Horizon Forbidden West

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10308 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,763 out of 10308
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  1. synesis
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    Horizon forbidden west is an excellent sequel to Zero Dawn, they completely outdid themselves with the map, and every POI on it, it’s stunning through and through, with a clean launch, and no game breaking bugs. Only visual which I’m positive they put hot fixes out for already! I’m 30 hours in the game and am hardly through every possible thing I can do in the game, with maybe 30% of theHorizon forbidden west is an excellent sequel to Zero Dawn, they completely outdid themselves with the map, and every POI on it, it’s stunning through and through, with a clean launch, and no game breaking bugs. Only visual which I’m positive they put hot fixes out for already! I’m 30 hours in the game and am hardly through every possible thing I can do in the game, with maybe 30% of the map fully explored, and you don’t have been a die hard zero dawn fan to enjoy this title as well, as it gives you lore from the previous game, just not the immersive feeling you would get playing the first game and learning the truth behind Zero Dawn… Expand
  2. RoldantGaming51
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    Amazing game, highly recommended!. If you want to truly enjoy and have fun this game is for your Forbiden West are a truly, beautiful and unique way to enjoy a piece of art!!..
  3. llisus
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    Incredible game, amazing story, really greats graphics and design. A truly master piece
  4. Lopotoff
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    What can i say, a beautiful successor to the first one. Loved every minute on it.
  5. hkjhkjh
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    Bad game it really annoys me how Aloy tells me all the time what to do (or what I can do): "I can climb that wall", "I should scan the enemies to find out their weakness", "I can shoot that thing with an arrow", "I need to get rid of the enemies" etc

    She just always explains everything, even the most obvious stuff. Just let me play that game on my own, I don't need that handholding
  6. Rekthar
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Same old same old. Map full of markers. Side quests same as always talk to someone go to this place, kill these enemies, talk to this guy and repeat. Story was kinda good but we didnt accomplish our objektive after obtaining GAIA which was to capture Hephaestus. Old humans surviving and living 1000 years and coming back to hunt us? Their collective mind sending a signal to destroy earth like what? Collecting old world relics and black boxes was pointless and annoying. Training grounds were same old same old. Developer should think something new for next game and not this witcher coping.… Expand
  7. MaxRager
    Mar 3, 2022
    4
    Stunning and Brave, enough said. I really don't understand why this franchise is so hyped . The first game
    was okay, but this second entry definitely had a narrative pushed here.
  8. Kratosz
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    Simply put this game improves on the original in every way.
    From the visuals, to the combat, traversal options, variety and density of biomes, side quests and quests in general really.
    Absolutely fantastic and the best looking game made to date. Seeing as it's cross gen we are absolutely in for an amazing generation.
  9. phillyjeff
    Mar 3, 2022
    6
    HZW just isn't as good as HZD. All of the missions and combat just feel disjointed. Just like 99% of games today; this should of baked in the oven longer. I am so tired of Aloy saying the same lines over and over again.
  10. LeandroSG
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    Sensacional, vale muito a pena, continuação direta de HORIZON ZERO DAWN, mais skill, armas, modo de escalar e jogabilidade novas que agrada muito além de manter muito coisa da jogabilidade antiga
  11. Svnsei
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    One of the best games I've played on PS5. I'm over 70 hours in, and barely scratched the surface it seems. The map is also huge and absolutely gorgeous. Gameplay is amazing and will keep you on your toes
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. Voodoo123
    Mar 3, 2022
    6
    As a huge fan of the original game i was disappointed with this outing. Forbidden west is an impressive looking sequel to the original game with some nicely upgraded visuals on ps5 and a long main story quest.

    Unfortunately the storyline wasn't as engaging for me this time around with much of the subtlety of the worlds mystique and danger left to the wayside in favor of a needlessly    As a huge fan of the original game i was disappointed with this outing. Forbidden west is an impressive looking sequel to the original game with some nicely upgraded visuals on ps5 and a long main story quest.

    Unfortunately the storyline wasn't as engaging for me this time around with much of the subtlety of the worlds mystique and danger left to the wayside in favor of a needlessly woke cast of mostly attractive skinny female quest givers with cheerful outlooks in a world supposedly filled with starvation and lethal machines at every turn.

    Sadly the core tight action adventure combat of the original hasn't evolved enough here and instead just feels like they slapped a bunch of new weapons and ammos together which now makes what worked in the original needlessly complex. The machines now go into extreme aggro mode when ther player is detected and they fly towards you almost instantly with little to telegraph their actions causing a stun block / dodge/slomo aim/loop. VERY FRUSTRATING. On top of this there are now multiples of very similar weapons in each class with some now quite odd choices of ammo hard locked into the weapons so i found it hard to truly zone into a loadout that ever felt right.

