Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition

This kind of a warning. I -->really<-- enjoyed the game, the story, the mechanics, the world you name it. Progression is slow item wise which makes the skill progression (both of you and Aloy) more meaningfull. The reveal was a cool WTF Moment, which I did not experiance in any other game so far. Really cool. HOWEVER: and this is a gamble I think. I could not complete the game because it keeps crashing. On my old rig, it was not that much of an issue, once in 90 minutes or so the game would hang, freeze everything and after a cold start I could keep going. Then I got a new rig and it went from not so good to totally fragged up: I am at the next to last mission, and when I open a certain door the games crashes to desktop. This might have something to do with my graphics card (ati 6700) but no info from customer support from the publisher and all youtube help I could find did not resolve the issue. I watched the ending on youtube to have some closure... these are the 2 stars I deducted. I sincerly hope that Forbidden West is a better port when it comes out. Cheers!

I've finished the main story line and am in the middle of the DLC. Pros: The story , artwork, and voice acting are good. The presence of Lance Reddick in the cast is a big plus. There isn't much need for grinding in order to reach the level necessary to complete quests. Combat involves patience and the heavy use of range weapons. Cons: There are two types of puzzles, operating devices and navigation. The device related puzzles aren't especially interesting. The navigation puzzles, which mainly involve climbing, can be frustrating. Lateral movement can be downright weird because the left/right keys often don't behave in the way you'd expect. Also your character encounters ledges that are impossible to jump to even though they're not as high as ledges that are reachable. This includes areas that don't use the color coding system. Overall it's fun. I wanted to finish it.

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Firstly, thank you to Sony & GOG for restoring my faith in re-made for PC titles. My previous experience has been very mixed - ranging from Grr to downright unplayable. Not so with this one! It is superb, a little long on the load out due to the rig I'm running (1050 GPU) it is slow to build out shaders and fine tune the graphics - the first time. Once done, can't stress this enough let it run the configuration fully and then fine tune for your rig! Once done this has beauty and cinematic scope and that's just the game play. There is something refreshing and important with the choice of heroine. Vulnerable, and hard as rock all at once. I loved the self-talk and reactions. Game play - yes is grindy and a lot of fetch and build, but the overarching story keeps you coming back I've completed this and I can only remember 3 Games that have made me want to go back in and do it again straight away. The Witcher 3, ACBF, and now Horizon Zero Dawn. Thank you from a very old campaigner!!!!!!

This game is a beautiful, action - packed RPG with great graphics, very good and fluid animations, very good voice acting, engaging and demanding combat system, streamlined to the point it's a pure pleasure to play it (RDR2, watch and learn!). The story is its stropngest point: dark secrets, logical outcomes, well - written and designed in a great way, it grabbed me from start and held me until credits rolled, and a bit beyond that too ;-) This game also seems very well optimised for a PC, which is not always the case with ports. I played on Asus G14 2020, Ryen 9 4900HS, RTX 2060 max-q and 16 gb RAM (DC) with max settings and it was extremely fluid even when the entire screen was covered in flames and smoke from multiple enemies. So great job at this front too. Cons: It's lighter on RPG side, meaning the story is linear and your choices don't affect the outcome at all. The NPCs haven't grabbed me either. And there is the Shader Optimalisation, which takes about 5 minutes and it was pissing me off when I didn't know I can just skip this process altogether for a slightly longer load times (which are rare in this game anyways). So really, cons here very few and far between. Despite all those minor cons, I still rate it a 10/10. This is my 3rd favourite RPG of all times, and since I'm playing RPGs for over 20 years now, it's saying something. It's right up there with Mass Effect saga and The Witcher 3 for me. If you like RPGs and your PC can handle it, don't even think about it, just get it.