These days, Guerilla Games are no stranger to the spotlight. They have been creating quality games for many years and are composed of extraordinary talent. After the huge blockbuster success of Horizon: Zero Dawn, the stage has been set for what we expect to be a game of unsurpassed quality.

What is Horizon: Forbidden West

Horizon: Forbidden West is the heir to Horizon: Zero Dawn and was considered the first title from Guerilla to release on the PlayStation 5. After preventing Hades from ruining the world, Aloy discovers that Gaia—the terraforming machine accountable for keeping the world habitable—can’t longer sustain life in its fragmented state and should look for other means to rebuild her before the world becomes uninhabitable.

The story easily spirals into an exhilarating and complicated sci-fi experience that goes beyond its predecessors. On top of that, the looming Armageddon instills a strong sense of urgency in everything the player does. You become invested in the goal that you intensely feel the pressure Aloy is under.

That massive effort was put into providing the player a real sense of what was at stake and how it could all be lost so easily.

What’s New

The game’s pacing has been thoroughly arranged to offer you enough to make you like to race ahead and get things done, allowing you to dig up a little more information. You’ll start to treasure each audio log and diary you find about the old world. However, you should not allow primitive tribal style to fool you because the game is composed of science fiction gold.

The general gameplay and combat remain unchanged from the last game. You have a bow and arrow, spear, and a selection of other ranged weapons for defeating machines and other enemies. Several additions also come in the form of a snorkel-like device and a glider that enables you to swim underwater, enabling you to encounter more complicated platforming puzzles than ever before.

One important thing that I noticed is the improved visuals. The game looks sensation from each possible angle. Also, no effort has been spared in trying to create a world that is an artistic masterpiece. On top of that, the environment is loaded with detail.

The natural environment and dense foliage features are created into a realistic tapestry. It does not matter what area of the game you concentrate on. It’s like a needle in a haystack trying to find visual flaws.

What’s fascinating is how you can easily travel across the map on a mount and find next to no hiccups in the environment’s loading or any animals or machines that inhabit the area. It’s also difficult to think that a game could look that great yet be extremely flawless at the same time.

Between the side quests and the story, you can put fifty hours into that game before you begin to run low on major tasks to keep you occupied. The vital part here is huge. Even the plentiful side quests have stories of their own, which are more than simply an “I lost something. Please help me find it.” Also, you will come across a side quest of RPG quality every now, and then that will end up taking some time to work through.

Overall, Horizon: Forbidden West offers everything that made the initial game memorable and piles on so much more. Environmental detail and character realism have been turned all the way to eleven. Each element of the game has been made by perfectionists.

Defeating hordes of high-tech machines will keep your heart pumping and the diverse array of machines to take down make you place a huge amount of effort into polishing your approach to combat.

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