    Of whats new theres nnow some bloated open world nonsense going on here that is really just filler and further detracts from what could've been a tighter overall experience. Thankfully most of what i didnt enjoy could be easily skipped or avoided with an excellent accessibility options menu where you can just stick dynamic hud on, dial down the combat difficulty to story and just mainline the story quests (if you want!). You can even adjust the looting so that you always automatically collect the rarer machine parts from each kill which saves alot of time. Sadly the platforming mechanics are still quite terrible with weird 'lock in' animations and it just feels weighty and cumbersome - certainly not next gen in any way with lots of moments of aloy clipping through the scenery taking away any tension or real feeling of having physical control over the character.

    The game was originally marketed as a ps5 title before the shift towards cross gen releases by sony and i really felt that hurt this title. Im certain by going ps5 at the development stage, some of the animations, level and character design and perhaps even combat design could've been more advanced and more on a par with something like ratchet and clank and although at times it is still quite impressive to look at its still not quite on the level of next gen tech i could've hoped for after the wait.

    Bit of a weird aside but i noticed in this title Aloy talks ALOT about absolutely everything happening at all times which is quite odd! Despite having blitzed the main quests skipping most if not all side activities and side quests my playtime was 35hrs! The game feels ovveripe with content. Still I had my fun and traded it in but I left feeling affirmed that guerilla really did just get lucky with the hit game HZD!    … Expand
  15. Prinny23
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    So I put 120 hours into the HZD, and am currently maybe 30 hours into HFW. I'll compare it to the original in every aspect.
    -The story seems intriguing so far, tackling the big questions left from the first one, with unexpected answers. Some reviewers on here will tell you it's boring or unoriginal, but honestly, I'm curious what constitutes original for some of these people. It's a    So I put 120 hours into the HZD, and am currently maybe 30 hours into HFW. I'll compare it to the original in every aspect.
    -The story seems intriguing so far, tackling the big questions left from the first one, with unexpected answers. Some reviewers on here will tell you it's boring or unoriginal, but honestly, I'm curious what constitutes original for some of these people. It's a post-apocalyptic world with machine creatures and futuristic tech left behind. That right there is already interesting, and it's scratching the surface. My point is, if you liked the plot of the first game, you'll like this one just as much or more.
    -Graphics here are just eye-wateringly beautiful if you have the right hardware. I got an LGCX tv last year, as well as a PS5, and this game rivals TLOU2 in terms of graphic detail, but with a much more colorful palate. There may be some glitches or weird things going on sometimes, but I'm not going to dock it points for something a patch can fix in a week. It's not enough to make me not enjoy it. The character models look much more realistic this time too.
    -Gameplay is wonderful. So the first game already had so many gadgets and weapons for you to use in whatever combination you saw fit. This beefs it up even further, adding more of each, adding more elements machines can be weak or strong vs, and adding more options for your weapons, not to mention the new abilities Aloy has. Traversal is more fun than ever with more mounts, more ways to climb and descend, and interesting new tools for interacting with the environment. It builds very well on what the first game did.
    -I'm enjoying this game very much so far. You can't go 100 steps without running into something. Seriously, I get to a fire checkpoint and I'm near like 4 or 5 question marks all the time. Is it a ruin? Hunting ground? Rebel camp? Blocked path I just got a tool to unblock and loot? Even if it's a herd of machines, there's always things to upgrade that need parts from those machines. And the world is never a chore to explore. Between the old world remnants and the new world, the world itself makes you want to walk around and just look at stuff.
    -Bottom line: don't let the negative reviews on here dissuade you. If you enjoyed the first game, this really does improve on that in basically every aspect. There are tons of weapons, things to do, more machines than ever, and just more of the Horizon you enjoy. The glitches will be gone before you know it.    … Expand
  16. protomank
    Mar 3, 2022
    3
    Played on PS4. While the game has a lot of improvements, and even on base consoles the graphics are beautiful, it does have some bad points.
    More weapon types are added just to be there in most cases, making handling equipment uneeded complex, also having to spend money upgrading an item just to find a better one just a minutes later.
    The story IS VER, VERY BAD. It is almost    Played on PS4. While the game has a lot of improvements, and even on base consoles the graphics are beautiful, it does have some bad points.
    More weapon types are added just to be there in most cases, making handling equipment uneeded complex, also having to spend money upgrading an item just to find a better one just a minutes later.
    The story IS VER, VERY BAD. It is almost cartoonesche. It forces situations, and it seems like all men in the world are now incompetent and all women can do something right - you see, I want balance, equality. And it is not so discrete as in first one, but a constant slap in the face.
    Combat feels just off, you don't make much damage with melee and arrows, but the javelin does a lot, so why bother with the other ones?
    Those issues really make this a worse experience than the original, when you take the whole package, not only the new shiny graphics.    … Expand
  17. Kaensey
    Mar 3, 2022
    9
    Gioco pazzesco chi ha ina console Sony ha il dovere di giocarlo, grafica pazzesca, scenari mozzafiato, storia incredibile, da platinare assolutamente
  18. GrumBum
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    This game is a must have for any playstation User! Great Gameplay, great graphics and sound. And i love the way Aloy looks like. Yeah - she is not perfect and this is just great. I would love to rate this game with a 20, just to see all those brainless haters going mad. I'll bet most of you have never seen a women before you losers.
  19. voxy
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    The game sucks, There is nothing new, too many glitches, bugs, talking, Terrible story.
  20. XIoneyBadgerIX
    Mar 3, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pro's: Awesome Graphics, very interesting/creative weapons and gear. Pretty good story minus the cons mentioned below. Flying is freaking awesome, well done on that one. Pretty big map as well which keeps the game very interesting. The skills system let you customize your play style which is very cool. Con's: A lot of bugs in the game, movement wise and with the visual animations for the resonator. Movement can be very tight. Camera FOV or a wider angle is needed in this game desperately. On the story: Every male in this game either needs to be saved by a woman or was saved by one(meaning in game characters, not Aloy). The story is basically a girl power flick. I also really dislike the whole "don't get the good armor until you've beaten the game twice" setup. I was hoping they didn't do that again like the first game.… Expand
  21. Phantox10
    Mar 3, 2022
    8
    En general el juego es bastante entretenido y disfrutable, eso si, los bugs son bastante molestos, puedes ir andando y sin mas te aparece un enemigo o incluso una montaña.
    En lo personal ningún bug me ha impedido continuar con el progreso, no obstante, si complican el sistema de combate, mas aun cuando te aparecen enemigos de un segundo a otro, fuera de ello creo que es un muy buen titulo.
  22. Lemures1000
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    Amazing game!! I rated as a 10 but I want to rate this as a 9.5 or 9.7. Story is really interesting, graphics look awesome, very improved combat from part 1, cool characters and really well acted, the game feels huge and there are a lot of main story and side story things to do, it does have some bugs but nothing crazy and they have already fixed most of them with 2 different updates.Amazing game!! I rated as a 10 but I want to rate this as a 9.5 or 9.7. Story is really interesting, graphics look awesome, very improved combat from part 1, cool characters and really well acted, the game feels huge and there are a lot of main story and side story things to do, it does have some bugs but nothing crazy and they have already fixed most of them with 2 different updates. Definitely recommend. One of the better games I've played. At the end of the day, this game is just really fun which is what games are supposed to be about. The harsh reviews posted are completely ridicilous and inaccurate lol. Ignore them. This game really is Sony's Zelda Breath of the Wild. Better than part 1 in every way and I loved that game.

