Horizon Forbidden West (PS5)

Just finished playing this game (main story) today (ps5). The story and gameplay are much more better than the original game. Taken me over 125 hours to complete and thats with exploring the most of the map.Ignore the negative reviews because not everybody who has reviewed this game has played the whole game through, rather a few hours. I think its fair to say you should review the game once you have played it through properly.The graphics are amazing and you can tell developers have put in alot of time and work and I dont regret spending the money to play this game. The game expands upon first game in every way. The story is amazing and the side quests are more interesting unlike some games (assassins creed). The map is massive and there is much to explore in the wild west. There are a range of weapons you can use but you need to level up by doing main and side quests as well as upgrading your weapons. You will need to use different weapons for different enemies depending on there weaknesses. There is also a skill tree where you can upgrade your skills to your own liking. There are some parts of the game liike the tailneck in the middle of nowhere where you cannot reach it at the start or middle of the game. You will have to complete more main quests in order explore certain areas of the game (but your not told that).The ocean is an amazing place. Best Ive seen in a game. The music is incredible to. I love the soundtrack. My favourite is track of the game is: The World on her shoulders.I don't really have any bad points to say about the game apart from the climbing can be abit frustarating at times but nothing to bad.I cannot wait for the next and final game!!!Will be amazing to see what the developers come up with next. Although will be years away, I can't wait to play it.If your thinking about buying this game, dont hesitate buy it worth the money if you like story games.

This is by far my favourite game of all time and the graphics are insane. Best looking game on the market by far. Love this franchise.

This has got to be the very first huge title for the PS5 that can show off the graphics, hard drive, 3D audio and controller features. Just check out YouTube for the absolutely stunning character models, scenery and stupidly insane loading times.Carrying on a short time after the first game ended the story picks up almost directly where the last game ended.The haptic feedback on the controller has been implemented properly (in my opinion) for the first time since astros play room (at that was a DualShock 5 tech demo).I’m only a few hours into the game so can’t comment on the storyline, if it progresses well or how engaging it is but so far I can’t fault it.I think the negative reviews so far have been overly harsh on their criticism and have not come across anything so far that I could fault this game for.I’ve been looking forward to this for a good while and was the only game so far I’ve preordered for this generation and It has not disappointed.

So far I am finding this game to be incredible, I'm about 10 hours in and can already tell that I will sink well over 100 hours into this game, maybe nearer to 150, and that'll likely be on just1 play-through. It looks incredible, the scenery is captivating, colours are powerful and vibrant, the atmosphere is so alive and the environment just really pulls you into a beautiful rendition of a post-apocalyptic, over-grown world. The story leads on immediately from Zero Dawn in a great way, and I am looking forward to seeing what the story will uncover next! There looks to be an abundance of side-quests and other missions/tasks, as well as customisations and options for multiple styles of play!Definitely worth a pickup for any RPG fan, but especially for fans of the first game!There's no point reviewing Amazon's delivery service, the high winds in the South of the UK meant that all shipments for 18th Feb were delayed, so I did received this game on the 19th, despite the tracking not working. For obvious reasons, I will forgive Amazon completely for this as they have no control over the weather, and I am very grateful I managed to receive the game on the following day despite there still being fairly high winds all weekend.

Zero Dawn was quite simply a 10/10 game. Hugely ambitious and became the best game on PS4 when it was released. Forbidden West tries to hit those highs, expanding on the original that was such a massive hit. But it never quite happened.I love the Horizon world, its back story and scope for the future, but whenever I play I just can't shake the feeling that the developers got a little fed up of this game. I mean, there are some quite glaringly obvious short cuts which were taken in the game that it is hard to deny. Some character skins in the game are reused for different characters, with very minor changes, and even using the same voices. Then the dialogue for some characters just seem, lazily done. Like running out of things to say but they must say something. And some quests appear outright broken if try to complete them, until you find out later that the reason the quest appears broken is because you have to do it in a specific manner the game has set out.Don't get me wrong, there is a lot to love about this game. The Vistas are stunning, the music is simply awesome and the story, while a little confusing to track, does offer some new and tantalising storylines which I assume will be used in the future. Again, there is a lot to like here.Does this game get top marks? Not for me. It isn't quite up there with Zero Dawn but it does make for an enjoyable continuation of the world and will be enjoyed by anyone who loved the first game and subsequent add on.