Horizon Forbidden West review

Horizon Forbidden West is a sequel to Zero Dawn, which was a great success. The developers continued the project and decided to make it larger, more interesting and multifaceted. How much they managed to do? It is impossible to answer this question unambiguously. In some ways the game’s creator, Guerrilla, overdid and underdid, but there is something to be praised. But first things first.

The Protagonist

The game’s main character, Eloy, is still naive and not always logical. She is sometimes overly aggressive in situations where it is completely unnecessary, and then shows mercy where it comes with a life-threatening and huge risk of failing the mission.

At several points the developers offer the player to make a choice on behalf of the character, but having passed the same stage of the game several times, the gamer will be very surprised when he realizes that regardless of the chosen option, the development of the plot followed the same path.

Villains

The subject of a separate talk is the in-game antagonists. It seems that the creators of Forbidden West were participating in some sort of strange championship, where the grand prize was awarded for creating the most cartoonish villains with the silliest motivations. Otherwise it is hard to explain this whole parade of absurdities.

Horizon Forbidden West game’s plot

Yes, the plot of the first part of the game was so confused, that every now and then gamers will be faced with a dilemma: “what is this character?”, “what is his function? This flaw is carried over to the sequel from Zero Dawn.

On the background of absurd, replete with inconsistencies of the main plot, parallel storylines look like “rays of light in a dark kingdom”. So well developed are they and so interesting are their plots. There are detectives, mysticism and psychological dramas as well.

But some of the missions that the protagonist has to carry out as part of the main action are at least perplexing. For example, one of the missions: rescue of a certain young man, who went in a suit of Adam on a mountain peak to find an exotic flower and please his commander with it. Yes, this is no joke, but a figment of the imagination of the game’s writers.

Positive features of the game

Now for the good stuff. What makes Horizon Forbidden West not just enjoyable, but mesmerizing and exciting is the visuals. The artwork and technical development of the game space is beyond praise. Picture so realistic that when passing the location, the player can even feel the frosty wind or sweltering heat of the tropics.

Conclusion on Horizon Forbidden West game

It must be praised to the developers for the fact that they tried to diversify the ethnic composition of the game world as much as possible. Here we have the desert inhabitants, whose bodies are adorned with frightening tattoos. There are forest dwellers who build huts of bamboo and wear clothes of leaves. And there’s a certain world, perhaps embodying degraded humanity.

As in Zero Dawn, in the sequel the heroine has to fight various beast-like mechanical monsters. The only thing in Forbidden West is that they are more realistic and detailed, so much so that you can be really creeped out by the very sight of them.