![]() There are a lot of ways to kill in Forbidden West, and all of them are fun. I could leap out of tall grasses, deploying one-hit kills, or destroy my targets with an extremely satisfying “boom” by laying traps in an unsuspecting - and honestly rather stupid - enemy’s path. When I didn’t want to roll out arrows blazing, I also got the biggest kick stealth killing my way to victory. I got a lot of satisfaction using elemental effects to my advantage, doing single-digit damage to enemies with the weaker status-effect arrows before unleashing holy hell once their elemental resistance was fully depleted. Then, in the fight, you can maximize that knowledge to defeat enemies efficiently and lucratively. Using the Forbidden West version of a smartphone called a Focus, you can scan your enemies, revealing information about what kind of elemental weaknesses it has and whether or not it contains any components necessary for upgrading your gear. Each machine has different strengths and weaknesses. Or, you could try to solve the puzzle the enemy presents. You could, if you wanted to, brute force your way to victory by beating them down with the armory of weapons Aloy has at her disposal. The machines that roam the land make each encounter a self-contained puzzle that really clicked for me. Looking at a sky - real or rendered - makes me very emotional, and Horizon Forbidden West has some of the best skyboxes I’ve ever seen.) ![]() Then, at the top of whatever peak, I’d take a bunch of pictures, damn near moved to tears by the skybox, before coasting down on Aloy’s paraglider - excuse me, shieldwing - taking a bunch more pictures because holy crap, this game is beautiful. I would look at a mountain or tall ridge and wonder what’s up there, running into platforming puzzles and mini-quests where I’d save some random travelers from a pack of machines before I continued my journey up. Since the actual plot left a lot to be desired, I was content to essentially make my own game. So much of my gameplay time came from this kind of exploration. ![]() You could, at any time, start at the bottom of a sandy gorge and just climb up until you’re at the top of a snowy mountain, then climb back down and wind up in a jungle marsh. There’s a fascinating seamlessness to it. ![]()
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