Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition is an incredibly polished PC port with all the bells and whistles you could possibly ask for. It looks and runs incredibly, with the ability to tweak visuals and performance to suit your device. Nixxes continues their perfect streak of ports, and this is a fantastic way to experience Aloy’s second adventure.
This PC release is the definitive version of Horizon Forbidden West. It looks fantastic, runs brilliantly, and tells one of the more compelling action RPG stories I’ve yet played. Aloy and friends are great characters, and the Horizon world is enticing by design. It’s not smashing through genre barriers by any means, but the systems are expertly balanced and exciting to engage with. It stands toe to toe with the best open world games of all time, and Guerrilla’s trajectory suggests their next effort will be even better.
Not many games in recent years have come up with something as thrilling as taking on massive robot monsters like you find here, and it’s a mark of how well it’s done in Forbidden West that every time you see one of those familiar flashes, you’ll feel your adrenaline start pumping as you draw your bow and arrow and take aim. Obviously, it’ll be even more fun if you have a PC that runs the game without any compromises. But even if you just want something for your Steam Deck, Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition delivers.
Guerrilla and Nixxes surprise us with a port that is not only very solid, but also offers options to give and give away. Undoubtedly, this is the best way to enjoy Horizon Forbidden West if you have a high-performance PC.
Horizon Forbidden West’s PC release is a joy to play to get a refresher on the latest game in this series of breathtaking games so far. It's a blast to run around and experience the world the game offers with maximum detail. The work put into the game to make it run smoothly on PC is amazing. Players will be happy with this PC port and can look forward to experiencing the game once again without any restrictions or graphical limitations on it.
As a fan of the original Horizon Zero Dawn, I couldn't wait to get my hands on Forbidden West, and it did not disappoint! The addition of new weapons, abilities, and challenges makes for an even more thrilling experience.
Graphically breathtaking, truly a sight to behold. I rarely take so many screenshots, this game is filled with beautiful vistas everywhere you go. Having played Zero Dawn though, this feels like a 1.5, with not much innovation over the previous entry. The grapple is useful to avoid wasting time.I don’t dislike the story, I like Aloy and Sylens. My main problem with it is that it feels childish, superficial. The story of the brave hero and a couple allies who save the world of impending danger where most of the population is childish and lives in the stone age. I feel like I’m treated like a child many times, and it gets boring and very repetitive. Aloy, just let me think about the puzzles, don’t make obvious unnecessary comments at every step of the way (this should be an accessibility option if needed). Ratchet & Clank may have similar vibes, but that is targeted at younger audiences so I’m fine with it. I’m sorry, but it is full of forgettable quests and characters. The main villains have barely any development if at all. You know you are going to fight them and that’s mostly it. I haven’t grown attached to any character, even Aloy feels more of the same.Gameplay/Combat feels like the first game, which is fine as I really liked it. I like identifying machines and countering them appropriately, using my bow to tear down components. My problem is that everything has grown bigger. One thing I don’t like is that some machines feel like sponges. Even if you destroy all of a Clawstrider’s components, it doesn’t die. Hell, it might even have half of its HP remaining. This goes against the game’s design intention imho and feels frustrating. We got many more elementals and weapon types, an enormous skill tree, weapon type specific special abilities that use stamina, special abilities… I have an issue with this (and many others) open world RPG progression. I’m happy buying a couple bows early, with different elementals that help me against the different machines I face. Then I like spending some time improving them on the go, until I go to the next trader and see that my weapons are already obsolete, even when upgraded. This is a slap in the face, it is so frustrating and disheartening. Am I wasting my time? Should I just go with whatever I find until late game weapons and then improve them? Why do I need 5 different bows? To cover the elementals? I haven’t found almost any purgewater bow, hell I don’t remember having even seen one. It's a horrible design, and the industry is plagued by it. I’d rather have Aloy’s bow, and be able to improve/modify it on the go. Here, I added a shock module. Here, I improved the string and now I can draw it faster…I hate it when a game tries to stretch itself, less but higher quality time is better! Nothing really stands out, it’s just good enough.
Changed main character to unsufferable, annoying person, that is non-stop commenting on every action you do (or might do) which makes every environmental puzzle pointless. There is no real story just "save the day for me... again"
Decent story and gameplay until the end and the DLC, spoiled by clear political agenda. I'd rather wish the devs focus on the REAL story than showing their own askewed beliefs in everybody's face!
SummaryThis Complete Edition allows you to enjoy the critically acclaimed Horizon Forbidden West in its entirety with bonus content, including the Burning Shores story expansion that picks up after the main game.