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Dakota Morrill (17 KP) rated Horizon Zero Dawn in Video Games

Mar 4, 2018  
Horizon Zero Dawn
Horizon Zero Dawn
2017 | Action/Adventure
9
8.8 (73 Ratings)
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Diverse combat, beautiful open world, interesting story (0 more)
Some annoying enemies, mouth syncing (0 more)
Post Apocalypse without zombies and gangs
Where do I start on this game?
When I first saw it was announced, I was hyped. Then my hype died upon seeing gameplay and as time went by. I eventually decided I was going to take a risk and play it upon release. The next 3 days I was nowhere to be found as I put 50 hours into the game. Its so easy to fall in love with the characters and become invested in the story while still getting happily lost in the vast open world of post-apocalyptic Utah.

Even when you finish the main game, there are very likely plenty of side missions (many of which are unique in their own right) to complete. I first discovered an enemy AFTER I'd beaten the main game and had to figure out which method of attack would be best to tackle the beast. There is so much variety in your attacks from tying enemies down and running at them with your spear to tearblasting their armor off and hitting some carefully placed precision arrows. My favorite takedown is shooting the blaze canisters on enemies' bodies with fire arrows and watching as they detonate with a big kaboom.


I had to really think about what would keep this game from being a 10/10 and I realized that there are some enemies that just got on the nerves. Oftentimes Glinthawks would never come near the group and would constantly be moving, shooting ice at you. I had to learn through a mission a good way into the game that Glinthawks are susceptible to fire which will knock them down pretty quickly for some spear attacks. Also, the wonderful Ashley Burch's voice would often sound much differently than it would if they went by the mouth movements that Aloy made.
  
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Akward (448 KP) Aug 24, 2018

Man, I love this gam, but I totally agree about the mouth syncing. All of their upper lips look so stiff. It's like the motion capture actors were chewing tobacco the whole time.