#only to be later ported to pc in 2020

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Time for a Horizon Zero Dawn rant!! Maybe I'm living under a rock, and everyone's already heard of this game. If so, please ignore me.

I've only played 13 hours thus far, and I'd already say it's a criminally underrated game. At the very least, it's not talked about enough by the game channels I follow. I only heard of it from a one-off mention in a random YouTube video I was watching.

It's not perfect by any means, but imho the story is engaging, the characters are compelling, and the controls are incredibly satisfying.

I came for the concept and stayed for the fun gameplay and stunning atmosphere.

I've been playing on normal, and it's been difficult enough to give that satisfaction when you finally manage to figure out how to strategize against specific enemy types, but it doesn't feel impossible to do so either. In other words, Normal has decent scaling.

I could go on and on about what I enjoy about this game, but we'd end up with an entire essay. Again, it's not a perfect game by any means, but it's the most fun/delight I've experienced with a game's mechanics in a while.

I've never played any Assasin's Creed games, so correct me if I'm wrong here, but some of the mechanics remind me of that. There's a lot of wall scaling (climbing with handholds and footholds), rapelling, balancing, and general parkour. I imagine that's what AC is like, but I can't be bothered to google it tbh lest I end up down another rabbithole.

I recommend checking out the trailer for it to see if the general concept intrigues you. It was hook, line, and sinker for me, personally. A badass female main character living in a society based around matriarchs??? COOL STUFF!!

OH, one last thing... The crafting system is simple and intuitive to use, AND supplies are numerous. That specifically is a breath of fresh air to me since I play almost exclusively Fallout and RDR2 and iykyk