Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition

Big, beautiful open-world game about fighting robot dinosaurs with a bow and arrow and solving the mystery of the main character's birth. When those things are the focus, this game sings - when those are not the focus, it can begin to get pretty tedious.

The combat is fast and snappy, with plenty of options on how to approach most battles. The robots range in scope and feel appropriate to each area of the map. Movement is, especially compared to other AAA contemporaries, very free and fun. And the world is exceptionally well-realized with multiple biomes and people groups that interact to build extensive lore.

Unfortunately, the primary way of getting that lore across is through dialogue or flavor text. The game tells you most of its story instead of showing you the story. And it can get REALLY tedious the longer you go on (kind of like this review). Do we really need to hear 50 dialogue options about a girl with daddy issues who ran away from home to be with a boy from the enemy tribe? At the best times that attention to story detail really immerses you in the world, but at other times it seriously slows down the pace of gameplay and makes the player less likely to engage with more important dialogue and flavor text.

Ultimately, the game's negatives are easy enough to overlook when compared to the bombastic setting (fighting robot dinosaurs with bows and spears!), free movement, and fun combat.

I can say only - AMAZING! The story was like no other.. 10/10

Horizon zero dawn is one of the most underrated games. A very unique game, the idea of tribes coming back in a post apocalyptic world, the idea of robots evolving into nature and the abality of taming them. This game is worth playing and exploring the whole map.

Platted and all DLC 100%, just need to tackle ng+ on the highest difficulty. Superb game, really satisfying gameplay, and RIP Lance Reddick. You had the greatest voice.

can't wait for the second one

Gameplay: 9.4
Story: 9.8
Music/Sound: 9.3
Art/Visuals: 9.8
Impact: 8.4
Replayability: 8.9
Atmosphere: 9.6
Characters: 8.7
Environment: 9.1
Enjoyability: 9.2

Total: 92.2 / 100