тошнотная игра, крайне не рекомендую, если только вы не любитель серии асасинскридаБоже, как люди это жрут... Кроме потрясающей графики и саунддизайна, все осталось так же плохо как и в первой части.. Кошмарный гемплей, ужасные сюжет и сайды квесты, куча багов, которые просто недопустимы!!! Просто тошнотная игра, крайне не рекомендую, если только вы не любитель серии асасинскрида
  23. Feb 21, 2022
    0
    Cheio de bug, nem sempre carrega as texturas no PS4, está longe de ser sequer indicado ao GOTY 2022
  24. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Really amazing game. Not sure what to add to justify what has already been said really.
  25. Feb 21, 2022
    0
    pure and utter trash. the writing is so cringey, the characters are laughable. yeah the visuals are nice but that's not enough to earn my 60 bucks. also, aloy is annoying and ugly, why didn't they bother to make her more beautfiul and attractive, not some karen soccer mom
  26. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    What an entertaining, well-polished experience. One for the history books, truly.
  27. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Looks great, plays great, good cast and a witty, engaging script with lots of subtle narrative. The adaptive dialogue continues to be a highlight; few titles even bother, or do so in the most perfunctory fashion, but HFW hits this out of the park and it really helps deliver the storyline and build player immersion. Combat is fast and flowing action, as before, with some new moves andLooks great, plays great, good cast and a witty, engaging script with lots of subtle narrative. The adaptive dialogue continues to be a highlight; few titles even bother, or do so in the most perfunctory fashion, but HFW hits this out of the park and it really helps deliver the storyline and build player immersion. Combat is fast and flowing action, as before, with some new moves and weapons. One or two glitches on release but nothing game-breaking, and fewer than most big titles. This is very much a sequel, the storyline carries straight on, many familiar characters make a reappearance, and expect many game systems and mechanics to be familiar from the first game.

    Ignore the review bombing bigots, they just hate that the major characters aren’t white men.
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  28. Feb 21, 2022
    9
    The games graphics and immersion alone are enough to make this game a great experience but it doesn’t stop there! the game offers great combat and upgrade systems to get you coming back for more and to top it all of the story has great cinematic sets that make you forget your playing a game. The main characters face and expression in the cutscenes are always a joy to watch as she’s quiteThe games graphics and immersion alone are enough to make this game a great experience but it doesn’t stop there! the game offers great combat and upgrade systems to get you coming back for more and to top it all of the story has great cinematic sets that make you forget your playing a game. The main characters face and expression in the cutscenes are always a joy to watch as she’s quite the character. The only downside to this game is that there are some parts in the game that can get confusing and you might find yourself stuck for a bit but if you like a game that takes time and enjoy getting lost into a world you’d probably love it as it’s not so bad considering the beautiful graphics and interesting locations. Expand
  29. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    The game looks nice but it does not really feel new. Its also VERY shallow, no depth at all. For a 2022 game, that is kinda not okay. Unless being a total fanboy, i would only get this when on sale.
  30. Feb 21, 2022
    0
    Esta sin terminar, bugs por todas partes. La animación es son copia y pega de la primera parte. Y no hablemos de la niebla, que estropea la experiencia de juego.
  31. Feb 21, 2022
    9
    Horizon forbidden west is a really successful game with its story that keeps you guessing until the end.
    But there are nevertheless some bugs like the tenaks on the elephant which I hope will be fixed with a patch.
  32. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Amazing. Loved the first game, love the sequel! Still feels like Horizon but brings enough new elements to keep it interesting. Great game.
  33. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Gran aventura, muy divertido, misiones secundarias muy bien logradas y los gráficos de lo mejor q he visto.
  34. Feb 21, 2022
    4
    Juego espectacular con brillantes gráficos y cinemáticas. Mejora mucho con creces los defectos que pudiera tener el primer juego.
    No le doy un 5 porque me queda mucho por ver aún y por la estafa de Sony con el precio (aunque Guerrilla no tenga nada que ver con eso)
  35. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Un juego de 10 una historia magnifica,unos graficos impresionante en la version de ps5 modo resolucion y un mundo inmenso lleno de detalles.Es sin duda el juego del año.
