Looking for your next open world obsession? Horizon Forbidden West could be it. PlayStation
Combat remains similar to the previous game, Horizon Zero Dawn
Speaking of improvements, rock climbing is far freer this time. You’re no longer required to follow a trail of chalk – instead a quick pulse from your Focus on reveals an augmented reality overlay that highlights handholds and overhangs so you can shimmy across almost everywhere you look. It’s a smart bit of UI, even if the act of climbing itself still occasionally feels a bit wonky.
It’s not always easy to predict how Aloy will move underwater, which can be frustrating if you’re desperately trying to resurface or, later on, avoid detection. There’s no combat beneath the water but that doesn’t stop aquatic machinery from getting a bit cheeky and occasionally taking a swipe at you. This necessitates regular intervals of nestling yourself between the floating fronds of stealth kelp .
You can spend all your battle-hardened experience on skills across multiple trees, each with new special moves called Valor Surges locked behind certain upgrades. You build up Valor by hitting enemies’ weak points – or getting walloped yourself with the right unlocks. Even bit-part characters boast impressive threads and heavy use of performance capture throughout brings to life even the most incidental cutscene or out-of-the-way settlement. The only letdown is the occasional actor’s performance betraying the fact they’re definitely not actually wearing that heavy chest piece. That aside, Horizon Forbidden West is truly a looker – especially at 60fps on PS5.
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