Horizon Zero Dawn

I was and am still blown away by this game! The amount of detail that went into this game is staggering, both from a visual and developmental standpoint. The characters are interesting, the story is much deeper than I expected, and the world feels truly alive! Playing HZD on the PS4 Pro upscaled to 2160p and with the amazing use of HDR it is truly the best looking game I think I've ever played! Bravo Guerrilla Games for putting so much time and effort into making a realistic world for us to run around in and experience! The Frozen Wilds has gotten me hooked all over again, I now have around 100 hours of game time and having a blast. I don't say this lightly but HZD is a true masterpiece!!!

Pros:

• Good story and protagonist
• Good combat
• Great open world with regional variation
• Fantastic graphics
• Awesome robotic enemies
• A lot to do

Cons:

• Some bland side characters
• RPG elements feel kinda tacked on
• Generic open world structure
• Some repetitive side quests
• Jumping mechanic a little wonky
• Human enemies take too much damage

Verdict: Good game with a mysterious story & likeable protagonist that kept me playing to the end. Good game overall

8 /10.

Masterpiece The story ,graphics and acting is incredible

Finally finished Horizon Zero Dawn on Playstation 4. Clocked in 86 hours of gameplay. This explains why many critics, even if they gave it high scores, really didn't understand the brilliance of it. They didn't play it. Most of them claimed they finished it after about 30 hours. No, not possible. All you could have done in 30 hours is rush through the main story without experiencing the vast world that was offered. What a great game. I'd score it a perfect ten if not for some moments of very frustrating platforming, so I'll give it a 9.7. The only thing I didn't finished was getting perfect scores in all the hunting challenges because, my god, that would have added at least another ten hours to the saga and even though this is an excellent game, anything can get old after nearly 90 hours of binging it. Looking at the final credits now and even those are spectacular. Best $40 I've ever spent. (oh, and Lance Reddick should get an Oscar for acting in a video game, if that category ever comes to exist.)

I hope there is a sequel to this one. I can see it's potential and I know the next horizon game will be better then anything we've played. it's a great game and I hope the next one comes out soon(crazy ending) story at times was flat and some of the things it tried to implement didn't feel quite right. I enjoyed killing machines and the bandit camps but not a fan of the heavy armoured bandits and bandit boss fights, kinda felt a bit to much. I can't help but think there's to many machines(flying ones) I would want to have seen them in the next one and be surprised. All in all great game and it's way better then uncharted 4 but not quite as good as god of war(2018) or last of us.