HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST REVIEW PS4

At least, this is true on its fabulous PS5 version. Horizon Forbidden West has, in my eyes, surpassed the last generation king of open world visuals. So, in all honestly, there is a certain painstaking attention to detail within RDR2’s world that has yet to be quite matched, but in the technical aspects of texture detail, world materials, volumetric effects and lighting. Forbidden West is a cross generation game that does take advantage of the PS5’s GPU in ways that last generation’s RDR2 hasn’t on newer hardware. That statement showcases just how amazing Rockstar’s masterpiece was back in 2018. I still can’t decide between Forbidden West and Red Dead Redemption 2, as to which game looks truly better. The Greatest Looking Open World Game Yet? Forbidden West took a page out of Breath of the Wild’s gameplay book, by giving Aloy the ability to glide through its incredible mountain ranges.

However, I can’t say the same thing for Elden Ring, which, in my opinion, is an inferior overall experience to Horizon Forbidden West. I could see why critics went nuts over that Zelda entry. Horizon Zero Dawn, despite its visual masterclass, and storytelling prowess, was inferior to BotW as a game. These games were The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (97 Metacritic), and Elden Ring (96 Metacritic). The Horizon Series has been cursed with released dates that put each entry within a week of two Japanese Action RPGs that have scored incredibly well on Metacritic. Is it better than its predecessor? The Series is Destined to Lose the Metacritic Battle to Japanese Action RPGs… So, here we are five years later I was able to play through the PS5 version of Forbidden West. The first game ended in a bit of a “cliffhanger”, and thus, from a storyline perspective a sequel was needed.

HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST REVIEW PS4

Given the above, I was thrilled when the Horizon Forbidden West was announced for PS4 and PS5. While we don’t have a review of Horizon Zero Dawn on the site, those of you who have read my work throughout the years, know that I loved the game’s visuals, storyline, and its main character.

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