The DeanBeat: Why flying and swimming bring the world of Horizon: Forbidden West to life

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I loved the story, open world, and battles of Horizon: Zero Dawn, the big PlayStation 4 hit from Sony’s Guerrilla Games. I wasn’t surprised at all that the title starring the woman character Aloy sold more than 20 million copies since its debut in 2017.

Nor am I surprised that the sequel Horizon: Forbidden West is an outstanding game. I played through on the PlayStation 5 and finished the story after dozens of hours of play. And I was shocked to find that I had only completed about 30% of the content in the game after the credits rolled. I probably put a good 50 hours into it (my timer wasn’t accurate at 167 hours). I should have remembered that when I completed the first game I was only 32% of the way through the content.

I enjoyed going into combat with the crazy and terrifying Machines of the post-post-apocalyptic world and uncovering the secrets of the complicated narrative. It was so tough to fight those machines with an underpowered Aloy in the early part of the game. But I also enjoyed leveling up and eventually domesticating those beasts and riding around on them or flying through the endless skies.

As you see people say on social media, Horizon: Forbidden West is one of the prettiest games you’ll ever play, with the PS5’s graphics capability pushing out some amazing scenery as well as fast-action combat at the same time.

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I felt like some of the boss fights were very tough. If you haven’t leveled up much, it’s suicidal to go after some of the big Machines. But over time, if you do enough missions and side quests, you get stronger and get to allocate points to different