Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition

Only played for about 5 hours so far, but already really engaged by the story and enjoying the combat mechanics. I think this is a game that I will enjoy immensely... when it isn't crashing. Right now I can play for about 15-20 minutes before the game crashes. Tried many things, lowering graphics complexity, ensuring shaders finished optimizing, installing latest graphics drivers, halting all background programs, even followed some advice to hex edit the binary to change some assertions in the code to be no-ops, but nothing helped at all. This game looks like it will be great once it doesn't crash constantly.

I finished playing last night. Is this the best game I've ever played? No, but HZD was definitely worth the money (caught it on sale for $39.99). The story is, to me, is very interesting. Playing as a post-apocalyptic character in a world where machines, built to resemble dinosaurs, are the character's quarry for different reasons (experience, crafting components, quests, etc) is cool. I love the data logs (audio & text) left behind from an all but forgotten world...I love the mystery this game adds. The graphics are stunning, the landscape and the machines are nicely detailed. LOL, you'd think the character's faces would be more realistic. To me, the human faces look a little "plastic" but that's certainly not a deal breaker. The voice acting is not bad and can sound a little corny at times (from all characters) but, again, not a deal breaker. The world is huge and there are plenty of quests to keep a player busy. I'm not really that wild about the skill upgrade system or being capped off at level 60 but that's just me. Still, it is fun getting there. You have to find campfires (a ton of them) for manual save points but the game does have an autosave feature which is really good because the game crashed on me a few times. After you find these campfires, you can fast travel from location to another, a huge plus. I gave this game a 5 star rating, even with its minor issues, because, for me, this game kept me interested during the entire story and is one of the games I really enjoy playing...this game was really fun for me to play so the minor issues are just that, minor issues. I know I'll play it again so, yeah, worth the money. I'm sure not everyone will dig this game like I do but I really did have fun playing it from start to finish. And that's what it's all about, having fun while you're playing games. Cheers!

I have no words... I've been gaming 20 years and this was a unbelievably pleasant surprise. Everything important in the game, the mechanics, playability, interactive parts, design, and art - is top of the line. And the story... oh my goodness. It is so good, so sticky, so engaging. So new and refreshing. The protagonist is so well rounded that it's hard not to empathize with her. You can fel this is a work of love by the devs, and it's a true work of art. I would gladly pay 100$ for this game, and it would be a bargain. Please make more, Guerilla. I love you. Thank you for the many tens of hours of pure delight.

HZD is a game that offers really nice graphics and a superb soundtrack. Bought the soundtrack on vinyl even before I got the game. The background of the world is only partially believeable. Future, but with ppl living in fear of technical stuff .. ok, and in a kind of tribal "cave men" society... but then they talk and act quite modern and use tech where it fits them.... it doesn´t feel 100% consistent. But the screenplay.. the interaction between the heroine and the NPCs.. is downright absurd. I don´t mind a female heroine. I don´t mind matriarchy as it is depicted there. But I do mind the all male warriors called "braves" talking to the heroine as if they are unable to even tie their shoes. Ridiculously weak guys and hard boiled women everywhere. It´s absurd and I don´t like that, for it makes no sense. The other thing that keeps me from giving this game a 5 stars rating is the fact that you are constantly forced to gather materials and hunt weak machines to get resources. That said - it´s a good game, but maybe too "modern" for my taste in terms of screenplay.

This game runs very well and is amazing on GOG, well supported and is very scalable to lower end rigs if required. lots of options to configure for graphics but overall a great release The data collection thing mentioned by many users wasn't really a thing... and if you're that concerned just block it with your firewall. The game will work regardless (not that my AV noted any outgoing requests)! Sony and GOG - Great Job