  36. Feb 20, 2022
    10
    Отличная игра! Графика, сюжет - все на высоте. По сравнению с первой частью - огромный шаг вперёд!
    Убисофт нервно плачет в углу и вопрошает - а, что так разве можно было?
  37. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Это шедевр. Достойный наивысший оценки. Долгожданный и виликолепный. Такой детализации текстур я давно не видел. По началу даже дышить трудно в утопающем обилии цветов и красок. Всем поклонникам первой части желаю скорейшего гейминга .Это шедевр. Достойный наивысший оценки. Долгожданный и виликолепный. Такой детализации текстур я давно не видел. По началу даже дышить трудно в утопающем обилии цветов и красок. Всем поклонникам первой части желаю скорейшего гейминга .
  38. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Incredible storyline! impossible to stop. more games like this. it's just incredible.
  39. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Realy a masterpiece. Better and nicer than a Zero dawn which was one of the best PS4 games.
  40. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Absolutely breathtaking game! A game finally showcasing what the Ps5 can do! The game is perfectly woven together with unique characters, great storyline and a amazing open world!!!
  41. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Love the game the level of detail is great and graphics are prefect. There are some old characters that get back and some new one who take me deeper in the storyline. Love it!
  42. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Perfect simply perfect, and polished to an insane level of details only fools would fail to acknowledge.
  43. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Great game, great in every aspect , Zelda vibes, thanks Guerilla games for such a jewel, graphics are awesome .
  44. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    With 40-ish hours into the game I cannot say more great things about it. This is everything I wanted from the sequel. You will find better quests, a more dynamic weather and combat system and everything else from Zero Dawn has been improved upon. I have to give special props to the motion capture tech, actors and the facial animators; the animations and facial features all are top notch. IWith 40-ish hours into the game I cannot say more great things about it. This is everything I wanted from the sequel. You will find better quests, a more dynamic weather and combat system and everything else from Zero Dawn has been improved upon. I have to give special props to the motion capture tech, actors and the facial animators; the animations and facial features all are top notch. I also love how they gave so many different memorable characters their own attitude. Some characters will be snarky, some will be lovable from the start while others will be funny as hell. This is a 10/10 for me. I love this game, I do wish that soon I will be able to play it on my PC. The 4k 60/120 fps with DLSS needs to happen! Expand
  45. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Possibly the best game I've ever played! Guerilla games really hit the nail on the head with this sequel!
  46. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    The best looking game I've ever played! Have not experienced a single bug. I've been having difficulty being able to put the controller down - this is how you make a sequel!
  47. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    O jogo a ser superado. Simples assim. Nada igual em outro lugar. Versão especial linda demais.
  48. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Fantastic game, I have played both zero dawn and frozen wilds and now forbidden West. Can absolutley recomend it to anyone
  49. Feb 21, 2022
    3
    This game is overrated and just a copy and paste dlc. I gave it a 3 bc of underwater swimming. Stop erasing our reviews also. Its a 3 for me. Just my opinion
  50. Feb 21, 2022
    1
    The woke culture has corrupted this game. The devs are sell outs and this game is embarrassing to play. Don't buy this just because the graphics are decent.
  51. Feb 21, 2022
    9
    The story continues the Aloy saga. What I loved avout Horizon Zero dawn, they made better in fForbidden West! Graphically and storywise it is a great game and they gave Aloy more character!
