Horizon Forbidden West (PS5)
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4 years ago
Horizon Forbidden West review
A triumphant return for Aloy that finds a heart and soul among all the technology – both the robot dinosaurs and Guerrilla's technical prowess.
Pros:
- A character-led story
- Astonishing facial animation
- It looks stunning
- A fascinating and cohesive world
Cons:
- Frustrating movement
4 years ago
Horizon Forbidden West Review
Pros:
- Huge number of machines to fight
- New upgrade system has rewarding gameplay loop
- Map is packed with a variety of biomes
- Story takes a fascinating new direction
Cons:
- Platforming often feels clunky
- Multiple irksome technical issues
4 years ago
Horizon Forbidden West review: Rise of the machines
Midway through Horizon Forbidden West, Aloy discovers a video from the old world. A holographic figure stands in front of the White House and delivers a hopeful rallying cry for a country at war. “True courage means facing [our] fears with conviction instead of cynicism,” the long-dead speaker firmly declares. It’s a line that sums up Aloy’s entire raison d’être, making her the perfect hero for her “techno-nihilist” times. Horizon Forbidden West is a sequel to 2017’s hit Horizon Zero Dawn. It once again drops players into a postapocalyptic world where humanity and nature alike have begun to reform following a man-made catastrophe that filled the world with deadly machines resembling malevolent versions of Boston Dynamics robots. Despite its gloom-and-doom premise, it’s not a cynical game. Instead, it presents a bright and beautiful open world full of tribes that have found ways to coexist with machines without sacrificing nature. Aloy sees the potential utopia growing amid the decaying...
Pros:
- Improved combat
- Excellent new machines
- High-effort side activities
- Stunning world design
- Better traversal tools
Cons:
- Dry dialogue
- Frustrating swimming
- Crashes and visual bugs
4 years ago
Horizon Forbidden West review: Early contender for game of the year
Horizon Zero Dawn was rightly revered for being an amazing new IP for PlayStation. Now Guerrilla Games has followed it up with an even more accomplished action-RPG. Forbidden West is bigger, bolder and more beautiful than its predecessor, while the story is similarly epic, innovative and interesting. This has to be an early contender for game of 2022 already.
Pros:
- Stunningly beautiful game
- Enormous open-world with masses to see and do
- Great ranged and melee combat
- Involving and complex plot
- Aloy is one of the best gaming characters around
Cons:
- Some side missions and tasks can be repetitive
- So too can machine hunting for resources
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