Horizon Forbidden West Reviews
Horizon: Forbidden West is better in every way. Aloy and the combat has matured, and top notch accessibility options ensure many types of players can experience her journey.
Horizon Forbidden West is a graphically beautiful game, wide, with a remarkable story, and extremely fun gameplay. Despite some bumps in the script and occasional bugs, the richness and detail in its setting make the player feel genuinely involved with this universe. Like our heroine Aloy, Horizon Forbidden West may not be perfect, but it's insanely good.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Horizon Forbidden West is a success in almost every way even if it sometimes does too much in its open world. Guerrilla Games takes everything great about Horizon Zero Dawn and improves upon it all while offering up an engrossing narrative with memorable characters, exciting battles, and a whole lot of fun.
Horizon Forbidden West is an incredible experience that PS5 and PS4 owners shouldn't miss. The graphics are stunning, the story is engaging, the machines are awesome, and the end game content is vast. If the gameplay was a bit faster and more fluid this game would have gotten a perfect score.
As with its predecessor, Horizon: Forbidden West surpasses the imagination for what is thought to be possible in a video game of its magnitude, and now, pedigree.
So while Horizon Forbidden West isn’t changing the rules of the genre, it’s an excellently crafted, entertaining, and satisfying adventure. It looks phenomenal and offers a sandbox of gameplay that remains just as unique as the original. Is it more of the same? In a way, I suppose. But I know I wouldn’t say no to more of Horizon Zero Dawn as it was 5 years ago, and Forbidden West is an improvement in nearly every way.
Buy! Experience! Enjoy! - that's basically all there is to say. If you liked Horizon Zero Dawn, you won't be able to get past Horizon Forbidden West. Everyone who is (finally) hooked by the release of the sequel is cordially invited to experience this masterpiece, but should think twice before starting with the predecessor. You definitely won't regret it, I put my hand in the fire for that. Regarding the story, there will surely be extensive discussions and comparisons about which one is better, but I won't join in. I find Horizon to be an impressive overall work. For example, Lord of the Rings only works for me as a trilogy. Not that I would now indirectly anteasern the third part (or yet?), but as a complete work Guerrilla has created here for me the almost perfect continuation.
Review in German | Read full review
Horizon - Forbidden West is phenomenal in every aspect, and Guerrilla Games have yet again shown their quality by producing such beauty. Without question, this is a contender for Game of the Year.
Horizon Forbidden West is a simply stunning experience that’s very familiar to the first game while boldly expanding the scope of what Aloy is aiming to achieve.
Horizon Forbidden West is an excellent second chapter, corroborated by an artistic direction and a sekaikan of the highest order. The plot dares to take an unexpected direction with results that are not entirely appreciable, but overall it is a worthy continuation of Aloy's adventures that deserves to be experienced.
Review in Italian | Read full review
This is one of those sequels where the developers have really upped their game in just about every way, and even though I’ve now finished the main campaign, I still can’t wait to play more of it!
Horizon Forbidden West reaches a new high bar for Guerrilla Games. It does more than surpass its predecessor; it takes Horizon’s fiction to captivating places and builds a rich world that rewards you for the effort you put into it.
Horizon Forbidden West offers immersive content and an amazing world in which you will be lost for dozens of hours.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Horizon Forbidden West for PC is the best adventure starring Aloy, even on not the most powerful configurations. All the magic of Guerrilla Games' game has been delivered uncompromisingly and will engage you for several hours as you explore, fight and experience a beautifully narrated and wonderfully portrayed story, accompanied by a soundtrack worthy of a top-notch film production.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Horizon Forbiden West transformed Guerrilla Games into the best open world studio in the SIE. The vast world that completely eliminates the regrets of the previous game deserves to be called the standard of the next-gen open world.
Review in Korean | Read full review
Aloy's new journey is one to remember: the Forbidden West is a living, captivating and fascinating world, and everything you loved about Zero Dawn is back in a bigger, better and deeper way, in one of the best open worlds by PlayStation Studios.
Review in Italian | Read full review
It takes everything good that was in the first part, builds on it by smoothing out practically all the rough edges of the first part.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
A triumphant combination of enthralling combat, top-tier creature and character design, and a captivating open world, Horizon Forbidden West is an absolute blast
What Guerrilla Games has achieved here is nothing short of phenomenal. Story, gameplay, mechanics, and the world itself are all such an improvement on the original game - which in itself is a feat alone.