  52. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    One of the best games! Story, graphics, gameplay it has it all. Thank you Guerrilla Games
  53. Feb 21, 2022
    0
    Horrible experience! If you forced yourself to enjoy or even finish the first game on the easiest difficulty just to see the end of the story, do not bother with this one. Gaming nowadays takes up a lot of time for people, time which you cannot take back. Forbidden West uses most of the same animations from the first game, Aloy's face and expressios are horrible and completely defeminized.Horrible experience! If you forced yourself to enjoy or even finish the first game on the easiest difficulty just to see the end of the story, do not bother with this one. Gaming nowadays takes up a lot of time for people, time which you cannot take back. Forbidden West uses most of the same animations from the first game, Aloy's face and expressios are horrible and completely defeminized. The whole game is buggy and the big surprise is that the graphics are generally bad, especially in performance mode, which is the only playable mode in 2022. Who still plays action adventure games with loads of movement in 30 fps? But hold on. There's more. The whole game is in your face from start to finish with political corectness, the woke movement, basically everything that you would want to escape from in real life is thrown right back at you in this game. I don't blame all the employees who actually worked hard at this game but the executives, managers or directors or writers who green lit such a horrible story full of woke and PC garbage and many graphical glitches and reused animations and weird facial expressions. Avoid and save your money and especially save your time! Expand
  54. Feb 21, 2022
    9
    este juego es una maravilla tecnica . las animaciones mejoraron muchisimo. las misiones son muy interesantes . el juego es una joya. quizas mi unica queja es la neblina que quizas la usaron para tapar limitaciones tecnicas
  55. Feb 21, 2022
    9
    Het is echt een prachtige game, een echte showcase voor je ps5! De game speelt lekker weg en de gameplay is super vloeiend en lekker diverse. Ik ben nu halverwege het verhaal maar het verhaal is leuk geschreven, wordt er helemaal in gezogen. Keep up the good work!!!
  56. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Forbidden West improves on the original in almost every conceivable way. With twists and turns that keep be players invested in the sci-fi plot while being free to roam a world full of side quests and secrets. The combat and mechanics are solid yet fluid and the visuals are to die for. An amazing feat!
  57. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Honestly loved this game. On PS5 experience very few glitches. The attention to detail, graphics, voice work, world design, all amazing. This game is well over 100 hours of fun, can't wait to now complete every side mission. For PS5, it's up there with Ratchet and Clank, as one of best games for the new generation systems.
  58. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    I don’t normally write review but I just now signed up to write this review. The game is great improvement compared to it predecessors. It has few bugs and issues in performance mode I agree . I played for 25 hours but till I never encountered single bug. I have lG OLED so shimmering issue due to checkerboard is quite visible but not too distracting atleast for me . Till now I am not boredI don’t normally write review but I just now signed up to write this review. The game is great improvement compared to it predecessors. It has few bugs and issues in performance mode I agree . I played for 25 hours but till I never encountered single bug. I have lG OLED so shimmering issue due to checkerboard is quite visible but not too distracting atleast for me . Till now I am not bored and playing continuously. I usually play only main mission for open world games but only a few I played side missions like Witcher 3 , Skyrim etc and this one among them .this game does actually deserve any score below 7 but seeing all negative reviews make me sad and so I posted this Travis . My actual review score is 9 but going to rate it 10 because it has many 0 rating which it actually didn’t deserve . Expand
  59. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    What an amazing game. Varied gameplay, a great story, beautiful graphics. Too bad there’s nothing like Sony first party games on xbox.
  60. Feb 21, 2022
    0
    All this hype about graphics, what is the gaming community on to? Such a boring game!
  61. Feb 21, 2022
    5
    Although I like this game a lot. But there are few frustration moment that I really can’t take. One is the glide landing position. When you cancel the glide and land on surface, Aloy lean forward and step a few step. I get it, it’s physics, but there are many occasion you need to land on small platform and you glide and it just doesn’t stop on the platform. I ends up falling many times andAlthough I like this game a lot. But there are few frustration moment that I really can’t take. One is the glide landing position. When you cancel the glide and land on surface, Aloy lean forward and step a few step. I get it, it’s physics, but there are many occasion you need to land on small platform and you glide and it just doesn’t stop on the platform. I ends up falling many times and redo the job. It’s hard to control the stopping point because it’s 3D game, you can’t see your foot properly. Please improve the glide landing mechanism.

    Next is jump grab. Many times Aloy have to move a crate and jump gram a nearby ladder. But when the crate is just nearby, Aloy cannot recognise the object so a straight jump won’t grab. A forward jump overshoot. If this grab is from high floor, I felt and redo. Please make sure Aloy can grab properly.
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  62. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    The best grafics and art design ever! Great Story, a marvelous gameplay and combats, a stunning open world... it's one of the masterpieces and the showcase for the new generation!
