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Review: Horizon: Zero Dawn

Jacob St-Amour from Link-Cable Writes: "The year that was 2017 will be remembered as an amazing time for gaming with some of the greatest games of this generation being reliably available on any platform. From Nintendo finally releasing both The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey to accompany their groundbreaking hybrid console, indie darlings such as Cuphead and Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrafice, as well as, third-party blockbusters in NieR: Automata and Resident Evil VII: Biohazard made for one of the best gaming lineups for a single year. While all of those did indeed receive widespread acclaim, Sony’s very own Horizon: Zero Dawn became one of the most beloved and cherished experiences of the year and its steady rise in popularity has made it one of the defining games of this generation."

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Juiceid1811d ago

Top contender for Best game of the generation.

Knushwood Butt1810d ago

Just got the plat and need to beat NG+ on vry hard to get 100% trophies.

Bit of love/hate relationship with it. Overall very good but

Dear lord combat was trash before you unlock the roll ability, and even after that there must have been 1000 encounters where the enemy was basically stuck to me. Found a lot of the combat annoying.

How many times did I have to press jump just so that Aloy would step over a twig on the floor? 5000 times? More?

Inventory management. Particularly resources and mods. Can't pick up loot as Inventory is full. Yeah, that happened hundreds of times too.

If the sequel can improve these elements it should be a masterpiece.

SonyStyled1810d ago (Edited 1810d ago )

I really didn’t like this game. I know I’m the minority but I found it so boring and stopped playing 5 hrs. I’ve had friends try to get me interested in it again saying it’s Colorado, but it doesn’t do it for me. I can’t stand the rpg mechanics and want to throw the controller every time I select dialogue. Just make a cutscene ffs! I do not understand why people love this game. It’s garbage to me

UnSelf1810d ago

Somebody said you eat oatmeal with your hands

Ricegum1810d ago

Translation:"I don't like this game so why should anyone else like it."

Come on SonyStyled, don't be that guy.

SonyStyled1809d ago

That’s not what I said, don’t be that guy

Abnor_Mal1810d ago

Currently replaying on new game plus normal difficulty just to get the left over trophies to get the plat. Only really need to get the collectables, which seems to have reset as they don't show as being previously collected. Although when I did start to find various databanks it would say 15 out of 63 found.

Also have to redo the side quest as one person never showed up as an ally for the end war back in 2017.

My plan is to burn through the story get to right before the final fight, then I will go hunting for all collectables missed before.

Finally will move onto the Frozen Wilds that I've been sitting on for a few years.

Glad I didn't have to do the young Aloy section in the beginning this time.

Knushwood Butt1808d ago

The Frozen Wilds is DLC done right.

medman1810d ago (Edited 1810d ago )

I still remember the impact of the first gameplay trailer for Horizon Zero Dawn......when it went from CGI to gameplay, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The engine Guerilla developed is amazing. I hope Horizon II has the same impact on ps5....I believe it will.

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Sony Announces Ghost of Tsushima Anime, Helldivers 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn Movies

Sony is hosting its press conference at the start of CES 2025 in Las Vegas. As usual, PlayStation took the spotlight during the presentation, but not in the way you'd expect.

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pwnmaster3000128d ago

I can’t even imagine a helldivers 2 movie.
Hopefully they do it good

Cacabunga127d ago

Next is Horizon card game… the milking is unreal

Grilla127d ago

Yeah but with terminator style bots and the Illuminate. More potential imo.

mkis007127d ago

They better not be afraid of leaning into it hard.

S2Killinit127d ago

Im most excited for the Ghost anime.

vTuro24127d ago

I was about to say, they can just copy Starship Troopers homework and change it up a bit so the teacher won't notice.

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SeTTriP126d ago

How when the game is literally inspired by a movie?

Goodguy01128d ago

Lmao, sony making more shows, films, and remasters this generation.

Lightning77128d ago

Yet let's ignore Ghost of Yotei, Intergalactic, wolverine and Santa Monica's New IP.

Yep all TV shows and remasters alright.....

Hereandthere127d ago

Ghost of Yotei looks like a ps 4 pro game at best, intergalactic only showed 4 seconds of in game footage, despite being in development for more than 4 years, wolverine might be good, Santa Monica's New IP was just for you to fill space and cover for sonys lack of 1st party games.

DarXyde127d ago

Remasters aren't games?

Didn't realize the same folks making games are also making films and shows (which Sony actually has been making before games, but ok).

Silly comment aside , Ghost of Tsushima as an anime sounds grand. Don't care too much about Horizon or Helldivers media, but it sounds cool to get more Jin.

Army_of_Darkness127d ago (Edited 127d ago )

You do realize Sony has a completely separate movies and tv series division right? They are simply catching on and actually taking advantage of their popular gaming ips

Redemption-64127d ago

Naaaaa, you are supposed to pretend they don't have a completely separate movie/TV division

Lightning77127d ago

@Here uh huh Right watch Ghost Of Yotei get the highest score on meta this year. ND doesn't miss so I expect Intergalactic to be a damn near Master piece, insomniac making Wolverine so you know they'll knock it out of the park. Santa Monica will probably announce their new IP this year and it'll be epic. It's about track record and all these studios have great track records. You wanna argue facts go ahead I'll win.

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Lightning77128d ago

I was hoping for live action Ghost but an anime will be just fine.

Grilla127d ago

Last I heard the guy that made the John Wick movies was working on it.

Lightning77127d ago

Now that's gonna freakin dope.

-Foxtrot127d ago

I really hope they get the guy who played Jinn to play him in the film.

Elda127d ago

If true then there's hope.

gigoran8127d ago

out of all the titles they could have chosen, those 3 could actually make decent movies.

-Foxtrot127d ago (Edited 127d ago )

They’ve tried a Horizon series and it fell apart, what makes them think a film is going to work with a shorter run time.

I was hoping the GoT series would focus on Jinn after the main game.

S2Killinit127d ago

Im not sure about the show or why it allegedly fell apart, but the story in Horizon is pretty cool. I can see people enjoying it.

Michiel1989125d ago

they probably recorded some footage for it and now want to make a quick buck out of the remnants. You know what they say: fail once, rip your audience off.

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piroh171d ago

There's too many games to choose from

No Metal geat solid 1,2,3,4?
No Resident evil?
No Silent hill?
No Midnight club 3?
No NfS Underground 2?
No Final Fantasy?
No Burnout 3?
No Dragon quest 8?
No Days gone?
No Ace combat?
No Tekken/Soul calibur?......
just from the top of my head

PS1 era was full of great RPGs, PS2 was racing generation i would pick top 200 and even that would be just a fraction.

FinalFantasyFanatic170d ago

30 is way too low over the entire history of Playstation, I just wouldn't be able to narrow it down that much, I would pick 100 at least.

Storm23170d ago

Yeah...really odd list. I get that it is personal preference and I love most of the games listed, but my list would definitely be different. I agree though, it would be incredibly difficult to come up with just 30.

lockedongamer1170d ago (Edited 170d ago )

I only picked first-party titles. Otherwise, I agree!

EDIT: Except for Days Gone, I don't get the love for it but you do you!

Chocoburger161d ago

I didn't like Days Gone either, it doesn't deserve to be on any best of list.

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