I continually found myself more engaged as I sunk more time into the experience. This isn't a title with an amazing concept that falls apart as you dig deeper. The opening hours are on the slow side, but Horizon feels like the exception to the norm in the video game industry. As the story progresses, you slowly unravel the mysteries of Aloy and the machines that inhabit the surrounding lands, and you quickly learn how they're intertwined. You play as Aloy, a motherless child who was cast from her tribe due to her irregular birth. While humans still roam the lands, they are merely tribal folk with minimal understanding of the technology from both the past and present. Set in a distant future, 1,000 years from the present day, the world has fallen to ruin and is overrun by zoomorphic robots. With incredibly fun gameplay and a story that delivers more and more intrigue as you delve further into its mysteries, the only thing holding it back is its presentation.Įven during the initial E3 reveal, it was clear that Guerrilla Games had something special with Horizon. Where Death Stranding felt like a PC port masterpiece with a faltering story that couldn't match the top-notch production values, Horizon is the polar opposite. Both games utilize the Decima Engine, but despite these similarities, the two titles couldn't be more different. Sony, in its continuation to penetrate the PC player base, now releases yet another juggernaut from its long list of console exclusives, Horizon: Zero Dawn.

It wasn't that long ago that I was tasked with reviewing the PC release for Death Stranding.

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