  63. Feb 21, 2022
    0
    Spodziewałem się lepszej grafiki . Co to ma być za gówno. Wygląda jak pierwsza część albo nawet jeszcze gorzej
  64. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Continuação aprimorou a parte da mecânica e controle das maquinas a história prende do começo ao fim, pena pelos mongoloides donos de Xbox que deram notas baixas, esses retardados na maioria nem jogaram o game, e a galera do PC pode esperar baita jogão, recomendo.
  65. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Truly a worthy sequel to Horizon: Zero Dawn, that builds on the already intricately designed world and characters with an even more “out there” narrative makes for the most delightful experience I’ve had on the PS5 thus far. Everything from the sandy beaches of the West to the deserts of LV. This game had my jaw dropping the entire time I played it. Astounding craftsmanship and bravo toTruly a worthy sequel to Horizon: Zero Dawn, that builds on the already intricately designed world and characters with an even more “out there” narrative makes for the most delightful experience I’ve had on the PS5 thus far. Everything from the sandy beaches of the West to the deserts of LV. This game had my jaw dropping the entire time I played it. Astounding craftsmanship and bravo to everyone involved in making such a cohesive, generation defining masterpiece. Expand
  66. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Phenomenal graphics and story, improved gameplay mechanics and stunning environment. GOTY contender for sure.
  67. Feb 19, 2022
    10
    Undoubtedly the best game that I've ever played. The level of detail and design makes it a perfect game for me. Everything screams quality. Grapichs, music, design, combat, gameplay, story, and a lot more. This is truly a masterpiece.
  68. Feb 21, 2022
    9
    Improves on the original in every way, if you own a PS5 and don't own this game you're missing out.
  69. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Jogabilidade e gráficos maravilhosos, quem está vindo aqui dar bate num jogo desse tem problemas, são os Caixinhas mimimi chorões pq a plataforma deles não tem um jogo decente.
    Já passou da hora do Metacritic exigir que vinculem contas da plataforma que vc usa, pra vir avaliar quem realmente JOGOU o game, pq criar conta pra dar hate num jogo é coisa de gente que claramente não tem o que
    Jogabilidade e gráficos maravilhosos, quem está vindo aqui dar bate num jogo desse tem problemas, são os Caixinhas mimimi chorões pq a plataforma deles não tem um jogo decente.
    Já passou da hora do Metacritic exigir que vinculem contas da plataforma que vc usa, pra vir avaliar quem realmente JOGOU o game, pq criar conta pra dar hate num jogo é coisa de gente que claramente não tem o que fazer ou não tem jogo que preste pra jogar, claramente esse é o jogo do ano, então chorem menos, vão exigir que a empresa de quem vcs são fanboys parem de fazer jogo merda.
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  70. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    The best ps5 game out right now. Graphics look amazing and the gameplay has improved from the first one. Definitely a game of the year contender.
  71. Feb 21, 2022
    9
    A sequel that improves in every way possible. Facial animations look incredible.
  72. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Mais uma vez a Guerrila Games mostrando seu potencial, um jogo extremamente detalhado, os gráficos no PS5 estão surreais, mesmo o jogo sendo cross-gen. A jogabilidade que já era excelente no primeiro jogo, está muito mais elaborada, enredo muito envolvente, novas mecânicas implementadas.
    Quando a gente acha que os jogos atingiram o seu limite no realismo, a Sony vem e lança outro jogo pra
    Mais uma vez a Guerrila Games mostrando seu potencial, um jogo extremamente detalhado, os gráficos no PS5 estão surreais, mesmo o jogo sendo cross-gen. A jogabilidade que já era excelente no primeiro jogo, está muito mais elaborada, enredo muito envolvente, novas mecânicas implementadas.
    Quando a gente acha que os jogos atingiram o seu limite no realismo, a Sony vem e lança outro jogo pra nos mostrar que jogar não há limites.
    Parabéns à Sony.
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  73. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    I don’t get what everyone is saying but 5 hours in and it’s such an amazing game, no bugs or anything of the kind, tons of robots, big open world map, lots of side quest, the game offers so much

    Graphics are amazing even on performance mode it’s amazing
  74. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Amazing game!! Characters look stunning!! The story is fun and engaging! All the people review bombing are probably xbox owners
  75. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Imagine rating this game a 0 cause you weren't PHYSICALLY attracted to a computerized drawing... Yikes... Honestly good, stop playing and getting your jollies off to material rated for younger audiences.. Gross
  76. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    amazing sekuel so much improvement,the graphics so eye candy,the side quest very good new weapon type also very fun,good job.
