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Horizon Forbidden West (2022)

Guerrilla Games

PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5

4.12 from 1048 ratings

2792 members have it in their collection · 285 playing now · 919 backlogged · 1309 wish listed

How long? Main story 47h · with extras 74h · 100% 91h (from 101 logged playthroughs)

Horizon Forbidden West continues Aloy’s story as she moves west to a far-future America to brave a majestic, but dangerous frontier where she’ll face awe-inspiring machines and mysterious new threats.
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Developers
Guerrilla Games
Publishers
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action, Open world, Science fiction
Franchises
Horizon
Series
Horizon
Events
State of Play: 2024-09-24, State of Play: June 2, 2022, The Game Awards 2021
Steam
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Release dates

  • Feb 18, 2022 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
  • Mar 21, 2024 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)

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Rating distribution

5 stars
413
4 stars
417
3 stars
162
2 stars
38
1 star
17
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mrs.dallogay

Status mrs.dallogay Apr 8, 2022

for a game called horizon forbidden west... it sure took a while to reach the forbidden west!!

i did this w the first game where it took me like 3 false starts before i finally went all in and 100%ed it but omg aloy shut UP please for just one second

also..... SPACE COLONY SURVIVORS??????? what is goin awn!

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for a game called horizon forbidden west... it sure took a while to reach the forbidden west!!

i did this w the first game where it took me like 3 false starts before i finally went all in and 100%ed it but omg aloy shut UP please for just one second

also..... SPACE COLONY SURVIVORS??????? what is goin awn!

also also there was this bug in one of the side missions (the plant tribe village in the North idk the name) and one of the bad guys clipped into the terrain and it wouldnt progress bc u had to kill all enemies but they were still alive just IN the terrain and invulnerable and yh it annoyed me sm i havent gone back

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Sir_Laguna

Status Sir_Laguna Mar 26, 2022

I'm not done with Horizon Forbidden West! I'm still playing it and overthinking it!

Did you noticed that Aloy was a real asshole at the start of the game. She's all high and mighty because she "knows the truth about the world" and the others don't. She's like those internet atheists that believe themselves the abolute owners of the …

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I'm not done with Horizon Forbidden West! I'm still playing it and overthinking it!

Did you noticed that Aloy was a real asshole at the start of the game. She's all high and mighty because she "knows the truth about the world" and the others don't. She's like those internet atheists that believe themselves the abolute owners of the truth.

I'm also an atheist, but fuck those guys.

Thankfully, Aloy has a little of character development and we can use that to talk (in spanish, as usual) about her atheism and the religions of her world.

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I think I still have in me one or two pieces more about this game.

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Sir_Laguna

Status Sir_Laguna Mar 21, 2022

I finally unlocked the Kratos face paint, so I wrote a guide explaining how to find all the God of War easter eggs.

You can check it here.

It's in spanish, but I included several maps and captures, so you don't need to understand it. (You can also look for a guide in your own language, but what's the fun …

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I finally unlocked the Kratos face paint, so I wrote a guide explaining how to find all the God of War easter eggs.

You can check it here.

It's in spanish, but I included several maps and captures, so you don't need to understand it. (You can also look for a guide in your own language, but what's the fun on that).

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I really liked the look of the totems. Specially the Kratos' one.

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BMO

Status BMO Mar 17, 2022

This review? "Chef's kiss!"

Horizon Forbidden West – Reseña: Machine Monster Hunter

Why? Because it strikes an excellent balance of critical reflection and honest personal experience. Yes, @Sir_Laguna reflects on the problems of the game, but he also conveys a sense of appreciation that transcends or sidesteps some of those problems. This is not a both sides argument, it's a …

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This review? "Chef's kiss!"

Horizon Forbidden West – Reseña: Machine Monster Hunter

Why? Because it strikes an excellent balance of critical reflection and honest personal experience. Yes, @Sir_Laguna reflects on the problems of the game, but he also conveys a sense of appreciation that transcends or sidesteps some of those problems. This is not a both sides argument, it's a critical analysis that says we can love something and critique it, because doing the latter is part of media appreciation, not antithetical to it.

Add this one to the short list of reviews of Horizon Forbidden West that I really enjoyed and one that nails a perspective on the complexity of the balancing act that I think Guerrilla didn't quite manage perfectly in their sequel. Do I agree with every point? No. But that's the beauty of good critical writing. You don't need to agree with the reviewer to appreciate their thoughtful response.

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Sir_Laguna

Status Sir_Laguna Mar 15, 2022

I'm playing the game after the ending and it works a lot better without the dissapointing villains. Now it's just a game about helping the people in the world, exploring to discover new vistas to take photos and making a wishlist of machine parts for your perfect build a la Monster Hunter.

This rules.

Review soon in GamerFocus.

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BMO

Status BMO Mar 9, 2022

Ahhhhh, the puzzle design in this game is atrocious. If anyone has done Alva’s companion quest, and you’ve entered the second door code, you know what I mean.

Also that mission illustrates that even Guerrilla knows their climbing is the worst. It’s the only place in the game that I recall campfires placed directly before and after a specific building …

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Ahhhhh, the puzzle design in this game is atrocious. If anyone has done Alva’s companion quest, and you’ve entered the second door code, you know what I mean.

Also that mission illustrates that even Guerrilla knows their climbing is the worst. It’s the only place in the game that I recall campfires placed directly before and after a specific building climbing sequence. No other area of the game has campfires bookending sequences inside a structure. I feel like Guerrilla realized their climbing mechanics fell apart in that level, realized it was too late to retool the climbing mechanics, and dropped two campfires because they knew people were going to fail.

Honestly I really thought the machines would save this game from a rating below three stars, but at this point I don’t think they can. I like that part of the game, I like some side quests, but I really think the rest of the game is a giant mess.

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BMO

Status BMO Mar 9, 2022

My god, this game has so little faith in the player that Alva just explained that October is the tenth month of the year to assist me with a puzzle which required me to complete the clearly very difficult task of inputting a numerical value comprised of a month and year. Jesus, Guerrilla, we can solve your kindergarten level puzzles, …

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My god, this game has so little faith in the player that Alva just explained that October is the tenth month of the year to assist me with a puzzle which required me to complete the clearly very difficult task of inputting a numerical value comprised of a month and year. Jesus, Guerrilla, we can solve your kindergarten level puzzles, you don’t need to keep spoon feeding us the answers.

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BMO

Status BMO Mar 9, 2022

Great, now I’m having to quit and restart the game just to turn in bugged quest lines.

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BMO

Status BMO Mar 8, 2022

Ugh, P.S.A. don’t kill a Snapmaw when it’s partially submerged underground. There’s a chance it will glitch out and you won’t be able to loot it. I just killed an Apex Snapmaw and finished it off as it was climbing out from underground. It completely disappeared and I lost my sweet salvage. This is especially annoying on the hardest difficulty.

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