Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition

I owned this game on the PS4 pro, it's an open world that's not stuffed with activities. I loved the story and gameplay. Sure, the game had (and still has) some technical issues, like some invisible walls and sometimes very strange behaviour when it comes to lights (you can activate and deactivate sunlight or spotlights by stepping forward and back in certain places) and if you are used to games like Assassin's creed you have a hard time to comprehend why you can't climb in certain places. Climbing works completely with hotspots here. The story is good and compared to other games the text messages you find really add to understand what it was like for the persons involved. The main story talks about the big guys in charge, while the messages mostly are from people who suffered the consequences. So sure, I had to buy this game and I finally came to play it again on the PC and ... it's even better with mouse and keyboard than with gamepad, due to the higher precision. Also the game runs in high fps, currently I play in 4k with DLSS and except the one time after a driver crash I never had any fps drop. Also the short loading times (on a PS4 without SSD it could easily take one and a half minute to get to Meridian) add to the comfort. One could argue that in such a "early" society people on the one side are religious fanatics, but on the other side are very politically correct by modern standards when it comes to gender roles. In a society like this the main focus would be to get as many children that they can possibly feed. You just have to roll with it. All in all ... great game.

I don't have it yet on PC but I have played it and dlc through on PS4. I got it because of robots, post-apocalyptic world, open world and it has a story. Found out that it doesn't just tell Aloy's story but along the way you get to explore and find out note by note what happened to the world before. And best thing for me was that as an open world, game will let you explore freely. - After you get through the tutorial. Also by wandering around you'll find some of the missions and well... there few hidden things that can recommend to find out. Tutorial part is quite neatly done and used part of Aloy's past, in her childhood. It helps to get to know how she came to be. Some characters that you'll meet are unique to say the least. Open world you get to explore is pretty huge and it has rather smooth trancitions between different terrains with their unique weather conditions as well as there will be some of the machines specified to certain areas. Cinematics are very long and you'll do yourself a favor to grab some snacks and enjoy the movie parts. Combat in this game.. there is plenty of that and hunting too. In this game you it's sealth, tactics and traps before. Sure you get to find big guns... attached on biggerst robots and you'll only get your hands on those if you manage to hunt those big machines down. Still they are temporary and heavy to handle. There just was something extremely satisfying to be able to take down huge thunderjaws with traps and bows. As well as taming one. Also there are few robots that not only can be tamed but also ride on to get to different locations faster. Sure you use fasttravel after unlocking campfires but that world is too pretty on any time of the gameworld's day. Also views from the Longnecks are worth of that climbing.

GOG version doesn't play well, crashes constantly now. AVOID.

My PC: Win10 / Ryzen 9 5900X / RTX 3080 / 3600Mhz 64GB RAM CL16 My game keeps crashing every 5 minutes. The first 6 hours crashed only a few times, less than 10, but now it keeps crashing every 5 minutes and it's UNPLAYABLE. So sad. I've sent a ticket to GOG support. No real reply yet, only auto-replies saying they are too busy due to pandemic and trying their best. It's not GOG's fault. I've tried everything from the GOG support page, nothing seems to work. I've tried uninstalling, searched for solutions on Reddit, Youtube, Google, tried everything, doesn't seem to change at all. Very disappointing, I really like this game and have been waiting for it to come to PC since 2016. Now I have it and can't play it. Very sad.

Works well on PC. Theres a bit of consolization but its nothing too bad. Story is half decent but classic RPG failing, you are treated kinda like a fetch puppy and theres no choice but to continue if you want to continue the story. Combat is good although a little repetative and very ranged focussed. Even if you choose melee theres way more range customization than there is melee. Overall worth it. Thanks for bringing it to PC.