    My only criticism of this game is I do wish they figured out a lock on system for combat so that the dodging would be better but it is not a deal breaker or anything.

    Game of the year contender easy.    … Expand
  23. ps3hero
    Mar 3, 2022
    1
    The graphics are insane, very good, the game for itself is just cringe and kind of childish.
  24. lucasteodoro
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    O jogo é uma sequência direta do primeiro, então é natural termos elementos parecidos. Porém, nota-se uma evolução significativa na gameplay, sidequests e na parte gráfica (você vai se pegar enaltecendo as paisagens do jogo em diversos momentos). A história evolui muito bem e te deixará com um "gostinho de quero mais".
    Óbvio que muitas análises que julgam esta sequência como: maçante,    O jogo é uma sequência direta do primeiro, então é natural termos elementos parecidos. Porém, nota-se uma evolução significativa na gameplay, sidequests e na parte gráfica (você vai se pegar enaltecendo as paisagens do jogo em diversos momentos). A história evolui muito bem e te deixará com um "gostinho de quero mais".
    Óbvio que muitas análises que julgam esta sequência como: maçante, ruim, mal polida, etc. - vêm de "haters" que possivelmente nem a jogaram.    … Expand
  25. Feriatus
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    This game is simply wow. It is perfect; battles with machines are so satisfying and engaging; I didn't have so much fun in a long time. I also enjoy RPG elements and the story a lot.
  26. Aezrel
    Mar 3, 2022
    0
    Overpromised, underdelivered. Sorry...
    Same old, same old, repetitive 3rd person "open" world adventure game. Nothing to set it apart.
  27. Moethelion
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    The game is simply magnificent. So many things to explore, action packed combat with many weapons and combos, insane graphics and sound design. The story isn’t that interesting, but otherwise the game is very, very good. It left me multiple times sitting in front of the TV with a smile in my face, just watching the scenery after an intense battle.
  28. 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
  29. adello321
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    Great game with brilliant graphics and amazing atmosphere. In my opinion, the plot is better than in the first part. Side quests are not equal but good to do them because there are rewards and new weapons. Big request to Guerilla Games, make a third 45fps mode with more resolution than the performance mode. There is currently too much difference in the resolution of 60fps. 10/10!
  30. Lulucemoi
    Mar 3, 2022
    10
    J'ai adoré, meilleur que le premier, mais plus court, une 20aine d'heure de jeu et je l'ai fini.
    Plus facile et meilleure histoire, malgré une fin mystérieuse.
    Sans doute le meilleur de jeu de cette année pour ma part, vivement le prochain épisode.
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#7 Best 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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