The I’ve-just-completed-an-awesome-game-and-now-I-dont-know-what-to-play feels.
This game has been on my radar since release but, well, I don't have a playstation 4 (nor 5). After it came to pc I just found it to expensive, especially with my existing backlog of games…
During the summer sale, I finally bought it and have been playing it since.
I really enjoyed myself, despite being a walking disaster with a bow and arrow/aiming. (Which is why I pretty much never play shooters.)
Luckily, there was this thing called story mode and have been able to melee most monsters, except those damned birds and a few bosses, that is.
The story: It felt surreal to have Aloy running around with her bow and spear against machine animals. To see a culture worshipping the old ones/machines/AI while it's something that's starting to be so present in our lives.
I don't know. I just got the feels.
This game has so much potential. It's fun to play, but it has some major downsides:
- in early acces since 2017 and there don't seem to have been any updates
- Controller layout plays awkward
- keyboard works, but it displays the controller triggers
- Only 'fun' mode available whenever you play a new song - which comes down to 2 or maybe 3 different buttons, quite repetitive.
It's still fun to kill a few minutes, however.
It has a bug where you can't get past the intro on ultra wide screen resolution.
And, frankly, I can't be bothered to change my computers resolution for a single game.
It gives an error path not found or something similar.
It's an interesting experience. You walk around on an island, slowly uncovering a story which has a few twists.
Short game, took me about an hour.
Kinda regret nog playing it years sooner.
Horizon had a nice story and setting. Don’t know the proper term for that feeling but moments in the game where they reflect history and things gone made me ponder.