That doesn’t mean she’s completely alone though, as characters such as Erend and Varl return to offer a helping hand, despite Aloy’s protests. With so much focus on this monumental task, Aloy is often accused of neglecting her relationships with other characters, especially once she rushes off to the forbidden west in the middle of the night. Horizon Forbidden West picks up immediately where its predecessor left off, with Aloy on the hunt for a back-up copy of GAIA, the terraforming artificial intelligence that is humanity’s last hope of preventing an impending doomsday.įollowing her success in defeating Hades, Aloy is now more confident and driven than ever, but suffering with the pressure of being the only person capable of saving the planet. Story takes an intriguing new direction, with plenty of twists.Promising cast of characters don’t get enough screen time.Of course, Guerrilla Games isn’t just relying on a greater variety of machines for this sequel, as it’s also introduced a number of new features and quality-of-life improvements, as well as a new story that takes some surprising twists.īut can Horizon Forbidden West reach the lofty heights of its predecessor and set a new benchmark for the PS5 era? Here are my thoughts.
Each machine has multiple weak points that can be exploited and unique behaviour that makes them come across like living, breathing animals – I almost felt guilty when seeing their glowing eyes dim after pelting them with a dozen arrows. There’s a huge variety of new machines here, from the rodent-esque Burrower that can tunnel underground, to the mammoth Tremortusk that can spew flames from its trunk. Horizon Forbidden West is at its rip-roaring best when fighting the many colossal robot beasts that roam the post-apocalyptic world.Īloy’s second outing features a whopping 43 metallic monsters, which is a big jump from the preceding entry, Horizon Zero Dawn.
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