Aloy's character is a bit too perfect... she always does the right thing without having to think about it, and isn't scared of anything (even a gigantic robot dinosaur covered in cannons) but I found it pretty easy to overlook this and enjoyed the game immensely overall. And she's still a fun kick-ass protagonist to play - I especially love when she takes down a beastie a laughs in excitement, it's contagious. The world is vast and beautiful and filled with things to find and do. The story is engaging and expansive, although fairly linear. Side characters are diverse, well-written and memorable. The world that is built around the story is fascinating as well, with several distinct cultures interacting with each other, and meaningful side quests that help to flesh it out, and no spoilers, but by the end, the robot dinosaurs actually make sense. The combat, I think, has just the right amount of complexity, and is really fun. It's not confusing or hard to learn, but never gets monotonous. You can play your own style too - focus on stealth and traps, or just run around shooting off arrows like crazy, there's no wrong way about it. Some have mentioned technical problems, but I didn't experience any. Frame rates were maybe a little lower than average, playing on an RX480 and i5 7600k, but I put some graphic settings on medium/high instead of max, and all good. And it still looked amazing. After well over 100 hours in game, completing (I think) all of the side quests, DLC stuff and main story, the next thing I wanted to do was look up if there was a sequel. (There is, I just hope it gets a PC port.) I haven't been so invested in a game since The Witcher 3, and although I wouldn't say Horizon is quite Witcher 3 good, it's close.
FAR: Lone Sails is atmospheric, a bleak kind of beautiful, and mostly chill with a few moments of panic. You'll operate your land ship thingy by pushing buttons, and feeding it stuff you find lying around. Navigate various puzzling obstaces, and try not to get stranded (or set too many things on fire.) I completed the game in 4 hours, but will certainly play through again. It's well polished (I noticed zero bugs) and I think they pulled off exactly what they were going for.
