Forbidden West is a major downgrade compared to Zero Dawn. Guerrilla certainly improved graphics and animation, but almost every other aspect of the game has been made significantly worse.
Though the new machines are amazing, the gameplay itself has been reduced to a cookie-cutter open world experience overflowing with boring filler content, and the combat system has been turned into a number crunching experience.
These issues alone would not be enough to dislike the game, but the actual deal breaker is the story, which compares to an overly ambitious fan fiction both in terms of plot and narrative. Perhaps because Forbidden West was not written by the main author of Zero Dawn?
I still believe that Forbidden West is an above average open-world title, but compared to its amazing predecessor, it is simply a disappointment.
Though the new machines are amazing, the gameplay itself has been reduced to a cookie-cutter open world experience overflowing with boring filler content, and the combat system has been turned into a number crunching experience.
These issues alone would not be enough to dislike the game, but the actual deal breaker is the story, which compares to an overly ambitious fan fiction both in terms of plot and narrative. Perhaps because Forbidden West was not written by the main author of Zero Dawn?
I still believe that Forbidden West is an above average open-world title, but compared to its amazing predecessor, it is simply a disappointment.