  77. Feb 21, 2022
    9
    Ótimo jogo,missões secundárias muito boas,ótima história e combate contra máquinas ótimas
  78. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Horizon forbidden west is a great sequel to the original. I took my entire weekend just to play it. I had a great time.
  79. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Потрясающая игра с красивой графикой. Достойное продолжение! Вот теперь чувствуется некстген! В отличии от других платформ, Сони делает экзы, а не обещает по 10 лет одну игру и в итоге ничего.
  80. Feb 21, 2022
    9
    For those who enjoyed the first game or open world games generally, this one is highly recommended. The story is fun and the side missions have stories in them so they’re not just repetitive. The game mechanics are different enough from the first game to make it interesting but also familiar. I also appreciate the character development and Aloy’s world weariness. Lots of fun.
  81. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Absolutely outstanding game with the most realistic graphics seen yet! Can’t recommend enough!
  82. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Definitely a worth it game. You won't regret buying. I'm playing this because of how deep the story goes and got me hooked
  83. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Really fun game enjoying as much as the first. Also to combat review bombing
  84. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Agarraron todos los consejos de la gente y lo implementaron de manera espectacular. Mejoras en el combate, el mundo abierto, las misiones secundarias y sobre todo que se ve visualmente asombroso. El único detalle que le pongo es la escalada en las estructuras que ojalá hubiera un poco más de libertad, pero de ahí en fuera muy bien.
  85. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Horizon Forbidden West is an open world stellar, with beautiful detailed environments, characters, unique sci-fi story, heart, and loaded with plenty of fun and intriguing activities, and sight seeings that will always keep you entertained. If I can accurately score this game, it'll be a 9.5 out of 10. Superb!
  86. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Killer game! So much to do! I noted the first one but I think I might spend more time on this one. I'm only 10 hours on and I'm loving it.
  87. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Mejor que el primero. 10/10
    Exelentes gráficos, música, jugabilidad, historia. Uno de los mejores juegos que hay.
  88. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    An absolute masterpiece of a game. As a fan of Zero Dawn, this games improves on everything and then some. The world is gorgeous and the details are mind blowing. 10/10. This is easily the game of the year and deserves GOTY.
  89. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    This game is awesome and gorgeous. So much improvement from the first game even though zero dawn was awesome to. Forbidden west is one of the best open world games ever.
  90. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    I have game on ps5 its absolutely amazing plus NO BUGS IN SIGHT 11 hours in faultless performance. Just awesome
  91. Feb 21, 2022
    9
    To the people saying the visuals are not nice, play it on ps5 with a flagship OLED or qled. Your jaw will drop. I'm really enjoying the game. About 20 hours in, taking my time savouring every part of it!
  92. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Um game maravilhoso, pegou TD q tinha no primeiro e melhorou, mundo aberto e gráficos maravilhosos, gameplay refinada, cenários estonteantes, novas máquinas estão insanas d+, vale a pena cada minuto.
  93. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Love how all the **** are review bombing the game like get a **** life you loser ****
  94. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    fascinating.
    beautiful graphics, great story and good gameplay some very small bugs but nothing that ruins the experience of this great game. In conclusion, you must play it.
  95. Feb 21, 2022
    9
    Been playing the game for 30 hours & loving it. Aloy is incredible & I just admire her, Guerrilla games has done it again
  96. Feb 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In terms of graphics, the game was beautiful, but it lacked performance. during my gameplay the game crashed twice, the second time It was during the second Quest of the game. I also noticed some NPCs missing and appearing at the same time, but you can ignore them. Expand
  97. Feb 21, 2022
    10
    I don´t do review much, but here I just have to. This game is absolute masterpiece and huge step up since the first one. The graphical fidelity is just insane, the acting, storytelling, amazing side quests comparable to those in Witcher 3. Much deeper combat with many ways to approach every battle. The music. You can see the incredible amount of love and dedication in every single locationI don´t do review much, but here I just have to. This game is absolute masterpiece and huge step up since the first one. The graphical fidelity is just insane, the acting, storytelling, amazing side quests comparable to those in Witcher 3. Much deeper combat with many ways to approach every battle. The music. You can see the incredible amount of love and dedication in every single location and with every character you meet. Robosaur models and their animation are.. I don´t even know which superlative fits the most. Wow, Guerilla games, I am in awe.
