Games

Horizon Zero Dawn

Guerrilla Games

2017•Shooter•PEGI 16•About 59 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventuredramascience fictionhistoricalrobots/ai/spacefresh & originalheavyimaginarylinearglossybig & variedcomplex relationshipsocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA fantastical, sweeping shooter: serious and inventive. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

88 / 100

2,492 ratings

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About This Game

Welcome to a vibrant world rich with the beauty of nature – but inhabited by awe-inspiring, highly advanced machines. As a young machine hunter named Aloy, you must unravel the mysteries of this world and find your own destiny.

Summary: IGDB

Story

In a far-future world where primitive human tribes coexist with enormous robotic machines, a young outcast named Aloy sets out to uncover the truth behind her mysterious origins. Raised in exile from the Nora tribe, she ventures beyond her homeland into a vast and dangerous land, seeking answers about her past and the ancient civilisation whose ruins litter the landscape.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureDramaScience fictionHistoricalRobots/ai/spaceComplex relationshipSocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

Post-apocalypticRobotsFemale protagonistAction-adventurePlatform exclusiveWorld mapPhoto modeGrapple

Where to play

PlayStation Store

Details

Developer: Guerrilla Games
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Released: 28 February 2017
Series: Horizon
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 23h rushed, 59h normally, 84h complete
Age rating: PEGI 16
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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