![]() The devs clearly looked at what worked and what didn’t in the various open world games available and took lessens to heart from Horizon Zero Dawn’s predecessors. Rather than being particularly innovative, it is near perfectly engineered. Horizon Zero Dawn is the deftly refined version of those open world games. Furtehrmore, for the fact that Guerrilla Games built upon the established formula of games like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry, trimming the excess that has accumulated in those games and perfected the elements common to them. Horizon Zero Dawn is a joy to play, due in part to the meticulous detail and work invested into the game. A significant contributing factor is the caliber of acting in the game, especially from Ashley Burch, who rocks in everything she does. The world of Horizon Zero Dawn is a remarkable place, one that is extremely enjoyable to get lost in. It is an exceptionally well-crafted game with rich characters, story, environment and mechanics. There is a lot of praise floating around for this game, much or all of it deserved. And there is so much more to Horizon Zero Dawn. Ok, I have gone off on a tangent about collectables. On the other hand, I collected every ancient vessel and the mission giver still acts like there are more out there. Sure, I found all the pigments and the story benefited a mission resolution in the form of a Banuk painting of a machine rider. Horizon Zero Dawn does not overwhelm you with collectables, but it also does not make you feel particularly excited to find them all. Horizon Zero Dawn is a far cry better than something like Assassin’s Creed: Unity, where the latter’s map of collectable items gives me genuine anxiety. I just cannot bring myself to pick everything up. On the other hand, I collected every ancient vessel and the mission giver still acts like … More ![]() I think I spent a solid day just watching Thunderjaws fight each other. I spent a decent amount of time pitting Thunderjaws against other machines, including other Thunderjaws. I spent a lot of time off mission simply exploring and hunting machines. Did I really play Horizon Zero Dawn for 140+ hours? I think I did. So let us be generous and shave off 10 hours for potential AFK moments. ![]() I am sure there are a couple hours in there dedicated to the console equivalent of going AFK, as is natural with every game. Was I surprised that I had about 155 hours on record? Not really. When I completed my run of Horizon Zero Dawn I decided to take a glance at my save game file to see my recorded playtime. I have been sitting on this review for a few weeks now, not feeling quite ready to say something about the game.
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