    Which leads me to why I decided to leave the review here in a first place. We live a sad times and stupid console wars caused that this masteclass of game is being review bombed be people who never played the game. Just because it is on Sony console. I feel so f´in bad for amazing, talented devs who brought us this game to see dumb internet warriors doing this. So, here is my take. Please play this game if you can. It is absolutely worth it.
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  98. Feb 21, 2022
    8
    Horizon Forbidden West is a stunningly beautiful game. It's visual aesthetic is incredibly pleasing, traversing through these environments is enjoyable and vastly improved from zero dawn. Not to mention the map is quite expansive and there is more than a handful of things to do, explore, loot, fight and discover.
    The story is as engaging as zero dawn was, as long as you're a gamer who
    Horizon Forbidden West is a stunningly beautiful game. It's visual aesthetic is incredibly pleasing, traversing through these environments is enjoyable and vastly improved from zero dawn. Not to mention the map is quite expansive and there is more than a handful of things to do, explore, loot, fight and discover.
    The story is as engaging as zero dawn was, as long as you're a gamer who doesn't mind dialogue/cutscenes or you're a person who enjoys acquiring all the lore/knowledge you can before moving on.
    The skill tree is deep and detailed allowing you to boost your preferred style (Stealth, Spear combat, Archery, Traps ETC)
    The enemies are beautifully designed and contain a vast variety in regards to the robots, humans however are fairly standard the only variations there are armour style/colour and clan name really. but that is to be expected as the focus is the robots.
    In terms of the positive Horizon Forbidden West adds a tonne of new mechanics, enemies, challenges, combat abilities, weapons and a whole heap more making for a hell of a time.

    However, on the other hand there are a couple of issues holding this game back from a perfect 10 those being;
    the combat, while having an expansive skill tree is quite a slog on the higher difficulties and by slog I don't mean souls like in which you must learn the patterns and parry timing I mean you need to be using a tonne of arrows to remove the enemies weak points and then combining that with the use of a large quantity of traps, this really reduces the flow of combat. I'm not saying all enemies should be one shot on the higher difficulties. However, they shouldn't be as spongey as they are. Difficulty should increase the amount of damage dealt to Aloy and the awareness of the enemies not increasing the arrows they can take by 150
    A second thing is a simple thing and its just general movement issues like Aloy not grabbing on to things and plummeting or her simply not jumping to the next grapple point (this is where the glider comes in handy)
    Apart from these couple of drawbacks I find everything to be beautifully crafted. well done & Congratulations Guerrilla.
    And a massive ovation to the VA's, you have brought these characters to life in incredible fashion.
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  99. Feb 21, 2022
    8
    There is an enjoyable chaos when playing Horizon 2 Forbidden West. The graphics are amazing and the fighting mechanics are decent. The problem I have with this game is when you explore, you can only do so, vaguely. When walking towards a hanging tarp or hanging fabric from a clothesline, you suddenly are met with a wall. Most games In this generation are more flexible with their charactersThere is an enjoyable chaos when playing Horizon 2 Forbidden West. The graphics are amazing and the fighting mechanics are decent. The problem I have with this game is when you explore, you can only do so, vaguely. When walking towards a hanging tarp or hanging fabric from a clothesline, you suddenly are met with a wall. Most games In this generation are more flexible with their characters walking and exploring. I've also noticed while trying to jump over a fence that aloy can "obviously jump over," I'm met with a invisible wall again. It's little things like this that take away the realistic aspect of a game. We are in 2022 now. I think I speak for most gamers when saying, "Invisible walls shouldn't be involved at all in the sandbox world." Even when getting to the edge of the world you are in, usually you have a timer, counting down for you to go back towards the playable area. I also think the climbing is a bit, well.......clunky.....it doesn't flow well.
