This game isnt bad but its been super overrated because we're in a drought for good triple A games right now. There is nothing here that you haven't already seen in a open world game. Graphics are a 10/10, world design is beautiful. Combat and progession are fun, but still virtually identical to the first game.
The only reason anyone gives this game a perfect score is because their expectations have been lowered by the ocean of mediocre Ubisoft open world games. Horizon Forbidden West is not a bad game, but its completely lacking in creativity and originality. You can't seriously tell me you enjoyed listening to hours of Horizon's weak writing and fake branching dialogue. You cant say with a straight face that this game's story is anything memorable. Name one character besides Aloy and describe their personality and why they're important (you cant). And if you play open world games, like ever, you cannot say that you haven't done every activty this game has to offer before. A good sequel is more than making a new world and adding new enemy types and character abilities. You need to improve the core foundation of the game, and you cannot say that Forbidden West does that.
You personally may enjoy this game, but I and many others are sick of this repetitive formula for open world games: The one where you clear out enemy camps, collect plants and animal skins to upgrade your gear and make items, spend skill points to get new perks, do other random repeatable activities, and CLIMB TOWERS to reveal new areas of the map instead of exploring them organicly. Everything you can do in the game is an icon on the map. Again, maybe this formula for a game is still fun for you, but some of us have played this exact type of game a hundred times in the past decade and its simply embarrassing that Guerilla Games' inspiration for their game are 6/10 copy paste Ubisoft open world games, instead of actually great open world games like Red Dead 2 or Breath of the Wild, where you explore naturally instead of running from icon to icon on your compass.
For the third and final time, Horizon Forbidden West is NOT A BAD GAME. But is this seriously your idea of a 10/10 video game?? If it is, than you really need to play some different (better) games.
The only reason anyone gives this game a perfect score is because their expectations have been lowered by the ocean of mediocre Ubisoft open world games. Horizon Forbidden West is not a bad game, but its completely lacking in creativity and originality. You can't seriously tell me you enjoyed listening to hours of Horizon's weak writing and fake branching dialogue. You cant say with a straight face that this game's story is anything memorable. Name one character besides Aloy and describe their personality and why they're important (you cant). And if you play open world games, like ever, you cannot say that you haven't done every activty this game has to offer before. A good sequel is more than making a new world and adding new enemy types and character abilities. You need to improve the core foundation of the game, and you cannot say that Forbidden West does that.
You personally may enjoy this game, but I and many others are sick of this repetitive formula for open world games: The one where you clear out enemy camps, collect plants and animal skins to upgrade your gear and make items, spend skill points to get new perks, do other random repeatable activities, and CLIMB TOWERS to reveal new areas of the map instead of exploring them organicly. Everything you can do in the game is an icon on the map. Again, maybe this formula for a game is still fun for you, but some of us have played this exact type of game a hundred times in the past decade and its simply embarrassing that Guerilla Games' inspiration for their game are 6/10 copy paste Ubisoft open world games, instead of actually great open world games like Red Dead 2 or Breath of the Wild, where you explore naturally instead of running from icon to icon on your compass.
For the third and final time, Horizon Forbidden West is NOT A BAD GAME. But is this seriously your idea of a 10/10 video game?? If it is, than you really need to play some different (better) games.