The trajectory of Guerrilla Games in the industry it had been more than interesting until 2017, but they needed a powerful punch. The Killzone saga had catapulted the Dutch developer to fame with its titles for Sony consoles and a new IP seemed like the necessary coup.
With development beginning in 2011, six years later we were finally able to taste Horizon Zero Dawn. The work is available through PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium so that we can enjoy the apocalyptic adventure on PS5 and PS4. Also, we are talking about the definitive edition.
The plot leads us to control Aloy, an outcast member of the Nora tribe that it was only welcomed by Rost, a hermit who has also been disowned. Both lived together, while the girl learned everything necessary to survive in a tremendously hostile world. After proving her worth in front of those who turned her down, our protagonist embarks on a journey that will change her forever.
And it is that the world of Horizon Zero Dawn It is one of the most beautiful and spectacular in the entire industry. The context places us 1,000 years after our era and with the modern landscapes to which we are used to being completely destroyed. Civilization as we know it has fallen to an unknown evil, so huge mechanical creatures now populate the game.
Yes, beings as imposing as the Longnecks, the Thunderers, the Snapmaw, or the Birdstorm They live with their own life cycle among the rest of the animals. Their appearance is a complete mystery, but we can face them to get the vital resources they store inside. Hunting is the core of the experience built by Guerrilla Games and we can approach it in two different ways.
Aloy is able to blend into tall grass, stalk her prey, learn its routines, and set traps to stun it. The other method is to attack without hesitation, making use of a rudimentary and very effective arsenal capable of annihilating any robot -or human being- that gets in front of us. On the other hand, the tribes and their idiosyncrasies are essential to understand the history that surrounds them. Horizon Zero Dawn.
The Nora, Carja, Banuk and Oseram are examples of peoples that are clearly distinguished by their clothing, customs and ways of acting. Each of them has settlements as incredible as Meridian, the capital of Sol, or Ocaso, the territory dominated by the Shadow Carja. In each of these places we will find allies, enemies and many secondary missions to carry out.
As if that were not enough, there is more content to discover in Horizon Zero Dawn with the addition of The Frozen Wilds expansion. Cliffs, jungle areas, deserts and huge plateaus are fully explorable, but this time it will take us to the borderlands of the Banuk survivor tribe, where snow is imposed with all of the law.
Since we are talking about the Complete Edition, we are also included with some very useful packs and outfits to start the adventure off on the right foot. The Carja Storm Ranger outfit and powerful Carja bow or the Nora guardian pack are add-ons available for the console we play, although on PS5 we will have advantages. A patch allows us to enjoy the title at 60FPSso we can enjoy the visual spectacle even more.
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