    Still, this game is enjoyable. Most gamers will pick up on small details like this in aloy's adventure and will be fine with it, but for the few, it's a deal breaker.
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  100. Feb 21, 2022
    9
    Horizon Zero Dawn is one of my favorite games I’ve ever played, so naturally my expectations were sky high for Forbidden West, and I’m happy that most of those expectations paid off! Is it better than Zero Dawn? Objectively yes, it improves upon nearly everything from the first game, but I think I still prefer Zero Dawn to this, mostly thanks to the pacing of Forbidden West’s story. FirstHorizon Zero Dawn is one of my favorite games I’ve ever played, so naturally my expectations were sky high for Forbidden West, and I’m happy that most of those expectations paid off! Is it better than Zero Dawn? Objectively yes, it improves upon nearly everything from the first game, but I think I still prefer Zero Dawn to this, mostly thanks to the pacing of Forbidden West’s story. First things first, the graphics in this game are absolutely phenomenal, I think it may have actually surpassed The Last of Us 2’s graphics! I didn’t see a single spot in this game that’s wasn’t a visual feast for the eyes, truly a technical achievement in gaming, makes me even more excited to see God of War Ragnarok later this year!! The framerate is buttery smooth too, just don’t play it on the mode that doesn’t prioritize the framerate, trust me you won’t notice a difference visually. The story also goes to extreme sci-fi lengths that I’m still processing 24 hours after finishing the campaign, the implications make me BEYOND excited for future DLC & a 3rd Horizon game!! The lore of this world is still so good, like a homemade soup that I need to sip up every last drop of. I’m glad they went as far as they did with the story, the payoff was really good at the end & also left me wanting copious amounts more! The combat is also fantastic, although that’s not a surprise considering Zero Dawn’s combat was as well, melee not so much. But they added so much more complexity to melee & combat in general here, it’s hard not to be impressed! All of the new machines are awesome too, I found myself wide-eye staring at some of the new designs when I first came across them, eager to see what damage they were capable of doing to me. Also, the facial animations & motion capture are AMAZING. Everybody felt so alive & real compared to the stillness of Zero Dawn.
    I only have a couple of issues that dragged this experience down for me in comparison to Zero Dawn’s near perfection. First is minor, just a bug that only occurred once for me, made me to reload my recent save because the game started to chug randomly & during a cutscene made the audio completely out of sync during a key story moment, among other various non-gamebreaking bugs, and at one point only the lights on the Machine’s heads loaded in so it looked like a pair of walking eyes instead of a huge mechanized velociraptor lol. I also really liked doing Tallneck quests in Zero Dawn, but here they almost all fell flat for me, none gave me the satisfaction of scaling these huge beasts like in the first game. I’ve also seen the “Ubisoft open world” insult thrown at this game & yeah I can kinda see it here, it’s incredibly overwhelming at first, as are all the weapons & inventory upgrades & such, as someone who played Zero Dawn for dozens of hours & doesn't recall having these issues with an overwhelming amount of things thrown at me at once, I was a bit puzzled. Eventually everything clicked though, so just stick with it! My biggest issue is the pacing of the campaign though.. It’s still a very good story but in comparison to Zero Dawn, this doesn’t come close to it for me. The beginning starts out extremely promising but once you go to track down the 3 things that you need, the pacing can either slam on the gas pedal or slam on the brakes for hours at a time & it’s jarring to say the least. You barely see any of the main antagonists either, you hear about them plenty, but their appearances basically bookended this story, which yeah happened in the first game too, albeit the antagonists are MUCH more interesting this time around, which makes me more disappointed we didn’t get the proper amount of time with them. Zero Dawn’s story had so much intrigue which kept the pacing snappy as you went to the next exposition dump over many hours, here it feels like there’s massive dumps followed by empty space. Again, I really enjoyed the story but the whole middle of the game just didn’t click with me the way I wanted it to. Hopefully in the next game they go full unapologetic sci-fi, I know Guerrilla is especially capable of it after this game. This game is fantastic & a worthy follow up to Zero Dawn despite stumbling in some areas. The future is bright for Horizon!
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 127 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. 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. 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.
  3. 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.