Posted on: May 15, 2021
lunobon
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Apocalypse of the Tomb Raider
Indisputably, Horizon's visual artwork is stunning. You walk from one grandiose vista to the next. The world designers did an excellent job here. The ambient music transports perfectly the feeling this lost world. Unfortunately, the game itself is mediocre at best, often disappointing. The biggest disappointment hit me immediately when I fist played the game myself: Wait, this *is* Rise of the Tomb Raider! And I mean literally: the climbing, the sneaking, the fighting, the perks, the quests, the weapons and armor. They only dumbed down the climbing (which requires no timing anymore) and removed the physical puzzles, ignoring that these were a few of the assets of the Tomb Raider game. Horizon is just a different world and different plot for the Tomb Raider game-engine! I venture to say, that the fact that protagonist is a female is also due to a restriction imposed by the Tomb Raider engine. When I buy a game, part of the fun is learning to play the game. And learning its weaknesses. For the Tomb Raider games this is for instance the weak AI when it comes to patrolling and back-stabbing. Also, close combat is infuriatingly ineffective and chaotic. The main quest is meh, with only very few revelations or surprises. The main character, Aloy, is rather annoying. I do not know if there is a single dialog without sarcasm, a snooty remark, sulkiness or being offended on her part. The dialogs are often boring. Exploration of the world is a mayor part of the game. But there is no intrinsic motivation to do that because the visually dazzling world of Horizon is just a beautiful scenery with nothing to do and no secrets to uncover. So the game developers littered it with collectibles, hoping to connect to the compulsive tendencies of their players. I got them all. And I did not enjoy getting them! What a letdown, to climb on a pinnacle in the sunset only to find a loot box on top. It is a monument to the laziness of the game developers.
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