Horizon Zero Dawn Reviews

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10 / 10
Mar 3, 2017

Horizon Zero Dawn is an incredible game. It is so easy to end up immersed in Aloy’s world as time stands still. The game’s story is great and offers several twists and surprises. And even though I mentioned it at the start of my Horizon Zero Dawn review, this is certainly one of the best-looking games on the PS4, no question. I highly recommend this game, and if you have a PS4 Pro, you’ll enjoy even better visuals that will rock your world!

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Captain Camper
Top Critic
8 / 10
Mar 5, 2017

A few poor decisions are the only things holding back Horizon Zero Dawn. It’s a great game in every sense of the word, but poor fundamental RPG mechanics stop it becoming something fantastic. Let’s hope they get it right in the sequel.

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GameSpew
Top Critic
9 / 10
Mar 9, 2017

With a large, beautiful, varied open world, a compelling central mystery, interesting side-quests and top of the field gameplay, Horizon Zero Dawn is easily Guerilla Games’ best effort yet and by far one of the best games this generation so far.

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Drew Hurley
Top Critic
9 / 10
Mar 12, 2017

There are exclusive titles on every console that epitomise the system; titles that are indelibly linked with that hardware through future generations. Adventures like The Last of Us, like Kingdom Hearts, like GoldenEye and Super Mario 64. Horizon: Zero Dawn stands worthily alongside these iconic releases. The story is enthralling, the open world is lush and inviting, the gameplay extremely addictive, and the sheer scale of it all is amazingly vast. Simply put, this is a phenomenal game.

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9 / 10
Mar 3, 2017

Horizon: Zero Dawn not only gathers all the great elements of Action-RPG genre, but also introduces some neat and new ideas; and most importantly, executes all those new ideas brilliantly. A great setting, exciting new character, engaging combat system, a large and wonderful world full of quests; Horizon: Zero Dawn is the complete package.

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9.1 / 10.0
Feb 26, 2017

Horizon Zero Dawn is a must buy for the PlayStataion 4 owners. It's almost a flawless and a fantastic production. Sony created something that will surely make PC and Xbox One players jealous.

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Feb 20, 2017

Horizon Zero Dawn doesn't redefine open world RPGs but it absolutely raises the bar for future additions to the genre. Few projects successfully weave all of their disparate parts together into something both unique and interesting. Guerilla managed to do both in its first non-FPS release while simultaneously incorporating many of those (still optional) parts into the core story.

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10 / 10.0
Mar 25, 2017

Horizon: Zero Dawn is a testament to the hard work and passion of every individual at Guerrilla Games.

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10 / 10
Mar 2, 2017

Horizon: Zero Dawn is definitely a game equal to The Last of Us or God of War series. It's a must play for open world and RPG players.

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Mar 22, 2017

Horizon Zero Dawn is one of the best games of this generation. Whilst it borrows elements from other games, it melds them into a seamless experience that sets a new bar for open world games.

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9 / 10.0
Mar 26, 2017

Horizon Zero Dawn is a new Benchmark for Sony's Exclusives, we have a new Face for Sony Games which is Aloy, and just Like Nathan Drake and Kratos also Joel and Ellie she is gonna be the new hero for PlayStation Brand, The Game Beautiful Design isn't only the main selling point but the incredible work Guerrilla Studio did with bringing new IP Different than Killzone with great quality is the real surprise

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Nerd Much?
Top Critic
9.8 / 10.0
Mar 11, 2017

If you have a PS4, you owe it to yourself to play this game as soon as possible (and if you don’t yet own a PS4, it’s worth buying one for).

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8 / 10.0
Feb 25, 2017

Guerilla Games did an amazing job on creating a nice open world game at first attempt. Yes, there are some issues here and there, but Horizon is still worth playing because of interesting story and solid combat. And holy crap, how gorgeous this game looks!

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Shayan Ziaei
Top Critic
94 / 100
Mar 8, 2017

Horizon: Zero Dawn meets all our expectations of an exclusive game and even beyond. The story is really fascinating, music is no less than Ramin Djawadi's masterpiece in Game of Thrones, artistic and technical graphics run at a level which we've never seen anything like it and gameplay speaks for itself.

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9 / 10.0
Mar 8, 2017

Horizon Zero Dawn is a kind of game that you admire. This game was a big risk by Guerrilla Games which paid off . Guerrilla Games showed us that it is important to take risks and focus on a brand new IP and create a game which everyone falls in love with.

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PPE.pl
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Feb 20, 2017

If you're a fan of open-world games, horizon: zero dawn will love you from the first play. We didn't have such a beautiful open-world game, and I don't think we're going to have consoles in this generation.

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9.5 / 10.0
Mar 1, 2017

Horizon: Zero Dawn is the beginning of a brand new brand that I hope will light up guerrilla games career. The Dutch have long deserved more than just a single-layered shooter. You will be delighted.

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9.5 / 10.0
Feb 27, 2017

The game offers a huge, beautifully crafted world in which you immerse yourself for long hours and are happy to return there. The RPG system motivates further action along with a story that, despite the weaker moments, can impress.

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9.8 / 10.0
Mar 10, 2017

Horizon Zero Dawn is an immaculate title with almost no flaws in all fields. Why you bought PS4 if you didn't play Horizon Zero Dawn! It's PS4 at its best.

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GameGrin
Top Critic
10 / 10.0
Jan 8, 2022

Horizon Zero Dawn truly expresses how videogames nowadays are an art form, if not only through its visuals and storytelling, then certainly through its expertly incorporated combat. A glee-filled experience through and through.

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